The dream, here it is again, the space of the dream.

Ian woke up in his dream and stared at his palm, which was much larger and rougher than it had been two years ago.

He is already fourteen years old, on the island, fourteen years old, that is, the age when he can live independently.

The average age of marriage on the island is about 16 to 18 years old, but there are not a few men who marry at the age of 14.

If you have a job that pays enough to support your family, most of the young people on the island choose to give birth to their first child between the ages of 16 and 18, according to this year's demographic survey.

He's grown up a lot, but... Asuka on the other side of the mirror still doesn't look the same.

He is the only one who has changed his appearance.

From the day he first dreamed of Asuka, there were two months left, three years.

He always remembered that day, on August 27, 844, the day Heatheria came to the farm, and that night he met the maiden in a dream.

After each dream, the next dream will be longer and the interval between dreams will be shorter.

From seeing her only once a month at the beginning, to now, almost once in twenty-one days, the time has been extended to about two hours.

Three years, the interval has changed from thirty days to twenty-one days, and if it goes on like this, he will be able to dream of this girl every day for another two or three years, well, provided that he can live until then.

"Thank you for your continued attention, Asuka." Ian said from the bottom of his heart: "Navy One, it's finished, we're on sail." ”

"Really..."Asuka whispered, "You look like you've grown up a lot...."

Ian sighed: "Although it is only a little more than a month for you, after all, I have spent three years, and thanks to you, the people of our island can see hope." ”

"I'm just bored for you." Asuka sighed: "However, when will this strange dream end?" ”

"I don't know, maybe the day I die, it will be over." Ian jokingly said, "We're going to the Oriental area this time, it seems to be chaotic over there, and if someone is killed there, this strange dream will probably be over." ”

"Are you stupid? Who would curse himself to death? ”

"Who knows? Maybe... I've been dead many times..."Ian reached out and touched the mirror.

Still unable to penetrate this barrier, is this a dream, or is it real?

"So what? What do you want to learn this time? ”

"Power plant, I want to know how power plants work."

"The power plant ... Am I helping people in another world drive the electrical revolution? Forget it, I've taught you so much anyway, and it's not a little bit worse. Listen, you're going to give me a good job to live! Remember to report to me what you have done with the knowledge I taught you, you can't do bad things, you know? ”

"Okay, Asuka-sensei."

"Don't call me teacher, I'm not that old!"

...

Early in the morning, Ian wakes up from his bed.

His feet rested on the stool and he removed the lampshade of the Giant's Ore, and the bright light illuminated his room.

Sitting at his workbench, he recorded the principles and structure of the thermal power plant.

Electromagnetic induction, cutting electromagnetic fields to generate electricity...

On the Marais side, there are already electric lights and telegraphs, and they have access to electricity, but it doesn't seem to be widespread.

According to the information from Reiner and Bertol, only the government has electricity in the capital of Marais, and electricity is still in a limited situation, basically only as an energy supply for the two devices of "electric light" and "telegraph".

In the world, the "steam engine" is still widely used.

Only a small number of technologically advanced countries have recognized the potential of electricity and are working hard to study its use.

Marais does not belong to this category of countries, they have become the world hegemon by the power of giants, and have launched many wars of aggression in the past hundred years, and in terms of science and technology, they belong to the relatively backward class, but relying on war money, they still coerce other countries to hand over a lot of scientific research results.

Armored trains and tanks, it seems, have not yet appeared on the battlefield.

The power of the steam engine is not enough to propel this steel beast, which means that the outside world's research on the "internal combustion engine" is still very shallow.

850 years, is a node.

In the original timeline, in 850, the Marais government sent the Beast Giants and the Wheel Giants to the island to recover their warriors.

From this point of view, in 850, the Malay government felt threatened, and they abandoned their plan to capture the "Ancestral Giants", and were eager to reclaim the power of the giants to defend against the attacks of other countries.

In this way, it should be that in 850, there was a great progress in the military preparedness of the outside world, and countries were therefore ready to move in vain to challenge the hegemony of Marais.

We still have to step up to make up for the shortcomings of science and technology, and use the super-large giants and the unique energy ice blast stone inside the walls to build a lot of thermal power plants.

With electricity, it is possible to find ways to "import" current cutting-edge machine tools and make more sophisticated equipment.

In fact, in terms of energy, Parady Island is not lacking at all, some key technologies, he can get from Asuka, what is lacking is only the precision of the equipment and the population that can carry out technical operations.

What he needs to do, it's always been simple:

- Race against time.

How many times has this been "reincarnated"?

Ian looked through the gap between his fingers, his eyes blank, at the "Giant Mine's Lamp".

When Alan came into contact with Dina, he saw fragments of memory, indicating that Ian's "first time" had already been taken away.

How many times did he, Paradis Island, lose in the race against time?

He was thinking about one thing, if it wasn't the "first time", how many times would Asuka be there?

They should be in different worlds, will the worlds of both sides affect each other?

Perhaps, the only people trapped in this recurring "movie clip" are the people of this world.

Last night, was that a continuation of the dream, or was it real?

Can't find the answer...

The only thing he can prove to be true is himself who is thinking about it at this moment.

...

EVA World, Germany, Night.

Asuka sits in the co-pilot of the blessed Ryoji, and the gramophone in the car plays Elvis Presley's vinyl record.

Asuka propped her head in her hands and looked at the colorful streets.

"The Third Apostle has appeared in the city of Third Tokyo." Bless Ryoji said to Asuka, "Although NERV defeated the apostles, it seems that it paid a heavy price. ”

"Is it..."Asuka was a little absent-minded, her mind was not on the apostle at all.

It's been a month, and she hasn't had that strange dream in over a month.

Under the entanglement of that person, she still taught him the technology of the nuclear bomb, in just a few months of dreams, he continued to grow, every day is constantly changing, the last time he met in the dream, he has grown very mature, listening to him, it seems that he has just passed his 19th birthday, but there is no time to celebrate his birthday.

I suddenly remembered what he had said.

"If I die, this strange dream will probably be over."

Asuka's face is reflected in the rearview mirror, and she looks like she has just returned from a funeral.

"Don't curse yourself to death... Stupid..."

"Asuka, did you just say something?"

"It's nothing, Mr. Blessing, I'm sorry to send me home."

"You've been very cold lately, what's wrong, are you scared because of the appearance of the apostles?"

"Cut, apostle or something, if you let me pilot the second plane, it will definitely be solved at once!"

"Asuka is still Asuka, are you still having that strange dream lately?"

"What's the matter, Asuka, why don't you speak?"

"It's okay, Mr. Blessing, I'm home, see you tomorrow, bye."

"Don't you want to talk to me, okay, bye."

Asuka came home and lay down in bed very early until she opened her eyes early the next morning.

She was greeted only by an empty room.

Dream... No longer continuing...