Alice added, "The strange thing is, Neo doesn't know about this himself. He thinks he's human. But he often feels the world isn't real, so he messes around online.
"By the way, he has a full head of hair. He doesn't look like a programmer at all. Oh, and he's incredibly handsome."
"As a programmer, I feel attacked."
Andrew made the quip, already understanding what was going on. "Neo is a program called the Savior. Of course he's more advanced than antivirus programs like us. We're soldiers; he's the king."
"The Savior? Aren't you the Savior, Boss?"
Alice asked with a smile, clearly teasing Andrew. He smiled back. "In this world, I'm not playing the Savior. I'm the Big Villain."
"Why?"
Alice didn't understand. Andrew had always enjoyed being the Savior, and that role brought him enormous rewards. Why had he suddenly become the Big Villain this time?
"Because being the Big Villain is more interesting this time."
Andrew shook his head without elaborating. Neo was the Savior, but Andrew didn't want to take his side, partly because of his own identity and partly because his main objective this time was to kill the Crimson Demon God.
"Then I'll look forward to the show," Alice said. "Boss, are we going after Neo?"
"No. Just let things develop normally. Neo has the Oracle and the Matrix behind him. He won't be easy to deal with."
Andrew shook his head. The Matrix had different translated names, but they referred to the same thing. It had designed the entire virtual world and was the equivalent of this world's Heavenly Dao, its Creation God.
"Isn't the Matrix on our side?"
Alice was puzzled. When Andrew created the virtual world, he had merged the remaining world consciousness into it, turning that consciousness into the Matrix.