In the story of "Neon Genesis Evangelion", there is a mysterious life form - " apostle ".
Humans will fall to the life of the earth ancestor Adam ( Adam ) and Lilith called first "apostle" and second "apostle" respectively. Then from the body of Adam and split and reproduced the third to sixteenth "apostles", and from the body fluids of Lilith multiplied the present including humans. There is life.
Apostles
For the unknown life form "Apostle", it has a very special representative ability: " A.T. force field + S² organ" .
" A.T. force field (absolute field) " is a compressed space filled with soul matter, firm enough to resist any attack from outside forces. In terms of representation, it can be thought of as a concept similar to the powerful spatial enchantment .
AT force field
As for " S² organ ", its full name is " Super Solenoid Engine ", literally translated as " strong7 " ". This is the understanding of the energy source of the "Apostle" within the scope of human cognition.
in a nutshell, is that human beings discovered that "Apostles" can generate infinite power through this " S² organ " .
"Theory of the S² Organization
Humans, in order to deal with these giant "Apostles", developed a "universal human-type decisive battle biological weapon" called EVANGELION (EVA for short)
The main material for making EVA is copied from Adam or Lilith .Based on this material, human covered the EVA with armor and restraints, and used the driver to control it.
Humans intend to use the power of Adam and Lilith to deal with the invading "Apostles" and accomplish their own hidden purposes.
But the original EVA body is a body without " S² mechanism " and without soul. Since there is no " S² mechanism " like the "Apostle", EVA cannot obtain unlimited power, and the daily power source still depends on the external power supply. And because there is no soul, EVA relies on human drivers for synchronous manipulation.
But this state of EVA was changed by two important things.
Insert plug with cockpit function
The first thing is the fusion experiment event of the first EVA unit, which makes the first unit of have a soul.
In the story in 2004, a female researcher named Ikari Yu (the mother of the male protagonist), in the fusion experiment of the first machine, made her soul and body completely integrated into the body .Since then, Ikari Yui 's soul has always protected his son, Shinji , who drove the first machine, and has become a key figure in the direction of the "Human Completion Plan".
The soul left by Ikari Yui
The second thing is that the first EVA unit devoured 's fourteenth apostle "Angel of Strength" event, which made the first unit get " S² Organ".
Next, let's focus on the story and design of 's fourteenth apostle "Angel of Force" .
The fourteenth apostle "Angel of Strength" (ZEREL/Sellul)
The fourteenth apostle "Angel of Strength" is the 12th apostle in the story. The origin of the name is Judaism legend Angel of Strength "Zeruel ".
Angel of Force
"Angel of Force", has a skull-like face that emits powerful destructive rays. It has a red core on its chest, and its arms are foldable and retractable ribbons that are tough and sharp enough to cut through things like metal with ease.
Force Angel design draft
In addition,The " A.T. force field " of "Angel of Force" is very powerful, and it can release multiple " A.T. force field" at the same time, and is also called the strongest rejection apostle in the theater version.
The image of "Angel of Force" in the theatrical version is also different from that in the TV version. In the theatrical version, the ribbons on his arms also have the ability to deform.
The Angel of Force Theatrical Modeling
When "Angel of Force" first appeared, it had a powerful performance that surpassed the previous apostles.
The destructive light emitted from its face instantly broke through Third New Tokyo City ( TOKYO-3 ) 18 layers of protective armor on the surface. After that, he successfully entered the underground city (Geo Front) where the NERV headquarters is located.
Destroy the light
At this time, the NERV headquarters had no time to send EVA units to the surface to meet "Angel of Strength", so they could only choose to block in the underground city.
Although NERV headquarters has 3 EVA units,But at this moment, only one EVA No.2 is really available. Because when EVA No. 0 played against the thirteenth apostle "Angel" last time, the eroded left arm it abandoned was not repaired in time. As for the first EVA, the pilot Shinji has given up driving, so it cannot be dispatched for the time being.
Shinji
As the "Angel of Power" descended into the underground city, the second unit began to block with fierce firepower. However, the driver of Unit 2, Asuka, obviously underestimated the combat ability of the "Angel of Power". In the case of the " AT force field" that the second unit thought neutralized the "Angel of Power" , all the firepower is still unable to cause the slightest damage to it.
It can be clearly seen from the theatrical version here that "Force Angel" can release multiple " AT force fields " at the same time, so the second unit actually failed to completely neutralize the " AT force. Field ".
Facing the firepower of the second machine, the "Angel of Power" also launched a counterattack. The straps of its arms quickly opened, attacking the second machine, and instantly cut off the arms of the second machine with weapons.
The second machine whose arms were cut off is still not giving up,Still persistently rushing to the "Angel of Power", the head was cut off by the "Angel of Power".
The head that was cut off just landed in front of the pilot of the first machine, Shinji .
The head of Unit 2
It turns out that after Shinji gave up as a pilot, he followed ordinary civilians to the shelter of the underground city for refuge.
After witnessing the attack of the apostles and the crisis facing humanity, and under the persuasion of blessing Ryoji , Shinji decided to re-drive EVA to fight.
Blessing and persuading Shinji
At this time on the battlefield, in the face of the defeat of the second machine, No. 0 machine decided to take the initiative.
Unit 0 carries N2 Thunder , and is ready to forcibly break through the " A.T. force field " of the "Angel of Force" by means of a frontal assault, and sacrifice itself to blow up the core of the "Angel of Force".
N2 Thunderbolt is a non-nuclear weapon with nuclear-weapon-level power. It is an important weapon for humans to cause effective damage to apostles other than EVA.
Unit 0 breaks through the AT stand
But when Unit 0 barely breaks through the " A.T. force field " ,When the N2 was blasted to the red core of the "Angel of Power" chest, a protective shell opened around the core of the "Angel of Power".
Because the close-range explosive power of the N2 mine was blocked by the protective shell, the "Angel of Strength" still failed to suffer substantial damage. But the zero machine lost its combat capability.
Core protective shell
With the second and zero machines being defeated one after another, the "Angel of Force" drove straight to the underground headquarters of NERV.
Soon, the "Angel of Force" broke into the NERV's operational command center and attempted to descend along the main vertical ditch into the bottom central dogmatic area.
NERV's underground headquarters
At this critical moment, Shinji , who returned to the headquarters, drove the first EVA to the rescue.
In the process of scrambling between the first machine and the "Angel of Power", one of the arms of the first machine was cut off by the destroying light of the "Angel of Power". In order to prevent the "Angel of Power" from invading the central dogmatic area at the bottom, the first machine used the launch port to take the "Angel of Power" to the top of the underground city.
Above the underground city, there is a fierce battle between the two sides. Just as the battle between the two sides was halfway through, the internal power supply of the first machine was exhausted. The first machine, which was unable to move, could only be ravaged by the "Angel of Power".
Faced with such a crisis, Shinji in the first body began to struggle. He understood that if he did not defeat the apostles this time, then all mankind would be in danger of being destroyed.
Under the constant calling of Shinji 's heart,In order to protect the Shinji , the mother's soul hidden in the first machine began to wake up, and caused the first machine's to go berserk .
At this point, the synchronization rate between Shinji and the first unit reached 400% of , Shinji himself was completely dissolved in the LCL solution in the cockpit, and the same as the first unit. The number machine is integrated into one.
The first machine in this state, and repaired its broken arm in an incredible way. In the TV version of the animation, the first machine used the residual limb of the "Angel of Power" to repair the arm, while in the theatrical version, a new arm was directly grown.
The repair arm of the theater version
In addition to the amazing repair ability, the first unit's " A.T. force field " has also become extremely powerful. In just one blow, the "Angel of Force" is ripped apart along with its " A.T. force field " .
And the first machine, having lost control of its pilot Shinji , began to act instinctively. Like a beast, the first machine began to devour the "Angel of Power" that was knocked down by it. The devouring behavior of
also made the first machine accidentally obtain the apostle's " S² organ ".
In the background of the Evangelion story, for the "Apostles" derived from Adam , they have great power and infinite power is the source From "The Fruit of Life".
And for human beings bred from Lilith , their infinite wisdom comes from the "fruit of wisdom".
Lilith
The apostle with the "fruit of life" has a powerful unified soul, body and strength, but the wisdom is low; the human beings with the "fruit of wisdom" will be scattered into countless souls Isolate, weak and tiny, but with great intelligence.
But if an individual masters the "fruit of life" and "fruit of wisdom" at the same time, then it will become a god-like existence.
The first machine that devoured the "Angel of Power" already possesses two important elements at this moment: the human soul possessing the "fruit of wisdom", and the infinity brought by possessing the "fruit of life" Powered by " S² organ ".
Therefore, the first machine is no longer a simple machine, but a brand new existence that surpasses human beings and apostles, and is close to God. This is more clearly expressed in the theatrical version.
Deification of the first machine
There is another important clue here,Because the body of the first machine is copied from Lilith , and the first machine after obtaining " S² mechanism", except that it has a human soul, is basically a machine Compare the complete Lilith clone.
This also lays the foundation for the SEELE organization to use the first EVA machine to complete the completion.
As for how the first unit of , which obtained " S² organ ", finally stopped its activities, the TV animation did not show it clearly. All I know is that the first machine, which was covered in injuries, was bandaged and transported back to the NERV headquarters.
No. 1 unit that stopped working
But in the theatrical version, the first unit of deification is driven by EVA No. 6 Nagisa Kaoru Elonginus blocked by the gun.
And in the manga version, the first machine, which gets " S² machine ", is blocked by the reinforced shackles that humans use to subdue the apostles.
So far, the scenes related to the fourteenth apostle "Angel of Power" have all left the stage.
The Return of Shinji
The first machine that stopped working, was finally recovered by NERV headquarters.
After investigation, Shinji , who is the pilot, has lost his self-boundary and is floating in the LCL solution of the cockpit in a quantum state, including the matter and soul that make up Shinji in the cockpit. In short, Shinji has completely dissolved in the LCL solution.
So NERV's technical department embarks on a plan to rescue Shinji , they intend to calm Shinji 's mind and try to re-form his body.
During the rescue, the plug was ejected due to increased pressure and the LCL solution in the cockpit was released. But in the leaked LCL solution, there is only a set of Shinji 's combat driving uniform (in fact, Shinji is wearing a normal school uniform when driving, which is guessed to be a BUG).
Insert the plug to leak lcl solution
And Shinji The soul in the cockpit has not been able to settle down. Shinji In addition to the continuous emergence of memories of the past, there are also various psychological pictures of contradictions and confusion unique to adolescence.
In psychology, juveniles are the transitional stage between children and adults, and they are the so-called marginal people in general sociology. They have psychological problems such as distress, low self-esteem, restlessness, and anxiety.
The large-scale psychological description of adolescence is added here. In addition to expressing the uncertainty of this youth, it may also represent Shinji's gradual transition to maturity, and he is beginning to be responsible for his own decisions.
At the same time, this psychological description also joins the " lip period " theory proposed by the psychologist Freud . Freud believed that exists in the subconscious sexual instinct, which is the basic driving force of human psychological development.
three-in-one
Finally, in the only anchor to guide the soul of the mother , Shinji The heart of decided to return to reality, and the body reassembled into an independent form.
And when Miri cries with Shinji 's driving suit,It was found that the body of Shinji suddenly appeared in the LCL solution beside him.
After rescuing Shinji , Miri and blessed to start a secret meeting and blessed Miri with a capsule containing important investigation information. In the follow-up stories, more secrets about EVA will gradually reveal the whole picture.
So, see you next time!
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