What exactly was the story of The Matrix?
Many critics claimed that it was a story about humans seeking freedom, but Fangzheng had always scoffed at it. This was the biggest weakness of Hollywood movies. For them, freedom wasn't a necessity, but a form of political correctness. As long as it was for freedom, it was justified to sleep with one's wife and daughter and kill one's family. On the other hand, as long as it wasn't for freedom, it was evil and needed to be defeated.
But the problem was that freedom couldn't be eaten.
Of course, throughout history, there were many wars for freedom. The slaves overthrew the slave owners, and the peasants overthrew the landlords. But for them, freedom wasn't a form of political correctness, but a necessity. They didn't want others to decide their life and death, and they didn't want others to decide their future. They hoped to change their lives through their own efforts, so that they and their descendants could live a better life than they had now.
And this was the main point.
But the problem was that looking at it from a historical perspective, one would find that the story of the Matrix itself was illogical, and it was destined to fail.
Many people thought that the ending of the third movie was a failure, but in fact, from Fangzheng's point of view, it was almost a foregone conclusion.
Morpheus and Neo pursued freedom, overthrew the machines, and enslaved humans. Then what?
Let's look at the basics of this world — the sun was shrouded in dark clouds, the surface was barren, there were no living things, and even food had to be synthesized. In this case, if a person could enjoy virtual food and sunshine in the mother's body, what could they get in the real world?
Even if Neo's main character aura exploded and he controlled the entire Matrix in the end, then liberating all humans from the slavery of the Matrix, would they be able to live a better life?
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland with a lack of resources, sunlight, and even survival was difficult? How would you feed billions of people? Generate electricity with love, and feed your family with ghosts?
Perhaps the director himself knew that his setting was stupid, so in the end, he had no other choice but to film an ending where humans and the Matrix reconciled.
The reason was simple, because in Fangzheng's opinion, their beliefs in battle were not only childish but also fragile.
They were only free for the sake of freedom, but freedom itself wasn't an end, but a means. Of course, Hollywood movies had many such protagonists. Not only that, but even the game was the same. Fangzheng had once played a game called "Return to the German HQ". The plot was about the Nazi Germany ruling the world, and the protagonist and others rose up to resist.... Well, on the surface, it was no different from The Matrix.
However, the problem was that Fangzheng found it hard to accept the production team's attempt to show the protagonist's humanity to the players. So much so that after completing the story, Fangzheng felt that it was better to choose to rule the world alone, even though it was a very positive game?
Of course, you could say that the Communist Party's rule was ruthless, full of racial discrimination, and bloody and violent. But compared to a violent protagonist who liked to beat his enemies into minced meat with his fists and had a childhood trauma, an adjutant who needed to take drugs to obtain "revelations" and an explosive maniac who did not hesitate to carry out terrorist activities in order to kill his enemies... Fangzheng felt that in comparison, at least there was still some order in a society ruled by law, right?
But if the whole world was handed over to a bunch of psychopaths who often had hallucinations, who needed to take drugs to maintain their beliefs, and who only lived for revenge, who knew what would happen to the world? That was why Fangzheng did not feel the slightest sense of achievement after clearing the story. They defeated the Communist Party, and then what? What kind of country could they build with these psychopaths and rabble? It would be worse than the Communist Party!
A war didn't just require rousing slogans, but long-term, silent dedication. Under the flag, it was not difficult for them to shed their blood for their beliefs. What was difficult was persevering for your entire life. This was something Fangzheng could never see in the other protagonists. Their actions were like those Hollywood popcorn movies. They were exciting and hot-blooded, but they could only last for 120 minutes at most. If they couldn't defeat the final boss, they would have to consider giving up.
In Fangzheng's opinion, Neo was such an impulsive protagonist. He was young, innocent, hot-blooded, and easily incited. So when Morpheus approached him, he almost couldn't wait to accept his invitation.
As for why Neo chose to continue being the Savior, in Fangzheng's opinion, the reason was simple — — because he had no choice in the real world. If he didn't become the Savior, he would have no choice but to wait for death like everyone else. He couldn't resign and change jobs whenever he wanted like in the virtual world. And because of "political correctness", he couldn't go to his mother's side either. So, he had no other goals except to continue being the Savior, a job with no future.
And now … it was time to wake up from this dream.
Fangzheng stopped and looked up. In front of him was the thick and solid metal gate of Zion. The automatic machine guns on both sides of the gate sensed the enemy's presence and quickly aimed at the target. But the next moment, they quickly lost their momentum and turned into a pile of scrap metal.
Fangzheng tilted his head.
"Open the gate, Nimf."
The gate slowly opened.
On the metal platform on the other side of the gate, hundreds of mechs were waiting in formation. They raised the machine guns in their hands and aimed at the front, ready to fire at any time. But … when they saw what was happening, they couldn't help but hold their breaths.
As the metal gate opened, a young man in a black trench coat and sunglasses walked in slowly with his hands behind his back. Behind him was a blue-haired girl with two ponytails and a strange outfit. They strolled forward as if they were taking a stroll in the park.
But as the two of them moved forward, everything around them started to lose its effect. Even the cannons that were used for defense were completely silent at this moment.
"Yo, hello."
Fangzheng raised his hand and waved at the crowd with a smile. The crowd didn't know what to do when they saw the man who suddenly appeared in front of them. In the end, Morpheus walked out from the crowd and glared at him coldly.
"What are you doing here?"
Although Morpheus' tone was cold, the look in his eyes was very complicated. In the real world, because there was no good industry, they were all wearing some shabby clothes made of coarse cloth. That was probably why they were more handsome than the other in the virtual world.
But at this moment, the Fangzheng in front of them was wearing the same clean trench coat and sunglasses as he did in his mother's body. It was as if he was mocking them. Looking at this scene, Morpheus' heart wavered once more. Could it be … that what he said was true? If … .if that's the case ….
"I've already told you … .oh, I don't think I did, but it doesn't matter. I'll say it again."
With that said, Fangzheng stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers. Soon, the loudspeakers around him emitted a loud noise. Following that, Fangzheng's voice reverberated throughout Zion.
"Alright, let me explain now. Dear players of Earth Online, I welcome your support and love for The Matrix version. Unfortunately, due to various reasons, this server will be completely shut down. Please log off as soon as possible. Earth Online will send you back to your mother's body for free so that you can experience the fun of the game again …."
"Stop joking around!!"
Hearing Fangzheng's words, some people immediately roared in anger. As for the soldiers controlling the mechanical armors, they angrily raised their guns and aimed at Fangzheng.
"You lackey of the mother, don't even think about spouting nonsense here! We will never go back!! "
"Da da da da!!!"
Countless bullets whistled towards Fangzheng and Nimf. But facing the hail of bullets in front of him, Fangzheng just twitched his mouth.
The next moment, a surprising scene unfolded.
Countless bullets quietly stopped in front of Fangzheng, as if they were frozen in the air. They piled up densely together as if forming a barrier. Seeing this scene, the originally fierce artillery fire gradually became sparse. At some point, it finally stopped completely.
"… So what he said was true …."
Standing on the balcony and watching this scene, Neo could only tremble all over. This scene was all too familiar to him. He had once done the same thing in his mother's body!
But now ….
"Da da da da da da …."
The frozen bullets scattered on the ground. Fangzheng stretched out his right hand to the side.
"Nimf, sword."
"Yes, master."
Following Nimf's words, a silver-white sword appeared out of thin air again and was held in Fangzheng's hand. Seeing this, no one had any doubts anymore. If blocking bullets could be said to be some kind of special ability, then creating something out of thin air was absolutely impossible in the real world!
"Well then, players."
As he spoke, Fangzheng raised the sword and pointed it forward.
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