Nerv Headquarters, Second Experimental Site.
"Alright, next up is the first official start up test. Li, are you ready?"
"Yes."
Upon hearing Fangzheng's question, Linbo nodded while Fangzheng smiled.
"Good. Just like what I said before, you know that EVA isn't very reliable. No one knows what will happen during the start up test. But remember, it's necessary to grasp your mental state. No matter what, you have to stick to your heart, just like how you feel during meditation. "
"Yes."
"Alright then, I'll leave the rest to you."
With that said, Fangzheng waved his hand. He watched Lingbo Li enter and insert the bolt before coming to the test site's control room.
"You seem to think that this experiment won't be too smooth?"
Just as Fangzheng stood by the glass wall, Akagi Ruko, who was beside him, nudged her glasses out of curiosity and asked.
"Who knows?"
Fangzheng shrugged in response to Akagi Ruko's question.
"It's never wrong to be fully prepared and prepared for the worst. Even if it's a pure machine, there will be a lot of problems during the first test run. Not to mention a thing like EVA that's neither human nor ghost. Frankly speaking, I don't want anything to go wrong with it. But can you give me a 100% guarantee that it won't go wrong? Dr. Akagi? "
"…"
Facing Fangzheng's question, Akagi Ruko didn't say much. Just as Fangzheng said, EVA wasn't a pure machine. It could also be said that she was also aware that many things about EVA were still mysteries …
But it had to be done anyway.
And at that moment, Dan Yuantang, who had been silent all this while, finally spoke.
"Start up."
"Yes."
Upon hearing Dan Yuantang's order, Akagi Ruko nodded and quickly gave the order.
"Connect the main power to all circuits."
"Main power supply connected. Initiating system … operating voltage 0.5 … 0.2 … breakthrough!"
"Starting up system, entering second stage."
"LCL concentration normal. Commencing connection with the pilot. Beginning to enter the second stage. LCL pressure maintains current status. Inserting synapses, beginning to combine, transmitting pulses … All circuits were normal. There was no abnormality in the initial contact. The power was transmitted to the left and right upper arm muscles. All nerve connections are normal. Checking up to 2550 … Preparing for the third contact. 2580 passed. "
Machine Zero slowly raised its head.
"0.9, 0.7, 0.5, 0.4 to the absolute border …"
Beep beep …!
However, at this moment, the image on the screen suddenly began to reverse rapidly.
"Pulse Countercurrent!"
At this moment, the voice of the staff member immediately became tense.
"An abnormality has occurred in the third stage. The central nervous system has started to produce a rejection reaction!"
Indeed.
Looking at the struggling Machine Zero in front of him, Fangzheng curled his lips. In fact, he had already guessed this problem. Although Ling Bo Li's soul and mind had been strengthened, Machine Zero was not under Fangzheng's jurisdiction. However, Machine Zero, which only had fragments of its soul, was like an untamed wild horse. Its instinctive reaction was to resist the first person who climbed up and tried to tame it.
Next, it was up to Ling Bo Li to see if she could tame this wild horse.
"Pulse Countercurrent intensifies. Can't be stopped!"
At the same time, Machine Zero began to struggle angrily, breaking free from the restraints on the wall. Then, it moved forward abruptly … and stopped.
"What's going on?"
Looking at the motionless Machine Zero, everyone was shocked. This was because all the data showed that the Machine Zero had lost control. It could not even transmit a signal.
This meant that Machine Zero had entered a state of uncontrollable control. But judging from its current state … What was going on?
Akagi Ruiko was still trying in vain to regain control of Machine Zero, while Fangzheng stood quietly by the glass wall, staring at the shivering Machine Zero.
Try and touch me again!
Even though you're a defective product, you're still a creature, after all. And as long as you're a creature … Do you think you can escape from my dragon's prestige?
Are you touched? Machine Zero?
"Argh … Argh …!"
At that moment, Machine Zero let out a painful groan. Fangzheng's dragon's prestige was enhanced by divine power. Not to mention Machine Zero, even a real apostle would have to kneel before it. But Fangzheng had no intention of taking it in as an underling. That was why he only used the dragon's prestige to suppress Machine Zero's rampage. As for the rest … he would leave it to Li.
Since Machine Zero couldn't retaliate against Ling Bo Li through the neural connection, Machine Zero could only fight for control of Ling Bo Li on the mental level.
It was like a battle between a wild horse and a trainer. Either the wild horse would kick the trainer away, or be tamed by the trainer obediently.
But Fangzheng had high hopes for Ling Bo Li.
Not to mention that Ling Bo Li had already digested a portion of Lilith's spiritual power, Machine Zero was also a defective product. Its biggest problem was that it was difficult to tame its wild nature. But due to its incomplete spiritual power, it was also purer. All in all, from the perspective of spiritual power, perhaps Machine Zero could rely on its own brute force to break through. But as long as Ling Bo Li familiarized herself with the clash on the mental level, it shouldn't be a problem for her to suppress Machine Zero with her current spiritual power.
And the truth was similar to Fangzheng's guess.
"Connection successful!"
Less than five minutes after the Machine Zero lost control, the Machine Zero, which was still fighting like a trapped beast, suddenly lowered its head. At the same time, the staff who had been working blindly let out cries of surprise.
"The central nervous system has been reconnected! Pulse countercurrent stopped! Third stage critical point breakthrough successful! "
"Stop the experiment."
Even though the current situation seemed great, Akagi Ritsuko still gave the order to stop the experiment. After all, no one knew why Machine Zero went berserk. Even though it seemed to be fine now, who knew? What if it went berserk again?
"How's the pilot?"
"His physical characteristics are normal!"
Upon hearing Akagi Ritsuko's response, everyone heaved sighs of relief. Then, she gave the order immediately.
"Restrain Machine Zero again. Remove the insertion bolt."
Shortly after, under Akagi Ritsuko's command, the restraining device was once again installed on Machine Zero. Throughout the process, everyone was cautious, fearing that it would go berserk again. But fortunately, Machine Zero was rather obedient this time. Until the end of the experiment, there were no problems.
Even when Ling Bo Li walked out of the insertion bolt, apart from looking a little pale and weak, she was perfectly fine. She didn't look as miserable as she did in the anime.
"Yo, Li, are you okay?"
Fangzheng waved his hand with a grin when he saw Ling Boli walk out. Looking at Fangzheng, Ling Boli nodded slightly.
"I'm a little tired, but there aren't any major problems."
"That's good. Go do a full body checkup and we'll head back to rest. By the way, what do you want to eat today? How about beef noodles? "
"I don't like meat …"
"You should at least eat some … Beef noodles, clear soup, and grilled meat are the best. Let me tell you, you'll be at a loss if you don't eat …"
Fangzheng said, before turning around and leaving with Ling Bo Li. Dan Yuantang, who was a step too late, couldn't get a word in edgewise. He could only watch as Fangzheng held Ling Bo Li's hand and led her out of the second experimental site …
At that moment, Dan Yuantang felt like his blood pressure was about to reach a critical point.
If it weren't for the large group of staff around him, perhaps Dan Yuantang would have yelled 'Don't even think about leaving, thief!'
But now … All he could do was watch helplessly.
Dong Yue, on the other hand, shot a glance at Dan Yuantang and shook her head silently.
After all, in the anime, Ling Bo Li was in such a terrible state because Machine Zero went berserk and hurt itself. However, this time, before Machine Zero could mutilate itself, it was crushed to the ground by Fangzheng's dragon might. In the battle on the spiritual level, Ling Bo Li clearly had the upper hand. Therefore, the final result of the examination was that she was fine and just needed to rest for a few days.
That was why Fangzheng and Ling Bo Li retreated decisively. Akagi Ruko didn't stop them either. It was apparent that she was also studying the connection between Machine Zero's previous rampage and its sudden stop later.
But Fangzheng believed that she wouldn't be able to find any results even if she studied it for the rest of her life.
Of course, Fangzheng didn't manage to eat beef noodles in the end because there was no such thing in Japan. He could only eat ramen, but the problem was that the taste wasn't that great.
That was why Fangzheng simply went home and made his own clear soup noodles.
During the meal, Ling Bo Li also reported to Fangzheng about her encounter in Machine Zero. Just as Fangzheng expected, when Ling Bo Li was about to break through the critical point, Machine Zero's spirit attacked her. But fortunately, Ling Bo Li was aware of it because of Fangzheng's reminder. Even though she was caught off guard because she wasn't familiar with the spiritual shock at first, she reacted quickly and took the initiative to counterattack.
There was nothing much to say about what happened next. After the three failed attempts, Machine Zero was suppressed by Machine Zero's dragon prestige, and Ling Bo Li won.
"Seems like meditation is still effective. In that case, continue training according to the plan."
"Yes."
Upon hearing Fangzheng's answer, Ling Bo Li nodded without hesitation. Evidently, the victory this time had made Linbo Li, who was originally at a loss, even more determined.
In the next few days, everything went smoothly.
Just as Fangzheng thought, Akagi Ritsuko didn't figure out what happened that day until the end. She also asked Ling Bo Li about the situation at that time, and Ling Bo Li also explained it truthfully. But unfortunately, as a scientist, Akagi Ritsuko's knowledge of the spiritual level was basically zero. In the end, she came up with a messy conclusion that "Machine Zero almost caused the pilot to be mentally contaminated due to some special reasons, but he returned safely afterward."
It was basically the same as not saying anything.
However, Akagi Ritsuko was quite interested in the "meditation" training that Fangzheng gave Ling Bo Li. She also knew that Fangzheng had done this training for Ling Bo Li before, but at that time, Akagi Ritsuko still didn't believe in things like meditation.
But she didn't expect that this time, Machine Zero's rampage would actually play an unexpected role because of the seemingly mysterious "meditation" training. Akagi Ruuko had to remember this.
After that, everything returned to normal. The Zero Machine did not go berserk again, and the synchronization rate between Linbo Li and the Zero Machine increased steadily. Unlike the Zero Machine in the original work, which would go berserk due to abnormal taming, this time, the Zero Machine was completely subdued by Linbo Li. Naturally, it would not drag her down. Under the guidance of Fangzheng, Ling Bo Li, who absorbed Lilith's soul power, became more and more eye-catching.
As for Fangzheng's relationship with Lingbo Li, it naturally improved a lot. Although he hadn't nurtured Lingbo Li to be the lively and adorable type, at the very least, she wasn't so autistic when interacting with others.
Of course, Fangzheng was too lazy to care about the matter of Dan Yuantang taking blood pressure pills every day.
It was better to have a stroke early and get out of here.
Finally, the time had come.
In the morning of another day, Fangzheng had just finished breakfast when he received an emergency call from Nerv.
The apostle was found.
In other words, it was time for Machine Zero to be dispatched.
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