I participated in the development of EVA

At this moment, Ritsuko Akagi fell silent.

She had read about the research on synchronization rate, but she didn't understand it very well, mainly because the content was too idealistic and could not be quantified.

Of course, she understood the most crucial point: all emotions can be transformed into mental power.

"I can!"

At this moment, her eyes no longer had the confusion and helplessness they once had.

Fumihiko Ikari did not speak, but was thinking about the idea that Ritsuko Akagi had mentioned before, whether he could use the power of artificial gods to catch the apostles on Earth in advance.

After thinking about it, he finally gave up. This idea is not impossible, but it is too dangerous for the Type 02 prototype to complete awakening on Earth. Even if it awakens in outer space and then returns to Earth, and deploys an AT force field covering the entire world, there is still the risk of Lilith taking the opportunity to launch the human completion plan.

"..."

He said nothing and focused on the paper again.

Ritsuko Akagi focused her attention on the Type 02 prototype, and there was light in her eyes, as if she was a lost child who had found her way home.

She returned to the Type 02 prototype again, but this time she activated the battle simulation system after establishing the connection.

Started my own journey as a driver.

Fumihiko Ikari didn't pay attention to these things. After finishing the thesis, he had nothing to do for a while. After thinking about it, he decided to go and see Lilith, who was sealed with the final dogma. However, he didn't plan to go there in his real body. Instead, he connected to a bionic body in the laboratory through a simulation cabin.

This body is one of the female androids responsible for laboratory hygiene.

It was the first time I rode a bionic man with a female body, and I was somewhat uncomfortable with it. Even just mastering my body balance took me some time. The reason I didn't choose a male was mainly because I wasn't prepared for this.

Controlling this body, he went to the final dogma that sealed Lilith's true body.

This was an area he knew about but had never been to.

Taking the only direct elevator, he arrived at a platform in the Final Dogma and looked up at Lilith's real body, which seemed to be nailed to a cross with only half of her body left.

Weird and tall.

This was his first reaction when he saw Lilith's true form.

Apart from this, there is no other feeling. Judging from human senses alone, there is no difference between Lilith's real body and EVA's body.

Looking at Lilith, a thought suddenly popped into his mind.

Why did the apostles in the original book mistake Lilith in the final dogma for Adam! ?

Are the apostles unaware of Adam's breath? !

Or did Seele make some arrangements to disguise Lilith as Adam and deceive the apostles! ?

It should be the latter.

Although he didn't remember it very clearly, he still vaguely remembered that after seeing Lilith, Nagisa Kaworu said that he was deceived by Seele.

Thinking of this, his eyes fell on the most abrupt and strange mask on Lilith's face.

This mask can deceive the apostles' perception of Adam! ?

The reason why he had this idea was that, apart from the fact that the mask was too abrupt, there was no such feature on Unit-01. Of course, in addition to this, there was also... He remembered that in the original work, when Lilith completed the awakening ritual, she took off the mask on her own initiative, and then turned into Rei Ayanami.

Could this be a mask made from the skull of Adam himself?!

It should be about the same.

At this moment he had an immature idea.

Use a mask to disguise the second-generation fish-shaped EVA breath as Adam, wander in the ocean, and use it as bait to try to fish out the fish angel that has not yet hatched.

If this plan is successful, humans can take the initiative to search for the whereabouts of the apostles, instead of looking for a needle in a haystack as in the past.

Although he had this idea, he did not directly remove the mask on Lilith's face, but only used a machine to take partial samples.

The reason for not destroying Seele's arrangement was mainly because they were worried that Lilith's aura would be discovered by the apostles after being exposed, and that the plan would fail. In the future, the apostles would no longer attack the Third New Tokyo City as soon as they appeared, but would instead launch an indiscriminate massacre of humans on the spot, or would continue to develop by lurking in the dark.

If it is the latter, it would be fine. But if it is the former, no matter how carefully the human defense line is arranged, every time the apostles appear, it will cause incalculable casualties.

Leave the Final Dogma with a sample of the mask.

When the test was conducted, a relevant report popped up in the archives. It was obvious that NERV had already studied the composition of the mask before.

However, Nerv's research results only found that the composition of the mask is consistent with the bone composition of EVA, but the density is slightly higher than that of EVA. This did not surprise him. What was really unexpected was the gene sequencing results. The mask and Lilith's genes are almost identical. The reason why they are almost identical is that the existing technology cannot perform complete sequencing and can only detect a small number of genes.

After being surprised for a moment, he quickly reacted.

Is assimilation occurring?

To put it simply, Lilith merged with the mask, or it can be understood that the mask grew on Lilith's face.

As these thoughts flashed through his mind, an idea came to his mind.

He immediately called up the surveillance footage of Final Dogma and took a look. The part of the mask on Lilith's face that had been lost during sampling had returned to its original state.

Seeing this scene, he smiled.

What's the point of studying this...

He manipulated the mechanism to take samples from the mask again, and repeated this process until he had enough to make a mask.

In addition to gene sequencing and component analysis, NERV's research on masks also discovered another phenomenon, which is also the only research success, that is, the sampled ashes can be used to grow them again using LCL. After this research result came out, some scholars immediately proposed that the ashes of the apostles could be used to replace concrete to build buildings.

In terms of the 'second level' eva bone ash strength...

Building a building of dozens of floors does not require steel reinforcement, and even load-bearing walls are not needed. However, such biomaterial buildings need to be regularly replenished with LCL liquid, otherwise they will gradually lose strength over time. Of course, as long as enough LCL liquid is replenished, this type of biomaterial building will always maintain its original strength.

Based on the results of this research, he made a model, and then added ashes and lcl to make a mask.

In addition to the mask, he also installed an AT force field observation device on the second-generation fish-shaped EVA-powered submarine.

It sounds simple, but it actually took a month to complete.

20:50:13

761. Fishing Net

Fumihiko Ikari did these things without hiding them, which attracted the attention of the outside world.

"My superiors asked me to ask if we should increase the number."

The one who said this was Misato Katsuragi.

Ritsuko Akagi has now almost put aside everything and devoted herself to driver training. She even no longer pays attention to Fumihiko Ikari. Therefore, Misato Katsuragi has become the bridge of communication between Fumihiko Ikari and the parliament.

This idea was just a sudden whim that he came up with at the last minute. He had no idea whether it would be effective or not, so he naturally would not blindly invest too much in this project at once.

"No rush, test it now and see the specific situation before making a decision."

"Oh."

Fumihiko Ikari naturally knew that compared to the Earth's oceans, a bait would hardly have any effect, so he planned a targeted test route this time.

That was the location where the fish angel appeared in the original work. He didn't know the exact location, but only knew that it was on the way from Germany to Japan.

The reason why I remember it so clearly is naturally because this is the plot where Asuka first appeared in the original work.

of course……

He didn't hold out much hope for this.

It would be best if you could catch a fish, but if you can't it's not a big loss either.

Therefore, after completing the preparations for this fishing operation, he handed over all matters to the combat command.

After looking at the information he sent, Misato Katsuragi asked in confusion.

“Why did you choose this route?”

"Just do it."

This is not Ikari Fumihiko being mysterious, he just really doesn't know how to explain it.

"Yes."

Misato Katsuragi didn't dare to ask any further questions.

After handing the work over to the operations department where Misato Katsuragi was, Fumihiko Ikari went back to the dormitory and fell asleep.

However, halfway through my sleep, I was forced to wake up by an emergency call.

This is the news from the combat command.

[An unknown high-intensity AT force field reaction was detected deep in the sea! ]

See this tip.

Ikari Fumihiko's brain immediately became clear.

isn't it...

This actually worked! ?

The location where the unknown high-intensity AT force field reaction was detected was in the waters near the route from Germany to Japan.

After quickly browsing the information, he connected to the combat command line.

"What's going on now?"

"The source of the signal comes from a trench of unknown depth, which cannot be explored with current equipment."

"Then deploy the corresponding equipment."

"The deployment of the giant fish-shaped EVA requires your permission."

When Fumihiko Ikari heard this, he realized that the second-generation fish-shaped EVA needed power supply. Although the giant fish-shaped EVA's combat power was not good, it did not require real-time power supply.

"Ah."

Fumihiko Ikari opened control of three giant fish-shaped EVAs to the combat command center.

After obtaining the authority, the combat command issued a series of instructions.

only……

This trench is too deep.

The giant fish-shaped EVA dived nearly 11,000 meters, but still had not reached the source of the signal, and this was almost the limit of the giant fish-shaped EVA's diving.

Seeing this scene, everyone fell into deep thought.

The Xia State Combat Command was the first to propose a solution, and the solution it proposed was also very simple.

To put it bluntly, it is casting a wide net.

However, the net cast was not an ordinary fishing net, but a fishing net woven using the same nanostructured fibers used to make space elevator cables.

Although Ikari Nano has sufficient inventory, it is not a matter of one or two days to make a fishing net. During this period, the Global Operations Command put forward some proposals, but in addition to the fishing net plan, the only one finally adopted was to make a special umbilical cord power supply line long enough to allow the second-generation fish-shaped EVA to continue diving.

The two plans are being implemented simultaneously.

In addition, the global combat command and some scholars also unanimously believe that this unknown AT force field reaction signal is the body of the fish-shaped EVA.

That is the true form of the fourth angel (fish angel) known to mankind.

As for the fish angel at such a deep seabed, how did Seele complete the biological sample sampling! ?

At first, most people thought that Seele collected biological samples when the Fish Angel dived to the shallow water area. However, as time went on, this speculation was overturned, because the Fish Angel's AT force field has not moved since it was observed this time. If it is true as previously speculated, the Fish Angel will go to the shallow sea area, and it is impossible for it to be motionless now.

So people think that the fish angel may also be in a sealed state, and was not originally in such a deep sea area. It was thrown into this trench after Seele completed the biological sampling.

Then everyone started discussing why the fish angel couldn't move.

Most people believe that the Fish Angel was sealed like the Second Apostle, and some even imagined that in the ancient times when the apostles lived, a war broke out among the apostles and all the surviving apostles were sealed. Some scholars even put forward the myth of Ragnarok as evidence.

Of course, not all scholars are theological. Some scholars have given a different opinion.

However, like the scholars of the theological school, these scholars also believe that a great war broke out in the ancient times when the apostles lived. In that war, the first apostle won and stored the remaining apostles as food for evolution through sealing. At the same time, the first apostle was seriously injured and fell into a long coma.

The evidence these people provided was the research data on the assimilation phenomenon among Fumihiko Ikari's apostles.

The First Apostle wanted to assimilate all of his kind and evolve into the ultimate creature.

The theological school has its own understanding of the assimilation phenomenon. They believe that the power of all apostles comes from the first apostle. The so-called assimilation is actually a phenomenon of returning to the origin. The war between the first apostle and other apostles was because the other apostles were worried that their power would be taken back, so they united to assassinate the first apostle, and finally evolved into what it is now.

The dispute between the two seems to be between science and theology.

In fact, the scientific school believes that each apostle has the same power as the first apostle, even if there is a slight difference, it is not too much. The theological school believes that only the first apostle has such great power, and the other apostles are relatively weak.

To put it simply, the former only respects the power of the apostles and is not afraid of it, while the latter is terrified of the power of the apostles and hopes that the only apostle who can trigger a catastrophe as big as the second impact is the First Apostle.