NieR: Whirlpool

Chapter 292 Moon

The broken hand stretched upwards, trying to grab something.

The dark red blood looked incredibly bright against the grey earth, like a blood-stained white rose.

"Miss A...2..."

He staggered over, knelt down tremblingly, and slowly stretched out his trembling right hand towards the blood-stained hand in the ruins.

Holding on tightly and refusing to let go.

The long suppressed emotions completely burst out at this moment.

suddenly,

He dug at the ground as if he had gone mad, and rubble, gravel, and metal fragments flew everywhere.

The muscle tissue of the right hand was scratched and torn, revealing the bloody metal skeleton.

Blood and flesh flew everywhere along with the rubble, and the muscles on the palms were stripped away without a trace left.

The data circuits in his palm were all damaged, and he had lost his scanning ability.

The black box, which had long been overdrawn, kept sending out warnings, saying that irreversible damage had occurred due to the prolonged red temperature.

The black body buried deep under the ruins gradually emerged.

she……

All the metal bones in his body were broken, and his limbs were placed randomly in a very strange posture.

at last,

At the top of the ruins, more than 200 meters high, a short man who looked like a beggar, holding a woman with her eyes closed in his arms, howled in pain.

The woman's head drooped on his chest, her body curled up in his arms.

With his only remaining right hand, he tightly held the woman's head, and his face, which was covered in mud, was pressed against the woman's bloodless cheek.

One wailing sound after another, mixed with heart-wrenching roars, spread by the wind and flew far away.

……

On the ground floor of an abandoned building, a simple thatched hut was built, with a simple bed made of straw and wooden boards.

The furnishings in the room were very simple, with various spare parts placed on the table.

A man came out of the thatched hut.

He was wearing a gray cape, a green camouflage combat uniform, a military jacket, blue goggles, and a gray hoodie.

Behind him, there were two floating boxes, one gray and one white.

Walking towards the stream flowing nearby, 9S bent down, scooped up some clear water, and simply washed his face.

"9S, today is your 1096th day at work. Do you want to continue?" The pleasant voice of Assist 153 sounded in my ears.

Hearing this report, 9S smiled slightly and patted Pod 153's head with concern:

"Of course! That's the only thing I'm going to do."

Pod 153 lowered its head shyly and responded calmly:

"Today should be our lucky day. I have a feeling it."

At this time, Assist 042 floated over and said calmly: "I have the same feeling."

Hearing the two pods say this, 9S began to feel a surge of hope.

[It's been three years already. Everything just now seems to have happened just yesterday.]

He stretched his limbs and waved to the two auxiliary machines:

"Let us get to work, my dear little ones!"

"Okay, hey!"

"Just come!"

He passed through hills, hills of ruins.

After being washed by rain and baptized by the sun,

They have long since become solid hills covered with green plants and small white flowers.

9S, tools in hand, jumped down the hole skillfully and started today's excavation work.

The 153 auxiliary machine turned on the lighting equipment, and 042 carried a wooden bucket and transported the soil that 9S had been digging to the ground.

If it weren't for the auxiliary machine telling the time, he wouldn't know how much time had passed.

of course,

I don't care how long it has been.

The sun will never set.

Keng~

in the dark,

There was a flash of sparks and the shovel struck something hard.

His heart tightened and he was immediately overjoyed.

"Here it is, 9S, we did it!"

Pod 153 shouted excitedly.

Hearing the scream, 042 slowly floated down, analyzed the situation and said:

"It's right here. I'm sure the key data is stored here!"

9S is very excited and calls out to the pod loudly.

153 understood and said excitedly: "Close range shooting, maximum mode, break it!"

A laser beam shot out from the prism of Assist 153.

At the same time, 042 also released a high-energy laser.

Boom~

After a burst of smoke, a big hole appeared on the white wall.

Without caring about the smoke clearing, 9S jumped into the big hole, followed closely by the two auxiliary machines.

Behind the wall is a pure white hall.

At the end of the hall is a corridor with several machine rooms on both sides.

9S is standing in front of a white door with the words "YoRHa Unit Backup Database" written on it.

Although I am curious,

[The machine lifeforms saved YoRHa's data. Why? How? What? ]

Curiosity was still dispersed by surprise, no matter what the reason was,

N2 no longer exists, so there is no point in thinking about these issues.

A beating heart, shaking hands, stumbling steps,

He walked to the server in the room and operated the touch panel.

His expression changed from excitement to surprise, and finally to extremely solemn.

A trace of despair emerged.

“What’s wrong, 9S?”

Assist 153 noticed something was wrong, she quickly floated over and asked with concern.

Pod 042 also came over.

9S shook his head and muttered to himself.

"I've never seen a defense device before. A very strange thing... and... I only have one chance..."

"Assistive device..."

9S suddenly stopped what he was doing. He turned his head slightly and looked at 153 with complicated eyes, then at 042.

"Why don't I understand this expression?" Assist 153 scratched his head and thought secretly.

"Do you have a plan?" Auxiliary Machine 042 asked calmly, with a bad feeling gradually rising in his heart.

"Let's go back first!"

Watching 9S's back as he walked away,

153 whispered, "Now... is there any firewall on Earth that 9S can't deal with?"

042 said: "Could it be..."

……

“9S, where are you going?”

In the ruins of the commercial district, Pod 153 asked 9S, who was walking hurriedly, in confusion.

9S walked across the suspension bridge without saying a word.

He stood at the entrance of the ruins of the commercial district, looking quietly at the familiar place.

The huge rock still stands there.

Thoughts of the past float by, as if they happened yesterday.

It felt like something pecked my heart and it hurt.

He rubbed his eyes vigorously without staying for too long.

quickly,

He came to an elevator, entered the password without hesitation, and entered the elevator.

The sound of the motor turning was heard, and the elevator slowly descended to a depth of one thousand meters.

[It seems that Emile likes this place very much and has been maintaining it. ]

If it weren't for Emile's help, both himself and the auxiliary machine would have been scrapped long ago.

It was pitch dark, and auxiliary machine 153 turned on the flashlight.

Kaka~~

There was the sound of the elevator reaching the bottom, and then the iron elevator door opened.

This is a huge underground space.

The grass is dotted with small white flowers.

This is a magical flower called 'Tears of the Moon'. It emits a faint white fluorescence, illuminating the entire underground space.

[It is said that the Tears of the Moon can make wishes come true. 】

Emil once said this.

Next to the grass is Kenny's cottage, which Emile built based on his memory from ten thousand years ago.

This is to commemorate my former comrade-in-arms, Kenny.

There was another man whose name I forgot, but I only remembered that he was a man who was dedicated to saving his sister.

and others.