Chapter 186 Journey to the Kingdom of Darkness
Richard didn't understand what Li Nuo meant at all.
"Am I crazy or are you crazy?"
Richard put the huge pipe wrench on his shoulder, and the flames curled around his left shoulder, but he didn't feel any burning pain.
Li Nuo touched the ball of light that appeared due to the [Ignis Decoction] with his fingers and curled his lips: "I feel embarrassed when you ask... Actually, I think my own plan... might really be me. crazy."
Before the words were spoken, a figure had arrived.
Richard was as fast as the wind, and the huge pipe wrench came fiercely.
Li Nuo raised his palm and pushed lightly, popping up the light ball belonging to Ignis's power at close range.
The fire burning on the pipe wrench was drowned by the ball of light that expanded instantly. Facing the energy ball of the final BOSS of "KOF", Richard made the most correct decision. He gave up the weapon directly and fired a strange Skill, the body turned into several afterimages and then folded away.
Li Nuo felt the burning heat in his palm, and the white light ball violently exploded forward, blowing the pipe wrench into pieces, rolling up the ground like a miniature cloud explosion, and chasing Richard like a strong wind.
A tight second, gone by in the blink of an eye.
Richard gritted his teeth, all the blood on his face was gone, and his whole body was shaking. Half of his right arm was destroyed, and the bones protruding beyond the flesh and blood were mottled mechanical bones.
"You bastard……"
"Ha..." Li Nuo laughed: "Mechanical skeleton, that would be easier."
You can't speak clearly when facing your opponent, but you can't say nothing either.
To put it simply, the Riddler's method of exerting pressure caused Richard, who was suffering from cyberpsychosis, to fall into greater mental hallucinations.
At this moment, Li Nuo in Richard's eyes became Mary Rose.
Well...it's Mary Rose, one of the leaders of the 3D area who is as famous as 2B (Cha Bai).
As for why this is the case...
Because Mary Rose, who belongs to the same worldview, lives downstairs from his house...
This caused Richard to be unable to take action. He now knew clearly that he was hallucinating, so he suddenly retreated, then took out a [sedative] and inserted it into his waist.
When his consciousness eased for a moment, Li Nuo suddenly appeared five meters in front of him.
For Li Nuo, he calculated the distance between the two quite accurately. Five meters was exactly within the longest reach of the whip blade in his hand.
Li Nuo was a little uncomfortable with the feel of the whip after it was longer than before. Richard grabbed the whip when he pulled it out, and the cross spikes on the front of the whip just touched his skin.
Li Nuo pulled his wrist back hard.
The spike on the cross is called the "Vampire Needle", and the complex and intricate patterns on it shimmer, triggering the special ability "Bloody Explosion" brought about by its upgrade.
There was a muffled sound and a red fire exploded!
One of Richard's eyes was broken, and viscous fluid flowed from the bloody eye socket and hung at the corner of his trembling mouth.
The other eye stared at Li Nuo, with frightening hatred seeping out of his pupils.
Li Nuo's heart tightened and he immediately used [Quen's Seal].
A dark shadow flashed ahead.
Richard rushed forward quickly, concentrating all his strength on his waist and stepping on a big hole. Like an unstoppable tank, his headbutt with a huge impact hit Li Nuo's chest.
Even though he was protected by the seal, Li Nuo still felt a tightness in his chest, as if he had been hit head-on by a rushing truck, and his body flew out uncontrollably. He raised his hand and released the silk thread, grabbed Richard, and the two of them moved backward together. It flew out and hit a tree before stopping.
Li Nuo instantly threw two [Higher North Winds], and the ice exploded into blue smoke, which condensed the falling rain into ice particles, and hit Richard together.
"Grass……!"
Richard knelt on the ground and beat the ground. His newly recovered consciousness fell into hallucination due to the temporary mental tension.
Li Nuo took the opportunity to open [Inner Potential], and at the moment when the blood mist spurted out, he pulled out Malorian, pulled the trigger, fired mercury bullets, and hit Richard continuously.
"Things shouldn't be like this...I am the intruder!"
Richard stood up violently, ignoring the extra blood holes on his body. His body mutated again, with navy blue manes growing out of his body. His only remaining arm took out a long knife from the grid of his backpack, Yoroha The troops used artificial human tactical knives and flew towards Li Nuo.
The blade was wrapped in electromagnetism, and several quick slashes were dodged by Li Nuo using the [Translation] he had just learned.
The two chase and fight in the rain.
The whip blade whipped and transformed continuously to resist Richard's offensive. Taking advantage of an opportunity, the pistol burst out [Gun Counterattack], broke through the water mist with one foot, and kicked the opponent.
Then he changed his cane and struck it at Richard.
"Grass--!"
Richard was completely crazy. He hugged Li Nuo even though his body was pierced by the barrel. He opened his big mouth ferociously and bit into Li Nuo's neck like a wild beast. His saliva was sticky and his bloodshot teeth bit down!
It's so fierce that he doesn't look like a human being!
Li Nuo turned his head at the critical moment, and Richard only bit his shoulder, causing blood to flow out.
"hiss!"
Li Nuo bit his lower lip and slapped it on the ground with force from his waist.
Do both at the same time.
Li Nuo rushed towards Richard's remaining eyeball with a stick.
Richard raised his hand and fired [Explosive Flame Vortex] towards Li Nuo's body.
Crimson flames burst out from the two men, and the pillar of fire was four to five meters high.
Li Nuo immediately used [serious retreat], but the flames exploded, and all the rainwater evaporated from the explosion.
He had no chance to defend against this blow.
Both were injured at the same time.
Li Nuo was shaken several meters away, with burnt smoke coming out of his body. He coughed up a lot of blood, and [Remnant Blood] was triggered.
Richard covered his eyes and kept shaking.
Hot flames shot across the haystacks and soil, and the surrounding area turned into a sea of fire in the rain.
Richard's screams echoed.
But it was buried by the footsteps behind him.
Li Nuo's pupils tightened, and he finally saw the android resistance army coming from a distance.
Not many people came, only about a dozen, but each one was fully armed and held an AK...
"stop."
A voice came from the Resistance Army.
There were more than a dozen gunpoints, half pointed at Li Nuo and the other half pointed at Richard.
Two more people came from behind, the one walking in front was the blond girl from the hotel.
When the girl saw Li Nuo, her expression was startled.
"Why are you out here causing trouble?"
Meanwhile, Richard climbed to his feet.
Being blind in both eyes, he originally took a blood medicine to restore his blood volume and regain a little vision at the same time.
But he's crazy.
What he heard was not the voice of the Resistance Army, but the voices of those abominable people in "reality" cursing themselves.
Boss, colleague, ex-girlfriend...Boss, colleague, ex-girlfriend...
Fucking day!
Various sounds that he didn't want to remember lingered in his ears.
He jumped out and flew towards Li Nuo.
When Li Nuo was about to use [Seal of Alder] for the final combo, the blond girl jumped out from beside him like a cannonball.
The android girl kicked Richard to the ground, then punched him with her body.
The blow shook up the water on the ground, and the girl smiled, with wanton violence in her eyes.
"I'm a fighting type!"
Blood came from Richard's mouth.
In order to prevent his head from being robbed, Li Nuo immediately pulled out the [Eight-Star Gun], pointed it at Richard's head and pulled the trigger.
boom--!
Explosive bullets shattered the intruder's head.
[8726 players have been killed]
[This player comes from the "Corridor of Immortality" and is a special invader]
[Get 12,000 experience points (blessed by killing intruders)]
[Get gold coins: 10000]
[You can choose to inherit something from him, including equipment and tasks. You need to roll a dice. Do you want to inherit it now? 】
"no."
[Ethnic information has been updated. Do you want to check it now? 】
"no."
Li Nuo said "no" twice in his mind and looked at the guns that were all pointed at him.
"New here, what's going on?" asked a resistance soldier.
Li Nuo pointed at Richard's body and quietly injected himself with a blood potion with his other hand.
"Don't you understand what's going on?"
"What……?"
"The flesh, flesh, and appearance, do you think they are the same as our artificial humans?"
The question Li Nuo asked made everyone focus on Richard.
Artificial humans have been programmed to "protect humans" since their "birth".
They will obey humans unconditionally and develop a special sense of induction and obedience to humans.
Annabel said that the aliens who come here are considered aliens, not humans in this world, but their body structures are the same as humans.
Then... to the Resistance Army, what can a structure that is the same as a human being be but a living form that is not a human being?
"Evolved mechanical life form."
Li Nuo rushed to say it, giving all the resistance forces an idea, although it was half truth and half false (Note 1).
"Didn't you see that purple laser cannon that only mechanical life forms can fire?"
Of course, that shot was fired by Li Nuo using the [Puppet String] modified by Annabelle. The purpose at that time was to attract the resistance army and leave a piece of evidence.
He did all this to point the contradiction to the lie that Richard was a mechanical life form.
From the moment he asked Annabell "What if he killed a mechanical life form?", the general framework of the plan came out in his mind.
Finally, he added: "And it's a crazy mechanical life form."
Artificial people put their guns down.
Someone said: "Inform the leader that something big has happened."
After hearing what others said, Li Nuo calmed down a little, then walked to Richard's body and started "stealing".
Richard has a total of 12 squares.
The seven grids of red ones cannot be taken.
In this way, he simply took away everything in the other five grids.
Two blood medicines, one ether, one light repair powder, and the last one is a book called "Ninjutsu".
He turned over it.
can't read.
Put it in your pocket.
After a while, the artificial people began to collect Richard's body.
Li Nuo sat on the stone next to the tree, breathing heavily, feeling pain all over his body.
He wanted to rest for a while before leaving.
After reaching level 25, the blood medicine's ability to suppress pain has decreased a lot.
"hiss--"
He rubbed his shoulder. The crack had not yet healed, and there was a dull pain.
"Anyway...the intruders are really powerful."
"It almost rolled over."
A head-to-head confrontation may not necessarily result in a loss, but a win may also be a miserable victory. If this is the average strength of the invaders, it would not be good.
When Li Nuo was thinking about this, he didn't think about anything else.
He is only level 32.
The opponent is level 42.
In any case, this time the invaders fought, he understood that everything was about to start again.
The opponents we face in the future should only be stronger.
Now that Chabai's logic virus has been cured and the core in his body has been replaced, he can connect to the network of the cyber world as long as it is not the special "core system (must be connected to the machine lifeform network)" of Yorha Force.
The next step is to rescue Marjie, connect Chabai with a new cyber network, completely eliminate the possibility of logic viruses, and then...find all the hidden things in this world.
"cough……"
Li Nuo lowered his head and coughed. His chest was tight and he was short of breath. This discomfort was similar to the feeling of having an upper gastrointestinal disease before.
"The burns haven't healed yet..."
He muttered to himself and found the mission panel just now.
Click on it to extract "Rewards" and "Information".
What comes first is intelligence.
[Racial Intelligence: The "Demon Hunter" upgrade percentage data link has been opened]
[Two modes to improve the race of demon hunters: 1. Kill specific or hidden demons in "side or main missions", that is, increase the percentage value; 2. Integration of multiple worldviews and demon hunting professions]
[You are currently the "Blood Demon Hunter"]
[Racial proficiency: 76.3%]
[After the proficiency reaches 100%, there will be a slight qualitative change]
[If it is a fusion of world-view and demon-hunting professions, the degree of qualitative change will be higher, but a variety of special conditions need to be triggered to obtain the "race advancement mission"]
"Ah...that's what I mean."
Li Nuo nodded to himself. Isn't this the path to professional training? It's the same as in junior college.
[Do you want to throw a piece to determine the point inheritance? 】
[Note: There are only three sides of the dice. Three is the highest and can inherit three things]
"Oh, vote."
He believed that his bad luck would definitely not...
[Point "Three"]
"..."
[You can choose to inherit something from player 8726, including equipment and tasks, random inheritance mode, do you want to inherit it now? 】
"yes."
[Extracting memory fragments...]
[Inherited player 8726 passive skill "Fire Affinity"]
[Skill: Flame Affinity]
[Learning conditions: Spiritual power 20]
[Effect: Fire resistance +35%, explosion damage resistance +10%]
[Brief description: In this way, if the explosion does not turn around, you don’t have to worry about your butt being burned]
"It's okay, at least it's a life-saving thing." Li Nuo learned it without hesitation.
As long as it was a defensive skill, he never asked others if they needed it, even if it was Cha Bai.
No one in the world needs defense more than he does.
[Inherited player 8726’s equipment “Runner’s Boots”]
【Runner's Boots】
[Quality: Excellent]
[Equipment conditions: Reaction 18, Constitution 22]
[Effect: Running speed increased by 10%, not affected by heavy objects]
[Brief description: Its last user had sweaty feet, yes, that’s player 8726. I hope you didn’t, otherwise these boots would be too miserable]
"It turns out that the introduction is still updated at any time."
Li Nuo glared at him and put on his boots while complaining. He found a piece of rag to wrap up his pair of hunter boots, preparing to throw them into the "explosion rate system" to try his luck.
He continued to look at the system: [Inherited the main mission of player 8726 and is under planning...]
[Fire of Prometheus] This main plot is really... inexplicably a bit confusing, after all, it involves the gods of mechanical life forms.
If there is another main line to choose from, that's one more option.
So...theoretically, as long as the guy's main plot is not too deceptive, there will be an extra way to survive.
[Inherited the main quest of player 8726]
[Go to space and find a planet to stay for an hour]
[Task details: Already in the task name]
"You're cheating!"
Li Nuo held his chin with a look of relief on his face.
"This is no harder than [Prometheus Fire]."
Theoretically, as long as you go to the satellite orbital base of the Yorha Force, you have a chance to get a spaceship that goes to outer space. That's how difficult it is... It's hard to describe.
On the one hand, the Yorha Force is more dangerous to him than the mechanical life forms. Because of Cha Shiro's original identity, the relationship with those artificial humans will definitely not be pleasant.
On the other hand, getting to the satellite orbital base is extremely difficult.
Big map, open world. Even if he knew where there was a facility that could lift off, he would have to go to great lengths to find the facility first. Neither time nor energy would allow him to waste time on this matter.
"Forget it, everything can't be a good thing."
He stood up and stretched in the drizzle.
"Go back and get some sleep."
"..."
Li Nuo straightened his hat, turned his head, and said to the android girl in the hotel:
"Can you help me ask when there will be a ship from the Kingdom of Darkness? I want to go there quickly."
…
There is no night in the Kingdom of Day, so it is difficult to tell what time it is by looking up at the sky.
There is always a layer of gray fog in the sky.
port.
Li Nuo was sleepy and missed the night.
Not even a day has passed in the script so far, and he already feels like he's going to die.
Exhausted.
The saddest thing is that the android doesn't eat. He has been drinking water since he woke up, and now he is as hungry as a deserter.
But the good news is that only 20 hours into the script, he has already been able to board the cargo ship to the Kingdom of Darkness.
Annabel worked very efficiently. She contacted a nearby ship that did not dock and hurriedly sent Li Nuo off, fearing that something unexpected would happen if he stayed.
As for Su Mei and others, no one dares to go to the Kingdom of Night where there are a large number of mechanical life forms.
Before leaving, Su Mei gave Li Nuo a cigarette for pain relief. In fact, she wanted to see what kind of face Li Nuo looked like after taking off the mask.
But Li Nuo didn't let her succeed.
Even if a few people say goodbye here, to each other, we are just passers-by on the road. We walked together on the same street by chance. There is no regret in parting.
Whether you can still see it alive or not depends purely on fate.
Woo——!
In the distance, a cargo ship loomed in the thick sea fog.
"I didn't expect that there is actually a ship to the Kingdom of Darkness?"
Li Nuo was very confused about this.
As far as his understanding of "NieR Automata" is concerned, the artificial man has thirteen satellite orbital bases in space, all of which can only observe the Kingdom of Day, and cannot observe the situation of the Kingdom of Night.
Annabel explained: "The old-style artificial people will fend for themselves and no one will care about it. As long as we new-style artificial people are honest and obedient, it will be fine. So in theory, you can come and go in the Kingdom of Darkness at will, as long as you have that life."
"Is it dangerous?" Li Nuo asked.
"Of course, although I have never been there..." Annabel glanced at Chabai who was walking behind, and whispered: "Don't use that chip yet. She is in the adaptation period, and her function is temporarily missing."
"You..." Li Nuo was so stunned that he couldn't answer the question.
Cha Bai arrived later, and she felt that the journey was like walking on a gravel-strewn slope.
My left foot is heavier than a lead weight, and I’ll be out of breath after taking just one step.
After finally stepping out with his left foot, the joints of his right foot creaked and screamed.
Her body is still adjusting, but she knows that at least she doesn't have to worry about hidden diseases.
"There is one thing I need your help with." Li Nuo opened the mission panel and said to Annabelle: "Regarding Team G of the Yoroha Army, can you help me collect their bodies and find a place to bury them?"
"Their data has been uploaded, and the body is just a shell." Annabel didn't understand Li Nuo's intention.
"If you don't agree, I will kneel down for you in front of everyone."
"Okay...I'll try."
In fact, this was a side mission that Li Nuo received.
【Girl's Memory】
[Task requirement: Find the body of the girl companion and recover it, or it depends on how you do it]
[Task reward: unknown]
Due to time issues, this branch line must be temporarily shelved.
But Li Nuo clearly remembered that when he first came to "NieR", asking Emil to help transport the unconscious android was considered as completing his mission.
Then asking Annabell for help this time might have the same effect.
The ship in the distance quickly broke through the sea fog and arrived at the dock.
Before boarding the ship, Li Nuo asked one last question.
"Jacol, do you know this name?"
"That weapons supplier?" Annabel crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows on the skinned face: "The girl who comes here every six months or three or four months and sells weapons everywhere, Yacol, of course I know it, and I know it.”
"Then, do you know where I can meet her?" Li Nuo asked again.
"Sorry, don't know."
"forget about it."
"Wait a minute." Annabel stopped Li Nuo and asked, "Is there anything special about that girl?"
Li Nuo turned around, looked at Annabel and the hotel girl coming from a distance, and said with a smile: "Since you know us as a group of outsiders, you should know what is happening in this world in general, right?"
Annabel nodded: "Yes, I have heard of it."
She turned her head and told all nearby androids to leave.
After a few minutes, only the three of them were left here.
"In 11945, in the final stage of Project Yorha, Yorha troops were destroyed by the logic virus. In 11946, the peace agreement ended, and thousands of years of war ended, and then..."
"What about the longer period?" Li Nuo asked.
"I have no idea."
"Then don't know. You still have a long life. If you know less, your life will be easier." Li Nuo paused and said with a smile, "Really, believe me."
Eyes facing each other.
Annabelle chose to accept it.
Nodding, helpless and relieved.
"By the way, tell me his name." Li Nuo said.
Annabelle was stunned.
Li Nuo: "That's the person (player) you've been waiting for. Maybe I can find him."
Annabel: "He..."
Li Nuo: "You helped me a lot. It's just a reward in return, but you may not be able to do it."
Annabel showed a different look than before: "Xing Kai, that's what he called himself."
"Do you have a photo?"
"No."
Li Nuo waved, picked up the bag and saluted, and walked with Cha Bai to the stairs leading to the cargo ship.
"Cha Bai, is that what you call it?" Annabell suddenly shouted.
Cha Bai turned his head and nodded gently.
Annabell put her left hand on her chest and made a salute like a Yorha trooper.
Cha Bai looked at her and shook his head.
"I'm no longer a Yoroha, I'm sorry, and thank you for saving me."
Annabell smiled in relief, happy to be the first artificial human to escape this world.
"Bon Voyage."
The ship sailed away.
The cargo ship has a propulsion device and can reach the Vegas area of the Kingdom of Darkness within five days.
Annabell returned to her residence, stood in the corridor, and pulled out a dozen photos from a clean box. The top photo was of the person named Xing Kai.
From meeting to parting, every scene is etched in Annabel's mind.
But she knew that the man in the photo would never come back.
…
The kingdom of night.
Yorktown.
A foggy fly restaurant with dim lights and sewage flowing across it.
There were broken mechanical life forms on the ground.
The girl curled up and huddled next to the door frame, holding a long-handled hammer in her hand, looking at the panel that only she could see, and laughed.
"That idiot Richard is dead."
The three-eyed man who was rummaging through the cabinets for food asked calmly:
"Milan, look who killed him?"
"Player 5900, from "Cairo Game World", I don't know the level, but I must have the means." The girl named Milan became more energetic: "Hal, it's from Cairo again!"
The man wearing a ninja mask rubbed his eyebrows and said in a sullen voice: "Why is it from Cairo again... The last one I just met not long ago... What is your name?"
The three-eyed man shouted: "Jerma six six six!"
"No matter... I said it from the beginning, our main mission is not to hunt." The man named Hal looked at the night sky outside the window.
Behind the full moon, a huge planet looms.
"It's a hidden storyline."
At the door, outside the house, and on the street, it was drizzling.
The muddy steel building was wet.
There is a wanted poster on the wall.
The portrait is of a man, with a strong look of Long Aotian radiating from the depths of his eyes.
…
Cargo ship travels on the sea.
Li Nuo was reading a book while fishing.
The book was obtained from Annabelle, and contained data on network programming of mechanical life forms.
He couldn't understand it, so he had to learn it now.
Considering the network key to the mechanical life form left behind by the grandson of player 7300, he felt that it was necessary to find out what this thing was about.
Logic viruses are indeed mentioned explicitly above.
He now fully understands the treatment method of logic virus.
Replace the programmed and encrypted core system, clean it of viruses, and put in a new, unprogrammed core.
The core system of the old-style artificial human can be replaced with other network signals when there are no programming input instructions. Finally, a new network that does not match the logical virus is input, even if the virus is completely isolated from regeneration.
Li Nuo suddenly felt that Chabai was just a walking and fighting machine.
In any case, what he was sure of was that the logic virus had indeed disappeared from Cha Bai.
The fishing rod moved.
A big fish was hooked up, and Li Nuo roared with joy, finally he had something to eat!
The crew member looked at him and said, "Isn't my fishing skill good?"
"Hahaha, not bad." When Li Nuo started to think about how to deal with the fish, the boat shook a little.
In the sea fog, a huge mechanical life form walked past the ship.
"Holy shit..."
Li Nuo was stunned.
"It's okay. This kind of large mechanical life form has no desire to attack small ships." The crew member said, "But if you take a plane, they will launch missiles to knock them down."
When Li Nuo was shocked, Cha Bai came out of the cabin.
He turned his head and saw her new clothes, and almost couldn't hold back his laughter.
"Are you going to become a monk?"
"Yes, a monk." Chabai frowned.
Because Li Nuo completed the mission of the invader, she became a special friend and added a set of MOD costumes.
This time it's a nun's uniform.
A black long skirt, the kind with slits...but it is a little more conservative than the others, and the backless one is just to facilitate the use of the shoulder blade mantis cannon.
Because the logic virus has been eliminated, Rousi has left the show, wearing [Yinga] boots with the G3... suspender...
Anyway, she found that she didn't have any normal clothes.
But the terms of these MOD clothes are particularly excellent. For example, the nun clothes increase the magic power by 10%, increase the magic content by 15%, and come with a skill to purify negative status, which just forces you to wear it...
Cha Bai planned to change it after going back, at least to make the pants look more serious.
Li Nuo asked: "How is the cyberpsychosis?"
Cha Bai sat next to him, blowing the sea breeze, and said calmly: "That has no impact on me, and it also has a positive feedback bonus."
[Cyber Psychosis] counts as a skill, allowing her to recall most of the skills from the 2B period, and there is a special medicine, so she will be safe for the time being.
Cha Bai suddenly stretched out his hand, pinched Li Nuo's face, and smiled: "Are you relieved now?"
Li Nuo: "Ah... um."
"Then what to do next?" she asked: "Rescue Marger?"
"Ah, him..." When he mentioned Marjie, Li Nuo's expression became very strange: "He can't die, so don't worry about him."
It's just duplicity. Chabai smiled and frowned. She knew him too well. When her eyes moved around, she was lying.
"Okay, then what are you going to do?" Cha Bai gave a step.
Li Nuo said: "To find something that can be discovered in this world, the first step is to find Yacol."
Cha Bai: "I remember you asked Annabel in town, who is that Jacol?"
"This... involves the truth about reincarnation in this world..." Li Nuo touched his chin, then put the fish into the water tank and took out the folding stool.
Cha Bai's throat rolled: "It doesn't have to be so formal, just talk casually..."
Li Nuo explained with a smile: "If this world were transformed into a game, there should be five works. No...it's four. Having one doesn't matter much."
""Dragon Rider 1 and 3", "NieR Pretender", "NieR Automata", let me first talk about a premise. Each generation of stories has multiple endings. I will only talk about the one I think has usable information. ending."
"The first is "Dragon Rider 3". In 586 AD, a major earthquake occurred in the Iberian Peninsula. Huge city ruins appeared overnight. There were high-tech products that transcended generations. According to the original work, that ruin The city comes from a future world transported by time and space. At the same time, magic, dragons, and strange creatures appeared in the ordinary world, and the world began to become chaotic."
"In 981 AD, the protagonist zero was born. Before her execution, a flower appeared before her eyes. That flower would destroy the world."
Cha Bai was stunned.
"The flower that destroys the world...the flower that destroys the world?"
She remembered the huge white flower that Li Nuo, Marjie and Chen Shou took her to the top of the factory when they first met.
Later, Chabai was forced to popularize the plot of "Riders on Dragon's Back 3", and he could quickly recall it.
"Well, only dragons can destroy flowers." Li Nuo said.
"So the reason why you were determined to let me summon Bahamut was because dragons can destroy the Flower of Destruction?" Chabai asked.
"clever!"
Li Nuo continued:
"Next is "Dragon Rider 1". In the same world, the time comes to 1099 AD, and a large-scale war breaks out among humans. The world is in chaos anyway, and there is no key content in this generation."
"If it is important, it is one of the endings. The dragon traveled to Shinjuku, Japan, and brought things called toxins to the world. As a result, white salt syndrome appeared, and the countdown to the end of mankind entered."
Li Nuo pointed to the deck.
"The world where humans are extinct is here, "NieR Pretender" and "NieR Automata"."
"Before the demise of mankind, magic, or magic, was studied from the corpses of dragons, and the existence of the multiverse was confirmed."
"Human beings have mastered new technologies based on magic. A lot of the technologies that you Yurha rely on contain magic. So Cha Bai, why did you become a sorcerer of the 'Sorceress Holy See' in the first place? It's because you yourself From the time of creation, magic has been in the body.”
"Then the magic trick came."
Li Nuo's smile became even more interesting, and he directly spread his hands and said:
"Human beings used magic elements to click on a new technology tree and found that they could travel through time and space. Then they used time and space travel to send magic elements to another time and space, which is the world of "Dragon Rider 3". As a result, the time they traveled through was very short. By coincidence, it happened to be the era of Zero, the protagonist of Dragon Back 3, and it also happened to catch up with the moment when Zero was caught by the guards and wanted to be executed. The magic element naturally attached to Zero's right eye, and the Flower of Destruction and Zero were born. Then the story fell into a loop, an endless loop."
Chabai said: "That is, from "Dragon Rider 3" to "NieR Pretender", and then back to "Dragon Rider 3"?"
Li Nuo said: "Actually, it's not... In short, it's too complicated to talk about... The key is that in historical events, there was a recorder named Yacol who traveled through time and space to record everything that happened in the past and future of the world. She There is not just one individual, but multiple people existing in various time and space, and she is an artificial person." (Note 2)
"But the most important thing is that Yacol usually disguises herself as a weapons dealer. Think about it, as a weapons dealer who travels through time and space, she must have a lot of useful things in her hands."
"It's a pity that she may not be in the Kingdom of Darkness." Chabai tilted his head.
Li Nuo shook his head and said: "Anyway, there is no mirror master in this world who can kill me just by looking at him."
Cha Bai: "Then you cause trouble everywhere, right?"
Li Nuo vaguely noticed that Cha Bai was becoming more and more lively...
"Ah, yes, there is one more important thing." Li Nuo said with a smile: "The one who shares the same worldview with this world is "Final Fantasy"."
Cha Bai suddenly looked solemn: "You are not going to repeat the high-risk operation of jumping from "The Witcher" to "Cyberpunk" again, are you?"
"How is it possible~" Li Nuo said: "I am self-aware. I will not touch the intensity of the world like "Final Fantasy". Besides, I can't go even if I want to. You can look at [Summoning Class] Magic Crystal], in order to use that thing, you have to inject a lot of magic power or be near the world of "Final Fantasy"."
Chabai opened the backpack grid.
The [Summoning Magic Crystal] I took out shimmered...
Cha Bai held it and said solemnly: "Li Nuo, this... I really haven't injected any magic power into it... but it can be used."
Li Nuo was also dumbfounded: "This development is a bit strange..."
at this time.
The cargo ship breaks through the thick sea fog.
We have arrived at the dividing point between the Kingdom of Day and the Kingdom of Night.
There was a huge planet floating behind the full moon, almost blocking one-third of the field of vision.
[Hidden World Line Triggered: Tidal Lock]
…
at the same time.
Space, Satellite 13 Orbital Base.
"Traces of Unit 2 detected."
"The location is locked. The last location was the Bering Sea - the coastal factory - the dock. The satellite cannot lock the remaining locations."
"It seems that there are lone or defecting aircraft going to the Kingdom of Darkness."
"Commander, the photo has been uploaded to the mailbox and can be viewed at any time. Unit 2 has changed clothes to disguise himself. The system has determined that 80% of them are defectors."
Commander White, wearing a long white dress, stood on the high platform, lowering his head and looking down at the Yorha androids with doubts in his eyes.
She remembered clearly that there were no defectors at Satellite 13 Orbital Base.
"Contact a team and set off to the Kingdom of Darkness to search for the defected machine. She cannot fall into the hands of mechanical lifeforms. In addition, notify the dragoons of the Kingdom of Darkness to search with all their strength."
Just as she was about to say her final salute, a photo was suddenly sent to her.
The detection results of the Yorha machine on the surface came to my ears.
"Commander, after scanning the memory of G12, we found the suspect who abducted Unit 2, and recorded his voice to us. Do you want to listen to it now?"
The commander smiled and said, "Listen now."
The portrait on the screen moved.
In the picture, Li Nuo took off his hat and mask, revealed his face, and looked at the commander outside the picture.
The speaker played what Li Nuo said to Annabell at that time:
"If one day the Yorha troops come to you, or if they can extract your memories, then look at my face carefully and remember my appearance, Annabelle."
"Let them come to me."
"My name is Li Nuo. I come from another time and space. I am a living, retired demon hunter. I don't mind returning to my old career. Just tell them so."
After the audio playback ended, the headquarters fell into silence.
The smile on the commander's face disappeared, and calm words came from his lips: "According to the original plan, we will recover the No. 2 unit that fled to the Kingdom of Darkness. No matter how cruel the task is, our Yorha Force must complete it. As for the abduction, Organ violators can be punished at any time.”
After Commander White finished, he raised his left hand to his chest.
"May the glory of mankind last forever!"
Dozens of people below stood up and repeated her actions and words in unison.
"May the glory of mankind last forever!"
Note: The mechanical life form can be upgraded, and later it does develop a human-like appearance.
Note 2: Only for those who are familiar with NieR, the beginning of NieR's complicated timeline may be "NieR Automata" rather than "Card on the Dragon's Back". This line is too confusing, I will sort it out and write it in the article if necessary.