I participated in the development of EVA

This is how Fumihiko Ikari divided her personality into three parts.

What had previously shaken her were the mother and woman parts of her personality, but what restored her rationality was the scholar part.

wrong--

Naoko Akagi glanced in the direction of the office.

The scholars and the mother adopted the principle of minority obeying the majority to suppress the woman, and the existence of her daughter Ritsuko Akagi caused the mother to lean towards the scholars.

So this is the Three Wise Men System that Fumihiko Ikari wanted to express?

This kind of talent is really scary——

Seeing that Akagi Naoko was standing there in a daze and did not give any follow-up instructions for a long time, Ikari Yui could not help but call out to her.

"Naoko?"

Naoko Akagi came to her senses and glanced at Fumihiko Ikari.

This kind of person may...

It is better to maintain your current timid character, otherwise if this talent is used in other aspects, it will definitely become a disaster to the world.

"Nothing much, I just found some design inspiration for the Three Sages."

"Let's put the Three Sages' Plan aside for now and finish the startup test first."

"it is good."

Naoko Akagi turned her attention back to the experiment.

"Start the system and enter the second stage."

"The second stage begins. The link device is activated and begins to combine."

"Transmission pulse—"

"All circuits are normal and can be started normally."

"start up!"

"Serial No. 000 pilot, no abnormalities during first contact, all functions are normal, the test machine has no rejection reaction, and the auxiliary power transmission signal circuit is normal."

"Activate Phase 3 systems."

"Bidirectional pulse activated, no anomalies."

As the report was finished, the 360-degree surround projection screen in front of the operator's seat lit up, and EVA's single eye also lit up.

"The two-way link is normal, there is no abnormality with the driver, no rejection reaction, and the adaptability is improving... It has exceeded the boundary value, there is no abnormality with the driver... The adaptability has increased to 15%, and it is still continuing to improve..." Everyone stared nervously at the Lingbo-style clone on the screen, as well as the changing values ​​that were being quickly compared on the screen.

As the technology is not yet perfect and for the sake of protecting the experimenters, Fumihiko Ikari modified the two-wire connection system into a slow start.

This way, if something really goes wrong, a certain amount of reaction time will be provided to terminate the experiment.

This is why the synchronization rate is not matched instantly and quickly like in the original book.

The adaptability number finally settled at 21% and did not increase again. EVA and the Lingbo-style clones stayed calmly in their positions without any abnormalities.

Everyone present did the same, and it was a long time before someone spoke.

"Is this a success?"

Ikari Yui spoke a little uncertainly.

"It should have succeeded."

It was impossible to try to operate it, so everyone couldn't tell whether it was successful or not, and whether the systems were functioning normally.

Ikari Fumihiko remained silent.

He was not the highest in status, but at this moment most people's eyes were on him.

After all, the mental link device and the insertion tether system were both designed by him.

Ikari Fumihiko did not rush to answer.

"Let's change adaptability to synchronization rate first! This term is more appropriate."

039. You really always pay attention to these trivial things

Ikari Yui said somewhat helplessly.

"You really always pay attention to these trivial things."

Ikari Fumihiko didn't care about Ikari Yui's complaints. He couldn't tell whether the experiment was successful or not, but based on the original work, the experiment was definitely successful.

So I pretended to understand it very well and spoke slowly.

"Check the pulse circuit."

"No abnormality."

"From the current situation, the experiment has been successful."

The experiment was successful.

The development of Project E is close to success, which should be a cause for celebration and a source of relief, because it means that humans have mastered the power to prevent the Third Impact.

But at this time no one was happy about it, and no one even breathed a sigh of relief.

His expression became even more serious.

All this is not because of too many sacrifices along the way, but because of the girl who is sleeping peacefully like a baby in the center of the screen.

Except for Ikari Fumihiko and other four people, the others present are not fools. On the contrary, each of them is very outstanding, otherwise they would not have been arranged in the secondary research area. They have realized that this girl is either a cyborg or a clone... Whether it is the former or the latter is not important and it cannot change a thing.

This goes against human ethics.

And they also pushed this child onto the test bench, and even in the future they, the adults, will have to hide behind this child and push him onto a more dangerous battlefield.

Such success...

What else is there to celebrate?!

We work day and night here just to make the world a better place, but now the world has become worse because of it.

Ikari Yui felt the atmosphere was a little heavy and spoke.

"If we don't prevent the Third Impact, humanity will have no future."

It's still the same old cliché.

The shadow of the Third Impact has always hung over everyone's head. Even the air dared not take a breath, for fear that this long breath would lead to the Third Impact and the end of human civilization. Naturally, everyone tried their best to suppress themselves and dared not relax at all, and focused all their attention on research and development.

Now, Project E, which the top leaders have been talking about as the only hope to save humanity, has produced a test machine and is only one step away from completion.

The pressure on my body naturally became less, and some of the suppressed self was released.

Some people can't hold back.

“Are we going a little too far?”

Hello——

This matter has nothing to do with me, why are you looking at me???

Ikari Fumihiko was a little confused.

Because at this moment, everyone's eyes were basically focused on him, as if he was the one who dominated everything.

Do you have any misunderstandings about me? First, I am not the project leader. Second, I am not the director of the R&D department. Third, the crazy plan of artificial driver plan is not my idea... Why do you all look at me? ! And... Professor Yamaki, the old guy, is standing next to me. Doesn't he have a bad reputation? !

Why aren't you looking at him, but at me instead! ?

Fumihiko Ikari didn't know that after one team was disbanded and joined other teams, rumors spread throughout the R&D department that he had "pushed ten-year-old children onto the test bench" in order to verify his own theory. In addition, he had personally sent the Lingbo-style clone into the insertion bolt just now, and his expressionless face caused by facial paralysis made people subconsciously regard him as the real culprit who caused all this.

The first person to stand up was not Ikari Yui but Professor Yamaki.

"Stupidity and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, but arrogance is. Your current state perfectly demonstrates this sentence."

After a pause, Professor Yamaki continued, "The success we have achieved now can only be regarded as a temporary success. Do you think that humanity has already won? Do you have the energy to consider these minor matters? Put away your overflowing compassion. This will not bring any overflow to research and development, but will only affect the progress of the experiment.

It will only make the already limited time even more scarce!

If any of you cannot accept it, you can leave now and don’t stay here and waste everyone’s time.”

Ikari Fumihiko looked at Professor Yamaki in surprise, and some favorable impression arose in his heart, but it disappeared the next moment.

These words seemed to be helpful, but in fact they confirmed everyone's misunderstanding of him.

I hope I'm overthinking...

Although I feel that I may be overthinking, but as the saying goes, you should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others.

My brain was working quickly, thinking about how to restore my reputation.

After thinking about it carefully, I realized that I had lost the initiative, and anything I said now would sound like quibbling.

But he still thought of a solution that was not a solution.

Divert your attention...

No! It's a change of subject.

"Do you remember the starry sky you once looked up at?"

Faced with Ikari Fumihiko's question, everyone looked confused and could not follow Ikari Fumihiko's train of thought at all.

No one answered, so he continued to talk to himself.

"Doesn't it feel very brilliant? The starlight embellishes the night beautifully? It's like a vast painting hanging in the night sky. I used to look at the starry sky above my head in this way, but now... I dare not look up at this starry sky anymore. Even just bathing in the starlight will make me tremble, unable to suppress the fear in my heart-"

???

Everyone can understand every word he says, but when they put them together, they can't figure out what Fumihiko Ikari wants to express?

"The vast universe is full of stars. Under the beautiful starlight, are there other civilizations besides our human civilization? In the past, every time I looked up at the starry sky, I would think of this question again and again. I thought that I would never know the answer in my lifetime, but... the second impact happened -

Alien life forms suddenly came to Earth. If I had known this in advance, I would rather never know the answer. "

Hearing this, everyone naturally realized what Ikari Fumihiko wanted to say.

The mysterious creatures are aliens!

This view is not new, it can even be said to be old. It was proposed a long time ago and has been widely recognized.

Ikari Fumihiko naturally knew that this point of view alone was not enough to divert everyone's attention.

So he continued.

"Ever since that sad incident, I have been wondering where it came from, why it came to Earth, and why it wanted to destroy us. Until one day I looked up at the starry sky again and realized that the answer has always been above our heads. The shining stars have been conveying the answer to us, but we have never realized it.

In the brilliant starry sky above our heads, there are civilizations hidden one after another, and human civilization is one of them, as fragile and powerless as a newborn insect. "

Up to this point, the views are still outdated.

Ikari Fumihiko's next words made even Ikari Yui, Akagi Naoko, and Professor Yamaki feel a chill.

"The universe is a dark forest. Every civilization is a hunter with a gun. They sneak through the forest like ghosts, gently push aside the branches that block the way, try their best not to make any sound with their footsteps, and even breathe carefully. They must be careful because the forest is full of hunters like them. If they find other lives, there is only one thing they can do -

Shoot and destroy it!

We humans have always been like an innocent child, holding a candlestick in hand, wandering ignorantly in this dark forest. "

040.Whether right or wrong, this can serve as a warning.

The universe is a dark forest...

This hypothesis is too dark and too desperate.

Ikari Yui was the first to come back to her senses.

"Why Yao Kaiqiang? This doesn't make sense."

Ikari Fumihiko, who was familiar with The Three-Body Problem, was already prepared.

"Survival is the first need of civilization. As the need for survival increases, it will inevitably grow and expand outward, but the total mass of the universe remains fixed. This is the root of the conflict. Of course, the main reason for the discovery and destruction is suspicion! Even if it is the residents of the neighboring village, we cannot completely treat them as the same as ourselves, let alone two different civilizations in the universe.

What would you do?