Lin Lang's arrival at Site-999 begins quietly—at least on paper. Another junior researcher assigned to the scientific division under my command. Normally, someone like that wouldn't even cross my desk. Site-999 has thousands of researchers, engineers, analysts, and specialists. One more shouldn't matter.
But this one does.
Lin Lang is… interesting.
I first notice him because of the report he submitted after his interview with SCP-1440. Most seasoned researchers walk away from 1440 with incomplete notes at best, and trauma at worst. But Lin? He walked out of the containment chamber calm, composed, adjusting his glasses as if he'd just finished reading a newspaper. And more impressive—he got information no one else had ever extracted.
Naturally, that caught my attention.
His personality reminds me painfully of Doctor Gears—clinical, logical, stoic—but with a subtle layer of dark humour that surfaces only in perfectly timed, razor-edge remarks. A cold efficiency defines him: he completes tasks, any tasks, without hesitation, without doubt. There is no fear in him, only precision.
His capabilities are equally impressive—an IQ of 320 confirmed through Foundation testing, a genius in engineering, biology, physics, and chemistry. On top of that, he has Red Right Hand–level combat and field training, which is… absurd for someone his age. He is not anomalous, but skill alone makes him dangerous.
Naturally, I recruited him to Site-999 personally.
He's Japanese, quiet, and unnervingly calm even by Foundation standards. During his orientation, he barely reacted when the alarm for a containment breach sounded. I watched him pause, calculate the risk factors in less than a second, then step out of the hallway to let an MTF team run past—without the slightest hint of emotion.
Cold. Efficient. Brilliant.
Just the way I like my researchers.
Even the Brain admitted Lin's potential. Cleopatra added him to the personnel budget under "Ongoing High Value Assets," and Doom muttered something about "a promising intellect" before vanishing back to his laboratories.
But for me, the real reason I brought him aboard was simple:
His mind works in ways I haven't seen in over a thousand years.
A new researcher.A new variable.A new potential asset—or threat.
And in a place like Site-999, that makes him very interesting indeed.