NieR: Whirlpool

Chapter 167 Dream and Reality

A life-for-life tactic.

2B drove the HO229 in a mobile configuration to attack the enemy, hitting two of them and causing them to explode in mid-air, killing the pilots of both and severely damaging the remaining two.

But that’s all. HO229 has almost lost all its functions and all its means of attack have become ineffective.

At the same time, he had also suffered considerable injuries in the battle just now.

"Warning: The aircraft has suffered heavy damage. Recommendation: Disengage"

"I have to find a way to land," she thought.

"Warning: Reactor temperature rising."

"Assist aircraft, search for a place to land," 2B instructed.

The two badly damaged enemy planes had no means of pursuit.

2B flew towards the surface of the earth in her battered and damaged fighter.

The fighter plane dived down to the shore of the underwater city. As the fighter plane accelerated to land, there were continuous explosions.

A gust of air ejected 2B, sending her tumbling to the ground.

"Confirmed some enemy reactions, threat level: 1%."

She heard 042's voice and tried to stand up several times.

Assist 042 took out the Pure White Contract and slowly flew to her side.

Her chest kept rising and falling, and she tried to calm her breathing. Grasping the sword handed to her by the auxiliary machine with one hand, she looked at the mechanical life forms around her.

These mechanical creatures seemed to have been hit by the explosion and were wriggling vigorously on the ground.

In a state of grief and anger, she turned several nearby mechanical life forms into parts and scattered them all over the ground.

Panting heavily, thinking about the next step,

Should be reunited with 9S and 9M.

"Pod, search for 9S and 9M."

"Report, 9M's black box response has been found and displayed on the map." Auxiliary machine 042 reported.

"Where's 9S?" 2B asked.

"Report, it has been confirmed that 9S's black box has been destroyed, and 9S's body has been confirmed to be dead..." Assist 042 reported.

"How could this happen, Na...Zi..." The usually cold and ruthless face was now filled with sadness, and tears welled up in his eyes.

"Analyze the reasons." There was a tearful tone in her voice.

"The signal shows that 9S is infected with a mutated logic virus and cannot eliminate it by itself."

"Report: 9M is moving toward your location."

"Warning, logical virus contamination detected, infection progress 0.79%..."

“It is recommended to get vaccinated immediately”

The sudden impact of the virus made 2B unstable. She took a few steps back and held on to the HO229 fighter, which had stopped most of its functions, and forced herself to stand up straight.

"Hide the signal, don't let 9S...

No, now his name is 9M...

Don't let 9M find me and get contaminated."

"learn."

2B stood up and turned to look at HO229.

"This is 2B from the YoRHa unit..."

……

"2B!!!"

I ran wildly with my legs spread out, not knowing where to go.

Ye Feng accidentally tripped over a tree root, stumbled and fell to the ground.

This finally cooled his mechanical brain, which had been filled with blood, for a short time. He fell into a trance and seemed to see a heart-wrenching scene that he would never forget...

[Warning: Virus contamination has increased to 16%, and the NFCS system has detected an abnormality. ]

"We can't let... other artificial humans be contaminated..." Due to the abnormality of the NFCS system, she could no longer run normally. She dragged her heavy body through the sewer pipe, and the visual image began to flicker.

"Assist, tell me the place where the androids react less."

【Searching...】

[Report: The conditions are met near abandoned buildings of commercial facilities. ]

[Warning: If the virus is not eliminated, YoRHa 2B will be severely damaged. ]

"...I know"

[Warning: Virus contamination increased to 21%.]

"Clear the virus and... restart..." She carefully avoided the mechanical lifeforms hovering in front of her and continued forward.

The visual disorder became more severe, the UI interface became abnormal, and painful sounds came out of her mouth.

[Report: The virus changes and evolves its algorithm at a high speed, making it difficult to eliminate. ]

...

[Warning: Virus contamination has increased to 32%, and the visual processing system has detected an abnormality. ]

[Warning: Virus contamination has increased to 57%, and the FFCS circuit has detected an abnormality. ]

[Warning: The virus contamination level has increased to 70%, and has invaded the system protection block. ]

The whole field of vision was distorted and in a trance.

bridge.

It's finally here.

She dragged her extremely heavy body across the cable bridge.

【Warning: Virus contamination has increased to 90%. 】

[Warning: The temperature of the central nervous system is abnormally high, and there is a risk of internal explosion. ]

Boom...sizzle...

There was a burst of explosions and the sound of electricity.

The visual confusion disappeared, the scene she saw lost its color, and her vision became increasingly blurry.

【Report: Visual sensor detected anomaly. 】

【Report: The black box has deteriorated. 】

【Report: Data backup system damaged. 】

[Due to system damage, the prosthetic will have difficulty maintaining itself during backup. ]

She heard the sound of the auxiliary machine become intermittent, which was due to an abnormality in the auditory sensor.

"...The bunker no longer exists, and the backup is...meaningless..." She staggered and continued forward.

"...9S...cyborg..."

In a trance, she saw a figure appear at the gate of the commercial ruins in front of her.

Is that 9S?

Don't come...

wrong!

It's the infected YoRHa!

She raised her sword with difficulty, her eyes blurred and she could no longer see the enemy approaching.

The virus-contaminated YoRHa's eyes flashed red, as if showing a mocking expression.

Behind him is a bottomless abyss.

The enemy raised his sword and chopped down.

Is that the end?

A dark shadow flashed before my eyes.

She raised her head with difficulty.

The enemy fell to the ground with sparks.

The shadow turned his head.

She desperately opened her eyes, trying to see who the shadow in front of her was.

"A...2..."

She tried to use her sword to support her body.

I vaguely watched the enemies in pursuit fall one by one.

Due to the widespread infection of the virus, she could no longer hold up her body and half-knelt on the ground.

He raised his sword with great effort and opened the black band-shaped eyepiece covering his eyes.

“That’s it…for now…”

She raised her head, her vision turned blood red, and she thrust the sword into the ground with all her strength.

"This is, my...memory"

"Everyone...the future..."

“…Please…A2.”

……

9S desperately ran towards the commercial ruins, walked onto the rope bridge, and saw a familiar figure in the distance.

Finally, we found 2B, who was kneeling on a huge rock next to a cliff.

wrong!

That is! ?

A long sword gleaming with silver light pierced through his abdomen, with blood flowing from the tip of the sword.

She sensed something and slowly turned her head to look at the person who came.

She used up the last bit of her energy to try to see the person running towards her.

"You're here, Natsu..."

The bloody mouth is smiling,

She slowly fell into a pool of blood.

A2 sighed, swung his sword and cut off his long hair to express his condolences to the deceased.

"two B." 9S had a splitting headache and couldn't accept the scene in front of him. His eyes were bloodshot and he yelled madly.

“Uh ah~~~~~”

9S screamed towards the sky.

"A two!!!!!!!" 9S roared, drew his sword, and rushed forward to kill A2.

"I'm gonna kill you!!!!!!"

"ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

“Kill you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

The earth shook violently, and a large number of white buildings pierced through the ground, drilled out from the ground, and reached the sky.

9S didn't care about anything else and swung his sword madly, roaring and rushing towards A2.

As the rope bridge broke, 9S fell off the cliff unwillingly, screaming in anger...

Before my eyes, there were only building wreckage, which gradually became darker as I continued to fall.

The whole world seemed to only hear 9S's helpless and angry roar...

……

All the images were reflected in Ye Feng's eyes, intertwined, and finally turned into emptiness.