Nier automata 2b virus1/4/2024 For reference, I just finished the first section with 9S in Route C, where he climbs the tower in the Forrest Kingdom and destroys the little light source thing. That's why I feel like maybe it's just me missing something as opposed to it actually being disconnected, thus my question. Much it (so far at least) feels like it's so disconnected from what led into it, it's hard for me to wrap my head around. Why does 9S just go along with this, knowing what he now knows? Why is 9S even there, since he's now part of the machine network? How did the bunker get infected with the virus in the first place? Because now he's like, a part of their network, right? But then at the beginning of Route C, despite it obviously being a continuation of Route A (as opposed to it being the same story from a different perspective, like Route B was), things are suddenly back to the status quo, where 9S is totes fine and they're back to warring with the machines. To me, this implied a change in the nature of how the androids (and 9S specifically) would interact with the machines from that point forward. Curious to see where things go from here.Īt the end of Route A/B, we see 9S "die" when he's infected by the virus and 2B has to kill him, but we immediately learn that he somehow distributed his consciousness into the network of machines at the last second to save himself. Like I said, I haven't even started Route C yet, so this is just my observations from Route A and Route B. Very much like a cult, just with a militaristic bent on things. But it's humans they serve without question. The androids worship humans and seek to fulfill their wishes, even though they understand nothing about them as seen when the androids are commenting on how odd humans are. They wage war against the machines, give their bodies and lives to scrape out the slightest bit of territory, and mercilessly punish anyone who betrays the cause as deserters. To the androids, humans are something to be revered and venerated, fighting and dying for them without questioning why. Yes they talk about wanting to dissect humans, but this is also a kind of worship in that as advanced as they are they still consider humans far above them and all their doings are for the goal of understanding that lofty existence. Adam and Eve, view humans as something to strive for. The machines worship humans and seek to be like them, even their failures. To the machines, humans are something to be idolized and mimicked, picking apart everything about them, walking in their footsteps until the advent of Adam and Eve, who are unlike any machines I've seen yet and are more human than anything. They both seem to be viewing humanity as gods, just in different senses. So then, are these doomsday machines really going crazy or are they just copying another part of humans in regards to religion and fanaticism? Not only that, but when the Commander tells you that humans have been dead for centuries, before machines ever even arrived, she follows up with this line: "We need a god worth dying for." It sounds interesting, cryptic, until you look at what the machines are doing and what the Commander has just said. They outright state that a machine who copies a human facet and fails will then proceed to copy and fail the exact same way every time without changing or adapting. Not just copying though, but perfect mimicry without deviation. Route B you learn that machines who are not self-aware, like Pascal, are dedicated to copying human mannerisms. So they start killing everyone then commit suicide so they can also become gods. Route A you kill Adam and half the machines on the network go crazy and form this doomsday cult around another machine who died, so they think that he became a god.
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