Machine War: Infinite Frontier.

"It's you!"

Asuka clenched her fists and stared at Xiao Yun: "You are the pilot of Unit-01! You damned fellow, I went to look for you every day before, why didn't you see me!"

"Little girl, don't be so angry." Xiao Yunyun said calmly, "Why do you want to fight me in real life? Don't be so competitive. If you fail, this whole city will be reduced to ashes in an instant."

After saying that, Xiao Yun no longer paid any attention to the arrogant girl with twin ponytails. He turned around and jumped down from the high connecting bridge.

"Hey?!" Asuka's expression changed drastically, and she instinctively grabbed Xiao Yun: "You're crazy!"

The height of the connecting bridge is at least more than 20 meters. If you jump down from there, you will either die or be seriously injured. However, Asuka's movements were not as fast as Xiao Yun's, and she was about one meter away from Xiao Yun. She couldn't grab Xiao Yun with her hand, but could only watch this guy jump off the bridge.

"Help, Miss Misato!" Asuka shouted in panic, and rushed directly to the guardrail of the connecting bridge and quickly stretched her head out to check on Xiao Yun's condition below. However, an expression of disbelief immediately appeared on her face. She saw that the falling Xiao Yun did not fall directly as she imagined, but landed lightly on a giant outstretched hand.

Xiao Yun turned around and looked up at Asuka, who still had a stunned expression on her face. He smiled and said, "Little girl who looks cold on the outside but warm on the inside, why don't you try to jump down and I'll catch you."

"No way!" Asuka yelled from above, then snorted and crossed her arms and looked at Misato Katsuragi: "I'm leaving now."

Katsuragi Misato smiled and said to Ling Bo Ling: "Ling, you don't have to worry about other things. You just need to drive Unit 00 to complete your mission. Got it?"

Ling Bo Ling's face remained calm: "Yeah."

The three EVAs were quickly transported to various locations and stood on the ground as the supports were raised. Xiao Yun looked up at the sky and went directly into the cockpit. As soon as he sat down, he entered the EVA.

"Mr. Xiao Yun, only Unit-01 can function without energy, so I'll have to trouble you next."

"Leave it to me." Xiao Yun responded, "I can't stand watching so many people die in front of me because of this. Unit-01 starts."

Unit 01 detached from the bracket, looked up at the sky to determine the direction, bent its legs slightly and then ejected instantly, launching high into the air and rushing out quickly.

In the NERV combat headquarters, Katsuragi Misato crossed her arms and stared at the big screen until she had calculated the fall coordinates of the apostle clearly and could see the apostle falling from the sky wrapped in a powerful AT force field, then she gave a loud order.

"Unit 0 and Unit 2, the operation begins!"

The power supply behind Unit 0 and Unit 2 was disconnected, and the two EVAs that had been prepared long ago started up and rushed out instantly. Their movements were agile and their speed was ridiculously fast. They didn't look like a bulky mecha that was dozens of meters tall at all. However, EVA was not a mecha at all, it just looked like a mecha.

The black ball that dropped from the sky was falling at a very fast speed, but suddenly the black circular barrier disappeared, revealing a spherical apostle with brilliant colors.

"Change the falling trajectory, speed up!"

Katsuragi Misato was stunned for a moment, but still said calmly: "Mr. Xiao Yun, this speed and distance can only be relied on by you."

Xiao Yun had no time to respond to Misato Katsuragi. After a gliding motion, Unit-01 quickly adjusted its direction and continued to chase the Angel. Its speed became faster and faster, even breaking the sound barrier. Bang-bang-bang sounds rang out one after another, spreading out circles of smoke. The powerful force tore apart countless buildings around it.

This was the first time that Xiao Yun broke the sound barrier by driving a mecha on land, but this was the potential of EVA. From this point of view alone, as a semi-biological mecha, EVA did have very good potential to be developed, but Xiao Yun knew in his heart that this was not the limit, far from it.

Others cannot see it, but Xiao Yun, who is wearing a helmet, can clearly see the additional information provided by VT. The time and place of the apostle's fall and other signs are also changing in real time with the apostle's fall angle. It can be said that the apostle has never left the calculation range of VT since the fall.

After another long run, Unit-01 finally stopped at the edge of the city and got ahead of the Angel before it fell.

After raising his head toward the sky and letting out a howl, a black halo appeared above his head, and the green areas on his body all turned red. With his hands, powerful force spread out from his body and blew away everything around him.

AT force field fully activated!

Unlike the black AT force field of life in this world that was fully activated, the surface of Unit-01 became blurry and a layer of twisted black smoke seemed to shroud the body. This layer of smoke not only lingered on the surface of Unit-01, but also began to spread around and covered the ground like black mud.

The originally colorful spherical apostle changed again, as if cracks appeared and it began to transform into an apostle with huge wings. The wings and the body were so large that it was unimaginable that they even covered the surrounding mountains and half of the Third New Tokyo City. The center of the angel fell straight towards the direction of Unit 01.

There was no passionate shouting. Xiao Yun simply controlled Unit-01 and raised his arm to catch the falling Angel. The AT force fields of the two collided instantly. The black AT force field that rippled like water appeared above Unit-01's arm and caught the Angel. The Angel's AT force field spread out circles of colorful light in a diamond shape. The contact of the two AT force fields caused a crackling sound and flashing arcs.

Under the powerful pressure, Unit-01 seemed unusually relaxed and even had time to roar at the Angel above its head again.

A crack suddenly appeared at the position of the apostle's core, and a strange humanoid upper body surged out from it, with five fingers spread out to grab the raised palm of Unit-01, but the next moment four arms composed entirely of black AT force fields stretched out from behind Unit-01, grabbed the apostle's outstretched arms two by two, twisted them violently, and then pulled them down, tearing the apostle's arms directly and causing the apostle to howl in pain.

But the brutality of Unit-01 did not end there. After tearing off the arms of the apostle, the four black arms quickly began to transform into the shape of spiral guns and stabbed directly upwards, stabbing more than ten times in a second. Red liquid began to fall from the apostle's body like a waterfall, and the apostle's fast-moving core was suddenly fixed in the middle by the four spiral guns.

"Ow!!!!"

Unit-01 roared again, and its arms tore through the Angel's AT barrier and grabbed the red core. The powerful energy of the core itself began to burn Unit-01's arms, and even Xiao Yun felt a slight burning sensation.

But what does it matter? The black AT force field wrapped around the arms of Unit-01 like silk, and after a twist, it transformed into an armored shape to protect the arms of Unit-01. The four AT force field arms held the huge apostle tightly, and the hands covered with AT force field armor held the core of the apostle and pulled it hard.

The howls of the Angels and Unit-01 resounded throughout the world. Unit-02 and Unit-00, who had hurried over, also stopped beside Unit-01. Asuka looked at Unit-01 with a complex and amazed look on her face, and suddenly shouted, "Grab the core! I'll take care of it!"

"do not come!"

Xiao Yun shouted hurriedly. He was really afraid that Asuka would come and cause trouble.

His goal is not to kill the apostle but to capture the core of the apostle. Based on his understanding of the apostle and his previous experiences in fighting against the apostle, Xiao Yun is now very clear that the true body of the apostle is this core. As for the body part, it is not important at all and has very strong recovery ability. As long as the core is still there, it can be recovered even if the whole body is lost.

Now that the core has been exposed and captured by Unit-01, Xiao Yun does not want to kill this angel at all but to pull out the core of the angel, just like he did with the Angel of Water.

Before, Xiao Yun didn't know there was such a thing as a sealing pillar. Now that he knows there is something that can restrict the apostle, he naturally doesn't want to kill the apostle. Instead, he plans to take the apostle back to World 0 as his trophy.

Asuka's movements suddenly stopped, and Unit 2 almost stumbled and fell to the ground.

Asuka looked puzzled: "What are you going to do!?"

"Wait!"

Xiao Yun held the operating lever tightly with both hands and pulled it hard with both hands. All the strength of him and Unit-01 burst out at this moment. There was a sharp tearing sound and the huge core was torn off the body of the apostle by Unit-01. A sharp howl sounded and the originally huge body of the apostle lost all movement. The light emanating from the body began to dissipate from the end and turned into a black corrupt appearance and finally turned into a huge red wave that covered all directions.

The red core that was torn off lost its body but still had powerful energy. It released an even more dazzling light and huge energy, but was firmly restricted by the palms of Unit-01. The black AT force field covered the surface of the core like mud, and the four AT force field arms turned into something like a bandage to wrap around the core.

"The operation is over."

Xiao Yun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the apostle had no ability to resist. He rubbed his hands together and shook them lightly as if to get rid of the burning sensation in his arms.

"it's over?"

Asuka looked at the scene in front of her with some confusion. She hadn't done anything yet and hadn't destroyed the core of the apostle. How could this be considered the end?

Zero tilted his head in the cockpit of Unit 00, a rare expression of incomprehensibility appearing on his face.

"Unit-01 pilot, we must destroy the core."

A clear and beautiful voice sounded, and Xiao Yun looked at Ling Bo Ling who suddenly appeared on the screen: "No need, the battle is over."

"why?"

Asuka asked loudly in confusion, "Not destroying the core is the same as not destroying the apostles! Such things should not exist at all!"

"That's enough, Asuka. The operation is over and the crisis is resolved." Katsuragi Misato intervened in the communication and then said to Xiao Yun: "Mr. Xiao Yun, the sealing pillar is ready."

Unit 02 and Unit 00 suddenly lowered their heads and lost response. This was due to the fact that the batteries in the units had been completely consumed.

Without the S2 mechanism and their own core, these two machines can only operate for a maximum of five minutes after being disconnected from the power supply. Under normal circumstances, the combat between EVA and the Angel will actually be limited to a very short time. The battle between the two is a competition of skills on the one hand, but more of a competition is the strength of the AT force field. As long as the AT force field is strong enough, it will become very simple to deal with the Angel, otherwise it will become very difficult.

The AT force field displayed by Unit-01 is different from others, but that is not Unit-01's AT force field but Xiao Yun's. Although Xiao Yun can only use the AT force field through Unit-01, it is ultimately because of Xiao Yun that this AT force field has become so strange. The power of chaos and rejection is so strong that it has crushed several apostles one after another like cheating, and now the same is true for this restricted core.

"Wait, someone will come and collect you."

Xiao Yun glanced at the two girls controlling Unit-01 and left. Asuka sat in the cockpit in a daze for a long time until the cockpit became dark. She curled up unconsciously, hugging her legs and trembling slightly: "Too strong, even one person can deal with such an apostle. Am I useless? Am I useless?"

Zero's emotions were still very stable. He sat in the dark cockpit without any emotion or expression. He just sat there quietly as if he didn't care about anything.

Xiao Yun was the first to return to the Dawn headquarters. Under the guidance of the technical staff below, he placed the core he brought back in an established sealing area. It was originally an area used to seal EVA, but now its function has been temporarily changed to become the sealing area for the apostles.

Sealing pillars flashing red light were erected everywhere. This kind of thing seemed to have a very strong suppressive power on the apostles and related things. Moreover, this apostle only had one core left, and even if he self-destructed, it would not cause much damage. The sealed area was a place that even EVA could not destroy, and a mere core naturally did not have such ability. Xiao Yun waited until all the blockades were completed before sending Unit-01 back to the hangar.

The world today has the ability to seal apostles. The apostles who previously destroyed and attacked the Bethany base were actually captured by humans and sealed there for research. Although we don't know how much it cost, it at least shows that humans actually have the ability to capture and seal apostles. It's just that some people don't want to see this happen, and there was no chance to capture the apostles later until Xiao Yun took action again.

Leaving the cockpit and landing on the pier, Xiao Yun took off his helmet and said to the technician who ran over: "Your arm has some damage. Heal as soon as possible."

"clear."