Chapter 164 Am I the Ninth Apostle? (Two in One)

"So you watch EVA, too. Not many people watch this old show now." Lu Mingfei muttered, "Oh, no, am I dreaming?"

He thought it was pretty fucked up. A foreigner who spoke more standard Mandarin than him was discussing an old show from the last century with him. Although EVA is known as a milestone in the animation industry, it's 2009 now. Except for old ACG people like him, who still watches that old-fashioned animation?

It's so confusing, it doesn't make sense.

Recently, my mental state is really a bit wrong. Damn it, why am I eighteen years old in the blink of an eye? He's not ready yet, and he has to face the college entrance examination.

"This is not a dream." Ian saw that this young man was amazing and talented, so he planned to get acquainted with him and talk to him.

"Not a dream?" Lu Mingfei approached the mirror, his eyes wide as big as copper bells, and sneered: "Ah, yes, yes, you are right."

"If this is a dream, I must know only what you know. How about this, I test you?"

"You are using me as a barbecue, and you are still testing me." Lu Mingfei looked disdainful: "Besides, your testing me has nothing to do with whether this is a dream or not. I am not a fool."

"Who is the male protagonist of "EVA"?" Ian asked.

"The autistic boy Ikari Shinji." Lu Mingfei answered quickly.

"How did Unit-01 defeat the third apostle?"

"Unit-01 is out of power, and the apostles don't run away quickly, so they can only wait to die."

"Who defeated the eighth apostle?"

"The eighth apostle?" Lu Mingfei frowned, counting one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight on his fingers.

It's almost June, and the new theater "Broken" is about to be released. The final promotional PV has been released. He recalled "EVA" again a few days ago. The eighth apostle is the guy in the volcano.

"It was Unit 2 that defeated it in the magma." Lu Mingfei said confidently: "You still want to test me on this little question, it's a hundred years too early."

"Where was the S2 mechanism made?"

"S2?" Lu Mingfei answered confidently: "I don't know."

Well, it seems that he was too impatient.

Ian turned to ask some other related things, such as the ninth, tenth, and eleventh apostles, and got a lot of information, which made him recall some "scripts".

However, this young man named Lu Mingfei didn't remember many things clearly. No matter how much he asked, the information he could get was just like this.

"Go back and check it carefully. I'll test you next time." Ian said to Lu Mingfei before leaving.

"It's not fair. Why should you test me and not me!" Lu Mingfei said angrily.

"It's called reciprocity." Ian figured out how to get along with Lu Mingfei: "I've heard you talk so much nonsense, if you do me a small favor, I'll help you when I have the chance."

"I, the hero Lu Mingfei, still need you, a public toilet manager, to help me, you're too poor." Lu Mingfei shook his finger.

"What public toilet manager?" Ian didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Believe me, this is really not a dream."

"If you show up in front of me now and treat me to a KFC meal, I'll believe you." Lu Mingfei said.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely treat you when I have the chance, not to mention one meal, I'll treat you a hundred meals." Ian promised.

Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes and said, "That's fine."

Of course, he didn't think Ian was a real person, but he complained a lot to Ian, and his depressed mood improved a lot.

It was just a verbal promise, so it was said, anyway, they wouldn't see each other again in the future.

He thought about getting up, so he could record this in the private log of QQ space, which was also a fun thing. He felt that he and this blue-eyed foreigner who spoke Mandarin were quite getting along.

He never thought that one day, he would be reduced to being friends with a fantasy character. It was really a bit pitiful to think about it.

Alas, I really don’t want to get up. When I think of those trivial things outside and my aunt’s loud voice, he feels stressed again.

“Although, goodbye.” Lu Mingfei waved and said goodbye to Ian: “I hope we can see each other again, but don’t forget that you said you would treat me to KFC.”

He felt that he was about to wake up, and his consciousness was half asleep and half awake. He could already hear his aunt’s shouting. He felt like he was “sleeping under the ghost”. Although his consciousness came into his body, he was still curled up tightly in the quilt, unwilling to get up.

“Don’t worry, we will see each other again.” Ian also said goodbye to him.

It was blurry and blurry. Lu Mingfei opened his eyes and saw the ceiling with peeling wall paint. The ceiling was very close to him. He and his cousin slept in the same room, he slept on the upper bunk and his cousin slept on the lower bunk.

His life was still moving along the "normal track". No one would invite him to KFC, and he could not hold the hand of a goddess.

Mt. Asama, the top of the mountain.

Unit-01 and Unit-02 were transported here.

Unit-02 put on heat-resistant equipment, which looked like a huge space suit. After putting on this expansion equipment, Unit-02 seemed to have tripled its weight and became a bloated fat man.

Asuka's special combat suit was also very "bloated", making her look like a fat ball.

She really hated this ugly look, but the model of the special heat-resistant equipment only matched Unit-01 and Unit-02, and Unit-00 could not wear that equipment.

Commander Ikari demanded that the protection of Unit 1 should be given priority, so Unit 2 could only be allowed to carry out the dangerous operation of diving into magma.

In other words, if Asuka does not pilot Unit 2, Rei Ayanami will enter the insertion bolt of Unit 2.

Asuka didn't like that cold-looking woman, who was like a doll, and she didn't want Ayanami Rei to pilot her No. 2 unit.

"Asuka, prepare to dive." Misato Katsuragi directed at the seismological research institute near the crater, speaking to Asuka who had just put on combat uniform.

There was the sound of a plane passing overhead, and Asuka looked up: "Is that coming to support us?"

"No" Misato shook her head: "Those are UN fighter jets. If our operation fails, they will drop N2 and heat treat the apostles."

"It's too much." Asuka's mood dropped to freezing point: "Are you going to blow us up with the apostles?"

"Opportunity No. 1 will support you at the crater." Misato said.

"That idiot, what can you do?" Asuka entered the insertion plug without looking back.

Shinji heard Asuka's words on the channel, but he didn't say anything.

Asuka's irritable mood and the fact that no one had any expectations for him made him depressed.

Unit No. 2 was hoisted to the cable, and underneath was the hot magma, bubbling.

The machine in the crater will continuously circulate coolant for the heat-resistant equipment and balance the external pressure, so as to achieve the purpose of diving into the magma.

Asuka could see the situation below through the cockpit. The gray-red flowing magma was frightening at first glance.

"Height loss!"

The cable was relaxed downward, and Unit 2 headed toward the magma little by little.

"Unit 2, enter the magma!"

Even though she was inside Unit 2 wearing heat-resistant equipment, Asuka still felt a significant increase in temperature.

The temperature inside the plug reached forty degrees, and continued to rise as it descended deeper.

Sweat beaded on her forehead, and she felt like she was in a huge steamer.

"The current depth is 170, and the dive speed is 20."

Asuka focused her attention and prepared to capture the apostle's embryo.

But at this time, the faces of Ian and Kaji appeared more and more in front of his eyes.

Why did the eighth apostle appear but those two people didn't come back?

She felt very depressed, as if there was a stuffy wet towel stuck in her chest.

"Depth 1350, 1400."

"The second circulation pipe ruptured at a depth of 1,480 meters, exceeding the limit depth."

The No. 2 unit dived to the limit of the heat-resistant equipment, but Ritsuko Akagi and Misato Katsuragi still did not give up the dive.

"I haven't contacted the apostles yet, so continue."

"Asuka, how's it going?"

"That's it." Asuka replied: "Anyway, just capture the apostle's embryo. I will do it."

"There is a nice hot spring nearby. Let's take a bath together after this." Misato comforted Asuka.

"Whatever." Asuka replied weakly.

It's her mission to drive the EVA, so she'll do it.

But she has no interest in hot springs, at least not now.

At this moment, Ian's voice suddenly came to her ears.

"I'm Ian, I'm using my special powers to talk to you, don't act weird, Asuka."

Asuka did hear Ian's voice, she looked around and pursed her lips.

Hearing that person's voice did not make her feel at ease, but let her know that her guess was right. Something must have happened to those two people, otherwise they would not contact her in this way.

"Mr. Kaji and I are safe now. You should concentrate on fighting the Eighth Apostle and never relax. I will tell you what I know about the Eighth Apostle."

"You have to be prepared. The Eighth Apostle cannot be captured. When you capture it with a device, it will soon accelerate its hatching and wake up."

"If you continue to descend, although you can witness the apostle, you will lose your particle knife because the equipment is damaged."

"We must avoid this situation from happening. The eighth apostle is still in the embryonic stage. Even if it is forcibly hatched, its combat power will not reach the strength of ordinary apostles. You can penetrate its core with a particle knife."

As Ian said, when Asuka descended to depth 1680, her equipment was damaged and the particle knife fell.

"Unit No. 2, lost the particle knife!" The people at the command center found the signal response.

Fortunately, Asuka was prepared in advance and caught the particle knife when it fell, preventing it from falling into the depths of the volcano.

"Don't worry, I have recovered the particle knife." Asuka said on the channel.

So far, it's just as Ian said.

"Can you react to this situation?" Misato couldn't help but praise: "Well done Asuka, keep diving."

"Depth 1780, the target depth has been reached after adjustment, the energy response is blue, the apostle is found!"

Asuka saw the apostle's egg, a translucent embryo containing some formless creature.

The people above could not see the situation here. After thinking about it, Asuka decided to believe Ian's words. They could only receive the equipment signal.

"Asuka, use equipment to bring it to a height that Unit 2 can withstand, but prevent it from hatching in advance and fight it there."

Asuka nodded, she concentrated on capturing the apostle embryo.

Both Misato and Ritsuko thought the battle was successful and breathed a sigh of relief.

Unit 2 began to rise, but soon, the apostle's energy response changed drastically.

"Not good! The apostles are hatching at an accelerated rate!"

"Asuka, prepare to fight!"

"It's been prepared a long time ago!" Asuka actually threw the cage out in advance and pulled out the particle knife.

"Well done, Asuka, now!" Asuka followed the man's command and stabbed out the particle knife.

"Go to hell! Apostle!" Asuka shouted, letting go of all the depressed mood she had accumulated over the past few days.

When that guy hatched and took shape, the particle knife pierced the core of its back, and the core's skin exploded with crackling noises.

"The apostle reacts and disappears. Unit 2 will annihilate the eighth apostle!"

"Fortunately, Unit 2 was dispatched." Misato patted her chest.

"I didn't expect that the apostles would hatch in advance." Ritsuko Akagi said with a bitter face, "Well, it's still a good thing that we successfully defeated the eighth apostle."

However, at this time, they received an urgent call from the commander.

"It's the second branch of NERV." During the video call, Ikari Yuantang looked very dark: "The ninth apostle has appeared. The higher-ups have requested that EVA dispatch immediately to annihilate them."

"Second Branch." Ritsuko Akagi murmured: "Isn't that the place where the S2 mechanism is repaired?"

"And how could the ninth apostle appear at this time!"

"The target image has been sent to you, let the EVA pilot fight immediately!"

After Ikari Yuantang said this, he hung up the phone.

He is currently in the Red Sea in Antarctica, sitting on a huge icebreaker, and is still on the way to recover the Gun of Langnokis.

"I didn't expect such an accident. Damn it!"

Ikari Gendo hammered the railing hard and looked at the faces on the image, which were Kaji Ryoji and Ian.

The two people were photographed by surveillance cameras in the second branch, the secret research room where the S2 agency is located.

Unit 2 successfully returned to the crater, and Asuka left the insertion bolt of Unit 2.

She was a little confused. Unit 1, which was supposed to support her, was missing.

However, she quickly understood what was going on. Soldiers dressed in black and armed with guns came forward and took her hostage. Even Misato was controlled by these people.

"Pilot of Unit 2, Soryu Asuka Langre! Due to your close relationship with the Ninth Apostle, you are now being investigated!"

"Hey! You've made a mistake! How can Kaji and that person be apostles!" Misato shouted.

Asuka stared blankly at the evidence shown by these soldiers who did not belong to NERV. Ian deployed the AT force field, created crystal puppets, and killed more than a dozen humans.

"Where's Shinji!" Asuka asked loudly.

"The pilot of Unit 1, Shinji Ikari, has gone on a mission now!" Ritsuko Akagi said with a complex expression: "I didn't expect that person to be the cause, and to find the location of the S2 mechanism in such a short period of time. "

"Blessing Liangzhi, that man's espionage ability is really surprising."

"Ritsuko." Misato looked at Ritsuko Akagi in confusion: "What do you mean! Ritsuko! What on earth do you know!"

"Sorry, Misato." Ritsuko sighed: "Don't worry, as long as Shinji can deal with those two people, you will be released."