Chapter 167 There Is Nothing to Be Afraid of Anymore

The Hikari-5 was torn into pieces, exploding brilliant sparks in the sky. In the black smoke, the burning metal fragments fell like meteorites, as if it was raining fire.

Ian and Kaji Ryoji fell from an altitude of 15,000 meters.

The AT force field of the fish angel protected them and isolated the impact of the explosion. They fell with the fragments of the plane in the thick smoke.

Compared with the 20-meter-long Hikari-5, the two of them were not so eye-catching. Moreover, it was late at night in Massachusetts and it was pitch black. Even with the assistance of computers, it was difficult for high-speed fighters to detect any abnormalities in the violent explosion.

"Report to the commander, the target has been shot down." The pilot reported to SEELE.

The short video was transmitted to the SEELE conference room. Everyone in the Soul Seat saw the moment the plane exploded. The plane fell straight to the ground and finally exploded on the Massachusetts plain, which was almost uninhabited.

Apart from this, no other scenes were captured.

"Immediately send the people from the Massachusetts branch to investigate the explosion site. The heretic can't be killed so easily!" Speaker Keel gave an order to transmit the nearby coordinates to the Massachusetts branch.

At the same time, the rest of the people gave orders from top to bottom to mobilize all the forces they could mobilize to the vicinity of that coordinate.

I want to see the person alive, and the body dead.

Various evidences show that the heretic has mastered the power of the "Fruit of Life". He even made the defeated apostles reappear.

This is a huge deviation from the content recorded in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Unless they can see the bodies of the two with their own eyes, SEELE will never give up.

Ian and Ryoji Kaji glided down from an altitude of about 10,000 meters against the wind.

He and Ryoji Kaji first made a free fall in the crystal, which was an experience that they would never forget in their lives, and it was also the first time for Ian.

As the chief engineer of Paradis Island, he knew clearly what the structure of the aircraft wing should be. When the fighter plane above his head quickly went away with a sonic boom, he controlled the crystal condensation and created a double-layer hang glider.

Wearing a helmet, Ryoji Kaji tightly grasped the handle of the hang glider, his legs were fixed behind him, and he was parallel to the hang glider. The evening breeze and the feeling of weightlessness came to his face. Even a super spy with a strong psychological quality could not help but sigh about today's experience.

"This day is really more exciting than my past decades." Ryoji Kaji looked at the plain below with lingering fear. The main body of the Shenyin No. 5 fell to the ground and exploded with bright light.

The flames burned fiercely, igniting the dry grass.

NERV's second branch in Massachusetts was built in a deserted suburb, surrounded by a plain. In addition to the dilapidated road, there was only endless weeds.

"The second branch is in front." Ian looked at the only place with lights on.

According to his intelligence, there are not many people stationed in the second branch, only more than a thousand people, most of them are researchers and workers, and there are relatively few soldiers.

Moreover, the location is still in a very remote suburb. It is also difficult to draw support in a short period of time. Now that SEELE is not prepared in advance, they have enough time and opportunity to sneak in.

"You have experienced several battles today. How are you?" Ryoji Kaji asked.

"Although it is not the best condition, I rested for a while on the plane. There should be no problem before sunrise." Ian replied.

Maintaining the AT force field is okay. After all, it is the ability of the apostle. The most physical consumption is the time when he transformed into a music angel in the research institute, but in fact, he did not transform for a long time. From the time they broke into the research institute to the time they drove away, it took less than ten minutes in total. At present, he still has spare energy.

The two glided in the direction of the branch, which was the only place with light.

Not long after, they landed smoothly.

Ryoji Kaji took off his helmet, touched his forehead, and his hands were sweaty. His clothes were also soaked with sweat.

Part of the reason was that the plane was too stuffy, but more of the sweat came from the fear of the crash just now. He almost thought he was going to die.

The place where they landed was very close to the branch.

"The rest of the work is my professional skills." Ryoji Kaji exhaled.

Ikari Shinji returned to the NERV headquarters and stared blankly at the picture transmitted to him by his father.

Unit 01 had just been put back to the base and he had just come out of the plug when his father contacted him.

In the video, the man with blue eyes had a miniature fish angel on his shoulder. The humanoid monster he created killed the soldiers mercilessly.

In another scene, the man and Ryoji Kaji got off the jeep and created the originally defeated music angel. They broke into a base and robbed a fighter plane there.

"This person is the Ninth Angel." Ikari Gendō said, "He is not human. He approaches you and the pilot of Unit-02 for his own purposes."

"Then, Kaji Ryoji, this person is a traitor to humanity."

Shinji couldn't believe this was true. His whole body was shaking. Even if it was true, why did he tell him such a thing?

Ikari Gendō said with a straight face, "They have infiltrated the Second Branch. There is an American-made EVA Unit-04 there. Now there is no way to transport Unit-01 there, so you go and drive Unit-04 to get rid of them."

"Liar. Liar. Liar!" Shinji shouted, "Mr. Ian. You said he was an apostle. You must be a liar!"

He still remembered the day when he woke up from bed and Ian made breakfast for him and Asuka.

How could Mr. Ian, who was so reliable, be an apostle?

"The pilot of Unit 2 has been controlled."

"This is the fact. Accept it." Ikari Gendō said.

Ikari Shinji covered his ears, and Asuka's words echoed in his ears.

"What would you do if NERV asked you to do something you don't like?"

"Really." Shinji murmured, "So that's what happened, Asuka."

No wonder Asuka always kept silent about Ian's affairs. It turned out that he was the only one who knew nothing.

"Attack, do you hear me?" Ikari Gendō gave orders to his son coldly.

Ikari Shinji was pulled onto the transport fighter by SEELE's people with dull eyes.

It was the fastest fighter in the world, which could reach a maximum speed of Mach 3.

He was pulled into the cabin of the fighter like a puppet, and then the flames were ignited, the plane took off and flew towards the distant United States.

Massachusetts, the second branch.

Ian finally came into contact with the S2 mechanism, which was sealed in an alloy metal ball with a diameter of about five meters.

The S2 mechanism and the core of the apostle are not the same thing.

To be precise, it is a certain organ that exists in the body of the apostle. The S2 mechanism does not exist in a physical form. It may be any part of the apostle's body, or it may exist in any part of the apostle's body.

The second branch is still studying the S2 mechanism. They imitated the body structure of the apostle and obtained the "artificial S2 mechanism" in front of them. Although it was manufactured, it was a field that humans have not yet understood.

But for Ian, it is not the case.

He can feel the essence of the thing in front of him. It is actually an "energy extractor".

If he does not intervene, the researchers of the second branch will formally connect the S2 mechanism in the near future in an attempt to use its energy.

But the result will be tragic. The second branch and the area within its radius of 89 kilometers will disappear and enter the "Dirac Sea".

The Dirac Sea is simply a sea of ​​particles composed of negative energy composed of the zero-point energy of the quantum vacuum.

In quantum mechanics, although these particles are unobservable, they are by no means illusory. If enough energy is used, they can be formed. Wherever there is matter, there is a Dirac Sea. Imagine that the observed universe seems to float on its surface.

There is an apostle who was born in the Dirac Sea.

The apostle can connect with the Dirac Sea through the S2 mechanism, thereby obtaining nearly "infinite" energy.

"Is that so." Ian felt the throbbing of the S2 mechanism: "The coordinates of this world are the Dirac Sea."

He reached out to touch the surface of the alloy metal ball. He and Kaji Ryoji broke in by force.

It was okay outside, but once they entered the institute, they would inevitably be discovered.

He led Kaji Ryoji, who was under guard, and used the AT force field to break through the guards and found the S2 mechanism.

"How is it, it's been two hours, can you use the S2 mechanism?" Kaji Ryoji looked at Ian, who was tired, and said jokingly: "If you can't hold on, I'm going to write a suicide note."

It has been more than two hours since they broke into the branch, and the sky is about to dawn.

Bullets are constantly fired from outside. The branch has been surrounded by a large force. The sound of helicopters circling can be heard, and there are military vehicles and soldiers outside.

SEELE's large army has arrived and surrounded this place.

I don't know why they didn't use N2. Are they worried about problems with the S2 mechanism, or are they waiting for other solutions.

In short, Kaji Ryoji can't escape.

At this time, he didn't have any special emotions. He had seen enough things today. No matter how dangerous it was, it was not as exciting as the "free fall" he experienced.

Although there are still some regrets, he will not regret his choice if he dies here today.

"Don't worry, Mr. Kaji, I understand the principle of the S2 mechanism." Ian let out a long sigh.

When he first came into contact with the S2 mechanism, he gained some extra abilities. For example, he knew that Unit 2, far away in Japan, was fighting the Eighth Angel. He communicated with Asuka remotely through the Dirac Sea and told her how to deal with the Eighth Angel.

The S2 mechanism is connected to the Dirac Sea. It directly obtains energy from the Dirac Sea. The Dirac Sea, which can also be called the "negative universe", is the place that the bizarre worm wants to occupy.

When his soul entered the "coordinates" of this world, it actually entered the Dirac Sea.

With the S2 mechanism, he can quickly absorb the energy of the Dirac Sea through the bizarre worm, which is equivalent to plugging him into an inexhaustible external power supply.

"There is nothing to be afraid of anymore." Ian's body was slowly flashing with electric light, like ice, transparent crystals, growing everywhere.

The crystal grew into a towering tree, breaking through the dome, and the tree's roots pierced the alloy shell that enclosed the S2 mechanism.

At the same time, Shinji boarded the branch's Unit 4.

He successfully arrived at the Second Branch and boarded the EVA under his father's order.

The army made way for a path, and Unit 4 dragged the cable forward step by step, holding a giant rifle in its hand and shooting at the crystal tree.

Unit 4 neutralized the AT force field there, and finally caused an effective attack.

The growing crystal tree was pierced, and sharp fragments were scattered all over the ground, like a hailstorm.

"EVA?" Ian frowned: "Is Shinji sitting inside?"

"Shinji? Can you hear me?" Ian wanted to connect with Shinji through the Dirac Sea like Asuka did at that time.

But failed, Shinji refused any contact from the outside world, and he closed his "heart".

"Did NERV order him to come?" Ian guessed.

It is not difficult to guess that it was Ikari Gendo and SEELE who exaggerated some of the things between him and Kaji Ryoji.

The truth is so easy to be misunderstood. Although it is indeed what he and Kaji Ryoji did, as long as the perspective and statement are different, it will become another completely different meaning.

"Asuka, how are you doing?" Ian contacted Asuka first.

In the dim prison, Asuka's eyes lit up.

She and Misato were arrested and imprisoned, and someone outside was strictly guarding them.

Asuka asked: "That idiot Shinji was sent to deal with you and Mr. Kaji? What happened? Why were you identified as the ninth apostle?"

"Really? Am I the ninth apostle? No wonder." Ian roughly understood the whole story: "There are many things that I can't explain clearly in a short time. Asuka, try to protect your life and safety. I will come to save you."

"Are you stupid? After all, I am the pilot of Unit 2. When the apostles appear, those trash can only rely on me. You should worry more about yourself!"

"I see, then I will deal with my affairs first, and then contact you, bye."

Ian hung up the remote communication and concentrated on dealing with EVA Unit 4 in front of him.

In Unit 4, Shinji was talking to himself.

"No one has ever trusted me."

"Asuka, Misato, Ian, none of you have ever trusted me!"

"Dad is the same, you only treat me as a tool, I don't drive EVA because I like it!"

"You all betrayed me, you all betrayed my feelings!"

He shouted, and Unit 4 rushed towards the crystal tree, took out the particle knife, and stabbed like crazy.

"Just stay there, Shinji-kun."

Ian looked up and saw the head restraint of Unit 4 from the broken roof.

"What youth is it? Everyone has this kind of time when they don't listen."

"But don't worry, Shinji-kun, there's nothing to be afraid of."

The music angel and the fish angel grew along the roots of the crystal tree.

This time, it is no longer a miniature version, but a one-to-one proportional restoration.

Shinji looked at the two quiet apostles and was stunned.