The winds and waves in nature are ruthless. Even though the two of them had made their best efforts, they could not save their raft. Under an unprecedentedly ferocious wave, the already shaky raft finally broke into pieces, and amid the screams
Two of them fell into the sea, and the red seawater choked Shinji Ikari's mouth, making him almost suffocate in despair.
The outline of Unit 1 was already in sight, but they had lost their only means of transportation and could die in the rough sea at any time. Just when he felt that all the efforts he had made were in vain, he was about to sink into the sea.
His body was suddenly lifted up by a force, and he, who had choked on water, surfaced from the water and coughed violently. After a while, Lan Nuo emerged from the water beside him.
"It doesn't matter! Can you still move?"
If you suddenly fall into the cold sea water, it is the most dangerous if you get cramps.
"Uuuu...Uncle, I'm sorry, I was too slow, we...we are all going to die here..." Shinji Ikari, who took a breath and escaped from the desperate situation of death, faced
Another desperate situation,
It was impossible for the two people who lost the raft to swim back, and it seemed that only death was waiting for them.
"No need to apologize. I have seen your efforts. You have reached your limit. It doesn't matter. We haven't reached the real desperate situation yet. We are less than one kilometer away from Unit 1. Let's swim over!
Don't give up at any time, even if there is no turning point, you have to struggle. If you survive, won't you make money?" Lan Nuo patted Shinji Ikari, gave him a hand, and then swam in front of him.
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Shinji Ikari's swimming skills were not very proficient, and most of them were only learned on the shore in the past few days, but looking at the back of the figure in front of him, he finally gritted his teeth and followed.
Maybe he doesn't have enough physical strength to swim to Unit 1, and even if he does, he still doesn't have enough strength to climb up, but since he's not dead yet, he has to give it a try!
There are still people waiting for him on the shore. He has not enjoyed enough of that strange feeling of home that makes him nostalgic. There are countless humans who may wake up from the red ocean and need him to bring them back.
After being rescued from a desperate situation, although he has not yet truly reached adulthood, he has begun to learn the responsibilities of a man little by little. Since he caused all this tragedy, he must find a way to redeem it.
His body was exhausted, but he still kept paddling. Looking at the huge machine that was getting closer and closer, the boy's spirit became more and more blurred. The human body has its limits after all. Shinji Ikari himself was thin, and he was already able to achieve this step.
He had reached his limit. When he was still dozens of meters away from the No. 1 machine, his vision finally turned black and he was about to sink into the sea in a wave.
However, a pair of palms held him back: "Go to sleep, kid! Leave the rest to me! You have worked hard to this extent, and neither I nor Unit-1 will let you down!"
After hearing this voice, Shinji Ikari finally passed out, and he vaguely saw a huge purple palm reaching towards the two of them, and he did not remember anything after that.
When he woke up again, the two of them were already sitting on top of Unit 1. When they sat up, they saw the sea under a cliff, which scared Shinji so much that he almost lay down again.
"Ah? Ah! We're not dead?" Shinji Ikari finally realized what happened at this time. He touched his body up and down to confirm that there were no missing parts. Then he immediately looked towards the shore and saw
The bonfire there was still burning, turning into a flickering bright spot, and then I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Did uncle save me? How did we climb to such a high place?"
"It's not me." Lan Nuo shook his head: "I don't have any rope on my body anymore, so I can't carry you on my back for an extreme rock climbing session. It's Unit 1. When you passed out, he stretched out his hand and picked us up.
On his head.
But he didn’t move after that, and he didn’t even pay me any attention when I threatened to shit on his head.”
Shinji Ikari: "..."
The uncle around me always shows an unreliable side when I think he is reliable.
"Okay, save some energy. We are not out of trouble yet. We don't have a raft. We can't swim back. Now my life is entrusted to you. Only you can activate Unit 1, and only this big guy can keep us alive.
Take it to the shore, come on, young man!
How does it feel to be entrusted with your life? Although you have shouldered the lives of countless people in previous battles, you must have never had such an intuitive experience!"
Shinji Ikari scratched his head. Now that he thought about every battle he had fought before, it was actually related to the lives of countless people, and even the lives of all mankind. But at that time, he did not actively want to pilot Unit 1, at least most of the time.
None of them were active, so I didn't have an unforgettable experience, but this time the feeling was obviously different. The person who entrusted his life to him was sitting next to him talking and laughing with him. This was also the most unforgettable experience he had encountered in these days.
One of my good friends, a complicated and difficult feeling surged in my heart.
"It feels... a little stressful, but... this feeling of being trusted is not bad... I will try hard to get him to move!" After saying that, Shinji Ikari stood up and walked towards the direction of the insertion plug.
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"Move! Uncle... Asuka... Misato, Rei, and those who haven't woken up yet all trust me, but I can only trust you! I must become a driver again!" Ikari
Shinji muttered softly, reaching out and pressing the mounting of Unit 1, hoping that the insertion bolt would pop out.
However, after a long time, nothing happened. Unit-01 seemed to have really run out of power, and it just stood there quietly, without any reaction to anything Shinji Ikari said or did.
After trying again and again, he was finally disappointed: "I'm sorry, I... I can't fly Unit 1 anymore. I'm really useless. Everyone has done this for me, but I..."
"It's okay!" Lan Nuo patted him on the shoulder: "Driving EVA is not your entire value. We collected materials in the ruins together and built the original shelter together. The home over there is our own.
Built brick by brick.
Asuka waiting for us on the shore is not waiting for Unit 1, but waiting for you and me. Even if we don't fly Unit 1 back in the end, she will welcome our return like a family member.
You are who you are, you don’t need to be tied to anything?
If there is really no way to drive it, then we will find a way to remove its armor, make a new boat, and row back.
As for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of other people who have woken up, as long as we are not dead, we can always find a way to solve it! It doesn't matter, you can continue to try until our physical strength and food are not enough to try to return. No need
What’s the psychological burden!”
Shinji Ikari pursed his lips, not knowing what to say. But he closed his eyes again, leaned down and stroked the mecha, and tried to communicate with the mecha again, and Lan Nuo noticed that this time, the energy released on his body
The faint light of the soul.
Different from the AT force field, the power of the soul is not just the wall of the heart, but also includes a variety of different psychic powers. Just like when Asuka awakened, she showed the light of her soul.
That was the power that came out after he realized that his mother was also in Unit 2 and was always with him.
That kind of power is by no means the power that separates people, but the power of Asuka's own soul that truly belongs to her. It is the power she shows from vulnerability to strength.
The light of the soul displayed by Shinji Ikari is also of the same type. He has faced the apostles again and again before, and his experiences these days have made him grow up little by little. Although he is still far from a real man, or even one who can truly save mankind.
There is still a huge gap between heroes, but they are already on a path with endless potential.
The power of the mind and Unit-00 intersect with each other. Every time Unit-1 went berserk, it was all because of Shinji Ikari's despair. It was also the power of the mind, but it was a negative force. Therefore, Unit-001 went berserk and became bloodthirsty.
That is not only a mother's desire to protect her child, but also a manifestation of the negative power in his own mind.
But this time is obviously different. This time it is more like the movie version. When Shinji Ikari rescued Ayanami Rei from the hands of the powerful angel, the rampage of Unit-00 was controlled and started by himself. The process also changed.
It has become a controllable process.
He actively wanted to pilot Unit 1, actively let go of his mind and accepted the light of Unit 1's soul. As the spiritual power of both parties connected together, the insertion bolt popped open with a click, and rotated little by little.
It was separated from the neck position of Unit 1.
This is not impossible. After all, when Shinji Ikari first encountered Unit-00, he used his palm to help Shinji Ikari block the falling objects from the sky. As long as the synchronization rate between the driver and EVA reaches enough
To a high degree, you can still drive without inserting the embolus. Chu Xun is the most typical example, but of course he cannot be regarded as a human being.
Shinji Ikari opened his eyes in surprise after hearing the noise. He couldn't imagine that Unit-01 was actually controlled by him without energy or connection to him.
"Unit No. 1...should have run out of power a long time ago!" Shinji Ikari walked up to the insertion bolt. When the door of the insertion bolt opened, he felt incredible.
"Ah... don't look at me like that. I'm not even a member of Nerv. How can I possibly know why? I just think that Unit-01 can even make wishes to the gods. It shouldn't be a big deal if it can still move without power.
That's right." Lan Nuo is naturally talking nonsense. Unit No. 1 has no power, but can still move. On the one hand, it is because it contains Ikari Wei's soul. Ikari Wei itself must have a powerful spiritual light and can control the original machine.
Machine number.
On the other hand, it's because the Unit 1 in front of us has swallowed up the apostle's S2 mechanism, which is the red ball in the apostle's chest. That is the apostle's energy source. For humans, it is more exaggerated than nuclear fusion.
It is not an exaggeration to say that energy is infinite energy.
As long as EVA has this thing, it can be like an apostle, always maintaining strong fighting power. If Asuka's Unit 2 had this thing, even if it didn't have the runaway function, it wouldn't be dismembered by the mass-produced machine.
If you can't fight, you can definitely escape by running.
Shinji Ikari doesn't know these complicated things yet, but he just sat in the familiar yet unfamiliar cockpit. After arriving here, he immediately felt that the connection between himself and Unit-01 became closer, and even compared to driving
It used to be smoother. As the insertion bolt was re-inserted into the body, Unit 1 also started to move. It was originally kneeling on one knee in the sea water, but now it slowly stood up from the sea water.
Got up.
Asuka, who had been waiting on the shore, saw that Unit 01 had been silent and had a bad premonition. She was worried that the two of them had died in the sea. At this time, she saw Unit 1 standing up slowly.
He immediately jumped up and cheered.
"I knew you could do it!" The girl gave a cheer that would have been impossible if anyone else was present, and Shinji Ikari also saw everything that happened on the shore through Unit-1's super vision that was far beyond that of humans.
, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve.
He finally took the first step towards redemption. Although he staggered and fell down several times, he thought he would never be as stagnant as before.
Unit No. 1 was advancing steadily amidst the turbulent waves. Lan Nuo was sitting on top of Unit No. 1, letting the machine shake no matter how much it shook, without any sign of him falling down.
At first, Shinji Ikari held his head with both hands in a funny gesture, using his palms as guardrails to prevent Lan Nuo from falling. Later, he realized that it was completely unnecessary. The balance of the man above his head was unexpectedly good. Even he might have
When running in the sea, as long as you don't fall down, the thing on your head will not fall off.
When Unit 1 finally arrived at the shore, half-knelt down and popped out the insertion plug, and when the two of them walked down the arms of Unit 1, Asuka had already rushed up and gave them a hug each.
"Welcome home! The fire has been lit. Hurry up and warm yourself up and dry your clothes. If you catch a cold, you will be in trouble." After Asuka said these words, she felt a little surprised. This was not his line at all.
Ah, but after getting used to the life these days, I subconsciously said it.
The expression on Shinji Ikari's face was equally complex. This feeling of being at home, this feeling of being recognized by others even without driving the EVA, seems to be what he has been pursuing. The only pity is that he has not gotten it so far.
Father's approval.
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After the No. 1 unit was successfully transported back, the three of them were finally able to officially launch the search for nerv and suppress the recovery of humans in the ocean.
