Chapter 345: Elegant, Too Elegant

Chapter 345: Elegant, Too Elegant

Chapter 345: Elegant, Too Elegant
"Incredible."

"Is this really something that someone flying an EVA for the first time can do?"

Through the monitor, Ritsuko Akagi watched on the screen as Li Zhongren controlled EVA, walking, jumping, lifting his legs, and waving his hands.

If it weren't for the banging sound that shook the surrounding buildings,

She even thought she was watching a special effects drama.

So flexible, so natural.

That's not EVA at all, it's just a person in a leather suit moving around there.

I can only say that it is worthy of the 99% synchronization rate.

"Attention all units, report the location of the Apostles."

"Under investigation"

"So far, the Apostles have completely broken through the military's defense measures at the nine o'clock position of the Third New Tokyo City."

"We are rapidly approaching the central area of ​​the Third New Tokyo City at a speed of thirty meters per second."

"Shinji."

"I'm here."

"The battle is about to begin. You can follow our instructions and use the weapons around you to fight the apostles."

"around?"

"Yes, this city only looks like a city. It is actually a war fortress, built specifically to defend against apostles and support EVA battles. Most of the buildings you see are actually fake. They are filled with various weapons and cold weapons specifically for EVA."

"Our central computer here will guide you based on the implementation situation and tell you to use the corresponding weapons to attack the apostles."

"But didn't you say before that the Apostles have some AI stance?"

"It's the AT position."

"Oh, AT stance, is this thing immune to all attacks?"

"AT stance is a consumable ability. Otherwise, why do you think the military can stop the apostles? Some weapons are used when the apostles do not activate AT stance. What you need to do is to use this war fortress as the core to fight a guerrilla war with the apostles and then annihilate them."

"it is good."

Li Zhongren stretched hard, and the huge body made a creaking sound.

"AT's position"

As he continued to absorb and exhale spiritual energy from the void, Li Zhongren could clearly feel that the connection between himself and EVA was becoming closer, so much so that he could feel the AT force field stored in the apostle's body.

In short, the apostle also has a soul, but its soul is actually blank and needs someone to drive it in order to exert the power of the AT force field. Of course, at this stage, the spiritual energy he obtains through breathing is not enough to consume the AT force field. It all depends on the endless electrical energy provided by the big tail behind it, which is converted into energy that can be used by the EVA body.

Of course, this is not the point.

The point is, as his connection with the apostle deepened, he found that he seemed to be able to control the AT force field by manipulating psychic energy, freely controlling it.
While thinking, Li Zhongren saw the figure of the apostle in the distance.

According to the description of the people in the base, this big guy is called the Third Apostle.

The following intelligence was collected from the military's battle against them.

First, it can regenerate infinitely, and if it cannot hit the apostle core, consumption can only slow down its pace.

Second, it has an AT force field, which is an ability possessed by almost all apostles.

Third, its eyes can release high-energy rays at a speed reaching the speed of light, but they need to be gathered and charged, so they can be avoided in advance.

Fourth, energy blades can extend from various joints of its body. These energy blades are extremely sharp. It is speculated that EVA's armor cannot block the attack of such energy blades.

Therefore, the most ideal means of attack is to focus on the enemy's core from a distance, but the prerequisite is to break the AT position.

Li Zhongren was thinking silently in his heart.

Now he can do this because he can miniaturize the AT force field and wrap it around the bullets. With the blessing of endless electrical energy, a sufficiently dense number of bullets can definitely penetrate the apostle's AT force field in an instant and cause fatal damage to it.

Of course, the price of doing so is to expose his ability to manipulate AT's position.

But, this is not really a problem.

why?

Because his action will consume a lot of electricity.

For NEVR and the five major countries behind it, this is acceptable and even desirable.

In fact, in just this short period of time, he already knew some things, such as why the EVA body needs to be plugged in, and why it can only be controlled for five minutes without electricity?

On the one hand, humans are unable to discover and control psychic power.

But more importantly, the five major countries that control the world do not want NEVR to be out of their control. If you give you an EVA with unlimited battery life, what do you want to do? Rebellion?
One reason.

As long as he doesn't expose his ability to absorb psychic energy and control EVA.

Any other abilities would only make NEVR and the five major countries behind it cherish and protect him more.

After all, at this stage, only EVA can fight against the apostles.

As for why the apostles want to fight against humans.

In a very short period of time before, Ritsuko Akagi and Misato Katsuragi also gave some popular science knowledge about it.

In short, the apostles are attracted by a highly confidential existence. They are not allowed to know this secret yet. However, what is known is that once the apostles come into contact with this highly confidential existence, it will cause a global disaster.

Therefore, a war fortress was built here with this highly confidential object as the core to defend against and eliminate the invading apostles.

In other words, it is the world that needs these drivers, not the drivers who need EVA. As long as he does not cross the bottom line, the superpowers behind him will definitely support him fiercely and give him whatever he wants.

"Shinji, you can use it."

As the apostles got closer, the supercomputer inside NEVR was calculating frantically and giving the so-called optimal solution.

These results were passed on to Li Zhongren by Ritsuko Akagi.

However, Li Zhongren did not listen to her, but chose a super huge sniper rifle on his own. This thing was specially designed for EVA. It is more like a cannon than a gun.

"Shinji, follow my command. This weapon is useless against the third angel at this stage. What you should do is to consume the opponent's AT field first."

"Okay, Auntie, calm down and watch my performance."

"Ah, Auntie??"

Ritsuko Akagi couldn't help but widen her eyes, but now, she didn't have time to argue with this little bastard about such things.

However, the result was that no matter how much he emphasized, Li Zhongren remained unmoved. He even placed the huge sniper rifle on the top of the building as a support, aiming at the third apostle in the distance.

The third Angel seemed to sense the danger as well, and began to gather an AT force field in front of it.

"Report, the concentration of the AT force field in front of the third apostle has increased. The current concentration value is 43%, which is enough to withstand the attack of sniper artillery."

"commander!"

Ritsuko Akagi looked towards the command desk speechlessly and spoke through the headset.

"Look."

"Let him have his free rein."

Ikari Gendo put his hands behind his back and also stared at the screen.

What he saw was the extremely confident expression on Li Zhongren's face. It was not a problem child who didn't obey orders, but another kind of expression.
In short, he had seen this kind of expression before, on himself and on his mother; it was the self-confidence of a true genius.

"So, what surprise can you bring me?"

"Report!!"

"EVA Unit-01 is gathering an AT force field, but, but..."

"But what?" Ritsuko Akagi sighed, too lazy to care about this weird father and son, and looked at the computer screen instead.

As a result, it would have been fine if I hadn’t looked at it, but when I did, I was stunned.

“This is not scientific.”

You know, AT's stance is the same as S2's.

They are the two magic weapons of the apostles.

To put it simply, the S2 mechanism is an energy source that can provide energy to the AT position and provide regenerative drive for the apostle's body.

The AT force field is mainly for defense and can resist all attacks.

"But now, what does she see?"

Shinji Ikari actually individualized the AT force field and wrapped it around the shell.
"This... this is unscientific. The AT field is the power of the mind. It can only exist with the mind of intelligent life as its center. How can it be cut and wrapped around dead objects alone?"

“Is there something wrong with my research?”

For a moment, the researchers in NEVR were as dumbfounded as Ritsuko Akagi.

But the reality is right before our eyes.

Clearly, their past research results were not entirely correct.

It seems that the AT force field can really leave the mother body and exist independently through some special way, just like the telekinesis in previous artistic works.

"Shinji, how did you do that? How did you attach the AT field to an inanimate object alone?"

"Oh, you can't do that?"

Li Zhongren's innocent-sounding voice came from the communicator.

“That’s what I thought, and I did it.”

"Report, electricity is being consumed at an extremely fast rate, and the current set of generators is unable to provide stable power output."

"All generators turned on."

"Yes!"

Under the NEVR, there is a huge nuclear power plant, which is responsible for providing almost all the electricity consumption. However, on weekdays, this power plant is not turned on at full power, but rotated. The purpose is to ensure that there is always a unit that can work normally.

But right now, EVA Unit-01 is frantically converting electrical energy into AT positions. This crazy act of consuming power has even caused the voltage to drop.

And as all generators work at full capacity, more and more electrical energy is converted into AT power.

On the NEVR monitor, the giant cannon sniper rifle held by Li Zhongren was already glowing red, so red that it was almost invisible.

Even the detector itself is unable to detect the current concentration of AT, but it is definitely over 100%.

In response to this, the third apostle, the Water Angel, who was far away, also stopped.

The AT position was also fully gathered.

Obviously, although the apostles do not have the self-awareness of humans, they are also intelligent. They can also sense the danger and even guess the enemy's means of attack. However, the third apostle is known as the water angel.

This is because it can move at a very fast speed in water, but on land, this huge body is much less capable.

At least, it can't be faster than the speed of a cannonball.

This is why the military can frequently stop it.

"Shinji, the power cord behind you is reaching its limit."

"receive."

Through the small screen in the cab, Li Zhongren saw the image behind him. The special cable was on the verge of melting because it transmitted a large amount of electricity in a short period of time.

Therefore, Li Zhongren no longer continued to gather AT positions, but directly targeted the core of the Water Angel.

"Oh!"

A gunshot rang out..
No, it should be a cannon shot.

The huge warhead spun in the air and shot towards the third apostle.

Its extreme speed allowed it to hit the AT position in front of the third apostle in an instant.

At that moment, the shelling seemed to have paused.

But it was only a pause for a moment.

The third apostle's AT stance shattered.

The shell directly penetrated the body of the third apostle, and because it lost the protection of the AT position, the shell instantly exploded inside the third apostle's body.

It was as if someone had stuffed a firework inside its body.

"Pity"

Ikari Gendo looked at this amazing shot.

While I feel emotional, I can't help but feel a little regretful.

why?

It was because of that critical pause that the third apostle's body deflected slightly, and the shell just grazed its core. The core was damaged but not broken, so he was not killed with one shot.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Obviously, Li Zhongren also discovered this problem, so he pulled out the wires behind him, grabbed the high-frequency particle dagger, and rushed towards the third apostle with his agile posture and speed.

"Search! Search! Search!"

Looking at the EVA attacking from the opposite side.

Because of the explosion, the third apostle was almost unable to move his body. He could only raise one hand, and blades of light were fired from the palm of his hand.

Unfortunately, these light blades were easily blocked by Li Zhongren with his knife.

With the help of EVA, his reaction speed has already exceeded the upper limit of human beings.

In his eyes, these light blades were no different from slow motion.

“This is simply art.”

As a scientist, Ritsuko Akagi has no idea how many times she has felt emotional.

Watching the EVA controlled by Li Zhongren on the screen, he moved swiftly to the front of the third apostle, waving the high-frequency particle knife in his hand, and continuously attacking the apostle, but the apostle couldn't even fight back.

She didn't even know what words to use to describe the process.

Beautiful, so beautiful.
It was such a bloody and violent scene, but she saw it.
elegant.

Yes, it is elegant.

So elegant
"Pfft!"

Finally, the high-energy particle knife steadily pierced into the core of the third apostle.

With a snap, the core shattered.

This was the first time that humans fought head-on against the Angels. After proving that all conventional weapons were useless, the EVA successfully completed its mission.

At this moment, the staff in NEVR even shed tears.

After all, they work day and night just for this day.
"Shinji, be careful!!"

Suddenly, at this moment, Ritsuko Akagi shouted loudly, because the monitoring equipment detected that there was a high concentration of energy in the body of the third apostle that was about to explode. However, her reminder was too late. The body of the third apostle turned into soft water at that moment and directly wrapped around Li Zhongren's EVA body at lightning speed.

"boom!!!!"

A violent explosion
A mushroom cloud rises
(End of this chapter)