Chapter 1837
"More than fifty people? Are you sure?"
Commander Nock of Zion found the report completely unbelievable.
The last time Morpheus returned, he had casually taken away five warships, which had already left Nock deeply dissatisfied.
It had made him feel that his position was being threatened and challenged.
All along, Nock had continued to regard Morpheus as his greatest hidden danger and biggest rival.
He believed that Morpheus had never accepted defeat and was still coveting his commander's position—and perhaps even his woman.
That was absolutely intolerable to him.
Taking away five ships last time had already made Nock lose face. After all, he had privately spoken to those captains beforehand, yet they had ignored him.
And now, Morpheus had brought back over fifty rescued people at once. This was an unprecedented rescue operation!
Bringing back more than fifty people in one go was enough to silence every complaint, no matter how unreasonable Nock's previous demands had been.
Survivors rescued from the Matrix could be trained into hackers, who could then rescue even more people.
They were Zion's most important human resource!
In fact, Zion's industrial capacity was quite strong. After so many years of mechanized development, even though most processes were now semi-automated, producing warships was still easy enough.
Their greatest problem was not a lack of warships, but a lack of people capable of becoming excellent hackers!
"Hmph, Morpheus. I am the base's highest commander."
Nock rubbed his cup and muttered coldly.
More than fifty future hackers... This time, they had to fall under his side!
"Oh, are these the friends you rescued this time?"
Commander Nock had originally intended to personally welcome this new group, hoping to make them understand his status and see that wise birds chose good trees to roost in.
But