The thing that entered the threshold was a VR glasses, which Li Nuo did not expect.

"Will it work?"

"Yes, but with a little debugging." Marjie glanced at Cha Bai and said with a smile: "What happened to Miss Cha Bai's virus?" ”

"Alright." Li Nuo said.

Malje wasn't too surprised, he had seen the information about the logic virus in Yorktown, so he knew the next steps.

"Mr. Victor, please change Miss Chabai to a cyber network."

Victor took out some special tools for prosthetic doctors and showed a soft smile: "Miss Chabai, you don't have a special slot for the back of the head for cyber implants, I have to knock open the skin of your spine, it may be a little painful, take some paralysis, right?" ”

"No, it's not good if there is an emergency when you are unconscious." Cha Bai glanced at Li Nuo.

Li Nuo understood it......

"Good ......"

He took a small cutting saw from Victor, poured [Cyborg Must Die], turned on [Inner Potential], and began cutting.

"Li Nuo, I triggered two main quests." Marje said suddenly.

Then he clicked on the panel and put out his new task.

Because he entered the threshold, he triggered the same hidden main line as Li Nuo.

That is, [jumping out of this bad reincarnation].

Li Nuo put down the small chainsaw, took out a paper towel and pressed it against the hole in Chabai's back ridge, sucked the blood, and let Victor operate it.

Then the two began to check their experiences so far, hoping to find clues to crack the main story.

Li Nuo doesn't need to elaborate.

Brother Ma is more magical.

Whether it's a cult, a prisoner, a prison escape, or a kidnapper, how did Marger do such a bunch of operations in a matter of days...... Well, this is all trivial, so let's just say it briefly.

Because he can summon the five-person bodyguard of Novigre, he can just let the "little brother" take things when he escapes from prison.

He then went to a factory, where he discovered that the interior of Yorktown was producing non-combat-type androids and mechanical lifeforms.

It's a delicate matter.

After all, there is still a group of rebel troops in space orbit, how can it be tolerated for people here to do such a thing.

So, on the same day, he infiltrated the largest local arms manufacturing company.

And there I met a senior scientific researcher of an arms company.

As far as he knew, York City had developed a basic social network, the capitalist class.

So he reveals himself to the other party (not a good person), and then shows off his new technology (the Cyber Mantis Knife), which he intends to use to enter the city's scientific research institute, but he is not very secret.

The other party is not a good person, and when he went through the entry procedures, he secretly called someone to come, and wanted to directly decompose Malgera.

Brother Ma can't bear it, the direct and violent kidnapping, and the scientific research androids are not combative, they are very easy to fight.

I casually got all the confidential drawings of the local producer, and by the way, I plucked out the truth about why the "threshold" was used by them from this guy's mouth.

"Does Miss Cha Bai know the concept of 'threshold'?" Marjie asked as he adjusted the machine.

"I've heard him say it, but I don't know much about it." Cha Bai glanced at Li Nuo.

"Then I'll tell you everything I know this time." Maljie put down the awl of the debugging equipment, took out a bottle of honey from the cabinet, twisted the cap and said: "'Threshold' is a product of consciousness, in other words, it is similar to Mewtwo of "Cyberpunk", or the repository of the virtual network, I will say another awesome term, Li Nuo, you must understand." ”

He unscrewed the cap, poured a portion on the cap, and threw it to Li Nuo.

It means let him eat, otherwise he will be afraid of starvation for a while.

"Archive."

Li Nuo listened, was stunned for a few seconds, and began to lick the honey.

"When are you going to go inside the threshold?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Victor wants to adjust Miss Chabai's network signal." Marger leaned on the table with his arms folded: "Anyway, these are the conclusions I have come to after entering the threshold, including the kidnapping of the city's high-ups. ”

The emir controlled the car, swayed slightly from side to side, and asked suspiciously, "Hey...... I don't understand, what are you talking about? ”

Li Nuo: "What this guy means is that the threshold preserves all kinds of memories that we have left in this world, it should be said that it is not all kinds, but different and intertwined memories in different time and space lines. ”

He paused and placed the cap on the table.

"It's like ......" Li Nuo looked at Emir and said: "Emir, if you didn't meet us in your previous life, it must be completely different from the experience you encountered us in this life, and the simple butterfly effect induces large-scale global changes. ”

The emir still didn't understand, he didn't know anything about the previous life and the next life, because he only had one life, and it was too long, and he forgot the previous story for a long time.

"Li Nuo, did you perceive any terrible conclusions?" Marjie asked suddenly.

"Like...... I kind of understand......" Li Nuo lowered his head: "The story of "Nier" only tells a small part of the worldview, and a large number of fragmented stories are sunk in various details......"

Chabai: "For example, my story? ”

Li Nuo shook his head: "Tea white...... Although you are the main character, in "Nier Automata", your actions have zero impact on the world, including 9S and A2, who are the same protagonists as you, although the experience between you is ...... It's hard to forget, but it's as trivial as the trivial things that happen in a company in the context of the times. ”

Marje continued: "That's it, Miss Chabai, the story of "Nier", the constant theme is the hopeless cycle of death, in 11946, the androids signed a peace treaty with the mechanical lifeforms, and the role of 2B and the Parachute Force in this matter is - zero. ”

"So the amazing story, the sad theme, the touching ending, the sacrifice that comes at the end, the answer that leads is that the protagonists of the story are doing something meaningless." Li Nuo looked at Marjie, and he asked: "Old Ma, do you think, with "Cavalry on the Dragon's Back", who should actually be the protagonist of the entire "Neil" series?" ”

Marger didn't hesitate to come up with the name.

"Jacoor."

"Hey~ just like I thought."

"What do you mean?" Cha Bai asked.

"There are more than 30 time and space lines, from the two parts of "Dragon's Back" to the two parts of "Nier", a total of six protagonists." Li Nuo paused for a moment and said, "However, in fact, observing their movements and appearing in every space-time line, Jacole is the only one. ”

Marje added, "Since there are hidden bosses, there should be hidden protagonists. ”

In fact, from the time they regarded Jacole as a key character, the questline of this world has nothing to do with the original.

Li Nuo said: "Going back to what I said at the beginning, the meaning of 'threshold' is to archive, storing things from different timelines, so there is an extremely terrible assumption. ”

Marje snorted and said, "Time is closed. ”

Bang –

Victor inserted the signal wire that linked the network into the mechanical implant under Chabai's spine, linked it to his head, and began to transmit network data.

Under the interference of chaotic sound waves, she pricked up her ears to listen to the two of them dismantling the history of their hometown.

Emir: "I've heard of the closed loop of time! It's that no matter what you do, the result is the same! ”

"Hmph, it means pretty much." Marje said metaphorically: "After the first week is opened, the first two weeks are the starting point of the week, the ending of the second week is the beginning of the third week, the beginning and end of each week are the same, they all trigger the next week, the difference is the process." When put into the real world, the above is equivalent to a closed loop of time. ”

Cha Bai was a little incomprehensible.

But she was suddenly relieved...... Leno and Marje are two unscrupulous things that come to an end, and their neurotic leapfrog thinking can always uproot some seeds hidden in the shadows.

"In short, after Miss Chabai's network signal is secure, let's go to the threshold to have a look." Malger held out his hand.

A mechanical lifeform, as if it had been done countless times, handed him the goblet and poured it into the well.

He didn't know what he was pretending to be forced to drink, and took a sip like a drink.

Li Nuo couldn't help but give him a kick.

A group of mechanical lifeforms rushed in and pinned Lino to the ground......

At this moment, he felt that if you put Marger in this script for more than ten years, it was really possible for this secondary disease to replace the position of the advanced aggregate of mechanical life form "N2" (Note 1).

It's all about trouble.

After about ten minutes, Marger adjusted the machine that entered the threshold.

He counted the heads, and the VR glasses that he walked along were exactly three.

When he put on his glasses, Malger did not forget to remind: "After entering the threshold, the body is like falling asleep, and you can't wake up unless you take off your glasses." Mr. Victor, please. ”

Victor nodded and opened the door.

Hundreds of mechanical lifeforms were gathered outside.

Malger sat in a specially made iron chair and raised his head at all the mechanical lifeforms.

At this moment, the mechanical lifeforms below knelt down, and hundreds of iron knees knelt on the ground, and there was only one sound, which showed how long they had practiced for kneeling.

Turning to all the round-headed fellows, Marjie said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I am going to a spiritual world to prepare for the ascension of godhood, and I hope you will protect us during this retreat!" ”

The mechanical lifeforms shouted in unison, "I wish the bishop, my lord, find the succubus——! ”

Li Nuo's jaw opened in shock......

"Brother Ma......" he changed his words to brother: "You are so awesome......"

Marjie looked at him coldly: "Hmph, did you just know?" ”

Cha Bai frowned, smiled helplessly and steadily, and was the first to put on his glasses.

After several people put on their glasses, the emir asked uneasily, "What are they going to do?" ”

Victor said, "No matter what you do, these people must have something important, such as ......"

Emir: "Like saving the world?" ”

Victor was confronted with a question that could not be answered head-on.

"Ah...... Yes, yes, yes......"

……

The world of the threshold is much more empty than Li Nuo imagined.

It is surrounded by large buildings floating in the air.

At your feet is a spiral staircase that goes up.

"Huh......" Chabai let out a sigh: "Where are you going now?" ”

"Hmm...... Jacole said that he came here to find her...... "Li Nuo clicked on the task panel, and said that the hidden main line that can be updated by going to the threshold has not yet moved.

Marjie walked in front and said: "There is nothing dangerous in the threshold, but there will be a labyrinth occasionally, anyway, I remember the way, as for Jacoor, I think it will definitely appear when it should appear, let's get it right first." ”

Li Nuo followed with his head: "Understand, you're worried that if something is said, the emir will go crazy, right?" ”

Cha Bai stared around, with an inexplicable feeling of palpitation, and immediately trotted to follow when he saw the two of them walking away.

……

"We're on the threshold."

"Hey~ There are three people in total, how to do it?"

"Who are you asking?"

"Ask ourselves, of course! They're new to the timeline! ”

"Everyone, don't make noise, don't forget to let them enter the threshold first."

"The 'archives' of the three are being extracted."

Dozens of Jacoles stood somewhere on the threshold.

The girls all looked the same and had a somewhat nervous expression on their faces.

With magic stripes condensed on the lenses of their glasses, they gathered around and observed the projection of the three of them.

"After the extraction is almost done, I will go to them and talk about how to make this closed-loop world jump out."

Jacole is the only one of them whose facial expression is more "human".

"Huh? There was an accident! ”

"How?"

"That white-haired girl, judging by the memory, went out of our world."

"So what."

"She'll be back sooner or later."

"No one can jump out of the cycle."

"No one."

……

"So, what are you going to say?"

Cha Bai followed the two like a little sister and asked.

"Time and space are closed." Li Nuo explained: "From "Cavalry on the Dragon's Back" to "Neil", it spans tens of thousands of years of time and space in a closed loop. ”

"You haven't been telling me what's going on in the world......"

Cha Bai was a little overwhelmed.

Maljie snorted coldly, he didn't say it because there was no need to tell Cha Bai, as for Li Nuo not to say it, he found it very intriguing anyway.

But Li Nuo can't stop talking about it now.

"I've told you before, and that's pretty much it...... Well, there were xenomorphic creatures and magic in the original ordinary world, and later generations called this shock a catastrophe, "Cavalry on the Dragon's Back 3" began, and the protagonist Zero had a flower of destruction growing on his eyes, and the relationship between dragons and flowers is very close, and flowers will eventually destroy the world, and only dragons can destroy flowers. ”

Li Nuo thought for a while, and suddenly a spirit: "By the way, the second form of the dragoon is almost exactly the same as the dragon in "Cavalry on the Dragon's Back 3". ”

Marje: "The European dragons may all look alike, but ...... Go on. ”

Li Nuo continued: "In short, after Zero's death, the timeline came to "Cavalry on the Dragon's Back 1", and the story of this generation is also related to dragons, and the seeds of the flower of destruction have become the virus of the destruction of the world, that is, pink eye that can make people go berserk. ”

"The course of the story is still not important, the key is two messages."

"First, the flower of destruction is the creation of the gods, and the dragon is the attendant of the gods, and the dragon will be attracted by the flower to destroy the flower, to put it bluntly, the source of the tragedy of the destruction of the world seems to be a god's self-amusement."

"Second, at the end of a certain timeline of "Cavalry on the Dragon's Back 1", the protagonist and the red dragon traveled through time and space to Shinjuku, Japan, and sprinkled magic on the earth, which is the beginning of the story of "Nier" and the beginning of the demise of humanity."

"Then, when humans were studying the magic element, they opened the space-time tunnel and sent the magic element to other time and space, and then, it happened that the magic element traveled to "Cavalry on the Dragon's Back 3", and it happened to enter the eyes of Zero, becoming the flower of destruction, and the reincarnation began."

Both Maljay and Leno stopped.

Marjie turned around and asked, "Miss Chabai, what can you hear?" ”

Cha Bai said directly: "The cycle of death where two space-time lines intersect in different worlds. ”

Li Nuo smiled: "What if I say that this is actually the reincarnation of death in the same world? ”

Cha Bai stopped: "Huh? ”

"Yes, there is no such thing as time travel at all, but timeline travel, and the story takes place on the same planet at all. I'll re-comb it. ”

Li Nuo sorted out his thoughts and said:

"According to the original plot prompt, Jacole claimed to be 'an artificial human serving the humans of the old times' during one of his appearances in "Horsemen on Dragon's".

"Jacoor's name was taken apart and read backwards in neon tablets, it was 'Yurha'."

"Jacole was born in the Land of Night, a thing made by androids."

"The above is all fragmented information of the original plot, position Jacole as the 'protagonist', sort it out, and start from scratch."

"A.D....... After the demise of human beings, in order to cover up the truth of human extinction, the high-level androids moved out of the Yurha plan and put human data on the moon for preservation, in 11945 AD, mechanical life appeared as human-like artificial humans (Adam and Eve), in 11946 AD, artificial humans and mechanical life coexisted peacefully, and after thousands of years, artificial humans went to outer space one by one, leaving only a few artificial humans on Earth. ”

"During this period, Jacoor has been observing, even if there are only a few androids left, she is special, and the idea of saving humanity is still engraved in her mind, because she is an orphan of the Yurha project."

"In 12530 A.D., mechanical lifeforms developed into aristocracy, and in the following timeline, there was a riot within the mechanical lifeforms."

"Combined with the birth of Adam and Eve, the only two mechanical life forms that are the same as humans in 11945, the later mechanical life forms gradually evolved into human beings because the information base in their brains is the relationship left by humans, that is, the 'new humans'. At the same time, because the human data in the lunar plane is controlled by the main program (N2) of a mechanical life, a new human society has been created, in other words, human history is re-enacted by the cycle of mechanical life. ”

"There's a blank history in between."

"And then there's a very distorted speculation."

"In addition to Jacoor, the dragoons also remained in the world."

"Dragons in Horsemen on Dragon's Back are creatures created by God, while the chronology of Nier states that dragons are biological weapons used by androids. Later, the reason why God wanted to destroy the world may be because the finished product is different from the ideal human beings recorded on the moon in "Nier", and the moon has left human DNA intelligence data, so it is believed that the human beings in "Cavalry on the Dragon's Back" are made to be failures, and they want to destroy human beings. ”

"So, the actual character relationship is...... Humans created artificial humans to protect humans, and after the androids left, the database on the surface of the moon still operated, and the database kept restarting the world in order to regenerate the same species as the beautified humans, causing humans to wander forever in the cycle of extinction. ”

"The data left by androids is the executor of the gods, and the humans are their own gods."

Cha Bai was stunned.

"Li Nuo, are you serious?"

Li Nuo nodded.

"All the clues deduce that Jacoor's sentence 'I am an artificial human who served the humans of the old era' has actually explained the truth."

Marje also said: "I haven't seen the dragoons, but those creatures themselves are also part of the plan of humans and androids to complete the plan to protect humans, and it is reasonable that they will destroy the Flower of Destruction." ”

The two turned around and continued to walk up.

Cha Bai slowly followed.

A batch of messed up in the head.

"It's crazy......"

"yes, that's what you think."

Suddenly, someone next to him was answering himself.

Cha Bai turned his head and saw a white-haired girl in a black dress and black tactical goggles.

2B。

"What's going on......"

"Don't be surprised, this is the threshold, the temple of memory for countless reincarnations."

2B reached out and grabbed Cha Bai, who was the same person as him.

"Leave, leave samsara, get out of here."

In the next second, Cha Bai suddenly went out from the threshold.

She took off her glasses, her eyes solemn and panting.

Victor, who had been guarding the side, asked, "What's the matter, Miss Chabai?" ”

"It's okay......"

"Have a nightmare?" Emir drove himself over slowly, and soothed in his tone full of childlike temperament: "We are protecting you, Ms. Chabai, rest assured, rest assured~"

Tea white chin headed, touched Emir's head, and let himself smile: "Well, I'm fine." ”

Transmigration......

Escape from Samsara ......

She looked at Li Nuo, her heart palpitations were extremely heavy, she always had a feeling, the so-called reincarnation...... It's not just about yourself.

Linot, Marjie, all in it.

His chest was slightly hot.

She lifted her cloak and pulled out the [Hidden Boss Coded Location] map from her chest.

There's a red dot on it that's zooming in.

She had always thought that the red color was Emir, but in addition to Emir, there was indeed a red dot on the map that was constantly expanding nearby.

"There's a hidden boss going to appear in Yorktown...... Cha Bai immediately shouted: "Mr. Victor, protect the two of them together!" ”

……

Li Nuo found that Cha Bai had disappeared.

Marger grabbed him by the collar and dragged him on.

"Miss Cha Bai may have seen something, she was forced to push out of the threshold, don't forget that this is the place where the archive is kept, she may have seen the archive of 2B, so she was forced to leave."

"The more I think about it, the more uneasy I become." Li Nuo touched the position of the person and asked, "Marjie, what do you think...... Is that the one I'm talking about correct? ”

"Congratulations ~ basically correct ~ "

Jacoor's voice rang out beside him.

The girl was unconsciously standing behind them.

"300 years ago, a group of aliens came and called themselves the Cairo Space Expedition Force, and they helped build the city of York, thus changing history and opening a new timeline." Jacole lifted his glasses and said to himself: "After this timeline was opened, a large number of otherworldly people came, let me call you so, you do not exist in reincarnation, you are the spawn of exceptions, so I wonder if I can see some hope from you to break the frame." ”

"Elaborate." Marger is succinct and to the point.

Jacole laughed and snapped his fingers, and the steps turned into platforms and walked up.

"That said...... I'm a recorder, I can't interfere with the process of historical development, this is a program, I can't strip the program, so I can only keep recording everything that happened in the past, store the data here (threshold), keep looking through the records, and imagine how to find a way to stop the cycle of death, but ...... Hahaha. ”

Her voice was a little helpless.

"I didn't find it, I didn't find a way, I didn't find a way at all, even if I interfered with the process, it would eventually lead to the return of the world line due to the correction of fate...... The planet itself has become part of reincarnation......"

"I need the help of alien creatures to open a new timeline."

She clapped her hands, bent down, and smiled playfully.

"That's it."

[New Main Quest Update - Please, Jump Out of the Infinite Reincarnation of This Bad World]

[1. The song of regret is broken, and when it becomes a beast, it takes away the melody of the pointer]

[2. When did the apostle stand with his wings flapped and the request from the dark city heard from afar, the naïve recorder whispered]

[3. Disaster befell the city, destroying the dreams of time and human beings, and repeating the farewell]

[The fourth prompt has been updated]

When Li Nuo heard the voice prompt, the first thing he did was to look at the panel.

As Jacole muttered to Marje, he looked at the hints on the panel and was stunned.

"Miss Jacoor, is it okay to call it that?" Li Nuo asked suddenly.

Jacole touched the frame of his glasses and said with a smile: "Of course~Ah......hh

"If I find a way to break the cycle of samsara, what can you give me?" Li Nuo interrupted her chatter and said directly: "Or, what good do we have?" ”

……

"Ahhhh Why did she suddenly go to see them! ”

"Who told those two guys to tell the truth!"

A group of Jacoles are still extracting the "archives" of Leno and Marje.

"Okay, okay, stop arguing!"

"Hmm~ I'm done withdrawing."

"Whew...... I was able to rest. ”

"Wait......"

"What's wrong again?"

"What is it......?"

"What's what?"

"I mean, that thing behind the masked man......"

The group of Jacoles stared at the screen, looking at the archived data spilling behind Li Nuo, and they all froze in place.

A shivering sensation made the group of androids tremble.

Some people's archives are not readable.

……

"Your benefits?" Jacole touched his thin lips.

"Yes." Li Nuo bowed: "The principle of equivalent exchange, or rather, the principle of mercenaries, pay money, do things, and only when the conditions are reasonable can you be motivated." ”

Jacole said: "I, give money? ”

Li Nuo shook his head: "What about sending fools?" ”

Jacole smiled: "You speak...... Really...... Vulgar. ”

Li Nuo didn't care, stretched out his hand, and asked, "Do you want to make a deal with me?" ”

Jacole was stunned.

In her glasses, behind Li Nuo, stood a gentleman in a top hat.

The inexplicable cold and black mist rushed towards her like a beast.

At this moment, Jacoor's neck seemed to be grabbed by a big hand.

In the ancient books of mankind, there is a record of something called a demon.

But in history, there has never been a real demon.

Jacoor's breathing was blocked, as if he heard the demon's whisper - do you want to make a deal with me.

"Hello? What's wrong? ”

Lino's voice woke her up.

Everything was as usual in front of Jacoor's gaze, a gentleman old man without a top hat.

She shook her head.

Suddenly, I saw that Li Nuo's body seemed to coincide with the top hat.

Wandering infinitely in reincarnation, she is deeply aware of one thing.

The reincarnation that this man is trapped in front of him is far above the horror of this world, but what is that......

Is it a demon?

"Hmph, don't tell me you have a crush on me."

"Marjie, don't get sick in your head now."

Jacoor: "I'm sorry...... It seems that something is wrong with the program...... Short circuit phenomenon...... What did you just say? ”

Li Nuo shrugged his shoulders: "Make a deal with me, if I succeed in showing the way to break the cycle of reincarnation, you give me all the weapons, magic, equipment, and materials you have collected." ”

Jacole didn't want to say yes.

But......

She was a little scared of the top hat......

"Good...... What can you do? ”

Leno smiled.

In front of him was a panel that only he and Marger could see.

Hide the quest and jump out of the cycle of reincarnation The fourth tip:

[Fourth, when the dawn comes, break the final node, the beginning is the end, and the end is the departure]

Note: N2, the advanced aggregate of mechanical lifeforms, that is, the network consciousness that manages mechanical lifeforms, is the real behind-the-scenes boss in Neil and even the cavalry on the back of the dragon.

(End of chapter)