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HMS Normandy.

After subduing and holding the code, Morpheus and Anderson exchanged messages with the rest of the crew in the ship's conference room.

In short, "Morpheus" came out of the academy alone, told Trinity and Switch that "Neo needs time to train more", and instructed them to "return to the landing point first and see how the pager and password preparation are going." ”

As he revealed information that only insiders could know, Trinity and Switch returned to the landing site with Morpheus, where they were ambushed by agents.

It's okay when he is silent in the car, and after the escape begins, "Morpheus" directly exposes the fact that he has no fighting skills and military literacy, Trinity originally suspected that it was an inner ghost planted by the matrix, but the agents directly gave up arresting the other crew members after catching "Morpheus", and only some ordinary agents participated in the pursuit, which gave them a chance to escape back, and finally learned that it was actually a child with "superpowers" who was making trouble.

"We've got to save the girl." Anderson said.

"We don't have to worry about her." Tank rebuttal.

"......" The two looked at each other for a moment, and finally Anderson gave in slightly and motioned for the other to speak first.

"It's not that she can't be saved, it's that she's not in danger at all," Tank said, "Matrix wants to capture Morpheus for the secret key to Zion in his brain, but it's impossible for an ordinary child who only has the ability to 'transform' to know that kind of thing, if nothing else, the child should be released after the 'transformation' is lifted, maybe you are worried about what will happen to her by the agents, but that's impossible, no matter how fierce a shepherd dog is, it is impossible to attack the sheep he wants to protect." ”

Although they were inexplicably classified on the side of the "wolf" by the tank, most of the crew nodded approvingly, only Morpheus did not say anything, looking at Anderson and waiting for his answer.

"First of all, I've just left the Matrix, and I don't know what the agents will do when they catch our people, but I'll definitely find a way to block their movements, right?" Anderson looked around and saw that everyone was thoughtful before continuing: "Will the child's attempt to 'restore his original form' be judged as a 'means of escape' and stopped? ”

"Then she can always talk, right?" Tank said.

"For the same reason, I don't know what our countermeasures will be when they are caught," Anderson nodded to his head, "Is it possible to switch directly to the personality of a little girl who doesn't know anything?" ”

This time, the crew looked at Morpheus in unison, their expressions different.

And Morpheus actually nodded: "That kind of technology exists, in words you can understand, metaphorically, if the human brain is a computer system, then it is a dual system, or a virtual machine, although it can effectively prevent attacks, but it is not flawless, if it is continuously attacked, it will always be broken through and the real data will be searched." ”

"So...... The last two questions," Anderson sighed, "The agents caught 'Morpheus' with the cooperation of the conscientious ghost of 'The Code', could they have suspected that 'he' was a fake?" Think it's just a little girl's prank that caused this result? ”

"As for the girl whose brain is not a dual system or a virtual machine, but just an 'ordinary system', what will happen to her after she is 'broken through'?"

There was a solemn atmosphere in the room, and no one responded to Anderson's questions, and this silence could be an answer.

"There's always going to be a resistance matrix—" The pager seemed to be about to say something cruel, but was suffocated by an elbow in the rib by the switch.

"If you still can't decide, I'll give you a condition you can't refuse," Anderson continued, "Have you ever wondered why that girl is considered Morpheus by you?" Looks alone? ”

"No," the short-haired white switch looked puzzled, "I did hear her say at the time, 'Go back to confirm the code and the pager preparation of supplies first', which should not be known by simply imitating the ability to shapeshift." ”

"Yes, from the time he went out, to the time he was ambushed, to the time he was finally captured, in addition to his strength, his speech and demeanor were exactly the same as Morpheus, and he also said some details that only our insiders knew." Trinity added.

"The first time I met her, she pretended to be a mirror and imitated my mannerisms without any delay, only losing to me in a guess that I didn't even know what was going to happen," Anderson said. ”

"So?" The tank held its breath for some reason.

"So, her ability is not 'transformation', but 'copying'," although there is no more evidence, Anderson still expressed his speculation: "I speculate that because the 'level' of this 'copying' is not high enough, although she can respond to questions pointed at him that she doesn't understand what it means, and when she is face-to-face, she can simultaneously imitate the other person's 'planned' actions, but that's all." ”

"This ......" The crew looked at each other, and even Morpheus fell into deep thought.

"In other words......" Trinity was the first to speak: "She actually knows the key to enter 'Zion', although she herself doesn't know what it is, but if she is willing to tell them, the receiving instrument can still be parsed, but the agent thinks that she is just a virtual personality for protection, and will not provide her with the equipment needed to parse the key at all, and will only concentrate on 'breaking through the protection of the virtual personality'." ”

"'Breach of Protection' is bound to lead to the girl's death, and if an agent tries to connect her directly to the key parsing device during the process, the password will be directly exposed, so is there a good reason to save her?" Anderson concluded.

"Very much," Morpheus smiled, "We're going to save her, but Neo, you have to stay on the ship, I'll enter the key in advance, and if we fail, tank, you go straight to Zion and find a way to convince them to change the key." ”

"It's crazy, we've never attacked an agent's stronghold head-on......" Tank clutched his hair in disbelief.

"I'm not going to stay," Anderson shook his head, "I came up with the idea, I can't stay out of it anyway, and ...... otherwise"

He stared at Morpheus seriously: "You believe that I am a 'savior', but the answer given to me by the 'prophet' is 'yes', I don't know what her criteria are, but the guy who easily lets an innocent girl die is obviously not [qualified] to be a savior." ”

Finally, he also dragged a slightly lame sentence:

"If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world?"

【——AD.1999.5.21——】

Eight blocks away from Anderson's software company, there is a glittering skyscraper with an exterior wall made entirely of bright yellow glass, often called "corn" by the townspeople because of its short, fat and columnar shape, but its official name is "The Hive."

Despite its affectionate nickname, the city's residents shy away from it, as many SWAT officers rush out of the building's main entrance or underground parking lot to solve the problem, and sometimes even high-end black sedans and sunglasses and black suits. Qiankun Audiobook.com

So, even if the base of the official secret organization is so obvious and unbelievable, even the most curious journalist doesn't intend to go inside and find out.

Inside the hive, there are no elevators or stairs to reach it, and the whole is empty, and in a certain white floor, several agents with different appearances but similar temperaments are observing "Morpheus" who is locked in a transparent cylinder, with puzzled faces.

"All the data shows he's Morpheus." An agent said.

"But he seems to have something wrong with his head." Another agent raised his hand and spun around his head twice.

"The level of protection of the 'virtual personality dual system' is still difficult for me!" A third agent is tapping on a computer connected to a transparent cylinder.

"Smith, can I leave first?" The first agent turned to the last agent who didn't say a word, with a strange expression: "I don't have that feature, but I really want to throw up." ”

"......" Agent Smith looked at the cylinder, "Morpheus", who had an expression like a little girl who wanted to cry or not, and waved his hand to signal the agent who spoke to leave.

As if pardoned, the two agents disappeared in place in a strange burst of green light.

"You can go." Smith walked up behind the agent who was still struggling to type on the keyboard.

"Hey! I'm not like those two pieces of waste, I only focus on the data, I don't care about how they look. "The head of the agent didn't reply.

"If that's the case, you should have figured out that it wasn't 'Morpheus,'" Smith pressed his shoulder, "Now go to the bottom, get ready to deal with the invaders, and let me talk to this girl alone." ”

Agent "...... Cut" stopped typing on the keyboard with an unhappy face, looked up at "Morpheus", and disappeared into a green streamer.

"......" Smith said that he wanted to talk to "Morpheus", but after the "colleagues" left, he did not speak, just stared at the person inside the cylinder silently without saying a word.

"Morpheus", who was still a little panicked, finally gradually retracted his expression under the silent gaze of the agent through his sunglasses, and instead stared at Smith with a puzzled look.

"Found you," Smith lifted his sunglasses, "[Lin Hao]." ”

As these words came out, the whole world seemed to be quiet for a moment.

[Are you wearing sunglasses for a long time and your eyes are bad? I'm obviously 'Baixiang'! "Morpheus" paused, took the lead in breaking the peace, and sneered: "[When did she become a man?] 】”

"You're not a man, you're just a little girl who can turn into a man, that's a loophole," Smith said, "If we're not mistaken, your current name would be 'Raven Darkholme'." ”

The moment the name was spoken, the tall, balding black man suddenly shrank and turned into a little blue-skinned girl.

"Did you bring sunglasses into your head? Although the appearance and voice of the little girl Raven have changed, the tone has not changed: "['Morpheus' is not dead in this plot, is it? Is there any need for salvation? 】”

"'Switch', 'pager', 'mouse' and 'bulldozer' died in the original plot," Smith said at the same pace of speech: "Except for the mouse's consciousness body that died in the 'matrix', everyone else died in 'reality', and in the virtual world, you can't save them at all, you can only start from the source of the incident, 'Morpheus was caught'." ”

"[Just kidding, there's no way they're going to die outside, the weapons on the ship have turned off friendly damage, and the back of the head cannulation has technically been eliminated, and powering off the submersible can't kill the user-]"

"—So, how do you know the 'reality'?" Smith interrupted her.

“【…… Hey? Raven's eyes widened, and he stammered for a moment.

"You're just a little girl, no, it's just an artificial intelligence pinched out by the ancient one, there is no way to understand the 'reality', in the case that the plot in the 'matrix' is basically the same as the original book, how do you know that the situation of 'reality' is different from the original book?" Smith took a step forward.

"Huh? Ay? Oh? How do I know? Raven tilted his head, his eyes blank, as if stuck.

"Understand the plot of the original book, want to save others by sacrificing yourself at a critical juncture, and clearly know what it is impossible to know at this time, so there is only one truth." Smith took another step forward.

"[Am I really 'Lin Hao'? Raven grimacedly repeating what Smith had called her at the beginning.

"No, you are indeed [Hundred Looks]," Smith paused and shook his head slowly, "There is a key point missing from the relevant element: you didn't have a stupid-looking pet with you. ”

“【…… Is it fun to tease me? The little girl instantly recovered from her stunned state, and then glared at Smith with a dead fish-eyed expression.

"It doesn't cost you anything to give it a try, what if you guess right?" Smith spread his hands, "Actually, we considered 'Switch' and 'Trinity' as her possibility, but the switch is obviously a couple with the pager, and Trinity ...... Although she is more compliant in all respects and died before the finale, it seems that it is not convenient to replace, does it make Mr. Anderson single? Then this savior is too miserable. ”

"[Actually, it's not impossible......" Baixiang seems to be seriously thinking about feasibility.

"I don't know how many [latecomers] like you who think they know the truth of the world and act casually, but now that you understand our purpose, don't-"

Touch!

The two agents who had left earlier slammed into the wall and rushed in: "Smith! Hackers have come to the door! They have used all kinds of strange kung fu to knock all the SWAT officers at the bottom unconscious! ”

"......" was looking at each other, and the silent agent in sunglasses and the big black man in a trench coat looked at the door together.

"Heh, even the cannon fodder guards that the protagonists use to play handsome want to save, why do you think I suspect that she is here?" Smith whispered to "Morpheus", then turned and walked straight to the hole.

"Modify the elevator data, let them go to the top floor, and we'll meet that 'savior' Mr."