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NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Alert: The current version of the document is locked due to possible inaccuracies. Until historical analysis is completed, please contact the nearest site for in situ protocols regarding SCP-5174.

— Automated Message, RAISA East Asia

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Written on back “SCP-5174, Shandong Peninsula, 1938”

Item #: SCP-5174

Object Class: Keter1

Special Containment Procedures: Any SCP personnel that were employed by the Republic of China Foundation Branch2 from 1937 to 1949 are to be apprehended and sent to the nearest site for interview.

"Kuomintang and PLA3 commanders who fought in the Sichuan, Guizhou, Henan provinces during that time period are to be assessed for previous interactions with the Foundation. If an association is found then the individual is to be amnesticized.

There are no rigorous containment procedures for SCP-5174 instances available at this time. If instances are ever secured, implement standard humanoid containment until further review.

The following document was retrieved by MTF Theta-12 during the Chongqing pacification and is conjectured to refer to archival containment procedures of SCP-5174.

Never allow Buddhist or Taoist monks to come in sight of it.

When it is acquired, tattoo the eight-spoked dharmachakra across its back starting from the nape down towards the lower spine. At the age of five, etch the Infinite Life Prayer onto its chest.

At night, have two soldiers chant the Sutra of Transcendent Wisdom around its cage. When it is sleeping, face the head towards the south star.

Feed it a diet consisting of the following medicinal herbs; red yeast rice, ginseng, and cinnamon. In the case of severe food shortage, prioritize the beast over the soldiers.

When deploying it into battle, sedate it with grass root powder and have one soldier (non-essential only) take it toward the enemy.

Instruct the soldier to whisper the following phrase when near fortifications or enemies, “You can go back now, your mother has come home.”

Expect no return.

-Han Jingyi, Director of Site-653, Brigadier General of the People's Liberation Army

Description: SCP-5174 was a number of anomalous humanoid entities that both the National Revolutionary Army and the People's Liberation Army used for the purposes of war during the Second Sino-Japanese War and, possibly, the Chinese Civil War.

The approximate number of anomalies used during the conflicts is unknown. Reports indicate that the only physical commonality of the entities was the physical inscriptions and a common Han ethnicity.

No specific age range for SCP-5174 instances has been confirmed, but anecdotal evidence suggests a leaning towards adolescence. The anomalous effects of SCP-5174 appear to be varied and to depend on multiple characteristics such as time of day, diet, and temperament.

Circumstantial evidence implies that non-anomalous children undergo some anomalous transformation through the use of some as-of-yet unknown mechanism, though surviving ROC SCP accounts point towards the involvement of the Imperial Japanese Army. However, retrospective analysis of the anomalous weapons division of the Imperial Japanese Army has not shown any evidence of SCP-5174 development. The following recovered document describes some of the known anomalous effects of various SCP-5174 instances.

HEFEI OUTPOST-23 RECOVERY; ANHUI

The lack of thorough information on SCP-5174 is due to the suspension of the ROC branch in 1944. The suspension was due to the widespread failure of containment caused by the widespread, catastrophic breakdown of infrastructure as a result of the Second Sino Japanese War.

Furthermore, multiple SCP sites located in the former ROC were looted, burned or otherwise destroyed under unclear circumstances. It is currently unclear if the dismantling of ROC sites was a simple wartime consequence or a concerted effort by either the Imperial Japanese Army, Nationalist Government, or People’s Liberation Army4.

Of note is SCP-5174, whose lack of containment has been confirmed to have spread it throughout at least six Chinese provinces: Sichuan, Guizhou, Shandong, Fujian, Henan, and Hubei. Despite this, only one interaction between temporary SCP personnel and SCP-5174 has been recorded due to the loss of ROC SCP records.

SITE-811 RECOVERY; SICHUAN; CHONGQING PACIFICATION
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