However, 9S miraculously comes back to life as it's soon revealed that he actually managed to upload his memory data into a machine's body that was lying in the area. As 9S' consciousness fades, 2B begins to sob as she chokes him to death, uttering the words, "It always ends like this." The significance of this line will be explained later on in the game. As a final wish, he asks 2B to end his life. After defeating Eve, 9S is severely injured once again due to his systems going haywire from the hacking attempt. However, 9S' own systems are corrupted during this process.
9S takes his flight unit and returns to Earth to assist 2B.ĭuring the battle with Eve, 9S is forced to hack into Eve's system to stop him from regenerating his health through the machine network. Interestingly enough, all of the infected machines have glowing red eyes – a call back to the White Chlorination Syndrome in NieR and the mind controlled Empire in Drakengard. Eve's tattoo has also started to expand, revealing the symbol of the Cult of the Watchers on his chest. At this point, all of the machines, save for Pascal's colony, have been overtaken by some sort of virus being spread by Eve himself.
Only a trusted few were privy to this information, like the YoRHa commander.ĩS helps 2B escape the factory, but it isn't long before they're confronted by Eve. Knowing that all humans were dead would inevitably cause the androids to sink into depression, thus leading to their eventual extinction. It's important to understand that according to the game's lore, an android's basic instinct is to serve and protect the human beings. By lying to the YoRHa units that humanity was still alive, the androids would feel that they still had a purpose and something to fight for. This project sought to train elite androids to help take back the planet from the machines. In order to perpetuate the lie and to keep the surviving androids' morale from sinking to an all-time low, Project YoRHa was launched. The moon beacon was then used as a relay point to consistently ping messages to Earth and the Bunker to make the androids think that the humans were still alive and well. The Replicant data from the project was gathered and fired off to the moon as a beacon. As it turns out, Project Gestalt ended up being a massive failure, and all of humanity was wiped out. While securing an escape route for 2B, he hacks into the machine network and discovers a few files related to Project Gestalt.
Realizing that there's no way to discuss peace terms with these berserk machines whose eyes have started to glow an eerie red, 2B and Pascal attempt to escape the Abandoned Factory.ĩS recovers from his injuries and immediately goes to 2B's assistance by remotely controlling a machine unit from the safety of the Bunker. The machines start chanting about becoming gods through death. For an unknown reason (which will be revealed much later), the machines start to kill themselves and each other, along with anyone in their surrounding area. However, this turns out to be a trap of sorts. The rogue machines tell 2B and Pascal to meet them at the Abandoned Factory, where they can discuss terms of peace. PART TWO: THE OUTCOME OF PROJECT GESTALT AND EVE'S DEMISE
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