I participated in the development of EVA

"Is there such a thing?"

Ikari Fumihiko interrupted their conversation unhappily.

"Can you change the subject? Stop rubbing salt into my wounds!"

Fuyutsuki Kozo coughed a little awkwardly, then spoke something to comfort him.

"Fishing is mainly about luck. Of course... I'm not saying that you have bad luck, but your luck is just a little worse than theirs."

A sentence flashed through Ikari Fumihiko's mind.

"Professor Dongyue, you are really good at comforting people."

Fuyutsuki Kozo continued to smile awkwardly and wanted to explain again, but was afraid of saying something wrong again, so he immediately looked at Ikari Gendo.

Ikari Gendō spoke up to help Fuyutsuki Kozo out of the predicament.

"Wen Yan, don't you have a fear of deep space?"

Ikari Yui never stopped laughing and silently gave her husband a thumbs up. When it comes to chatting, you two are better.

Ikari Fumihiko was speechless.

The Dark Forest Law was just a casual remark at the time, and even he had forgotten about it. He didn't expect that Ikari Gendo still remembered it.

“It was you who gave me the courage to overcome my fear.”

Dongyue Gengzo asked doubtfully.

"What happened to Deep Space?"

Ibuki Emi took over the conversation.

"This guy originally proposed a cosmic sociological theory called the Dark Forest Law."

"Dark Forest Law?? Cosmic Sociology??"

"Cosmic sociology is about how civilizations get along with each other, assuming that there are other civilizations in the universe. As for the Dark Forest Law, this guy believes that the universe is like a dark forest, and every civilization is a hunter with a gun. In order to prevent themselves from being destroyed, they destroy the other civilization in advance. That's about it."

I don't quite understand the farming in the winter month.

"Why do you want to destroy the other party?"

Ikari Gendō explained.

"You can understand that when a hunter is hunting in a dark forest, in order to prevent himself from being attacked by wild beasts when he hears a noise, the safest way is to open fire in advance to eliminate the danger before finding the target."

Dongyue Kozo's comprehension ability was not bad. After hearing these words, he understood the general idea of ​​the Dark Forest Law.

"We can't even fully trust our neighbors who have lived next door for many years, let alone the civilizations in the universe. If we have the ability, directly destroying each other is indeed the safest and most convenient way. However... I don't think the relationship between civilizations should be so dark."

At this point he reacted.

The reason why Fumihiko Ikari proposed this theory is that he believed that the giants that caused the second impact were bullets shot at humans from other civilizations in the universe.

"Isn't that right? Their origin can be traced back to..."

He was interrupted by Ikari Yui halfway through his words.

"We don't talk about that during camp."

Dongyue Gengzao immediately realized that it was not suitable to discuss these things here because there were so many people around.

"Eat, eat, everyone eat."

After dinner, everyone took out astronomical telescopes to look at the night sky.

Now the shift in the earth's axis has caused the stars in the sky to change their positions. Well... even if there is no shift, Fumihiko Ikari only has a vague understanding of this.

Not only him, but others are the same in this regard.

however……

The weather was not good. When everyone was enjoying the beautiful view of the starry sky, it started to drizzle, and the rain got heavier and heavier.

In order to avoid accidents, everyone had to return to the base before the heavy rain came.

On the way back, Ikari Yui looked at Ibuki Emi's backpack and said something with a smirk.

"Huihui, your bikini is exposed."

Ibuki Emi looked at her backpack in panic, and when she saw that it was not opened, she immediately realized that Ikari Yui was playing a trick on her again.

He snorted depressedly and turned his head away.

Her original plan was to have a showdown by the lake, but who knew that the one-man-one-woman match would end up being a reunion.

We returned to the base safely in silence.

The next day life returned to its normal track.

It was originally just routine training, but after Rei Ayanami boarded Unit 0.

The synchronization rate reached 50.01%.

This is 13.56% higher than yesterday's highest synchronization rate.

Of course, although this is a surprise, it is not the focus of today.

Ayanami Rei was sitting in the operating seat of Unit 00, preparing to carry out daily training, but she showed a look of surprise.

"Li felt something was escaping from her body."

Ibuki Emi didn't understand.

Ikari Fumihiko reacted immediately.

"Open the training grounds and focus all probes on Unit 0."

Existing technology cannot detect soul matter, but the at force field can be observed through indirect evidence.

Whether it was electromagnetic waves or various radiations emitted by the probe, they all showed a transfer phenomenon when they came into contact with Unit 00.

At this time, Ibuki Emi also reacted.

"This is what they call...at force field!??"

"Correct."

Ikari Fumihiko nodded.

After thinking for a while, he directly dialed Ikari Yui's number.

"I just came back to work less than an hour ago, you don't want to go camping again!"

Ikari Fumihiko went straight to the point.

"I observed a transfer phenomenon on the surface of Unit-0. I think this is because Rei unconsciously deployed Unit-0's AT field."

"Keep collecting data. I'll be there soon."

"it is good."

155. The consequences that no one can bear

Research on the at force field has always remained at the conjecture level, and because there is so little relevant data, there are many disagreements.

If you want to defeat the apostles, you must understand the AT force field.

Ikari Yui arrived at the scene quickly. After arriving, she stared at the various data displayed on the screen with shining eyes. Later, several scholars who had been studying the at force field arrived at the scene.

"Sure enough, the AT force field is a phase transfer space."

The scholar paused and looked at Ikari Yui.

"Can you strengthen the AT force field a little more?"

The stronger the at force field is, the more data can be collected.

Ikari Yui looked at Ikari Fumihiko.

Fumihiko Ikari glanced at the screen. The deployment of the at force field was a heavy burden for Rei Ayanami, but that was not the point. It just meant a little mental damage and could be recovered through rest.

He shook his head.

"No, the pilot doesn't even understand why the AT force field is deployed, let alone autonomously enhancing the force field."

Having said this, he paused and then added another sentence.

"The main problem now is not the AT force field, but the problem with the design of Unit 0."

When Ikari Yui and the people around her heard this, they became nervous.

Without waiting for others to ask questions, he explained the problem clearly.

"It's not a serious problem. It's just that there was no relevant data support during the design, which resulted in a low power design for the neural connection device."

Only then did everyone notice that the power of the neural connection device was approaching its limit.

When Unit-0 was designed, the data of the semi-finished prototype was used as a reference. Although the upper limit of the complete Unit-00 was overestimated as much as possible, it was obviously still underestimated.

Ikari Yui was the first to react and complained in an unhappy tone.

"Next time, can you finish your words in one breath instead of breathing so hard? My heart almost jumped out of my chest just now. It's just a power issue. Why is it that Unit 00 needs to be scrapped and rebuilt?"

Fumihiko Ikari was helpless.

"You are obviously too sensitive. I was just pointing out the problem."

"Ok."

Ikari Yui didn't dwell on this issue for too long and went straight to the point.

“How long will it take to fix this problem?”

Ikari Fumihiko knew how to do it, but he didn't know how long it would actually take, so he didn't say anything and just looked at Ibuki Megumi.

Ibuki Emi was a little nervous when everyone looked at her, but she still gave the answer immediately.

"It will take at least two days."

Ikari Yui thought for a moment before speaking.

"Keep it as it is for now. We don't need that much power right now. We'll correct this problem when the driver reaches his limit."

Then he asked Ikari Fumihiko.

"How did the AT force field appear?"

"When the synchronization rate reaches 50%, the AT force field will appear."

After a pause, Fumihiko Ikari expressed his understanding.

"For Eva, the AT force field is as instinctive as human breathing. It should have existed before, but it was too weak to be observed. To put it simply, when the synchronization rate is less than 50%, Eva's body functions are in a dormant state. When it exceeds the threshold of 50%, Eva's body functions begin to be fully awakened."

Ikari Yui nodded.

Not only does she believe in Ikari Fumihiko's judgment, she also has similar thoughts about the current situation.

"I remember yesterday's synchronization rate peaked at 36.45%, right?"

"Correct."

Ikari Fumihiko nodded.

"The synchronization rate reflects the psychological coordination between the driver and EVA. Normally, the two are in a balanced state, but now it seems that the driver's psychology has affected EVA."

Ibuki Emi suddenly spoke up and offered some help.

"This is the real reason why the team leader took Rei Ayanami to camp yesterday."

She said this partly because she wanted to go out and get some fresh air again, to make up for what she had not accomplished yesterday.

However, these conclusions are mostly drawn based on rational analysis.

Ikari Yui glanced at Ibuki Megumi and for a moment couldn't tell whether this was the truth or if Ibuki Megumi was forcing herself to add drama so that she could skip work more easily in the future.

Put aside prejudices and distractions, and think about this issue rationally.

There must be a reason why the synchronization rate suddenly changed so much.

The only variable between yesterday and today was last night's camping.

Ikari Fumihiko also reacted at this time and admitted it directly.