NieR: Whirlpool

So, Ye Feng stepped forward and asked politely:

"Excuse me, if we want to go to the desert, what should we do?"

The resistance scout looked at them and replied enthusiastically, "If you go to the desert, you can go find Senior Guai Kass. She is in the temporary camp on the edge of the city."

As he said that, he handed Ye Feng a coordinate.

"Thanks for the advice. But how far is it from here to the desert?" 9S interrupted.

"If you walk, the distance is not close." The scout smiled and pointed to a transport truck parked not far away. "You can drive the transport team's car over there. This will save a lot of time."

"Thank you so much!" Ye Feng took the car keys gratefully and nodded to the scout.

At this moment, 2B's pod receives a communication.

Ding ding,

"Communications Officer 6O to Miss 2B. It's time for our regular communication."

"Hello, Miss 2B. I heard from Senior 21O that you are going to the desert next." 6O's voice came out smartly.

Ye Feng and 9S were standing next to 2B, curiously poking their heads out to look at the screen.

6O had never been seen in the bunker. At this moment, she was only seen wearing the standard uniform of a communications officer, with her golden hair braided into two pigtails and a black veil covering her face. She looked like a lively and cute little girl.

"Yes," 2B replied simply.

"Haha, Miss 2B is still as cool and handsome as ever." 6O continued, "I looked at the flower encyclopedia today."

"Flowers?" 2B asked confused.

"Well, in the bunker's records, there's a flower called 'Moon Tear'," 6O said excitedly. "Well... if it's used as a hair accessory for 2B, it would be perfect!"

"No need." 2B replied calmly and gently.

"Oh my, don't say that. It's a woman's nature to love dressing up." A pleasant voice came with a hint of mischievous smile.

"If I find something cute, I'll report it to 2B right away~"

"There's no need for this kind of information..." 2B's tone was somewhat helpless, but she remained polite.

"Well, this is Communications Officer 6O. Communication is over~" 6O laughed cheerfully, and the communication was cut off.

"............" 2B frowned slightly in silence, seeming to be somewhat troubled by 6O's behavior.

Ye Feng and 9S on the side couldn't help but laugh. It was obvious that they also found 6O and 2B's performance very interesting.

The three of them took the keys, got on the slightly shabby truck, and started a new journey.

"Assistive device." 2B suddenly spoke up.

"Understood." Assist 042 responded quickly.

"I haven't said anything yet..." 2B gave a confused look.

"Analysis of the conversation between Communications Officer 6O and 2B. Speculation: 2B is preparing to give Communications Officer 6O an item from Earth." The pod analyzed seriously.

"...That's it." 2B sighed helplessly, feeling a little amused by the pod's ability to interpret information.

She didn't originally have such thoughts, but the auxiliary machine misunderstood them as such.

But maybe this is a good idea?

After all, 6O seems to be curious about things on Earth…

"Suggestion: Take photos of rare flowers." The auxiliary machine gave a suggestion.

"A photo of a flower?"

In response to 2B's question, the pod seriously analyzed, "Report: According to past records, more than half of female humans like the reproductive organs of plants - flowers.

The pictures can be sent to the bunker via communications.

Recommendation: Take a photo of the desert rose growing in the desert and send it to 6O. ”

"I see..." 2B nodded in understanding.

"That's strange. Why would women like the genitals of plants?" 9S asked in confusion. "It's really hard to understand."

2B glanced at him and replied calmly, "Whether you understand or not, it won't affect the battle."

“That’s true.” 9S nodded in agreement.

At this time, the veteran driver Ye Feng, who had been concentrating on driving, interrupted and said:

"Humans on Earth particularly like to grow flowers, of all kinds."

Ye Feng continued to explain: "Moreover, when a man wants to express his love to a woman, he often chooses to give flowers as a symbol. This has become a tradition and cultural custom."

“Things like this…” 9S couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

2B's eyes had a hint of meaning, as if she had thought of something.

......

On the bumpy and dilapidated road, a truck was speeding through the city, raising clouds of dust from its wheels.

There were many mechanical life forms scattered on both sides of the road. They stood there motionless, occasionally turning their mechanical heads as if observing the surrounding environment.

"I don't know what's going on recently, but there are more and more motionless mechanical life forms like this. They don't actively attack people, they just stand there quietly, as if they are thinking about something." 9S said.

"It's really strange, this kind of thing," 2B agreed, "Since they don't attack us, we should just avoid them."

At this time, Ye Feng suddenly interrupted and joked: "Maybe the mechanical life form is thinking about its own life?"

"Don't be ridiculous. According to research, mechanical life forms have no emotions or consciousness. They are just pure killing machines." 9S retorted seriously.

"How do you explain this?" 2B asked.

“Hmm… This is indeed confusing.” 9S also fell into deep thought.

The two were thinking, and suddenly Ye Feng said to them faintly:

"If machine life forms can think like humans, what should we do?"

"Tsk!" 9S waved his hand.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Hearing this, 2B glanced at Ye Feng with a hint of complicated emotions in her eyes.

After a long time, the truck finally arrived at the edge of the city.

"Look, right there," 9S said, pointing to a damaged concrete building in the distance.

Ye Feng then drove forward, the wheels rolling and raising clouds of dust.

The vehicle was moving along a winding, hidden and hard-to-find road.

Gradually, a camp appeared in everyone's sight.

"You are from the YoR-Leaf unit, looking for Senior Guai Kass, right? Come this way." The sentry at the door had already received the order. After seeing them, he took the initiative to come forward and led them to a tent.

"It's here. I won't go in." The sentry said softly to everyone, then prepared to turn around and leave.

The three men thanked him, and the sentry ran away, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

"What's going on?" 9S asked in confusion as he saw the sentry running away.

"We'll see what happens," 2B replied calmly.

So, Ye Feng and the other two approached the tent cautiously, trying to find out what was going on inside.

When they just walked near the tent, they heard a woman's crazy scream coming from inside...