I participated in the development of EVA

When the experiment was about to begin, a senior official asked curiously.

"Are you not going to arrange a Coke hostage this time?"

Coke hostage?

Ikari Fumihiko was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

"Children are innocent, not stupid. That kind of plan can only be used as a surprise measure. It will be useless if it is normalized."

The senior official thought for a moment before speaking.

"Well, why do I feel that this kid seems to care a lot about Coke, even to the point of obsession. He completely regards Coke as something precious. Actually... this Coke hostage plan will work even if it is used regularly, right?"

17:59:37

435. The significance of science

Ikari Fumihiko sorted out his thoughts before speaking again.

"What I mean is that humans are adaptable. Once this method is used too much, she will adapt and will not be able to burst out that kind of power. This method should be used at critical moments. Besides, it is not friendly to deceive children. I said before that there will be a supply of Coke in half a month. If I take out new Coke now, I will be regarded as a liar."

As he said this, he opened a bottle of Coke and took a sip.

The senior official did not say anything else, obviously agreeing with Ikari Fumihiko's explanation, and opened a bottle of Coke and started drinking.

Then he sighed.

"If she saw this scene, she would definitely cry, right? She hasn't been willing to drink the bottle of Coke yet. It seems that she plans to save it until the Coke supply is almost in place."

"Uh, maybe... maybe!?"

“We felt like we had gone a little too far.”

The rest of the people present were also drinking Coke and echoed a few words.

The reason why so many people at the scene were drinking Coke was naturally because they were curious about what magic Coke had that could actually stimulate Rei Ayanami's potential.

At this time, a voice suddenly appeared and broke the harmonious atmosphere. "I have a personal opinion on this matter. Judging from the performance of the pilot of Unit 00 yesterday, it is entirely possible to use addictive drugs. By controlling the time of drug injection, the overclocking condition can be controlled."

Everyone at the scene focused their attention on the person who was speaking.

To put it bluntly, addictive drugs are poison.

The so-called controllable means that after the driver becomes severely addicted, the drug can be controlled and artificially created to create sufficiently large emotional fluctuations to stimulate the power of the at force field.

Ikari Fumihiko looked at the man with cold eyes.

But before he could say anything, someone stood up.

"Are you sure you know what you are talking about? The pilots are between 10 and 16 years old. Are you going to use drugs that cause dependence on them?"

"brute!"

"According to your method, the pilot's mental state will become extremely unstable! By then, even without the apostles attacking, we humans will be wiped out by the monsters we created."

"What do you think the pilot is? A lab rat!"

"Damn it!"

"Are you still human?"

……

Faced with these words, the man remained calm.

"I don't understand, what are you so angry about? This is academic research, I'm just expressing my thoughts. Don't forget, she is a clone! She was created to verify experimental hypotheses and help us humans complete the EVA tool. If it breaks down, just discard it and activate the backup. This attitude is normal, right?

As Minister Ikari said, we humans no longer have any choice.

It has reached the point where one needs to struggle desperately to survive.

I have studied a lot of information about Minister Ikari, and I like a sentence that Minister Ikari once said, 'If you lose your humanity, you lose a lot; if you lose your animality, you lose everything.' Isn't this saying that although abandoning your humanity will result in a lot of losses, if we humans don't want to be destroyed in this catastrophe, we must become like wild beasts and show our ferocity!

Am I right?

Minister Ikari."

however……

The one who responded was the sole of Fumihiko Ikari's shoe.

He could accept Rei Ayanami's participation in dangerous experiments such as weapons testing, but he could not accept the attitude of treating Rei Ayanami as a guinea pig.

At the same time, he also had a deeper understanding of the reason why Unit 00 went berserk and rejected Rei Ayanami in the original work.

"To your mother!"

At this moment, he only hated that he lacked exercise in his daily life and did not have the strength to kick this man to death.

There were people around who wanted to break up the fight.

"roll!"

After being scolded by Ikari Fumihiko, no one dared to come closer.

He kicked the other person angrily, one kick after another, and only stopped when he was really out of strength.

People are fragile, but also strong.

After enduring such an attack, the man was still able to breathe when he was dragged out of the command room. He was only injured but did not lose his life. Of course, this was related to his lack of exercise in daily life and the fact that he had not received professional training.

No one spoke until this moment.

"This person is possessed by the devil."

"This guy is indeed an anti-EVA extremist, but I didn't expect him to be so extreme."

"He probably wants to use this method to guide EVA research into an anti-human path, and then use public opinion to make everyone oppose EVA research by exposing the information."

"This man is completely crazy."

……

What this person said is not without reason, but in the current situation, even if people present agree with some of his views, they will not show it.

The reason is simple.

It's not just because of the two key technologies, EVA and the Three Sages System, but more because Fumihiko Ikari has absolute authority in the study of apostles. This authority is built on his past achievements. The most important thing is that Fumihiko Ikari accurately predicted the existence of soul matter without any data support.

With Fumihiko Ikari's current authority, unless someone can surpass Fumihiko Ikari in the study of apostles, or unless humanity is truly in dire straits, Fumihiko Ikari's attitude cannot be ignored.

After taking deep breaths for a while, Fumihiko Ikari regained some strength.

His eyes swept over everyone.

"I don't want to hear this kind of words again."

He is not the kind of person who wants to take someone's life just because of a little conflict.

It's not that I really have no temper.

"Since he wants to show his bestiality, then fine! Pick a deserted island nearby where humans can survive, and let him spend the rest of his life there like a wild beast!"

He stopped his passive expression and revealed his anger.

He asked almost shouting.

"Who's for!? Who's against!?"

Naturally no one would stand up to sabotage at a time like this.

"Agree."

"People like this should be taught a lesson."

"Agree."

"Minister Ikari is right!"

"I will arrange for someone to carry out the mission right away."

"If a person loses his humanity, is he still a human being? Such a sad-hearted person should be taught a lesson, otherwise he might do something anti-human."

……

Ikari Fumihiko withdrew his gaze with a gloomy face.

"I did say that, but the situation was special at the time, and there was one more thing I didn't say... As long as I'm here, humans don't need to lose their humanity!"

No one spoke.

Some people were truly shocked by the boldness implied in Ikari Fumihiko's words, while others did not dare to undermine him at this time.

Ikari Fumihiko took a deep breath and spoke again.

"The purpose of science is to enable us humans to survive without having to sacrifice our humanity. No matter what time it is, I hope you can remember this. Only the brilliance of humanity can illuminate the path of civilization's future. Otherwise, human civilization will fall into complete darkness."

17:59:50

436. Huh? ?

"Minister Ikari is right."

“We develop technology so that people can live like humans.”

"Correct."

“We have to trust in the light.”

"As long as Minister Ikari is here, humanity will surely be able to defeat the apostles in the future and become better and better."

……

Regardless of whether they agreed or not, at this moment everyone echoed what Fumihiko Ikari had said before, and no one stood up to disrupt him.

Then everyone's attention returned to the experiment.

"Korea."

"This is Unit 0, everything is normal."

"Get ready. The second experiment is expected to begin in one minute."

"receive."

There was no sign of nervousness on Rei Ayanami's face, and it was obvious that she was not frightened by the huge noise of the N2 bomb explosion yesterday.

A minute passed quickly.

Fumihiko Ikari once again issued instructions through the communication.

"Rei, think back to how you felt about protecting Cola yesterday, and deploy the force field with all your strength."

"Unit-0, received."

at Force Field·Expand!

"The synchronization rate is increasing rapidly, having exceeded 90%... and still increasing... 93%..."

"Plan 01, no soul matter detected."

"02... Not detected..."

"03 failed..."

……

"All planned observation plans have failed, and no soul matter has been detected."

A scholar asked with a frown.

"How could this happen? What's the synchronization rate now?"

"It has reached the critical value of 99.99%, which is infinitely close to 100%."

Not only were people at the scene talking about this issue, but scholars who were watching the experiment simultaneously on the Internet were also discussing why all the detectors that had been modified specifically could not observe soul matter.

There are two mainstream views.

First, the soul matter is not active enough when it is not attacked, and it needs to be given sufficient stimulation before it can be observed again.

Secondly, the mass of soul matter is linked to the synchronization rate. Existing equipment can only observe the soul matter unfolded by Unit 00 in a state of overclocked synchronization rate.

At this point in the experiment, the natural thing to do is to verify the first point.