I participated in the development of EVA

“It’s not AI, it’s thinking.”

Everyone pieced together the truth.

Dr. Ito summarized it.

"They should be the second generation of computers developed using EVA's brain."

Many people in the crowd gasped in shock.

"This……"

Unbelievable is the collective thought of everyone who deduced the truth based on clues.

"Wait, that's not right! No matter how powerful the EVA brain is, the computer it creates can't run a smart city like this, right?"

"This problem is not a problem. We can solve it by deploying hundreds of thousands of such computers in different regions."

One person raises a question and the other person gives an answer.

"Even if that's the case, a computer of that level, apart from being a little smarter, still can't reach the level of a second-generation computer, right? At most, it's 1.5 generations."

"No one has ever said that a second generation of computers has been developed. This is just our speculation."

Dr. Ito shook his head and spoke.

"That's Ikari Fumihiko."

Everyone was silent.

Everyone present was involved in the EVA project, so they knew very well how terrifying Fumihiko Ikari's talent was.

The best proof is the neural connection device that has not yet been successfully analyzed.

Dr. Ito was silent for a moment before speaking again.

"And if it's a 1.5 generation computer, is it necessary to keep it so secret? We didn't know anything about it before."

One person still couldn't figure it out.

"The EVA brain structure cannot be changed, it can only be modified. No matter how much performance a computer made in this way is stacked up, it will never reach the level of a second-generation computer, unless it is..."

This person paused, but someone else expressed the following guess.

"Unless we master the technology to edit the EVA gene."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone else expressed a different opinion.

"Impossible! If this technology really existed, EVA would have no need to exist."

Everyone argued for a long time, and after a while their eyes were focused on Dr. Ito again.

She sighed.

"Compared to gene editing, I think the computer developed by Director Ikari may be related to the AT field. Well, to be more precise, it should be related to soul matter."

This speculation is even more incredible than gene editing technology, but everyone thinks it is more likely.

It’s not that Fumihiko Ikari mastered soul matter, but that he found a way to drive soul matter.

Just like EVA.

They did not create EVA as a biological weapon, but found a way to turn EVA into a biological weapon.

Simply put, one creates something out of nothing, while the other expands on something that already exists.

"Can soul matter be used for calculations?"

"In theory, the position of soul matter formation constitutes our form, which means that our brain is composed of soul matter."

"The theory proposed by Director Ikari has not yet been confirmed."

"Then can you explain why the human body can degrade into LCL?"

“It could also be due to other factors.”

……

As everyone discussed, they argued over different ideas, but overall they were all guessing about the situation of this mysterious computer.

In addition to curiosity, this discussion also aims to estimate the performance to facilitate subsequent work. The most important thing is... to estimate the impact this mysterious computer will have on my major after the interview.

Those who cannot keep up with the changes of the times are destined to be left behind by the times.

This simple truth is clear to everyone present, otherwise they would not discuss it even though they realize it is a secret.

As for why they only consider their own interests instead of thinking about the impact of this computer on the external situation after it comes out? And what should the top leaders do when building smart cities? It's not that they are unaware of the turbulent undercurrents hidden behind these things, but these things are not what they, the little people, should consider. After all, no matter how much they consider, their words are insignificant and cannot change the situation.

Among everyone, Dr. Ito had the strongest sense of crisis.

Because he was responsible for the complete design, which was related to smart city medical care, and the information mentioned a new technology.

Fully automatic medical operating room.

It is not difficult to tell from the name alone that it is a medical device specifically used for surgery.

It would be fine if this kind of medical device could only perform simple minor surgeries, but if it could perform major surgeries, it would be a disruptive impact on the entire medical system.

She smiled bitterly to herself.

He is truly a godly man. He makes such a big fuss after not seeing him for a while.

"Everyone, I'm leaving first."

Hearing Dr. Ito's words, everyone was stunned at first, and then they all smiled bitterly. There was really no need to continue discussing this situation. No matter what the principle of this new computer was, judging from the current situation, it was basically certain that Fumihiko Ikari and Naoko Akagi had created a second-generation computer with high intelligence.

Another person also walked out.

"Then I'll leave too. No matter how much I say, it's better to test it through the plan."

Gradually, everyone in the meeting room dispersed.

Dr. Ito returned to the ground laboratory again. The afternoon sun was still strong, but she did not feel the sultry weather at this moment.

As an expert in the medical industry, she was not actually worried about not having a place for herself in the new era. She was mainly worried that the students who had followed her for many years would be eliminated by this wave of the times. Besides this...she had the most contact with the outside world, and was the only person in the previous meeting who had the ability to influence the current situation. It was inevitable that she would have some ideas that she would never have had before.

I tried so hard to avoid it, why do I still have to consider it now...

Matters concerning the fate of all mankind.

Ugh!

In order to escape this crushing burden, she gave up her position as team leader and even gave up her scientific research results, but she failed to escape in the end.

17:35:26

356. A single move affects the entire body

Dr. Ito returned to his office somewhat absent-mindedly, and lowered his head to ponder.

Leak information? What information? To whom?

She filtered through the many forces in the world in her mind, but could not find any force that could convince her.

It's not that I'm suspicious, but...

It is clear in my mind that no matter which force it is, the top priority is always its own interests.

She smiled bitterly.

Even if he risked his own life and the lives of the students who had followed him for many years and leaked the situation in the base to the five permanent members of the United Nations, it would be better to let the top leaders complete their plans. The second impact led to changes in the international and regional situation. Now the domestic situation is controlled by the neighboring Eastern power. Once the news leaks out.

Whether from the perspective of geography or the current situation, China is the first country to take action.

The United States' hegemony is already in jeopardy, and it will certainly not allow China to reap the benefits first. Not only the United States cannot accept such a situation, but Russia as well... By then, as long as Seele secretly fans the flames or even does nothing, the Third World War may break out.

exaggerate?

Not an exaggeration at all!

There is an incredible biological weapon called EVA in the underground base. Although EVA's use is greatly limited due to the problem of power reserves, this problem will be solved sooner or later with the development of science and technology. Once it is solved, EVA will be able to exert its dominant combat power. From then on, the world will be divided not into nuclear and non-nuclear countries, but into those with or without EVA.

Even if EVA cannot be put into the battlefield in a short period of time, the real LCL liquid is enough to arouse the greed of various countries.

Although Seele had published some data on LCL liquids and even sold LCL, those were LCLs that had been specially contaminated and had greatly depreciated in use and research value. Real LCL can not only directly improve medical standards, but also has the effect of reducing the load of acceleration on the human body, which has great military value.

Other than that…

The base also has second-generation computers that will enable humans to enter the fourth industrial revolution.

These things alone are enough to start a world war, not to mention that the base also has Fumihiko Ikari and Naoko Akagi, two scholars with talents beyond this era. Many major achievements in the base are from their hands. It is not an exaggeration to say that their value even exceeds technologies such as EVA and second-generation computers.

She lowered her head and thought for a long time, but she couldn't think of any way to solve the problem peacefully.

"Ugh!"

Sighing, she sat down dejectedly in the chair.

It is better to let the situation develop now than to act rashly. At least before the top leaders take any action, they have already made plans based on the current situation.

But if she allowed the situation to develop like this, she was worried that the top leaders would be heading for World War IV.

Before the Second Impact, she would definitely not have had such worries, but now that the world has experienced the Second Impact, although humans have survived a catastrophe that almost destroyed the world,... everyone has become mentally abnormal to some extent, and people think that this is caused by post-traumatic stress.

However, she learned from her discussions with some of her fellow psychologists that this phenomenon was somewhat abnormal.

Both the morbidity and severity rates are too high.

I didn't quite understand it at first, but later, after I had a rough understanding of the AT force field, I realized that the second impact was likely mixed with an indiscriminate AT force field attack against all mankind, causing mental trauma to all mankind.

With these thoughts flashing through her mind, she sighed dejectedly again.

Ugh--

I hope the higher-ups are not crazy!

As she prayed like this, a figure flashed through her mind.

The top management has their own plans, the team leader...

What have you been planning all this time?

After being silent for a long time again, she found that there was only one thing she could do now.

I believe Fumihiko Ikari can stabilize the situation.

Pray that the top management can be more mentally normal.

Thinking of this, she stood up somewhat frustratedly and looked out the window, trying to imprint the current peace in her mind, but she saw a girl who looked somewhat like Akagi Naoko getting off the special car.

This person seems to be the daughter of Naoko Akagi?

She didn't work much with Naoko Akagi, so she only knew that she seemed to have a daughter around her.

As soon as she got off the special car, Ritsuko Akagi felt someone was looking at her. She immediately looked up and found that the person looking at her was an older strange woman.

Who is this person?

Although she had doubts, she did not go over to investigate the situation.

She came to the elevator leading to the underground empty-handed. It was not that she didn't want to bring things back, but the inspection of bringing things into the underground base was too cumbersome, and she didn't want to waste her precious time on it.

I got on the elevator and felt myself sinking underground little by little.

It took a long time for the elevator to stop smoothly, and next to it was the waiting hall.

Sitting on the bench, waiting for the train to come back bored.

Soon the train arrived at the station. There were not many people on the train with her, most of them were carrying various goods.

Another half an hour passed before the train left the waiting hall.

After arriving at the station, she got off the train and looked back at the train that was unloading goods. She felt a little emotional. When she first came to this underground research institute, she took an engineering vehicle. The conditions inside the base were also very simple. Compared with the research institute, it was more like a refugee camp. Later, there were paved roads and off-road vehicles, and the conditions inside the institute became much more formal.

After entering the research institute, she did not go to the Three Sages System Project Team to look for her mother.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to go, but she doesn’t have the authority to go there now.

She is no longer a child, but an adult who no longer needs to be with her mother for care, so her previous privileges have been revoked.

I came to the dormitory and picked up the landline phone in the room.

I dialed Ikari Fumihiko's number. The cell phone she was using was not issued by the base, but a new model sold in the outside market. Therefore, she could not receive the special cell phone signal within the base.

After a while, Ikari Fumihiko's voice came from the other end of the line.

"Who?"