A huge pillar of light in the shape of a cross rose from the crater, tens of thousands of tons of magma were blown up by the explosion to a height of hundreds of meters, and then exploded a brilliant magma flower in mid-air, countless magma blocks fell from the sky, and a spectacular rain of fire fell in the sky!

The ground shook violently, and the first and second planes immediately protected the command vehicle and other key facilities, and with the existing armor and AT force fields of the two EVAs, they were enough to withstand the magma.

After a long while, the aftermath of the explosion slowly dissipated, and the red siren lights in the command car flashed and jumped, and Misato staggered up from the ground, and the first thing he did was to ask, "How is the third machine?" How is he? ”

The crowd gradually recovered from the chaos and immediately returned to work.

Maya Ibuki's ten fingers darted across the keyboard, the various data on the screen mapping into her nervous eyes: "Trying to restore contact." ”

At this time, Hinata Makoto next to him suddenly shouted loudly: "The scene is restored!" ”

With a flicker on the big screen, the picture of the crater reappeared in everyone's field of vision, only to see that the huge crane had disappeared from the billowing smoke.

"Crane...... Evaporated......" Hinata Makoto gritted his teeth and said regretfully.

The No. 3 machine is the magma that was hoisted into by the crane, and the loss of the crane means that the No. 3 machine will sink into the depths of the magma forever, and Li Xiao will not survive......

Misato stared at the big screen in a daze, unable to say a word for a long time, as if an invisible hand was gripping her heart tightly, as if it was about to crush her heart, and the heart-rending pain in her chest. There was a deathly silence in the command car, and the first and second planes were also silent, and at that moment, it was as if the whole world had fallen silent.

Time seemed to stop, and this suffocating silence lasted for an unknown amount of time, as if only a second had passed, and as if a whole century had passed. Finally, Maya Ibuki's voice of surprise broke the silence.

Maya Ibuki exclaimed in surprise, "Contact is restored, the third is alive, and the fourth qualified is still alive!" ”

It's like throwing a pebble into a silent lake, and everyone finally "comes to life" again.

"What!" Misato couldn't believe it, and she was ecstatic to wipe the tears from her eyes and hurriedly turned on the communicator. "Xiao-chan, can you hear me? How are you? ”

After a meaningless rustle came from the communicator, Li Xiao's voice finally sounded: "It's still alive, Sister Miri, but it's not far from death, and I really think I'm about to be baked, I've been busy for so long, everyone should be hungry, just go up for a while and let everyone taste the saltiness of the No. 3 machine." ”

Misato burst into tears and laughed, and couldn't help but scold: "It's all this time, and I'm still so poor." ”

At this moment, the third machine was lying on the rock wall inside the volcano like a gecko, and under the protection of the AT force field, he was not too seriously injured, but was blown away by the apostle. But this also happened to save Li Xiao's life, he was hit by the impact of the explosion, and finally hit his head on the inner wall of the volcano.

Confirming that Li Xiao was still alive and that he still had the strength to talk nonsense, Misato was finally relieved, the entire command vehicle was also relieved, and the first and second planes finally moved, Shinji laughed happily: "Great, Xiao, I was really afraid of you just now......"

Li Xiao haha: "What are you really afraid of me?" Don't worry, I'm a little strong, and it's not so easy to kneel. ”

Asuka then said, "I knew that this guy's life was hard, how could he die so easily?" ”

Li Xiao said "oh yo": "Asuka, are you worried about me?" ”

Asuka immediately shouted arrogantly from the communicator: "Who is worried about your life or death, don't be sentimental." ”

Li Xiao laughed disappreciatively: "Hahaha, I'll just treat you as if you're worried about me." ”

Li Xiao chatted with everyone while struggling to climb up. But after climbing for a while, Li Xiao suddenly felt a slight vibration from the depths of the magma, he thought it was his illusion at first, but the vibration became more and more intense, more and more obvious, and in the end, even the entire volcano began to "boom" violently, Li Xiao felt more and more clearly that in the deepest part of the magma, it seemed that a terrible force was slowly waking up!

"Sister Misato, what's going on, there's an earthquake?" Li Xiao shouted in panic, he didn't dare to move, and his two hands clung to the rock wall.

At this time, there was a mess in the command car, and everyone was frightened by this sudden "earthquake". Ritsuko looked nervously at the crustal signal she had just observed on the screen, and in the dim light, her expression was serious and terrifying: "Oops! ”

Misato immediately asked nervously, "What's wrong?" Was there an earthquake? ”

Ritsuko raised her head and said quickly with a stern expression: "It's worse than an earthquake, the apostle's self-explosion has accelerated the movement of the earth's crust, and the volcano is about to erupt early!" ”

"What!" Li Xiao, Misato, Shinji, and Asuka, the four of them exclaimed in unison. Then, Li Xiao roared alone. "! I'm still soaking in lava! ”

Misato, as the Minister of Operations, can panic at this time, but she must not panic. Misato took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the panic in her heart, and said to Li Xiao: "Xiao, calm down, you calm down first, I will definitely find a way to get you out." ”

"Okay, calm down, I'll calm down." On the small screen, Li Xiao smiled gently. "But I have a request, Misato, can you tell me which geologist told you that this volcano will never erupt?"

Misato was stunned: "Why are you asking this?" ”

Li Xiao immediately burst out: "Lao Tzu wants to hack him to death with his own hands!" ”

Misato: "......"

But then Li Xiao sat down calmly: "Of course, the premise is that I can get out alive." ”

"When is it, let's not be poor, okay?" Misato said helplessly to Li Xiao and turned his head to look at Ritsuko. "Ritsuko, how long do we have left?"

Ritsuko looked at the analysis data on the screen and lamented, "There's no time. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, an earth-shattering bang suddenly came from the depths of the earth, and hot magma pillars erupted from the crater and pierced into the sky!

In the midst of the shattering force of nature, there was a subtle but sad howl.

Li Xiao: "I'm in heaven—"

"Oh my God—"

"Oh my God—"

"Ahh

“——”

Shinji: "......"

Misato: "......"

Asuka hid her face with her hands: "I don't think I'll be able to understand this brain circuit in my life." ”