As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 193 The truth of the world, the road to escape from reincarnation, begins

The entry barrier is VR glasses, which Li Nuo did not expect.

"Will it work?"

"Yes, but it needs to be debugged." Marjie looked at Chabai and smiled: "How is Miss Chabai's virus?"

"Okay." Li Nuo said.

Marger was not surprised. He had read the information about the logic virus in York City, so he knew the next steps.

"Mr. Victor, please change the cyber network for Miss Chabai."

Victor took out some special tools for prosthetists and showed a soft smile: "Miss Chabai, you don't have a special slot for cyber implants in the back of your head. I have to break open the skin on your spine, which may hurt a little." , let’s take some paralytics?”

"No, it won't be good if something unexpected happens when you are unconscious." Cha Bai glanced at Li Nuo.

Li Nuo understood it...

"it is good……"

He got a small cutting saw from Victor, poured [Robots Must Die] on it, turned on [Inner Potential], and started cutting.

"Li Nuo, I triggered two main missions." Marjie said suddenly.

Then he clicked on the panel and posted his new task.

Because he passed the threshold, he triggered the same hidden plot as Li Nuo.

That is to say [get out of this bad reincarnation].

Li Nuo put down the small electric saw, took out a paper towel and pressed it on the break in Cha Bai's back, sucking up the blood and letting Victor operate it.

Then the two began to check their experiences so far, hoping to find clues to the main plot.

Li Nuo does not need to elaborate.

Marco is more magical.

Whether it was a cult, a prisoner, a prison escapee, or a kidnapper, how did Marger do so many operations in a few days... Well, this is all trivial, just to put it simply.

Because you can summon the five Novigrad bodyguards, you can just let your "little brother" get the things when you escape from prison.

He then went to a factory where he discovered that non-combatant artificial and mechanical life forms were produced within York City.

This matter is very subtle.

After all, there is still a group of rebel armies in space orbit, how could they tolerate people here doing such a thing.

So, he sneaked into the largest local arms manufacturing company that day.

And there he met a senior scientific research executive from an arms company.

As far as he knew, York City had developed a basic social network, that is, the capital class.

So he showed his identity to the other party (not a good guy), and then showed off his new technology (cyber prosthetic mantis knife). With these, he planned to enter the city's scientific research institute, but everything was closed.

The other party was not a good person either. When he was going through the entry procedures, he secretly called someone in and wanted to take Marger away and break him down.

Brother Ma couldn't bear it anymore. He kidnapped directly and violently. The scientific research androids were not fighting types and were easy to fight.

I casually obtained all the confidential drawings from the local manufacturer, and by the way, I pried out the truth from this guy as to why the "sill" was used by them.

"Does Miss Chabai know the concept of 'sill'?" Marjie asked while debugging the machine.

"I heard him say it, but I barely understand it." Cha Bai glanced at Li Nuo.

"Then I will tell you everything I know this time." Marger put down the awl for debugging the equipment, took out a bottle of honey from the cabinet, twisted the bottle cap and said, "'Jian' is a product of consciousness. In other words, it is similar to Mewtwo in "Cyberpunk", or the repository of a virtual network. I will give you another awesome term, Li Nuo, you will definitely understand."

He unscrewed the cap, poured some of it on the bottle cap, and threw it to Li Nuo.

The meaning is to let him eat, otherwise he will be afraid of starving in a while.

"Archive."

Li Nuo listened and was stunned for a few seconds before starting to lick the honey.

"When are you going to go inside?"

"No rush, Mr. Victor needs to adjust Miss Chabai's network signal." Marger crossed his arms and leaned on the table: "In short, these are the conclusions I came to after entering the threshold, including kidnapping the city's top executives. "

Emil controlled the car, swaying slightly from side to side, and asked in confusion: "Hey... I don't understand, what are you talking about?"

Li Nuo: "What this guy means is that the threshold contains various memories that we have retained in this world. It should be said that it is not all kinds, but different and intertwined memories in different time and space lines."

He paused and put the bottle cap on the table.

"It's just like..." Li Nuo looked at Emil and said: "Emil, if you didn't encounter us in your previous life, your experience of encountering us in this life would definitely be completely different. It was caused by a simple butterfly effect. It’s a large-scale globalization change.”

Emil still didn't understand. He didn't understand the previous life and the next life, because he only had one life, and it was so long that he had forgotten the previous stories.

"Li Nuo, have you noticed any terrible conclusions?" Marjie suddenly asked.

"It seems... I understand a little bit..." Li Nuo lowered his head: "The story of "Neil" only tells a small part of the world view, and a large number of fragmented stories are buried in various details..."

Cha Bai: "For example, my story?"

Li Nuo shook his head: "Cha Bai... Although you are the protagonist, in "NieR Automata", your actions have zero impact on the world, including 9S and A2, who are both protagonists with you. Between you, Although the experience during this period makes people feel...unforgettable, it is as insignificant as the trivial things that happen in a company in the context of the times."

Marger continued: "That's it, Ms. Chabai, the story of "NieR", the constant theme is the hopeless reincarnation of death, in 11946, the artificial man and the mechanical life form signed a peace treaty, 2B and the Yorha Force were involved in this matter The role it plays is zero."

"So the answer to the amazing story, sad theme, touching ending, and sacrifice in the end is that the protagonists of the story are doing some meaningless things." Li Nuo looked at Marger and asked: "Lao Ma, who do you think should be the protagonist of the entire "NieR" series, including "Rider on Dragon's Back"?"

Marger said the name without hesitation.

"Jacol."

"Hey~ Exactly what I thought."

"What do you mean?" Cha Bai asked.

"There are more than thirty time and space lines, from the two parts of "Dragon's Back" to the two parts of "NieR", with a total of six protagonists." Li Nuo paused and said: "However, in fact, he was observing their movements and There are people who appear in every space-time line, and only Yacol is the only one."

Marger added: "Since there is a hidden BOSS, there should be a hidden protagonist."

In fact, from the time they regarded Jacol as a key figure, the quest line in this world has nothing to do with the original work.

Li Nuo said: "Going back to what I said at the beginning, the meaning of 'threshold' is archive, which stores things from different timelines. Then there is an extremely scary hypothesis."

Marger snorted and said, "Time is closed."

boom--

Victor inserted the signal line connecting to the network into the mechanical implant under Tan Bai's spine, connected it to his head, and started transmitting network data.

Under the interference of chaotic sound waves, she listened carefully to the two men's dismantling of the history of her hometown.

Emil: "I've heard of time closed loop! It means that no matter what you do, the result is the same!"

"Huh, it means the same thing." Marjie said metaphorically: "After completing the first game, you save it. The first two weeks are the starting point of the first week. The ending of the second week is the beginning of the third week. The beginning and end of each week are the same. It triggers the next week, the difference is the process. Put the above in the real world, it is equivalent to a closed time loop."

Cha Bai didn't understand.

But she suddenly felt at ease... Li Nuo and Marjie, two crooked things, met, and their jumping thinking comparable to that of a psychosis could always uproot some seeds hidden in the dark.

"Anyway, after Miss Chabai's network signal is stable, we will go to the threshold to have a look." Marjie stretched out his hand.

A mechanical life form handed the goblet to his hand as if it had been practiced countless times before pouring some water.

He didn't know what he was pretending to do and drank the water, sipping it like he was drinking.

Li Nuo couldn't help but give him a kick.

A group of mechanical life forms rushed in and pushed Li Nuo to the ground...

At this moment, he felt that if you put Marger in this script for more than ten years, this chuunibyou might really replace the status of the advanced polymer "N2" of mechanical life forms (Note 1).

Make trouble.

About ten minutes later, Marjie debugged the machine that entered the threshold.

He counted the heads, and there were exactly three VR glasses that he took along.

When putting on the glasses, Marger did not forget to remind: "After entering the threshold, the body will be like falling asleep. Unless you take off the glasses, you will not wake up. Please, Mr. Victor."

Victor nodded and opened the door.

Hundreds of mechanical life forms gathered outside.

Marger sat on a special iron chair and raised his head towards all the mechanical life forms.

At this moment, the mechanical life form below knelt down, and hundreds of iron knees knelt on the ground. There was only one sound, which showed how long they had been practicing for the kneeling ceremony.

Marjie said to all the guys with round heads: "Everyone, I am going to a spiritual world to prepare for ascension to godhood. During this retreat, I hope everyone will protect our safety!"

The mechanical lifeforms shouted in unison: "Bishop, sir, find the succubus——!"

Li Nuo was so shocked that his jaw opened...

"Brother Ma..." He changed his name to brother: "You are so awesome..."

Marjie looked at him coldly: "Humph, did you just know?"

Cha Bai frowned and smiled helplessly, and was the first to put on his glasses.

After several people put on their glasses, Emil asked uneasily: "What are they going to do?"

Victor said from the side: "No matter what they do, these people must have important things, such as..."

Emil: "Like saving the world?"

Victor encountered a question that he could not answer directly.

"Ah... that's right..."

……

The world of Jian is much more empty than Li Nuo imagined.

Surrounded by large buildings floating in the air.

At your feet are spiral stairs going up.

"Huh..." Cha Bai let out a long breath: "Where are we going now?"

"Well... Yacol said he came here to find her..." Li Nuo clicked on the mission panel and said that there was no movement on the hidden main line that could be updated by going to the threshold.

Marger walked in front and said: "There are no dangerous things in the threshold, but the maze will appear occasionally. Anyway, I remember the way. As for Jacquel, I think it will definitely appear when it should appear. Let's first put it into perspective. Correct what you haven’t finished yet.”

Li Nuo nodded and followed up: "I understand, you are worried that if you say something, Emil will go crazy, right?"

Chabai stared around, feeling an inexplicable palpitation in his heart. Watching the two of them walk away, he immediately trotted to follow them.

……

"Has entered the threshold."

"Hey~ There are three of us, what should we do?"

"Who are you asking?"

"Of course we have to ask ourselves! They are a new timeline!"

"Everyone, don't make any noise. Don't forget the first purpose of letting them enter the threshold."

"Extracting three people's 'archives'."

Dozens of Yacols stood somewhere on the threshold.

These girls all have the same appearance, with a somewhat nervous expression on their face.

Magic stripes condensed on the lenses of their glasses, and they gathered together to observe the projections of Li Nuo and the others.

"After the extraction is almost complete, I went to talk to them about how to escape from this closed-loop world."

The talking Yacol is the only one with a more "human" facial expression.

"Huh? There's an accident!"

"how?"

"That white-haired girl, judging from my memory, walked out of our world."

"so what."

"She'll be back sooner or later."

"No one can escape reincarnation."

"nobody."

……

"So, what are you going to say?"

Cha Bai followed the two of them like a little girl and asked.

"The closed loop of time and space." Li Nuo explained: "From "Cavalry on Dragon's Back" to "NieR", the closed loop of time and space spans tens of thousands of years."

"You have never told me clearly what is going on in this world..."

Cha Bai was a little at a loss.

Marjie snorted coldly. He didn't say it because there was no need to tell Cha Bai. As for Li Nuo not saying it, he thought it was interesting anyway.

But Li Nuo couldn't help but say it now.

"I told you before, it's basically... well, alien creatures and magic appeared in the originally ordinary world. Later generations will call this shock a catastrophe. At the beginning of "Riders on Dragon's Back 3", the protagonist Zero The world-destroying flower grows on the eyes. Dragons have a close relationship with flowers, and flowers will eventually destroy the world, and only dragons can destroy flowers."

Li Nuo thought for a moment and suddenly said, "By the way, the second form of the Dragoon is almost exactly the same as the dragon in "Dragon Rider 3"."

Marger: "European dragons may all look alike, but... just keep talking."

Li Nuo continued: "In short, after Zero's death, the timeline came to "Riders on Dragon's Back 1". The story of this generation is also related to dragons. The seeds of the World-Destroying Flower became the virus that destroyed the world, that is, it can Pink eye disease that turns a person into a violent rage.”

"The process of the story is still not important. The key is two pieces of information." "First, the flower of destruction is a creation of the gods, and the dragon is the attendant of the gods. The dragon will be attracted to the flower and destroy it. To put it bluntly, the flower of destruction The source of the world’s tragedy seems to be a god’s self-amusement.”

"Second, at the end of a certain timeline in "Dragon Rider 1", the protagonist and the red dragon traveled through time and space to Shinjuku, Japan, and sprinkled magic on the earth. This is the beginning of the story of "NieR" and the end of mankind. beginning."

"Then, when humans were studying magic, they opened a time-space tunnel and sent the magic to other time and space. Then, the magic happened to travel to "Riders on Dragon's Back 3", and happened to enter Zero's eyes, becoming With the Flower of Destruction, reincarnation begins."

Both Marjie and Li Nuo stopped.

Marjie turned around and asked, "Miss Chabai, what can you hear?"

Cha Bai said directly: "The reincarnation of death in which two time and space lines from different worlds intersect."

Li Nuo smiled and said: "What if I said that this is actually the reincarnation of death in the same world?"

Cha Bai stopped and said, "Huh?"

"Yes, there is no so-called time and space travel at all, but timeline travel. The story basically takes place on the same planet. Let me sort it out again."

Li Nuo organized his thoughts and said:
"According to the original plot prompt, Jacol claimed during a certain appearance in "The Rider on Dragon's Back" that 'I am an artificial person who serves the humans of the old era'."

"After Jaccol's name was opened and read backwards in neon katana, it was 'Yurha'."

"Jacol was born in the Kingdom of Night, a thing created by artificial humans."

"The above are fragments of information from the original plot. Let's put Yacol as the 'protagonist'. Sort it out and start from scratch."

"Era... After the demise of mankind, in order to cover up the truth of mankind's demise, the top executives of the artificial humans moved out the Yurha Project and placed human data on the moon for preservation. In 11945 AD, artificial human-like artificial beings appeared in the mechanical life forms. Humans (Adam and Eve), in 11946 AD, artificial humans and mechanical life forms coexisted peacefully. In the thousands of years since then, artificial humans have gone to outer space one by one, leaving only a few artificial humans still on the earth."

"During this period, Yacol has been observing. Even though there are only a few artificial humans left, she is special. The idea of ​​​​saving humanity is still engraved in her mind, because she is an orphan of the Yurha Project."

"In AD 12530, the mechanical life forms developed nobles. In the later timeline, there were internal riots among the mechanical life forms."

"Combined with the birth of Adam and Eve, the only two mechanical life forms that were the same as humans in 11945, the subsequent mechanical life forms gradually evolved into human appearance because the information database in their brains was left by humans, that is, the 'New Human beings'. At the same time, because the human data on the lunar plane was controlled by the main program (N2) of a certain mechanical life form, a new human society was created. In other words, human history was reincarnated by the mechanical life form."

“A blanking of history happened.”

"Then it's a very twisted speculation."

"In addition to Jacol, the Dragoons also remain in the world."

"Dragon in "Rider on Dragon's Back" is a creature created by God, and the chronology of "NieR" shows that dragon is a biological weapon used by artificial people. Later, the reason why God wanted to destroy the world may be because of the finished product and In "NieR", the ideal human being recorded on the moon is different. The moon has left human DNA information, so it is believed that the human beings in "Dragon Rider" are made to be failures and want to destroy human beings. .”

"So, the actual relationship between the characters is... humans create artificial humans to protect humans. After the artificial humans leave, the database on the surface of the moon is still running. The database keeps restarting the world in order to regenerate the same species as the beautified humans, causing humans to wander forever. In the cycle of extinction.”

"The data left behind by artificial humans are the executors of the gods, and humans are their own gods."

Chabai was stunned.

"Li Nuo, are you serious?"

Li Nuo nodded.

"From all the clues, it can be deduced that Yacol's sentence 'I am an artificial person who serves the humans of the old era' has actually revealed the truth."

Marger also said: "I have never seen the Dragoons, but those creatures themselves are also part of the plan of humans and artificial humans to protect humans. It is reasonable that they will destroy the Flower of Destruction."

The two of them turned around and continued walking up.

Cha Bai followed slowly.

A bunch of confusion in my mind.

"too crazy……"

"Yes, you think so too."

Suddenly there was someone beside me who answered me.

Cha Bai turned his head and saw a white-haired girl wearing a black dress and black tactical goggles.

2B.

"what happened……"

"Don't be surprised, this is the threshold, the palace of memory for countless reincarnations."

2B reached out his hand and grabbed Chabai, who was the same person as him.

"Leave, leave reincarnation, leave here."

The next second, Cha Bai suddenly came out of the threshold.

She took off her glasses, her eyes were serious, and she was breathing heavily.

Victor, who had been standing by the side, asked: "What's the matter, Miss Chabai?"

"fine……"

"Are you having a nightmare?" Emil drove himself over slowly and comforted him with his childlike tone: "We are protecting you, Ms. Chabai, don't worry, don't worry~"

Chabai nodded, touched Emil's head, and made himself smile: "Well, I'm fine."

reincarnation...

Escape from reincarnation...

She looked at Li Nuo, feeling extremely palpitated. She always had a feeling that the so-called reincarnation... meant more than just herself.

Li Nuo and Marjie are all inside.

My chest felt slightly warm.

She lifted up her cloak and took out the [Hidden BOSS Code Location] map from her chest line.

There is a red dot enlarging on it.

She always thought that the red one pointed to Emir, but there was indeed a red dot besides Emil on the map that was expanding nearby.

"A hidden BOSS is about to appear in York City..." Chabai immediately shouted: "Mr. Victor, protect them two together!"

……

Li Nuo found that Chabai had disappeared.

Marger grabbed him by the collar and dragged him forward.

"Miss Chabai may have seen something and was forced out of the threshold. Don't forget that this is the place where archives are stored. She may have seen 2B's archives, so she was forced to leave."

"The more I think about it, the more uneasy I become." Li Nuo touched the position in the middle of the crowd and asked, "Marjie, do you think... what I said is correct?"

"Congratulations~ What you said is basically correct~"

Jacol's voice sounded nearby.

The girl was standing behind them unknowingly.

"300 years ago, a group of aliens came, calling themselves the Cairo Space Exploration Force. They helped build York City, thus changing history and opening a new timeline." Yacol adjusted his glasses and thought of himself. Said: "After this timeline was opened, a large number of outsiders came. Let me call you this. You do not exist in reincarnation. You are exceptions. So I am wondering if I can see something from you. The hope of breaking the frame.”

"Elaborate." Marjie spoke concisely.

Jacol smiled and snapped his fingers, the steps turned into a platform, and he walked up.

"That is to say... I am a recorder and cannot interfere with the process of historical development. This is a program. I have no way to peel off the program, so I can only keep recording everything that happened in the past, store the data here (threshold), and keep reading the records , imagining how to find a way to stop the cycle of death, but... hahaha."

Her voice was a little helpless.

"I haven't found it, I haven't found a method, there is no way at all. Even if I interfere with the process, the world line will eventually return due to the correction of fate... This planet itself has become a part of reincarnation..."

"I need the help of alien creatures to open a new timeline."

She clapped her hands, bent down, and smiled playfully.

"That's it."

[New main quest update—please break out of the infinite reincarnation of this terrible world]

[[-]. The regretful song of destruction, when it turned into a beast, it took away the melody of the pointer]

[[-]. The apostle stood with wings fluttering, the request from the dark city, when did he hear it from afar, the innocent recorder whispered]

[[-]. Disasters come to the city, destroying time and human dreams, and leaving again and again]

[The fourth prompt has been updated]

After Li Nuo heard the voice prompt, the first thing he did was to check the panel.

While Yacol was talking to Marger in muttering, he looked at the prompts on the panel in a daze.

"Miss Yacol, is it okay to call me this?" Li Nuo suddenly asked.

Yakel touched the frame of his glasses and said with a smile: "Of course~ Ah ah, you are that Li Nuo. I am not praising you. Among so many outsiders, you are the most special..."

"If I find a way to break the reincarnation, what can you give me?" Li Nuo interrupted her chatter and said directly: "In other words, what are the benefits to us?"

……

"Ahhh! Why did she suddenly go to see them!"

"Who told those two guys to reveal the truth!"

A group of Yacols are still extracting the "archives" of Li Nuo and Marjie.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing!"

"Well~I've finished extracting it."

"Phew... I can rest now."

"and many more……"

"what happened again?"

"That is, what is it..."

"what is what?"

"I mean, the thing behind the masked man..."

The group of Yakels stared at the screen, looking at the archive data overflowing behind Li Nuo, and they all froze on the spot.

A trembling feeling made the group of artificial beings tremble.

Some people's archives cannot be viewed.

……

"What are your benefits?" Yacol touched his thin lips.

"Yes." Li Nuo nodded: "The principle of equal exchange, or in other words, the mercenary principle. Only when you pay and do things, can you be motivated if the conditions are reasonable."

Jacol said: "Shall I give you money?"

Li Nuo shook his head: "How about sending the idiot away?"

Jacol smiled: "What you said...is really...vulgar."

Li Nuo didn't pay attention, stretched out his hand and asked, "Do you want to make a deal with me?"

Jacol was startled.

The lenses of her glasses reflected a gentleman wearing a top hat standing behind Li Nuo.

The inexplicable cold air and black mist rushed toward her like wild beasts.

At this moment, Yacol's neck seemed to be grabbed by big hands.

In ancient human books, there are records of things called demons.

But no real demon has ever appeared in history.

Jacol's breathing was hindered, as if he heard the devil's whisper-do you want to make a deal with me.

"Hello? What's wrong?"

Li Nuo's voice woke her up.

In front of Jacquel's sight, everything was as before, there was no old gentleman in a top hat.

She shook her head.

Suddenly I saw that Li Nuo and the top hat seemed to overlap.

Wandering endlessly in reincarnation, she deeply realized one thing.

The reincarnation that the man in front of him is trapped in is far beyond the horror of this world, but what is that...

Is it the devil?
"Hmph, don't tell me that you have a crush on me."

"Marjie, don't get sick in your head now."

Jacol: "Sorry...it seems that there is something wrong with the program...a short circuit...what did you just say?"

Li Nuo shrugged his shoulders: "Make a deal with me. If I successfully demonstrate the way to break reincarnation, you will give me all the weapons, magic, equipment, and information you have collected."

Jacol didn't want to agree.

but……

She was a little afraid of the top hat just now...

"Okay...what can you do?"

Li Nuo smiled.

There was a panel in front of him that only he and Marger could see.

The fourth tip for hiding tasks and breaking out of reincarnation:
[[-]. When dawn comes, break the final node. The beginning is the end, and the end is separation]

　Note: N2, an advanced aggregation of mechanical life forms, is the network consciousness that manages mechanical life forms. It can be regarded as the real behind-the-scenes BOSS in Nier and even the Cavalry on Dragon's Back.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)