NieR: Whirlpool

Chapter 294 POD's Tragedy

153 stretched out her slender hand and wiped away the golden particles at the corners of her mouth.

He waved to 9S, indicating that he was fine.

The attack just now reduced his health by at least one third.

The HO fighters continued to spit out flames, and the enemy's barrage became more intense, one wave after another, almost impossible to avoid.

042, who was piloting the fighter plane, was also hit by a bullet and suffered serious damage.

"You're riding a horse!"

When 9S is at full power, the plasma firing rate increases significantly.

But the enemy's armor is getting thicker and thicker, and it often takes hundreds of bullets to kill an enemy.

You also need to avoid deadly barrages of bullets during combat.

A wave of barrage came, and 153 and 042 were in no position to avoid it, and both were hit by a bullet in their core positions.

in reality,

The bodies of auxiliary machines 153 and 042 exploded and emitted a wisp of black smoke.

The two HO fighters in the space paused and fell rapidly.

"153!?

042! ? "

9S watched this scene with his eyes wide open!

Fortunately, the two men simply paused and rejoined the battle.

bang bang bang~~~

The enemy in front of him fired three consecutive impenetrable fire nets, and 9S's heart was alarmed.

I just barely dodged the first one, and the second fire net came towards me.

There is no way to avoid it!

In a flash,

Rumble~~~

A black shadow suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking all the bullets for him.

The driver suffered fatal injuries.

Afterwards, his figure gradually faded and the fighter plane could no longer maintain its state.

"042!!!"

9S shouted angrily.

No time to grieve,

The next wave of firepower penetrated 042's hollow body and attacked 9S.

Just at this time,

Another black shadow flashed in front of him, trying to block the fatal attack for him.

"I don't agree to that!"

He controlled the fighter plane, quickly moved forward to grab 153, and tried to protect her behind him.

Watching 9S's movements, the girl in gray in the cockpit smiled warmly.

The tail of her fighter jet spurted out blue-purple flames, and the mechanical arm of the mobile fighter jet tightly grasped 9S.

Don't let his intention succeed.

The two looked at each other. As they looked at the dying girl in gray, 9S's veins bulged and he let out a violent roar.

Boom boom boom~~~

The barrage of comments fell on the back of the girl in gray like raindrops.

One after another, golden particles spurted out from the mouth.

Spraying all over her convulsing body.

"153!!!"

9S roared in despair, almost going insane.

This wave of barrage attacks disappeared, and 153, who was wearing a gray skirt, showed a bleak smile.

As her body continued to fall, she waved her slender hand.

The golden particles around her, along with the particles from 042 that had not yet dissipated, slowly gathered together under her control.

Forming a golden willow, adding to 9S's HO fighter,

Formed a black armor.

As she fell, her figure disappeared in the air.

in reality,

The two auxiliary machines made a series of explosions and fell to the ground.

Pod 042 slowly wakes up.

He crawled on the ground, twisting his detector with difficulty, trying to find another auxiliary machine.

"there!"

His white box, which was his body, was blackened by smoke and riddled with holes.

There was a hissing sound of electric sparks.

He stretched out a mechanical arm that was still working and dragged it along the ground with difficulty.

Behind him was a long mark stained with blood-red sticky oil.

"153!"

He tried to shout out, calling the familiar her,

However, no sound came out.

The sound function is completely broken.

The visual system was also severely damaged, with large flakes of snow appearing.

The 153 in front of me is also riddled with holes.

I seem to have lost my sight.

Nourishing~

The visual system was completely damaged and the whole world seemed to have gone dark.

He noted the direction of auxiliary machine 153 and continued to use his remaining mechanical arm to scratch the ground with great effort.

Move in the general direction of the girl.

Boom~

The final explosion was heard, and the space returned to silence.

There are only two auxiliary machines on the ground.

Smoked black.

They stretched out their mechanical arms and small fingers to each other.

The distance between them was less than one centimeter.

……

In the data space, with the help of 153 and 042, 9S roared angrily and opened fire at full power, hitting the name-shaped enemies one by one and making them explode in the air.

Fighter planes continued to break through the enemy's defenses.

Closer!

There it is!

At the end of the Heavenly Road, on the central platform,

A spherical core emitting golden light was floating quietly.

That's where the data of all members of the YoRHa unit is stored.

Just take it down.

A glimmer of hope rose from the bottom of his heart.

at this time,

The enemy gradually began to move, which looked very strange.

A huge English name,

The letters break up, gradually converge, and then deform.

Finally, a pitch-black protective shield was formed, tightly covering the spherical core.

The plasma sprayed wildly, smashing the last name-shaped enemy in front of the platform into pieces.

After ten thousand transparent holes appeared, there was a loud explosion on the spot.

The fighter plane roared past and flew onto the high platform.

Circling around the black core.

【This kind of protective shield! 】

After some analysis, his brows furrowed.

It is extremely difficult to crack. Given the complexity of the machine's own algorithm and the complexity of the protective shield, there is almost no chance of success.

[If it doesn't look like a product of this world, where could it come from? ]

He gritted his teeth and analyzed desperately.

New lines of code were generated in his body to target the protective shield in front of him.

[There is no data that I can't crack! ]

[There is no one in this world who can surpass me in cracking technology! ]

A new program is generated and loaded into the virtualized HO fighter.

This is his best crack.

Success or failure depends on this.

The fighter planes roared into the air, and rows of golden plasma shells shot out and slammed fiercely into the black protective shield.

It creates tiny waves.

【efficient!?】

He was delighted and lightly pulled the trigger. Plasma continuously hit the shield, creating transparent holes.

The black shield kept squirming, filling the holes created by the punches, and the shield became thinner as a result.

at last,

The last of the black shield completely disappeared, and 9S was overjoyed.

Before I could feel the joy of victory,

Suddenly, the changes drastically increased.

The black data gathered again, wriggling and surging.

Then, a brand new black shield surrounded the spherical core again.

【this! 】

9S showed surprise and continued to activate the plasma, firing a dazzling red laser beam that shattered the shield.

Not surprisingly,

Soon, the shield reappeared.

【Is it never going to end?】

He seemed a little anxious and slowly increased the power.

break in.

Emerge!

Break again.

Reappeared!

Break again.

Resurface!

……

He tried dozens of times in different ways.

The black protective shield still covers the golden core.

The waves surged and seemed to mock his incompetence.

9S is now panting, his body is hunched, and his eyes are bloodshot.

Filled with hatred, he looked at the black protective shield in front of him that blocked his way forward.

All means of attack have been exhausted.

Protective shield, without any external energy input.

But after being broken up by him, they would gather together again, and the cycle would repeat over and over again.

The shadow of despair gradually enveloped 9S.