I participated in the development of EVA

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but curse inwardly.

Damn, these old silver coins are really troublesome!

20:28:01

687. Attack

At this moment, Fumihiko Ikari once again had the idea of ​​pumping water.

But he immediately gave up.

Doing this is really time-consuming and laborious, and the space elevator has already been built, so why bother competing with Seele?

Wouldn't it be more interesting to just arrange for all of humanity to go to outer space and just watch Seele perform monkey tricks on a desolate Earth?

No matter how powerful the third impact is, it will only affect the earth.

And just then...

[The flesh-and-blood drone transporting the fish-shaped EVA was attacked. 】

The three wise men's brains played a video while reporting the news.

The unmanned armored vehicle was driving on the road when it was suddenly attacked by a rocket and its power system was destroyed.

Then fully armed personnel rushed out from the wilderness nearby, violently broke open the car door, and destroyed the surveillance camera inside the car. At the moment before the picture disappeared, only these people could be seen spraying a special liquid into the armored vehicle. The moment the picture was lost, it switched to the drone perspective.

The fish-shaped EVA's flesh and blood suddenly collapsed under the spray of this special liquid and turned into a pool of orange-yellow liquid.

[Based on the analysis of known database data, this liquid should be EVA, or the gastric juice of the apostles. ]

Ikari Fumihiko's judgment is the same as the three wise men's brains.

According to his research, the reason why EVA's flesh and blood could be dissolved was not related to EVA's own AT force field, but to EVA's gastric juice.

As for the principle behind it, he studied it but failed to figure it out.

However, through the contact experiment with the AT force field, it is found that there is no anti-AT force field force in the gastric juice, which means that the phenomenon of EVA's flesh and blood collapsing into LCL has nothing to do with the anti-AT force field.

It was because of this that he did not continue studying EVA's gastric juice.

Of course, the main reason for giving up the research is that it takes a long time for gastric juice to destroy the EVA's flesh and blood structure, and the current equipment is not accurate enough, so the specific reason cannot be found.

While he was thinking, the drone was destroyed by the group using special weapons.

[According to analysis, they should have used some kind of laser weapon to destroy the drone.]

He didn't care about the losses, but asked a question in return.

"What's the situation on other routes now?"

[No attacks yet.]

"That's fine."

Looking at the blank screen, he couldn't help but speak.

"The current Skynet system is still too weak."

[Due to the limited number of facilities, the Skynet system is not able to adequately monitor areas outside the city.]

Just as the three sages' brains had said, the reason why the Skynet system's monitoring of areas outside the city was insufficient was because there were too few equipment, or in other words, insufficient funds.

no way……

Although the land area of ​​the earth is only 29%, it is just a small number. It is almost impossible to monitor the entire land of the earth by relying solely on reconnaissance drones. Unless the sky elevator is built to obtain resources from outer space, it can only be used with satellites to build a field monitoring system.

By the time other drones arrived at the scene, the group of people had disappeared.

Following the remaining traces at the scene, the final clue was found at the outlet of the city's sewer pipe.

[These people entered the Second New Tokyo City through the sewer system. ]

Ikari Fumihiko frowned.

It's not because I lost track of these people, but because I can't understand why Seele did this.

Not letting me get biological samples?

It should not be.

They should know that I can't put all my eggs in one basket. Attacking just this one route would be meaningless except to let me know that they have such a group of people on the island.

Because of the powerful activity of EVA cells, a large number of cells can be cultured with just a small sample.

【Want to launch an investigation? 】

"Randomly check if there are any people in the Second New Tokyo who have not logged into the virtual game during this period of time."

[Twenty-seven point three-five percent of people have not logged into virtual games.]

Hearing this unexpected data, Fumihiko Ikari thought of the scene when he and Makise Kurisu were strolling in the dream city.

At that time, Makise Kurisu said that there was a trend of thought that called on people to live in reality.

wrong……

According to Seele's style, he would not take the initiative to do such a thing, which means that Seele is just using this trend of thought to hide himself.

[The vast majority of these people are students.]

"What about deducting these people?"

[There are still 7.3 percent of people. ]

"Nearly 80,000 people?"

[Yes, these people hardly use dream programs in their daily lives, and 16,000 of them have the habit of exercising for a long time.]

Ikari Fumihiko didn't react at first, but after thinking about it for a while he finally understood.

Those people carried a large amount of weapons and equipment, and ordinary people simply could not have such physical fitness without long-term training.

[According to medical examination records, these people did not have any signs of military training.]

Physical exercise is different from military training.

The former will act within their ability and will basically not get hurt, but for the latter, getting hurt is normal and inevitable, and the latter will also undergo firearms training that the former cannot access.

"So, those people are students?"

[In the students' experience reports, there were no personnel with military training. They may have secret bases in the city.]

"Investigate whether there are any abnormalities in water, electricity, and food."

【No related abnormalities were detected. 】

After hearing this answer, Ikari Fumihiko understood.

That group of people may have used medical means to eliminate the traces of training, which is why they concealed it from medical records.

"How many people were not under the surveillance of the Skynet system during their operation?"

[Including students, there are nearly 100,000 people who are not under the surveillance of the Skynet system. Excluding students, there are 35,000 people.]

Ikari Fumihiko felt a little confused at this time, but he reacted immediately.

“How many of them fit the body type?”

[There are about 800 people with similar body shapes who were not monitored by the Skynet system during that period, and 365 of them have the habit of exercising for a long time.]

The scope has been narrowed down from millions of people to more than 300 people, which seems to be very close to the truth, but in fact it is meaningless.

At this time, Fumihiko Ikari also thought of the purpose of Seele's action.

Maybe he wants to create conflicts, or fabricate false cases to drive public opinion against Skynet. Although this won't destroy Skynet, it can cause him some trouble. Of course, it's also possible that someone wants to further intensify the conflict between him and Seele in this way.

Thinking of this, he decided not to continue investigating to avoid falling into someone else's trap.

Of course, this does not mean that the problem can be left alone.

"Propose to the authorities to abolish the school, transfer all teaching to the dream program, and increase the monitoring of these people."

【Yes. 】

20:28:13

688. Embarrassing, the whole village lost internet after the update in the morning, and it took a whole day to get it back online.

Fumihiko Ikari didn't take this matter seriously. Apart from avoiding falling into other people's traps, he also knew it in his heart.

Whether this action was done by Seele, since the other party dared to do this, it means that the other party has been prepared.

Even if we catch the person, we won't get any important information.

There were no accidents on other routes.

The fish-shaped EVA sample was safely delivered to the research institute and then thrown into the incubator.

After losing a fish-shaped EVA, Seele did not stop and appeared again to blockade the sea of ​​Japan.

[Another cargo ship was attacked, and various countries temporarily closed the sea trade with Japan. ]

Fumihiko Ikari was not surprised by this.

After the Second Impact, there were not many ocean-going cargo ships left in the world. In the early days after the Second Impact, countries did not need maritime trade. During the NERV period, countries also focused their energy on dealing with the Apostle Crisis. It was not until Fumihiko Ikari took over NERV and provided almost unlimited energy that all industries, including the shipbuilding industry, had the soil for recovery.

“How many cargo ships are there in the world now?”

【Four hundred and three ships.】

This number may seem large, but in fact it is not enough for the world, so naturally the remaining cargo ships will not be used to fill the bottomless pit of Japan.

"What about air transport?"

【Additional fees are required.】

Ikari Fumihiko thought about it for a moment.

Air freight costs are high and the cargo volume is not as good as sea freight.

But what he cares about now is not the shipping cost, but whether Seele has blocked air transportation.

"Let them transport some resources here first to see the situation. If air transport is possible, we will build a batch of airships."

[No aircraft has been attacked so far.]

"Let's test it out first."

【Yes. 】

Not long after the order was issued, a transport plane loaded with supplies took off from the airport in Goose Country and flew towards Japan, with satellite follow-up throughout the journey.

[The transport plane was attacked and the signal was lost. ]

A video was played while the report was being broadcast.

The transport plane flying above the clouds was attacked by a red beam the next moment.

"Is it the material throwing attack used by the humanoid apostle last time?"

【Data missing, cannot be determined.】

Ikari Fumihiko frowned and thought.

He was not surprised that the air transport was attacked, but he couldn't understand how Seele obtained the information.

Did someone give Seele the information, or did Seele collect the information himself?

The possibilities on both sides are not low.

Moreover, neither the former nor the latter is easy to handle.

"Change the location of the space elevator?"

[The space elevator's own defense capabilities cannot withstand multiple material drops. ]

"Then let's study the fish-shaped EVA sample first."

Fumihiko Ikari sighed and prepared to find a breakthrough point on the fish-shaped EVA.

Sufficient LCL liquid allows the sample to grow rapidly, but this speed is only relative. Compared with the huge size of the fish-shaped EVA, it seems a bit slow.

He did not extract samples, but instead connected to NERV's research institute in Goose Country through the Skynet system.