The Dimensional Book of Collapse

When she returned to the vicinity of the tree house, she saw the two people who had already started eating.

At the same time, daily eavesdropping began.

"Mei, I think I should know where this world is."

After several days of intelligence gathering and thinking, Qin Mo finally determined where this world is today.

"really?"

Qin Mo nodded: "I never thought about it in this direction before, and I didn't think of it when I saw those robots."

"When I saw those knight robots today, I finally determined what this world is like."

Qin Mo sighed and felt a little sad when he thought about the truth and nature of this world.

If Honkai Impact 3rd is full of knives, it also has many beautiful things.

Then this world is pure tragedy, and everything here is born to be destroyed.

"What's wrong?"

Mei heard the sadness in Qin Mo's tone.

"Nothing, just sadness for the future and truth of this world."

"This world is destined to be a tragedy. Everything in this world is born to be destroyed. Everything lives in lies and works for something that does not exist."

Chapter 15 The Hidden Truth

"A long, long time ago, thousands of years ago, humans became extinct."

"As for the reasons for the extinction, there are many, the most direct reason is disease."

"A disease called white salt syndrome infected humans. In order to survive, humans began the Gestalt Project."

"The so-called Gestalt Plan is to extract the human soul, put it into a dormant state to preserve it, wait for the disaster to pass, and then put it into a pre-prepared container, that is, a replica, to revive it."

"In order to allow a being to awaken the human soul and put it back into the replica once it is safe, a semi-permanent robot named Android was chosen as the manager of the replicas. Many things happened during the period when the human soul was dormant. The most fatal thing was that the replicas, which originally had no soul and consciousness, developed their own consciousness, and it was a consciousness personality that had nothing to do with the original human soul."

"They continued to purify the world and built their own civilization. After the world was purified, the original human souls, the Gestalts, woke up. The Gestalts wanted to return to the bodies of the replicas, but the replicas, which already had self-awareness, regarded them as monsters who wanted to usurp their bodies. So, the war between the Gestalts and the replicas began."

"The final war ended when Gestalt Neil, the last hope of Gestalt, was defeated by his own clone, Replica Neil. From then on, the original human beings were completely wiped out and the clones took control of the world."

"But what the replicas don't know is that although the white salt syndrome has been eliminated, if the Gestalt corresponding to them dies, the replicas will suffer from another terminal disease, black line disease, and then the replicas will also die. From then on, the human beings in this world are completely extinct."

"The only ones who survived are the Androids, or so-called artificial humans and machines."

"When the androids were created, they had a core mission, which was to protect humans. But humans no longer exist, and even their replicas are gone. How can we protect them?"

"So Android tried to revive humans, but failed. In order to give the androids motivation to continue, Android made up a huge lie, that is, the Human Conference."

"Since there are no humans left, let's just pretend that humans still exist. It has set up a lunar server on the moon, disguised as a human conference, and sent messages to all camps on Earth, telling all the artificial humans that humans are not extinct."

"And then, ironically, the aliens invade, and with their arrival, the Earth stops spinning."

"The aliens wanted to destroy the Earth's native inhabitants and occupy the Earth, but they didn't know that humans had long been extinct. They didn't even know who their enemies were, so in order to invade the Earth, they created an army of robots called mechanical life forms and issued only one order, which was to defeat the enemy."

"Mechanical life forms also have intelligence. They will continue to learn and evolve. Perhaps because of the influence of the souls of former humans, they quickly occupied the Earth and even regarded their creators, the aliens, as enemies. Therefore, the aliens on Earth also perished."

"After Android saw that there were machine life forms on Earth, and that they were enemies, they issued an order to retake the Earth in the name of the Human Council. They used the cores of machine life forms to create the Black Box, launched the YoRHa Project, built a space fortress called the Bunker in space, and created the YoRHa Force, which was far superior to the current level of android technology. They also issued an order to the YoRHa Force, which was to retake the Earth for humanity."

"And this is the time period we are in now. As I said before, all of this is born for destruction. The YoRHa unit was established to be destroyed. When Android collects enough data on the battles between the YoRHa unit and the machine lifeforms, it will open the backdoor left on the bunker and destroy the entire YoRHa project."

"This is the truth of this world. The Yoruha troops were created to be destroyed. They exist only to collect combat data for the lunar server. Their cores are made of mechanical life forms because Android never considered them as companions from the beginning, but as tools that can be sacrificed at any time."

Jumping from history thousands of years ago all the way to the present, Qin Mo told Mei the truth about this world that he knew, but what he talked about was only the plot of NieR up to now. He had heard people talk about games before NieR, such as The Broken Shoe on Dragon's Back, but he had not played that part of the game, or he had only seen others discuss games before the Automata era.

So what we know is only a partial understanding.

He once heard that gods existed in this world, but these elements did not exist when he played NieR: Automata. Some people said that Automata was a world after destruction, so those beings disappeared.

Mei covered her mouth after hearing this: "How... this is too cruel."

"Amo, do you think our world will become like this?"

Mei said with some uneasiness, she had never thought about what the destruction of the world would be like, but now, she saw it. Even if she had not seen the situation at the time of destruction, the appearance of it a thousand years after destruction was unforgettable.

After all, even the planets have stopped rotating.

"Don't worry, I'm here and I won't let things get to that point."

"Then, this world..."

Before Mei finished her words, the two of them suddenly noticed something and looked at the empty space next to the dining table.

A figure fell from the sky to the ground.

A figure with long white hair, blue eyes, wearing a black tights and carrying a big sword.

"who!"

Mei looked warily at the woman who suddenly appeared.

The woman didn't look at Meiyi, but looked in the direction of Qin Mo and asked.

"Is what you just said true?"

Looking at the woman in front of him who looked no different from a human, Qin Mo understood her identity after a little thought.

"It's true. You should understand what I'm saying. The commander's unreasonable orders and the fact that no support will come are like an order to abandon you all as pawns, A2."

A2 looked at Qin Mo: "You, why do you know my name?"

"You guys, what are you?"

Qin Mo smiled at A2's question.

"It's human."

Chapter 16: Salvation

"Why... is it like this? We were created. Why..."

A2 sat on the chair with her head in her hands. Because she was very heavy, Qin Mo specially prepared a metal chair for her.

Mei sat next to A2 and patted A2's shoulder, wanting to comfort A2, but she didn't know what to say.

"Amo, do we have a way to save them?"

Although this world has nothing to do with them, how can Mei continue to watch it after knowing this tragedy?

"sure."

In fact, after determining where this world was, Qin Mo already had an idea.

After a brief conversation with A2 just now, A2 believed that Qin Mo and Meiyi were human beings, but she still couldn't believe the truth. However, everything she experienced proved that what Qin Mo said was true.

"No, my existence is meaningful. As long as humans still exist, I can fight to protect them."

A2 seemed to have figured something out and looked up at Qin Mo and Meiyi in front of him.

"Is that enough, A2?"

A2 looked up at Qin Mo with some confusion.

Before she could react, a mechanical sword pierced through her body.

"for……"

Looking down at the sword that pierced his body, A2 wanted to pull it out, but for some reason he could not control his body at all.

"Amo, can this save them?"

Mei looked at this scene. Although she couldn't understand it, out of trust in Qin Mo, Mei did not question Qin Mo's actions.

Although it seems unreasonable, but so far, aren't there enough unreasonable things about Qin Mo?

"Well, this sword is called Jizo Yuhun. It is a divine key made with the core of the Herrscher of Corrosion. It has the ability to corrode. Although it can also corrode reality, its strongest point is that it corrodes machinery and data."

"Erosion, the Herr?"

Mei heard a familiar name. She remembered that it was the fox-like guy she met in Theresa's stigmata space.

"Yes, it's the fox-like creature you met. It was a backup weapon left by the previous civilization. After it gave up resistance, it would be made into the Key of God. Then Yae Sakura threw this knife out, and Hestia picked it up and gave it to me."

Qin Mo looked at A2 who was lying on the ground, tightly gripping the handle of the knife that was still stuck in her body.

"The underlying logic of Yoerha's troops all have backdoors left by Android, and their underlying logic also has big problems. This is also one of the roots of the tragedy. Relying on the power of the Herrscher of Corrosion, I changed all of them."

The first time Qin Mo used the power of Ksitigarbha Soul, he was not very familiar with it. After using A2 as a test subject, Qin Mo gradually mastered this power.

"All right."

After collecting the Jizo Soul from A2, Qin Mo looked at A2, who was lying on the ground with his eyes open and breathing heavily.

"A2, how do you feel?"

Following Qin Mo's words, A2 climbed up from the ground, looked at his palms, and clenched his fists.

"I feel fine, Master Qin Mo."

Seeing A2's reaction, Mei approached Qin Mo with some worry.

"Amo, have you completely controlled her will?"

Although she knew that the A2 in front of her was just an artificial robot made to imitate humans, she still felt that it was somewhat inhumane.

"Master Mei, Master Qin Mo did not tamper with my will and memory. He just freed me from the restrictions that were originally placed on me, and... A2's current ownership."

Before Qin Mo could answer, A2 had already responded.

"That's it. I patched up all the backdoors on A2, and I changed the underlying logic of the androids protecting humans to obey our orders."

Qin Mo looked at A2 and said, "But you are wanted now, and your connection to the bunker has been cut off. You should stay with Mei and me for a while, and wait for other members of the YoRHa unit who are connected to the bunker network to arrive."

"Understood, Master Qin Mo."

A2 saluted Qin Mo.

"Don't be so reserved, A2. Just be casual. Set your underlying logic to obey the orders of Mei and me just to prevent you from getting stuck in a rut."

Qin Mo knew that the robots in this world were very nitpicky. Although such a setting could not guarantee safety, it was better than the original brainless protection of humans.

"Yes."

A2 looked at the boy in front of her and calculated the computer in her body. Faced with such rude behavior, she should be angry, but no matter the result of the incident or her underlying logic, she couldn't get angry.

"Qin Mo, is this enough? Changing their underlying logic is not enough."

Mei looked at Qin Mo.

"Of course not, Meiyi, do you think that in our world, the resistance of humans today is sufficient when facing the Honkai Impact?"

"Ugh?"

Unexpectedly, Qin Mo suddenly asked this question, and Mei thought about it for a while.

"If everyone can unite, there shouldn't be any problem."

"Yes, but the point now is that although those organizations are all acting to fight against Honkai, everyone's methods are different. This leads to the fact that when facing Honkai, everyone cannot unite."

Look at A2 standing beside you.

"So, since this world doesn't look down on the YoRHa troops, then let me take them away."

"take away……"

Mei didn't expect Qin Mo's ambition to be so big. She just wanted to see if she could save these artificial humans who were born for destruction.

"Yes, androids are not living beings after all, so they can be loaded with the King's treasure. At worst, we can just let them sleep temporarily. Can we do that? A2."

A2 nodded and said, "The YoRHa troops will back up their data regularly. Even if we sacrifice our bodies, we can restore them at any time as long as the backup data is still there."

"A2, what were you originally planning to do?"

A2: "The original plan was to observe the lives of Qin Mo and Mei Yi, and to eliminate the mechanical life in the forest and their forest king."

"observe……"

Mei spoke somewhat awkwardly when she heard this word. She recalled a time ago when she felt like she was looking at something but couldn't find it.

These androids are dead objects after all. Although they can feel the gaze, they cannot sense it either with their observation Haki or aura perception. They can only detect it by intuition, which made the two of them think it was an illusion.