Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#735 - Human Instrumentality Project

With a soft "click", Liang Yue pushed open the door and stepped out of the hospital room.

Facing the scorching sunlight, he looked up to see several medical staff pushing a hospital bed towards him.

Liang Yue subconsciously dodged to the side of the corridor, and looking down, he saw a girl of about fourteen or fifteen lying on the pristine white bed, her expression indifferent.

She had short, light blue hair, exceptionally pale skin, and a frail body, with one hand wrapped in a bandage and hanging from her neck.

On the other side of the corridor, five or six meters away, a young boy stood silently, his eyes following the girl on the bed, his face filled with timidity and shyness.

"Rei Ayanami, Shinji Ikari…"

"Is this the only hospital in the entire Third Tokyo?"

"This is too much of a coincidence…"

He rolled his eyes inwardly, feeling somewhat speechless.

As a result, Liang Yue had only been standing by the corridor window for a few seconds when several men in black suits walked over.

Dressed in suits and sunglasses in the middle of summer, it was clear they weren't normal people.

"Excuse me, are you Haruaki Hyuga?"

One of the men in black stepped forward and asked, looking at him expressionlessly.

"Yes, what is it?"

Liang Yue said, glancing at the man.

"Yesterday evening, you accessed the apartment rooftop without permission and used a telephoto camera to photograph classified combat operations. We have already searched your residence as a matter of routine.

Fortunately, we found nothing suspicious. We have deleted the classified content from your camera and hope you understand."

"So, you're the ones who sent me to this hospital?"

"…Yes, although your behavior was somewhat out of line, we will try to compensate for the accidental injuries caused by the battle. Fortunately, judging by your current appearance, the problem doesn't seem to be significant."

"Thanks, there's really nothing wrong with my body, except for a slight headache from being hit on the head. Everything else is normal. I want to be discharged now."

"Wouldn't you like to stay and have some more check-ups?"

"No need, it's pointless."

"…Then, we will send over your personal belongings later."

"Thank you."

…

For ordinary people like Liang Yue, whose identity information can be easily accessed at any time, these agents working for the Japanese government obviously didn't have much interest.

After confirming that his situation was indeed not suspicious, they let him go directly.

Liang Yue had originally wanted to go over and say hello to the withdrawn young boy in the corridor.

However, despite the fact that the boy looked relaxed, ignorant, and at a loss on the corridor, in reality, there were surveillance personnel everywhere in some inconspicuous corners.

Going over to greet the protagonist at this time would undoubtedly be asking for trouble.

But thinking about it, it made sense. After all, as the son of Gendo Ikari, the supreme commander of NERV, and currently the only designated pilot of Unit-01, his safety was indeed of utmost importance.

If Liang Yue were to suddenly have a brain fart and kill Shinji Ikari~

Not to mention that no one would be around to deal with the subsequent Angels, which would likely directly lead to the fall of humanity's fortress and the completion of their Human Instrumentality Project, Unit-01 would probably go berserk on the spot and come after him to fight to the death~

Although Liang Yue didn't think that Unit-01 would pose too much of a threat to him, it wasn't necessary.

Things like the Spear of Longinus could all be postponed.

After all, that spear was currently at the lowest level of the NERV fortress, stuck in Lilith's body, and it would be pulled out sooner or later. He wasn't in a hurry.

…

"Last night, the Third Angel, Sachiel, should have been killed."

"Moreover, it was beaten into submission by the berserk Unit-01 and self-destructed, so there shouldn't be anything of value left on the battlefield."

"In that case, the Fruit of Life and such things can only wait for the next Angel to come to our door. Afterwards, just wait according to the timeline."

"As for the others, if I remember correctly, the First Angel, Adam, seems to have been captured as well. His body was restored to an embryo, and later Gendo Ikari injected it into his palm.

Right now, it should still be in the hands of the SEELE organization."

"It seems to be fixed inside some kind of resin."

"Adam's soul also seems to have been integrated into the body of the Seventeenth Angel, Kaworu Nagisa."

"As for Lilith, her body was split in two. The upper half was pinned underground by the Spear of Longinus, and the lower half has already become Unit-01. Her soul was injected into Rei Ayanami's body…"

"Speaking of which, the technology in this world is truly amazing. It can freely capture and utilize souls. Even beings of Adam and Lilith's level cannot escape the fate of being dissected."

Thinking of this, Liang Yue couldn't help but feel a headache, because he really couldn't understand why Adam and Lilith would allow humans to manipulate them.

These two beings, directly differentiated from the Tree of Life, had basically been observing the development of the situation from the perspective of bystanders from beginning to end.

Even if their soul host had clearly had the opportunity to approach them and end everything, they always threw the choice back to humans at the last moment.

And that inexplicable Dead Sea Scrolls, with Liang Yue's way of thinking, it was also difficult to understand how such important information was known by humans and then written down as a script…

…

Speechless all the way, after returning to his apartment, Liang Yue looked around. He did indeed find many traces of being rummaged through in his home.

Although it had been rearranged, according to the memories in his mind, he could still easily find many flaws in some details of the room.

Fortunately, the agents from the relevant departments didn't seem to intend to hide anything from him, a small character.

And Liang Yue didn't care at all about these people's views on the previous occupant of this body, Haruaki Hyuga, or some of the tricks they played in the room.

Because, just as the other party's attitude towards the previous occupant, Haruaki Hyuga, he was equally indifferent when looking at those people now…

"Ah~~~"

Yawning as he entered the door, Liang Yue then casually placed the camera in his hand on the coffee table, turned on the TV, and took a can of drink from the refrigerator.

He collapsed onto the sofa in a Ge You slouch~

On the village platform, the video call was still open, but Saya Takagi and the others on the other side had already focused their attention on the secret manuals and cultivation methods he had obtained from the lottery draw earlier.

Seeing this, Liang Yue also had Xiaowu print out a copy of the martial arts technique he had previously drawn, the "Human Emperor Seal Technique", and sat on the sofa to study it carefully.

The worldview in the current multi-dimensional world was somewhat special.

After reading through it, although it had some religious and mythological colors, it was, in the final analysis, just a science fiction world.

In the current world, there are three substances that make up all kinds of creatures in this world.

LCL, AT Field, and soul.

LCL is the water of life. Lilith used this substance to give birth to the Eighteenth Angel, Lilin, which is the human race.

The AT Field is a more metaphysical thing, which has been given many meanings by later generations.

Such as the absolute territory, the gap between people, the root of all evil, and so on.

The reason why all kinds of things in the world, between people and animals, and between people and angels, present different appearances is because of the existence of the AT Field.

The only difference is that the AT Fields of humans and animals are relatively weak and can only be used to unconsciously maintain their own physical forms, while the Angels can use them in various ways.

If the AT Field is cancelled, then whether it is a human, an animal, or an Angel, it will turn into a pile of red LCL life water.

The souls between each other will also merge together without any obstacles, no longer having gaps, prejudices, and reasons to hurt each other.

The purpose of the so-called Human Instrumentality Project is to achieve such a state.

In fact, in this world, from beginning to end, whether it is humans or Angels, their goals are the same.

In the end, they all want to cancel the AT Field, turn into a pool of life water, and merge their souls together.

The difference is only who is in charge during this process~