I participated in the development of EVA

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After thinking for a while, he spoke.

"Just the image of Makise Kurisu."

[Image loading...]

In just a moment, the figure of Makise Kurisu appeared on the big screen.

【Please confirm the name.】

"Makise Kurisu, assistant."

【Command loaded successfully.】

The sample of the first apostle has just been delivered, and it will take about a week to cultivate the body.

Fumihiko Ikari was not going to waste this time.

He originally wanted to study how to create the Adam embryo like in the original book, to use as bait to lure out the apostles, but gave up after analyzing the biological sample of the first apostle. He already had a lot of biological knowledge in his mind, but... research related to the apostles was really beyond the scope of modern biology.

That was why he did not expose his ignorance when he first traveled through time.

Instead, he made himself a big name in the field of apostle research by relying on his random analysis of the original work.

Since he couldn't research the Adam embryo, he could only focus on the Hyacinth project.

Fuyutsuki Kozo, Dr. Ito and many psychologists are still at a loss as the entire project is stuck. The only change that surprised him in the entire Hyacinth project team is that Dr. Ito has bred a offspring with the help of modern technology and takes the offspring with him almost no matter what he does.

Out of curiosity, he did a little more research and uncovered something that made him feel heavy.

According to the current technological development, the population dividend has no longer been realized, and the entire society no longer needs too many people. However, in order to cater to it, the Japanese authorities have created more virtual player populations and have begun to apply the artificial reproduction technology developed to implement the Spark Project to solve the problem of slow population growth.

The reason for the slow population growth.

The reason is that the survivors who experienced the pain after the Second Impact have a fear in their hearts, worrying that such a catastrophe will happen again, so they have a resistance to having children. However, the new generation like Akagi Ritsuko does not have such a mentality, but they are addicted to virtual games, putting their entire lives in the dream world, and have almost completely abandoned real life.

The combination of these two factors has led to the current situation of slow global population growth.

After reading this information, Fumihiko Ikari learned more about it.

The authorities use money to buy sperm and eggs from people, and then use artificial reproductive technology to conceive children.

And all these children are raised collectively by the government.

Newborn babies are piled up like cargo in huge white rooms and taken care of by fully automated facilities with no human involvement in the entire process. Slightly older children will be placed in virtual warehouses, where their bodies subconsciously consume the milk flowing from the pipes while their consciousness enters the spiritual world.

In addition to this assembly-line feeding, older children who are able to move around also spend most of their time in the dream program, except that they have the added tasks of doing morning and evening exercises.

The reason for doing morning and evening exercises is simple.

This is just to prevent children from muscle atrophy due to staying in virtual games for a long time without exercising.

It's like a human breeding base...

wrong!

This is the human breeding base.

Even the name of the institution is: Human Nurturing Base.

Looking at these materials, Fumihiko Ikari suffered a great shock both physically and mentally, and for a moment he didn't know how to evaluate the official actions of the Japanese government.

This approach is undoubtedly beneficial to him.

It’s just that the traditional concept in our hearts confirms that children should be born and grow up in the love of their parents.

He looked through the situation and found that other countries also used this technology, but they did not abuse it as much as Japan.

Uh……

Is this abuse? Not really, is it?

These artificially bred children were not simply raised as tools. They ate and used everything according to normal standards. According to the plan, they would receive education like normal children when they reached the appropriate age. When they grew up, the foster base would not restrict their freedom. Apart from the fact that they did not have parents, there seemed to be no problem. In fact...

How could a child who grew up in such an environment abandon the dream program and embrace reality! ?

The reason why it is not cultivated as a pure tool is that in order to build such a breeding base, it is necessary to rely on the power of the Three Sages System.

In other words, this kind of thing could not be hidden from Fumihiko Ikari, which made this breeding base look not so dark.

Of course, Fumihiko Ikari hesitated about whether artificial reproductive technology would be abused in this situation because there is such a demand in the world now.

The psychological trauma and dream programs caused by the Second Impact...are like a black hole that is devouring the global birth rate. According to the calculations of the Three Sages System, if things continue to develop in this way and nothing unexpected happens, in seven years the population will not increase but will decrease by one percent, which means a decrease of 30 million people.

This number does not seem to be large in the global context.

With today's medical capabilities, as long as the person does not die on the spot, he or she can basically be saved.

In other words, these 30 million people are basically all humans who have died of old age.

If the time is extended to a hundred years, the global human population will decline to only a few hundred million.

Fumihiko Ikari has always focused on the artificial god project, hoping to improve his strength through virtual players, but he never expected that his research would actually hide such a huge disaster.

The largest Second Impact images were only seen by Naoko Akagi's generation and the generation above it, which means that the only black hole that is truly devouring the global human birth rate is the dream program.

Thinking of this, he understood.

Why has there been a trend of resistance to virtual games in the international community?

It's not that those people have problems with their brains, but that they observed this phenomenon and raised this question, which triggered the conflicting thoughts.

At this moment he thought of something that was closely related to the time travelers.

The Butterfly Effect.

The biggest change his appearance has brought to the world is not the plot deviation from the original trajectory, nor the retirement of Ikari Gendō, but the change that is happening now.

After being stunned for a long time, he secretly felt lucky.

Fortunately, in order to consolidate his status and position, he proposed the Fire Plan, otherwise...

Humanity may very well perish as a result.

20:29:55

696. Creation? ?

Ikari Fumihiko sat in the chair in silence, and it was a long time before he looked away with difficulty.

At the same time, the three wise men's brains spoke a word of comfort through their virtual images.

[This is the inevitable choice for mankind under the current situation. ]

Ikari Fumihiko was still in a heavy mood and unable to speak.

In his opinion.

The human parenting base is mass-producing unhappy childhoods.

The lyrics echoed in my mind.

A motherless child, Oakroot.

【Only by doing this can we fill the birth gap. 】

"I know, I just think it's too inhumane for a child to be born without parents."

[In the education they receive, there is no concept of parents, only brothers and sisters, forming an alternative family, and they will not be discriminated against abnormally, so they will not feel unfortunate about this. ]

"..."

【The ethics and morals of the old era are not applicable to this new era.】

"..."

[It is not your existence that created this era, it is the second impact caused by the apostles that turned humans into this. 】

"..."

[It was the Apostle's fault for causing the second impact, not yours.]

If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely be convinced by the logic of the three sages.

Because there is nothing wrong with this logic. If there were no apostles and no second impact, the world would naturally not become what it is now.

But Fumihiko Ikari is a time traveler.

Knowing that the world would never be like this without your intervention.

"I know."

[No, I can feel that you still don't understand. ]

"You're not wrong. My worldview has just been greatly impacted, and I can't accept it for a while."

The three wise men were silent for a moment before speaking again.

[If we don't do this, humanity will not be able to stop the apostles and will be destroyed by the Third Impact. As the weaker party, humanity will inevitably pay a price if they want to defeat the strong. Compared with the extinction of the population and the disappearance of civilization, this price is already insignificant. If it weren't for you... humanity would only pay a greater price to prevent the Third Impact.]

As I said before, for the people in this world, the words of the three sages are convincing enough, but Fumihiko Ikari is not from such a world.

"..."

[If you wish, you can create virtual original families for these artificial humans. According to my analysis of online data, happy families in human cognition are almost all the same, and a fixed template can be applied.]

“Love cannot be simulated by relying on data.”

[Love is just an abstract self-perception. As long as the simulation is real enough, they will feel the love of their parents.]

Ikari Fumihiko waved his hands with mixed feelings, not interested in arguing with the three sages.

After a moment's silence, he opened an academic forum.

Just as he predicted, many people observed a problem and discussed Japan's human breeding base in the forum.

Most people, like him, think this is unethical.

Many people also believe that this method is the only way to solve the problem of population decline besides shutting down virtual games.

In addition, there are some people who believe that the problem can be solved by legislating to encourage childbirth.

After reading these discussions, he was somewhat surprised that these scholars who were not qualified to access information related to the Apostles generally did not agree with the plan to shut down the virtual game, which was a population black hole. The reason he was surprised was that after he came into contact with the human breeding base, he also had the idea of shutting down the virtual game.

The reasons given by these scholars for their disapproval vary, but generally speaking, the reasons for opposition are all related to the second shock.

Some people believe that virtual games reduce suicide rates and can help people recover from the shadow of the second shock.

Some people also think that virtual games can help speed up the reconstruction of civilization.

……

After reading these things on the forum, Fumihiko Ikari didn't find any help, and his mind became even more confused.

He chose to browse the forum because he wanted to see people's complaints about it, which would help him make up his mind to shut down the virtual game.

Solve this problem quickly and decisively.

But I didn't expect that the result was contrary to my idea.

really……

I am just fit to be an ordinary person.

After closing the forum, he slumped in his chair, feeling that the world shouldn't be like this, but he didn't know how it would change.

He does not have far-sighted rationality and has never thought about dominating the direction of the world.

Naturally, there is no shadow of utopia in one's heart, so one will not know what utopia is.

"Issue a service suspension notice."

[Temporary? Or permanent?]

Faced with this choice, he hesitated again.

"..."

Sensing his hesitation, the Three Sages' Brain spoke again.