NieR: Whirlpool

Chapter 319 Mutated Logic Virus

All conditioned phenomena,

Like a dream bubble,

Like dew and lightning,

We should view it in this way.

"Is it a dream?"

Ye Feng suddenly felt a little dazed, and asked himself.

[Is this the world you see after being infected with the logic virus?

We see them as infected, and they see us as infected as well.

After all, which is the real world? 】

[No! They will kill us without mercy, so they are the infected! ]

[What's wrong? We will kill them without mercy...]

[That's not right! The infected ones, and the mechanical life forms that have become zombies after being infected with the logic virus, will not only kill us, but they will also kill each other! ]

[No! We will also fight against normal mechanical life forms...]

[It's even more wrong! The world they see is not the real world at all! ]

[No! Is the world we see necessarily real...]

Ye Feng felt that his three perspectives were being violently washed away.

My own thinking seemed to have broken through some shackles and been sublimated.

After a long time, he finally figured it out.

Everything depends on what you see.

After all, you are your own protagonist.

At this moment, a pair of hands gently rested on his shoulders.

"feel better now?"

A pleasant female voice reached his ears. It was 10H's voice.

Ye Feng slowly stood up and hugged 10H into his arms, muttering:

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have left you alone in the room."

10H's hands climbed up to the back of Ye Feng's neck, and he responded tenderly and lovingly, "Don't worry about these details. Do you have any findings?"

Ye Feng then informed 10H of the results of his experiment.

10H frowned after hearing this:

"So... can they still be saved?"

Hearing this,

Ye Feng looked embarrassed and shook his head helplessly.

“Is it because the infection lasted too long?” 10H speculated.

"No!" Ye Feng shook his head and denied it:

“Logic viruses will cause the logic of all systems in the body to fall into chaos.

Although they were also infected with a logic virus, that virus would directly damage every system in the body. Once it spread to the central nervous system, it would cause irreversible damage.

Moreover, their black boxes have completely deteriorated and are operating in overload mode, providing more energy to their zombie bodies.

From this moment on, they are no longer the same.

Because they can't get energy replenishment, even if we don't kill them,

Eventually, they will die due to system overload and body parts failure."

“Then… is there no other solution?” 10H asked worriedly.

Hearing this,

Ye Feng signaled 10H to stay calm and continued to talk:

“When I was created, my entire body was covered with logic viruses.

Unlike the ones they were infected with, the virus I had was very strange.

They did not wreak havoc, occupy my thinking center, or directly squeeze my body's capabilities, causing it to overload.

Instead, it is attached to various systems throughout the body and has a symbiotic relationship with all of the body’s systems.

In other words, the virus seemed to be taking control of my body, messing with my thinking, feelings, and actions.

If I am rational and resolute enough, and refuse the orders it gives me, I can still be free from its control for a short period of time. "

"Is that so?" 10H seemed to have realized something and asked, "Can these viruses be removed? I saw that you were pretty good at removing the viruses just now."

Ye Feng looked embarrassed, thinking back to what he had just done, he felt a little scared:

“The virus attached to the thinking logic unit is protected by a special protective shield. It is almost deeply rooted and almost impossible to remove.

With my current algorithm, trying to clear it would almost exhaust all my energy.

So I erased the logic analysis block in the virtual system and re-created a new logic analysis block to complete the experiment. ”

After listening to Ye Feng's analysis, 10H frowned and began to think.

After a moment, she seemed to have thought of something and said quickly:

“The logic viruses were very crazy at the beginning. They quickly occupied the body of the android, killed the original android consciousness, and then occupied the body.

Later, they mutated, or evolved.

No longer as violent as before,

Instead, it parasitizes on the body of the artificial human, relying on the artificial human's system to survive and reproduce, that is, to spread.

This is very similar to human biological viruses.

Oh my god, this is horrible.”

Listening to 10H's analysis, Ye Feng nodded, thinking that her analysis was very reasonable.

After all, I can intuitively feel the effect of the logic virus.

He continued:

"If it kills the host quickly, it will not spread.

This guy is so smart, who knows if a girl wearing some clothes will pop up one day and say that she is a conceptualized personality born from the logical virus network. "

Ye Feng thought of the few people he had met before and couldn't help but make a bold guess.

10H nodded.

“We AIs are all conscious, so what you said may not be impossible.

This world is crazy!"

Ye Feng turned around and looked at Team YoYa who were sitting against the wall.

Several of them were knocked unconscious by him personally.

Their vital signs were very weak.

The black box was almost completely damaged, all circuits were destroyed, and consciousness had long been replaced by a logic virus.

It's like the existence of the living dead!

Hey……

"It's impossible to save him!"

Ye Feng sighed helplessly and looked at 10H with a complicated expression.

As if she realized what Ye Feng was going to do next, 10H showed a look of reluctance. She slowly pulled out the long sword behind Ye Feng and walked towards them.

"Let me do it!" Ye Feng gritted his teeth.

“……” 10H shook her head.

But in the end, she nodded and handed over the sword.

Ye Feng turned around and looked at the YoYa team member who was sleeping on the ground, and slowly took the sword.

With the help of the dim emergency light, the sword blade flashing white light slowly fell.

Keng~

There was a sound of swords ringing.

A scratch of more than ten centimeters appeared on the white wall.

"Still... you can't do it!"

Ye Feng's hand holding the sword was shaking a little. He slashed the sword on the wall.

I still can't bear to do such a thing as killing my companions.

10H gently held Ye Feng's hand holding the sword, and comforted him softly:

"Or, just leave them here. Anyway, they won't wake up and can't hurt anyone else."

Hearing 10H's gentle comfort, Ye Feng smiled bitterly, shook his head and said:

"If they were still conscious, they probably wouldn't want to see their bodies being taken over by the virus and then being used to kill their companions.

So, still..."

A trace of pain appeared on Ye Feng's face.

Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something.

"It's better than..."

He gently told 10H his thoughts.

When the girl heard this, she looked worried, but still nodded.

Subsequently,

Ye Feng activated the virtual system.

The whole world flashed and became brighter.

In Ye Feng's vision,

The eight members of the YoRHa team were sitting against the wall, talking and laughing.

As if noticing Ye Feng's approach, they turned their eyes over and greeted him enthusiastically.

【9M……】

【You are here! 】

They are so vivid and lively, as if they were alive.

"Do you... have anything to say?" Ye Feng smiled back and asked calmly.

【us……】

The faces of the eight YoRHa members were filled with longing for the future. They smiled and talked with each other.

Then, they all started talking:

[This is so annoying, please kill me! ]

[No one wants something like this to happen. ]

[I really want to go to Earth and see...]

[I want to go too...]

[Let’s end this damn war soon…]

【I'm going shopping and dressing myself up beautifully. 】

Eventually, their voices died down and they all looked towards the first team member.

She said with a firm gaze:

[Stay alive! Go see this world for us! If you still have the ability, please inherit YoRHa's will and take back the Earth! ]

【Thank you, 9M! 】

【Let’s get started! 】