NieR: Whirlpool

Chapter 146: Unit 9's Strange Path

The sky gradually cleared up, the turbid fog dissipated, and the dazzling sunlight shone down.

Eve's energy was exhausted and her body returned to its normal skin color.

He knelt on the ground, his eyes out of focus, staring blankly into the distance.

“9M!!” 9S dragged his remaining body over and shouted anxiously.

"How are you, 9M?" He stretched out his hand tremblingly, wanting to touch Ye Feng, but he didn't dare to move easily.

He turned around and yelled at the auxiliary machine:

"Assistive Device!!"

"Report: 9M's health is decreasing," Pod 153 responded.

"Hurry up and save him, hemostatic gel, connector, backup procedures..."

9S muttered to himself as he frantically looked around for something that could help Ye Feng.

2B looked at 9M who was leaning on her knees...

No...half 9M.

His body was completely torn apart in the middle of the abdomen, with only a few charred cables connecting his shattered lower body.

Her heart was broken and tears blurred her vision.

"9M..." She whispered his name, barely making any sound in her throat.

Pod 042 said nothing, but silently opened the toolbox and took out the things 2B needed.

Pod 153 shook his head helplessly, indicating that there was no other way.

9S muttered in panic, but he suddenly thought of something and gave the order without hesitation:

"Assist, package the 9M data and send it back to the bunker."

Pod 153's response left the two of them stunned:

"Report: 9M aircraft data packaging program is damaged, unable to be packaged, unable to be backed up."

"How could this happen!!" 2B exclaimed.

"9M can be resurrected using his previous memories." Pod 042 reported.

"Then his current memory will be lost, and the one who is resurrected will not be him!" 2B said angrily.

9S suddenly realized something and stamped his feet and beat his chest, regretting the situation. "It's all my fault!"

He knelt on the ground, stretched out his trembling right hand, and slapped himself hard.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed his wrist tightly, stopping his actions.

9S looks down and exclaims:

"9M!?"

Ye Feng looked at the familiar 9S in front of him and forced a smile, saying, "This has nothing to do with you, brother..."

9S's face was filled with anger and he shouted:

"It's me! There's no backup..."

Ye Feng suddenly interrupted 9S.

"No! You don't understand..."

He opened his mouth and seemed to be saying something, but 9S leaned close to his ear and couldn't hear clearly.

“It’s all because of this guy!”

9S shouted, he raised his sword and staggered towards Eve.

At this time, Eve had no more energy. He knelt on the ground with empty eyes, muttering to himself:

“Brother…Brother…”

"Brother!" Ye Feng shouted with difficulty:

“Don’t kill him!!”

9S raised the sword in his hand, his blood boiling and his whole body shaking uncontrollably.

Hearing Ye Feng's cry, he gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and thrust the sword into the ground next to Eve.

He stared at the stupid Eve in front of him, wishing he could eat him alive.

As if he thought of something, he pulled out his hand, slapped himself hard, then turned around with difficulty and knelt down beside the two of them.

Ye Feng turned to look at Auxiliary Machine 154: "Auxiliary Machine."

The auxiliary machine 154 understands and starts to execute the operation.

At this time, Pods 042 and 153 simultaneously issued a notification:

"Report: Detected a database call interface sent by 9M, do you want to receive it?"

"9M!" 2B hugged Ye Feng tightly.

"Keep these materials!"

Ye Feng coughed up a mouthful of blood, then looked at 154: "My memory is in this sword."

Assist 154 took Ye Feng's Pure White Contract Plus and handed it to 2B.

At this moment, an anxious call came from the ruins:

"Eva! 9M!"

Adam finally arrived, now broken and bloody, no longer as elegant as before.

Looking at everything at the scene, he stood there in a daze, at a loss.

"how so!?"

Eve was kneeling on the ground and was very surprised to see Adam, but he was very weak at the moment.

"elder brother!?"

Adam quickly stepped forward to help Eve up, and pulled him, and squatted in front of the three people.

Looking at Ye Feng who was spitting blood in front of him, he wanted to speak but didn't know where to start.

He felt mixed emotions and tightly grasped Ye Feng's blood-stained hand:

"9M, we thank you and we apologize to you."

"Adam..."

Ye Feng slowly turned his head, looked at the two brothers, and said with difficulty:

"Take good care of your brother...don't let him get hurt."

Adam showed an unprecedented sadness. He nodded vigorously: "I understand! We swear here that we will never be your enemy again!"

"Then... I feel relieved." Then he said:

"Don't blame yourself, don't blame your brother. This is the self-healing of the timeline. It's the price I deserve."

"timeline?"

Looking at Adam mumbling to himself, Ye Feng raised his hand slightly:

"Go! Give me some time to say my last words."

The two brothers nodded, a golden light appeared under their feet, and they slowly turned into shadows and left.

Before leaving, Eve looked at Ye Feng with mixed emotions and bowed with a respectful expression.

"Is this really the end of the timeline?!"

Ye Feng's eyes were empty as he muttered to himself,

"I was punished for disrupting the plot and saving someone who was supposed to die, right?"

"Why, 9M, you are such a kind and optimistic person, but you always don't live long?" Tears rolled down, soaking Ye Feng's cheeks.

"2B, you are such a kind girl, why can't you jump out of the vortex of birth and death?" Ye Feng asked back.

"Why is it always like this... always like this..." 2B pounded the ground with her fists: "This is not fair, not at all, not fair..."

Ye Feng felt the energy draining away, and silently glanced at Auxiliary Machine 154, as if to say:

It's time for a last gasp.

Pod 154 understood and mobilized the remaining energy in his body.

Feeling the brief replenishment of energy, Ye Feng immediately put on a sly smile.

He grabbed 2B's hand tightly and stroked it vigorously, feeling the warmth and tenderness, while laughing like a villain:

"A beautiful, kind-hearted yet pretendingly cold girl, hehe, she is really moved by me and finally falls into my hands.

It seems... my charm is really extraordinary, haha.

If you fall into my hands, you will suffer the consequences, hiahiahia..."

"9M..."

2B showed no sign of disgust and continued to hug him tightly.

"Uh……"

Ye Feng suddenly lost interest.

"You're not beautiful if you cry, so I'm not interested in you anymore." He said, reaching out his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of the girl's eyes.

The olfactory receptors were still working, and Ye Feng sniffed hard.

"2B, you smell so good."

As he spoke, he arched his body hard against the girl's chest again, feeling the softness where his head touched.

I'm leaving soon anyway, so it would be a big loss if I don't do this.

2B seemed to understand what Ye Feng meant, but as a human, she was a little confused.

So she followed his wishes and pressed Ye Feng against her chest.

Looking at 9S who was kneeling beside him, Ye Feng called out his name:

"Brother...you must have some improper thoughts about me, I have to stay away from you.

At the bar..."

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his chest again, and a large amount of blood spurted out of his mouth.

"9M?"

"brother!"

9S came forward and held Ye Feng's hand tightly.

Ye Feng stretched out his hand with difficulty and pinched 9S's pretty face.

"You're so moist!"

9S hugged him tightly, tears welling up in his eyes.

Ye Feng leaned close to their ears and said with his last bit of strength,

"I'm not 9M, my name is Ye Feng, and I'm a human from Dragon Country."

"What!?"

"Ye Feng!?"

"Humanity?!"

9S suddenly thought of something and a look of relief appeared on his face:

"No wonder, that naming..."

But before he could think about it, a mouthful of blood splattered onto his clothes.

"Cough cough..."

Ye Feng's eyesight gradually dimmed, his face turned pale, he grinned and let out an unwilling cry:

"This is the first time I've been hugged by a woman..."

He opened his mouth and trembled all over.

The world before my eyes gradually darkened, and the shouting and crying in my ears slowly faded.

The endless coldness was trying to penetrate my body bit by bit, as if it chilled me to the bone.

Every part seemed to be frozen brittle, and the pain was so severe that it felt like my internal organs were broken. The pain was excruciating and the cold penetrated my bones.

His hands slowly dropped and his eyes dimmed.

Life is like a phone call, someone always hangs up first.

"9M..."

2B hugged his face tightly, tears streaming down her face again. She burst into tears, pouring out her grief and anger.

"Why? Why is it like this..."

9S screamed loudly at the side. His scream was heart-wrenching, and he seemed to be choking in his throat. He made an incomprehensible cry, which gradually turned into crying and he knelt on the ground.

Not far away, a woman in black with long white hair stood on the rooftop. She carried a sword on her back and watched everything, with a moving light flashing in her beautiful eyes.