I participated in the development of EVA

"It's really strange."

The Type 02 prototype showed signs of pregnancy, but there were no other changes except for the increase in human chorionic gonadotropin.

An idea flashed through Ikari Fumihiko's mind.

"Is it possible that He is just warming up now? Um, preparing to conceive something?"

"You mean He is now..."

Naoko Akagi thought for a while before finding a word to describe the current situation.

"Hmm, not evolved enough?"

"almost."

At this moment, the thought that had flashed through Fumihiko Ikari's mind popped up again.

There may not be any S2-related fragments in Lilith's DNA, and even if there are, they may be incomplete.

The more I thought about it, the stronger it became, and I felt like I was getting closer to the truth.

The reason for this feeling is naturally that if there is a complete fragment of the S2 mechanism in Lilith's DNA, there will be no human completion plan, and even humans will not be born. Lilith will spend billions of years to breed the S2 mechanism to complete herself, just like Adam's descendants.

Of course he would not make arbitrary judgments based on these speculations.

I lowered my head and thought about how to prove this.

Just as he began to think about this question, Akagi Naoko suddenly exclaimed.

"what happened?"

"I know what He is pregnant with..."

Without waiting for Ikari Fumihiko to come over, Akagi Naoko spoke the rest of the words.

“What He gave birth to was not physical objects but code.”

"Code?"

Ikari Fumihiko was a little confused.

Isn't the S2 mechanism a special organ made of biological superconducting coils the size of DNA? How did it become like this now?

Looking at the original code displayed on the screen, he was startled at first, and then his expression became strange.

"Did you think of something?"

In response to Naoko Akagi's question, he expressed his feelings with a strange expression.

"Isn't this some kind of cultivation technique?"

"Practice exercises?"

"You know the concept of Xia Guoxian, right?"

Naoko Akagi shook her head.

Ikari Fumihiko thought for a moment before speaking again.

"You can understand it as a mortal can become extremely powerful through practice."

Naoko Akagi nodded, indicating that she understood this part.

Ikari Fumihiko continued to explain.

"And the cultivation method is like a complex equation. As long as you can solve this equation, you can become stronger. Yes, you can become stronger."

What he said was a little too abstract, but Akagi Naoko still nodded as if she understood it.

"I almost understand."

Fumihiko Ikari breathed a sigh of relief. If Naoko Akagi still didn't understand, he really didn't know how to continue explaining to her.

After digesting this strange knowledge, Naoko Akagi spoke.

"You mean He is getting stronger through this process?"

Ikari Fumihiko nodded first, then shook his head.

"Yes and no, I think He hasn't completed the practice yet... No! He hasn't finished writing the level yet. Only after He completes this process will there be changes."

As he spoke his thoughts, he complained in his mind.

What the hell!

Why does it become more and more like a joke before the time travel: beating the electronic wooden fish, meeting the mecha Buddha, worshipping the punk Guanyin, and obtaining the cyber sutra.

Uh……

It is said that: practice coding skills and become a cyber immortal.

Seems more appropriate.

Naoko Akagi nodded as if she understood, paused for a moment, and then spoke out her opinion.

"I feel like He is calculating something through this process."

Ikari Fumihiko nodded.

Compared to EVA's cyber cultivation, Naoko Akagi's ideas are more realistic.

As for what EVA is calculating?

Naturally, we are analyzing the incomplete S2 organ-related DNA fragments in the body and looking for ways to complete the S2 organ gene.

"You don't understand these codes either?"

"I can't understand it... it's too confusing. I need to decode it first."

Just as Naoko Akagi said, the program code displayed on the screen looked like garbled text.

Ikari Fumihiko thought for a moment before speaking.

“Can it be deleted?”

"It's possible, but... what's the point of doing this? After deleting it, He will absorb nutrients and regenerate these codes, right?"

Ikari Fumihiko sorted out his thoughts before speaking.

"What do you think He is calculating with this?"

Naoko Akagi pondered for a moment before speaking.

"It should be the direction of its own evolution."

Ikari Fumihiko spoke again and expressed his thoughts.

"After deleting the code, we added a program to the underlying system that says 'cannot continue to evolve'. Hmm, by forming a genetic lock in this way, what will happen to Him?"

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Akagi Naoko replied hesitantly.

"He will calculate the subsequent evolutionary direction, which is driven by the biological instincts of the body. In this case, He should change his mind."

As I said before, the Three Wise Men System is both a biological being and a computer, so logically there is nothing wrong with Fumihiko Ikari's plan.

only……

She frowned and shook her head.

"It's possible...but what's the point of doing this? Restricting his growth?"

The final product of the artificial god plan is naturally the cultivation of artificial gods.

The current state of the Type 02 prototype can only be considered an EVA, and it cannot bear the concept of a god at all.

Ikari Fumihiko began to explain.

"Well, how should I put it? You can think of it as a compliance test."

Only then did Naoko Akagi realize.

"Are you worried that He is out of our control now? You want to use this method to test whether He has gained consciousness by bypassing the consciousness removal surgery."

"Correct."

Akagi Naoko nodded.

Although she felt that the idea of ​​calculating the evolutionary direction of the Type 02 prototype was driven by biological instinct, it was just an idea, and she could not be % sure whether it was true.

Simply put, she was unable to determine whether the Type 02 prototype had broken away from the system's limitations.

She issued the order to [stop evolution].

An error message immediately appeared on the screen.

【Command logic conflict.】

Seeing this, Naoko Akagi's face became serious and she checked the conflicting part.

When the results come out...

Ikari Fumihiko was a little embarrassed.

Naoko Akagi looked at Fumihiko Ikari.

Because the source of this conflict was an order issued by Fumihiko Ikari to suppress the Type 02 prototype from decomposing cells to provide nutrition to the brain.

[The surrounding environment is dangerous, give priority to maintaining body functions. 】

This instruction conflicts with the stop evolution instruction.

Naoko Akagi thought about it and did not modify the instructions previously issued by Fumihiko Ikari, but instead made a patch.

[My current body functions are sufficient to cope with the surrounding environment. ]

Of course, this is just a description, and the actual operation is not that simple.

Naoko Akagi worked for a long time to patch it.

but……

After the patch was applied, another error occurred.

【The number of people on the server has exceeded the limit. 】

This error is easier to solve by limiting the number of visitors to the Type 02 prototype host.

After these two problems are solved, the command [Stop Evolution] will be executed.

"His chorionic gonadotropin began to decline."

After hearing this, Fumihiko Ikari also took a look at the data and found that it was indeed as Naoko Akagi said.

The abnormal human chorionic gonadotropin was decreasing rapidly and returned to normal levels in just a dozen minutes.

Naoko Akagi looked at Fumihiko Ikari.

"What's next?"

But before Ikari Fumihiko could speak, she seemed to have thought of something and spoke again.

"We have a solution for the second generation aircraft!"

Ikari Fumihiko didn't react for a moment.

"What second-generation machine?"

Akagi Naoko said this with shining eyes.

"Three Sages System!"

This time, Fumihiko Ikari also reacted.

The research and development direction of the second-generation Three Sages System proposed by Naoko Akagi is to modify the EVA genes to cultivate a specialized biological brain. The reason why there has been no progress in this regard is because humans do not have a way to edit the apostle genes, and now... Naoko Akagi wants to use "evolution" to edit the EVA brain.

The method is also very simple, just like issuing an order to stop evolution, and artificially guiding the direction of evolution through the Three Sages System.

After figuring it all out, he sighed sincerely.

"Professor Akagi, you are truly a genius."

Naoko Akagi shook her head.