The first machine hangar.

Li Xiao stood on the cross bridge, looking up at the sleeping purple face of the first machine, the expression on his face was very serious. Behind him, Commander Ikati, Shinji, Rei and Asuka, the four of them lined up, they looked at Li Xiao's back with nervous expressions, and at this moment they even became cautious about breathing, for fear of disturbing Li Xiao.

Li Xiao himself was also very nervous, he first took a deep breath, and then said in a firm tone: "Okay, I'm going to start." ”

AT Force Field! Full!

Li Xiao released his unique AT force field, and Shinji and the others behind him immediately felt a fiery wave of qi rushing towards him, the air around Li Xiao distorted as if it had been scorched by high temperatures, and his body emitted a dazzling golden light, like a rising little sun slowly floating into the air.

Seeing this magical scene, both Shinji and Asuka couldn't help but widen their eyes in surprise. Rei's expression, although not as rich as Shinji and Asuka, was also visibly surprised. Commander Ikari clenched his fists nervously, his body tense straight.

Li Xiao slowly closed his eyes, his consciousness immersed in the spiritual world. In Li Xiao's perception, the world seemed to have fallen into a pitch-black nothingness, and everything disappeared, only him and the first machine were floating in this strange void.

Suddenly, the wonderful feeling of the last time he entered the first machine came again, Li Xiao felt as if a door had opened in front of him, and on the other side of the door was a bright golden light, Li Xiao still closed his eyes and walked into the door. At the moment of stepping on the threshold, time was warped, Li Xiao couldn't sense the passage of time, it seemed that only a second had passed, but it seemed that 100 million years had passed, in short, I don't know how long it was, Li Xiao felt that the surroundings suddenly brightened, the warm and humid sea breeze came to his face, and the brisk chirping of seagulls in the distance was heard in his ears. So, Li Xiao slowly opened his eyes, and after a short trance, Li Xiao gradually saw the surrounding scene clearly, and he came to the beach again.

This beach has not changed from the last time Li Xiao left, it is still so sunny, still so warm and comfortable, the sea water is clear and blue, the sky is clear and cloudless, the white seagulls are flying happily in the wind, and the magnificent water column of whales can be seen in the depths of the distant sea.

Such a beautiful scenery can only be seen in dreams, and this is indeed a dream—Ikari Yui's dream.

Li Xiao looked up at the beach, and he found that there were a little more things on the beach than the last time he came, a wide parasol and a set of white beach tables and chairs. At this time, Ikari Wei was sitting under the parasol, facing Li Xiao sideways, turning his head to look at the sea and blue sky in the distance, with a quiet expression on his face.

Li Xiao immediately walked over quickly, sat down on the chair opposite Ikari Wei, and then asked with a smile: "Aunt Wei, what are you looking at?" So fascinating. ”

Ikari Wei turned his head and looked at Li Xiao with a smile: "Look at the scenery, if you leave here, I'm afraid you won't be able to see such a beautiful scenery." ”

"The scenery here is really beautiful, but the scenery of Lake Ashi is also good, especially in the mornings of July and August, when the fog covers the entire surface of the lake, and it looks like a fairyland from the nearby mountains. If you have a chance in the future, you must ask Commander Ikari to take you and Shinji to take a look. Li Xiao cracked his mouth and smiled, revealing a neat row of white teeth.

"Lake Ashi......" Ikari thought for a moment, as if he remembered something. I've been busy with work and experiments, but it's a shame to miss the beautiful scenery so close. With that, Ikari Wei slowly stood up and stretched out his hand to Li Xiao.

"Akatsuki, take me back, go back to Gendo and Shinji, so that one day I can go and see the beauty of Lake Ashi." Ikari winked playfully at Li Xiao.

Li Xiao immediately stood up as well, gently grabbed Ikari Wei's hand, and between the palms of the two of them, a bright golden light suddenly burst out: "Aunt Wei, you have done a good job, this journey may be a little bumpy."

Under the bright golden light, Ikari was as beautiful as a goddess, she showed an incomparably gentle smile and said to Li Xiao: "Thank you, Xiao ......"

When Li Xiao opened his eyes again, he returned to NERV, and the first machine slept quietly in front of him. Li Xiao slowly fell from the sky, and the golden light on his body quickly extinguished.

Commander Ikin immediately rushed up, and he grabbed Li Xiao's two shoulders with a very frightening expression.

"Only? Why are you alone? Only where! Commander Ikin yelled at Li Xiao, it was the first time for Li Xiao to see Commander Ikari show such a panicked and helpless expression, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

After roaring twice, Commander Ikari's two shining eyes quickly dimmed, he let go of Li Xiao, and the whole person seemed to be dozens of years old all of a sudden: "Rescue...... Failed? ”

Shinji stood behind Commander Ikati, and when he heard this, his face was instantly overshadowed by despair.

Li Xiao is very weak now, and it is not easy to bring Ikari Wei out of the first machine. He took two breaths before opening his mouth and slowly replied, "No, the rescue was successful."

Commander Ikari raised his head violently and looked at Li Xiao again, his eyes were so hot that he almost lit Li Xiao: "What did you say?" It worked! Where's that?! ”

Li Xiao turned around and pointed to the first machine: "Aunt Wei, it's in the insertion bolt of the first machine now."

Commander Ikin was stunned for a few seconds, then rushed to the console and popped out the plug of the first machine. Manually opening the hatch with the bolt inserted, Commander Ikari looked inside nervously. Then he saw that Ikari was really asleep in the driver's seat, exactly as she had left it.

The moment he saw Ikari Yui, Commander Ikari instantly stopped breathing. He cautiously climbed into the plug, and gently held Ikari in his arms, as if he was afraid of waking her, and called softly: "Yui, only ......"

As if hearing Commander Ikari's voice, Ikari Yui slowly opened her eyes, and when she saw who the person around her was, she showed a happy smile.

Ikari Yuantang also smiled slightly, "I finally saw you, Yui."

Yui Ikaru: "Fool, I've always been there."

After saying that, Ikari Yui's gaze crossed Ikari Gendo and looked at Shinji who was standing at the hatch. Ikari Yui stretched out his hand to Shinji and said gently, "Shinji, come here, let Mom see you."

Shinji was a little confused, and he stepped into the cockpit and squatted down obediently beside Ikari Yui.

Ikari raised his hand and gently stroked Shinji's face: "You've grown up, Shinji."

Feeling the warmth in his mother's palm, Shinji's eyes couldn't help but moisten, and he nodded vigorously and said with a crying voice, "Well, I've grown up, Mom."

Li Xiao, Asuka and Li stood outside the plug, and the three of them were very good at watching the atmosphere and did not disturb their family of three.

Family reunion, I am afraid there is nothing more touching in the world, Li Xiao can't help but be sincerely happy for the three members of Shinji's family. Rei and Asuka stood on either side of Li Xiao, Rei didn't have any expression on her face, she looked at the direction of the hatch in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking. Asuka has sadness on her face, Shinji's mother is back, but my mother will never come back.

Li Xiao noticed Asuka's mood, this girl who is always competitive and seems to be not afraid of heaven and earth, actually has a sensitive and fragile side in her heart.

Li Xiao looked at Asuka's sad expression, and couldn't help but feel very distressed, he gently put his hand on Asuka's shoulder: "Asuka ......"

Asuka turned her head and smiled strongly at Li Xiao: "I'm fine, now I know, my mother has been protecting me in the second machine, and that's enough."

Li Xiao's heart suddenly twitched, Asuka's sentence "This is enough", I don't know how much helplessness and sadness it contains.

It took a long time for the Shinji family of three to come out of the plug. Li Xiao understands very well, after all, he hasn't seen him for so many years, so he naturally has endless words.

After Commander Ikin came out of the plug, he walked straight in front of Li Xiao, and then, the commander-in-chief of NERV, who was known for his indifference and ruthlessness, actually bent down deeply in front of Li Xiao - he bowed to Li Xiao!

"Thank you." Commander Ikin said.

Although Commander Ikari only said two words, Li Xiao heard the sincerity and gratitude contained in these two words clearly, and he suddenly became a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, Commander Ikati, get up quickly."

Ikari Yui also came to Li Xiao and winked at him playfully: "Lake of Ashi, everyone will go together in the future."

Li Xiao was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but think: Ikari Wei's personality is unexpectedly very cute.

Then, Ikari turned his head to look at Asuka and said with a smile, "You're Asuka, you've grown into a big girl, I hugged you when you were a child, remember?"

Asuka immediately opened her round mouth in surprise: "Hey——!"

Ikari Wei: "It's really a female college eighteenth change, you were only five or six years old at that time, and now you have become such a beautiful big girl."

Asuka laughed: "Ah, Auntie, you have won the prize."

After saying a few words to Asuka, Ikari Yui's gaze fell on Rei. Li Xiao couldn't help but be a little nervous, Li is a clone of Ikari Wei, what will Ikari think of Li?

Ikari looked at Liz carefully for a while, as if she wanted to see every part of Li's eyes, and then she smiled softly: "You are Li, you look like my daughter." You know? Before I got pregnant with Shinji, Gendo and I had a discussion that if you gave birth to a boy, you would be called Shinji, and if you were a girl, you would be called Rei. ”

After saying that, Ikari opened his arms and hugged Rei into his arms.

"You'll be the child of the Ikari family in the future, be my daughter, okay?"

Rei was held in her arms by Ikari Yui, and the whole person was stunned. For the first time in her life, she knew the meaning of her name and experienced the warmth of her name "Mother" for the first time.

Leigh nodded and gave a soft "um".