Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

Chapter 230! Camp

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The moonlight gently shone on Shen Ye and A2, soft, calm, and peaceful, making them want to sleep.

However, A2 covered her eyes with her hand, as if the moonlight was more dazzling than the sunlight.

"The humans on the moon are a bunch of bastards," A2 whispered in Shen Ye's ear.

"One day I will go to the moon and kill them all."

Shen Ye listened with trepidation; the android girl harbored a deep resentment toward humans!

"I think humans are alright, after all, they created us," Shen Ye said, trying to defend himself.

"Read less human books in the future... no, I should say read less of the storage devices left behind by humans, as they will affect your way of thinking," A2 continued to say in Shen Ye's ear, sounding like a warning.

Shen Ye didn't know how to answer, so he simply remained silent. After all, as long as he didn't speak, he couldn't go wrong.

Fortunately, as night fell, he finally saw lights coming from the android camp, and he no longer had to remain silent.

"It's not far, why did it take so long?" Shen Ye was able to speak now, and he spoke with a very self-righteous tone.

"There's a problem with my memory bank," A2 said calmly, as if she had forgotten that she had just been boasting that her memory bank was the best among all YoRHa models.

Shen Ye shut up again. His experience dealing with women had taught him that arguing with them was never a good thing, not even with an artificial girl.

Silently approaching the android rebel camp, several androids jumped out. Some were carrying swords, while others were carrying ancient firearms, which looked like AK rifles.

The evolution of mechanical life forms seems to be related to weapons. The more advanced the weapon they encounter, the faster they evolve. Anyway, this is what some people said in the clips Shen Ye watched before.

There was no need to reveal their identities; the androids had built-in scanning systems. After a simple scan, they recognized the two people in front of them as androids and then made way for them.

One of the androids even kindly suggested, "There's a maintenance department in the camp where your companions can have some basic maintenance done, but they'll need to give something of value in return."

Shen Ye nodded politely to him, then turned to A2 and asked, "Do androids also have currency transactions?"

“Money transactions are needed everywhere; it’s an integral part of society, and there’s no escaping it.” A2’s tone was somewhat languid, and he sounded listless.

A social system for artificial humans? It really has formed!

Shen Ye lowered his head and pondered for a moment before continuing to ask, "Then what kind of things are considered valuable? Money? The paper left behind by humans should have turned to ashes long ago, right?"

"Gold, silver, copper, iron, anything made of metal is fine, the more valuable the better." A2 became more talkative, which was completely out of character for her quiet and reserved nature.

Shen Ye said "Oh," then freed one hand to feel around on his body before pulling out a gold brick.

"This thing should be considered valuable, right?" he asked.

A2 nodded: "This is the most valuable one."

Gold is of unparalleled value in industry, especially in machinery, where it is indispensable. Shen Ye understood this, so he asked the question intentionally.

“In that case, let’s go to the maintenance department here first and get it maintained and serviced for you.” Shen Ye put away the gold bricks and continued walking into the camp. Then he pulled a female android aside and asked her where the maintenance department was.

The female android politely pointed him in the right direction, but when she glanced at the A2 Shen Ye was carrying, she frowned slightly in a human-like manner.

"Don't have high hopes for the repair shop at this camp. With the technology here, it would be good enough if you could find paint that matches my needs." A2 seemed reluctant to go to the repair shop, and even gave Shen Ye a heads-up in advance.

"From what you're saying, it seems like you'd be happy for me to carry you." Shen Ye felt that was exactly what she meant.

"We're the same kind of people, aren't we?" A2's answer was somewhat off-topic. She squinted at the repair shop not far in front of Shen Ye, lost in thought.

"Hello, I'd like to have my companion serviced."

As soon as Shen Ye entered the repair department, he shouted loudly.

There was only one female android in the repair department. She was wearing glasses, but it was unclear whether she was actually nearsighted.

Upon hearing the sound, she glanced at the A2 that Shen Ye was carrying, and then Shen Ye saw a beam of light, visible to the naked eye, emanating from her glasses and quickly sweeping across the A2.

“This is a model I’ve never seen before; it’ll probably be difficult to repair,” the female android said.

"Then you should paint her. Her paint has faded." Shen Ye hadn't forgotten what he'd seen last night. Parts of A2's body were severely worn and faded. Although she was still beautiful and had a flawed beauty, perfect beauty is always better.

The female android pointed to the side and said, "Choose whatever paint you like, but I haven't seen her body before, so there shouldn't be any matching one here."

"Look," Shen Ye said, turning his head again, speaking softly, as if afraid that his breath would hit A2's face.

“No need.” A2 shook its head: “There is no match for me. I am an experimental model and I am unique.”

"Nonsense, there are clearly more than a dozen of them just like yours," Shen Ye thought to himself.

Of course, Shen Ye couldn't say that, because of those dozen or so units, only one A2 remained, so calling it unique was practically accurate.

Since there wasn't even a matching paint, Shen Ye had no choice but to leave the camp's maintenance department with the android girl. The camp had lights, so he quickly found a place to stay.

A row of wooden houses, very simple, the beds inside even more simple, just some wood covered with a dirty cloth.

"That's why I think your bed-making is special. Here, a bed is just a word to describe a place where you can lie down, but you made a more comfortable bed in a more rudimentary place." Seemingly noticing Shen Ye's confusion, A2 whispered in his ear. It's a pity that the android girl couldn't breathe like a fragrant orchid, otherwise Shen Ye would probably be distracted by now.

"It's all the same anyway," Shen Ye said indifferently, then went into an empty wooden house.

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(500,000 words achieved!)

Chapter 231! Horrifying Scene

(Many original settings and plot elements were added, since there was still too little social description of the androids on Earth in the game.)

(Also, the day and night setting has been added, since NieR's Earth can't rotate... that would be too terrifying and too illogical.)

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This camp was just a small android resistance camp, with a population of maybe a hundred, so everything was very rudimentary.

The androids had virtually no material comforts; their rooms were devoid of decorations and windows, containing only a simple bed and no bedside table—they were incredibly rudimentary.

Shen Ye placed the A2 behind him on the bed. The wooden bed creaked as Shen Ye looked at it with great concern, afraid that it would collapse at any moment. After all, a 300-pound girl was no joke. If it were a person under her, she would probably be crushed to death.

Fortunately, the androids were aware of their own weight, and the bed was sturdy enough not to collapse.

Shen Ye withdrew his worried gaze, threw the bag hanging in front of him on the ground, and prepared to go out to find something to eat. He had eaten a few fruits in the morning. Although A2 said that the fruit had a high sugar content, his stomach was different from the digestive module of the android and could not fully absorb it. He was already hungry.

"Can you eat meat?" Shen Ye asked A2 before leaving.

“I can absorb iron too, but I can only use it to repair damaged parts of my body. To provide energy, I need something with high heat. Batteries are fine, I don’t mind solar energy, and uranium is even better.” A2 seemed to have been reset to factory settings, her tone was extremely light, but after a few words, Shen Ye was stunned.

Shen Ye began to imagine A2 eating batteries and solar panels in his mind, and then he imagined her swallowing uranium whole. His brows furrowed immediately. This image was even more horrifying than the ship girl chewing aluminum and drinking oil.

"I've never heard of the YoRHa model being so advanced, with a universal reactor inside?" Shen Ye looked at A2's calm face, which didn't seem like he was lying, and his mind immediately started to wander.

After a while, he cautiously asked, "How much purity of uranium do you need?"

A2 was taken aback for a moment. She realized that Shen Ye didn't seem to be joking, so she said, "I was just joking. Well, meat is fine too, but it's not easy to digest. You decide."

"Alright then." Shen Ye didn't take the android girl's joke to heart, just nodded and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute." A2 called out to him at that moment.

Shen Ye turned to look at the android girl, his face beneath the sand-proof mask full of confusion.

A2 pointed to her body and said, "According to human standards, I should be a patient. Shouldn't you cover me with a blanket?"

"Oh!" Shen Ye understood what she meant and took off his cloak to cover her.

At the same time, he thought to himself, "An artificial human who has awakened self-awareness is no different from a human."

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After leaving the cabin, Shen Ye wandered around the camp, looking for places to get food while observing the activities of the androids.

However, after walking around, Shen Ye did not find any androids selling food. Instead, he saw many androids charging around a generator.

A thick electrical wire was attached to their bodies, one end connected to the plug on their bodies and the other end connected to the energy storage device next to the generator, which made Shen Ye stop and watch in amazement for a while.

However, he only watched for a while before leaving the camp to find food deep in the forest.

In fact, his system space contained a large amount of food, including a whole bunch of self-heating foods. However, the packaging of those foods all had dates printed on it. Even if he removed the packaging, he figured that if A2 took a bite, she would be able to tell that the food's origin was problematic. Therefore, he couldn't possibly give those foods to A2.

However, he couldn't give it to A2, but he could eat it himself. After leaving the camp, he took out a can of beef, opened it, and started eating.

I've been in this world for two days, and this is my first proper meal yet!

After wolfing down an entire can of beef, Shen Ye felt much better. He glanced at the empty can in his hand and then put it back into his system space.

This thing was alright in his time, even in ancient times it didn't matter, but in this era, it would cause a lot of trouble if mechanical life or androids saw it.

Those canned goods were produced more than 9,000 years ago!

The war between humans and extraterrestrial life has had a profound impact on the entire planet, altering the terrain, climate, and environment.

But life on Earth is exceptionally resilient. Unlike humans, who have been extinct for thousands of years, many small animals still survive on this planet.

Even due to the influence of otherworldly magical elements and radiation from this world, some creatures have mutated, acquiring a more fantastical appearance. (Magical elements are special elements that descended from the world of Dragonback to Earth; the appearance of monsters seems to be related to them, and they are also one of the factors contributing to the extinction of humanity.)

Shen Ye found a giant insect in the forest. He couldn't recognize what it was, but it looked like some kind of beetle that could breathe fire. In the end, he killed it.

After inspection by POD, it was found that the mutated beetle's arthropods contained a large amount of meat and no toxins, making it no different from ordinary beef and mutton.

This is actually normal. If a normal animal has toxins in its body, it is basically to protect itself from being eaten by other predators. However, mutated creatures, or monsters, are different from ordinary animals. They are the predators, so they naturally do not have toxins in their bodies.

Shen Ye drew his lightsaber and cut off several segments of the limbs. They were quite heavy, weighing several dozen kilograms. The meat he extracted could feed him for at least ten days to half a month.