I participated in the development of EVA

Naoko Akagi suddenly felt that the shackles on her body disappeared and she breathed a sigh of relief.

It took another two hours for Naoko Akagi to recover her strength before she could start the first simulation test of the Ladder Project.

"I'm ready."

After hearing what Naoko Akagi said, Fumihiko Ikari activated the relevant program.

Naoko Akagi slightly controlled the Type 02 prototype to walk out of the hangar, came to the flat ground outside, bent her knees, looked up at the sky, and then suddenly burst out with all her strength to leap into the sky... The Type 02 prototype jumped nearly meters, but the attempt to deploy the AT force field in the air in reverse as a pedal failed.

It's not that the AT force field cannot be deployed in reverse, but that Naoko Akagi reacted slowly.

The second time was successful.

However, when she was nearly 400 meters above the ground, Naoko Akagi fell due to lack of physical strength and unable to maintain the force field under her feet.

Fumihiko Ikari used system authority to create a parachute out of thin air for the Type 02 prototype, allowing it to avoid the fate of free fall.

Naoko Akagi reported the situation while breathing heavily.

“I’m not physically fit.”

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head.

"It must be the wrong direction. No one can accomplish it by doing it recklessly."

"How do you do that?"

Ikari Fumihiko did not reply immediately, but thought for a moment before speaking.

"If the force field is strong enough, try it literally."

Naoko Akagi didn't react at first, and it took her a while to understand the meaning of Fumihiko Ikari's words.

"You mean walking up step by step on the force field?"

"Yes, this can save energy, and at the same time, you can recover your energy in the force field when you are tired."

Just now, when he was looking at the Type 02 prototype standing high in the sky, Fumihiko Ikari thought of an anime called Bleach that he watched before traveling through time. The Grim Reaper in this anime possessed similar abilities.

Akagi Naoko nodded.

"I'll try after I recover."

"No rush. You'd better first get familiar with how to control the output of the force field and try to reduce your energy consumption from this."

"it is good."

After lunch break, Naoko Akagi started her second attempt only when her physical strength had almost recovered.

This time, Naoko Akagi followed Fumihiko Ikari's plan and tried to make the force field into steps. She walked towards the sky step by step, and each step could raise her to a height of about seven meters.

When they reached an altitude of 100 meters, Naoko Akagi reported excitedly.

“This plan is fine!”

Ikari Fumihiko was also happy, but then he frowned.

"It's just that the speed is a bit too slow. In addition, it's also difficult to maintain a stable power supply in this situation. We can't let the Type 02 prototype carry the fuel tank and generator, right? Uh... the temperature at high altitude is low, so this won't work..."

Perhaps influenced by his words, the Type 02 prototype fell directly from a height of meters.

After falling to the ground, Naoko Akagi seemed to have thought of something and her expression became excited.

"We chose the wrong direction..."

"Ok?"

Naoko Akagi's tone was filled with indescribable excitement.

"The method we used... did not fully utilize the characteristic of the force field being unaffected by gravity."

Ikari Fumihiko was still a little slow to react.

"Ok?"

Naoko Akagi continued to explain.

"If we deploy force fields in the opposite direction on all four sides of the Type 02 prototype, will this completely eliminate the effect of the earth's gravity on the body? In other words, we can use this method to build a special enclosed space, so that we can hide the mass of the Type 02 prototype itself."

Fumihiko Ikari was surprised by Naoko Akagi's idea.

"This can indeed hide the mass of the machine and make gravity ineffective, but have you ever thought about... how to deploy four force fields in opposite directions at the same time? And how to move them after deployment!?"

"Can't we use rocket propulsion?"

After hearing this, Fumihiko Ikari realized that Naoko Akagi still knew little about the AT force field.

"In that state, it is basically unaffected by external forces. The only thing the driver can do is control the soul matter to push the confined space upward."

Speaking of this, Fumihiko Ikari thought of the apostles who could fly in the original work.

They...

Isn't this the way to achieve flight? !

he added.

"However, such a confined space is not affected by the outside world, and there is no need to consider the weight issue. Instead, we can carry fuel and generators to solve the power supply problem."

Naoko Akagi was a person of action, so she tried it immediately. However, not only could she not deploy four reverse force fields at the same time to form a confined space as required, she couldn't even deploy two force fields at the same time, let alone the subsequent deployment of four reverse force fields and then controlling the confined space to fly out of the earth.

Even though her attempt failed, she did not give up, nor did she persist in this idea.

She tried to just deploy a force field in the opposite direction to lift the Type 02 prototype to fly, but... the Type 02 prototype was too heavy for her to move, and this still couldn't solve the power supply problem.

They continued to work hard until the evening, when Naoko Akagi and Fumihiko Ikari finally went to rest exhausted.

the next day.

Akagi Naoko spoke somewhat unwillingly.

"Would you like to try it?"

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head.

"You can't do it. If I were to do it, my success rate wouldn't be high either... Actually, there are some tricks."

"How to do it?"

“Borrow the power of players.”

"You mean to replicate the last experiment and gather the players' spiritual power to increase the power of the Type 02 prototype?"

"Ah."

Naoko Akagi frowned and shook her head.

"It is too risky to activate that state and cannot be used within the Earth until it is safe."

"Then just wait patiently until the biological brain experiment is over."

"If everything goes well, the demonstration cycle will be calculated in years. After the biological brain experiment, we also need to consider how to send the Type 02 prototype to outer space... At that time, the easiest thing to do is to cultivate the body in the space station and carry out relevant modifications. This will also require the modification of the space station..."

Having said that, Naoko Akagi let out a long sigh.

"…Do I really have that much time left?!"

Without waiting for Ikari Fumihiko to say anything, she spoke again, "It would be great if we had more high-purity Longinus Metal. Then we could set up two test machines, one to be sent into outer space to conduct experiments step by step, and the other to stay on the ground. In case of an accident, the test machine on the ground can be used as a backup."

Zhao Shuo, who had been silent all this time, now spoke with a serious expression.

"Professor Akagi, I will report your request to the higher-ups."

Fumihiko Ikari and Naoko Akagi did not hold out much hope for this.

It has been so long, and now Nerv can't even get regular Longinus Metal. Even if they want to remove some high-purity Longinus Metal from the second apostle Lilith, they don't have enough regular Longinus Metal to make another test machine. They can't remove it from Unit-01, right? ?

18:52:00

567. Everyone has their own demands

Unlike the original novel, is the NERV now actually controlled by the United Nations strong? How can it not be strong when it gathers the power of the world? It is not an exaggeration to say that this is a microcosm of the Earth Federation.

However, when it comes to apostolic affairs, Nerv’s situation is very embarrassing.

Although they have a wealth of talent and control the world, they do not have core technology in the field of Apostle Technology, which determines the future of mankind.

The Longinus Metal needed to manufacture and repair EVA is stuck in Seele's hands, and the supercomputer of the Three Sages System is controlled by him and Naoko Akagi. Nerv only has the right to use it but not the right to control it. The biggest trump card in his hand is the huge force that gathers the world's elites all over the world, but it is difficult to really play a role.

The real controller of Seele, the members of the Human Complementary Neighborhood Committee, are all hiding behind the scenes, with only a few spokespersons in the open. There is little point in moving them, and if you want to follow the clues, it's as if Seele doesn't exist and there's no movement at all.

He and Naoko Akagi were researching whether humans could resolve the Apostle Crisis, so they dared not take any action. They could only find ways to impose checks and balances without affecting the overall situation.

All I can say is that nerv’s current situation is… they have the power but nowhere to use it.

Ikari Fumihiko put these thoughts in his mind.

Zhao Shuo also received a reply from the NERV executives and said something with a happy face.

"There is a solution up there."

"What plan?"

"Not long ago, Seele delivered the first order of Longinus Metal."

When Naoko Akagi heard this, a look of joy appeared on her face.

Fumihiko Ikari thought this was a bit too coincidental.

wrong!

It should be said that nerv was underestimated.

Nerv may have already reached some cooperation with Seele, but he didn't know it... No! It should be said that he deliberately concealed it from himself. Nerv may not be short of Longinus Metal, but deliberately created this sign of shortage to show weakness to himself. In fact, he has been secretly developing EVA.

The reason why it was research and development instead of production was that he felt that Seele had always suspected that he had arranged some backup plan in the neural connection device.

Therefore, when both parties secretly manufacture EVA, they will definitely develop a new generation of EVA in order to bypass the neural connection device.

If Naoko Akagi had not suddenly proposed to manufacture two Type 02 prototypes, these clues would not have been discovered.

He was somewhat confused as these thoughts flashed through his mind.

Wait!

I am in the same group with Nerv, right? And I have already warned Nerv so many times before, saying that Seele is not a good guy, why did Nerv still get together with Seele? He thinks Seele is not a threat... No! He must have thought that he was a bigger threat, so he chose to conspire with Seele.

Even the two sides walked together, it was probably because Nerv had always regarded Seele as a danger that gave him the idea of ​​borrowing strength.

Still not right...

Nerv is not about getting close to one side, but about taking advantage of both sides to strengthen itself.

Thinking of this, he sighed inwardly.

He was surprised, but also not surprised.

This is how human beings are... everyone has their own interests.

Seele wants to complete the human instrumentality plan, and Nerv wants to resolve the apostle crisis while fighting for the right to speak. Although he has no intention of fighting for power, others don't think so.

He even thought that after the external crises like him and the apostles were gone...

Nerv was torn apart and internal strife began.

"Minister Ikari?"

Seeing that Ikari Fumihiko remained silent for a long time, Zhao Shuo couldn't help but ask a question.

After being disturbed, Fumihiko Ikari came back to his senses.

"what's up?"

"The higher-ups asked you to make a detailed list so they can allocate the shares of this batch of Longinus Metal."

Ikari Fumihiko looked at Akagi Naoko.

"You handle this matter."

Naoko Akagi saw that Fumihiko Ikari was thinking about something and nodded in agreement.

"it is good."

No one disturbed him, and Fumihiko Ikari couldn't help but say it in his heart.

bother.