The Administration contacts Kyrii and Cibo, encouraging them to keep
searching for the Net Terminal Gene which will stop the City from its
intractable, chaotic growth. The Admin also warns them of the autonomous
Safeguards, vicious entities that attempt to kill off any humans who
access the Netsphere without the required Net Terminal Gene. Kyrii is
attacked, and a group of humans who have settled on the outskirts of
Toha Heavy Industries comes to his aid. Kyrii awakens with a newfound
ability to read his surroundings, which allows him mere seconds to fend
off an attacker lurking among the humans settlement. In the ensuing
battle, Cibo makes a heavy sacrifice, but not before learning a
startling truth about her traveling companion...