I participated in the development of EVA

"it is good."

Although I haven't had much to think about these two days, it's not that there has been no progress at all.

Naoko Akagi proposed a hypothesis.

It has been delayed until now only because Fumihiko Ikari wanted the internal test to be completed smoothly.

Naoko Akagi went to the laboratory, lay in the simulation cabin, and connected to the dream.

The originally bustling virtual game dream, because of the end of the internal beta test, seemed to have stopped in time and was frozen at the moment before the player went offline.

Once Naoko Akagi was ready, Fumihiko Ikari activated the virtual driving system.

His eyes were fixed on the Type 02 prototype.

however……

The previous tremors and flickers did not appear, as if everything Ikari Fumihiko observed last time was an illusion.

Zhao Shuo showed a suspicious look.

Fumihiko Ikari looked calm as he waited for Naoko Akagi to report the situation.

Not long after, Naoko Akagi's voice came from the headset.

"It is true. If you want to condense spirit particles, you need the participation of players... Now the spirit particles have lost their activity, and the previously condensed spirit particles have dispersed."

After his guess was proven, Ikari Fumihiko frowned.

"This is really bad news."

Akagi Naoko nodded in agreement.

“It’s really bad.”

The reason why the two felt that this news was bad was naturally because if they wanted the Type 02 prototype to enter that state again, there must be enough players participating online.

If any accident happens during the experiment, it will be equivalent to helping Seele complete the human completion plan.

Although it will not turn all human beings into orange juice, there will be a loss of hundreds of millions of people.

Fumihiko Ikari had that feeling again.

Seele proposed the plan of artificial god through Nerv's mouth.

"Do you want to continue?"

Naoko Akagi said this with a heavy tone, and she was obviously aware of what would happen if an accident occurred if the experiment continued.

Ikari Fumihiko didn't say anything, just looked at Zhao Shuo.

It was obvious that he couldn't make up his mind at this time.

There was no way. The responsibility for this decision was too great. He didn't want to take on this responsibility, and it would also easily arouse suspicion, so he decided to pass the ball to the top management of NERV.

Zhao Shuo understood Ikari Fumihiko's thoughts and immediately reported the situation to his superiors.

This time, the top management of NERV did not give an immediate response.

Fumihiko Ikari and Naoko Akagi waited in vain, focusing their attention on the strange symbols generated by the evolution program.

Until three days later.

NERV still failed to give a reply, but only notified Fumihiko Ikari and Naoko Akagi to hold a meeting.

Ikari Fumihiko looked at the notice and was a little surprised.

"This meeting was actually held in a dream program!?"

The same is true for Naoko Akagi.

“Isn’t video conferencing more convenient?”

Fumihiko Ikari also couldn't understand why the top management of NERV chose to hold this meeting in the dream program.

Despite their doubts, the two still lay down in the virtual cabin and entered the dream of monster invasion.

As soon as their figures appeared in the huge conference hall, there was a strong tremor all around. The whole conference hall was shaking and the two of them almost fell down. This sudden change made the two of them a little confused. They were relieved when they saw the picture displayed on the big screen in the conference hall... The apostle's conceptual body was hit by an N2 mine, and the tremor just now was caused by the high-yield N2 mine.

18:49:54

561. Boomerang

The two sat down in their respective seats.

The three representatives did not speak, but just stared at the big screen in silence. Naturally, Fumihiko Ikari and Naoko Akagi could only watch the exercise together.

The high-yield N2 mine made a loud noise when it was triggered, but it did not cause any substantial damage to the Apostle's conceptual body.

No one in the crowd was surprised by this.

Because according to the design of the exercise regulations, humans cannot predict the whereabouts of the apostles in advance, and can only observe the apostles after they appear. This means that when the apostle concept appears, it takes time for the emergency forces to be dispatched and the defense lines to be arranged. In addition, the distance between the battlefield and the city must be considered...

Otherwise, the equivalent of the N2 mine is too large and will cause damage to the city before the apostles.

The army is to protect the city, not compete with the apostles in hunting humans.

Therefore, the situation of the n2 mine became awkward. It could only be used to delay the apostles' progress and could not be used as a main combat weapon.

At this time, missiles were launched into the air.

Fumihiko Ikari, who hadn't paid attention to the exercises for a long time, was a little confused, because these missiles were not equipped with explosive warheads, but something like high-frequency vibration daggers.

Can a high-frequency vibration dagger be used as a missile?

Uh……

Theoretically, there is no problem. This situation did not occur in the original book because Seele blocked the relevant technology and forcibly bound the weapons and equipment that could pose a threat to the apostles to EVA.

Unlike Ikari Fumihiko who was very surprised, Akagi Naoko was very calm in the face of this situation. The reason for this was mainly because Ikari Fumihiko had read the original work and subconsciously associated weapons and equipment such as high-frequency vibration daggers with EVA, while Akagi Naoko did not have such an impression and was not surprised by the appearance of high-frequency vibration missiles.

The apostle conception seemed to sense the threat posed by the high-frequency vibrating dagger, and when it tried to intercept it, beams of light lit up in the distance.

these are……

Eva is feinting with a positron rifle?

After a careful look, I didn't see EVA on the big screen.

However, the device that emitted the light was found. It was a set of bizarre heavy tanks equipped with positron "rifles".

At this moment, an idea popped into Fumihiko Ikari's mind.

Except for a few special apostles, this firepower is enough to deal with most of the apostles, right?! ?

It was at this time that larger caliber positron cannons were launched into the war.

Tsk tsk, this power...

This exercise should be over without EVA appearing.

He thought so.

However, a weird thing happened. The light seemed to pass directly through the mist, as if the apostle's conceptual body did not exist.

The rapid reaction force then launched a saturation attack, but these attacks, like the previous ones, penetrated through strangely without causing any damage to the apostle's concept body.

Is this a conceptual entity similar to the Night Angel, with spatial abilities? !

Before he could figure it out, the command center dispatched Unit 0 and Unit 2 to join the battle.

Asuka may have just joined the training exercise, eager to prove her ability with Unit 2, so she drew out her high-frequency vibration dagger and rushed towards the Angel Concept. However, her attack, like the previous missile and positron shooting, also passed through the Angel Concept in a very strange way.

Asuka was a little dazed when faced with the strange ability of the Apostle's conception.

The originally illusory concept of the apostle turned into a solid entity after being penetrated by Unit 02, and shot out a beam of energy almost at its face, directly piercing through the body of Unit 02.

It was just a lighting device, and Unit 2 was destroyed before it even had time to deploy its force field.

The only EVA left at the scene was Unit-0.

Ikari Fumihiko was even more confused.

Is this Uchiha Obito's Kamui Hollow?

The exercise training did not end there, the battle continued, and although Ayanami Rei absorbed Asuka's experience of defeat, she was ultimately defeated because she did not understand the abilities of the apostles.

The reason for this disastrous defeat was not due to the lack of EVA and weapons and equipment, but due to the lack of understanding of the enemy.

Because the apostle that appeared in this exercise training did not master any space-related abilities, but was a smaller apostle conception. He possessed abilities similar to mirages. In simple terms, he won the war by deceiving the visuals and creating an effect similar to Uchiha Obito's hollowing.

A number of 37 percent appeared on the big screen.

The representative of Goose Country spoke.

"This is an exercise to train humans and new constructs to win the first victory."

As he spoke, a series of bizarrely shaped conceptual entities and images of humanity's defeat quickly flashed across the big screen.

At this time, Fumihiko Ikari also realized the intention of the representatives of the Three Kingdoms to let them enter the dream of monster invasion.

The apostles are very powerful, and humans need a stronger force.

He really wanted to say that you guys think the apostles are too powerful, but after thinking about how the apostles in the original story were dealt with by Unit-01 going berserk, and how he couldn't explain the source of the information, he didn't say that.

The US representative also spoke.

"Minister Ikari, as you have always said, humans no longer have a choice."

The representative of Xia State also spoke.

"We must have stronger power. Only in this way can we ensure that mankind survives this catastrophe."

Ikari Fumihiko almost couldn't help himself.

You are sure that this is to allow human civilization to survive the invasion of the Apostles, not to make it more difficult for the Apostles.

Complaints are complaints, but he can actually understand it.

If he had not read the original work and did not know the true situation of the apostles, he would certainly be the same.

A sick desire for power.

The morbid desire has reached the point where the Earth will explode on the spot or fall directly into the sun after the defeat of mankind. This is not really a description, but...if mankind really has such strength and the situation really develops to that extent, there is no doubt that mankind will really do that.

Seeing that Fumihiko Ikari was silent.

The representatives of the three countries spoke again.

"After our previous discussions, we hope that you and Professor Akagi can find a controllable plan to complete the Artificial God Project."

Seeing that Ikari Fumihiko still didn't speak, the three of them said something in unison.

“Humanity no longer has a choice.”

This recurring boomerang made Ikari Fumihiko sigh helplessly, but he still wanted to struggle.

"If it's just a matter of the apostles' awareness, we can solve it by continuing the drills of monsters invading dreams."

This time it was not the representatives of the three countries who spoke, but Naoko Akagi.

"time."

Ikari Fumihiko was speechless. Which side are you on?

Naoko Akagi didn't notice that Fumihiko Ikari was speechless and continued speaking.

"Even if there is enough time to unleash the imagination of all mankind to complete the understanding of the apostles, we cannot rule out the existence of individuals among the apostles that are beyond the scope of all mankind's imagination."

18:50:49

562. Strange Knowledge Increased

After hearing this, Fumihiko Ikari actually understood that Naoko Akagi was just speaking the truth.

Even so, he still felt speechless.

Can you please stop backstabbing--

He was not against the subsequent research and development of artificial gods, nor was he worried that continued research and development would be exploited by Seele... When he first crossed over and faced this situation, he would be afraid to move forward, but now he understands that avoiding the problem will not solve the problem, and the best way to solve the problem is to solve it.

What makes him frustrated now is that others think they can solve the problem, but he really doesn't know how to solve it.

He gave up struggling and once again tried to shift the blame to the NERV executives.