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YoRHa was designed to be destroyed to ensure the secret of humanity's extinction never leaked. The Final Ascent

The androids were given a fake god (humanity) to fight for so they wouldn't lose the will to live.

The conflict escalates into a massive YoRHa offensive. However, a logic virus infects the Bunker, causing it to self-destruct. 2B and 9S escape, but 2B is soon infected. To spare 9S the pain of seeing her turn, she entrusts her memories and her sword to the rogue android , who kills her as an act of mercy. NieR.Automata.Game.of.the.YoRHa.Edition-CODEX.p...

The androids' support pods (042 and 153) gain consciousness and refuse to delete the protagonists' data. Through a collective effort of the player and the community, the pods reconstruct 2B, 9S, and A2, giving them a chance to live in a world free from the cycle of war—provided they don't repeat the same mistakes.

As they hunt down the "Red Girl" entity and the twin leaders , 2B is forced to kill 9S several times to prevent his data from being corrupted, a tragic secret she carries as part of her "Executioner" (2E) programming. The Terrible Truth YoRHa was designed to be destroyed to ensure

The journey begins with 2B and 9S being deployed to the ruins of a city. They discover that the Machines, long thought to be mindless killers, are beginning to mimic human behavior—forming families, practicing religions, and even feeling fear. They meet , a pacifist Machine who leads a village of non-combatant robots, challenging the androids' belief that all Machines are enemies.

The story follows three main protagonists: , a stoic combat android; 9S , a curious scanner model; and A2 , a renegade android from a past mission. The Cycle of War However, a logic virus infects the Bunker, causing

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