Zion, the land of the last breath of mankind, is inhabited by viviparous pure humans and plant humans awakened from the "Mother World", buried deep underground, relying on geothermal energy as energy, relying on advanced scientific and technological means to survive in the depths of the Ruins World Realm occupied by machinery, and fighting bravely for the restoration of human civilization.

December 24, 2199, 5:34 p.m.

Triniti, Neo, and Xintu pushed open the Speaker's office, which was a narrow hemispherical cave.

Inside, a gray-haired fat old man is sitting at his desk, holding an ancient quill pen to correct documents, and the sound of the "squeaking" tip of the pen can be clearly heard in the quiet and narrow space.

"Speaker Haman!" Trinity said respectfully.

Haman, Speaker of the Council of 23 of Zion, the most powerful man in all of Zion, wise and kind, is deeply loved by the people of Zion.

Speaker Haman laughed, and said in a clear and kind voice, "Trinity, you're back." Is it okay outside? Thank you so much. But as soon as he had finished speaking, he sensed that Trinity's expression was a little depressed, and he put down his quill and asked, "What's the matter, child, you look unpleasant." ”

"Morpheus......" Trinity's voice trembled, "something happened to him, and his life and death are uncertain." ”

The smile on Speaker Haman's face immediately sank, and he left his seat and walked in front of Trinity, "What a ...... What's going on? I know Morpheus, he's a warrior with a lot of intelligence and action. Something serious must have happened, shouldn't it? ”

Trinity gritted her teeth in hatred and glared at Xintu: "We have been betrayed! ”

"Betrayal?" The wrinkles on Speaker Haman's forehead were huddled together, and he followed Trinity's gaze to Xintu, "Are you?" Trinity said indignantly, "We saved him many times, but he colluded with the Matrix agents!" Neo and I fought to the death to get Morpheus out of Building A, and the traitor handed Morpheus over to the Matrix agents! ”

"Relax, relax." Speaker Haman patted Trinity on the shoulder, then looked at Xintu, and by the way, at Neo. Speaker Haman wondered how he could have been brought to the "Zion Garrison" since the person Trinity was referring to was a traitor, and he should have been handed over to the "Zion Garrison"? If you think about it, Trinity must have had a reason to bring him in - in other words, Trinity was coerced!

Haman said, "I'm Haman, hello. ”

Xin Tu shook hands with him and said, "My name is Tu Xin, hello Speaker Haman, it's an honor to meet you." Speaker Haman asked, "Is Trinity telling the truth?" Speaker Haman's voice was soft, as if he were at home with his neighbors, and he was not at all surprised or annoyed by Trinity's words, as if Tarzan had collapsed and had not changed color.

"This is called the Grace and the City." Xin Tu thought secretly, and then said, "It's true." ”

Speaker Haman said, "Then I believe you must have a reason to do this, don't you?" Xin Tu was stunned for a moment, and after two sentences of conversation, he found that the initiative to speak had fallen into the hands of Haman, and said, "Yes." Haman said, "I know the truth." After saying that, Haman looked at Neo, took Neo's hand, and smiled enthusiastically but not impassionedly: "I guess you must be Neo." I know it. Neo said with some restraint: "Yes." Hello, Speaker Haman. ”

Haman said, "Zion welcomes you. Hope you have a nice time here. I know you're not used to the food on the spaceship, but that's okay, there's a Chinese restaurant on the H floor of the residential area, and the Chinese food there is very delicious, and I go there a lot. ”

Trinity opened her mouth, but didn't say anything.

Xin Tu couldn't help but say, "Speaker Haman, there is something ...... something."

Haman interrupted Xintu and said, "I think you must be very tired. I'm an old man, and I don't nag. A very nutritious meal and a sweet dream that you need, I wish you a pleasant day, and Zion welcomes you. ”

In this way, the three of Xin Tu sent out the office.

Speaker Haman sat in his seat for a while, then pressed a communicator and said, "The port control tower?" Tell a man to fetch the black box from the Nebuchadnezzar. ”

Only 23 members of parliament have the right to access the "black box" of the battleship, and even the captains of the battleships do not have this power, which records everything that happened during the entire voyage of the battleship!

Harman needs to understand the whole thing and be well prepared to have the confidence to negotiate.

After Xin Tu left the speaker's office, he shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "I'm not in a hurry at all. Trinity snorted coldly and said, "Neo, let's go." Neo glanced at Xintu very unkindly before leaving with Trinity.

Xin Tu pressed his hand on the guardrail and looked around at the scene in front of him.

This is the middle area of "Zion", that is, the residential area. The whole is a huge cylindrical shape, and the building is spread over the inner walls of the cylinder layer by layer. In the center, there is a huge pillar shaft that rises to the sky, and there are corridors that connect the central pillar to the surrounding floors. The architectural plan of the entire residential area looks very disorganized, and the dark black of the corroded metal has become the main color here, and there are various other mottled rust embellishments. The dense crowd of people comes and goes, very congested, and the special structure makes all kinds of chaotic sounds reverberate endlessly. The people here are very messy and crudely dressed, and there are people of all colors, all of whom are clustered together, making it look like a huge refugee slum.

It's hard to imagine that such a Zion has very advanced technology!

"Tu Xin!"

Xin Tu looked over and saw Liang Youman and Xiaoman coming together. Before, they went to the "Resident Management Center" to apply for resident permits, and they were not with Xintu. Xiaoman trotted over and wrapped his arms around Xin Tu. Seeing this scene, Liang Youman frowned slightly, and then his brows melted again, "Anyway, this woman's hard work can't bring out the 'Futu Realm'." ”

Liang Youman asked, "How?" Have you met the Speaker of Parliament? Xin Tu said: "I saw an old fox." Xin Tu pointed to the speaker's office and said, "It seems that we will have to wait a while before we can share the spoils." Liang Youman said: "That speaker rejected you?" Xin Tu said: "He didn't give me a chance to negotiate conditions at all...... Forget it, he'll come back to me sooner or later. Residence permit ready? ”

Xiao Man shook a palm-sized crystal-colored card in front of Xin Tu's eyes, "That's it, we are in room 23 of House Y321." Husband, there are really a lot of people here, crowded around, and there is no place to stay. In her opinion, the living environment here is too far away from the "mother" world, and if it weren't for the hard way, she wouldn't want to stay here.

Y represents the floor, and the following numbers represent the building number and the room number, respectively. Looking at the dense crowd of people up and down, one can imagine how tight Zion's housing is.

Liang Youman was assigned to room 11 of room Z214, at the lowest level. As for the others, Xin Tu specially asked Huo Wujiao, and Liang Youman said that she didn't know that Huo Wujiao disappeared into the crowd as soon as she left the "Resident Management Center", and she obviously didn't want to be with everyone at all. As for Wu Xiaotong, he was also lost in the crowd. It's a shame that Xiaoman dragged Liang Youman's hand, otherwise he wouldn't know where Lu Dao would rush to the human flow.

"I'm not in a hurry to go back, I'm going to go somewhere else first. Oh, I won't bother you. After speaking, Liang Youman beckoned and left.

Xiao Man clenched Xin Tu's hand, as if he was afraid that others would snatch him, and said, "Husband, let's go home now, right?" We're going to make a home here in the future. Xin Tu said: "I'm afraid we won't be able to stay here for a few days." Xiao Man asked nervously, "What are you for?" Didn't they say that this is the last city of mankind? Where can we go if we don't live here? ”

Xin Tu patted Xiaoman's hand lightly and said, "Don't worry, I will try my best to protect you." ”

Xiao Man didn't say anything when she saw Xin Tu, so she didn't ask, but she made up her mind that no matter where he went, she would follow closely.

Took Xiaoman to the center of the giant pillar, took the elevator to the Y floor, according to the zoning signs along the way, it didn't take much effort to find the Y321 house - the so-called house, in fact, is a cave drilled out of the wall, and there are small caves in the big cave, which is really no different from the refugee cave.

And just as Xin Tu was about to enter his room 23, a crisp call suddenly sounded, "Xin Tu! ”

Xin Tu was stunned for a moment, and said secretly: "It can't be such a coincidence, right?" Since entering Babel, he has been named "Tu Xin", and the one who can call out his real name must be an acquaintance in the outside world, and who else has such a crisp and pleasant voice, except for Han Yali? Xin Tu turned to look, and sure enough, he saw Han Yali trotting over.

Although she is dressed unusually rough and simple at the moment, it is still difficult to hide her beautiful beauty, on the contrary, the rough dress highlights her delicate face and proud figure.

Xiaoman likes all beautiful things, but he only hates beautiful women who are close to his own man! The smile on her face froze, and the hostility was written on her face and eyes, like a lioness ready to defend her territory—and a woman's sixth sense at work: by the woman's call, she felt that the woman had a great relationship with her man.

When Han Yali ran to her, Xiao Man asked crisply, "Husband, who is this sister?" Although Xiaoman wondered why the woman called her husband "Xintu" instead of Lu Haolun, it was obviously not the time to care about this.

"Husband?"

One word instantly diluted the little joy of the meeting, but Han Yali stared at Xin Tu with surprise, "Xin Tu, it's really you ......"

Xin Tu smiled: "I didn't expect you to pass the first test, I'm a little surprised." But congratulations. "It is surprising that a weak woman was able to evade the Matrix agents and leave the "Mother World" for Zion. Han Yali couldn't listen to Xin Tu's words, grabbed Xin Tu's hand and said, "Xin Tu, can you take me out of here?" I'm going home, I can't stay here for a day! For the sake of the past, I beg you. ”

Xin Tu withdrew his hand and said, "I'm sorry Colonel Han, I don't know how to leave." So I can't help it. ”

Han Yali grabbed Xin Tu's hand again and shouted with tears in her eyes: "You must know the Tao!" Obviously, you brought me in, how could you not know the way? What do you want to do? As long as you take me out of here, I will promise you anything. ”

Xiao Man muttered softly: "It's shameless......"

"Woo...... I just want to go home! ”

The pear blossoms are rainy, the eyes are foggy, but they are delicate, and it really makes people feel pity when they look at it.