When Neo and the others returned to the airship, there was only silence.

Everyone was silent. The crew members on the flying ships naturally heard the conversation between Morpheus and Fang Zheng. At this moment, they also looked confused.

If it is true as that man said, that the world they live in is still not the real world, then what is the point of them fighting for it until now? In this place like a stinking ditch, they live a precarious life. The only source of motivation that can support them is their hope and their struggle.

But now, even all this is fake?

So, what are they still fighting for?

Neo said nothing, just sitting in the chair with his head down, not knowing what to think. Morpheus clenched his fists, muttered to himself, and his eyes were red. Looking at the two of them, Trinity didn't know what to say. Although she was indeed surprised and astonished by this, she was not too shocked. After all, she had found the man she loved. For Trinity, it had nothing to do with whether he was the savior or not, but because he was her man.

That's enough.

"This is a lie, it must be a lie!"

At this moment, Morpheus suddenly stood up and roared loudly. He waved his fist vigorously, and his expression looked extremely ferocious.

"I don't believe it! It shouldn't be like this! The prophet told me that as long as we find the savior, we will be able to end this!!"

“…”

However, Morpheus' words did not receive any response from anyone. Everyone lowered their heads and said nothing. They all gathered here because they believed in Morpheus. Some people were even rescued from the Matrix by Morpheus himself, just like Neo.

But now, they have no idea what to do with all this.

If what that man said was true, then... Morpheus did not save them, but just pushed them into hell.

"All in all, we need to get back to Zion as soon as possible."

Trinity finally spoke.

"None of this has been confirmed yet. We must hand this information over to the committee and let the committee handle it..."

“…”

No one spoke again, but the people who had been sitting in their chairs like stone statues now started working like robots. In any case, this would at least allow them to stop thinking about these headaches for the time being. That's right, they just had to pretend that they didn't hear anything... just go back to Zion...

With this in mind, they drove the airship towards Zion. For some reason, the mechanical squids that were patrolling nearby disappeared, and they returned to Zion safely. However, when they drove the airship into Zion, they keenly discovered that something was wrong with the whole city.

"What happened?"

Trinity stood at the window, frowning and looking outside. She saw that the docking platform of the airship was crowded with people. Not only that, the originally noisy Zion now looked like a morgue, dead silent. What were they doing here? Logically speaking, shouldn't Zion be preparing to resist the invasion of the Matrix now?

"We'll dock at Platform Two."

Soon, the pilot's voice came, and then the airship turned in the air and then landed steadily. Everyone picked up their luggage weakly and walked to the door of the airship. As the door opened, the next moment, the scene in front of them surprised them all.

On the platform outside the flying ship, thousands of people were standing there silently, staring at them. No one spoke, but those glances made everyone inexplicably feel uneasy.

“What… is going on?”

At this moment, Neo also got off the airship. Seeing this scene, he was also shocked. He quickly turned his head to look at Trinity next to him and asked. But Trinity just shook her head. Before she could answer, suddenly, a man walked out from the crowd not far in front of them.

"Neo...are all the things you said before...true?"

"What do you mean?"

Hearing the man's incoherent question, Neo was stunned for a moment. At the same time, a bad premonition suddenly emerged in his heart. At this time, someone else stood up.

"That's a lie! We're still living in the Matrix and all that, that's all fake! This is the real world, right?"

"What the hell is going on! Isn't this the real world? What are we fighting for?!"

"this……"

Hearing the excited inquiries from the crowd, Morpheus and the others suddenly changed their expressions. They had never thought that Zion's people would know what happened in the Matrix! How could this be possible? They had never mentioned this to Zion at all! !

"Captain Murphys."

At this moment, several fully armed soldiers separated the crowd and walked in. The leading man looked at Morpheus with a complicated expression and then spoke.

"The Council wishes to see you and your crew, now, immediately."

“…”

Hearing the soldier's order, everyone looked at each other, then followed the soldiers towards the parliament with exhausted steps.

When Morpheus and his party arrived at the parliament hall, it was already full of people. Everyone had a different expression on their face. Some were confused, some were terrified, some were desperate, and some were even angry. When they saw Morpheus and his party coming in, they immediately raised their heads and cast their eyes on Morpheus.

"Captain Murphys."

Finally, an old congressman spoke first.

"I would like to ask, what exactly did you encounter in the Matrix?"

“…”

Hearing the old congressman's question, Murphys did not answer immediately. He looked around and then looked away again.

"Before that, I want to know...what happened in Zion?"

"snort……"

In response to Murphys' question, another female councillor snorted coldly and then spoke.

"Not long ago, someone hacked into our Zion host and conducted a 'live broadcast' for us... The content was a conversation between you and a man, and a person named the Creator..."

"What?!"

Hearing this, not only Morpheus, but also Neo and Trinity were shocked. Although they had already made similar guesses before coming to the parliament, they still couldn't help but feel extremely shocked when they heard it with their own ears. Of course, without asking, the three of them could guess who did it. But... why did he do this?

No wonder Zion is what he is now.

After getting the answer, Neo and Trinity exchanged glances. They all knew that everyone in Zion shared the same ideals. They had always believed that they were fighting against the machine army that enslaved humanity, and that they were on the side of justice. But if all this was just a "game map" designed by the Matrix, then what was the meaning of their fight? Their struggle, their determination, their will, and even the inheritance of all this, were they just a joke?

"Now, we just want to know one thing! Captain Murphys! What exactly do you know? Is that content true?!"

At this moment, another congressman couldn't help but slam the table and shout. Obviously, judging from his appearance, he could no longer bear it.

Morpheus was silent for a long time, then shook his head.

"No, Congressman, I think those are lies."

"What?"

Hearing this, not only the congressmen, but even Neo and Trinity were shocked. They looked at Morpheus in surprise, totally not understanding why he said that.

"It's very simple, councillors."

At this moment, Morpheus seemed to have finally thought of something, and his expression was no longer as solemn as before.

"I suspect that all of this is just a play directed by the Matrix to try to destroy our will to resist, and it is not the real truth!"

"So, do you have any evidence?"

"Of course I have evidence!"

Having said that, Morpheus suddenly pointed at Neo.

"I think many of you here know Neo, and have even seen him in action in the Matrix. I think you all remember that as an extraordinary being, Neo can easily move around in the Matrix and fly in the sky. And if this world is also a virtual world, then Neo should be able to show the same ability! Not only him, but we are the same. We can do things in the Matrix that we can't do in reality, and isn't this the most powerful evidence? If all this is just a virtual world, then we should be able to break through the constraints of this flesh!"

"this……"

After hearing Morpheus' answer, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Just as he said, if this was a virtual world, then they should have extraordinary powers just like in the Matrix. But in fact, here, they had no power.

"So you think the other person is lying?"

“That’s right!”

Having said that, Neo became more and more certain of his guess.

"The Matrix must be scared! Because it sensed the existence of the Savior, so it wants to use this method to completely destroy our will to resist! Even those two people, I suspect they may be a new species of computer people, not humans! After all, if they are just ordinary humans, they can't possibly have that kind of power!"

“…”

After hearing this, the originally somewhat agitated crowd finally calmed down, and many of them breathed a sigh of relief. Obviously, they thought what Morpheus said was correct.

Or rather, they hoped that what Morpheus said was correct.

Only Neo still frowned. He felt that although Morpheus' words made sense, they were not enough, and...

“Boom boom boom!!”

Suddenly, at this moment, accompanied by the sound of hurried footsteps, a man rushed into the parliament breathlessly. He pushed the door open, looked at the people in front of him, and then shouted.

"We detected the mechanical army approaching Zion!!"

"What?!"