NieR: Whirlpool

Chapter 150 Memory Fragments

"What?" 9M in front of him looked confused.

While 9M turned his head to look at 2B, 9S gently placed his arm on his shoulders.

"Hack in!"

A flash of white light appeared, and 9S appeared in a vast expanse of white data space.

Here is 9M of data space.

The moment 9S landed, he quickly drew out the sword in his hand, and then walked carefully on the avenue formed by the data stream.

He has been here.

He walked forward along the familiar road, vaguely remembering how terrifying 9M's firewall was.

Just the sight before my eyes...

It was just the familiar regular firewall of the YoRHa unit, nothing special about it.

Based on his familiarity with the route of Unit 9, he arrived at the memory space with ease.

"Well?

Where did the special memory block go?"

9S muttered to himself, looking at the missing block. He felt confused and curious about the highly encrypted memories.

9S could not forget how three dark shadows formed by the special firewall of the special memory unit beat him half to death.

That was his dark history that he couldn't bear to look back on.

“He’s gone now, 9M is such a suspicious guy.

I don't know how he will recover those memories.

These memories would be a very difficult matter to decipher.”

He shook his head helplessly, and glanced at the block next to him.

Suddenly, horror appeared on his face.

What catches the eye is a large area of blank space.

"Fuck!"

"Why haven't your previous memories been restored?"

"What about before March 3th???"

He searched carefully for a long time, but only found a small fragment of memory.

He tried to click it open.

That was the eve of the 243rd airborne operation.

When 9S hacked into the factory's defense system,

At this time, 9M was conducting an investigation mission outside the city.

On a nearby lawn, a wild boar sat quietly beside him.

9S was very familiar with that wild boar, 9M called him Bajie, and the three of them once transformed into wild boar riders.

It’s just that 9M seemed to have just woken up from a deep sleep, and his behavior was very strange.

Looking at this scene, 9S felt a sudden palpitation in his heart.

He continued reading patiently.

On the screen,

suddenly,

The wild boar in front of him was restless, as if facing a great enemy, and it roared and attacked 9M.

The last moment of the picture shows the wild boar fighting with the 9M.

9M was not careful and was knocked to the ground.

At this point, the memory stops abruptly.

"what happened?"

9S's steps were unsteady, and he was filled with fear.

At the same time, a lot of questions arose in his mind.

What about firewalls?

What about the previous memory?

What about encrypted memories?

What about the memory behind it?

I personally sent the 9M data packet back to the bunker server, and the three of us worked together to attack Engels.

and……

Why did I feel so strange about this ordinary scene? My heart was beating wildly.

He suppressed his uneasiness and tried to open the memory fragment again.

This time, he looked very carefully.

From every frame to every pixel,

to the brightness of the picture, the sound encoding, etc.

He checked them all.

He remembers March 3th very clearly.

It was a sunny day.

The overall style of the 9M memory screen is slightly darker.

Apart from this, there were no new discoveries.

With a nervous heart, 9S severed the connection and erased all traces of the hack.

9S wiped his sweat after returning to reality. He felt a little tired, both mentally and physically.

While the other party was still running, executing the hack without being noticed would require a lot of energy even for him.

Even with algorithmic support, it is not an easy task.

"From now on, I'll leave everything to 2B-san and 9S-senpai. Please take care of me." 9M said, and then his expression became serious, and he stretched out his left hand and clasped it in front of his chest.

“May the glory of mankind last forever!”

2B and 9S looked at each other in confusion, and slowly put their hands over their chests.

"May the glory of mankind last forever!!"

9M nodded slightly and strode away.

At this time, footsteps were heard in the corridor, and 21O's figure appeared at the corner of the corridor.

"Miss Communications Officer."

9S quickly walked towards 21O. He had something to understand.

He hadn't had time to tell 2B in detail what he had just discovered in the data space.

21O sighed.

"I know everything. You want to know what happened to 9M's memory?"

2B asked anxiously:

"Yes, Miss Communications Officer. This 9M, aside from his appearance, is completely different from the one we know."

21O looked solemn and nodded slightly:

"I just checked with the technical department, and it seems that 9M's memory has been deleted."

"What?" The two men exclaimed, and a chill rushed to their heads.

21O paused, then continued, "Although they did it very carefully, 11S still managed to find some clues. There was more than one force involved in the deletion."

"what happened?"

21O shook her head.

She looked at 9S, then at 2B, staring at them for a long time. Her voice was calm but a little sad.

"The 9...M you are familiar with no longer exists."

"how come?"

2B's legs went limp and she collapsed to the ground, mumbling to herself:

"How could such a person as him be gone just like that?"

"Also..." 21O paused, gritted her teeth, and continued:

"The current 9M unit has a turbidity level of 10."

9S's eyes widened when he heard this, and he asked loudly:

"You mean..."

21O looks at 9S, who is still speaking, and continues to explain calmly:

"Yes, he is equivalent to an E-level mechanical life, or even worse.

All actions are carried out according to the program settings, and there is no emotion or consciousness at all."

Then, her tone changed and she became earnest in her words.

She pointed at 2B, then tapped 9S, and said earnestly:

“You two…

There are only two of you..."

In her words, she placed emphasis on the word "two".

9S was startled for a moment, then realized what was happening and muttered to himself:

"Three minus one... equals... two. I understand..."

21O pursed her lips, nodded silently, and slowly left.

"2B..."

Looking at 2B slumped on the ground in a trance, 9S didn't know what to say to comfort her.

Although blocked by the black tactical eyepiece, he knew that she was crying.

He silently crouched down and sat side by side with 2B, keeping the same posture as her, leaning against the wall of the corridor.

Command Room,

Commander White looked at the intelligence about the three-man team in front of him, and then turned his gaze to the surveillance in the corridor.

I couldn't help but sigh.

"So... he's gone... right..."

"Yes, Commander." 21O responded expressionlessly.

There was a subtle change on White's face.

As a commander, she doesn't like to express her feelings casually.

She acted nonchalant, suppressed the sadness in her heart, and gently closed the document in her hand.

She thought about what was coming next.

Judging from the time, the final stage of the YoRHa Project is about to arrive.

The attitude of the human military leaders towards the YoRHa force is still unclear. Where will the YoRHa force go?

As the commander of YoRHa, how will she cope with the situation?

Thinking of this, she felt a little depressed.

Then, a casual remark came out:

"Order: Team 2B of three will proceed to Earth first and await further instructions."

Give the kids two days off.

White thought so.

"Understood. Then Commander, I will go back first."

21O said, turning and leaving.