Deep underground, in the city of Zion, a large number of armored mechs assembled at the docks that served as outposts.

Now they don't have time to care about the situation inside the Matrix, and they must concentrate all their efforts to keep the city from the onslaught of the machine army.

The beacon of the Wandering Earth was built underneath the docks, and a large number of workers were busy on it, trying to complete it as soon as possible.

Commander Locke looked at the beacon that was still under construction and asked the person in charge of the project:

"How long will it take for this thing to start?"

"It's going to take more than an hour, and we've done our best."

"Damn it!"

Locke couldn't help but slam his fist on the table, as it was clear that he wouldn't be able to finish it before the machine army arrived.

"If it weren't for the council spending hours bickering with each other at this time, we would have been done a long time ago! A bunch of rat-eyed guys! ”

Due to the Prophet's long-term influence, most of the Council of Zion still prefer to believe in Neo as the savior, and are not very active in the Wandering Earth's beacon project.

The reason is that since the prophet's prophecy is about to come true, why spend resources on building any beacons, and should devote all energy to defending Zion until the miracle of the Messiah comes.

In the end, it was Commander Locke who overruled the crowd to make the Beacon Project possible, but it also wasted hours, which was undoubtedly extremely fatal for today's battle where every second counts.

The tide of mechanical squid had already arrived on the periphery of Zion, and even faintly felt the vibration of the giant drill bit excavation, and it was obvious that the soldiers were already in the city.

In this case, Zion must hold off the machine army for an hour to hold out until the beacon activates, and it is unknown whether it can be accomplished.

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In the mother world, faced with the viral army of Smith, the last vestiges of the remaining human beings have been shattered.

They are all forced to accept the reality that they have been living in the real world, and that such a terrible disaster will not happen in reality.

Now the only way to survive is to break away from the mother body and return to the real world, otherwise you will wait to be infected and assimilated by Smith.

However, this is not something that can be done if you want to, and sometimes even if you realize that you are dreaming, there is no way to wake up from the dream.

What's more, this is in the mother's body, and everyone is locked up in the virtual world by intubating in the back of the head?

Forcibly unplugging will only lead to death, not to mention that they can't unplug themselves.

Qiao Lu asked Zhang Bin: "Now that most people have awakened, why hasn't the mother body collapsed?" ”

According to the original plan, as long as the majority of people could refuse to accept the mother, the mother would collapse completely, and everyone would be sent back to reality.

However, none of this has happened now, and countless people have tried to escape from the mother, only to find that they can't do it at all.

Zhang Bin replied: "It's a virus!" To be precise, humans infected by viruses still maintain the operation of their mother's brains! ”

Smith is not only infected with programs, but also human brains.

His goal is to dominate the mother, and of course he will not allow the mother to collapse.

"Will our people be infected too?" Qiao Lu asked worriedly.

If the Smith virus is allowed to spread to the wandering earth, the consequences will be unimaginable!

Zhang Bin said regretfully: "Yes, so we must find a way to eliminate the virus, otherwise anyone may bring the virus back." ”

Among the Wandering Earth Expeditionary Force, there may also be people who have been assimilated by Smith. In order to avoid further deterioration of the situation, the only way to do this is to isolate those who remain in the mother's body.

The prophet's trick was even more vicious than Qiao Lu had imagined, and if he couldn't find a way to get rid of the Smith virus, everyone in the Mother Body would need to give up on the Wandering Earth.

If it is really a last resort, the wandering earth can only choose to unplug the network cable to avoid the spread of the virus to this side.

Qiao Lu said in a calm tone, "I understand. ”

In this case, of course, Qiao Lu is also the object of isolation, and he can't ask him to go first.

"I'm sorry, Jolly." Zhang Bin said bitterly.

"It doesn't matter, I'm not a savior, let alone the last hope of mankind."

Qiao Lu raised his head confidently and said, "Next, I'll leave it to you!" ”

In orbit above the Crescent Moon base, the Wandering Earth Fleet is ready to go, just waiting for a signal to arrive.

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A crack appeared in the dome above Zion, and it spread rapidly.

All the armored mechmen present immediately raised their cannons and pointed the muzzles of the black holes at the place where the rift appeared.

Everyone's heart is hanging in their throats, and everyone realizes that the big war is coming!

A huge drill bit emerged from the crack, quickly shattering all obstacles, and falling from above the dome, leaving a very regular hole.

"The dome has been breached!"

"Prepare to meet the ——!"

In an instant, everyone was up to speed, focusing on the hole that the drill bit had broken.

Along this neat hole, a large number of mechanical squid swarmed in, completely igniting the flames of war!

The moment the first mechanical squid emerged from the hole, the driver, who had already been unable to bear it, immediately pulled the trigger.

In an instant, the two 30mm cannons in the hands of the armored machine soldiers spat out tongues of fire nearly one meter long, pouring out bullets as if they didn't need money.

A storm of bullets swept in from all directions, forming a dense network of fire, firmly blocking the holes in the dome.

The mechanical squid that emerged was torn to pieces by the bullet in an instant, and even the tentacles were broken into several pieces, and the wreckage of the machine fell down like a rain of rubble, turning the entire hole into a place of death.

For the first few minutes, the narrow hole was like a meat grinder, mercilessly crushing any enemy who dared to attack.

Before a large number of mechanical squid could be revealed, they were ruthlessly torn apart by a storm of bullets, and all that fell was a pile of tattered parts.

However, the number of machine armies is too large, and the bullets of the armored machine soldiers are not infinite, and when the follow-up ammunition does not keep up, there will immediately appear to slip through the nets and disperse into Zion.

As more and more invading mechanical squids grew, the armored mechs had to spread their firepower to deal with the fish that slipped through the net, unable to aim all the bullets at the hole.

This was the beginning of the collapse of the defensive line, which gradually evolved from the original positional warfare to hand-to-hand street fighting, in which each armored soldier could only cover back-to-back and strafe at the mechanical squid in the sky.

The drill bit that had initially fallen also stood up with the bracket outstretched, digging further under the cover of countless mechanical squid.

Workers on the lower floors were still desperately building beacons, not looking up even when gravel and powder fell onto their hard hats.

They know that their fate is in their own hands, and even if the danger is imminent, they must not stop!