Me and countless me.

Chapter 589 My Earth
Ultraman's eyes are super eyes, capable of seeing the entire world in an instant, and even recalling past events by observing the movement of particles.

Ultraman's nose is a super nose, which can help his eyes find all traces and the flow of particles.

Everything about Ultraman is super.

Even Ultraman's... are super!

"What have you done..."

Seeing that apart from the crater where the N2 mine exploded, the rest of the area was completely unharmed, and seeing the attack that flew into the sky, Gendo Ikari asked a question.

He couldn't understand the situation before him, because the N2 mines couldn't possibly have caused so little damage, and even the previous bullet barrage and rocket bombardment couldn't have resulted in only a tiny bit of damage.

But the result was that the people around, and even the ground, did not suffer much damage!
What kind of power is this?
Is this a dream?

Gendo Ikari instinctively wanted to escape reality, but the pain in his body made him realize that this was not his dream, but the reality he was seeing.

The son, whom she had always treated as a tool, had acquired powers that were not human and had completely transformed into another life form.

In Gendo Ikari's eyes, Li Ke was radiating a light that was so dazzling that it made people turn away, and he shouldn't be equated with human life at all.

"Kill all those who want to take humanity with them to their deaths, those who seek personal immortality. As for you, Gendo Ikari... Shinji Ikari is dead. From now on, if you continue to hinder me, I will kill you without hesitation. Be thankful, the only reason I haven't killed you is because you still paid to raise me, and also because I didn't want to kill my father with my own hands. However, Yui Ikari will no longer see you, nor will she ever meet you again."

After Li Ke finished speaking, he strode towards the interior of the base.

The reason he didn't kill Gendo Ikari was simple: Gendo's obsession was to see Yui Ikari again, who was his mother in this life. Everything else was irrelevant. Rather than killing him and making him feel that his soul could see Yui Ikari, it was better to let him live, even though he could never see his mother.

Furthermore, it would be quite difficult to bring Yui out of Unit-01. It would require Yui to still have some attachment to this world. However, the problem is that Yui's mental state is somewhat abnormal. At this moment, she doesn't care about Gendo at all, but is wholeheartedly devoted to Shinji Ikari.

In other words, if he doesn't encounter danger or need the other person to be present, then the other person will absolutely not want to come back.

Although he could forcefully bring Yui back with some time, doing so would weaken her for a while. If possible, he still hoped that Yui could come back on her own.

Therefore, he planned to use Gendo Ikari's hatred for him to make Yui Ikari show up on his own in order to prove his words.

As for why he felt so relieved to kill those involved in the Human Instrumentality Project, it was because he was too lazy to deal with these things back and forth, so he just killed them all in one go.

He had already considered this beforehand: if he hesitated and let these clowns continue to perform their antics in stopping the world-destroying plot, it would be an insult to his power!
While there will certainly be people who want to cause trouble after learning the truth, that will be in the future, and the harm will not be too great.

"What do you mean?! You mean Yui Ikari abandoned me?! Is that what you mean?! Impossible! You're not even human! I refuse to accept what you're saying, Yui Ikari is mine! She loves me! She could never abandon me!"

With the apostle's infant form embedded in his hand, Gendo Ikari, who wanted to become the Adam of the new world and come to the new world with Yui Ikari as Eve, roared and struggled to pull out his pistol, aimed it at Li Ke's back, and pulled the trigger once again at his son.

This time, Li Ke was completely unprepared and unsuspecting, but the moment Gendo Ikari fired his gun, Li Ke smiled.

Gendo Ikari pulled the trigger without hesitation, and the next moment, a giant hand burst out of the earth and grabbed Li Ke in its palm. Then, accompanied by the light of the AT field, a giant humanoid wearing purple armor burst out of the earth amidst the trembling of the earth and the light of countless AT fields, and stood on the earth!
The form of this giant mecha is the body that houses Yui Ikari's soul, an artificial Angel named EVA!
The massive Unit-01 extended its hand, revealing Li Ke standing inside. This allowed Li Ke to look down at Gendo Ikari, who was lying on the ground, but her eyes didn't even glance at him, because at this moment, her heart and eyes only had Li Ke in them.

Ikari Yuantang?
We're really not that close.

Whether it was Gendo Ikari's indifference towards Li Ke, his scheming against Li Ke for the sake of his plan, his even planning to brainwash his own son so that he could pilot Unit-01, or his actions of completely disregarding the lives of all humanity in order to see her again, all of these had caused Yui Ikari to completely lose all interest and hope in Gendo Ikari and to have no feelings for him whatsoever.

However, Li Ke's consideration for her feelings and his decision not to kill Gendo Ikari herself made her extremely happy, and she desperately wanted Li Ke back into her body—

Piloting Unit-01.

That's right. At this moment, Unit-01 was basically her body, and the fluid that the pilot needed to pilot the EVA was similar to amniotic fluid. So when she saw Gendo Ikari shooting at Li Ke and being bombarded by the enemy with N2 mines, her first reaction was to rush out to protect Li Ke and put Li Ke back into her body.

Yui Ikari doesn't care how powerful Li Ke is, nor does she care that he can protect not only her but also the ants on the ground. She only knows that she can protect her child. In fact, to ensure that her child can continue to be protected in the new world, all her clones, 'Rei,' are born with a fondness for Li Ke! They can become the best partners, companions, and protectors in the new world.

Yes, Li Ke was right. Yui Ikari's mental state is somewhat problematic.

Therefore, Li Ke refused to directly enter Unit-01's body. Instead, he looked at Gendo Ikari on the ground, watching him kneel down, looking incredulously at the Titan protecting him, Yui Ikari.

"only……"

Gendo Ikari slowly uttered his wife's name, finally attracting Yui Ikari's attention. The massive Unit-01 lowered its head, looked at its former husband, and then slowly extended its hand.

Upon seeing this, Gendo Ikari's face lit up with joy, and he instinctively reached out to touch his wife. The enormous and ferocious Unit-01 in front of him transformed into Yui Ikari, radiating light.

But the next moment, the intense pain brought the illusion to an end. The powerful AT field pressed him firmly to the ground. Unit-01's fingers, clad in restraint armor, pressed him to the ground through the AT field, causing his bones and internal organs to groan under the strain.

At this moment, Gendo Ikari was utterly desperate and completely collapsed!
"This can't be! This can't be! Wei! Wei!! Don't abandon me!!"

However, Gendo Ikari's life came to an abrupt end at this moment, because the instant he called out Yui Ikari's name, his body was suddenly pressed down by Unit-01's fingers, and his flesh and blood burst out. The enormous force directly turned him into a blood mixture that was less than a millimeter tall.

After doing all this, Unit-01 reached out its hand and placed Li Ke on the ground. Then the light in its eyes disappeared, and it stopped moving.

The people present had just recovered from the shock of the N2 mine explosion and the surprise of being alive when they witnessed this scene. The soldiers did not know whether they should continue aiming at Li Ke or run away. Everything was beyond their ability to handle—especially the fact that Gendo Ikari could detonate the N2 mine instantly, which made them feel deceived and betrayed.

Normally, detonating an N2 landmine requires a lot of procedures and can only be done when things are beyond repair. The reason this was prepared for Li Ke is solely because he defeated the Apostle, and everyone present was prepared to die to stop him. Therefore, the restrictions were lifted.

However, this is not how the restrictions should be lifted. After all, most people feel that there are other ways to attack that can be tried, instead of things ending up like this.

However, the sudden appearance of Unit-01 made them feel increasingly aware of how little they knew and completely unable to understand what had happened.

However, Li Ke stepped down from Unit-01's palm, glanced back at Yui Ikari inside Unit-01, and saw her smiling and waving at him, feeling somewhat helpless.

Yui Ikari was unwilling to leave Unit-01's body for a very simple reason: she felt that Ultraman's power was unsafe, and that there were extraterrestrial life forms that had created these Angels. Therefore, she wanted to stay inside Unit-01 to understand these things in Li Ke's place and to give Li Ke power.

After all, without her, anyone could pilot Unit-01, and it would no longer be the greatest gift she could give her child as a mother. This would make her feel lost and useless.

On the contrary, inside Unit-01, she believed her powers would still be useful to Li Ke, and most importantly—

“NERV is just a front man. Although Shinji, you killed most of the Planners, there are still people that Gendo Ikari doesn’t know about. Moreover, the rest of humanity will never give up their research on the Angels. Mom can provide cover and infiltration operations for you here. And the other Angels will not give up their efforts to get closer to Lilith below. Besides, Mom really wants to fight alongside Shinji! If you try to take Mom out of here, I’ll be angry.”

Ikari's words left Li Ke, her son, feeling helpless. Looking at this woman who had just killed her husband with her own hands but was still smiling and in a good mood, he realized once again that his mother's mental state was not normal.

He felt that even if he wanted to do something immoral to the other person, they would happily agree...

This is so flawed!
"That's why I don't like watching EVA; it's practically a social gathering for people with psychological trauma."

Li Ke complained, but the biggest reason why Yui Ikari was unwilling to come out was that she wanted to fight alongside him. After all, if she came out, she would lose the power of Unit-01.

"What a troublesome guy."

At this point, Li Ke suddenly looked up at the sky. In his eyes, dozens of nuclear missiles were launched towards him without warning. It was clear that some regimes did not want him, a person capable of shattering stars, to continue to exist on Earth.

After all, compared to the apostles whose weapons could at least offer some benefit, his existence was far more terrifying.

And so, the nuclear bomb arrived.

He sighed, and the next moment, a voice arose in the minds of all those in power involved in this matter.

"How rude."

A massive surge of psychic power erupted, instantly hurling the nuclear bombs into outer space. At the same time, Li Ke clenched his fist towards the stars in the sky.

And so, under the godlike gaze of countless astronomy enthusiasts, the stars in the Milky Way suddenly shone with dazzling light, and then each star transformed into a line of text.

That's so rude.

This is not just about moving planets and stars, but also about forcibly accelerating the speed at which starlight reaches Earth. This terrifying power is just the tip of the iceberg of Ultraman's power!
Thus, even the most die-hard Earthists, humanists, and even those remaining who were connected to the Human Instrumentality Project, lost all will to resist at this moment.

Because it's pointless; against an adversary capable of moving galaxies, humanity's defeat is inevitable.

However, this was not the end, because the next moment, Li Ke slightly used his superpower, and countless dignitaries appeared in front of him, including leaders from the other side of the earth and leaders of many long-established powerful countries.

They gathered together, staring in disbelief at Unit-01 and Li Ke, completely unable to comprehend what had happened.

Li Ke, smiling, sat on the hand of Unit-01, looking at the panicked commanders, and extended his hand.

"I hope everyone can protect the Earth well. After all, I am also a life born on this planet and its master. As for the damage and pollution caused by the Angels, I will use the power of Ultraman to solve it. But in return, you must stop all wars and scheming against each other, and spare no effort to improve productivity and the welfare of the masses. However, speaking of which... I have one more small request."

Li Ke grasped Unit-01's thumb, feeling its icy temperature, and thought of Yui Ikari's thoughts as his mother, and sighed helplessly.

"Continue with NERV's plan, with me and other eligible individuals piloting EVAs to fight the incoming Angels. However, we won't need to use human lives to fill the gaps left by the Angels; we can use drones instead. I will provide advanced drone and chip technology, as well as a large amount of minerals from space, in exchange."

The world of EVA is very tragic. Once the Angels meet certain conditions, they can directly trigger a disaster called the Shock, which has already happened once.

That impact caused the Antarctic glaciers to melt, the geomagnetic field and the Earth's axis to shift, climate change to occur, and the seawater to be polluted. Half of the world's population died as a result, and the economy was stagnant. That's why Li Ke made his previous demands.

He wants the world to focus on developing its productive forces so that people in the world can have an easier time.

And the final requirement...

It was just to satisfy Yui Ikari's little whims.

The leaders of various countries looked at each other in bewilderment, only to see Li Ke jump off the finger of Unit-01 and walk towards Misato Katsuragi.

Then, as Li Ke helped Katsuragi Misato up, his emotions in turmoil, he smiled at these people again.

"So please everyone, behave well and don't let the Earth become..."

"My Earth."

(End of this chapter)