NieR: Whirlpool

Chapter 181 Soul Box

"Are these things only found in Tokyo?" Ye Feng asked.

"Negative. According to intelligence, similar buildings have appeared near battlefields all over the earth. Intelligence analysis shows that they seem to have similar functions." Assist 153 reported.

"Are there giant white tower buildings in other areas?" Ye Feng continued to ask.

"Report: None found yet." said Pod 153.

"Is there any information coming from the dark side of the earth, the 'Country of Night'?" Ye Feng continued to ask.

"Report: The situation in the Night Country is unclear."

"Besides this place, where else is the front-line battlefield you mentioned?" Ye Feng continued to ask.

"..."

"If you don't want to talk about it, I won't ask." Ye Feng waved his hand. He planned to deal with the problem at hand first.

Take the elevator all the way up.

There is no choice of floors here, it all looks like it was arranged by someone.

"See what tricks you have up your sleeve."

The elevator opened, Ye Feng walked out of the elevator door, came to the first floor inside, and looked up at the inside of the Soul Box.

The game is intricate and full of platforms, requiring you to jump and climb to move between them.

"Report analysis: The device is composed of a variety of metal elements, silicon elements, germanium elements, and a small amount of other substances, and has an anti-gravity device. Judgment: This is a device that recovers the data of dead mechanical life forms." 153 reported, "Unlock the password device on each floor to open the elevator to the upper floor."

With the help of auxiliary machine 153, Ye Feng accurately found the electronic locks on each floor.

Hacking in again and again, opening the elevator on this floor and leading to the next floor.

Intelligence obtained from one of the hacks:

【022 port 0 "Tower" system overview:

The "Tower" is a facility that processes and converts various resources sent by the resource recovery unit into information, with the launcher as the center.

The 256-layer structure screens and compresses the information below 2300 turbidity and records it to the transmitter, which takes 27 minutes and 32 seconds.

Note: Due to diversity learning, the error tolerance rate is 7.21%. 】

After quietly reading the information in front of him, Ye Feng fell into deep thought.

Could this giant white tower really be a device used to launch giant artillery shells?

He collected so much information about mechanical life forms?

Why not use a rocket for launch?

There is an anti-gravity device, why not use it?

No matter how you look at it, it seems like there's a big problem?

With more questions, Ye Feng continued to take the elevator to the next floor.

Once he hacked into the server and got the second piece of information. It felt like someone had given it to him on purpose:

【The final step of the YoRHa plan,

This information is S-level confidential and is strictly prohibited from being disclosed to any YoRHa-related personnel, including the YoRHa commander.

[Black Box]

All YoRHa units are equipped with the "Black Box" component. They use the core of the machine life form, and in essence, YoRHa units have the same consciousness structure as the machine life form.

Reason for carrying the black box: Considering that it is inhumane to carry ordinary AI (artificial intelligence) on humanoid weapons that will eventually be discarded, this decision was made.

Note: There are several YoRHa units that "rebelled" due to the loss of control of the black box.

To avoid this situation, the underlying architecture of the black box should be appropriately modified to control the risk of mutiny.

Ye Feng had seen this information in the game.

But now he was sweating profusely.

The underlying architecture of the black box...modify appropriately!

The top leaders of the human army actually...

It seems that they were not good people from the beginning.

Of course, what good could I be?

Ye Feng touched his left chest, sneered, and couldn't help muttering.

Previously, he asked Adam, who had cut ties with N2, to help him deconstruct the black box, but there has been no news so far.

If my guess is correct, YoRHa's immediate superiors - the human army,

There must be unforgivable sins.

Of course, it is not ruled out that

This information is a conspiracy of mechanical creatures.

He shook his aching head, putting these thoughts aside for the moment.

Finally, after taking the elevator about 5 times, Ye Feng reached the top floor.

Above is the blue sky, and below is a platform with a diameter of tens of meters, on which some mechanical devices are displayed.

In the center of the platform, there is a pavilion-like building with four metal pillars. In the center of the pavilion is the core device of the "Soul Box", which emits dazzling golden light.

Ye Feng walked slowly closer, looked at the familiar scene, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

Suddenly, a severe headache rushed straight to the top of my head.

In a trance,

He seemed to think of a heartbreaking scene in the game:

The same scene, almost the same story line, 9S, who is in the state of sealing his demon, comes here alone.

He was hacked into his inner consciousness by the core,

Watching his own memories in the memory space being gradually devoured by the black shadow transformed by the core,

That is the most precious memory between me and 2B.

9S was furious.

"Don't take my memory without permission... This is my treasure!! Don't touch it!!"

He roared and raged,

"I am going to kill you!!!"

He chopped down the black shadow formed by the enemy's invasion signal, rode on the black shadow, and stabbed the black shadow's chest frantically with both hands holding the sword.

One sword, one sword, and another sword...

"My... my memory..."

However, the black shadow slowly transformed into the appearance of 2B. As the sword continued to pierce, a large amount of blood was brought out, forming a bloody scene.

In reality, 9S pierced the golden core device with the same posture.

Then he collapsed to the ground, screaming in pain...

“Die, die, die!!!”

"Report, data signals are consistent and there are signs of resonance. Damage is detected on the machine." Assist 153 issued a warning.

Ye Feng's eyes were bloodshot.

In a trance, he felt as if he was doing the same thing as 9S in the story, that kind of madness, that kind of despair, as if he was there personally.

He roared in anger and repeated the mechanical movements.

The shadow that was stabbed continuously turned into 2B's appearance.

However, the movements of his hands did not stop.

9S's appearance reappeared in the shadow.

Ye Feng's sword pierced his chest again and again, and each sword brought out a trail of blood.

"Report: EMP shield has been opened, anti-hacking program has been loaded, and it is running at full power." Assist 153 reported.

The shadow reappeared as A2, and Ye Feng showed no sign of stopping his movements.

He let out a series of piercing roars, and his sword pierced into A2's chest again and again as he roared.

Finally, exhausted, he raised his sword high, and with the last of his strength, stabbed it fiercely into A2's chest.

"Report: 9M has run out of energy and is about to restart..."

In reality, Ye Feng aimed at the core, stabbed with a sword, and then lost consciousness.

"Under appraisal..."

"Viral infection confirmed."

"Virus name: 9S."