I participated in the development of EVA

Zhao Shuo sighed in his heart.

It would be best for Naoko Akagi to wake up Fumihiko Ikari, as this would minimize the possibility of accidents.

He repeated it.

“Can we just turn off the power?”

"Yes, just turn off the power."

Zhao Shuo nodded and turned to leave.

Only then did Naoko Akagi turn around and look at the other person.

It seems that the higher-ups have made up their minds to wake up Fumihiko Ikari this time.

Just as she thought.

Zhao Shuo came to the laboratory virtual cabin and waited until the medical team arrived at the scene before turning off the power. The indicator light of the virtual cabin went out without power supply, but the next moment the built-in power supply was activated. This built-in power supply was not a backup power supply, and was not enough to allow the virtual cabin to continue to be used normally. It only powered the hydraulic valve of the virtual cabin.

The hatch slowly opened, revealing Fumihiko Ikari lying quietly inside.

A group of medical staff immediately surrounded him, quickly checked Fumihiko Ikari's physical condition, and soon came to a preliminary diagnosis.

"There are no abnormal vital signs."

Just as Zhao Shuo was about to ask the medical team to take Ikari Fumihiko into the ICU for observation, Ikari Fumihiko slowly opened his eyes, as if awakened from a dream, and sat up abruptly.

"Fuck! Who is so wicked? I was fighting a boss and they cut off the power!"

Although Zhao Shuo was nervous inside, he appeared very calm.

He replied evasively.

"Minister Ikari, you've been playing games for a week. The higher-ups asked me to wake you up."

Ikari Fumihiko was a little stunned.

"A week? Well, it seems... this time the playing time is indeed quite long."

This is not playing dumb, but I really didn't realize that I have been playing for a week. After all, who would pay attention to themselves when they are addicted to games.

"I didn't feel anything until you said it. Now that you said it, I'm really a little hungry. Go and prepare some food for me."

LCL can provide the body with the nutrients it needs, but it cannot eliminate the feeling of hunger.

"it is good."

Zhao Shuo responded and arranged for people to prepare meals for Ikari Fumihiko.

Then he asked.

"Are you feeling any discomfort right now?"

“Apart from being hungry, I felt no discomfort.”

"To be on the safe side, you'd better get a medical diagnosis."

"Ah."

Ikari Fumihiko was not opposed to this, so he responded calmly.

18:48:03

554. Wait for me...ten minutes

Just as the medical team was about to push Fumihiko Ikari out of the laboratory, he suddenly reacted.

"wrong!"

His reaction immediately shocked everyone.

Zhao Shuo asked nervously.

"what happened?"

"I haven't finished beating the boss yet! Pull me back quickly, I can't let my teammates down—"

Everyone was stunned when they heard what Ikari Fumihiko said.

Seeing everyone in a daze, he jumped up from the bed, returned to the virtual cabin and turned on the power.

"After I defeat this dungeon boss, I will log out of the game, ten minutes at most."

After saying this, without waiting for anyone to react, he activated the connection program.

People returned to the game.

I received a message immediately.

[Boss, where are you? ? ]

【Disconnected.】

[Did you disconnect because you were hungry? ? I also disconnected once before because I played for too long and triggered the protection mechanism. We can deal with the small boss. You'd better eat something and take a rest. We will wait for you in the small boss room. Don't disconnect again when you fight the big boss in the dungeon. If that happens, the whole team will be wiped out. ]

[It's okay, the battle will be resolved within ten minutes. ]

Fumihiko Ikari quickly returned to the dungeon and entered the last room of the dungeon with the team.

It finally took half an hour to kill the boss.

After picking up the dropped items, he was about to exit the dungeon and log out of the game, but at this moment he received a message.

It was sent by Ritsuko Akagi.

【exist? 】

[Yes, what's wrong? ]

After receiving the reply from Ikari Fumihiko, Akagi Ritsuko was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that the communication system had returned to normal.

She had a lot to say when she couldn't get in touch, but now she doesn't know what to say.

【nothing. 】

When Ikari Fumihiko saw this sentence, he knew something was wrong and asked a question in return.

【If you have something to say, don’t waste time. 】

He subconsciously took a look at Akagi Ritsuko's character information and was surprised to find that she was almost level 30. He reacted immediately.

[Did you encounter any monsters that you couldn't defeat? If so, hurry up and tell me your location. I'm waiting to log off and eat! ]

Seeing this news, Ritsuko Akagi breathed a sigh of relief and replied unhappily.

[You still know how to eat offline! ? ]

After hearing this, Fumihiko Ikari still didn't realize what was happening.

[If you have something to say, please tell me quickly. If not, I will leave. ]

【fine. 】

【Then I'm offline. 】

【Oh. 】

Ritsuko Akagi didn't want to say it, and Fumihiko Ikari didn't indulge her and directly logged out of the game.

Zhao Shuo breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ikari Fumihiko had gone offline. He was really worried that Ikari Fumihiko would repeat the scene of not wanting to go offline again.

Ikari Fumihiko cooperated with the test, then filled his stomach and returned to the control room.

He didn't care about any progress in Naoko Akagi's research, but wanted to log into the game quickly and use the script to level up.

After he had finished leveling up, he asked Naoko Akagi a question.

"Did anything happen during this time?"

Naoko Akagi did not explain, but called up the background data code.

"See for yourself."

Fumihiko Ikari took a look at the background data code and didn't care at first, but after a deeper understanding, he was stunned where he was.

Why are there so many... unknown errors! ?

He was stunned for a moment and then came to his senses.

No way? How much do I not want to be disturbed while playing games? It has even reached the point where my subconscious mind affects my dream program.

How much is this...

It's a bit exaggerated!

All right--

Others didn't know, so how could he not know? He just didn't want to be disturbed while playing games. Obviously, he couldn't do it to such an exaggerated degree. The reason why he had such thoughts before was that he didn't want to admit that he was escaping. No, it should be said that he was whitewashing his behavior of escaping reality by playing games.

Or in other words...

He wanted to escape from this world that constantly put heavy pressure on him.

Putting away these messy thoughts in his mind, he sighed secretly in his heart. During this week, in addition to enjoying himself in the game, he also thought about some realistic things.

Especially in the first one or two days, an idea even popped into my mind.

People have realized that they are just frauds who have gained fame and have no real skills, so they have given up on themselves... That's why no one has cut off the Internet.

Later, all these distracting thoughts disappeared and only enjoyment remained.

Completely forgetting the reality.

After closing the background data, he couldn't help but ask himself a question.

If there is no power-off forced exit solution, will it wake up on its own? ?

The answer is obvious…

will not.

He would always sink into the beautiful dream compiled by the dream program and would not want to wake up. It was not because he did not care about things in reality, but because he always had an idea in his heart... In reality, there was not much difference between him and not having him. As long as Ikari Gendo, Ikari Shinji, and Ayanami Rei existed, no matter how bad the situation was, human civilization would not be extinct. At most, it would be the same as the original work...

The world restarts!

And he will sink into a beautiful dream and face the final judgment of fate with the easiest life trajectory.

No, I should say...

Life or death meant little to him.

Because the world was restarted, it was natural for him to continue to exist, needless to say. If his mistake was fixed in the restart, he would not feel any pain. After all, he had been staying in the game all the time, and he certainly didn't know what was happening in the outside world. In this way, he would not be afraid of his own life and death when the Third Impact occurred.

Simply put, death came too suddenly and he would die peacefully.

It's like in the virtual game, besides raising gods, nerv also gave it another mission.

refuge.

However, this shelter is somewhat special. It is not for protecting lives, but for protecting souls.

It provides a safe haven for ordinary humans when they are panicked and desperate when the apostles attack.

Seeing him finish reading the background data, Naoko Akagi spoke.

"Want to give it a try?"

Fumihiko Ikari was somewhat unable to keep up with Naoko Akagi's train of thought.

"Try what?"

"Become the pilot of the Type 02 prototype."

Ikari Fumihiko refused without even thinking about it.

"I can not."

Naoko Akagi did not say anything else, and automatically understood Ikari Fumihiko's words "I can't" as "the time is not right yet."

Fumihiko Ikari didn't want to continue on this topic, so he changed the subject.

"How's it going? Have you achieved anything?"

Naoko Akagi shook her head.

"No progress. Although the biological brain has absorbed a large amount of LCL during this period, and the program has been iterated again and again, the essence has not changed at all. I suspect this is the limit that a life form like "He" can achieve."