Morpheus's ship returns to Zion, an underground industrial city that resembles a nuclear war refuge and is full of vacuum-tube punk.

The bipedal manned mechs that can be seen everywhere in Zion are quite similar to the AMP armor of the Avatar world, but the design is more crude, the cockpit does not even have glass, and the pilot is exposed as if he is riding a motorcycle.

The whole of Zion is filled with the manufacturing process of cold forging, stamping and forming of aluminum sheets, and the repair and maintenance of various war machines are carried out as far as the eye can see.

Their resources are very limited, and they have to turn their limited resources into combat effectiveness as much as possible.

As a result, these war machines are also full of scavenger style, just like the modified cars in Mad Max, and the protection of the driver is irrelevant.

Morpheus stepped off the ship and headed straight to the command room, where he met Locke, the Supreme Commander of Zion, and the first thing he did was to report to him about what was going on inside the Matrix.

When Locke saw Morpheus come back, he didn't show much surprise, but just asked coldly:

"You should have been back three days ago, why did you delay so much?"

Morpheus replied, "I had a traitor in my ranks, and the ship's location was exposed, and it took me a lot of effort to get rid of them by dodging hordes of sentinels. ”

This is another consequence of Seifer's betrayal, as the machine sent a large number of sentinels, the mechanical squid, to pursue Morpheus's ship, causing them to delay their return to Zion for a long time.

Locke said with a solemn face: "Really? I have worse news for you, then, that the machine army is approaching this way, digging down with giant drills, estimated to have sent at least 500,000 sentinels. ”

"What's going on?"

Morpheus also realized the seriousness of the problem, Zion only had a total of 250,000 people, and the other party sent an army of 500,000, which was to be wiped out!

Locke replied, "I think it has something to do with the ongoing turmoil within the Matrix, where there have been a lot of rebels lately, fighting agents around the world. The parent body is no longer able to deal with the witnesses, and the news continues to spread. I think this is pushing them into a hurry, and the machine will attack Zion at all costs. ”

Although the Matrix Revolution was started by the Wandering Earth, this account was calculated on Zion's head, so it attracted the attack of the machine army, and the momentum was unprecedentedly huge.

Locke stared into Morpheus' eyes and said, "The problem is, we didn't do all this, we don't have the ability to plan such a large-scale operation. So I want to ask you too, what the hell is going on? ”

Morpheus immediately reacted that it was Qiao Lu and the others who were taking action, and no one else could do it.

"It seems that what they say is true."

"Who? If you're talking about prophets, prophecies, and messians, save it, not everyone believes in you! ”

Locke has long complained about Morpheus's actions, but the prophet is a program in the matrix, and in serious terms, it can be regarded as a collaborator.

However, Morpheus persuaded the Council of Zion that he, as the commander, had no choice but to ask Morpheus to obey orders as much as possible and not act on his own every occasion.

Morpheus shook his head and said, "Not this time, they seem to be humans who are still living in the Mother, determined to rebel and overthrow the Mother's rule. ”

He took out the blueprint that Qiao Lu had given him, handed it to Commander Locke, and said:

"If we can make this thing, we can bring them here."

Locke glanced at the blueprint and asked expressionlessly, "What is this?" ”

"Looks like a beacon that can lead them here." Morpheus replied.

"Wouldn't that reveal Zion's location?" Locke frowned.

"With all due respect, Zion's location has already been exposed, otherwise the machine army wouldn't have come straight here." Morpheus said honestly.

"Now we have only two choices, one is to believe in Neo, who will save us as prophesied. The other is the people who believe in them and rebel in the Matrix. ”

Leaving these words behind, Morpheus left the command room, and the business that Jo Lu had told him was done, and it was up to Locke to see what he would do.

At least Morpheus still believes that Neo is the savior and will step up to save humanity at the most critical moment.

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On the other side, Qiao Lu entered the matrix again.

At this time, the Matrix Revolution was already in full swing, riots were happening everywhere, the originally orderly city became a mess, and the Matrix agents were unable to suppress more and more awakened people, which in turn led to more and more people doubting the Mother, and were further induced by the Wandering Earth until they realized the truth.

Attacking Zion on a large scale is the manifestation of the mother's helplessness to do anything about it, just like being unable to beat online and running offline live PK, it is already very embarrassing to do this.

Just as Qiao Lu wanted to find a better position to observe the matrix revolution that swept the entire virtual world, a man in a Tang costume came behind him.

"Does the Prophet want to see me?" Qiao Lu turned around and asked.

This man in Tang costume is the prophet's personal bodyguard, the seraphim played by Zou Zhaolong, who undoubtedly came on behalf of the prophet.

The other party didn't answer, just turned around silently and motioned for Qiao Lu to go with him.

Eventually, Qiao Lu met the Prophet in a simple house, a black aunt with a kind appearance, who did not feel any threat.

But it was she who prophesied that Neo would become the savior, leading to the entire Matrix trilogy.

"You don't seem surprised."

The prophet looked at Qiao Lu, who finally appeared in front of him, and said, the famous prophet turned out to be a black aunt who seemed harmless to humans and animals, and many people's first reaction was to disbelief.

However, Qiao Lu had long known that this was the case, so of course there was no fluctuation in his heart.

The Prophet lit a cigarette, took a deep breath and exhaled a puff of smoke, and said unabashedly:

"I thought that after the official meeting, I would understand you a little better, but it seems that I was wrong."

The Prophet is a program that studies the human mind, and all her predictions are based on big data algorithms. By observing the brains of billions of people in the mother's body, her human psychology attainments have long been at the peak, but it does not allow her to read Qiao Lu's mind.

There is no way, Qiao Lu is a time-traveler beyond common sense, he knows far more than the prophet imagined, and the environment in which he is located is completely different from the human beings in the matrix, relying on the experience and data obtained in the matrix, of course, it is impossible to analyze and predict his behavior.