Nobody really knows...
When the world became this way.
One day, the contagion suddenly started...
And humans lost the power to connect with the city.
After that, the city continued to expand on its own...
And humans were seen as illegal residents... and exterminated.
All of that happened...
Long before I was born.
Wait.
This way.
Be careful.
Yeah. Sorry.
You're too jumpy.
We can hear you.
Seems like it's still okay around here.
We might've just been lucky up until now.
- Don't let your guard down. - But...
Zuru's right, you know.
I wonder if this is really the right path.
Well, it is a bit different from the map.
It's an old map. The area must have been rebuilt by the Builders.
Do you really think we'll be okay on our own?
Let's go back.
Why go back when we've come this far?
It should be just beyond this passage.
I think.
Zuru, up there.
The exit.
Tae!
Tae, are you okay?
Thanks, Fusata.
Are you okay, Tae?
I'm sorry, Zuru. The spare battery.
We'll be in trouble when we get back.
It's just one battery.
Everyone'll be thrilled if we just come back with some sludge. Come on.
Zuru.
Zuru, what are you doing? Hurry.
A Builder!
Don't worry.
These guys don't pay any attention to humans.
Okay, let's go. We're almost there.
It's making more weird stuff.
Let's go, Tae.
Whoa, this is...
I've never seen a place so big.
A watchtower!
That's why the elders told us not to come here.
Well, that's it. Let's go home.
Make sure the watchtower doesn't see us.
And how are we supposed to...
Get to the hunting grounds while avoiding that huge thing?
Let's take another route.
We'll go through here.
It's a big detour.
There's tons of obstacles in the way.
Well, it can't be helped. Come on.
If the Safeguard appeared in a place like this...
We've been trained as Electro-Fishers, too, you know.
Sutezo said that Zuru's already as skilled as a full-fledged Electro-Fisher.
But we took this equipment without permission.
Pops is definitely gonna be mad.
Zuru, I'm sorry.
For what?
You said it was for my sister's sake, right?
For us to go out hunting alone like this.
It's not just for Ito.
After all, there's almost nothing left to eat in the village.
Anyway, thanks, Zuru.
We made it.
Look, over there.
Look at all the bugs!
It's the sludge pipes!
Wait!
It's no good.
It's totally dried up.
But it's such a thick pipe.
Zuru.
The watchtower?
The Safeguard!
Exterminators!
Yaichi! Above you!
Retreat!
Run!
Everyone, stay calm! Remember our training, lure them in...
Then shoot!
Did you hear that, Shizu? Lure them to me!
I can't get them off me!
Shizu!
Damn it!
Shiro! Careful!
Tae!
Zuru!
More!
Zuru!
Are you okay?
Zuru!
Yeah, it's nothing...
Fusata, wait.
It stopped.
Take off your headgear.
I want to see your eyes.
- Hey. - Zuru.
Zuru!
We're still in the watchtower's view!
Why?
The watchtower didn't react even when she took her helmettals off?
Hey! Tae!
Are there any humans...
who actually possess the Net Terminal Gene with you?
Net Termi...?
What?
You saved us... so I wish that we could help you...
But we have no idea what it is you're talking about.
Wait. One of the elders; they might know something.
But first, tell us...
We want to know what you are.
I am Killy.
And I'm human.
Our village is just right up ahead, right inside of the perimeter.
We'll be fine once we get back there.
Perimeter.
That's the one place the Safeguard can't enter.
Although we don't know why.
See, that's the perimeter up ahead.
Stop! Zuru, get away from him!
Sutezo, wait!
Why are you all showing your faces? You'll be spotted by the watchtower!
That's because when we're with him, it's okay.
Who is this guy?
Mr. Killy rescued us.
He's human!
Human?
He can't be.
Human, you say?
Isn't he a Safeguard?
I've heard there are Safeguards that look just like humans.
Right, Pops.
Just three of you, huh?
I'm sorry. The Exterminators...
That's why we told you, Zuru, you guys can't do it on your own!
And you took that gear without our permission anyway.
At any rate, it's dangerous to stay out here.
Hurry! Get inside the perimeter.
Pops!
So, he's not a Safeguard after all.
Yeah.
Are you a traveller?
Where're you from?
Below...
6,000...
Levels.
6,000?
There's no way.
We'll talk more inside.
Let's go.
Pops!
That's our village over there.
At the most, there were about 400 people living here.
But now there are only about 150.
If you're a traveller, we welcome you.
That's our custom.
Although you're actually a first for our generation.
The first person we've welcomed into our village from the outside.
We Electro-Fishers are descended from people called Planters
who apparently wandered throughout the city much like you are doing.
It's said that they found this place about 300 years ago.
We've lived inside the perimeter ever since then.
It's rare for us to come across any strangers.
In the city...
we believe there must be other humans managing to survive.
But we have no idea how many there are...
Or where to look for them.
In fact, we wouldn't even know where to start.
So then, any information from a traveller is welcomed.
Pops, have you ever met another human?
No. I've only found the remains...
of places where humans lived.
It's Pops.
Pops and the others are back!
Hey! The kids are with him too!
Hey! The kids are back too!
Mmmm... Wait a second.
It's Pops and Sutezo. They brought the kids back with them!
How many of the kids came back? Was it all of them?
I'm not exactly sure.
And there's someone strange with them.
What do you mean, someone strange?
Well...
Welcome back, Pops.
Pops.
Just you guys?
Where are the other three?
And their gear? Did you leave that too?
What about the helmettals? Weren't you at least able to bring back the helmettals?
Damn it.
You know we don't have the tech to make that stuff anymore.
What about the food?
It was all dried up so...
Be grateful the three of them came back alive.
Oh, well, in another month, we'll all starve anyway.
Hey, Pops.
Who is that?
He's a traveller.
He's a traveller?
So, that means there really are other humans out there.
Can we trust him?
If he's a traveller, we'll welcome him.
Except that we don't have enough food to feed him.
He's not a Safeguard, is he?
A Safeguard wouldn't be able to get in here.
Stay back here, honey.
No!
There's something drawn on it.
A bucket of water?
This stuff is pretty good.
It must be really nutritious.
Give me some.
Hey, let me have some.
- This is great! - It will give you energy.
Here Pops, Sutezo.
It's good.
Tae.
Here.
This much?
There's some for your sister.
Thank you.
Zuru, Fusata.
I'm glad that you're both back.
But... er... don't do that again, okay?
I'm sorry.
I'm sure you already know...
that people who tried this before...
And they were all killed by the Safeguard.
The group that went east was taken out completely.
That's why these guys...
thought they had to do something for the village.
Zuru...
when you've put the gear back, come and see me.
Okay.
- Sutezo, let's go. - Right.
You too, please. I'd like to speak with you.
Your name was Killy, right?
Thanks for sharing your food with us.
Normally we'd be the ones feeding you...
But as you can see, for all practical purposes, we're out of food.
Hey.
Where did you get that thing?
Two hundred levels...
- Below. - Two hundred?
So, we can't go get more.
This place is protected by the perimeter...
But there's nowhere inside where we can get food.
So, we Electro-Fishers have to go out...
and try to find sludge to bring back.
I'm the leader of the Electro-Fishers.
But the hunting grounds near here have all dried up...
And we have to go out farther.
Each time, friends of ours get killed...
Leaving us with fewer and fewer Fishers.
So now, even the children...
This way.
That food is amazing.
- Wonder where he got something like that. - Yeah.
And that weapon. To think it could cut through an Exterminator's body.
6,000 levels below.
I wonder if he came all that way by himself.
Who knows.
I wonder how many more humans are out there.
Maybe there are other villages like this one as well.
There might be.
I can't even imagine it.
Also, how far do you think this city stretches?
Why does the Safeguard want to exterminate humans anyway?
Actually, I... I've never even thought about it.
The truth is, we really don't know anything.
So, according to Zuru, you took out four Exterminators at once.
It would really help to have someone skilled like you around.
Would you consider staying here for a while to help us hunt?
I'm... just looking for humans who possess...
the Net Terminal Gene. Nothing more.
Net Terminal...?
What is that?
All of the humans used to have it...
before the contagion took over.
Before the contagion.
You're talking about a time when the city belonged to humans.
It's said the Builders...
and the Safeguard followed the humans' orders back then.
Such an ancient legend.
What does that mean, Pops?
The city belongs to the humans.
Are you saying that if we had that Net Terminal Gene thing...
we could actually stop the Safeguard?
Not only that...
We could order the Builders...
to stop building and they would have no choice but to obey.
We could stop the expansion of the city.
Whoa.
But there's no way there's anything like that here.
Well...
I've actually heard of it before.
That Net Terminal thing you mentioned.
I'd long since forgotten about it...
But hearing him speak of it reminded me.
I know I've heard that phrase before, a long time ago.
But where is it?
Right below this village.
A place inside the perimeter...
but we've been told for generations never to go near it, no matter what.
You don't mean the... the Rotting Shrine?
My Granny warned me to stay away...
because of a ghost. It's scarier than the Safeguard.
Sutezo. Do you believe that? Really?
Hey, you!
Right below...
The village.
He's going there.
Sutezo, follow him.
- Tell him that I'll show him the way. - Right.
I'm going, too!
Hurry.
Granny said...
that if you go near the Rotting Shrine...
A stranger interrupts your communications...
And their voice can control you like a puppet.
Quit telling stories.
My own great-grandfather fell to his death because of that...
according to Granny.
Over there.
- What's that? - Wait!
Net...
Terminal...
Connection.
I...
Cibo.
Come out.
Is someone there?
I've waited for so long.
It talked.
I've been calling for help all this time, but no one came.
It was so long, until you came.
I waited for 17 million 526 thousand hours.
What's your name?
Killy.
I'm Cibo.
I'm a scientist.
Nice to meet you, Killy.
So, a scientist...
actually did survive.
That's a Gravitational Beam Emitter, right?
Quite an impressive gun.
That's the one technology that even we couldn't re-create.
Where did you find it?
I don't know about the gun.
There are traces of the contagion in your eyes.
Therefore you... do not possess the Net Terminal Gene.
What sort of stupid thing is that to say? Of course I don't.
Do you know...
any humans who actually have the Net Terminal Gene?
If there were any humans like that...
this city would have been revitalised ages ago.
But I do have something.
Killy, take me to the automated factory.
Automated factory?
What's that?
Who knows.
If you take me to the automated factory...
I'll make you a synthetic terminal that has the same effect...
as the Net Terminal Gene.
You don't believe me, do you?
But it's true.
That thing over there...
That's actually the wreckage of a synthetic terminal that I made.
There's a connection port beneath it.
When we found a connection port to the NetSphere here...
We surrounded the area with an electric barrier to keep the Safeguard...
from invading, and started experiments.
It's to keep the Safeguard from invading?
The experiments were successful.
We got all the way to the entrance to the Authority.
But then we were discovered by their defense mechanisms...
You see what happened...
Did you... communicate with the Authority?
No, we couldn't.
But we analyzed information...
coming through the counter-current and found a channel we can use to get in.
So, given another chance...
I can definitely succeed.
What's she saying?
I don't get it.
Hey, you!
Yes?
Just now...
You said you did something to keep the Safeguard from invading, right?
So does that mean that you're the one that set up this perimeter?
That's right.
- And how exactly did you do that? - Killy, move that rubble out of the way.
That's an electric barrier generator I made.
Thanks to that, we ran our experiments...
- without interruptions by the Safeguard. - That means...
humans were able to give orders to the city?
That's right.
Long ago, all humans had the Net Terminal Gene...
and they could all do it.
I can't believe it.
How could humans do something like that, huh?
But it's true, they actually could.
We tried to re-create that ability artificially using machines.
to stop the city from getting out of control.
If we go to the automated factory, I can make another terminal.
Come on, Killy.
Your goal is the same as mine, isn't it?
You want to bring the city back under human control, right?
Yes.
Very well.
Then let's go!
Hey, wait.
Where exactly is this automated factory thing?
In a section far east of here.
About 15 blocks away.
Fifteen blocks.
That'll take days.
Let's go. Maybe we could be of some help.
- Pops. - Sutezo.
What these people are trying to do might end up saving our village.
Do you really believe what they were saying?
Things are growing worse in the village.
It won't be long before we're going to have to make a decision
to leave the perimeter or stay inside and starve.
So then... don't you think it's worth taking a chance?
That may be the case...
but if we actually go that far...
the batteries in our gear can't possibly last that long...
And we'll surely be caught by the Safeguard.
All the more reason.
No matter how strong this man is...
There's no guarantee he can reach that far alone.
But if we can help him, even a little...
That's true. It might be better to have more people with us.
Except then we'll even need to take more food along for the trip...
and there's already so little left.
At the automated factory we can make anything.
If we get there, I'll make you anything you want.
Anything?
Yes, anything you like eve food.
Really?
Killy.
To be honest, we don't even understand...
half of what she's saying.
However...
we're willing to risk it. We're coming along with you.
- Hurry! - Aren't there any more spare batteries?
- Take as many spears as you can! - We need one more person!
- Leave some to defend the village. - Do we have enough helmettals?
Stop stalling, all of you.
Hey, Zuru!
We'll be fine as long as we're with Killy.
Let's go. Follow me.
Yes, sir.
What is that?
I heard they found it at the Rotting Shrine.
You think that thing is really alive?
Yes, I'm alive.
Hey, Sutezo. Do you think it's true?
Will she really get us food if we take her to this...
automated factory place she mentioned?
I told you, don't ask me.
It's true.
I can make thousands of the portable rations...
like the kind Killy had.
Thousands of them?
If that's true, it'll be wonderful.
Pops, is it really safe...
for us to believe what this thing says?
If you have a problem with my decision then turn back right now.
No problem here.
Good. You?
I never had a problem to begin with.
Shut up and walk.
Pair up and get in a circular formation.
- Stay tight. - Yes, sir.
There was no need for you to come along, Tae.
Because of the food that Killy gave us, my sister is doing a lot better.
I need to repay him.
And also, wherever Zuru goes, I go...
That's just the way it is.
Tae.
Things must be desperate for you to be bringing these children along.
To be honest...
there aren't too many of us left who can use the Electro-Fisher gear.
A watchtower!
Hey.
Is that what's doing it?
What is this place? Wow!
Hey, Killy.
You're not going to just leave me somewhere along the way, are you?
Killy.
Killy's metabolism is different from normal humans.
He very rarely needs to eat.
Really?
Well, what about you?
I'll pass.
But I appreciate the thought.
Were you scared?
Yeah but I'm fine.
Whenever those Safeguards actually show up...
the air around them stinks. It smells of ions.
It's like, you know...
your nose kind of stings.
Did you smell it?
I was so frantic...
I don't really remember.
I think I did a little.
Now that you mention it, there was a weird smell.
Yeah, now you know.
That's the type of thing you have to experience to understand.
Yeah.
Remember this.
when Electro-Fishers set up camp...
we always light a fire like this and sleep beside it.
It's the way things have always been done.
Why is that?
It's because...
we're so tensed from hunting all day.
It's said that...
the sight of fire is somewhat soothing to humans.
I'm sure that is true...
since long before the city became this way.
At the end of the day, people would watch the fire...
to put themselves at ease.
I've waited for so long.
There were others who were with me before...
but they all passed away.
No one knows how long the city has been like this.
One day the contagion just suddenly started...
and humans lost the power to connect with the city.
After that, the city started to expand at random...
and the Safeguard regarded humans as illegal residents...
and began to exterminate us.
I was the chief scientist of Kaito, a district far away from here.
In that district...
we'd excavated some information from the remains of the city...
And managed to use it...
to preserve human life.
But we knew it couldn't possibly last for long.
My group of scientists...
found a way to simulate the Net Terminal Gene.
My coworkers and I...
set out in search of another place with a connection port.
And that's where we found it.
Along our journey...
my team began to die, one by one.
The ones who managed to reach there, during the experiment they...
I'm sure Kaito is gone now, too.
The automated factory is through here.
Pops.
Yeah.
No one who's gone this way...
has ever come back again.
They must have been caught by the defense net.
But with Killy and I here, you'll be okay.
You heard her.
Let's go.
Right.
This is the entrance to the automated factory.
There are still automated factories like this here and there around the city.
This is the closest one to your village.
It opened!
You were able to connect?
You don't need to be able to connect to the NetSphere for something like this.
What are those?
So, this is what they call a factory.
What are these pool things?
Killy, put me on that console.
INITIATE
Look!
Alright!
Wow!
Now we'll never have to worry about food again, huh?
Yeah!
Zuru, look! It's amazing.
Yeah.
Killy, can you hear me?
I'm having a little trouble.
Take that synthetic terminal and get ready to escape.
I still can't move yet.
Be careful.
I dug in pretty deep. Last time this happened, things went very badly.
Is that one of those synthetic terminals you told us about, Cibo?
With that, we can stop the city, is that right?
Hey, you.
What now?
Let's pull back. Cargo team first.
Fighters, draw them in and take them out.
Yes, sir. Cargo team, hurry!
Tae!
Hurry!
Exterminators! So many.
Tae!
Forget your pack, just come!
But...
- Tae! - Zuru!
Hurry!
Here they come.
Lure them in first.
Right.
Cibo!
Retreat!
Incredible.
We're going!
Hurry!
Tae! Can you hear me? Tae! Tae! Where are you?
Damn it!
- Atsuji! Are you okay? - My leg.
Where's Tae?
Tell me!
Up there. She was crushed by an Exterminator.
Zuru!
Zuru! No!
Zuru! Zuru!
Tae! Tae!
Tae.
Thank goodness.
Zuru.
I'm sorry, I'm okay now.
Tae, are you okay?
Yeah.
Tae!
Thank goodness.
Man, you're so reckless.
Sorry.
Are you all okay? Anyone hurt?
Tae's arm is broken.
Tae, can you move?
- All right, let's go. - Yes, sir.
Where's Cibo?
She was crushed.
Safeguard!
They're still crawling around.
Hey, Killy!
Hey, you! Fire that weapon you used before!
What's wrong with you?
Why don't you shoot?
Sorry I'm late.
I've come to rescue you, Killy.
Who's that?
Cibo?
That barrier coating only lasts 30 seconds.
Run.
So run.
Hurry!
I'm done for.
You go on.
What are you saying, Atsuji? You have to run!
Get in this car.
Hurry!
It's not broken?
I'm making it work now.
- Gotta go! - Just a moment.
There it is.
Here we go.
It moved!
All right.
I'm out of spears.
I've got two left.
I have one more.
I have two as well.
Don't give up!
Killy, we'd finally gotten the synthetic terminal.
It's a shame.
Killy.
Killy!
Why is this guy so heavy?
- We're almost at the village. - Yeah.
Does it hurt?
I'm fine.
Tae.
They've returned! Pops and the others!
Hey, bring out the crane. Time to unload!
Welcome back.
It's good to have you back, Pops.
- How did it go? - Did you find the food?
Hey, take that thing down below.
Yes, Pops.
Don't worry, I'll take her.
- Okay. - They're injured.
Get the molecular tape!
Oh mine, she's an awfully big girl.
Is that the person who looked like a corpse before?
Is he dead?
I don't know.
Bring it around slowly.
I'll try but it's heavy.
This girl sure is strong.
Killy's fine. He's just sleeping.
Then take him inside.
Right.
With all this, we should be fine for four to five months.
So, it was worth gathering all the equipment.
We can finally eat till we're full!
How many did we lose altogether?
So, two more good workers died.
Finally!
Real food and drink at last!
Bring down the lights.
For everyone we've lost...
over the last two years...
A moment of silence to remember.
Pops.
Thanks.
Give me another one too, alright.
You drink too much.
Because I want to.
Now we finally get to mourn our dead in proper fashion.
Yeah.
For a while there we couldn't even afford to do that.
But now we've got food, the village is saved, is it not?
Yeah, but at what cost?
We lost a lot of skilled Electro-Fishers
and gear as well.
Can't we just go back to that automated factory place you went to before?
You can make anything there, right?
No.
No, we can't go back down there again.
It's crawling with those things.
I see.
So... we have to see how long this food lasts.
Killy.
They say the village is saved.
Everyone's really happy.
If Cibo's experiment is successful...
will you still...
continue your journey, Killy?
Hey, Killy.
You think maybe...
you could stay?
Cibo.
Killy.
The synthetic terminal.
I'm going to connect it now. There's something I'd like your help with.
Er... wait.
What are we gonna do now huh, Pops?
Just pray that Cibo's experiment is successful.
If it is, we won't have to live in fear of the Safeguards any longer.
I can't really wrap my head around it.
Around what?
The idea of humans connecting to machines.
I mean, it's like...
They say the Builders and the Safeguard will do what the humans tell them to.
That's a good thing, right?
But why did people want to do that in the first place?
I hope I don't live long enough to actually find out.
You sure eat a lot.
Well, you certainly earned it.
Er... no, it's not for me.
I thought I'd take some to Tae.
Zuru.
While I'm connected, I will not be able to move.
I need you to protect me during that time.
Oh, Sutezo.
Zuru, so he woke up, huh?
You were with Killy, right?
So, did you talk with him?
No, I didn't.
Hey.
Zuru!
Oh, Pops.
Are you here to help out?
I had a bit too much to drink.
I'll carry this back now.
Zuru.
Wait, Zuru.
How'd it go? I bet you made her happy.
She's not in her room.
Tae?
- What is it? - Tae!
The barrier generator has been destroyed.
Tae!
What's wrong with you?
Tae.
Wait! Don't go near!
Tae.
- Tae. - Hey!
Tae.
Pops!
Fusata! Let's go!
Tae. Tae!
Tae! Tae!
No! Please don't!
Tae!
I am Sana-kan.
Representative of the Safeguard.
We, the Safeguard, will eliminate...
all illegal residents lacking the Net Terminal Gene.
- Tae! Get out of there! - Fusata!
The Safeguard?
Tae!
Fusata! Come on!
Watch out!
Fusata!
Zuru, don't!
What's going on?
An explosion!
What's happening?
What happened?
What is going on?
Successful infiltration of illegal residents' unauthorized compound.
Barrier generator destroyed.
Total extermination in progress.
Successful infiltration of illegal residents'...
That thing...
is posing as a human to get through the barrier.
That's a high-level Safeguard, Killy.
I believe that we should hurry.
Killy!
Fusata!
Fusata, this way!
Tae.
Tae. Tae.
Tae.
In accordance with Elimination Ordinance 5...
beginning auxiliary elimination.
Damn it! Our village.
Pops!
Don't worry. Go on ahead.
But Pops...
Listen, Sutezo.
Gather everyone together and go up the tower.
Return fire from up there.
Right.
- Take care of Pops. - I will.
Hurry up!
I'm going first!
You guys, hurry up!
Fusata! Put on your gear!
Hey, there aren't any more helmettals!
We don't have enough!
Zuru... here.
But...
Sutezo.
- Over there, don't let them in! - Damn it, they just keep coming!
Looks good.
What's going on?
Zuru?
Tell me, where did Tae go?
She was replaced by the Safeguard.
No way she survived.
No.
You're wrong!
Tae can't be dead!
Fusata!
I'm going on ahead.
Zuru.
How's that?
Damn it!
I'll blast you from up close!
Damn it! Are they monsters or what?
Killy!
Zuru! Hey, Zuru!
Hurry, up here! Everyone, get up here quickly!
Hurry!
In accordance with Elimination Ordinance 3, Clause 2...
Elimination Level has risen by three.
Requesting authorization to use Gravitational Beam Emitter.
Your body is one that was stolen from us, the Safeguard.
A body.
Do you intend to return?
Answer immediately.
In accordance with the Ordinance...
I will proceed to destroy you.
Unauthorized connection to the NetSphere detected.
Elimination Level has risen by two.
Not gonna happen!
Sutezo!
Killy!
Aim carefully! Lure them in and shoot!
We did it! That was the last one!
Tae.
It can't be.
The Authority!
This must be inside the NetSphere then.
This is one of the reserve electronic worlds that connects...
the NetSphere to base reality.
Reserve?
Please, let me connect to the NetSphere.
The net terminal you used...
has just now lost its effectiveness.
No.
The connection to your brain in base reality...
will also be cut in just a few nanoseconds.
But you still have time.
Here in the reserve world, time is sped up...
So from your relative point of view, time seems extended.
At least, please stop the Safeguard's attack on that village.
Without an order from someone with the Net Terminal Gene...
We, the Authority, cannot take any such action.
You're right.
However, as much as is allowed...
I can tell you the coordinates of the abandoned levels...
that the Safeguard are not currently monitoring.
What's this?
It contains the map of the various levels near this location.
We cannot allow this information to be taken out into base reality...
But we do not have any orders to stop you from connecting to it.
Take the injured over there!
Help carry them! Let's go!
Hurry, over here.
Bring the molecular tape!
Fusata.
Should I take care of that?
Yeah.
Killy.
We were saved thanks to you.
Zuru, what happened to Cibo?
I don't know.
I see.
It's all over.
It's too early to give up.
Hold on!
Cibo.
Cibo!
My brain is in my arm.
This place has been found out by the Safeguard.
Eventually, the Exterminators will be back.
Then what should we do?
There's an abandoned level we can utilise...
It's located between this level and the one below it.
There's a descending track...
it's to the north of here.
An abandoned level.
It's a place that's been disconnected from the NetSphere.
The Safeguards and Builders won't interfere.
What should we do?
Can we believe her?
If we remain here, we'll just be killed by Exterminators.
What do you think, Pops?
Everyone, get ready to leave.
Let's go, Killy.
Killy.
Come on mom, let's go back home.
It's scary out here.
We're not going back there again, honey.
The Safeguard found us there.
Pops, I'm sorry.
Mmmm...
It's my fault for taking everyone out hunting like I did.
No.
We should be thanking you.
Wow, Cibo, you can call the railway car!
Just don't try it yourself.
Okay, everyone get in.
Can we really get there? Down to an abandoned level?
- Here, get in. - Okay.
Be careful.
That smell.
- They're here! - Hurry, everyone!
Killy, what are you doing? Hurry and get in!
Killy!
You can't be serious.
Killy, you...
Killy.
Will I see you again?
Well...
the Net Terminal Gene.
I have to find it.
And that was the last time the villagers ever saw him.
After that, my grandmother Zuru led us all in the new land.
You've grown up so much.
My grandmother
always talked to me about Killy when I was young.
A long time has passed since then,
but there's no sign of the city functions returning to normal.
I suppose no one has been found yet with the Net Terminal Gene.
But I believe in him.
I know that somewhere...
he's still out there in that endless city...
continuing his search.