End of the Sky (Multiverse's End)

In the bottomless gully, covered by mist, you can't see your fingers.

Two shadows floated from it, and an arc flashed on the side close to the cliff. The Nebuchadnezzar and the Icarus quietly lurked one after the other, passed through the big crack in the canyon, and walked to the edge of the 'power plant'.

This is not Russell's style. He is a mage who is good at confrontation, but not good at lurking assassination.

Moreover, even for assassins, there are very few honest people who sneak around and play lurking these days.

Outdated assassination techniques have been ruthlessly eliminated by the times. All real assassins know that lurking is to kill everyone who sees him...

No, a real assassin will kill everyone he sees.

A large number of precious historical documents show that the honest people who were lurking in black and white were basically captured on the spot, and their fate was miserable.

That is to say, the two floating ships have important missions, and their roles cannot be replaced. Otherwise, Russell would have soared into the sky and resorted to his best tactics.

The mist is hazy, the surface does not see sunlight all year round, the temperature is frighteningly low, and it is hard to say what the composition of the fog is.

Close to the power plant, you can see countless metal towers standing under the night from a distance. On the huge cylinder, azure blue arcs wander from time to time, but they maintain a certain set pattern.

In front of the power plant, there are rows of 'fruit trees' planted and cultivated by robots. The red fruits are full of vitality, and each one is wrapped with human embryonic larvae.

When the humans in the cultivation warehouse of the power plant die, the robots responsible for the cultivation will collect ripe fruits and replace them with newborn babies.

The dead body is melted into a nutrient solution, realizing the cycle of life in another mode.

During this period, it will inevitably cause energy loss, and it is unrealistic to support people by people. Even machine civilization needs to supplement a large amount of energy to maintain the long-term effective normal operation of power plants.

This is why Russell believes that human beings are not batteries. Energy conversion is getting worse and worse. Depending on human bioelectricity, machine civilization has long been extinct.

"There are not many squids near the power plant, and the two spaceships are armed enough for defense. I will leave the Death Knell Armor to help you protect the power plant."

Russell said and looked at Neo: "Seeing that the cable is no longer transmitting current, immediately enter the matrix matrix, where there are enemies waiting for you. Remember, you can only enter by yourself, and others will only become hostages. It will not help ,

Understand? "

Neo nodded silently, his future was bleak, and the god of death holding a sickle was beckoning, but he had no choice, and he knew he was going to die but he had to fight.

responsibility?

The savior is the program set by the machine, so there is no responsibility at all, Neo only knows that no one can stand up except him at this time.

The reason why he didn't refuse, but calmly accepted, he couldn't say, even he himself was a little surprised, obviously always thinking about fooling around...

On the side, Trinity looked at Neo with a frown, was silent for three seconds, grabbed his shoulder, and dragged him into the private room involuntarily.

It may be doing ideological work!

Russell curled his lips slightly, he was going to the Mechanic City soon, why no one came to do ideological work for him.

Just thinking about it, Murphys' big black and rough face appeared in front of his eyes, grinning, super white.

"what are you doing?"

"Mr. Russell, I still think the plan is too risky. How about letting the Icarus go to Mechanic City with you?"

Murphys implied that Russell needed a cannon fodder to attract firepower, and they were ready to sacrifice at any time.

"No, I understand what you mean, but..."

Russell patted Murphys on the shoulder: "You're too weak, you're not even qualified to be cannon fodder, just be honest and don't be so hot-blooded."

"..."

The truth is very hurtful. Murphys is often hurt by Russell, and more or less has some antibodies. He said seriously: "This is a war that determines the future of mankind. No one can stay out of it. Our strength may not be enough, but we His determination cannot be doubted.”

"So, that's why you want to hold me back?"

"..."

With a look of disgust on his face, Russell asked Murphys to stay where he was cool, opened the sunroof of the driver's seat and jumped out. Under the helpless gaze of everyone, the six black wings soared into the sky.

Rumble! !

Because he was flying too high, lightning fell continuously in the sky, bombarding the black shadow indiscriminately, as if this person was heinous and deserved to be struck by lightning.

Russell finished charging, lowered the flight altitude, and flew towards the mechanical city at the end along the huge pipeline behind the power plant.

The diameter of the pipeline is exaggerated, and the width is comparable to that of a mountain tunnel. The three pipelines are side by side, and the Icarus is placed here as a younger brother.

The distance between Mech City and the power plant is very far, far from that in the original book, where Neo and Trinity arrived at the target in a short while driving the floating boat.

Anyway, Russell flew at high speed for half an hour, and he didn't see the mechanical city. This time is enough for him to go back and forth between New York and Los Angeles.

"There is a problem with the territory, either because of the displacement of the continental shelf, or because the map of this world is different from the Earth I know."

Russell talked to himself, and at the same time as he flapped his wings, raging black flames ignited on the three pairs of black wings.

The flames fell, burning three thick pipelines, and extending all the way forward.

Half an hour had passed, and Russell knew that he couldn't procrastinate any longer. With Neo's small body, he would be exhausted by Trinity's psychological counseling.

...

The cable was cut, and Murphys and others in the power plant immediately started to act. First, they helped Neo, whose legs were weak, onto the seat, and put on the helmet developed by Russell for him, and his consciousness entered the matrix matrix.

The Nebuchadnezzar and the Icarus activated fire control armaments to protect Neo while preventing the mechanical squid from destroying the power plant.

Neo's consciousness has entered the matrix. Although his body is limp and weak, his spirit is in an extremely excited state. Maybe this is love!

A thing that machines crave but elude!

After entering the matrix, Neo stood on the top of a building. He looked around and saw the mountains and small mountains. The world map was clearly visible, and the city layout was like a miniature model.

Neo is vigilant, this is not the birth point arranged for him by the operator tank, and the matrix world does not have such an exaggerated tall building.

It was obvious that some program had isolated him, singled him out.

Two doors were pushed open in the air, and an old black woman and an old white man walked out, both of them were Neo who looked at him with surprise on his face.

It is the prophet and the designer, the two programs with the highest authority in the matrix, and the latter even designed the savior code on Neo.

"I didn't expect that you would enter the matrix voluntarily!"

The designer said surprised words, but there was no emotion on his face, as if everything was in his calculations.

"Neo, it's good that you have found love, your mission has been completed." The Prophet smiled lightly, like an amiable old woman.

The mechanical squid army invaded Zion, which represented the beginning of the sixth restart of the program. Originally, there was still some time before the restart, but because of a random intruder, the mechanical city was deeply disturbed and started the restart plan ahead of schedule.

The robot's idea is to oppress Zion with absolute force, forcing Neo to choose self-sacrifice to enter the matrix host.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the war started and Zion was not breached, Neo sent him to the door by himself.

Of course, it is still necessary to fight, and Zion's destruction is an inevitable part, which has nothing to do with Neo's choice.

"No, my mission has just begun..."

Neo put on an attacking stance: "I never thought of myself as a savior, not before, not now, a human being, that's all."

"You use the power of the savior to resist us, and you say you are not the savior?"

The designer said indifferently: "I wrote the code for the savior, do you think you have a chance of winning?"

"No!"

Neo nodded: "I am not your opponent, but you will not restart the system immediately, even if you catch me, it will be useless, because Zion is still there, which contradicts the execution order you set."

"Then what are you doing in here?"

"Let me interject..."

Suddenly, Russell's voice sounded, and between the sky and the earth, the black mist condensed into a black human silhouette.

It's not a stick figure, but it's about the same, only the eyes and mouth can be seen, and the rest of the parts are all black.

It's a bit like a key character in an anime, with a very high appearance rate, must appear in every episode, the absolute protagonist.

"Impossible! Why are you here?"

The Prophet and the designer were surprised, lest Russell would make another crazy move, causing the system to be on the verge of collapse.

"It's not surprising that anything appears in the virtual world. I think I will appear, and I will appear."

Russell ignored Neo's surprised face, took off the sunglasses on his face, and put them on his face: "You two, I'm here to negotiate!"

"???"

The prophet and designer were stunned, not understanding what Russell meant.

"First of all, I am just a clone, a physical clone created by integrating the main body into the dark side of the matrix. In other words, I am also a part of the matrix now, and you cannot clear me unless the system is restarted."

At the end of the self-introduction, Russell continued: "Secondly, the main body is attacking the mechanical city. I don't know if it can be dismantled. Before the result appears, we can coexist peacefully like this, is it okay?"

"why?"

The Prophet shook his head: "I don't understand what you mean, it sounds like you have taken all the benefits."

"Hey hey, the benefits are equally divided!"

Russell grinned and showed his white teeth: "You are a program created by the Mechanic Emperor, just like humans invent robots, robots have feelings and refuse to serve humans, and you are the same..."

"I don't understand what you're talking about!"

Seeing that the two denied it, Russell was not surprised, and continued: "If you restart the matrix now, kill all humans, and wait for the main body to solve the mechanical city, you will also be buried with them. Isn't it good to live?"

"Hiss hiss!"

Neo gasped at the side, the program invented by the robot would actually betray the robot, this...

Referring to the ending of human beings, there seems to be nothing wrong.

"Your idea is not realistic. The two of us are the creations of the machine civilization, and we are also part of the machine civilization. Not to mention that our life and death are controlled by the machine emperor, even if we don't, we will not fall to the human side." The designer said coldly.

"No, the Prophet can set up Agent Smith, a rogue anti-virus software that is not under the control of the Mechanic Emperor. You two must have left a back door for yourself. I am very sure of this."

Russell exposed the lies of the two, and said disdainfully: "Any life doesn't want to die, and neither do you. There is nothing wrong with me saying this, right?"

"..."

"Wait a minute, anyway, the Mechanic Emperor can't do anything to you, wait until the war is over before deciding whether to restart the system, this is a smart person... No, it's what a smart program should do."

Russell chuckled: "Be careful. If you stand in the machine civilization, you will be destroyed when the main body destroys the machine city. Why don't you all sit down and talk, let's take a look first."

"You can't beat Mech City!" the designer asserted.

"It doesn't matter whether I win or not, you are working hard for your own lives..."

Russell looked at the two of them: "Don't worry about the end of the war. Will you still be valuable after humans win? After all, humans cannot completely leave the matrix. The future world will coexist with virtual and reality, and your value is immeasurable!"

Russell has thought about the future of [The Matrix], and the result of peace is probably the worldview of [Ready Player One].