Chapter 24 The heroic A2 elder sister is here
The world of NieR: Automata.
Is this the strengthening potion? Looking at the potion test tube in his hand, Niel Xiayu frowned slightly, and it seemed that it didn't taste very good.
But Xia Yu from Resident Evil said that the flavor of this potion was formulated according to the flavor of Xia Yu and his friends' favorite happy water, so that's the case.
Niel Xiayu pulled out the cork and drank it all in one gulp. After finishing it, he smacked his lips and commented on it in the chat group.
[NieR: Automata]: It tastes good and has a strong flavor. It deserves a five-star rating.
"Master Human, what were you drinking just now?"
Boppola, who was guarding Divara, watched Xia Yu suddenly take out a strange test tube from behind his waist, then pulled out the stopper and drank it all.
There must be a deeper meaning behind what humans do, but no matter how you look at it, the color of that potion is terrible.
"Me? I just drank water."
While Xia Yu was talking nonsense, he casually put the empty test tube behind his waist, which made Boppola want to lean over and take a closer look to see where the human adult put the thing.
However, Xia Yu did not give this opportunity, and continued casually: "I am not like you artificial humans who can live without food and water as long as there is energy. I am a human being and need to eat and drink water, otherwise I will not live for a few days."
"boom!"
The last sentence exploded directly in Popola's mind. He would not live for more than a few days and would die. The last human being was going to die!
No! Absolutely not!
"My Lord! I will go hunting right away. I will find water and food. Please don't worry!"
Popola stood up hurriedly. She actually ignored the fragility of human beings. Human beings are different from androids. Artificial humans can survive as long as they have energy, but the living environment of humans is very complicated.
Food, sunlight, water, oxygen, temperature, and even mobile phones and air conditioners. The loss of any of these necessary conditions could lead to the death of the fragile creator.
"Divara, don't sleep anymore, wake up."
Before Xia Yu could explain, Bobo La hurriedly woke up the sleeping Diwala. Because she needed to repair Diwala's wound, Xia Yu suggested that Diwala could take a nap.
Since the androids here are completely modeled after humans, they are also loaded with sleep programs. Some weird androids are even loaded with programs for motion sickness, directionality, fear of heights, etc., which are completely useless.
"Um...what's wrong?"
Divara rubbed her sleepy eyes, and seemed not yet awake from her sleep. Seeing this, Bobola shook again.
"Please stop for a moment."
Xia Yu stepped forward helplessly and grabbed Bobola's hands which were still shaking vigorously. Poor Divala had just woken up when she was shaken unconscious again by her own sisters, and even circles appeared under her eyes.
"What's wrong? My dear human." Popola asked nervously, afraid that Xia Yu would notice that she had ignored the needs of humans, and then be disliked for being of little use.
"I didn't say I was hungry now. Why are you so nervous?" Xia Yu said as he supported Diwala and gently placed her on the maintenance table, but he slightly underestimated Diwala's weight.
My goodness, this thing must weigh more than 200 kilograms. It is indeed a robot and cannot be treated with common sense.
Although Xia Yu said he was not hungry, Boppola thought about it and found a suitable idiom from her language library.
"Lord Xia Yu, we need to store grain to prevent famine!"
"Store grain to prevent famine? Where did this idiom come from? It's not right to use it here."
"Isn't that right? This idiom means to store food..."
"Stop, stop, stop." Xia Yu frowned and made a pause gesture. "Are you a Chinese teacher from somewhere? I know you are worried about my safety, but from a common sense point of view, I will not die so easily."
Seeing that the human adults had so firmly rejected it, Boppola opened her mouth but said nothing. Indeed, from a universal rational point of view, the human adults have the final decision-making power.
Thinking of this, Boppola sighed deeply. Although the willful Creator was not bad, he did not take his own life seriously.
No, as the first machine to discover the adult, she must protect the adult's safety and life. That's right, when the adult falls asleep, she will sneak out to hunt!
Seeing that the originally dejected Boppola suddenly cheered up, Xia Yu felt a little emotional. With such rich emotions, these artificial humans can be considered real life.
Unfortunately, they are still bound by their own underlying logic, which is the foundation of their existence. If they lose this logic, no matter how intelligent the artificial human is, they will develop self-doubt and then self-destructive tendencies.
The logic is very simple, which is "protecting humanity". Apart from this, there are no other instructions.
Fortunately, the artificial humans in this world are very normal, very normal, and there is no misunderstanding. For example, imprisonment is considered protection, and as long as the brain is still active, it is also considered protection.
Whenever he thought of this, Xia Yu couldn't help but sigh that the humans in this world were truly amazing and had not created an intelligent machine crisis.
Even if all humans died, the artificial human forces would still be staunch human factions and would not choose to become a new race on their own.
Even after all humans have died, the top artificial humans still need to pretend that humans are still alive. Only in this way can the artificial humans' faith not collapse and the meaning of their own existence not be lost.
…
On the other side, the edge of the desert.
The android with long white hair killed the approaching mechanical lifeform with just a few slashes. After collecting the usable parts, she looked towards the end of the desert.
Her name is A2, or to be more precise, YoRHa A-Type No. 2 android. However, now she has become a defector and is being hunted down by her own kind.
Because she is a defector and has been fighting outside for many years, her body lacks care and maintenance. The artificial skin on her private parts has peeled off, revealing the black body inside, which has a special kind of imperfect beauty.
Of course, this doesn't matter to an Avenger.
The object of revenge is not important. She just wants to keep fighting, getting damaged and repairing herself. Only this pain can make A2 feel that she is still alive.
"There, it's in that direction."
Looking at A2 at the end of the desert in the distance, she muttered to herself. She was not a talkative person, but she would talk to herself occasionally.
In the desert, she accidentally encountered a group of mechanical life forms. Those mechanical life forms claimed to be subjects of the King of the Forest and attacked her. Of course, the attack ended with the annihilation of all the mechanical life forms, but the so-called King of the Forest aroused her interest.
Although he defected from the YoRHa unit, his built-in system was still intact. By comparing the maps, A2 determined that the forest was at the end of the desert.
Although she didn't know whether there was a forest king in that forest, A2 was not in a hurry. She had plenty of time, long enough for her to slowly investigate.
Thinking of this, A2 put away the weapon in her hand. This was the weapon of her former partner, but her partner had passed away long ago.
A2 strode away before being discovered by the YoRHa troops' pursuers. She no longer wanted to hear the screams of her own kind. She just hoped... that she would never meet them again.
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Inside the shelter, Popola and Divara, who had just woken up, were bewildered because their human masters wanted to go out.
But when they thought of the fragile life of humans, they were horrified. No, they couldn't put humans in danger!
At least they should bring enough food and water, as well as full body armor, etc. Otherwise, given humans' fragile physiques that would get sunburned after a day of exposure to the sun, they really couldn't imagine how humans would walk across the desert.
When Popola and Divara used both emotional and logical persuasion to persuade humans to wait for a while, humans did not disappoint them.
" Come on, I'm done packing, let's go out now."
Xia Yu put on his backpack, ignored the despair in the twins' eyes, and strode towards the exit of the shelter.
