Chapter 261

Chapter 261

This not only allows him to grasp the movements of the human side in real time, but also allows him to find the apostles who may appear from any corner of the earth at any time.

And his arrangement has indeed reaped considerable results - the real fifth apostle (the old version of the fourth apostle, the angel of day) who was supposed to appear in the world in the near future and attack the third new Tokyo City was discovered by Fang Yuan the moment it appeared, and then captured by him within half an hour.

Moreover, Fang Yuan, who was well prepared this time, even intercepted and modified the signals of all NERV's detection satellites in advance, forged all normal images, and hid all his actions and those of the real fifth apostle in the dark.

As for why Fang Yuan took over the work of the protagonist group and went to trouble the apostles... This is not to say that Fang Yuan has any sense of responsibility for the humans in this world. In fact, the apostle virus he sent is his greatest kindness and gift to the humans in this world.

The real situation is that Fang Yuan discovered in his anatomical research on the fourth apostle that in addition to the fruit of life that every apostle must have, that is, the S2 mechanism, the apostle's powerful body that evolved as an individual is also a rare and important asset! For example, the fourth apostle's special organ that can condense the A.T. force field into a solid energy beam, the self-learning, self-adaptation, and self-evolution capabilities that are not top-notch but are indeed extraordinary, and the unique wisdom that is completely different from humans but does have.

In fact, in Fang Yuan's view, each apostle can be seen as a unique result of the development of biotechnology to the extreme in a certain direction, and is one of the most important crystallizations of the "Apostle Civilization", an individual civilization that is completely different from humans, second only to the S2 mechanism as the core, and the "fruit of wisdom" whose identity is unknown.

- Of course, according to some rumors, Lilith, the second apostle, and the fruit of wisdom she carries do not seem to be in the same system as the other apostles headed by Adam. Fang Yuan cannot assert this for the time being, so he will temporarily regard both as the existence of the same system.

Well, let's get back to the point! Without discussing the deeper secrets, Fang Yuan was inspired by the fourth angel and regarded the unique life forms represented by each angel and the special biotechnology knowledge contained therein as one of the goals to be collected during this time of crossing.

And the fact proved that the real fifth angel he captured with great effort did not disappoint him! 　　Although in the anime, this fifth angel seemed to have only one move, a high-heat whip, in addition to the most basic A.T. force field, and was casually killed by the fledgling Ikari Shinji driving Unit 01, and the lunch box was taken as casually as if it was specially given to the protagonist to give experience.

And after binding and sealing it like the fourth angel and dissecting it without injury, Fang Yuan also confirmed that this apostle can indeed be regarded as one of the weakest apostles.

But even in such a weak apostle, there is still knowledge and technology worth learning from Fang Yuan.

Yes, it is nothing else, it is its high-heat whip.

Although it probably wouldn't take long for humans to develop similar or even better weapons with the same technology, Fang Yuan didn't value the lethality of this high-heat whip, but its unique working principle.

Unlike most people's imagination, this so-called "high-heat whip" does not emit high temperature directly, but secretes special substances from the inside of the whip, which are then decomposed into special plasma with the help of the A.T. force field, and has the dual characteristics of high temperature and corrosion.

This special secretion is something Fang Yuan has never seen before - in his previous concept, the so-called plasma is a mixed ion state substance composed of surface electrons separated from atoms under ultra-high temperature environment, and there will be no other physical effects except high temperature, but he didn't expect that there is such a substance that can still maintain a certain special chemical effect even in plasma state.

In addition, the whip bodies of the two high-heat whips of this apostle are also a rare high-strength biomass material - not only can it withstand the attachment and erosion of high-temperature plasma, but even without the blessing of the A.T. force field, it still maintains the physical properties of being many times tougher than steel and having excellent flexibility.

This is also very obvious in the anime. In the wrestling with Unit-01, even if the two high-heat whips were swung around, the two whips that were too thin compared to the main body did not break. This is all based on the special biomass organizational structure and unique mechanical properties inside - this is also a good harvest for Fang Yuan.

Of course, the most important harvest is of course the most important and real core of the apostle's body, the S2 mechanism called the "fruit of life".

Although this biomass super-dimensional perpetual energy mechanism is no longer a precious thing for Fang Yuan at this time, for experimental comparison considerations and Fang Yuan's collection addiction, he still included this S2 mechanism in his collection list.

However, this true Fifth Angel, whose setting seemed to be perfunctory in the plot, was only an appetizer for Fang Yuan. What he really expected and valued was the Sixth Angel who would appear next, that is, the old version of the Fifth Angel, the Thunder Angel.

It can be seen from the plot of the anime that unlike other apostles whose senses are closer to "biological", this apostle behaves from the beginning to the end in terms of appearance and action mode, which is close to artificial intelligence. Mechanical and precise, this uniqueness aroused Fang Yuan's strong curiosity, and he wanted to capture it and dissect it and study it.

It's a pity that although he has spread his "eyes and ears" all over the world, these apostles who don't know where they are hidden are really well hidden before they appear, except for a few who are unlucky or because of "plot needs" Except for those discovered by humans, it is difficult to detect their traces by ordinary means.

Therefore, before the prey appears on its own, Fang Yuan, who cannot find the target, can only wait for the time being - but it doesn't matter, patience is also one of the most important qualities of a scientific worker! The third update is completed')497'\u003eChapter 496: Shinji Ikari's choice

"Do you choose to go back to the ground or stay underground..." Shinji Ikari looked at the "personnel departure application form" that was just handed out in his hand, pondering and couldn't make up his mind for a moment.

By this time, at least people within NERV headquarters basically knew what was going on.

Regarding the apostle virus, Shinji Ikari has already learned the truth from Misato Katsuragi and others about the changes that occur in the human body after being infected with the virus, as well as the risks that may be faced in the future.

Compared with those lower-level employees who are relatively unimportant, qualified personnel like Shinji Ikari who can drive EVA into battle should be prohibited from leaving the underground base just like senior executives like Ikari Gendo to avoid being infected by the apostle virus. causing unknown adverse consequences.

However, for some unknown reason, his direct guardian Misato Katsuragi still found a way to help him win the right to make free choices and gave him this application form. As long as he filled out the content and handed it in, he would be able to negotiate with those who were unwilling to do so. The NERV employees who continued to stay underground also returned to the surface.

Of course, the consequence of this is that once he is infected by the apostle virus, he will be immediately deprived of his status as an EVA qualified person and will no longer be able to ride on the No. 1 aircraft.

To be honest, as far as Shinji Ikari himself is concerned, he doesn't care whether the apostle virus is a virus or not.

Although he was startled by the "apostle" in the form of this microorganism at first, when he learned about the characteristics of this virus and the conditions after infection from Dr. Ritsuko Akagi, he no longer had any doubts about it. No worries anymore.

Regardless of the inexplicable "appetite" for this virus that arises in his body, the A.T. force field he inspired with his own soul power alone can ensure that he will not be infected by the virus when he goes out.

But the problem is that he, a pure human being, can use the A.T. force field. This is already the biggest abnormality. Unless he is going to fall out with NERV immediately, it is impossible for Shinji Ikari to expose this matter rashly. .

But are you just going to continue hiding underground? Having experienced countless reincarnations, his psychological quality has been unprecedentedly tempered, and he will not be like ordinary people who can't stand it after staying underground for a while.

But he also believed that simply hiding was useless. With almost all of the surface world already covered by the apostle virus, humans like them who were lucky enough not to be infected could not hide forever.

Furthermore, having experienced more than many reincarnations, he has already figured it out. There seems to be something wrong with this reincarnation. There is still a debate on whether the so-called "apostle virus" is an apostle... " Perhaps, it has something to do with the previous humanoid 'apostle'?" Somehow, Shinji Ikari intuitively thought of the unknown humanoid apostle who stole his first appearance - in his feeling, this reincarnation appeared from that guy. It was completely out of shape from the beginning.

Not only was his official first battle robbed of all the limelight, he even lost the chance to play. Later, he was directly forced to return to the ground by the apostle virus. The real fifth apostle who was supposed to appear some time ago also No trace... The original experience of being similar in every reincarnation was completely disrupted. Sometimes Shinji Ikari even felt that the mysterious humanoid apostle, and all the changes that followed, could be the "who-knows-where" "God" couldn't bear to see that he had been reincarnating in vain, so what about the messenger who was specially sent to break the deadlock? "If... we want to break the deadlock, maybe leaving Unit 1 completely is also an option?" Thinking back to what he learned from Dr. Ritsuko Akagi about the changes in the human body after being infected by the virus, Shinji Ikari was a little eager to give it a try - if he In this reincarnation, we completely abandon the identity of "EVA driver" and face everything with our own body, our own soul, and our own strength. Will the final outcome be different? After all, after countless reincarnations, Shinji Ikari, no matter how slow he is, has already understood that in his father's plan, the importance of Unit-01 can be said to be the first, even more important than his own son. Even more important! In almost every reincarnation in the past, Shinji Ikari either passively or actively sat on Unit 1, and was eventually guided and forced by various situations to reach an ending he did not want to see.

There were a few rare times when he decided to give up piloting the No. 1 machine, but being alone in the face of the surging momentum, he could only act like an unskilled swimmer, struggling in vain and drifting with the tide. , in the end, nothing was accomplished, and we could only watch things develop towards the worst outcome.

Even if he later realized how to use the power of his soul and developed an A.T. force field that could interfere with macroscopic matter, with his human body, he could only use this weak force field to defend against light weapons such as pistols and submachine guns, and could not even defend against sniper rifles with larger calibers - this was the effect that he could only achieve by concentrating the A.T. force field on one surface.

In this way, he might have the upper hand in the battle with the armed personnel of the squad, and even play a superpower after mastering the combat skills, but facing the apostles and EVAs with a general body size of hundreds of meters... this power is not much different.

However, now it is different. Shinji Ikari has an option that has never appeared before him - accept the apostle virus that may hide unknown dangers, so as to obtain the perpetual energy of the S2 mechanism, and strengthen his mediocre A.T. force field to the extent that he can confront the apostles head-on! This may be a fantasy for ordinary people. After all, even if ordinary people obtain the S2 mechanism and awaken the A.T. force field, it is almost impossible to improve it to the level comparable to the apostles.

But Shinji Ikari is different! Since the first reincarnation, Shinji Ikari's soul has undergone a qualitative change. From the original shallow and weak human soul, it has been sublimated to the level of an apostle... No, it is far beyond the level of an apostle. In the end, he can even travel through time and space with his own will - or open a new timeline, and enter an endless reincarnation.

Originally, Shinji Ikari was limited by his fragile human body. In addition to the unknown principle of time and space reincarnation, he could not exert the power of his huge soul at all, just like the souls of Adam and Lilith lost most of their power after being stripped of their bodies and stuffed into human bodies. Kong Shoubaoshan can only use a little bit of it.

But now, as long as he walks out of this underground city and returns to the surface without defense, allowing the apostle virus to infect his body, he can unlock part of his immense soul power and become a powerful force that can fight against the apostles and EVA head-on! In this way, he will be directly out of the script written for him by some conspirators, but he also retains the powerful power to directly interfere in the battle. It can be said that the situation has changed in an instant and he has taken the initiative that has never been in his hands! ')498'\u003eChapter 497 It seems... that he has gone too far?

"...Is this really okay?"　　Looking at the back of Ikari Shinji leaving, Deputy Commander Fuyutsuki, who stood behind Ikari Gendo like a shadow, asked.

"No problem. Although he has not experienced actual combat, his mental signals when he was driving Unit-01 have been recorded. When the DUMMY SYSTEM is completely completed, it doesn't matter if he is not the pilot!" There was no emotion in Gendo Ikari's eyes hidden behind the dark sunglasses, and his tone was even more flat, as if the person who just left was not his son, but just a useful tool.

"What if a new apostle appears before that?" The old professor continued to ask.

"Just let Rei attack!" NERV's commander-in-chief gave the answer without hesitation.

"... What if Rei's Unit-00 cannot defeat the incoming apostle?" Deputy Commander Fuyutsuki seemed not to want to let the other party go, and continued to ask.

"That proves that we humans are indeed hopeless losers, and everything will usher in the final end!" The voice without emotional fluctuations came from this steel-like tough and indifferent mouth, so Deputy Commander Fuyutsuki, who wanted to continue to say something, could only shut up helplessly and sighed silently.

… On the other side, Fang Yuan, who was still searching for the Apostle, suddenly sensed that there was an individual with extremely powerful soul power in his Apostle virus network, and stopped his work in astonishment.

However, before he could continue to learn more about this special individual who suddenly appeared, this induction was unilaterally cut off by the other side.

Fang Yuan, who was more and more surprised, immediately called up the virus activity infection record recorded in [Ether] and confirmed that the special existence that had just been abnormally disconnected was actually the protagonist of this world, Ikari Shinji! 　　“…I am not surprised that this kid would be infected by the virus, but what is the matter with this ridiculously strong soul strength? Also, he can actually cut off the information network between the Apostle viruses? Could it be that Ikari Shinji in this world has undergone some unexpected changes?” Fang Yuan looked over and over at the network signal that lasted only a few seconds, trying to find some useful clues from it.

But unfortunately, in the end Fang Yuan could only confirm one thing, that the soul strength of Ikari Shinji in this world has even surpassed his original body to some extent! Fang Yuan had a bad feeling in his heart. This Ikari Shinji didn't seem to be the Ikari Shinji in the normal world line, but the Super Ikari Shinji who had evolved for some unknown reason. His soul was many times stronger than that of an Angel, and coupled with the Angel virus he spread that was equipped with the S2 mechanism...　　"... Damn it, am I going to mess up again?"　　...　　"Is this the truth about the so-called 'Angel virus'?"　　Ikari Shinji, who came to the ground, took a deep breath of the outside air, not caring about the countless Angel viruses contained in the atmosphere being sucked into his body.

Using the A.T. force field that had been trained to a certain extreme to sense the structure of these nanoscale life forms, the boy suddenly discovered that the so-called "apostle virus", which was feared by NERV's top brass, was essentially an activated, capable The S2 mechanism that replicates and reproduces itself! Although many additional structures have been added to it whose functions are temporarily unknown, if he wants to, he can separate out the most important and fundamental S2 mechanism of these apostle viruses at any time, and then disassemble and discard the other parts.

In other words, no matter whether there are any dangerous back-ends hidden in this apostle virus, for Shinji Ikari, they are just great tonics that can increase the content of the S2 organ in his body. They are only beneficial and harmless! "However, although it is harmless to me, I wonder if there are any hidden dangers to ordinary people?" Shinji Ikari described the structure of the virus he perceived in his mind, but there was no way to confirm these additional additions. What exactly are structures used for?

At this time, he really regretted why he didn't read more books in so many reincarnations in the past, especially in biological sciences - if he could spend 100% of the time in countless reincarnations. If he were to study related subjects, he would have already become an expert in that field! But there are no ifs in this world. Although he has a magical ability similar to time retrieval, he cannot go back to the past before a reincarnation is completed. Time wasted is wasted. Now he is learning from scratch temporarily. It's a little too late... - This is really a book that is only used when it is used! ... "Tsk! There really is something wrong with Shinji Ikari in this world!" Fang Yuan quietly invaded NERV's system, retrieved all the behavior records and related videos of Shinji Ikari during this period, and then immediately Something unusual was discovered.

First of all, in terms of words and deeds, this Shinji Ikari is much calmer and more mature than the weakling male protagonist in the original plot! According to the psychological profile analysis recorded in NERV's secret database, although Shinji Ikari in this world lost his mother at a young age and later suffered long-term neglect from his father, his mental health problems are far from the level of severe autism in the original work. .

Fang Yuan also searched out NERV's long-term surveillance report on Shinji Ikari, and confirmed that he did not meet a mysterious master in the mountains to practice martial arts when he was a child, nor did he experience an exciting childhood fighting with bears all day long. Therefore, You can rule out the possibility that the other party came from another set.

Seeing that Shinji Ikari's synchronization rate was as high as over 80% when he first boarded Unit-1, Fang Yuan also had a vague guess in his mind - could this guy be like him and come back from the future? Right? No, that’s not right! Fang Yuan thought of a very popular EVA comic that he had read. It seemed that the situation of Shinji Ikari was somewhat similar to the setting in that comic! Timeline reset, or parallel world travel, these two concepts flashed through Fang Yuan's mind.

If his guess is correct, then the Shinji Ikari he sees is no longer an ordinary autistic boy, but a transcendent who has experienced human completion and obtained the "power of God"! "Hiss—!" Fang Yuan took a long breath and forced himself to calm down.

Don't panic, don't be confused! This is just a guess and needs to be verified! He told himself this... Throw——! boom! He smashed the temporarily refined tablet in his hand onto the ground and smashed it into pieces.

"This still needs Mao's verification! The strength of this damn soul has already explained everything!" Fang Yuan frowned, his expression extremely ugly: "I might really shoot myself in the foot this time... …"')499'\u003eChapter 498: Shinji Ikari, attack!

After it was almost confirmed that this world had a protagonist who could reverse time and space or jump timelines, or even have other more terrifying unknown powers, Fang Yuan's mood became very unhappy.

This is no wonder. All his previous plans were based on the assumption that this world basically conforms to the original plot.

Now, it is probably true that it is based on the original plot, but I did not expect that this "original plot" may not necessarily refer to the original work, but may also refer to a fan work! It was such an oversight that made Fang Yuan feel like he had personally created a super powerful combat power that was not under his control - God knows what happened to Shinji Ikari, whose soul was so incredibly strong after the repairs were completed, when paired with a powerful enough S2 mechanism core. How strong can it be! This still does not take into account whether the other party has other more terrifying powers. If the other party is not actually jumping in the timeline or reversing time and space, but is more terrifying in idealizing the world and creating fantasy worlds... Tsk! I don’t dare to think about it anymore! "No, it will be too dangerous to continue wandering like this. Let's wait for a while and see the situation..." Fang Yuan, who thought he could completely wander again, picked up the spirit of "Going" that he had thrown to the ground. , and became low-key from the bottom of his heart.

... And not long after that, the true Sixth Apostle (the old version of the Fifth Apostle, Thunder Angel), who Fang Yuan had been thinking about for quite some time, finally appeared.

But this time, because he was afraid of Shinji Ikari who didn't know how strong he was, Fang Yuan did not take action to capture the apostle in advance.

——It is true that he can block technological equipment from surveillance images from all over the world, but it is impossible to block the induction between A.T. force fields.

He believed that Shinji Ikari, who had obtained the S2 mechanism and had a god-level soul, had a high probability of being able to sense the appearance of the Sixth Angel, which allowed Fang Yuan to "secretly capture all the apostles without telling everyone in the world" It just doesn't work anymore! So...he must change his strategy! …… The third New Tokyo City, the large underground cave, NERV headquarters.

The piercing sirens sounded again, and the apostles attacked again after more than a month. The base, which had been somewhat demoralized due to a series of changes, became busy again. Everyone focused all their energy on the war in front of them. , Wuxia no longer thinks about what is there and what is not.

"The surveillance target has invaded the Odawara Defense Line——" "The analysis of the unconfirmed flying object has been completed——" "The pattern is blue, confirmed to be an apostle!" Looking at the detection results popping up on the huge screen, Misato Katsuragi stood with her arms crossed. There is no surprise at all - looking at the giant blue octahedral UFO on the surveillance screen that is absolutely impossible to form naturally, unless aliens suddenly descended on the earth in a spaceship, this could be an apostle! Well, although strictly speaking, the so-called apostles can indeed be regarded as part of the alien civilization... "By the way, should we call them the sixth apostle or the seventh apostle?" Riding the elevator with Ikari Gendo Deputy Commander Dongyue said so after entering the command post.

His question was not a joke. After discovering that the apostle virus did not cause any visible harm and did not attempt to forcibly invade the NERV headquarters, many people believed that it should not be regarded as an independent apostle. Some people even think that it is a gift from a supernatural being who is in opposition to the prophesied apostles and stands on the side of mankind (the truth turns out...) and should be deleted from the list of apostles.

Therefore, if the short-lived Fang Yuan is regarded as the fifth apostle, this newly appeared apostle should be the sixth apostle, not the seventh apostle who was postponed according to convention.

"Hmph! I'm not one of those naive guys! In any case, the Apostle Virus is a special apostle, and I won't remove it from the list of apostles! Let's name this new one the seventh apostle!" With that said, Commander Ikari walked up to his command position and sat on his seat.

"Let Unit 0 be dispatched! The DUMMY SYSTEM of Unit 0 will also start trial operation immediately and be ready to attack at any time!" He issued the order - this was the only arrangement since Shinji Ikari was unwilling to continue taking Unit 1. .

... "Unit Zero, prepare for launch -" "Replacement of anti-aircraft weapons -" In the EVA launch preparation area, Unit Zero, which has entered the launch position, is fixed by a fixed frame and stands on the platform.

The pilot who has entered Unit Zero, the doll-like beautiful girl named Ayanami Rei, is quietly waiting in the cockpit for the upcoming battle.

She didn't know why the pilot of Unit 1 suddenly gave up his status as a qualified person, and she never thought about finding out-a girl who had never had much interaction with Shinji Ikari in this world line was still... He is just a puppet who only obeys Ikari Yuantang's orders. He doesn't care about anything except Ikari Yuantang and the tasks assigned by Ikari Yuantang.

However, just as she was controlling Unit Zero, holding a super-giant rifle adapted to EVA's size, and was about to be launched to the ground to participate in the battle, Katsuragi Misato's shocked voice suddenly came over the communication - "How could that be? This is Shinji-kun?!" Back to the command post, on the big screen, a particularly small figure suddenly appeared in front of the apostles who had invaded Lake Ashi.

But what's different is that this figure is suspended in mid-air! When Misato Katsuragi asked the operator to zoom in on the screen and saw the face of the figure, she immediately exclaimed: "How could it be? This is Shinji-kun?!" "This is... A.T. Field? He has only left the underground base for a few days. "Can it actually be stimulated?" Akagi Ritsuko also showed a surprised expression, but there seemed to be something wrong with her surprise... "Now is not the time to talk about this!" Katsuragi Misato complained mercilessly to the science geek next to her. That abnormal thinking circuit said in horror and madness: "It doesn't matter if it inspires A.T. Field or something! What does Shinji-kun want to do? Why is he there? Does he want to challenge the apostle in the body? ? ” “…That’s right, horror!” Ritsuko Akagi said after a moment of silence.

"High-energy reaction found inside the target!" At this time, the intelligence analysis officer next to him shouted loudly and sounded the alarm.

"What?" Misato Katsuragi turned her head in shock, and then looked at the big screen nervously.

In the picture, the apostle who was originally an octahedron suddenly underwent a dizzying transformation. Countless rectangular blocks with square cross-sections were stacked into upper and lower parts, revealing the red core in the middle, an extremely dazzling and extremely hot high-energy ray. , and instantly shot out towards the tiny figure in front of him! The boy Shinji Ikari who was standing in front of the apostle opened his eyes at this moment and stretched his hands forward to block - "A.T. Field, fully open!" The third update is completed')500'\u003e490 If Jiuzhang catches this shot, we will be friends...Eh, didn't catch it?

"A.T. Field, fully open!" Just when the extremely dazzling and scorching high-energy ray was about to engulf the young man's tiny body, an invisible barrier emitting regular octagonal ripples stood in front of him.

boom--! ! ! At this moment, the entire Third New Tokyo City was shrouded in the flash of the Burning Eye and violent vibrations.

The high-energy ray that penetrated more than a dozen high-rise buildings in one go hit the thin A.T. force field in front of Shinji Ikari, but it seemed to hit the indestructible wall of sighs. He could no longer move forward an inch and could only In vain, it spread outward along the plane where the barrier unfolded, destroying all man-made structures and even the earth and rocks along the way.

In contrast, the A.T. force field, which seemed to have only one layer, showed no signs of breaking apart from the flashing octagonal ripples that appeared more densely.

——Although it has only been a few days since he obtained the S2 mechanism, and although only a very small part of the extremely huge god-level soul in his body has been unlocked, at this moment, Shinji Ikari's A.T. force field fully deployed has already reached the impressive level. , No, it has surpassed the level when Unit 1 went berserk.

"How could it be...this is really Shinji-kun?" In the NERV command room underground in New Tokyo City, Misato Katsuragi, Ritsuko Akagi and others saw Shinji Ikari who was bombarded by high-energy particle cannons but remained unscathed. He showed an expression of shock and shock.

"Just now, Shinji-kun's A.T. Field index has exceeded EVA Unit 1's full power operation by several times. It is really unimaginable that such terrifying power actually bursts out from a tiny human body..." Akagi After Ritsuko was briefly stunned, what appeared on her face was an even stronger curiosity and desire for research. Her eyes were almost gleaming, and she almost tied Shinji Ikari into the laboratory and onto the dissecting table! "...I really want to study it..." The female doctor accidentally said what was in her heart, which immediately attracted a group of people, including Misato Katsuragi, to look at her strangely.

'We must never let her get close to Shinji-kun again! ’——This is Misato Katsuragi’s idea; ‘This woman is so dangerous! ’——This is the feeling of other supporting staff.

... The torrent of energy that burned everything lasted for more than ten seconds, and finally stopped after burning a large area of ​​man-made buildings and even mountains, rocks and trees near the apostles.

——The apostle has discovered that his attack cannot harm the target, so he immediately stopped this futile attempt.

However, this did not mean that the apostles gave up their attack.

The apostle, which was made up of countless stacked rectangular blocks, changed its form again. After a dazzling transformation, countless blocks and pyramids were reorganized into a "heavy artillery mode" with four cores.

Driven by the A.T. force field that was several times stronger, the more powerful high-energy particles were constrained into shape, and once again turned into a flow of high-energy particles that was ten times thicker, and shot in the direction of Shinji Ikari.

"It's useless!" In response, Shinji Ikari just calmly stretched out his hand, and a composite defense barrier formed by stacking multiple layers of A.T. force fields appeared in front of him, once again blocking the high-energy particle jet that was more than ten times thicker. .

Boom—boom—! ! ! More intense flashes and vibrations spread throughout New Tokyo City 3, and were even felt in the underground NERV base. This shows how terrifying this doubled-power high-energy bombardment is.

However, even so, the apostle's attack still failed to penetrate Shinji Ikari's defense.

"I already said it was useless... Anyway, let me use the same moves to retaliate against you!" Seeing that the apostle still did not give up the futile attack, Shinji Ikari maintained multiple layers of A.T. force field barriers with one hand, and used the other hand to Making a pistol shape, aiming at the apostle in front of him - "A new high-energy reaction has been discovered! This is... Shinji Ikari!" At the NERV headquarters, the energy detection system sounded an alarm again, and a screen displayed Ikari in real time. The energy changes in Shinji's body and around him - it was a high-intensity energy condensation that was not inferior to the apostle's high-energy particle cannon, appeared in front of Shinji Ikari's aiming finger! Boom——! ! ! A high-energy particle beam that was slightly stronger than the apostle's bombardment was launched from Shinji Ikari's hand.

At the same time, the A.T. force field in front of the young man that was originally used for defense also turned into a cone-shaped barrier at the moment when the artillery fire was launched, covering the front of the high-energy particle beam traveling at sub-light speed, like a sharp gun tip. It split open the torrent of high-energy particles originating from the apostle in front of it, and went all the way backwards, directly in front of the apostle.

boom--! A sound like broken glass resounded in the battlefield. It was the sound of the A.T. force field that the apostle hastily activated for defense being severely broken.

The next moment, in a flash that was even more dazzling than the previous two bombardments, the azure apostle was engulfed by a high-energy particle beam that was thicker than its body.

...　　"How... is it possible!"　　Misato Katsuragi covered her eyes with her arms, and tried her best to see the situation on the battlefield through the gap between her arms, but all she saw was the dazzling white light caused by overexposure, and nothing could be seen on the screen.

When the light faded, everyone in the command post looked up and looked at the gradually restored picture on the big screen, only to see that the apostle who had attacked so brazenly had completely disappeared - along with it, all the materials that originally existed in the huge gully behind it that was hundreds of kilometers long and hundreds of meters wide were completely evaporated in the unparalleled bombardment just now!　　Misato Katsuragi: "..."　　Ritsuko Akagi: "..."　　Gendou Ikari: "..."　　Deputy Commander Fuyutsuki: "..."　　Everyone else at NERV headquarters: "..."　　There was a long silence, and everyone who saw this scene seemed to have lost the ability to speak, and couldn't speak for a long time.

After a long time, it was Misato Katsuragi who broke the silence first: "Shinji-kun...what has he become?"　　"...Who knows...maybe he has become something more terrifying than an angel!"　　Ritsuko Akagi took out a cigarette from her pocket, took out a cigarette, lit it, took a deep puff, and then said: "Now I understand why he gave up driving Unit-01 so simply...it turns out that he planned to fight the angels with his own strength!"　　"...Is the angel virus...really so powerful, no, so terrifying? It can actually make a person stronger than an angel..."　　Misato Katsuragi asked with a complicated look.

Seeing Shinji Ikari's inhuman performance, this woman who is nearly 30 years old also ignited a flame in her heart. If she can do it...then can she seek revenge on the angels herself? "... No, it's not the Angel virus that's powerful, but Shinji-kun!" Akagi Ritsuko shook her head and said, "It's not like there are no infected people in our base, but they have never shown such powerful power... It's Shinji-kun who is special!" I was buying a computer during the day today and didn't have time to write, so there are only two updates, this is the first one.

')501'\u003eChapter 500 The first meeting of the two "protagonists"

"Fortunately, things haven't reached the worst point!" In an unmanned building not far from the battlefield, Fang Yuan, who hid all his own aura and A.T. force field fluctuations, watched the entire battle between Ikari Shinji and the Angel.

And the information he confirmed while watching the battle also made him, who was originally uneasy, suddenly feel relieved in his heart-this Ikari Shinji was not so strong that he couldn't deal with it.

- Although in this battle, Ikari Shinji's performance was several points stronger than the runaway Unit-01, but for Fang Yuan, it was not a terrible enemy that was difficult to fight.

However, he also truly felt that the huge power hidden in the other party's body was only used a very small part at this moment, but it didn't seem that Shinji Ikari didn't want to use his full strength, but his power was imprisoned and blocked by some invisible restrictions, and he couldn't use his full strength at all.

After thinking about it for a while, Fang Yuan understood that this limitation was nothing else but the number of S2 organs in Shinji Ikari's body.

Although it is said that an extremely powerful soul itself represents endless power and can exert great power without any additional energy, just like the materialized soul that Fang Yuan obtained through the third method, he did not put any infinite energy into his body. Instead, it was after the soul was materialized and truly came into contact with the immortal soul essence that he possessed endless vitality and magic power-this is completely opposite to the setting that energy is needed in this world to truly exert the power of the soul.