Captain, your ship has exploded again.

"Damn it, Asuka's acting isn't suicide! Don't just blindly confront the enemy's attack!"

"Am I the driver or are you the driver? Get out of my way, you bald guy!"

Since Quintessa could use Unicron to probe the energy level of Unit 2, surrendering directly would only alert her to something amiss.

Zhang Xun and Asuka decided to rush towards the enemy's core area as quickly as possible before Unit 2 ran out of energy, so that Quintessa could lower her guard as much as possible.

Zhang Xun and the other's resistance did not last long. After Quintessa intensified her attack, Asuka, who was using energy recklessly, quickly depleted the energy of Unit 2. However, in order to make the performance more realistic, Asuka still activated her defensive mode at the last moment, crouching down with her head in her hands.

Looking at the somewhat embarrassing posture, Zhang Xun asked Asuka with a slightly awkward expression.

"Don't we have any better options? Like armor transformation defense or something else?"

Due to energy depletion, the cockpit switched to red emergency lighting mode. Although the mental connection remained, Asuka rolled over and lay on Zhang Xun's head.

"Do you think Zhao Wanyang, with her busy schedule, has time to design too many new features for EVA? Why don't you be a little more accommodating and postpone the warship development a little later?"

Asuka lay there lazily, looking at Zhang Xun in front of her, her fingers rubbing against Zhang Xun's protective helmet like a curious child.

Zhang Xun shook his head, trying to pry Asuka's hand off his head, but Zhang Xun, who had nothing on him, was powerless to resist Asuka.

"EVA, switch to backup pilot mode!"

Zhang Xun ignored Asuka and instead switched EVA's connection mode.

The backup pilot mode is not the same as in the original series, where an artificial virtual pilot operates the EVA. It's not that it's technically impossible, but the probability of it going berserk is too high. The current EVA Unit-02 is no longer the kind of machine that Adam combined with a human soul.

While the large influx of foreign genes enhanced the performance of Unit 2, it also made it more prone to crashing. This was not because Zhao Wanyang's technology was inadequate, but because of Zhang Xun's requirement that all top-tier technologies must have weaknesses.

Since it's not a virtual driver, the backup driver mode is actually about connecting the neural link to another person in the cockpit, and that person is Zhang Xun.

Those who have seen the old version of EVA know about the battle between Unit-02 and the mass-produced units. At that time, Unit-02 also ran out of power, but this does not mean that Asuka's body would not receive any response when Unit-02 was attacked.

When an EVA unit is damaged, the damage is transmitted to the pilot. Given Quintessa's personality, Zhang Xun did not believe that she would allow Unit 2 to approach the core intact.

At this moment, Zhang Xun, who only has one head, is the best replacement driver. Since he has no body, even if he is injured, it will not have any impact. Only the pain is unavoidable.

Asuka picked up Zhang Xun's helmet, touched his bald head, and said, "Should I say you're brave, or that ignorance is bliss? You should know that the body's reaction is to reduce pain. Without limbs, you will only feel greater pain."

Zhang Xun shrugged, rolled his eyes at Asuka, and said, "Men are..."

Before Zhang Xun could finish speaking, Quintasha had already successfully pried open Unit 2's crouching guard. While breaking and tearing off Unit 2's limbs, she inserted a large number of tiny tubes into Unit 2's body. If the other party had known the importance of the S2 mechanism, the core might have also been targeted.

"It hurts, damn it, it really hurts!"

Upon seeing this, Asuka couldn't help but laugh out loud, and she subconsciously pulled Zhang Xun into her arms.

The sudden hug left Zhang Xun, whose head was throbbing with pain, momentarily at a loss. As for whether to resist or push the other person away, that was a bit of a challenge for him, who was completely naked.

Although the LCL fluid reeked of blood, Asuka's cushioning airbags still had some...

"Uh, Asuka, tell the truth, did you use a stylist inside? The medical examination data didn't mention that you have this size now."

Asuka blushed deeply at Zhang Xun's sudden words, and somewhat annoyed, she kicked Zhang Xun's head away.

"idiot!"

While Zhang Xun and Asuka were frolicking in the cockpit, Unit 2 had already been delivered to Quintessa.

“Interesting biological structures, such as bones, muscles, blood, and even the nervous system, seem to have been taken from different organisms and then reassembled.”

At this point, most of the restraint armor on Unit-02 had been removed, leaving its exposed muscles and bones, making it look quite disheveled.

Since Unicron is not a research-oriented silicon-based life form, he naturally wouldn't have any professional laboratories inside his body. In order to obtain information more clearly, Quintessa personally inserted her hand into Unit-02's heart.

"Strange, why do your internal organs still retain so much vitality?"

Just as Quintasha looked at her prey with suspicion, Unit 2 suddenly turned its head. Of the original four eyes, only one was intact. The other three eyes were either blown out or had only a small part left hanging from their sockets. This action caused the eye that was about to fall off to fly towards Quintasha and be pierced by the spikes on her body, hanging there.

Then only a voice came from the upper palate: "Is it possible that I did it on purpose?"

Startled, Quintasha retreated while shouting in panic, "Impossible! I've drained all your energy! Who are you?"

Zhang Xun was the one with this perverse sense of humor, and just as Zhang Xun was scaring Quintasa, Asuka also inserted a small jar into the slot under the driver's seat.

The small nuclear reactor of Unit 2 was completely drained by Quintessa, so even if Zhang Xun possessed divine power, he couldn't make Unit 2 regain its activity for no reason.

The jar that Asuka inserted into the slot wasn't some kind of magic pill, but rather Cybertronian energy liquid that she had pried out of Sun Hui's mouth.

Zhang Xun's divine power was also poured into Unit 2 along with the energy liquid. Although the divine power was not much, it instantly shattered the pipes binding Unit 2.

Quintessa, who was retreating, suddenly realized that she had been tricked. Enraged, a large amount of electricity immediately burst out from her body and flowed through the tubes in her body into the five-faced monsters below.

Knowing she was in danger, Quintasha naturally no longer hoped to capture the other party alive, and instead of a pipe, she appeared in the core area as an energy cannon.

As for whether these attacks might accidentally damage the core of the Cosmic Emperor, Quintessa looked at the questioner with disdain. It should be noted that it had already been explained that the Cosmic Emperor and the Primordial Celestial Lord had an extremely strong ability to absorb energy.

Upon seeing Quintessa summon the energy cannon, Asuka immediately switched piloting roles and simultaneously ripped off the pirate eyepatch covering her eyes.

"Zhang Xun, you've never seen Apostle Mode before! I hope you're not scared!"

Zhang Xun said with a hint of disdain, "Apostle transformation? It's like nobody's never... seen... it before... Holy crap!"

Asuka's entire body radiates light. Unlike the original work, where only her left eye has a slit and her hair glows and changes color, Asuka also grows a pair of secondary eyes on the side of her eye.

The pain caused Asuka to open her mouth wide and roar. Because her mouth was opened too wide, her lips were torn, just like the Slit-Mouthed Woman. At the same time, her premolars and canines began to become sharp.

Meanwhile, the body of Unit-02, which was changing in sync with Asuka's, also began to undergo a large-scale Angel transformation.

However, due to the impure genes of Unit-02 at this time, coupled with Zhao Wanyang's embedded technology, the apostle aura in the theatrical version did not appear, and it was also somewhat similar to the wing shape of the old version of Unit-01.

However, it's a bit of a sanity drain. If the wings of the old Unit-01 were made of energy, then the wings of Unit-02 are like they're made of vengeful spirits. They're made of a large number of round, bulging objects, covered with countless eyes, like countless struggling heads.

The changes to Unit-02's body were even more exaggerated. The binding armor was completely torn and fell off, and a large number of secondary eyes grew behind the two pairs of eyes, which was very similar to the apostle transformation in the movie. However, the head was more like the old version of the white mass-produced unit. The chin did not recover but instead grew lines, looking like the chin of a sperm whale.

However, the limbs did not grow back because the liquid in the container could not provide much energy. But due to the rampage of mental energy, a telekinetic effect was produced. Unit 2 directly tore off the surrounding metal to fill in the limbs, but because they were not made of flesh and blood, the shapes were very ugly.

Quintessa was also taken aback by the sudden change in Unit 2. She couldn't wait for the other side to change any further, so she immediately fired a barrage of energy cannons at Unit 2 before they were fully charged.

As the shelling hit and produced a large amount of smoke, Quintasha only had time to see a glimpse of orange in the smoke.

Just as she was about to stop firing to check, a low, sharp roar came from the smoke.

As the sound appeared, a series of air vibrations followed, blowing away all the smoke and mist generated around them.

Unit-02, which had not fully transformed, looked like a giant centipede, with something that looked like blood or some other bodily fluid dripping from its head onto the metal ground.

"Fuck-"

Clearly, these liquids were extremely corrosive. The rampaging Unit 2 pounded against the surrounding dilapidated metal walls and raised its head, emitting a series of low, sharp sounds.

This time, Quintasha saw clearly that Unit 2 didn't have a mouth at all. The deep sound was produced by the pulsation of an organ below the neck, which resembled an air sac. The so-called sharp sound was actually the wind blades generated by those wrinkled things rapidly slapping and squeezing against each other.

Quintasha cried out in terror, "Monster!"

Just as the two sides were about to fight, a metal wall that was already riddled with holes suddenly collapsed inward.

The loud tearing sound of metal made both sides instinctively look over.

At this moment, Zhang Xun, inside the cockpit, looked at Asuka with a dark expression.

If Quintessa's perspective stemmed from a lack of combat experience, then Asuka's perspective was due to her rapidly expanding mental energy, which overwhelmed her human consciousness, leaving only her beastly instincts.

At this moment, two faces, one large and one small, appeared behind the wall.

Unlucky Number One is the leader of the Quintessons, and the other one who wants to pretend to be a gorilla is Horton, whom he brought along.

The leader of the five-faced monsters scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly and said, "Um, if I said that we came here as tourists and ended up here because we couldn't find a toilet, would you believe me?"

Horton, who was dressed as a gorilla next to him, glanced at his leader with utter disdain and muttered under his breath, "That's a really lame excuse. Why don't you dress up as an animal with me?"

"Get lost! Stop pretending! I feel like if I do, you'll attack me from behind! Don't think I don't know you're trying to use disgusting methods to make them ignore us."

"Tsk ╮(╯▽╰)╭"

"-_-Grass!"