I assumed it was the latter, but designed to protect the subnet, not us. What evidence do you have to think that it is protectinc the people on layer 8?Babylon wrote:What if the Defense Systems aren't protecting the people in layer 8, but protecting us from them? Stopping them from escaping into the other layers?
And while were on the subject of the "8th layer light," I'm seriously doubting that the white beams at the end of the game are this light. The path it takes doesn't seem to match up with our own path. Notice how the beams follow the contours of Shiva's foot. Also it seems to originate from the circle with the pattern, which we didn't interact with at all.