I participated in the development of EVA

Ikari Fumihiko responded and then repeated it to Ayanami Rei.

Rei Ayanami is not thinking about this right now.

"Is it delicious? Udon noodles tonight."

"I haven't eaten either."

After a pause, Ikari Fumihiko spoke again.

"By the way, Huimei, I've ordered your portion for you and will deliver it to you later."

Ibuki Emi nodded to show that she understood.

Fumihiko Ikari and Rei Ayanami were chatting, and after Rei Ayanami finished her dinner, a staff member took her for radiation testing. Fumihiko Ikari also took advantage of this time to finish his dinner. Compared to the two who were more relaxed, Emi Ibuki was busier. While eating dinner, she was arranging preparations for the next training.

During this period, Ikari Yui received the news and rushed over with a research team.

"Don't practice the resonance state for now. Give us more time to collect data."

The resonance state is the same as before, that special rampage state.

This name was naturally given by Fumihiko Ikari.

"Ah."

Ikari Yui's request was not excessive, so Ikari Fumihiko naturally would not object.

However, he will not give up the development of the resonance state.

"Finally, we will train the resonance state depending on the situation."

If Rei Ayanami's physical energy is not consumed too much in the early stage of training, she will undergo resonance state training at the end. If she consumes too much energy, she will naturally not add any more burden.

Everyone was busy, except Fumihiko Ikari, who stayed in the office alone to gather his energy for the upcoming training.

Uh--

Ok.

It's just sitting there doing nothing.

He pushed all his work onto Ibuki Emi. This was laziness and he was not familiar with the overall process. Forcing her to help would only cause more trouble.

About half an hour later, someone came to the office and asked him to go to the command room.

"Team leader, everything is ready and the driver is in place."

When I arrived at the command room, I saw Rei Ayanami sitting in the cockpit, seemingly reminiscing about something, through the main screen.

Without asking, he knew that she was reminiscing about the udon noodles she had eaten earlier.

Everything went in order. After the two-way pulse link was successfully activated, Unit 00 did not run away again.

Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw this. Although the previous rampage did not cause any casualties, the horrific scene still made them unwilling to experience it again.

But at this moment, Fumihiko Ikari's attention was attracted by another place.

These were the mice in the training ground that were used to test whether the environment was polluted. From the moment Unit 0 was started, many of them became irritable and started gnawing at the iron cages like crazy, trying to escape from the cages. The remaining small number of mice lay motionless in the cages, and it was unknown whether they were scared to death or were pretending to be dead.

I took a look at the data collected by the probes in the mouse cages.

"Is Unit-00 so terrifying? A little white mouse was actually frightened to death."

The heart rates of these mice have returned to zero, and they are obviously dead.

Ibuki Emi added.

“Animals are more sensitive to crisis than humans.”

Ikari Yui shook her head.

"We can't make such a hasty decision. It's possible that there was unknown pollution in the air that caused the death of the mice."

186. Is that so?

The probability of what Ikari Yui described is extremely low.

Although there are not many contacts with the at force field at this stage, the previous few contacts are enough to prove that there is no unknown pollution after the at force field is deployed, otherwise everyone would have been contaminated long ago. The main reason for activating the biochemical protection this time is because Unit 0 went berserk and it was the first time to face the large-scale deployment of the at force field.

Thinking this in his heart, Ikari Fumihiko still responded to Ikari Yui's words.

"Ah."

This question is not worth wasting time on.

At the same time, we don’t want to make the same mistakes as in the previous emergency plan, so it’s better to be cautious.

"Untie the restraints."

When everyone heard Ikari Fumihiko's order, they did not execute it immediately.

He was obviously frightened by the Unit 00's runaway behavior in the morning, and he hasn't recovered yet. He is still afraid that Unit 00 will run away again.

It is normal to be afraid, everyone will be afraid, not everyone is prepared to face death. Even if they were prepared enough before, the most tense and critical moment has passed. The successful launch of Unit 0 has given them hope for the continuation of humanity. With hope in their hearts, they are no longer so desperate, and their former high spirits have dissipated a little.

And they all knew that the second impact was a creature similar to EVA...

wrong!

It is caused by EVA's peers.

Knowing this, he became even more panicked when Unit-00 went berserk.

Because this will remind them of the Second Impact, and they may even worry that Unit 00 will trigger the Third Impact.

Ikari Fumihiko frowned.

"Didn't you hear the instructions?"

He believed in Rei Ayanami, so he was not afraid of Unit 00 going berserk, and that's why he didn't notice the fear that was spreading in everyone's hearts.

Everyone was still hesitant, their eyes unconsciously focused on Ibuki Emi and Ikari Yui, obviously hoping that they could say something to stop Ikari Fumihiko from unlocking the restraints. In fact, they knew in their hearts that if Unit 00 really went berserk to the point of causing the Third Impact, it would be meaningless to open the restraints or not. They could only feel at ease watching Unit 00 being controlled by the restraints.

Although Ibuki Emi didn't want to open the restraints like everyone else, she had to show her attitude in this situation.

Not to mention that she had lost Professor Yamaki's support and now needed Ikari Fumihiko's protection. Just the fact that Ikari Fumihiko could take her to the ground to get some fresh air and feel the warmth of the sun on her body was enough to make her stand on Ikari Fumihiko's side.

"Follow the command."

Yui Ikari was also afraid that Unit 0 would go berserk again, and she also didn't want to open the restraints, but she trusted Fumihiko Ikari's judgment.

"Untie it."

The three leaders on the scene all agreed that no matter how reluctant they were, they had no choice but to obey orders.

At the same time, I prayed in my heart that Unit 0 would not go out of control.

The restraints were removed and Unit-0 was freed, standing quietly in place, weighing on everyone's heart like a mountain.

"What's Rei going to do now?"

Rei Ayanami's calm voice was transmitted to the command room via electronic signals.

The panic that was originally in the hearts of the people suddenly dissipated a lot. It was not because Rei Ayanami's voice was very contagious, but simply because the pilot was conscious, making them realize that Unit 0 would not go out of control for the time being.

"Just move around freely for now, while we wait for the research team to put on their equipment."

"Ah."

Rei Ayanami responded and picked up the rifle model on the equipment rack.

She prefers firearms training to physical exercise.

"Turn on the combat simulation system."

In order to prevent misoperation during combat, EVA's operating system is simplified as much as possible, and training auxiliary functions such as simulated combat systems need to be remotely activated.

This time, everyone did not hesitate and followed the order to open the battle simulation system.

With the simulated combat system activated, Rei Ayanami began firearms training, while the research team sorted out their equipment and changed into bulky biochemical protective suits.

About ten minutes later, the scientific research team entered the training room fully armed with equipment.

At the same time, in order to avoid accidental injuries, the combat simulation system was also shut down.

"Li, deploy the force field and help them collect data."

"Ah."

Rei Ayanami has a high talent for fighting. With the successful experience last time, she no longer needs to imagine the situation and build up her emotions. She can deploy the AT force field with just a thought.

"Li feels that she can now control the location and range of the force field."

Hearing this, Fumihiko Ikari was a little surprised at Rei Ayanami's talent, but he quickly came to his senses.

"The research team stopped approaching."

Unit 00 is too large, and any move it makes could cause accidental harm to the research team. Now the two sides can keep a sufficient distance, the farther the better.

The research team just stopped when they heard this.

"Li, deploy the force field on them, start from a farther distance, and test your control first."

"Ah."

Ayanami Rei responded.

He then withdrew the AT force field in front of him and deployed a new AT force field a little further away from the crowd.

"The force field deployment position is consistent with what Li envisioned."

Out of caution, Fumihiko Ikari still did not deploy the AT force field in front of the scientific research team this time.

"Test it two more times."

"Ah."

Rei Ayanami repeated the test twice.

"The positions are consistent, there is no error."

When Fumihiko Ikari was about to let Rei Ayanami deploy the AT force field in front of the research team, Yui Ikari, who had been standing silently by the side, couldn't help herself.

"You are still too reckless. You should let the team withdraw temporarily and then let the driver deploy the AT force field at the entrance and exit."

She had wanted to propose this plan before, but she had been holding back because she was worried that Ayanami Rei would be affected by her voice.

Seeing that Ayanami Rei didn't get angry because of what she said, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Uh--"

When Ikari Yui called him reckless, Ikari Fumihiko did not refute. Compared with Ikari Yui's plan, his previous idea was indeed a bit reckless.

Since he realizes that he was wrong, he will naturally correct it. He will not refuse to admit his mistake for the sake of so-called face.

"Do as the Minister ordered. The research team will temporarily withdraw from the training ground. After Li and the others have evacuated, we will deploy the AT force field."

After the research team evacuated from the training ground, Rei Ayanami took action this time and deployed an AT force field in front of the exit.

"You can enter."

The gate of the training ground opened again. The research team was very nervous at first, but they became excited when they saw the AT force field so close. This time, they not only collected data through instruments, but also used metal sticks and baseballs to make physical contact with the force field, observing the operation of the AT force field when it was attacked from the outside.

When Ikari Yui saw this scene, her eyes sparkled with envy.

At the same time, he felt even more regretful. He shouldn't have cooperated with Ikari Fumihiko to complete the Coke Plan.

If Rei Ayanami hadn't hated her, she wouldn't have missed this opportunity to have close contact with the AT force field like last time.

In addition to regret, there is also helplessness.

Isn't it just a bottle of Coke? Why is there such a big reaction?

187. This is the meaning of EVA's existence

Although the at force field is right in front of us and can be observed with the naked eye under light mapping, some data has also been collected.

But further research did not go smoothly.

The metal stick hit the at force field, but just by observing with the naked eye, nothing could be seen.