In the following days, Fang Zheng took the three little ghosts to live a very leisurely life, and Ikari Yuantang was not so idle. The League of Nations summoned him to the United Nations headquarters several times in a row to report and asked for an explanation from Ikari Gendo. At the same time, organizations and institutions in various countries also began to collect information and clues about the "Heavenly Dao Palace".

In fact, the League of Nations already had plans to mothball the NERV headquarters, but the forces of SEELE infiltration were strong enough that nothing had changed so far.

But Fang Zheng knew that it wouldn't be long before the situation would change.

Because he received a call from Misato Katsuragi.

"The fifth qualified person has been decided above, and you will be responsible for taking over."

"Oh?"

Hearing Misato Katsuragi's voice on the other side of the phone, Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"What's his name?"

"Kaoru Nagisa."

"Huh."

Hearing the name, Fang Zheng smiled, and then he rolled his eyes.

"I see, First Lieutenant Katsuragi......... By the way, if you have time, why don't you come with me to pick him up? ”

"Me?"

Faced with Fangzheng's invitation, Misato Katsuragi was obviously a little surprised. But she thought for a moment, then nodded.

"Okay, it just so happens that I'm free during this time."

"Then I'll pick you up."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng hung up his phone and walked out of the room.

"Yo, little ones, it's okay today, go out with me."

"It's fine."

Hearing Fangzheng's inquiry, Shinji Ikari shook her head, while Rei Ayanami stood up silently, and Asuka turned her head curiously and looked at Fangzheng.

"But Fangzheng, where are we going?"

In the face of Asuka's curious inquiry, Fang Zheng smiled slightly.

"Go see someone."

“？？？”

Although they were a little confused, the three of them obediently followed Fang Zheng out in the car, they first picked up Misato Katsuragi, and then Fang Zheng kicked the accelerator and drove towards the outskirts of the third new Tokyo city.

"Hey."

Sitting in the middle of the back row, Asuka looked at Rei Ayanami and Shinji Ikari on her left and right, and finally reached out and pulled Shinji Ikari's clothes.

"What did you say Fang Zheng brought Misato for?"

"I don't know ........."

Shinji Ikari and Misato Katsuragi were still somewhat embarrassed, so he just shook his head in the face of Asuka's inquiry.

"You say, it shouldn't be that Fang Zheng and Misato are secretly dating."

Looking at Misato Katsuragi sitting in the passenger seat, Asuka had a big brain.

"Is he going to find a place where we can be a witness and propose to Misato......... It hurts! First, why are you pinching me? ”

"I'm sorry."

Rei Ayanami silently withdrew her hand.

"I didn't mean to ........."

“…………… Call......... Well, I'll just believe you didn't mean to. ”

Blowing the back of the pinched red hand, Asuka also glared at Rei Ayanami angrily, and didn't say anything.

And at this time, Fang Zheng, who was driving, spoke.

"Anyway, there's still some time, so why don't I teach you a lesson now."

"Lesson?"

"Not bad."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng smiled.

"History lesson."

“？？？”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, but they didn't say anything more, only to see that Fang Zheng had already said it to himself.

"It all started a long, long time ago, when there were no humans on this earth, and as we found in archaeology, dinosaurs dominated the world......... Well, if it weren't for a small accident, maybe this world would have been taken over by intelligent dinosaurs. But alas, these dinosaurs were not very lucky, because two uninvited guests came to this planet. ”

Saying this, Fang Zheng looked at the sky in front of him, in fact, through the "Confession Banner", he already knew everything that happened in this world.

"In today's terms, we can call them alien beings, one of whom is Adam and the other is Lilith."

Hearing this, Misato Katsuragi's face suddenly changed, she turned her head and stared at Fang Zheng, but Fang Zheng didn't notice it and continued to speak.

"Adam and Lilith represent two directions of life, Adam represents the limits of the individual, while Lilith represents the wisdom of the group. As the saying goes, there is no room for two tigers, and the two sides fight for dominance, and in the end, Lilith defeats Adam and seals him away. And the battle between them also led to the first shock ——— and the demise of the dinosaurs. ”

Speaking of this, Fang Zheng couldn't help but sigh a little, in fact, human beings are strictly speaking a "civil war" against the apostles, because whether it is Adam or Lilith, they are actually put by the goddess of order. After all, just like doing scientific research, it is impossible to go all the way to the dark, and all kinds of ways and methods must be explored, right?

In Kodori's world, the Goddess of Order seeks to transform the Chaos creatures back into the creatures of Order, so she has the Star God seal the power of those beasts and transform them into humans. Of course, in the end, it was also known that the soul of the star god was not enough to continue to maintain the existence of human beings, resulting in the re-animalization of human beings and the destruction of the world.

And in this world, the goddess of order clearly wants to see which order is more effective between the extreme individual and the wisdom of the crowd. As a result, Adam loses and Lilith wins.

After this, Adam's body was sealed, and the rest of the body was reduced to pieces and scattered into a deep sleep. And Lilith also created the human ......... As a representative creature of the wisdom of the crowd. In fact, the story should have ended there. ”

Saying this, Fang Zheng glanced at Misato Katsuragi beside him.

"Until the second shock happens."

Hearing the words "second impact", Misato Katsuragi's expression changed slightly, and then she forced herself to look out the window. On the contrary, Shinji Ikari was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking.

"But didn't the teacher say that the second impact was caused by a meteorite fall?"

"Are you stupid?"

Asuka immediately taught Shinji Ikari a lesson.

"That's just an excuse to cover people's ears, and that's not the case at all......... As an EVA driver, you should at least know something about this. Are you right? First? ”

“………”

In response to Asuka's inquiry, Rei Ayanami just nodded slightly, staring at Fang Zheng silently.

"That's right, the second impact has nothing to do with meteorites, and in fact, the first impact didn't cause the extinction of the dinosaurs because of meteorites......... Okay, but before I do that, I'm going to tell you about an organization called SEELE. ”

“SEELE？！”

For this name, Asuka and Shinji Ikari also immediately cheered up, because the red ponytail girl had said the existence of "SEELE" before, and the name was mentioned again at the bottom of the eye, which made the two realize that Fang Zheng took them out this time, definitely not for a picnic or to enjoy the scenery.

"That's right, before the second impact, the world order was not what it is now, and SEELE at that time was a religious organization that couldn't see the light of day, just like the Illuminati or similar groups, holding a book of nonsense written hundreds of thousands of years ago by someone who had a brain convulsion as a holy text, and fighting for it all his life......... Well, to put it bluntly, it's just a cult group hidden behind the scenes. ”

Saying this, Fang Zheng smiled and looked at Shinji Ikari through the rearview mirror.

"Shinji, don't think that this matter has nothing to do with you, in fact, your mother was once sponsored by SEELE, which is why your father is close to her."

"Hey?!!"

Hearing this, Shinji was stunned.

"Mr. Fangzheng, you say, you say my mother......... It's the .........."

"Of course, I'm not saying that your mother is a bad person. Although it seems to me that SEELE is a neurotic cult, at that time it was ostensibly a public foundation, and it would sponsor some promising researchers, and your mother was funded by SEELE when she was doing research under Professor Fuyutsuki. ”

"You mean Deputy Commander of Winter Moon?"

At this time, Misato Katsuragi was also shocked, she had never thought that such a thing would happen.

"As for Ikari Gendo......... I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS THINKING, BUT AT THAT TIME, HE WAS JUST TRYING TO HOOK UP WITH SEELE, SO HE GOT IN TOUCH WITH YOUR MOTHER, IKI IKII, AND EVENTUALLY THE TWO GOT MARRIED AND HAD CHILDREN......... That's you. ”

Speaking of this, Fang Zheng glanced at Misato Katsuragi.

"First Lieutenant Katsuragi, you may not know that Ikari Gendo was also your father at that time......... In Professor Katsuragi's investigation team, and, just the day before the second impact, Gendo Ikari left the investigation team with all the investigation materials. Or rather......... Just one day after Gendo Ikari left the investigation team, the second shock occurred. ”

"What do you mean ..............."

Misato Katsuragi wasn't stupid either, she was just young at the time, but now, after hearing Fangzheng say this, she seemed to realize something and clenched her fists.

"That's right, the second shock was not an accident, not even an accident as it is called in official documents."

Fang Zheng slapped the steering wheel again.

"The fact is that the speaker of SEELE is Kilu. Lorenz deliberately lifted Adam's seal through remote manipulation, triggering a second impact. Because for what they call the 'Human Completion Project,' the second shock is necessary........."

"Bang !!"

Before Fang Zheng's words were finished, he saw Misato Katsuragi slam his fist on the window next to him, even startling Asuka and Shinji Ikari.

And Fang Zheng just glanced at her calmly.

"Don't smash it, you have to pay for it."

“…………… It's okay, you can get reimbursement from the NERV Operations Department. ”

"Okay, then I'll go on......... As you all know, after the second shock, the original order and governments of the countries of the world almost collapsed. And SEELE had long foreseen the second impact——— nonsense, which was triggered by them on their own initiative, so they arranged their own manpower in advance. And took advantage of the chaos of the situation in various countries after the second shock to take control of the world from the inside. ”

Saying this, Fang Zheng pursed his lips.

"To put it simply, you can think of SEELE as a virus that weakens the host before it can be effective. THE WORLD HAS BEEN COMPLETELY ERODED BY A VIRUS CALLED SEELE, BUT LUCKILY, THE STUPID THING THEY DID ALSO HAD A BIG IMPACT——— AND THAT WAS THE AWAKENING OF THE APOSTLES. ”

"Apostles......... Is it? ”

"That's right, the apostle is the mutilated half of Adam, and SEELE lifted Adam's seal, and the apostle naturally woke up. They have always been eager to become one with Adam again, which is why the Apostles would attack only the third New Tokyo City——— because Adam's body is in the NERV headquarters. ”

"I see......... That's how it ........."

Asuka also frowned and thought about it.

"That makes sense, and I wonder why the apostles only attacked Japan........."

"If humanity is destroyed by the apostles before the plan is implemented, then SEELE's plan will be completely in vain. It is for this reason that they will establish the NERV ——— the Apostolic Combat Institution. Of course, on the surface, NERV was founded against the apostles, but in fact it is clearly more than that. In fact, EVA is the key to humanity's completion plan. ”

"What exactly is the human completion plan?"

Misato Katsuragi finally couldn't help but ask.

"NOT TO MENTION SEELE'S OBVIOUSLY STUPID CULT LINES, THEIR PURPOSE IS VERY SIMPLE, WHICH IS TO CREATE A MAN-MADE GOD."

"Artificial ......... God? ”

"That's right, to merge all the people of the world together, to discard the distinctions of the individual, to merge into a whole, to ascend to the realm of the gods......... Of course, this is their statement, let me use a more popular phrase to ——— everyone die together and ascend to heaven and become immortals. ”

"So disgusting? I don't want it! ”

Sure enough, Asuka was the first to refuse.

"If you want to fuse with the stupid Shinji, you might as well let me die!"

“…………………”

Hearing this, Shinji Ikari's expression was somewhat subtle, and he smiled bitterly and didn't know what to say——— he wasn't stupid, knowing that if he said to Asuka at this time, "It's not bad if we fuse together", it is estimated that Asuka will slap him with a backhand.

"But......... How do you know this? ”

Reacting from the shock, Misato Katsuragi couldn't help but look at Fangzheng, staring at him vigilantly.

"Who the hell are you?"

"Maybe you've already guessed it, okay......... I didn't bother to hide in the clouds, so I just made it clear that my ostensible identity was a member of the League of Nations............ In fact, it is. ”

"Huh?"

Faced with this unexpected answer, Misato Katsuragi's jaw was about to drop.

"What do you say?"

"I'm not lying, I'm indeed a person within the League of Nations, in fact, you may not know, since the second impact, there have been people within the League of Nations who suspect that there is something wrong with the second impact, and conduct a secret investigation without alerting SEELE, and I am one of them, not only that, but I am also a member of the Heavenly Dao Palace......... Now you get it? ”

"Heavenly Dao Palace?"

Faced with this answer, everyone was surprised.

"So ......... that red ponytail girl"

"Hmm......... We do know each other. ”

Fang Zheng coughed, then diverted the topic and looked at the stunned Misato Katsuragi.

"First Lieutenant Katsuragi, the reason why I'm telling you this is because I need your help next."

"My ......... Help? ”

"That's right."

Fang Zheng nodded, and then he looked ahead.

"But for now, let's deal with the last question."

Saying this, Fang Zheng suddenly braked and stopped. At this time, everyone realized that they and the others had unknowingly arrived at the beach, and on the beach, a young man in a white shirt was standing there, with his back to them.

"That's ........."

"That's the last apostle."

Founder opens the door.

"That's why I called you, Rei, Asuka, Shinji. You are the drivers of the EVA, and your goal is to destroy the Apostles. But this apostle is too much trouble for you, so ........."

The flames were sudden, and the next moment, the knight with silver and white armor and black and white swords appeared in front of everyone.

"Founder......... Mr? ”

Looking at this scene, Shinji Ikari was speechless in surprise, and Asuka and Rei Ayanami also widened their eyes in surprise.

However, Fang Zheng was not afraid at all, he strode behind the young man and raised the pitch-black sword in his hand.

"Are you ready to die? The Last Messenger. ”

“…………… Of course. ”

Hearing Fangzheng's inquiry, the young man with a white face turned his head with a smile.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Li Lin."