Early morning, 5:00 a.m., holographic conference room.

Commander Ikari sat in the darkness, Deputy Commander Dongyue stood beside him, and around the two of them, there were twelve black tombstones floating in the dark void, each with a blood-red number, from 01 to 12, plus the "13" of Commander Ikati, which just symbolized the thirteen disciples of Jesus.

01 Speaker Kiro: "The appointed day has arrived, Ikari Gendo." ”

Commander Ikati: "Humanity should move towards a brighter future, and EVA exists for that. ”

THE APOSTLE CONVINCES SEELE, BUT SEELE IS UNMOVED.

12: "This is the necessary ritual for the rebirth of the closed human race." ”

07: "The fate of destruction also contains the joy of rebirth. ”

03: "In order for God, man, and all other living beings to become one through death." ”

01 Speaker of Kiro: "Death will give birth to new life." ”

Ikari Gendo: "Death can't give birth to anything. ”

01 Speaker Kirul: "Death, I'll give it to you!" ”

As the words fell, all the twelve tombstones disappeared, and only Ikari Gendo and Dongyue were left in the dark nothingness.

Dongyue's face was heavy: "The negotiations broke down." ”

Ikari Gentang was expressionless: "It was expected. ”

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6:00

The moment the alarm on his mobile phone rang, Li Xiao suddenly opened his eyes.

At this time, Li Xiao was lying in a bedroom on the fourth floor of NERV, and since Commander Ikari issued the order to "prohibit all personnel from entering and leaving the headquarters", Li Xiao and Misato had slept in the headquarters.

The alarm clock was controlled by Peggy, and after Li Xiao woke up, the alarm stopped automatically.

Li Xiao sat up slowly on the bed, staring at an unknown place in front of him with a serious expression for a while, as if he was thinking about something, not at all like he had just woken up. In fact, Li Xiao didn't sleep well last night, almost all night, because Li Xiao's "HAPPYEND Completion Plan" finally came to the end, and the final battle was coming.

Li Xiao turned his head to glance at the mobile phone on the bedside table, opened his mouth and asked, "Peggy, has it started?" ”

Peggy's voice rang out, "Here we go." ”

After Peggy finished speaking, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded throughout NERV......

"Buzz-buzz-buzz-"

The entire battle hall was busy with the sound of the alarm, Hinata Makoto, Shigeru Aoba, and Maya Ibuki, the three of them were busy at their respective posts, and Misato almost ran into the battle hall at a speed of 100 meters, and the first thing he asked after coming in: "What happened?!" ”

Hinata Makoto turned around and replied loudly: "There is an unknown terminal intruding into the headquarters network!" ”

Shigeru Aoba: "All external terminals have data intrusion, and all lines connecting to the outside world are constantly being cut off!" ”

Misato's face instantly became gloomy: "Cyber warfare...... Want us to be blind and deaf? The other party is coming for MAGI. ”

Maya Ibuki: "Attack data source detected!" ”

Misato turned her head to look over: "Is it Matsushiro's MAGI No. 2?" ”

Maya Ibuki: "More than that, at least five MAGI-type units have been detected!" ”

"Five?!" Misato was taken aback. "SEELE really made a lot of money this time."

Maya Ibuki: "Now, Akagi-senpai is deploying a defense system inside MAGI!" ”

"Ritsuko......" Misato walked briskly to the edge of the second floor and looked down at the three supercomputers on the third floor, where Ritsuko was.

At this time, Hinata Makoto suddenly seemed to have discovered something, and a look of disbelief and surprise appeared on his face, he was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly reported to Misato: "An A-801 ultimatum from the second new Tokyo city has come from the invasion terminal!" ”

Misato frowned suspiciously, and immediately leaned over to look at Hinata Makoto's screen: "A-801? ”

"Abolish all legal safeguards for the secret service NERV, and hereby declare the NERV an illegal organization and hand it over to the command of the RB government." Hinata Makoto quickly explained.

Misato quickly read this ultimatum and gritted her teeth vigorously: "It seems that this is an ultimatum." ”

After listening to Hinata Makoto's explanation, Maya Ibuki couldn't help but show a frightened and puzzled expression, and the poor girl was still in the dark: "Why did the government do this?" Why the sudden outlawing of NERV's legal status? ”

Misato glanced at Maya Ibuki and didn't explain, but in fact, she knew very well in her heart that all this was done by SEELE, and SEELE's purpose was to occupy the headquarters and snatch EVA, Adam and Lilith, because if you want to complete the human replenishment and launch the third impact, Adam and Lilith are indispensable. The invasion of MAGI is just the beginning, and the real action is yet to come.

Sure enough, after the start of the cyber war, the ground war also began.

The shrill sirens sounded again, and on the big screen, one by one, the small screens of the external monitors turned into snowflakes and lost contact.

"Seventh to Eighteenth Observation Stations are missing!"

"An unidentified artillery unit has been spotted near the Gora Line!"

"Two unidentified infantry brigades have been found near Gotemba!"

"Three aviation squadrons have been detected in the direction of Mishima that are rapidly approaching!"

In one enemy report after another, Commander Ikari still sat in his position with a heavy face, and Deputy Commander Dongyue stood beside him as usual, and said unhurriedly: "Sure enough, the last enemy of mankind is still human. ”

Then, Commander Ikari issued an order: "All men, enter the first combat deployment." ”

Maya Ibuki was taken aback when she heard this, and whispered in disbelief, "First combat deployment? But the other party is not an apostle, they are also human beings! ”

Hinata Makoto glanced at her: "The other party doesn't think so." ”

The headquarters of NERV, this fortress was built to fight against the Apostles, and in the face of the Apostles NERV is an impregnable fortress, but in the face of humanity, it is vulnerable and vulnerable. Although human beings do not have eternal life and a powerful AT force field, human beings know how to kill people better than the apostles.

After the start of the battle, the situation was almost one-sided, facing the elite 1st Division. NERV's pitiful defenses were overwhelmed. In the battle hall, news of the loss of NERV came one after another.

"The southern transit station is lost! At least one brigade of enemy invasion! ”

"Heyue Tunnel has lost contact!"

"There was an explosion in the No. 5 pipeline!"

"The invading force has broken through the first layer of the headquarters!"

Misato frowned and listened to these battle reports, and quickly deployed the battle order: "The enemy in the West Pavilion is just a front, order the guards there to quickly withdraw and blow up the entire 24th passage." If the other party's target is EVA, the driver will be targeted. Misato turned her head to look at Makoto Hinata. Let Shinji quickly board the first machine! ”

Makoto Hinata: "Understood! ”

Then, Misato looked up again and asked Shigeru Aoba, "What about Rei and Akatsuki?" ”

Shigeru Aoba: "No first qualified person has been found so far, and Rei Ayana's whereabouts are unknown!" ”

"What!" Misato's eyes widened slightly in astonishment, and then ordered. "Hurry up and find her! Staying outside EVA will kill you. What about Xiao? ”

As soon as Misato's words fell, the automatic door behind him suddenly opened, and Li Xiao rushed in at a trot: "I'm here!" ”

Misato looked back at Li Xiao in surprise: "Why did you come here?" ”

Li Xiaoran panted, "I'll see if there's anything I can help with." ”

Misato frowned: "How can you help?" You now go and board the number three. After saying that, Misato turned her head to look at Shigeru Aoba and asked again. What about Asuka? ”

Shigeru Aoba: "Uh...... Asuka is applying a mask in the lounge on the second floor! ”

Misato was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then the whole person jumped up and roared angrily: "Why is she always so good at picking the time!" Can't you just change the time to apply the mask?! ”

Maya Ibuki: "Asuka's phone has been connected!" ”

Misato picked up the communicator and put it on her ear, and when she opened her mouth, she yelled: "Asuka, do you dare to change the time for me to apply a mask!" ”

On the other end of the communicator, Asuka shouted aggrievedly, "You think I want to?" Who knew SEELE would call at this time, and my mask hasn't dried yet? ”

Misato sighed helplessly: "Okay, don't be poor, you hurry up and board the second plane." ”

Asuka's heavy panting sound came from the communicator, and she seemed to be talking as she ran: "I'm rushing to the parking compartment of plane two, and I'll ...... right away Worst! There are enemies ahead! ”

Then, Misato heard the sound of an automatic rifle firing from the other end of the communicator, and then the communication was cut off.

Shigeru Aoba then shouted, "The enemy has invaded the second layer and is moving quickly in the direction of Asuka!" ”

"Asuka? Asuka? Damn it! Misato yelled twice, but there was no response.

Misato hesitated, took out the matching gun from his arms, pulled the bolt with a click, and said to Hinata Makoto: "You guys are staring here, I'll go find Asuka." After saying that, Misato turned around and wanted to leave, but suddenly found Li Xiao standing behind her.

"Sister Miri, look, isn't there something you need my help with? You sit here, I'll go find Asuka. After Li Xiao finished speaking, before Misato could speak, he turned his head and ran towards the gate.

Misato shouted worriedly from behind, "No! It's too dangerous, Xiao! ”

Li Xiao turned around and smiled confidently at Miri: "Sister Miri, you forgot?" I am now an apostle! ”