I participated in the development of EVA

“That’s not what we need to consider…”

Halfway through his speech, an image flashed through his mind.

The scene where a neural connection device connected multiple receivers in series when Ikari Yui disappeared.

Thinking of this, he dug out the original experimental records.

After confirmation, it turned out that there was indeed one connection device that connected multiple receivers in series.

“There is a way to solve the price problem.”

Naoko Akagi leaned over to take a look and immediately understood what Fumihiko Ikari was thinking.

"One connection device drives multiple receivers?"

"Yes, the cost of the virtual cabin is high, and the main cost is on the neural connection device."

"Even so, the cost is still around 300,000 yen, right?"

"If we cut off most of the functions and only keep the receiver, and make a helmet-like design, the cost should be able to be reduced to less than 100,000 yen."

"In this case, the selling price will be reduced, but the cost will all be spent on laying the wires."

"Uh……"

Naoko Akagi's words were like a bucket of cold water poured down on him, calming down Fumihiko Ikari's excited heart.

The line connecting the receiver and the connecting device in series is not an ordinary network cable, and there is no way to make it into a mobile base station to cover the signal.

Simply put, the cost has not been reduced, it has simply been transferred to the construction of the lines.

Moreover, the rare metals used in the connecting lines may not be available in sufficient quantities on Earth.

"Can the Spirit Network be included in this?"

"It's possible, but even if it's done on a street-by-street basis, the cost of laying out short-distance lines is too high, and it's still only a temporary solution, not a permanent one."

After he lowered his head and pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up.

"How about turning it into an Internet cafe?"

When he said this, he already had a picture in his mind.

There were a large number of beds placed in a tall building, and on the single beds lay sleeping humans wearing strange helmets.

For humans, this building is a factory, a school, and an entertainment venue.

Of course, if he wants to make it like he imagined, the Three Sages System needs to take over all aspects of human beings.

Without material support, the virtual world built by the dream program is also a castle in the air. No matter how beautiful the virtual world is, it is still an illusion. When people are hungry, they still have to return to reality to eat. Even if they are soaked in LCL liquid, the body can get enough nutrition, but it cannot eliminate the hunger caused by an empty stomach.

"cybercafe?"

Naoko Akagi was very confused and obviously had no idea what an Internet cafe was.

Ikari Fumihiko thought for a moment before explaining.

“It’s a place that provides people with temporary use of computers.”

"Oh."

Seeing that Naoko Akagi still didn't understand, Fumihiko Ikari realized that what Naoko Akagi didn't understand was not the concept of Internet cafes, but why there was a place for temporary use of computers.

Akagi Naoko's logic is probably...

Since you have the need to use a computer, why not just buy one?

He understood Naoko Akagi's idea, but did not say anything about this kind of thinking that was ignorant of the sufferings of the world.

Before he could speak, Akagi Naoko spoke again.

"Your idea is to provide a centralized virtual helmet service to reduce the cost of laying lines, right?"

"Yep."

Under the expectant gaze of Ikari Fumihiko, Akagi Naoko nodded.

“Yes, this approach can indeed solve most problems.”

Fumihiko Ikari took out his cell phone and opened Emperor Penguin Communication.

Through the assistant, I got the account of Emperor Penguin, the person in charge of the development of the virtual cabin.

Yes!

Not only did he get free advertisements for Nerv movies and TV series, he also used his status to promote his Emperor Penguin software within Nerv.

After the friend request was approved, the person in charge of the virtual cabin sent a message first.

【Minister Ikari? 】

【it's me. 】

After replying, he sent the plan he had just discussed with Naoko Akagi.

however……

[Minister Ikari, you are amazing. We only thought of promoting the virtual cabin to the world in the form of Internet cafes, but we didn't think of the technical route of connecting multiple receivers in series with a neural connection device. ]

Faced with this result, he was somewhat surprised but not quite surprised.

After all, those who can become project leaders within NERV are all top scholars in their respective fields. Such people naturally cannot be mediocre.

The reason why the other party didn't think of the virtual helmet solution was that they had not yet thought of the idea that the neural connection device could be connected in series.

Simply put, this person took over the virtual cabin project in a hurry and did not have a thorough understanding of the neural connection device.

[If I don't tell you this, you will be able to think of it later.]

【You are too modest. 】

Before he could reply, another message came from the other side.

[Director Ikari, do you have any other instructions? If not, I will go to the meeting to revise the previous plan. ]

[No more, go and get busy. ]

Virtual reality technology is about to be promoted globally, but he, as its pioneer, has yet to experience the dream program.

18:22:00

508. All the passion will calm down under the influence of time

End of the topic on the virtual cabin.

The two did not communicate anymore.

Naoko Akagi was busy working on the design drawings for the Type 02 prototype.

Fumihiko Ikari was thinking about the problem of Longinus Metal. He pondered over it for a whole day but could not find a solution. What he did not expect was that the Longinus Metal had been airlifted back and Naoko Akagi had prepared the design drawings, but the project team was stuck on the EVA body that they had not taken seriously in the past.

【what's the situation? 】

He sent a message to the person in charge of the third underground floor through Emperor Penguin.

【It takes some time to cultivate. 】

[No stock at the graveyard? ]

[We have stock, but we don't have the body that meets the specifications. 】

As if worried that he might misunderstand, the other party quickly added another sentence.

[Most of the inventory has had its brains taken away.]

Uh……

Only then did he realize that this was a problem caused by the mass production of the Three Sages System.

[How long will it take? ]

【Twenty-two hours.】

Ikari Fumihiko was a little surprised that the EVA body cultivation cycle was so short! ?

【So fast? 】

[We are always working hard to replenish our inventory, and there are a lot of semi-finished products in the incubator.]

【Um. 】

He put away his phone and explained to Naoko Akagi.

"The Three Sages System has run out of stock. It will take about 22 hours for the newly cultivated cells to arrive."

"Well, I will direct the project team to deal with the Longinus metal first."

"Okay, I'll go take a rest first."

After separating from Naoko Akagi, he originally wanted to return to the ground to rest, but when he thought of the custom dream that Naoko Akagi had mentioned before, he went to the lounge of the Three Sages System Project Team.

This can be considered an alternative way to experience the dream process.

I came to the lounge and opened the dream program according to the steps given by Naoko Akagi.

A window popped up on the screen in front of me.

[Your ID is detected in the restricted login list of the Dream Program. Do you want to remove the blacklist? ]

Restrict login list?

Is this an arrangement made by the higher-ups because they are worried that I might secretly use the virtual cabin to access the dream program?

With his authority, it would be very easy to remove or bypass this restriction, and it would not even be noticed by anyone other than Naoko Akagi.

Just as he was thinking about whether to remove the blacklist, the phone in his pocket rang.

Someone sent a message from Emperor Penguin.

【Do not log in. 】

The person who sent the message was a representative from the goose side.

He frowned.

Under normal circumstances, all his access and operations to the Three Sages System should not be noticed by anyone other than Naoko Akagi. How come it was noticed as soon as he accessed the dream program?

Cracked permissions?

It's impossible. It should be the result of taking advantage of a logical bug in the Three Sages system itself.

With doubt in his mind, he replied to the message while letting the Three Sages System find the logical bug through self-check.

[So many people have verified it. The data we have now is enough to prove that there are no hidden dangers in the dream program, right? ]

Without waiting for the Goose representative to reply, the Three Sages system completed its self-check.

After taking a look at the results, he was a little confused.

This logic bug is not a bug, but he did not operate properly and did not set this access as a secret access, so he triggered the dream program blacklist alarm. In addition, another exposure risk reminder is given. If you do not set it as a secret access, others will not be able to detect his access traces, but they can add a dream program running gap to his access traces through the Three Sages Network.

[In addition to safety issues, the most important thing is that according to our estimation, you are at risk of addiction. ]

ha?

He was a little confused when he heard the answer given by the representative of the goose side.

How did I get addicted to risk again... Well, okay! It did.

The representative of the goose side spoke again.

[The world needs you, humanity needs you, you can't waste your energy on this kind of thing. ]

Was I wrong before?

Nerv launched the artificial god plan, not to waste my energy! ?

Uh, it seems okay.

Nerv diverted my attention not to waste energy. Virtual reality technology is a key step in the artificial god plan. Nerv asked me to take over this research just to make me ignore the two technologies of quantum computers and immortality surgery and play a trick on me.

Just as he thought, Nerv was worried that he would come up with something similar to the Three Sages System and EVA, and use his technological advantage to control Nerv.

But compared to this, NERV is more worried that he will give up. In addition to the fact that he has the Three Sages System in his hands, the more important thing is that he has gone the furthest in the field of apostle technology, and others can only catch up with him. In simple terms, if they want to improve the overall strength of mankind in a short period of time to deal with the apostle crisis that may break out at any time, he is the only one who can do it.

Don't wait for him to reply.