NieR: Whirlpool

Chapter 266: Wandering Again

On the big rock in front of the crater, two people sat side by side.

The woman's head rested on the man's shoulder, and the man kept his right hand raised.

A thin layer of plasma appeared around them.

"9M..." the woman called softly.

"Ms. 10H?" the man responded softly.

"Thank you for sitting with me for so long and talking for so long."

10H slowly moved his head away from Ye Feng's shoulder and spoke softly.

"Ah...it's okay, this is what I should do...haha..."

The straight man Ye Feng took back his left hand from 10H's shoulder.

Touching the back of my head embarrassedly,

Then place your hands on your waist.

"Thank you for letting me know how wonderful the world outside is! If I have the chance, I really want to go and take a look..."

10H looked up at the Earth in the black night sky, his eyes full of longing.

"Now that we're done here, let's go back to Earth together." Ye Feng said softly.

"Then let's go back quickly. In any case, we need to protect the information in these databases first."

10H continued.

Although the program of absolute loyalty to humans has been removed, the personality implanted in her will not change.

That's herself.

She still won't forget her mission - to protect this place first.

That kind of anti-human shit loyalty program will not only make them feel extremely painful and emotionally broken when they learn the truth,

It doesn't have any effect.

Loyalty is never maintained by a code, a code that is forcibly implanted.

Loyalty cannot be demanded and cannot be deceived.

Loyalty is something that is tempered through thousands of trials, after deception and betrayal, in times of all kinds of disasters, in times of despair...

Still keep the original intention in mind and keep the mission in mind to forge ahead.

What's more, the object of YoRHa's loyalty is a human being who no longer exists.

A process responsible for loyalty?

What a high-sounding joke!

After hearing 10H's advice,

Ye Feng was stunned for a moment before he remembered the purpose of this trip.

As soon as the girl started to make a request, the important matter was thrown out of my mind.

[You…you!]

He couldn't help but curse himself in his heart.

"Okay~"

"Then, can you take your hands away..."

10H pointed at Ye Feng's left hand on her waist with resentment: "You're holding on too tightly... I can't get up."

"Oh, sorry, sorry."

Ye Feng quickly retracted his uncontrollable left hand, stood up, pulled up 10H, and said with a smile on his face.

The two walked back side by side.

Ye Feng said happily: "I'm very happy... Miss 10H. We are scanner models, and we rarely perform missions with others."

“Hehe… you must be really bored then.” 10H teased with a smirk.

"That's not good. They didn't even give me an auxiliary machine. When I was on a mission, there was no one to talk to. It was so boring!" Ye Feng shook his head speechlessly.

“So what do you do when you’re bored?” 10H asked with interest, blinking her eyes.

"What about me? Ye Feng touched his chin and thought: I just keep thinking, thinking... thinking all the time. I talk to myself more often, asking and answering my own questions, otherwise..."

Ye Feng smacked his lips: "...Otherwise I would have gone crazy a long time ago."

Looking at his thoughtful expression and considering what he said,

10H suddenly found it very interesting.

He covered his mouth and laughed out loud:

"I'm luckier than you. I have the auxiliary machine 006 to accompany me. However, I have been staying in this facility and have never come out..."

"You've been through a lot. At least we can go out on missions, unlike you..."

Ye Feng paused. He felt very sympathetic for 10H’s situation and continued, “…and once he goes out… then…”

He did not continue.

10H thought for a moment and knew exactly what Ye Feng was going to say next.

After obtaining the chip given to her by auxiliary machine 006, she remembered all the memories that had been erased, and... remembered some extraordinary memories.

She smiled at Ye Feng, as bright as a rose.

Said softly:

"It's just 50 times of having my memory wiped. That's nothing."

"But……"

Ye Feng tried to argue.

Suddenly, 10H turned around, stretched out a finger, and put it in front of his mouth, signaling him to stop talking.

"It's really nothing..."

……

"Tired?"

A gentle voice entered his ears, and Ye Feng turned his head slightly and looked at 10H.

I saw a pair of eyes full of concern.

She continued:

"You've been raising your hand for a whole day. Let's remove the shield for a while. It's okay..."

Hearing the girl's caring words, Ye Feng shook his head and said deeply: "Can't let it go!"

"why?"

She looked at Ye Feng in confusion.

It must be very hard to keep your right hand like this.

She subjectively believes that short-term exposure to solar wind will not cause any major problems.

Ye Feng continued to say seriously: "What you hold up with your right hand is not a shield."

"Hmm...what is it?" She raised her eyebrows and asked curiously.

"It's responsibility, hehe..."

"Snitch~~~"

The laughter of boys and girls came through the communication, as if they were childhood sweethearts.

The two walked slowly past the antenna array and the photovoltaic array.

Passing by the logistics center, Ye Feng couldn't help but take a closer look, but didn't pay too much attention to it.

The two of them quickly entered the hatch area, and as the door closed, Ye Feng finally put down his right hand that had been raised.

The plasma shield was removed.

I moved my slightly sore arms.

"During the time you were unconscious, I took a quick look at the situation here."

Ye Feng said softly.

It seems that these two people just stayed outside for a whole day and didn't mention work at all.

That’s right, we slack off at work, let alone after get off work.

Ye Feng couldn't help but think of a record he once obtained about office workers:

[In the morning, a friend sent me a message asking if we could get together in the evening.

Good guy!

This office worker waited until he arrived at the company, ate breakfast bought on the roadside, and went to the bathroom with a salary before replying to his friend's message.

【Don’t slack off at work, and you will easily reach the spring green! 】

"The situation is not optimistic."

Ye Feng continued:

"The runaway auxiliary machine 006 destroyed all the servers in the computer room. Not only was all the data damaged, but the physical structure was also blown up.

Furthermore, no working auxiliary machine was found.”

Hearing Ye Feng's words, 10H couldn't help but feel sad. She said slowly:

“After the explosion, the auxiliary machines split into two groups. One group was protecting me, and the other was attacking the server… and also attacking me.

Finally, the 006 that protected me as I left, perished together with the auxiliary machine that came to chase me in the second area...

The door was also locked..."

Seeing her about to cry, Ye Feng felt a lot of emotion.

Although the auxiliary machine has been erasing her memory, it is only carrying out the given instructions.

and,

As for Assist 006, it will do its best to protect 10H while completing the order.

Other than that,

After the big explosion, it actually tried to disobey orders and sent 10H out at the cost of its own life.

Although this move would lead to the secrets of the human meeting being discovered, it still chose to do so.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng pulled her over, grabbed her shoulders with both hands, and spoke to comfort her:

"Don't worry. Since there is a backup server, 006's data must be saved."

"Um...thank you."