Chapter 913 The predecessors dug the pit and the later people suffered
Zion.
The ancient Hebrew word for temple or sanctuary, where in Jewish scriptures the Creator resides.
In the world background of "The Matrix", Zion is the last gathering place of human survivors, located deep underground.
As the old saying goes: The ancestors planted trees, and the descendants enjoy the shade!
On the contrary, if the predecessors dig holes, the descendants will suffer!
Once upon a time, humans used black mist to cover the sky in order to cut off the main energy source of robots. As a result, the robots did nothing, and humans themselves, due to lack of energy, lived underground and relied on geothermal energy to make a living.
This is probably the highest state of seeking death!
After several days of voyage, the Nebuchadnezzar shuttled through the pipelines of the underground world. During the period, it made several stops to play hide-and-seek with squids, and finally arrived at Zion buried deep underground without any danger.
The last city of mankind.
Zion and the mother body are like the inside and outside of the wall. People outside the wall laugh at the people inside the wall who have no freedom and are slaves at the mercy of others. The people inside the wall laugh at the people outside the wall who are precarious and have a difficult life. They are not as good as a line inside the wall.
dog.
The most direct example of this contrast is Seve. When he was in the wall, he longed for freedom. When he climbed over the wall, he realized that something was wrong. Damn it, I want to go back to being a dog.
This reaction is inevitable because living in Zion is so difficult.
It is dilapidated, backward, lacks resources, and people live in a limited space, which is no different from being in prison.
Under the command of the control center, the Nebuchadnezzar docked at Port No. 7 of the dock. Morpheus took the crew off the ship and delivered the spacecraft to the maintenance personnel.
By the way, the traitor Cypher was also handed over to professionals for interrogation to obtain information about the agents.
Russell followed him and walked off the spaceship. Standing next to him was Neo, who was looking up at the sky in a depressed manner, with a red slap mark on his face.
You can tell by looking at the shape of his hand that this slap was not given by Russell.
A few days ago, Neo accepted Russell's guidance and recognized his own heart.
That's right, he and Trinity had just met each other not long ago, and they hadn't even spoken to each other properly, so where was the love between them.
The reason why he pays special attention to Trinity, unlike others, is simply because he is greedy for her long legs.
Just be greedy, there is nothing to be ashamed of, it is the last word to seize the time and take action to win the target.
After figuring out the key, Neo immediately took action, but the effect was average. Trinity ignored him and seemed to have some disgust in it.
Every time Neo happened to be alone with her, or spent half an hour blocking the door for an inadvertent encounter, Trinity would decisively avoid him, as if Neo had bad luck and would be infected if he ran too slow.
Neo was extremely frustrated and once again found Russell, an emotional expert, asking for technical guidance.
Russell was very puzzled. Logically speaking, this situation is minimal. People are visual creatures. Men's first impressions of women are divided into two types: good figure, good looks, temperament, and ugly.
To put it bluntly, there are always advantages to be found if you are beautiful, but if you are not good-looking, your advantages will be automatically blocked.
It sounds a bit like judging people by their appearance, but it is the same with women. Only handsome guys are considered as boyfriends and close friends, while ugly guys are collectively called "big brother".
With Neo's divine appearance, there is no reason why he should be included in the "big brother" options. Russell is very sure of this, because he, too, has never had the trouble of being a "big brother".
Russell didn't know why, fearing that his outstanding performance would be too outstanding and suppress Neo, who was originally shining for a while, causing Trinity to fall in love with him and fall in love with him as a potential stock.
Give up, we have no future!
Russell decided to have a heart-to-heart with Trinity, so he used telepathy to spy on her true thoughts.
If it was as he thought, he would definitely cut the knot quickly and stop her daydreaming.
The result was terrible. Russell found that he thought too much. His evaluation in Trinity's heart was not friendly. His strength was abnormal, and he was also...
After all, when the two parties met for the first time, Russell was wandering around on the rooftop of the building without any clothes on, and it was basically impossible to get clean.
Russell was both happy and sad at the same time, and he responded to those words with complicated thoughts, "I can reject you, but you can't help but like me."
Continuing to peer into Trinity's heart, he finally found out the root of the disease. The reason why Trinity was so terrified of Neo was because of the prophet.
The prophet once told Trinity that she would fall in love with the Savior, and she always remembered these words.
As a result, the truth came out: the prophet was not a beacon that led mankind to resist, but a villain.
Naturally, Trinity would not believe a word of her words, and even implicated Neo, evading him in various ways.
Of course, because Neo is handsome, Trinity is also a little interested in him.
This is bad!
Russell was dissatisfied. Although he and Neo were equally handsome, Trinity's evaluation of the two was completely different.
You guys are like this, and you still want to spread the word?
Bah, dreaming!
Russell looked serious: "Neo, Trinity likes you very much, but your softness and decisiveness make her insecure. She likes tough men, and you are too soft. Go ahead, show off your male charm and use your toughness.
The gesture conquers her!"
Neo seemed to understand, but he left in high spirits with Russell's encouragement. When he appeared in front of Russell again, there was a slap mark on his face.
Russell turned a blind eye to Neo's grievances and asked him to be tough, but not so tough.
In broad daylight, he cornered the girl in a corner, held her hand and dragged her into the room without saying a word, even a slap in the face was considered light.
Russell secretly laughed in his heart, and checked Trinity's evaluation of Neo, and found that after the refresh, the favorability level remained unchanged, with no signs of declining at all.
It's so true, you can really do whatever you want if you're handsome.
Russell gritted his teeth and tried to persuade him again: "Neo, that's not enough. Be tougher!"
Neo rolled his eyes. He bet that if he had been tougher, the entire spaceship would have come to beat him. Eighty percent of the time... no, it must have been Russell who took the lead.
Seeing that Neo didn't believe it, Russell stopped talking and looked around.
Zion is divided into two levels. The lower level is a residential area, where 250,000 remaining humans live. The upper level is a military fortress, also called a 'dockyard'. It is the only port to enter the residential area of Zion. Ordinary people are prohibited from entering this place.
In the dock at this time, in addition to the Nebuchadnezzar, there were three spaceships docked, two ships were supplying necessary living supplies, and one was repairing hull damage.
It's quite pitiful to say that the suspended ship, which Russell regarded as a broken one, is Zion's main means of transportation and defense.
Under the command of the captain, navigate the post-war ruins, mainly the underground world, looking for available resources, rescuing humans in the matrix, and monitoring the movements of the robot army.
What's even more pitiful is that the robot army has never regarded the floating ship as an opponent. Its main enemy is the mechanical octopus, a maintenance unit of the machine civilization.
After all, these spaceships are really bad.
Take the Nebuchadnezzar, which Russell is most familiar with, for example. The survivors rummaged through the post-war ruins and pieced together and welded it with equipment from different eras. Many of the parts are antiques from more than a hundred years ago.
It is no easy task to make this spaceship, which is made up of parts from the level of a starting wife and grandpa, run normally. Therefore, the limited space on the ship cannot accommodate idle people, and every crew member must be proficient in equipment repair and maintenance.
The daily life of the Nebuchadnezzar was basically being repaired and driven at the same time, and it was possible to lie down at any time.
But even so, the Nebuchadnezzar had to return to Zion every other month to recharge, repair damage, supply logistics, and report on work.
For example, this time, the mission of the Nebuchadnezzar is to monitor the direction of the machine army and ensure that Zion is ready for war as soon as possible.
Although the results of knowing and not knowing are the same, both allowing the robot to enter and exit seven times, surface work still needs to be done, otherwise the Zion Command will have nothing to do except play cards all day long.
Morpheus disobeyed the order, did not stick to his post, indulged in the prophet's so-called savior's talk, and successfully brought back two saviors, so he had to report to the headquarters first and receive two hours of saliva.
Apart from anything else, if he is convicted of dereliction of duty, he will no longer be able to live a good life in the future.
Morpheus didn't care. To prove that Neo is the savior, you need to connect to the matrix. To prove that Russell is much simpler, just give him a hammer and let him knock it around.
"Mr. Russell, do you want to go with me to see the commander?" Morpheus asked.
Zion's commander is named Locke, who is Morpheus's superior. It doesn't matter whether Russell meets him or not. The people he should meet are the congressmen.
"No, that guy is your love rival. If I go there with you, you might get involved and cause him to speak loudly to me..."
Russell waved his hand, and in order to keep Commander Locke intact on the battle line, he would not pass.
"..."
This was a big problem, but when it came out of Russell's mouth, Morpheus felt that there was nothing wrong with it at all.
Several people said goodbye to Morpheus. Russell and Neo had just arrived and didn't even have a place to stay. Brother Tank was assigned as a guide to familiarize the two with the situation in Zion.
Taking the elevator, Neo watched helplessly as Trinity left first. Although her body was still in the elevator, her heart flew away with her.
"Neo, wipe it quickly, your saliva is going to drip down." Russell reminded you in a friendly way.
When Neo heard this, he quickly raised his hand, but instead of salivating, Tank and Doze laughed.
The elevator stops at the fourth underground floor. The tank brothers live on this floor. Both of them are unplugged humans born in Zion. They have already settled down and have their own families.
Russell and Neo didn't want to disturb the time they were reunited with their relatives, so they left and wandered around the underground city together.
There is no monetary system in Zion, and the economy cannot develop. All supply and demand are distributed based on head count. Neo looked at this prison with mixed feelings in his heart.
"Russell, what are you doing?"
After coming back to his senses, Neo found that Russell hadn't said a word for a long time, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.
Under normal circumstances, Russell is digging a hole when he speaks, making people gnash their teeth in anger, but it is even more terrifying when he is silent, as he is holding back his big moves to dig a big hole.