Machine War: Infinite Frontier.

That day, Xiao Yun had just woken up and No. 3 ran to him without washing his face or brushing his teeth.

"Boss, No. 1 has sent a message saying that a lot of people have been approaching our temporary camp recently. Although we have disguised ourselves and have not been discovered, we think we can't keep it up for too long. If someone breaks in unexpectedly, they will probably find something."

Xiao Yun yawned and waved his hand to signal No. 3 to wait. He went to wash up and then patted his face and said to No. : "Clean up the traces and leave. Can't they handle this kind of thing themselves? It's easy to find here, so go further away. The mountains nearby are not a good choice for camping. You never know when they will be flattened by the apostles."

"Tell No. 1 that he has some things to do and he doesn't need to stay here to watch over me. Find a place far away from here for the logistics team. Ask Suzaku and Mingye to come over and take the others to do the work."

No. 3 nodded: "Boss, what do you want them to do?"

Xiao Yun said: "The situation of the other branches of NERV, and there is another more mysterious organization behind NERV. Dig out this organization."

Although there is no clue about this organization, at least there is a direction. Xiao Yun thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be called the Human Instrumentality Project Committee. We just need to investigate. Also, let the logistics team contact the local government to send them a signal of cooperation."

"Got it, Boss. I'll tell No. 1 now."

The attacks of the apostles are not very frequent. After such a long time, if it weren't for the fact that there are indeed many things to do at the NERV headquarters, Xiao Yun would probably be bored to death.

But Ikari Gendō was a bastard. He actually thought of all kinds of ways to guard against him. Although fighting wits and courage with him every day gave Xiao Yun a lot of joy, this bastard had no bottom line. I don't know if he realized something, but he couldn't beat the bastard, so he simply chose the most shameless method. The gates of important areas were all changed from the previous electronic locks to large iron gates, directly returning to the ancient times and sending people to guard and open the doors manually. This method is simply too much.

What's even more outrageous is that the place where Xiao Yun and his friends live was changed to an independent network, and all network distribution outside the headquarters building in the underground space was shut down. All network connections with other areas were made by burying lines more than ten meters below the ground, or directly built into the wall. Xiao Yun had no way of getting all the first-hand information from NERV at any time, and could only sneak over there every day to update the information.

The key point is that this gate is really a manpower door, which makes No. 3 and his friends feel very uncomfortable every day. Even climbing the wall every day has to be done very carefully.

It's not that Xiao Yun and his friends really have no way to deal with Ikari Gendō after what he did, but Ikari Gendō was clearly trying to guard against gentlemen rather than villains, telling Xiao Yun that it's okay if he wants to force it, the worst that can happen is he can just tear down a wall, dig a ground, and break a door, but nothing can stop Xiao Yun and his friends.

Xiao Yun had thousands of ways to deal with it, but as long as he didn't want to fall out with his rivals, he really didn't have much to do with Ikari Gendō's idea. This situation really made Xiao Yun feel a little embarrassed, and he felt that he had met a worthy opponent.

However, Ikari Gendō is one foot higher than Xiao Yun, who is one foot higher than the devil. It's no wonder that Ikari Gendō is so despicable. It would be better if everyone could be frank with each other. Why does he have to make it like this? Who are they trying to guard against?

That day, when Ritsuko Akagi returned home and just closed the door, she suddenly realized something was wrong. Nervous, she quickly opened her handbag, took out a small pistol, and carefully walked through the entrance and into the living room.

The next second, the lights in the house were turned on, and when Akagi Ritsuko saw the person sitting in her living room, her eyes widened in disbelief: "Miri! Why are you here!?"

Misato Katsuragi was wearing cool clothes, very cool. She was naked in a white coat with only one button fastened around her abdomen. She waved to Ritsuko Akagi in a tipsy manner, "Ritsuko, you're back."

Akagi Ritsuko was not frightened by Misato Katsuragi's appearance. She came to Misato Katsuragi and scanned the familiar home. "How did you get back?"

"Burp~" Katsuragi Misato burped, and the strong smell of alcohol made Akagi Ritsuko frown slightly: "Why did you drink so much, Misato, Misato, answer me quickly, how did you get back!"

"Someone sent me back, the simple handsome boy Suzaku, and the beautiful girl Meiye who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside." Katsuragi Misato hugged Akagi Ritsuko's waist and complained drunkenly: "Do you know how long it has been since I last drank, and how long it has been since I last took a shower..."

"There are two more!" Ritsuko Akagi was shocked, but when she turned around, she saw a dark figure appear in front of her out of thin air. The gradually changing light and shadow effects made Ritsuko Akagi immediately understand what it was. The person who suddenly appeared in front of her could be confirmed to be a woman by her exquisite figure even though she was wearing combat uniform.

Compared to the sudden appearance of a man, the sudden appearance of a woman made Akagi Ritsuko less flustered. She just asked nervously, "Who are you!?"

"Yu Jian Ming Ye."

A clear voice came from the helmet: "The boss asked me to ask you a question."

"BOSS?" A young figure suddenly appeared in Ritsuko Akagi's mind, a mysterious, powerful and quite weird guy. Until now, she is still worried and troubled by the things that mysterious guy has caused.

Akagi Ritsuko frowned slightly: "Is it that guy? What did he ask you to do?"

Mitsurugi Meiye's voice was emotionless: "The boss asked me to ask you, do you know how your mother died? Do you believe that the second impact was man-made? Do you think Ikari Gendou loves you?"

The expression on Akagi Ritsuko's face suddenly changed. After a dull look for a moment, she quickly reacted and said with an unpleasant expression, "Why are you asking such a meaningless question? What is your purpose? What does he want to do?"

"Your answer determines whether you can talk to my boss. The boss is looking forward to having a good chat with you, Ms. Akagi."

Ritsuko Akagi didn't understand why the girl in front of her had to pursue the answers to these three questions, but suddenly the smart Ritsuko Akagi seemed to understand something.

"He wants to win me over?"

Yu Jian Meiye did not answer. Although she could not see the face behind the helmet, a beautiful and indifferent girl seemed to appear in Akagi Ritsuko's mind, which made Akagi Ritsuko feel disgusted: "If he wants to know, let me tell him."

Yu Jian Mingye was silent for a moment, took two steps back, and a ray of light was reflected from the helmet, and finally a holographic image appeared in front of Akagi Ritsuko.

Xiao Yun was sitting on the sofa with a game controller in his hand, and his voice came over at the same time: "You want to talk to me in person? Then go ahead."

Akagi Ritsuko's brain got stuck for a moment. This time, it was really stuck. She really didn't expect Xiao Yun to appear like this. She asked in disbelief, "Who are you guys? Why can you achieve such a level of optical projection technology?"

Xiao Yun pressed his fingers lightly on the handle: "Answer my question first. You should be someone I can communicate with normally. It's just that you have more thoughts about men and women in your mind, but this does not prevent you from being a rational person."

Akagi Ritsuko opened her mouth, was silent for a while, then said: "My mother committed suicide. No one knows how the second impact occurred, but it should have been an accident. I don't know whether Ikari Gendō loves me."

"You are quite self-aware." Xiao Yun's eyes finally turned to Akagi Ritsuko, and said, "But it's only a little bit, not too much. In fact, you know very well in your heart that he doesn't love you at all. He has been having an underground relationship with your mother and you. To be honest, I admire him for being so ruthless, but when I think about it, it's actually quite normal. If he can't do this, he can't become the commander of NERV. But what makes people admire you is you, you can even do something to your stepfather. Your love brain is really invincible."

"You know very well that the only person Ikari Gendo cares about the most is Ikari Yui, and Zero is a clone of Ikari Yui. I don't think you are so stupid that you can't find out such a thing, right? If you know, it proves that you have been deceiving yourself and holding out hope for him. This hope will only lead to despair in the end."

"Your mother looked like she committed suicide, but she wasn't. She was murdered, and it was related to Ikari Gendō. After your mother's death, no one except you could take over the project. Your role was just to complete the main system of NERV, which was composed of three personality computers. You are no longer of any use to him now."

"Let me tell you one more thing. Ikari Gendō was there the day before the Second Impact, and the Second Impact occurred the day after he left. Now all traces have disappeared. Although I have no evidence to prove that he caused the Second Impact, he definitely knew what happened. If he is really the key figure who caused the Second Impact, then he is the culprit who turned this whole world into this."

Akagi Ritsuko widened her eyes: "Impossible! This is impossible!"

Xiao Yun didn't quite understand the thinking mode of the love-brain, so he asked specifically: "What do you mean by impossible?"

Akagi Ritsuko couldn't believe it: "How could he be the culprit that caused the second impact!?"

"........."

Xiao Yun didn't know what to say for a moment. If it weren't for Akagi Ritsuko's special identity, he really didn't want to communicate with this woman.

Is Akagi Ritsuko's feelings for Ikari Gendo love? Xiao Yun finds it a little hard to understand.

After a moment of silence, Xiao Yun said in a strange tone: "Why don't you question whether he might be the murderer who caused your mother's death? Instead, you question this kind of thing?"

Ritsuko Akagi's brain was stuck for a moment. She saw Xiao Yun's curious eyes and also noticed that Misato Katsuragi sat up and seemed to be much more sober. Her gossipy eyes made Ritsuko Akagi feel so sad that she could not hide it.

This kind of grief suddenly emerged, just like someone else told me the thing I was most unwilling to accept, and the scars in my heart were torn open by others. However, it was not as embarrassing as the feeling of being gossiped about.

Akagi Ritsuko was silent for a moment, her voice a little hoarse: "I don't like my mother. She is the kind of person who would give everything for her love. I know very well that she would not commit suicide easily. I have always suspected that her suicide must hide something I don't know."

"Really?" Xiao Yun nodded, believing Akagi Ritsuko's explanation, and suddenly asked a crucial question: "Do you know the true purpose of NERV? If you lie about this, you will never see the sun tomorrow."

"I..." Ritsuko Akagi looked at Yuken Meiye who suddenly pulled out a gun, and a complicated expression flashed across her face.

Misato Katsuragi shook her body and held Akagi Ritsuko's hand: "Ritsuko, tell me, do you know anything? Is what he said true? We are best friends, right? Are you going to lie to me about something like this?"

"I don't know." Akagi Ritsuko lowered her head and remained silent for a while. She clenched her fists tightly but her tone was weak: "I don't know, I really can't be sure. I just vaguely sensed that something was wrong. I have a feeling that Commander Ikari's intention is not to stop the apostles but to trigger the third impact."

Xiao Yun clicked his tongue twice: "It seems that you understand everything. You can do this for love... Do you really want to drag everyone in the world to be buried with you? Let me ask you, who is hiding under NERV, Lilith or Adam?"

"It's Lilith." Akagi Ritsuko obviously knew more than Katsuragi Misato, and gave an accurate answer to this question: "The one hiding under the NERV headquarters is not Adam but Lilith. I don't know why he did this and disguised Lilith as Adam to attract those apostles to attack Tokyo-3, but I don't know where Adam is hidden."

Xiao Yun touched his chin: "In other words, even if the apostles break through NERV, it will not bring about the Third Impact? Interesting, what is the meaning of Ikari Gendō doing this? Could it be that he needs to complete a certain ritual before launching the Third Impact, and this ritual is to hunt down the apostles? Oh, right, you are on his side, right?"

Akagi Ritsuko did not answer the question, but stared at Xiao Yun's virtual projection: "Who are you and why do you know so much?"

Xiao Yun shook his head. "Of course I am an opponent. I don't trust NERV, let alone Ikari Gendō. I don't trust the people behind Ikari Gendō. In fact, I already knew that Ikari Gendō wanted to trigger the Third Impact. A certain force behind him also wants to carry out the Human Instrumentality Plan. I don't know if you know about this plan, but it seems to be a plan to create gods. All life on Earth will return to its origin, which is equivalent to death... Kill all people and create a true god. Anyway, I don't understand what I know, and I don't know enough details, so I know roughly what's going on."

"But you can choose your side now, whether you are on the side of humans or the side of anti-humans, or your love-struck brain attack makes you willing to die for Ikari Gendou."