"God, is that really a human body?"
"He could move normally without rehabilitation training right after being rescued."
"My first time seeing this..."
"Morpheus, I have to ask again—are you sure you found the right person?"
"..."
After Xu Yue was rescued, compared to Neo, who was still in the incubator, Xu Yue merely gave himself a thorough rinse.
The wounds around the ports on his body had already scabbed over.
The others could not help staring in bewilderment.
If not for the blood tests showing that, aside from greater vitality, everything was "normal," they would have thought he was some cyborg or genetically engineered human made by the machines.
"Welcome to the Real World. You don't seem surprised."
Morpheus extended a hand to Xu Yue. Xu Yue, fresh from his shower and toweling off his hair, reached out and shook it.
"Only naturally, isn't it?"
"If all humanity has been enslaved in a virtual world, then obviously humanity lost to AI. Artificial intelligence was the focus of development in the twenty-first century. It wasn't hard to predict."
Xu Yue's indifferent shrug immediately made everyone present feel as though their pride had been trampled on.
As expected of someone who had held the greatest power in the mortal world of The Matrix. His mind was certainly quick.
"So, are we scurrying through sewers now? There should be some kind of survivor base, right?"
"There is..."
"The machines aren't hunting you? Or do you have some way to deal with them? EMP?"
"Yes..."
"Oh~"
Xu Yue casually tossed out a few questions, and what had originally been an explanation session for a newcomer suddenly turned into one led entirely by Xu Yue.
Xu Yue also confirmed once again that Zion had indeed been deliberately allowed to survive by the Matrix.
It