Infinity Throne

on the fixed rack.

Ragged Neil is heartbreaking.

The melted armor, after solidification, left patches on the humanoid bones, like tumors, ugly and miserable.

Bella didn't know what she was doing here.

Now they are at a loss, and Bella has no one to talk to. Maybe she just wants to find someone...even if it's not a human being, to talk to.

After awakening, the omnics still have a lot to talk about.

For example, how do you take care of yourself, what do you eat, and what do you drink?

But when Bella saw the broken humanoid skeleton, she had an idea.

"How about, Neil, let me fix it for you?"

When Neil heard this, he suddenly raised his head.

She glanced at Bella and shook her head.

"no."

Bella heard this and was very surprised: "Why?"

"Only my younger brother, only L, can dismantle NieR."

What a violation of the rules.

Bella curled her lips and inadvertently imagined a strange scene of two omnics disassembling each other, and stopped forcing it.

By the way, a common topic.

She had an idea and started to mention L.

She told how L took the initiative to contact them and when he disappeared.

The story was not long, and Neil listened carefully and attentively without moving.

"Beep beep beep!"

suddenly.

An alarm sounded from Neil's body.

"Phantom light!"

Nier pulled herself off the fixed frame with force. She was about to grab Bella, but she thought that her violent actions might hurt the "human being" in front of her. After sorting out her words, she made her request: "NieR, Request to log in to 'Phantom Light'."

When Bella heard this, she was dumbfounded.

Only now did she know that omnics needed to use a "port" to log into Phantom Light.

She could see Neil's urgency. This was a thinking omnimachine. Neil might have "thought" of something through the conversation just now.

Bella quickly helped the elder over.

"Ahem...Miss Neil," the elder explained: "The world has been destroyed, there are no more 'mines' outside, and there is... no 'phantom light' in Area 11."

"Brother, L, he is in the illusion."

Neil couldn't explain the working principle of "phantom light" in terms that humans can understand. But Bella's words just now reminded her. Neil combined her "thinking" and she thought of a possibility. Since the younger brother has the ability to protect her from the terrible destructive power of "Spark", it can be deduced that the younger brother has an 85% probability of surviving "Spark".

Now that the surface of the earth has become scorched earth, after eliminating all "impossible options", the only possibility left is: L is living in an illusion.

Neil was very sure that his brother was 100% not human.

Weak humans cannot survive "Sparkfall", but non-humans can.

There is nothing wrong with this logic.

silently,

Neil increased the probability of "L's survival" to 95.8%.

There is drama.

Zheng~

Neil saw that the elder and Bella were still hesitating. Without saying a word, she took out the steel blade and held it in front of her.

While raising it, Nier apologized: "I'm sorry, NieR must log in to 'Phantom Light'."

My younger brother once said that if humans do something bad, they must apologize.

As long as she apologizes in advance, whatever she does will be forgiven.

So before she took out the knife, she apologized first.

The elder's lips trembled twice, Neil's knife flashed, and he apologized. Naturally, they compromised.

What ironclad rules are not worth mentioning in the face of force.

Of course, Neil apologized, and they didn't feel that bad. Who didn't have some troubles?

So comforting himself, the elder ordered someone to move an "illegal port" into the room.

Bella spent a lot of time debugging the equipment and connecting the network cable.

In fact, as far as Neil was concerned, she was an omnic, so she didn't have so much trouble. Halfway through the debugging, Neil went into the cabin, separated out the docking interface, and started the connection.

"Connect to the world of illusion."

The next second.

The familiar light and shadow were like a time and space tunnel in Neil's field of vision, pulling her into the other side.

…

…

A crack appeared out of thin air at the top of the building. Neil stepped on the flowing light and crossed the crack to enter the phantom light.

The scene in front of me is as peaceful as ever, and the bustling crowds are always operating according to their own rhythms.

"elder sister."

Before Neil had time to conduct a "self-examination" and check the upper limit of the operation of "Phantom Light" after "awakening", a familiar voice sounded.

Neil was shocked and turned his head, only to see an anthropomorphic character named "Lin Yi", wearing a white windbreaker, black hair, and a white umbrella in his hand, looking at him with a smile.

There was a hot vibration deep in her chest. Neil held the power furnace with both hands. She closed her eyes and savored this strange throbbing carefully.

Yi Lin smiled and said, "This is called...'the joy of reunion'."

Neil opened his eyes, his calm eyes filled with joy: "L."

Yi Lin walked towards Neil, the oil umbrella stretched out forward, and a faint shadow covered the two of them.

"Why are you holding an umbrella, L."

After Neil wakes up, he always likes to ask "why".

Sometimes it's not that she doesn't understand, or doesn't understand.

Just like human babies, when they are growing up, there is a period of time when they will ask their parents "why" every day. This is an important process for them to re-contact and understand the world.

--"think".

"Because it's going to rain."

As soon as Yi Lin finished speaking, drizzle fell, and the bright clear sky turned gloomy in an instant.

Neil's bright eyes stared at his brother.

She had an urge.

I wish I could let my brother take it apart and clean it on the spot.

"Walk."

Yi Lin patted Neil's shoulder gently, and the light and shadow changed. When they reappeared, they were already on the street.

This is City M, which is physically hundreds of kilometers away from City D.

"L, I want to know the truth."

"good."

So Yi Lin carefully told his origins, the stories that happened in his main world, encountered Nemesis in the water world, and was destroyed by Nemesis. After Yi Lin secretly invaded here with the help of Green, Yi Lin explained the whole process in detail and told Neil.

"Oh, the rain stopped."

Yi Lin spoke for half an hour in one breath, and Neil listened quietly the whole time.

It just so happened that when Yi Lin finished telling the ending of the story, that is, when he was in "Spark Arrival", when he was living in the virtual world in this "virtual character" posture, it was like an invisible hand pushed away the dark clouds. Spread out, the sky cleared, and it was a sunny day.

simply put.

Yi Lin is an "outsider".

He has a fundamental purpose here.

That is, the "god" who killed this universe.

Neal's former boss.

…

Just like what Yi Lin said to Neo.

It was just speculation before.

But now, when the paradox of "area 11 in the real world was destroyed" and "area 11 in the virtual world is safe" really happened in front of Yi Lin, Yi Lin was sure of one thing.

Reality and virtuality, two worlds, no, or rather these two universes, are real universes that are interdependent and exist simultaneously.

The virtual world may have been illusory at first, but when the god "Nemesis" was born, the illusion world became "real".

Yi Lin has the experience of traveling between "the only real thing" and "time artifacts" in "Xi Paradise", and it didn't take much effort to think of this similar setting.

"Maybe the information is wrong."

Yi Lin lowered his head and thought.

"Perhaps 'Nemesis' is indeed a god born after a group of crazy scholars uploaded their consciousness, but 'KK' once said that 'they' are 'Nemesis', and each of them is independent No conscious individual can be called 'Nemesis'."

"Nemesis is a god truly born in the virtual world."

"So much so that its birth turned the virtual world into a real world."

“In this way, it can become a ‘container’ that carries its authority.”

"I also fell into a misunderstanding before."

"Even in its real universe, wreaking havoc and taking away all its omnics cannot really shake its foundation."

"Because its foundation is not in the real world at all, but in... the virtual world."

At the end of the analysis, Yi Lin smiled at Neil and said, "You are truly worthy of being a god."

"L, what should we do next?"

Neil asked.

"It's very simple." Yi Lin raised an index finger: "Its world fleet is composed of 24 or more 'world ships'. The reason why it can destroy Area 11 in reality without hesitation is It shows that it’s not important to him at all.”

"It retains Area 11 of the Fantasy World, which means there are two possibilities."

"First, the world of illusory light cannot be easily destroyed; second, there are important things hidden in the world of illusory light, and there are reasons why Nemesis can't be cruel enough to destroy them, such as..." Yi Lin raised an index finger: "The world's core."

"Of course, I prefer the second possibility."

Neil frowned, began to think, and asked: "Where is the core of the world?"

"When the spark came and my blood incarnation was completely wiped out, I sneaked in here and started searching." Yi Lin sighed softly: "In these years, I have never dared to look down on Nemesis. After all, it can Easily wipe out a planet, a world ship, and a god in the universe.”

"I have gone through hardships and finally arrived here, with...'this' posture."

"However, I still underestimated its caution. It had many calculations and hid the 'core of the world' very well..." Suddenly, while explaining to Neil what the 'core of the world' was, Yi Lin said, His tone stopped abruptly, but the words he had said inadvertently made him aware of the violation.

Yi Lin picked her forehead and fell into deeper thought.

"yes,"

"why?"

"Since the virtual world is the 'main world' it really cares about, and the real universe is the 'surface world' that can be discarded at will, then its behavior makes no sense at all."

"No, no, no,"

"Perhaps, that's why it makes sense."

Yi Lin patted his scalp: "You are so naughty, Nemesis!"

"You actually hid the 'core of the world' in a place where normal people would never even think about it!"

"Hahaha!"

Yi Lin covered her eyes with her right hand and laughed wildly.

"L."

Neil touched Yi Lin's forehead.

He hugged his brother lovingly, pressed the two weapon bays against each other, and softly comforted him: "Don't cry."

"Bah, I'm so happy, so happy!"

Neil raised his hands, obediently.

Although she still doesn't understand what the "core of the world" is and whether it can be eaten.

But judging from his brother's attitude, it seems that this is a very important thing.

So she volunteered to help her brother find this thing.

Yilin's "core data" is now parasitic in Nemesis's virtual world, so he naturally cannot return to reality.

If you want to find that thing, you really have to look to Tonyal, there is no other way.

"I'll send you an encrypted file."

Yi Lin stretched out her finger, pointed on Neil's forehead, and transferred the contents of the encrypted file to Neil.

After Neil read it, he felt confused and hurriedly logged off.

After Nier went offline from where he was.

Yi Lin raised her head and stared at the cold sun.

"Then let's see now, whether it's me who moves faster or you who react faster. Nemesis."

…

…

real world.

Scorched earth.

District 11.

Neil suddenly sat up from the "illegal port", and the survivors who had been observing the changes in Neil's form were all startled.

"Two things."

Neil encrypted his brother's instructions and firmly remembered them in the memory element.

As soon as she got offline, she directly made a request to the elder: "Neil requested to check the 'History of Humanity'."

The elder was stunned: "How do you know that we preserve 'human history'?"

"My younger brother said that human beings are creatures that are accustomed to carrying 'history' on their backs and moving forward with a heavy burden."

"Brother?" Bella was overjoyed when she heard this: "Have you found 'L'? Wait..." Bella knew what this meant. After the shock, an incredible expression appeared on her face: "Ni Er, are you saying that even if Area 11 is destroyed like this, the illusion world still exists? Your brother is now living in a virtual world?"

Neil nodded, but she didn't answer Bella's question with nonsense. She stubbornly stretched out her hand towards the elder, and the steel knife almost popped out.

"ask."

"read."

"Retrieval."

"The History of Mankind."

"My brother said this is the key to finding the 'key'."

The elder coughed violently in silence. At this point, he no longer doubted Neil's motives. Because the only people interested in human history are humans. It is impossible for Nemesis to covet human history in the slightest.

Neil stood up, and now that she was fully charged, she could move normally.

Charging turns out to be really fun, and I'm addicted as I keep plugging it in.

With Bella's support, the elder, Neil, and Bella came to the elder's residence.

In the corner of the room, there was an old box full of dust. The elder calmly covered his mouth and nose, and patted the surface of the box a few times. Suddenly, the whole room was filled with gray dust that lingered for a long time.

It can be seen that this box has been neglected for many years.

"Your brother, L, the old man doesn't know that he is a human, or... an omnic. But he is right, human beings are creatures that are accustomed to carrying history on their backs and moving forward with heavy burdens. History does not distinguish between good and bad. , regardless of right or wrong, even if our ancestors regretted creating 'it', they still recorded this period of history in an apologetic tone."

“This is the ‘historical text’ that we protect from generation to generation.”

"It records the crystallization of the ancestors' wisdom and the birth of 'Nemesis'."

"There are a total of twenty-four volumes here..." the elder said slowly. Just when he was about to introduce it in detail, Neil walked forward in a hurry. After saying "Sorry", he struck the shaky book with his knife. Old boxes smashed into pieces.

The twenty-four volumes of history books are well preserved. Although the box is old, a layer of light oily substance can be seen on every page of the paper history books. Obviously, the elders have been concerned about it from time to time over the years. The "historical books" were preserved and maintained so that these "historical texts" could be passed on to the next generation after his death.

Neil sat on the floor and started flipping through the book.

She flipped through the book extremely fast, not reading it at all, but directly scanning and recording it in the memory element.

Her purpose is not to "understand" or "read". What she is doing now is just to act as the eyes of her younger brother, to convert these histories into the form of "encrypted e-books" word for word. Next The first time she entered the world of illusion, she was able to pass this small document to her brother.

"My brother must be very happy."

"My brother will praise Neil, right?"

"Brother, you don't want your sister to be unhappy, right?"

While scanning the writing on it, Neil was thinking wildly. The process of "thinking" was spoken without modification, and the strange words echoed in the room.

…

aside.

Bella and the elder stood side by side.

They watched helplessly as an awakened omnic quickly scanned twenty-four volumes of "historical texts."

The elder smiled quietly.

The air in the room was too dirty, and the elder couldn't help but start coughing while smiling.

Bella hurriedly searched the room for a filter and a gas mask to put on the elder. But after searching for two minutes, Bella couldn't find it. The old man next to her was coughing more and more violently. She could only take out the towel that the elder usually used to cover his mouth and nose. While blocking out dust, she could soothe the elder's back.

"Elder, let's go out."

Bella suggested.

As she spoke, she prepared to help the elder out.

But the old elder somehow found the strength, and Bella's thin arm just didn't move. She could only watch as the elder stubbornly sat down on the spot, sucking in the dust in the room and coughing desperately.

"Bella, you know what?"

The elder looked at the human skeleton that was quickly scanning the "historical text" and smiled: "The meaning of 'inheriting history' does not lie in who is inheriting it, but in the history itself."

"I have always believed that the reason why 'history' can be left behind is because our ancestors allowed us to properly preserve the 'historical texts', which has a unique meaning."

"Perhaps, I am witnessing with my own eyes the end of 'history'."

"No..." The elder shook his head: "Perhaps it is when the 'history' itself that we, the 'Guardians of History', have been trying so hard to protect for generations, has reached the 'end' that it should have reached."

After the elder finished speaking, he closed his eyes with a smile.

"Our mission is over."

"The mission of "historical text" is also over! "