Machine War: Infinite Frontier.

Ritsuko Akagi's head was buzzing, and she didn't care whether she lived or died.

Xiao Yun's little threat now couldn't scare her at all. If he really wanted her to die, why would he waste so much time with her?

Ritsuko Akagi could see that Xiao Yun wanted to win her over and wanted her to do something or know something through her. The confusion in her mind was because of what Xiao Yun said, and also because Xiao Yun tore open her wounds lightly and sprinkled salt on them.

She felt very painful and uncomfortable in her heart. She did not tell a single lie to Xiao Yun and answered all the questions she knew about.

Love-brained? Akagi Ritsuko admitted that she might really be love-brained, but she had never thought about leading to the Third Impact to complete the human instrumentality plan, let alone creating a god.

Akagi Ritsuko was silent for a long time before she spoke: "What do you want me to do."

"How is Unit-01 now?"

"It's very quiet but the situation is very complicated." Akagi Ritsuko glanced at Xiao Yun's projection and said, "This makes Ikari Gendō very angry. Although he didn't show it, I can feel it. Because we can't control Unit-01 at all now, it is also refusing anyone's contact. He has been looking for a solution or a way to replace you."

"Looking for Ikari Shinji in my hands?" Xiao Yun nodded and said, "It's useless. Unit-01's self-awareness has already awakened. It's not Ikari Yui who has merged into Unit-01, but the soul of Unit-01 itself. He wants to use Ikari Shinji to inspire the soul of Ikari Yui in Unit-01. It's a fantasy. How can a human soul be stronger than an Angel? Besides, the current Ikari Yui has long been influenced by Unit-01 and turned into a beast with only instincts left."

Akagi Ritsuko was a little confused: "How did you do it? We are also studying you. You can pilot Unit-01 and use the AT force field, but why is it in that form?"

Misato Katsuragi's gaze moved from Ritsuko Akagi's face to Xiao Yun's projection. Her expression was serious and her eyes were a little hazy, like someone who was drunk but listening very attentively.

"Nothing, I'm just different from the others, that's all." Xiao Yun didn't know how to answer, and Akagi Ritsuko didn't know how to answer, so she changed the subject directly: "What else do you know about Adam?"

Akagi Ritsuko shook her head: "I don't know."

"I believe what you said for now." Xiao Yun nodded and said, "As you think, I do want to win you over. It's up to you to decide whether to accept it or not. Just follow your heart to decide whether to destroy the world or save the world. I just want to ask if there is any way for me to receive information from your headquarters building at all times while I am outside. Ikari Gendo is so shameless that he actually set up this kind of physical blockade. I don't want to break up with him yet."

"It's useless." Akagi Ritsuko shook her head and said, "Even if you can connect to the network, there is still a MAGI blockade. As long as you access it, you will be discovered immediately."

Xiao Yun: "Don't worry about these, just give me a solution."

Akagi Ritsuko thought for a moment and said, "All power supplies at NERV headquarters are controlled by MAGI, and the power supply to a certain area can be disconnected individually."

Xiao Yun patted his forehead lightly: "So simple?"

Akagi Ritsuko nodded: "It's that simple."

"Okay." Xiao Yun looked at Akagi Ritsuko and said, "I'll give you a piece of news as a thank you. The reason why Akagi Naoko committed suicide was because of Ikari Gendō's plan. There was a surveillance camera that recorded everything and hid it in the MAGI computer. You can check it yourself this time. Of course, I know that you may not have the intention of avenging your mother at all and suicide was her own choice. It's just that the scene was a little ugly. However, through this record, you should be able to understand Ikari Gendō's ruthlessness. You and your daughter are just tools for him to achieve his goals."

"If you have any ideas, you can contact me at any time, or you can choose to stand firmly on his side and tell him why I came to you today."

The projection disappeared. Mitsurugi Meiye glanced at Akagi Ritsuko and Katsuragi Misato, put down a communicator and said, "You two, if you have made a decision, you can use this to contact us."

Misato Katsuragi waved her hand: "Got it, got it."

Yu Jian Mingye disappeared and left. After meeting up with Kururugi Suzaku outside, they appeared together in front of an entrance of NERV headquarters. Soon after, they were sent to Xiao Yun.

After Miyabi Yuuki left, Akagi Ritsuko and Katsuragi Misato fell into a strange silence. They were both drinking with blank eyes, and no one knew what they were thinking.

Akagi Ritsuko lit a cigarette: "How have you been recently?"

"Except for not being able to drink and take a bath, everything else is fine." Katsuragi Misato shook the bottle and said, "Are you really having an affair with Commander Ikari?"

"Don't say such harsh words." Akagi Ritsuko took a puff of cigarette, exhaled white smoke, and looked gloomy: "It's just a mutual need between men and women."

The two girls were silent again, and Misato Katsuragi suddenly asked, "Who do you believe?"

"Who can I trust?" Akagi Ritsuko showed a sad smile and said self-deprecatingly: "I don't know, do you think we should trust a stranger or the partner who has been fighting side by side with us all the time."

"You obviously know more than me." Katsuragi Misato put the bottle down forcefully and stared at Akagi Ritsuko: "Why didn't you tell me all this? We are such good friends. At this time, the apostles suddenly arrived and the third qualified person appeared inexplicably. What is the connection between all this?"

Akagi Ritsuko smoked a cigarette: "You don't have the authority, and I don't have any evidence. Maybe I was influenced by Ikari Gendō, but I definitely didn't think of betraying our friendship or betraying this world. I will investigate and find out Ikari Gendō's real purpose. From now on, stay here and don't run around. Don't let others know that these people have released you."

Misato Katsuragi snorted, "Of course I know."

With Ritsuko Akagi's reminder, Xiao Yun easily reconnected to NERV's internal network. Of course, Ritsuko Akagi only provided a direction and did not just plug in a plug. Ritsuko Akagi knew that Xiao Yun just wanted an interface to access the network. With this direction, it would be easy to find the interface.

The next morning, Xiao Yun had just finished breakfast when he heard a sharp alarm in the underground space. Yu Jian Ming Ye came to Xiao Yun and said, "Sir, there's a call from NERV headquarters."

"Tell them I'll be there."

Xiao Yun got up and changed into his combat uniform, then went to the NERV headquarters with Ling Yi.

The place that was originally forbidden for Xiao Yun and others to enter was also opened up a special passage for him after the alarm was sounded, allowing Xiao Yun to directly come to the huge hangar where Unit 01 was located.

Ikari Gendo was still standing behind the observation window as before, staring at Xiao Yun: "According to the agreement, you have the obligation to help us deal with the apostles."

Xiao Yun said with a snort: "You don't need to tell me, I will definitely do what I promised. I'm not as shameless as you."

Ikari Gendō turned around and left without saying anything to Xiao Yun, and Xiao Yun quickly entered the cockpit of the aircraft.

"Insert the plug to activate, the water of life will be electrolyzed, and the pressure contact lock will be released."

"Mr. Xiao Yun, you can attack now."

Xiao Yun shook his arms: "Let's go, let's go, this time we have to decide whether to die or live."

Akagi Ritsuko said decisively: "Please make sure to deal with the enemy simply and neatly. The faster the battle ends, the less damage will be caused."

"understood."

Unit 01 was ejected and appeared on the ground with a clang after passing through a long passage. A flying reptile appeared in Xiao Yun's sight.

"It's a bug this time." Xiao Yun took a closer look at the apostle in front of him. He would not be unable to attack the bug-like enemies because of Vajra. After controlling Unit-01 to get down from the restraint frame, he rushed directly towards the apostle.

Someone reminded: "Mr. Xiao Yun, try to limit the battlefield outside the city."

"clear."

Two lightning-like beams emerged from the apostle's body and pierced towards the speeding Unit-01 so fast that it was difficult for people to react.

These are two light whips that seem to be composed of AT force fields and can even cut through the air. As long as they hit Unit-01, they will definitely cause great damage to it in an instant.

But the whip that seemed as fast as lightning in the eyes of others was easily caught by Xiao Yun who was controlling Unit-01. Suddenly, the palm of Unit-01 touched the light whip, and a spark of lightning burst out from the palm of Unit-01. Even Xiao Yun, who was in sync with Unit-01, could feel the burning sensation from his palm.

Xiao Yun simply ignored the pain, and pulled the apostle towards himself with his arms.

"Good boy, let's kill him together."

“Ah~~Roar~~~~”

Unit-01 opened its mouth and roared towards the sky. While pulling the Angel towards itself, a jumping AT force field was instantly activated and it kicked the Angel hard.

The strange black AT force field collided with the apostle's own AT force field, spreading out brilliant light like an explosion. In the blink of an eye, the two AT force fields were completely neutralized. The big foot of Unit-01 also kicked the apostle hard, and then there was a roar and countless smoke and dust rose from the ground.

The apostle who was hit was not affected much, and flew up as if to distance himself from Unit-01.

"It's great that you can fly."

Xiao Yun smiled and controlled the arms of Unit-01 to rotate quickly, wrapping all of the apostle's tentacles like light whips around its arms and dragging the fallen apostle in front of him again. Then he let Unit-01 punch the apostle again and again.

Not satisfied with beating the apostle, he turned him over and rode on him directly. He pulled out the exposed skeleton of the apostle called the Angel of Day, broke the outer bones with a click, and then inserted it into the apostle's core.

The core of the apostle instantly cracked, but the next second Unit-01 pulled out the bone spur, opened its mouth wide and bit towards the core.

In less than a minute, the Day Angel collapsed and dissipated into a ball of blood. At the same time, heavy rain began to fall from the sky, as if crying for the Day Angel's death.

This violent and swift fighting style was hard for everyone from NERV and the island government who saw this scene to accept. An apostle who was difficult for humans to fight against even with all their weapons was actually defeated in such a way that was like a street fight. There were no weapons and even the only weapon was torn from the apostle. They didn't understand when it became so easy for humans to fight against apostles.

However, the more relaxed Xiao Yun acted, the uglier Ikari Gendō's expression became. In this situation, he couldn't even lift the blockade on Unit 00 in a normal way. Everything now seemed to be heading in a direction beyond the plan, and it was difficult to even pull it back.

Gendo Ikari put his hands on the table and supported his chin, showing his classic move, and looked at the screen with twinkling eyes at the Unit-01 that had just shown its great power and was now standing still.

"Roar!"

"Unit-01 is moving again! The insertion depth of the plug has increased, all links have been interrupted, communications have been disconnected, the frequency has increased, and the contamination rate has greatly increased!"

Suddenly, along with Unit-01's roar towards the sky, a red warning light flashed in the command room. Unit-01 in the picture knelt on the ground with its hands folded across its chest, as if struggling and resisting. Its roars seemed to represent extreme anger.

At that tense and dangerous moment, the corners of Ikari Gendo's mouth curled up and revealed a smile.

At this moment, something like an angel halo suddenly appeared on the head of Unit-01. The green lines on its body turned into a glowing red, and its eyes also lit up with a terrifying red light. If you look closely, you can even see a faint flying bird rune in the red light.

Xiao Yun sat in the cockpit of Unit-01 with a helpless look on his face. He could clearly feel all the changes in Unit-01, the uncontrollable anger, the pain everywhere all over his body, the powerful force running rampant in his body, and the soul power pouring into Unit-01. He understood more clearly what he was experiencing.

"I'll let you eat whatever you want, I'll let you eat whatever you want."

Xiao Yun kicked the operating table and angrily yelled, "You can just kill it, but you have to eat it recklessly. You're not satisfied with having one already."

The only answer to Xiao Yun was the furious roar of Unit-01. This was not directed at Xiao Yun, but Unit-01 could only make such a violent sound.

Now Unit-01 is truly undergoing a transformation, with five completely different souls in its body: Xiao Yun's, Unit-01's itself, Ikari Yui's, the Angel of Water, and the Angel of Day.

However, the Water Angel and the Day Angel are just the remnants of their souls. These remnants are very pure, pure enough to be swallowed by Unit-01.

But also because Unit-01 swallowed the second core, the remaining soul power of the Water Angel and the Day Angel began to riot and wanted to merge to give birth to a new consciousness, and was also gradually devouring the part of Ikari Yui's soul.

Just wanting to riot in the presence of Xiao Yun was no different from seeking death, and in minutes it was contaminated by Xiao Yun's soul and turned into a very strange thing. Together with the soul of Ikari Yui that was being gradually devoured, it was squeezed together and stuffed into the soul of Unit-01. Naturally, the feeling of having a soul forced into it made Unit-01 extremely painful.

This forced Xiao Yun to go all out to help Unit-01 completely devour and fuse all the things that were squeezed in.