I participated in the development of EVA

Fumihiko Ikari did not answer, but entered a series of commands.

Then the outer armor on the assimilated body EVA began to fall off, and the robotic arm on the solar module of the spare machine picked up the fallen armor and assembled it onto the spare machine.

It was only after seeing this scene that Ritsuko Akagi reacted.

"You're going to make the armor of the assimilated EVA into a double-layer design. I thought you just wanted to strengthen the defense of the assimilated EVA! It turns out that you have such a plan."

Ikari Fumihiko smiled.

"Throw the cable down later. Oh, by the way, remember to grab a section and don't throw it all down."

Ritsuko Akagi reacted immediately.

"You need to pull something up?"

"Well, pull up part of the space module."

20:45:12

738. Is there anyone like me who started the Black Tower from scratch for the event?

It sounds simple, but in actual operation, the orbit needs to be recalculated, and the backup aircraft must also maintain relative movement with the rotation and revolution of the earth.

Although there were some twists and turns this time, the result was perfect.

The backup machine was like a crane dragging part of the space model of the equally huge space elevator into outer space, where it was attacked by the long-missing Seele. However, Nerv had already anticipated this scene. The psychic weapons on standby on the space platform, under the control of the Three Sages system, intercepted the eye lasers of the artificial apostle.

And took advantage of the situation to launch intensive counterattacks, suppressing the artificial apostles and making them unable to fight back.

Hundreds of beams of psychic energy streaked across the sky like a meteor shower.

This counterattack informed Seele with practical actions...

Times have changed!

Having said that, although hundreds of psychic beams were fired, they failed to destroy Seele, the artificial apostle.

It's not that the artificial apostle has become stronger, but that the attack distance is too far and most of the energy is lost in the atmosphere. When it actually falls on the artificial apostle, it has already been attenuated to a certain extent, and naturally cannot break the AT force field on its body. Of course, these attacks are not without effect, at least they make the artificial apostle lose the ability to continue attacking.

The first wave of attacks did not cause any damage, but once the counterattack began, it did not stop until the artificial apostle gave up resistance.

This may be because Kaworu Nagisa was not strong enough to deploy the AT force field under continuous attacks, or he may have chosen to give up after realizing that the situation was hopeless.

Compared to the latter, Fumihiko Ikari thinks the former is more likely.

If Kaworu Nagisa was willing to give up, he would have given up after the first wave of attacks and would not have endured the subsequent waves of attacks.

Seeing this scene, Misato Katsuragi, the on-site command adjutant of the combat command center, couldn't help but sigh.

"It's a pity that we still have too little research on psychic weapons. If we had more power, it would be stronger, so that the first shot can solve the problem."

After seeing the enemy target being destroyed, she added another sentence.

"If we could resolve the battle like this every time, we wouldn't have to send EVA into battle."

Many people at the scene nodded in agreement.

Although EVA is the ultimate weapon for humans to fight against the apostles, the pilots of this weapon are all young minors. It is already a forced situation to let these children around twelve years old go to the battlefield. If they can avoid using this power, they naturally do not want to use it, especially in this era after experiencing the Second Impact.

The on-site commander also sighed.

"The psychic realm is too mysterious. With our current level of technology, it is too difficult to fully understand it."

Although they were chatting, their attention did not slacken at all.

Although the launch of the space platform this time was intended to lure Seele into action, it was more of a preparation for humans to leave the earth, and it was only a side effect for Seele.

"Report! There are discussions on the Internet and in the game about the actions just now."

"According to the plan, guide public opinion and interpret the psychic weapon attack as the tail flame of the space platform engine unit."

With the United Nations, the world's most credible international organization, backing it up, the public who noticed something unusual easily accepted this explanation. They did not associate it with the apostles, nor could they contact them.

Although NERV has gradually disclosed relevant information about the apostles, in order to avoid causing panic, the news has been revealed bit by bit and has been weakened. Now the public only knows that some large ancient creatures were found in the permafrost after the Antarctic melted, and the first to be popularized were the non-human apostles such as the fish angel body.

……

At the same time, in a hidden cave.

Feeling that the artificial apostle had lost connection, Kaworu Nagisa opened his eyes.

"The operation failed—"

In fact, he didn't need to say it, the top management of Seele already knew the result.

"That's a psychic weapon."

"What psychic weapon? It's just a crude trick."

"If it weren't for the Three Sages System developed by Naoko Akagi, how could he have come up with something like this?"

"We should have dealt with him in advance."

Nagisa Kaworu interrupted the sarcastic remarks of the Seele executives.

"enough."

The top management of Seele immediately shut up, and it was obvious that those words were meant for Kaworu Nagisa.

Of course, it is not to fool Kaworu Nagisa, but to show the stupidity of human beings and use one's own inferiority to highlight the superiority of the other party.

The power developed by humans has exceeded expectations. In order to complete their mission of returning and prevent their original bodies from being transferred to outer space by Fumihiko Ikari.

At this moment, Kaworu Nagisa had to compromise and put down his pride.

"start up--

That plan!"

Since the day the Artificial God Plan was proposed, Seele has been making corresponding preparations. In addition to destroying the virtual game server, the direction of the plan is the assimilation research predicted by Fumihiko Ikari now, as well as the Adam system corresponding to the Three Sages System. However, this aspect of the research has been delayed due to the "core of the plan" Kaworu Nagisa.

Because such research is considered blasphemy by Kaworu Nagisa.

"Yes!"

The Seele executives who pushed for this result responded like the most devout servants.

Different from the research of Fumihiko Ikari.

Seele holds the original genes of both the Water Angel and the Fish Angel, and they also contain information about the unfinished S2 mechanisms of the two apostles.

In other words, the assimilated bodies they create will be more powerful, but the cultivation cycle will be relatively longer.

"Investigate to see if the original body is still in the final dogma."

"Yes."

With the humble response from the top management of Seele, the meeting came to an end.

Of course, the so-called end of the meeting is relative to Kaworu Nagisa.

After cutting off contact with Kaworu Nagisa, the meeting of Seele's top management did not end.

"Is there still enough time to start planning now?"

"It doesn't matter. If the correction plan fails... we can also initiate the backup plan. The worst-case scenario is that we can continue to lurk until we find a way to break into the Three Sages' system and complete our plan through the virtual game. This way, no matter where humans go, as long as they are still connected in the virtual online game, we can catch them all in one fell swoop."

The others said nothing.

It’s not that this person has said everything he wanted to say, but the current situation before them only leaves them with two options.

With the help of Kaworu Nagisa's power, or with the help of the power of an artificial god.

Of course, there is also the possibility that Unit-01 awakens unexpectedly to complete the conditions of the ritual, but this possibility was selectively abandoned by Seele. Regardless of whether Fumihiko Ikari knew their specific plan, Unit-01 would not be able to awaken under Fumihiko Ikari's nose, not to mention that under the current situation, it is not certain whether EVA will be activated when the apostles complete their own evolution and recovery.

This man said so much just to boost his morale.

Just like Fumihiko Ikari often looks at photos to strengthen his beliefs.

Of course, what they lack now is not faith, but...

momentum.

20:45:25

739. You are a devil

Driven by electric propulsion, the No. 2 backup aircraft spread out its back solar wings after moving a certain distance away from the No. 1 backup aircraft.

Then it keeps adjusting its own trajectory.

The No. 1 backup machine stepped on the anti-AT force field and dragged the space platform out of the earth little by little.

Now this scene is particularly shocking from an outsider's perspective.

As a coolie, Ritsuko Akagi was in no mood to watch these things.

“There’s nothing left behind, right?”

Ikari Fumihiko shook his head.

"It's gone this time, but there will be more later."

"besides?"

"Originally, the space platform was to be fully launched only after the foundation was completed. Now that the human-powered elevator solution has been proven to be feasible, we will naturally have to change the planned plan based on the situation."

When Ritsuko Akagi heard this, she immediately foresaw her future fate.

Just when she wanted to say something, she was surprised to find...

"There are humans on the space platform? No! Are they androids?"

Because when the space platform arrived at the predetermined orbit, some humans walked out of the cabin and came to an area similar to a splint.

Ikari Fumihiko was not surprised by this.

"It's humans, um...astronauts from France."

“Are the people in that country crazy?”

"That's right..."

Ikari Fumihiko was also somewhat helpless about this.

"At first, considering that this operation might encounter a SEEL attack, there was a certain degree of danger, so I rejected France's request. However, France strongly requested to send its own people up there. Most of the space platform equipment was manufactured in France. If they insisted, it would delay the scheduled plan. In addition, this platform was rushed and some parts needed manual operation, so I agreed."

"Should I say it's worthy of being called France..."

Ritsuko Akagi sighed.

On other matters, France would do whatever Fumihiko Ikari said and did not dare to have any opinions at all. However, now it has come into conflict with Fumihiko Ikari over the issue of manned space travel.

No longer dwelling on the affairs of France, she asked curiously.

"What's on that platform?"

"It's not much different from the International Space Station. It's just an ordinary experimental platform. Yes, it also carries some exploration satellites."

"Detection satellite?"

“It’s the satellite that these people are launching from the platform now.”

Ritsuko Akagi stared over and discovered that the astronauts were launching satellites not towards the earth, but towards deep space.

Seeing this scene, how could she not know the function of these detection satellites.

"Are you preparing for space mining?!"

"It's not mining yet. At this stage, the most we can do is to find some valuable near-Earth asteroids, capture them and bring them to the space platform for research and analysis."

Although the backup aircraft can deliver the asteroid to the earth intact, humans currently know too little about outer space. Such simple and crude operations are accompanied by high unknown risks. Therefore, the research on asteroids is placed on the space platform, so that even if something goes wrong, it will not affect the earth.

Ritsuko Akagi withdrew her gaze from the space platform.

"What's next?"

"Do nothing. Wait for the second apostle assimilation experiment to be completed."

"Where is the First Angel's assimilated body, EVA?"

"Just let Him float in orbit."

Ritsuko Akagi was a little confused.