NieR: Whirlpool

154 struggled to get up from the bed,

The shock of the data space collapse still remained on his body, and electric sparks flashed from time to time.

She looked around.

21O and 153 are not here, probably dealing with resistance affairs.

She floated to the window and looked at the busy android soldiers outside.

There are mixed feelings in my heart.

"Host...Number Nine...10H..."

154 muttered to himself, his eyes dim.

She recalled Ye Feng's voice, his smile, and 10H's secret instructions before his death.

My heart ached.

"No, I can't stay depressed like this!"

154 shook his head violently, forcing himself to cheer up.

She turned and floated towards a room in the medical bay.

“10H, I’m sorry to bother you again…”

154Take a deep breath, and hold back the grief.

Hacked into 10H's memory again.

Familiar memory fragments emerge again.

154 endured the discomfort and searched carefully.

She knew that there must be important clues about Number Nine hidden in 10H's memory.

suddenly,

154's attention was drawn to a special block.

This block is completely different from other memory fragments.

It was shrouded in a thick golden mist, exuding a warm atmosphere.

"what is this?"

154 was startled and tried to penetrate the fog.

The golden mist began to slowly dissipate, revealing the fragments of memory hidden within.

154's body began to tremble violently.

She felt as if her consciousness was sucked into a vortex.

Everything around me became blurry.

When she regained consciousness,

She found herself in an unfamiliar space.

There is no sky, no earth,

There was only endless emptiness.

In the center of the void, in the huge holographic projection,

There stands a gigantic machine, emitting dazzling light, with countless data streams shuttling through it.

"...Quantum server? This is...the moon!"

154 was shocked to find that he was watching Ye Feng and 10H standing in front of the machine from the perspective of a bystander.

They seem to be performing some operation.

The light from the machine became brighter and brighter, and the space around it began to distort.

"what are they doing?"

154 was full of doubts. She tried hard to get closer, but found that she could not move.

suddenly,

The figures of Ye Feng and 10H disappeared, replaced by data blocks that looked like scarecrow statues.

These data blocks contain memory fragments of different characters.

154 saw Ye Feng and 10H had entered the quantum server,

Their data bodies shuttle between these scarecrows,

It seems to be modifying these memories and changing the fate of these characters.

"What has happened cannot be changed no matter what you do..."

"These...are just data!"

154Muttering,

Watching Ye Feng patiently modifying her memory, she felt bitter inside.

suddenly,

Her eyes were drawn to one of the scarecrows.

The next moment, the scene changed.

She saw the memories preserved in this scarecrow,

154's body shook violently.

She saw familiar scenes and heard familiar voices.

"What...what's going on?"

154's heartbeat is getting faster and faster.

She vaguely felt that

What Ye Feng and 10H were doing was beyond her imagination.

And this memory now is actually herself!

Do not,

To be precise, it was her in the past timeline—153, and 041, and... Ye Feng.

That was everything she had experienced, the days of fighting side by side with Ye Feng, the laughter and tears, the separation of life and death...

154 was horrified to find that Ye Feng and 10H were actually modifying her past memories!

[Why do they do this? What do they want to change? ]

Do not,

154 Suddenly I realized,

This is not a memory!

This is a complete timeline! A timeline in the past.

154 felt an unprecedented fear,

She looked at Ye Feng and 10H, talked with herself, 041, and Ye Feng himself (9S), and opened that dimensional channel.

And Ye Feng, who is with 10H, is the benefactor whom he calls "No. ".

Subsequently,

The shadows of the girl in gray, the boy in white, and 9S entered the dimensional passage.

And that girl in gray——herself,

Turning his lively eyes, he looked back carefully,

It seems that he wants to remember the two of them deeply in his heart...

The surrounding scene was like a broken mirror, peeling off piece by piece.

Eventually dissipated into endless darkness.

154's consciousness returned to reality.

She was still floating in the medical room, surrounded by familiar equipment and cold metal walls.

She felt exhausted, as if she had been on a long and tiring journey.

The memory of 10H, the mysterious golden mist,

And the memory of the past timeline hidden in the fog,

Everything is like a dream,

But it was imprinted in her mind so vividly.

"So... this is the origin of number nine..."

154 muttered to himself, his eyes filled with mixed emotions.

Shock, confusion, and a hint of indescribable sadness.

She finally understood,

Number nine is Ye Feng, the future Ye Feng...

Thinking of this, 154 felt a strong sense of guilt.

"Host...how much have you shouldered..."

154's voice was a little choked.

She recalled the smile of "Number Nine" more than three years ago.

Thinking of his depressed look after he had to fight a protracted ideological education war with a group of mechanical big-headed idiots for the continuation of civilization for a month,

My heart ached.

She floated to the window,

Looking at the android soldiers still busy outside, I felt mixed emotions.

The reason why the three of them were able to come to this world was because of Ye Feng created by 007.

And she,

As Ye Feng's right-hand man,

But when he was alone, not only did he not know his true identity,

And plotted to kill him.

same,

She also understood.

Why was 21H not there when we saw "Number Nine" in the 10st century?

And "Number Nine" was very disgusted with himself at that time.

"I finally understand..."

"It turns out... before I saw No. 9 again, I was the one who sent him to his doom."

"And he...went back to the past."

"Number Nine...Ye Feng...No, sir..."

"No wonder you disappeared just before 9M was created..."

"There cannot be two identical individuals in one timeline."

154 Gently closing her eyes, two lines of tears slid down her cheeks,

"I will find you, no matter what the cost!"

042 and 153 had already pushed the door open and walked in.

154 didn't look back, but just said softly, "042, song request: "Finally Understand"."

"Uh... I see..."

she knows,

Ye Feng did not really disappear. He must still be somewhere, waiting to reunite with them.

And what she has to do is to find him.

then……

Then, together with him, continue to protect this world.