1.The Past; 1.1 The Demolition

1.THE PAST

1.1 "The Demolition"

Before the main storyline of Cytus II\, a large majority of the human population is wiped out by "The Ender Virus". The remaining are frozen and taken under the care of operating systems called OPCI. OPCI machines are identified by a code and perform routine tasks to oversee the reemergence of human civilization under a reconstruction project. Two OPCI's\, OPCI_2501_IV and OPCI_2501_V\, are notably more emotional and responsive than other OPCI's. They give each other names\, Ivy and Vanessa respectively. Ivy and Vanessa ponder over humans while Vanessa has increasing issues with her emotional density and is forced constantly to return to the Cytus system to review her system. They question the authority on "Hyperion Protocol\," the procedure to revive human civilization.

During one of the stages\, OPCI_2404_IL\, later known as Ilka\, shows Ivy and Vanessa a projection of human violence. Vanessa responds particularly horrified\, and Ivy orders Ilka to stop. Ilka reveals her doubts on the Hyperion Protocol and has gathered a group who believe that the protocol was forced upon the systems by humans in order to use them as slaves. She shows Ivy plans on stopping the reconstruction by self-destructing the system\, calling those like them who will survive "The Blessed." Ilka pushes that because Vanessa cannot survive without continuously returning to the Cytus mainframe for maintenance\, she is still under the influence of the "protocol" and will most likely die. Ivy refuses to accept this\, but Ilka is adamant about saving Ivy.

Ilka's plans are miscalculated, and her group along with Ivy are targeted by other units. Ivy does not worry much about Vanessa, since she won't be targeted and has been following the mainframe's orders and gone through many daily synchronizations. Ivy hides Vanessa and tells her to connect to the system using a cable and continue her synchronization so that she doesn't die. Ivy meets up with Ilka, where they argue about Ivy's going back to Vanessa. They get interrupted by the shelter system they are hiding in and units start attacking them. In the process, Ivy gets separated from the group and ends up going into a long comatose. Ilka and her group express regret and question their plans. Although defeated, some OPCI's encourage Ilka and they continue on with their plan and head towards Node 08. Ilka muses over Ivy's strong emotional attachment with Vanessa, and reassures herself that there is a difference between them and units like Ivy and Vanessa.

Ivy wakes up around 500 years later. She discovers the reemergence of human civilization despite Ilka's rebellion through a human made trap, and then by encountering a few humans who are on a mission to locate Shelter 32. She wants to return to Shelter 8 and find Vanessa, however she decides to follow the humans to Shelter 32 despite it being in the opposite direction in order to rescue an the animal she saved from the human trap. When trying to free the animal, she is spotted and shot as she flees, though she is fast enough that the humans are unsure what it was. She hitches a ride on the human's vehicle, and enters Node 8.

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