NERV headquarters, the second test site.

"Alright, now it's the first official start of the trial, Leigh, are you ready?"

"Yes."

Hearing Fang Zheng's inquiry, Ayanami Li nodded, and Fang Zheng also smiled slightly.

"Well, as I said before, you know, Eva isn't a good thing, and no one knows what's going to happen in a start-up trial. But remember, it's very important to grasp the state of mind, and no matter what, stick to your heart, just like you feel when you meditate. ”

"Yes."

"Well, I'll leave it to you."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng waved his hand and watched Rei Ayanami walk into the plug, and then came to the main control room of the test site.

"Looking at you, it seems that this experiment will not go too well?"

And Fang Zheng had just stood by the glass wall, and Ritsuko Akagi, who was next to him, pushed his glasses curiously and asked.

"Who knows."

Faced with Ritsuko Akagi's inquiry, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

"It's always a good idea to be prepared for the best and prepare for the worst, and even if it's purely mechanical, there will be a whole bunch of problems on the first test run. Not to mention Eva, a thing like a ghost that doesn't have a ghost, and frankly, I don't want a problem, but can you give me a word that it's 100% fine? Dr. Akagi? ”

“……………”

In the face of Fangzheng's inquiry, Ritsuko Akagi didn't say anything. As Fang Zheng said, Eva is not a pure machine, and she can even say that she knows very well that many things about Eva are still mysteries.........

Still, it still has to be done.

And at this time, Ikari Gentang, who had been silent, finally spoke.

"Start starting."

"Yes."

Hearing Ikari Gendo's order, Ritsuko Akagi nodded and quickly gave the order.

"Connect the mains power to all circuits."

"Once the mains power supply is connected, start booting the system......... The operating voltage is 0.5 ...... from the critical point 0.2…… Breakthrough! ”

"The start-up system enters the second phase."

"The LCL concentration is normal, it starts to connect with the driver, and it starts to enter the second stage, and the LCL pressure remains the status quo. The synapse is inserted, it begins to bind, and the pulse is transmitted......... All circuits are normal, there is no abnormality in the initial contact, and the power is transmitted to the left and right upper arm muscles. Open footstep conduction circuits, all nerve connections are normal, and check up to 2550 items......... Prepare for the third contact, 2580 check passes. ”

With the staff's briefing, Machine Zero slowly raised its head.

"0.9, 0.7, 0.5, 0.4 ......... from the absolute boundary line"

"Tick ...............!"

However, at this moment, suddenly the picture on the screen began to quickly reverse.

"Pulse Countercurrent!"

At this moment, the staff's voice immediately became nervous.

"The third stage is abnormal, and the central neurons begin to produce a rejection response!"

Sure enough.

Looking at the Zero machine in front of him, which was struggling in pain, Fang Zheng pursed his lips, in fact, he had already guessed this question. Although it strengthened Rei Ayaami's soul and spirit, Machine Zero was not under Founder's jurisdiction. However, Machine Zero, which only has fragments of its mutilated soul, is like an untamed wild horse, and its instinctive reaction to the first person to climb up and try to harness itself is definitely resistant.

Next, it's up to Rei Ayanami to tame the wild horse.

"The pulse countercurrent intensifies, and it can't be stopped!"

At the same time, Unit Zero began to struggle angrily, breaking free of the restraints on the wall, and then it slammed forward............... Stopped.

"What's going on?"

Looking at the zero machine standing still, everyone was surprised, because all the data showed that the zero machine had lost control and could not even transmit signals into it.

This all shows that the zero machine has entered a state of loss of control, but look at it like this......... What's going on?

Ritsuko Akagi was still trying in vain to regain control of Unit Zero, while Fang Zheng just stood quietly by the glass wall, staring at the trembling Zero.

Can you give Lao Tzu another try?

Although it is only a half-incomplete defective product, it is only a creature after all, and as long as it is a creature......... Lao Tzu goes down with a dragon, can you still run?

Touched not? Machine Zero?

"Uh......... Woo...............! ”

At this moment, the zero machine let out a painful groan, the square dragon power has a divine power bonus, not to mention it, even the real apostle has to kneel. However, Fang Zheng didn't intend to accept it as a junior brother, so he just used Long Wei to suppress the rampage of Machine Zero, as for the next thing......... I'd better leave it to Leigh.

Unable to counter Rei Ayanami through neural connections, the current Zero can only fight for control with Rei Ayanami through the mental level.

It's like a wild horse and a horse handler, either the wild horse kicks the horse trainer away, or the horse trainer is obediently tamed.

However, Fang Zheng is still very optimistic about Ayanami.

Not to mention that Ayanami Rei has now digested some of Lilith's soul power, and the zero itself is a defective product, and its biggest problem is that it is wild and untamable. But because of the mutilated soul, it is also more pure. To put it bluntly, judging from the confrontation from the perspective of the soul, maybe at the beginning of Machine Zero can rely on her brute strength to break through, but as long as Rei Ayanami is familiar with the confrontation at the spiritual level, relying on her current soul and spiritual power, it should not be a problem to suppress Machine Zero.

And the facts are similar to what Founder guessed.

"Connection successful!"

Just five minutes after the zero machine lost control, the zero machine, which had been making a sleepy beast fighting posture, suddenly lowered its head. At the same time, the staff who had been busy with their work before also let out a cry of surprise.

"Central neurons reconnect! Pulse countercurrent aborted! The third stage of the tipping point breakthrough was successful! ”

"Stop experimenting."

Although the situation is good for now, Ritsuko Akagi still gave the order to stop the experiment, after all, no one knows what happened to the zero machine just now, although it seems to be okay now, but who knows? What if you run out again?

"How's the driver doing?"

"Physical characteristics are all normal!"

Hearing this, everyone also breathed a sigh of relief, and then Ritsuko Akagi immediately gave an order.

"Restrain the Zero machine again, and remove the insertion bolt."

Soon, under the orders of Ritsuko Akagi, the zero machine was once again put on a restraint device, and everyone was careful during the whole process, for fear that it would run away again. But fortunately, this time the zero machine was quite obedient, and there were no problems until the final experiment was completely over.

Even when Rei Ayanami came out of the plug, except for her pale and weak face, the rest of the body was normal, and she didn't have the tragic state of bandages when she first came out of the anime.

"Yo, Leigh, it's okay."

Looking at Rei Ayanami who walked out of the plugging bolt, Fang Zheng smiled and waved his hand, and looking at Fang Zheng, Rei Ayanami also nodded slightly.

"A little tired, but nothing serious."

"That's good, go for a full physical check-up, and then we'll go back and rest first, by the way, what do you want to eat today?" How about beef noodles? ”

"I don't like to eat meat........."

"How much should I eat......... Beef noodle consommé with barbecue, but it's the best, I'll tell you, if you don't eat it, you'll lose ........."

While speaking, Fang Zheng turned around and left directly with Ayanami Rei. And Ikari Gentang, who was a step too late, couldn't interject, and could only watch Fang Zheng just hold Rei Ayanami's hand and leave the second test site with her............

At this moment, Ikari Yuantang felt that his blood pressure was about to reach a critical point.

If it weren't for the fact that there were a lot of staff members next to him, I'm afraid that Ikari Gendo would not be able to help but shout at this time, "The thief is leaving!" ”

But now......... He just had to watch.

Dongyue next to him glanced at Ikari Gentang, and then shook his head silently.

The results of the physical examination are not abnormal, which is also normal, after all, in the anime, Rei Ayaba's body is so miserable because of the self-harm caused by the zero machine. However, this time, before the zero machine had time to harm itself, it was pressed down by Founder Longwei. In the battle at the soul level, Rei Ayanami clearly had the upper hand. Therefore, the final result of the examination is not a big problem, as long as you have a good rest for a few days.

So Fang Zheng took Rei Ayanami to withdraw decisively, and Ritsuko Akagi didn't stop her, obviously she was also currently studying what the connection between the rampage before Zero and the sudden stop at the back was.

However, Fang Zheng believed that she would not be able to achieve any results in her life.

Of course, in the end, Founder didn't succeed in eating beef noodles, because there is no such thing in this hellish place in Japan, and the problem is that the problem is that the taste of ramen is not very good.

So Fang Zheng simply went home and made his own clear soup noodles.

On the way to eat, Rei Ayanami also reported to Fang Zheng that what happened to her in Machine Zero was the same as Fang Zheng expected, and just as Rei Ayanami was about to break through the critical point, the soul of Machine Zero launched an attack on her. But fortunately, at that time, Ayanami Rei was also reminded by Fang Zheng, and she had already kept an eye on it, although she was caught off guard because she was not familiar with the soul impact at first, but then Ayanami Rei also reacted quickly and began to take the initiative to fight back.

There's nothing to say about the next, the three-plate axe failed, and the zero machine that was suppressed by Long Wei was finally defeated, while Ayanami Li won the victory.

"It seems that meditation is still effective, so follow the plan and continue training."

"Yes."

Hearing Fangzheng's answer, Rei Ayanami also nodded without hesitation. Obviously, this victory also made Rei Ayaami, who was originally a little confused, more and more determined.

In the following days, everything went well.

As Fang Zheng thought, Ritsuko Akagi didn't figure out what happened that day until the end, and she also asked Rei Ayanami about the situation at that time, and Rei Ayanami explained it truthfully. But it's a pity that Ritsuko Akagi, as a scientist, has basically zero knowledge of the soul level, and in the end she came to a messy conclusion that "the pilot of Zero was almost mentally polluted due to some special reasons, but then returned unharmed".

It's basically the same as saying nothing.

However, Akagi Ritsuko was quite interested in Fang Zheng's "meditation" training for Ayanami Rei, and she also knew that Fang Zheng had given Ayanami Rei training in this area, but at that time, Akagi Ritsuko still couldn't believe in such things as meditation.

But I didn't expect that this time the zero machine went berserk, and it would actually play an unexpected role because of the "meditation" training that seemed to be chattering, which made Ritsuko Akagi have to make a note of it.

After that, everything is normal, the zero machine did not go berserk again, and the synchronization rate of Ayanami Rei and the zero machine is also increasing and is different from the zero machine in the original book that is about to explode at every turn because of abnormal taming, this time the zero machine has been completely conquered by Ayanami Rei, and naturally it will not drag her back. And under the guidance of Fang Zheng, the performance of Rei Ayaba, who absorbed the power of Lilith's soul, became more and more eye-catching.

As for the relationship between Fang Zheng and Ayanami Rei, it is naturally a lot better, although she has not cultivated Ayanami Rei to be that lively and cute type, but at least when communicating with people, she is no longer so autistic.

Of course, after that, Ikari Yuantang took blood pressure medication regularly every day, and Fang was too lazy to take care of it.

It's better to have a cerebral thrombosis stroke early and get out of here.

Finally, the time has come.

On another morning, Fang Zheng had just finished breakfast when he received an emergency call from NERV.

The figure of the apostle was found.

In other words, the time has come for Zero to be dispatched.