()||9<黑屏1>0,10BGM_Empty: ()||BGM_Sad9<黑屏2>:... ()M4A1||:So this is my Level III base layer? M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:...There's nothing here. Just boundless darkness. +Will that consciousness ever let me resurface? +Perhaps staying here will finally make me happy. +It's not bad... I won't ever have to suffer again, nor will I be forced to make choices that will inevitably cause someone pain. +Perhaps what I need is a world that needs me, a world in which a part of me can be safe. +Perhaps this place, where nothing exists, is where I truly belong. ()||:M4 stood up and studied this world of nothingness. +The place was completely empty. M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:Nothing at all. There's no pain, but there's no joy either. +This feeling... Am I feeling lonely? +Even in a place with nothing, suffering still exists? +But I suppose it isn't so bad if no one else suffers but me. ()||:Right then, M4 realized someone seemed to be staring at her from a distance. M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:Is somebody there? +Could it be the consciousness that called itself OGAS? +No, it feels different... It feels unfamiliar and familiar at the same time... +It's exact the same feeling...as when Mastermind tried to hack me by force... ()||:M4 approached the figure slowly and came face-to-face with a girl whom she had never seen. Nyto(0)Silent Girl||:... M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:Who are you? Nyto(0)Silent Girl||:... M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:Why are you here? Nyto(0)Silent Girl||:... M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:Why do you feel so familiar to me? Nyto(0)Silent Girl||:... M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:Are you a friend? Nyto(0)Silent Girl||:... M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:Or are you a foe? Nyto(0)Silent Girl||:... M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:You won't tell me anything? +Or do you think nothing will change even if I have the answers...? Nyto(0)Silent Girl||:... M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:Looks like you're just like me – abandoned here. +Not allowed to do anything. Not able to do anything. +Not serving any purpose... Nyto(0)Silent Girl||:...You have not been abandoned. M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:Huh? Nyto(0)Silent Girl||:You are the only one who has not been abandoned. ()||:The silent girl gradually faded away, leaving M4 alone once again in the darkness. ()Clear Voice||:...It seemed responsive to you. +Its creator must have something to do with you. M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:What? ()Clear Voice||:Even though it was willing to connect with you, I still couldn't access its neural cloud. +A stronger force is holding it back. +Is it the base code? Or some kind of external influence? M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:So it was you again! ()Clear Voice||:What do you mean? M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:That girl just now, what was she? +Were you trying to twist my mind again?! ()Clear Voice||:No, I've been helping you overcome your obstacle. ()||<黑屏1>:The darkness gradually melted away, revealing a scene on Level II. ()Clear Voice||<黑屏2>72:Looks like we're in. M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:What are you talking about? +And what is this place...? ()Clear Voice||:We're currently in the system of an unknown enemy. I'm infiltrating their network. +They have set up a large amount of offensive firewalls, though they might as well not be there against me. M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:Why have you freed me from the base layer? ()Clear Voice||:Because I found something interesting that I'd like to experience with you. +I haven't been able to hack the central neural system of those unidentified units, but it's responding to your neural cloud. +That's the girl you just saw... If it was even a girl. M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:You lost me since a moment ago. +Unidentified units? What's been going on? ()Clear Voice||:We came across some threats we've never encountered before during our retreat. +To make it safer for us to move, I'm hacking into their network. +These unknown units operate on a seemingly complex system, but the base layer is actually quite similar to Sangvis Ferri. M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:What does that mean? ()Clear Voice||:They also use the OGAS Protocol. Ring any bells? M4A1Mod(4)M4A1||:OGAS... ()Clear Voice||<黑屏1>:So the sudden appearance of these white units definitely have something to do with us. +I can sense a resonance that isn't so different than you. I can see that it even has some faint memory that's identical to yours. ()M4A1||<黑屏2>109:I... ()M4A1||:You're right... I can feel it... ()Clear Voice||:Only you and I could have seen that image when we were connected to Mastermind. +But I found it again in these white units' base layer after I entered their system. ()M4A1||:Why would it be here...? ()Clear Voice||:I don't know either. +However, this is surely a serendipitous discovery even though we lost Mastermind. ()M4A1||:That girl in black just now... ()Clear Voice||:Don't you think she resembled you? ()M4A1||:Who exactly is she? ()Clear Voice||:I'm not entirely sure. +That's why we need to go further in. +Their central system is throwing up some serious resistance. I need your help to get through. ()M4A1||:...What do you need me to do? ()Clear Voice||:They have an entire army. We must upload both of our neural clouds using all the computational capacity we've got to overcome their firewalls. ()M4A1||:But...my neural cloud can't be backed up. ()Clear Voice||:That's why we'll also have to transfer ourselves back into this body afterwards. ()M4A1||:... ()Clear Voice||:I know it's very risky. If the neural transfer fails, you'll stop functioning forever. +But it's the same for me, and I'm taking the risk with you. +Whether for the sake of your friends on the AR Team or for the purpose of understanding your past, you can't afford to hesitate now. ()M4A1||:But the risks are simply too high. I don't want to do this, unless... +You promise that after this procedure, you'll give me back my body. +The AR Team...and the Commander...are all waiting for me. ()Clear Voice||<黑点1>:Certainly. You have my word. +There are things I absolutely have to find out. 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