Warhammer 40 A New Hope

The two bombs completely destroyed the two auxiliary machines following 2B and 9S, making it impossible for them to send signals.

Two Shadow Prison inmates wearing power armor pinned the two androids to the ground, preventing them from moving, and forced a fully enclosed helmet onto their heads, locking them in place.

Two other guards stepped forward, put gravity shackles on 2B and 9S, and then lifted them up.

"The shackles put on them can restrict their movements and inhibit their body activity to a certain extent." said the Shadow Prison Incarceration Army soldier who was following Zhang Yi. "The helmet can prevent them from invading, transferring their consciousness, or sending information to the outside world."

"You are really well prepared..."

"We'd better destroy them now. They might expose our presence, which would be disadvantageous to us."

"No hurry, I have a better idea."

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As mentioned before, the combat effectiveness of the androids is actually not that good. Not to mention that 2B and A2 are still fighting with cold weapons, POD as a long-range means cannot have one for every android, and their output is touching.

Although the fact that they can release bullets and beams of such power is indeed impressive considering the size of the POD, even in their own world, their combat effectiveness is not very good - they are okay against small mechanical life forms, but their firepower seems a bit insufficient when facing large and giant enemies.

Of course, compared to modern combat power, a cyborg specialized in combat is definitely a powerful force, but for 40K... what a fancy and flashy thing!

The moment they put on the helmets, 2B and 9S lost their ability to perceive the outside world, and the shackles on their hands and feet restricted their movements.

The black giants did not kill them, but carried them up and moved somewhere.

Unable to send messages, transfer bodies, or resist, 2B and 9S could only allow themselves to be carried away by these unknown entities.

After a while, they were put down, and then there was the sound of a metallic door closing.

【２Ｂ？】

9S's faint voice was heard in the silent darkness, and then a body leaned behind him.

[Is it 9S? ]

[It's me. Although long-distance communication is blocked, we can still communicate if we get closer.]

[We seem to have been caught] 9S said. [All my functions have been restricted, and I can't send messages to the outside world. The other party seems to know us very well.]

[The auxiliary machine was also destroyed...]

[We still have a chance] 9S said. [Although I don't know why, the enemy didn't destroy us. After we lose contact, the commander will definitely...]

9S suddenly stopped talking halfway because he suddenly remembered that the [Bunker] was currently in a full-scale war with machine life forms. Under normal circumstances, Commander White would indeed come to look for them, but that might not be the case now.

[It was just a search mission, but I didn't expect to encounter this kind of situation] 9S said with some frustration. [It's my fault, I should have noticed something was wrong a long time ago...]

"It's not your fault, 9S. The enemy this time is completely different from the ones we encountered before." 2B interrupted 9S. "The enemy knows our action patterns very well, and they are too strong. We can't react to their attacks at all."

[We must tell the commander this news. This new type of enemy... If we can still go back...]

This chaos was the first time for these artificial humans who were constantly in a cycle that the extinct human beings reappeared, causing the entire planet to be in turmoil. The battle was far more cruel and brutal than before, causing heavy losses to the artificial humans.

However, the emergence of humans seemed to provoke all artificial humans and mechanical life forms, and the war broke out for a jar, a possible intelligent creature.

9S once complained about why humans only appeared now, why they caused such a huge disaster as soon as they appeared and then disappeared again, allowing the war to burn.

2B is the android who has been working with 9S for the longest time, so she can understand 9S's thoughts, but she is loyal to humans and to the Bunker, so she asks 9S to stop talking.

They are just machines...

[... How long has it been since we sat like this and did nothing?] 9S suddenly asked. [It seems like it has never happened before.]

[… Yes…] 2B was silent for a while, then said, [After all, machine life forms don’t want to be captured, and we have been on the road to completing our mission, and we have hardly stopped…]

[Yes, although we are now captured by those black giants, but... this seems to be not bad...]

[We may not be able to bring back the information here. Perhaps soon, we will forget everything that happened here and wake up in the [bunker]... It's a bit regrettable...]

【． ． ． ． ． ． 】２Ｂ remained silent because she knew that 9S had problems with data transmission, which resulted in a lot of information being unable to be stored and preserved. Every time he 'died', his memory would go back to the time when he first met her.

This has happened many times. We have fought side by side for a long time, but we greeted each other like strangers, then got to know each other again, and then forgot everything...

【．．． At least this time, you are not alone, ９S】

[You two can get married right here. I have prepared the money for you.]

【? ! 】

518. Pay loyalty to the great humanity!

The blockers on the eyes and mouth suddenly opened automatically. Zhang Yi was squatting in front of the two people, and A2 was standing aside.

Then, the scene suddenly became quiet.

"What are you talking about? You're making me so embarrassed!"

2B and 9S still had no reaction. Apart from 9S who had lost his memory, 2B had seen many strange mechanical life forms or androids before - she thought Zhang Yi in front of her was one of them.

The one who dressed himself up as a clown and kept celebrating, the one who made a cyborg into a puppet, and the one in front of me who said something like "giving gifts"...

"Sir, please be normal." A2 said at this time.

"Well? Xiao Wei's modification of your program is good~"

As he spoke, Zhang Yi opened the door of the simple cell where 2B and 9S were imprisoned, and reduced the weight of the gravity shackles that bound their hands and feet.

"Come out."

The gravity shackles that could bind fully-armed Space Marines, even if their weight had been reduced, were still a heavy restraint for 2B and 9S, who weighed only a few hundred pounds. It was extremely difficult for them to simply move, and they were unable to launch any attacking actions.

Dragging heavy shackles, 2B and 9S followed Zhang Yi and A2 out of the cell.

"This is!"

The second batch of supporting Iron Hands Space Marines have arrived through the portal. Many vehicles and fixed weapons have been brought over, and of course there are more Space Marines.

The slave laborers who followed were rebuilding the village under the priest's command, pulling out wires, installing armor plates, setting up communication equipment, etc.

Several drones lifted a huge antenna-like device and placed it on the top of the giant tree, and the slave workers began to fix and install it.

2B and 9S were extremely shocked by what they saw - these people were building a fortress!

"Pascal, what are you doing?" Zhang Yi said to Pascal, who was welding a weapon on his hand. "Aren't you a pacifist?"

[You humans have said: 'Having a gun but not using it is different from not having a gun', 'I love peace, and the gun in my hand is to make others love peace as well'. Pascal said beside a pile of books. [Blindly tolerating and avoiding will not really bring about peace...]

[I once taught my children what fear is, hoping that they would understand the value of life and not hurt or kill others]

[But the books you gave me taught me that fear and awe alone cannot completely preserve peace.]

[We respect life and we fear death, but if I need to pay the price for peace, I am willing to pay everything]

【… Humans are so knowledgeable. I never realized this before】

"You see clearly."

"...Wait, did you just say human?!"

2B and 9S realized it later and caught the word "human" in Pascal's words.

"You've seen a human? Where is he?!"

Pascal just looked at 9S with some confusion in response to his question, and then looked at Zhang Yi.

"Don't I look like a human?" Zhang Yi asked A2 beside him.

"None of us have ever seen a real human being, my lord."

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Pascal Village/Iron Fortress, temporary meeting room.

By showing the freshly-released X-ray image of his right arm, 2B and 9S believed in Zhang Yi's human identity and began to spread the rumor that he was going to the moon, which is now "inhabited by humans".

Then, A2, posing as a former android of the YoRHa unit and now a wanted criminal in the Bunker, tells them the reason why she betrayed the Bunker, as well as the biggest scam among androids today - that all androids are victims, and that there are no humans on the moon anymore.

Everything is a scam. Once all the combat data is collected, all the androids will be discarded and the next cycle will begin.

The one giving them orders on the moon was not a human being, but just a server with the name of "Humanity". The real humans had become extinct long before the aliens arrived - this is what Zhang Yi told her.

If the commander's previous act of sacrificing them only made her hate the artificial human organization led by Commander White, then the news that Zhang Yi told her later made her hate the whole world.

Because that means that everything they strive for and protect is false, and all the fights and sacrifices are just for a meaningless cycle that can never end.

Even with the comfort of Hope's AI Xiao Wei, it took A2 quite some time to accept and digest it all, so this news was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for 2B and 9S.

"Wait! If what you said is true, then everything we've been through is meaningless, right?!" 2B said, his emotions a little out of control. "Every battle, every injury, every sacrifice... then it's meaningless!"

"In fact, if we dig deeper, we will find that in this world, whether it is artificial humans or mechanical life forms, there are very few individuals doing meaningful things." Zhang Yi said. "Humans are extinct, and aliens are extinct. Both sides are just running meaninglessly again and again because of their own programs that cannot be modified."

Finally, the panic and disbelief on 2B's face can be clearly seen, and 9S beside her seems to be stuck in a logical dead end.

"Okay, stop for a moment."

At this moment, Zhang Yi suddenly clapped his hands and asked the two of them to look at him.

"This matter is over now." Zhang Yi said. "No matter what happened in the past, things have changed now, haven't they?"

"Then don't think too much about it. There are more important things now."

"I just asked you directly if you are willing to join me? To end this meaningless cycle?" Zhang Yi stretched out his right hand towards 2B and 9S, and the gravity shackles that bound the two of them were also loosened at this time.

"..."

In response, 2B and 9S looked at each other, knelt on one knee towards Zhang Yi, and put their left hands on their chest.

"Your will..."

"May the glory of mankind last forever."

"Very good." Zhang Yi took his hand back and said softly, "Should I not have reached out..."

"Anyway, before I assign you any more tasks, I have to give you a full body check and repairs, for safety reasons."

Two technical sergeants from the Iron Hands walked in at this time, grabbed 2B and 9S without saying a word, and walked out.

"Don't worry, they are very skilled." Zhang Yi gave a thumbs up to the two people who were a little panicked.

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NieR World, Ruined City

This is a trace of human existence. The towering buildings have been eroded by time and are collapsed or about to collapse.

There were far more mechanical life forms than before, breaking with their normal behavior and appearing in groups on the streets, apparently on patrol.

The ground-based android resistance base had been destroyed, and the descent operation that had started early because of the jar had also been fruitless.

Mechanical life forms controlled and occupied all possible areas, even on the sea surface. Even the sky area was completely blocked. The attempt of the robot troops to airdrop directly to the core position from space became a complete act of suicide. They could only land in the nearby area and then try to break through the defense line of a large number of mechanical life forms.

This is almost impossible, because the activated life forms not only include the mechanical life forms near this area, but also the mechanical life forms in other areas. Even in the area of ​​the [Country of Night], many groups of mechanical life forms are converging towards this area.

This can be said to be unprecedented. The mechanical life forms that usually only gathered and moved around in a certain area began to gather as if they were controlled by someone.

Hegel, the largest aircraft carrier-type mechanical life form on the sea, and several ×gus almost blocked the entire coastal area, and the android's aircraft carrier was completely destroyed not long ago.

The mechanical life forms did not kill the androids, but they did not wipe them out. They allowed the androids to move around nearby and do some small tricks, but for those androids who dared to enter the areas they occupied, these mechanical life forms would destroy them without mercy.

The bunker's lowering operation only completed the 'descent' part, as the number of enemies far exceeded their expectations, making it impossible for them to carry out any further operations.

At the same time, their communications were also severely affected. Except for a few fixed areas, medium and long-distance communications in other areas were almost unusable.

The robot troops that descended to the ground could only gather at the predetermined location and then stand by, waiting for other orders from the [bunker].

A deer then walked into the area occupied by the army of mechanical life forms and seemed to be wandering aimlessly.

Occasionally, when it encounters a few lone mechanical life forms, it will just stand there and watch them walk by from a distance.

The most basic program of mechanical life forms is to 'eliminate the enemy', and it is obvious that ordinary small animals cannot be called enemies. Naturally, under normal circumstances, mechanical life forms will not pay attention to ordinary animals that pose no threat.

In this way, the deer wandered around unhindered, watching from afar the patrolling and searching mechanical life forms that were just wandering around aimlessly.

Suddenly, as if frightened by some mechanical life form, the deer started running, passed through the former human city, dodged the mechanical life forms without self-awareness, and came to a forest.

It stopped here and began to gasp, and at the same time, there seemed to be something in the place where its brain should be.

He gasped for breath, and finally fell to the ground helplessly, blood and almost liquefied brain flowing out of his facial features.

"Failed to control it again." Zhang Yi, who was far away in the gathering place, felt the death of the creatures he controlled and said. "Burning another one..."

"But fortunately, I have seen a lot of things."

519. Slaanesh: Please go get a room! Thank you!