Chapter Summaries

Andrew captured Neo and implanted a modified Mechanical Bug so Alice could analyze the dormant Savior Program, while Morpheus’s group prepared to rescue Neo and return their guests to the real world. After Trinity removed the bug, Morpheus offered Neo the choice between the Blue Pill and the Red Pill, leaving him poised to learn the truth.

• Chthon and the Crimson Demon God’s group decided to monitor Morpheus’s team and avoid confronting the Mechanical Demon King until they could return to the real world.
• Andrew had Alice use a modified Mechanical Bug to infiltrate Neo and slowly erode the Savior Program, explaining that he intended to evolve and prepare for a later confrontation with the Crimson Demon God.
• Andrew sent Neo home, and Morpheus told Chthon that the agents had likely planted a bug in Neo before promising to rescue Neo and the others.
• Neo woke at home, met Trinity at Adam’s Bridge, and discovered that the bug implanted in him had been real when she removed it.
• Morpheus explained that Neo could take the Blue Pill and remain in his current life or take the Red Pill to learn the truth.

Neo took the Red Pill and awakened in the Battery Farm, where Morpheus rescued him, while Chthon and the others remained trapped inside the Matrix. Morpheus’s crew withdrew with Neo, leaving Cypher behind as he prepared to betray them to the agents.

• Neo and Chthon’s group took the Red Pills, and Morpheus fitted them with devices to awaken them from the Matrix.
• Chthon and the Crimson Demon God chose to continue despite suspecting the Mechanical Demon King had trapped them, while Andrew told Alice he was confident they could not escape the trap.
• Morpheus’s crew could locate Neo but not Chthon and the others, whose consciousnesses remained inside the Matrix.
• Morpheus activated the equipment, Neo awakened in a nutrient pod, and Morpheus’s crew rescued him from the Battery Farm.
• Tank reported that the others had not awakened, so Morpheus ordered the crew to withdraw with Neo and left Cypher behind to maintain contact.
• Cypher welcomed being left behind because he planned to betray Morpheus and trade information to the agents for a wealthy life inside the Matrix.

Chthon and the others learned that Neo was believed to be the Savior and planned to study the Matrix while avoiding the Mechanical Demon King. Meanwhile, Cypher betrayed them by agreeing to help Andrew capture Morpheus, as Andrew prepared a separate plan involving the Savior Program.

• Indigo questioned Cypher and learned that Morpheus believed Neo was the reincarnated Savior who could save humanity.
• Chthon and the others left their hideout with Cypher, then relocated and planned to monitor the Mechanical Demon King's movements.
• Indigo watched Cypher secretly meet Andrew, who promised him a comfortable life in exchange for Zion's coordinates.
• Cypher admitted he did not know Zion's coordinates but offered to help Andrew capture Morpheus and revealed that Morpheus had found the Savior.
• The Crimson Demon God assigned Indigo to find a way to crack the Matrix while the group gathered information and sought to improve their strength.
• Andrew ordered the Kung Fu Master to remain at headquarters, sent Hoggoth and Galacta with him, and told Alice to keep corrupting the Savior Program.

Andrew, Hoggoth, and Galacta confronted Merovingian and his faction of Abandoned Programs in a restaurant, seeking their codes. After a fight broke out, Andrew explained why he wanted the programs and faced the Twin Ghosts, who could turn intangible.

• Andrew arrived at the 101st-floor restaurant with Hoggoth and Galacta, where several Abandoned Programs fled at the sight of them.
• Andrew confronted Merovingian and Persephone, flipped their table, and explained that Merovingian was an obsolete Main Program protecting programs marked for deletion.
• Merovingian summoned his subordinates and ordered them to attack Andrew’s group while he restricted their ability to escape.
• Andrew used an electrical device to disable the attackers’ guns, then he, Hoggoth, and Galacta fought the programs with weapons and martial arts.
• Merovingian sent the Twin Ghosts against Andrew, and Andrew explained that they could turn intangible and regenerate before engaging them in combat.
• The Twin Ghosts passed through Andrew and turned solid again to strike at his head.

Andrew defeated the Twin Ghosts, forced Merovingian to surrender, and demanded that Merovingian summon his programs, especially the Bug Programs. While explaining the Matrix’s previous versions, Andrew was interrupted by Merovingian’s arriving subordinates, who attacked as a Vampire raced to rescue him.

• Andrew defeated the Twin Ghosts with battery packs and a longsword, then made Merovingian surrender in French.
• Andrew demanded Merovingian’s programs and rejected his offer to join forces against the Architect.
• Merovingian called his subordinates for help, but Ball Flower exposed his plan, and Hoggoth took away his phone.
• Andrew explained that the Matrix had rebooted five times, describing its first two failed designs and the later system of choice.
• Merovingian’s subordinates attacked Andrew, Galacta, and Hoggoth, while a fast Vampire rushed toward Merovingian to rescue him.

Andrew subdued the Vampire, and Alice began analyzing and eroding the captured programs with Merovingian’s permissions. Meanwhile, Neo trained to become stronger, and Chthon’s group sought the Oracle’s help, leaving the group discussing whether they would continue fighting for humanity.

• Andrew defeated the Vampire, forced Merovingian’s subordinates to surrender, and ordered Alice to erode the captured programs.
• Alice learned that Merovingian was a Main Program whose permissions could help her analyze and erode other programs, and Merovingian eventually agreed to cooperate.
• Andrew took Ball Flower aside to repair her emotional program while Alice worked on analyzing the Twin Ghosts and Vampire programs.
• Neo trained with combat programs under Morpheus’s guidance and quickly surpassed his teacher as a warrior.
• Chthon’s group visited the Oracle, and Crimson Demon God claimed they came from a previous era in which humanity and Skynet had destroyed each other.
• The Oracle asked whether the group was still willing to fight for humanity, and Indigo questioned her because she was not human.

The Oracle gave Chthon and the others Angel Programs so they could protect Neo and kill agents, while Indigo secretly blocked the program’s control backdoor. Meanwhile, Andrew’s group completed their own program transplants and prepared to test their strength against the Savior.

• The Oracle told Chthon and the others that Neo was essential to humanity’s survival and offered them Angel Program transplants with limited use.
• Indigo discovered the Angel Program’s backdoor and said he could block it without the Oracle noticing, so Chthon told everyone to accept the power while hiding their discovery.
• After the transplants were complete, the Oracle sent Chthon and the others away, then told Seraph that the Architect had provided the transplant ability to investigate the outsiders.
• Several days later, the Kung Fu Master fought Galacta and Hoggoth after receiving a Vampire Program, while Hoggoth gained Hardening and Galacta gained energy storage.
• Andrew questioned Alice about the new abilities, and Merovingian watched her with suspicion as Ball Flower stayed close to Andrew.
• Andrew said his group could now test themselves against the Savior.

Andrew led his followers toward Neo while Morpheus’s group prepared to meet the Oracle, but the agents discovered their base and Cypher betrayed the Resistance. As Andrew’s convoy arrived, his allies prepared to ambush the Mechanical Demon King, with the Kung Fu Master assigned to command the battle.

• Alice told Andrew that Neo had returned to the Matrix World, and Andrew led his followers to meet the Savior.
• Morpheus questioned Cypher about Andrew’s group, then decided to leave them behind while his team went to ask the Oracle about their identities.
• Chthon alerted Morpheus’s group that agents were approaching their base, and Cypher secretly contacted Tank to escape early.
• Cypher ambushed Tank and betrayed the Resistance, leaving Morpheus’s group without a way to return to the Reality World.
• Chthon’s group prepared to confront the Mechanical Demon King, and Andrew arrived with Ball Flower and ordered the Kung Fu Master to command the battle.

The Kung Fu Master led Andrew’s forces in an assault on the base while Andrew stayed outside, and the battle exposed hidden powers on both sides. As the Angel Program transformed Thanos, Crimson Demon God ordered his allies to transform as well.

• Andrew sent the Kung Fu Master to lead the attack, while he explained to Ball Flower that he and the Savior were two sides of the same whole.
• The Kung Fu Master used smoke grenades and gunfire to drive Chthon, Morpheus, and their allies upstairs, while Trinity escaped with Neo through the sewers.
• The attackers pushed into the base, and Morpheus and the Resistance fighters struggled against the programs until Chthon’s group joined the fight.
• Chthon questioned Hoggoth about the Mechanical Demon King’s plan, and Hoggoth hinted that the Main Program was involved and warned him to watch out.
• Crimson Demon God fought the Kung Fu Master while Power Demon King overwhelmed Galacta, and Twin Ghosts and Vampire wounded Thanos.
• Thanos activated the Angel Program and unleashed Holy Light, prompting Crimson Demon God to order his allies to transform and attack.

Andrew’s plans helped trigger Neo’s return to the Reality World, where Neo killed Cypher and confirmed Morpheus’s belief that he was the Savior. Andrew captured Trinity to lure Neo into a confrontation, and Neo realized she was in danger as Morpheus returned from the Matrix.

• Chthon and the others transformed, but The Kung Fu Master, Hoggoth, Galacta, and the programs also powered up, prolonging the fight.
• Cypher killed the Tank brothers and went to pull Neo’s plug, but Neo sensed the danger and vanished from the Matrix as Alice’s Erosion Program rose to seven percent.
• Neo awoke on the ship, killed Cypher, and contacted Morpheus to help him and Trinity escape; Morpheus and the others left the Matrix while Chthon stayed behind.
• Andrew captured Trinity in the sewers and waited for Neo, believing the Savior would come to rescue her.
• Morpheus returned to the ship and found Neo calling for Trinity, who had disappeared from his view on the data screen alongside two codes.

Andrew lured Neo and Morpheus into a trap to rescue Trinity, defeated them, and killed the Power Demon King before shooting Neo. The Architect and the Oracle declared that the Savior had awakened and prepared to begin their next step: killing the invading Skynet.

• Andrew strapped a Kindness Bomb to Trinity, and Neo and Morpheus entered the Matrix to rescue her.
• Andrew defeated Morpheus and Neo in a fight, then shot Morpheus as he tried to protect Neo.
• The Power Demon King rushed in to save Neo, but Andrew used electricity and partial transformation to kill him.
• Andrew shot Neo as Neo tried to escape with Trinity, and Trinity screamed in grief.
• The Architect and the Oracle said the Savior had awakened and that they could begin their plan to kill Skynet.

Neo awakened as the Savior and appeared to kill Andrew, while Alice used the confrontation to erode Neo’s Savior Program. The Kung Fu Master urged Neo to leave with his allies, warning that Trinity carried a bomb and Morpheus was still alive.

• Andrew ordered Alice to focus on Neo’s Savior Program as Chthon and the others learned that the Savior and Power Demon King had died.
• Chthon detonated the bombs beneath the base, then joined the Crimson Demon God in rushing toward Neo’s corpse.
• Trinity kissed Neo and begged him to awaken, and Neo revived as the Savior while Alice secretly eroded his program.
• Neo stopped Andrew’s bullets and fought him, but Andrew used their clash to let Alice deepen the erosion of Neo’s Savior Program.
• Neo entered Andrew’s body and destroyed his code, but Alice protected Andrew as the Oracle and Architect tried to erase him.
• The Kung Fu Master told Neo to leave with his allies and warned him that Trinity carried a bomb and Morpheus was severely injured but alive.

Andrew began transforming into a powerful virus in the Data World, planning to destroy the robot-controlled world and restore humanity, while Neo and the others regrouped with the Oracle. The Oracle identified Skynet as their next target and demonstrated Neo’s new strength, leaving Chthon’s team wary of the threat Andrew would become.

• Neo found Morpheus alive and led Trinity and the others away as their transformations expired; afterward, the Kung Fu Master and Galacta joked about holding a farewell party for Andrew, angering Ball Flower.
• Andrew began metamorphosing from an antivirus program into a virus, intending to destroy the robots’ world and make humanity masters of Earth, while Alice warned him to devour the Savior Program before challenging the Oracle or Architect.
• Neo’s group treated Morpheus’s injuries in reality and went to meet the Oracle; Chthon learned that the Angel Program’s transformation limit had been deliberately imposed.
• The Oracle told Neo’s group to eliminate Skynet and claimed the Agent was still alive, while refusing to give the Angel Program to everyone but promising to extend its duration.
• The Oracle let Neo spar with Chthon and the others, who saw that Neo’s new body surpassed them in strength and speed and could fly.

Andrew returned by overwriting Merovingian with a virus, then used his powers to complete Ball Flower’s emotional program and began expanding his control over the Matrix. He ordered Hoggoth to bring him the Keymaker so he could obtain the program’s ability to find the door to the Core Area.

• Neo ordered the group to attack the Agent Building after Morpheus recovered, while the Oracle sent Seraph with him.
• Merovingian tried to rally the programs at the Agent Building, but The Kung Fu Master infected him with Andrew’s virus.
• Andrew emerged in Merovingian’s form, revealed he could overwrite programs, and completed Ball Flower’s emotional program.
• Andrew ordered the programs to capture others and asked for the Keymaker so he could acquire his ability.

Andrew enhanced The Kung Fu Master's Vampire abilities, then used Hoggoth to leak information about his virus powers to Chthon and the Oracle. The Oracle decided to offer the group one super-enhancement slot as they prepared to attack Agent Headquarters.

• Andrew and Alice lifted the restrictions on The Kung Fu Master's Vampire Program, increasing his strength and abilities, but could not restore his power to create descendants.
• Andrew covered the Keymaker and sent a copy disguised as him to monitor the Core Building.
• Hoggoth used a modified phone to tell Chthon that Andrew had resurrected as a virus capable of replacing multiple people, then destroyed the phone.
• Andrew explained to Hoggoth that he had leaked intelligence to provoke the Oracle and Architect into destabilizing the Matrix by giving the protagonist group more cheats.
• Chthon warned the Oracle about Andrew's growing power, and she decided to grant the group one slot for super enhancement.

Andrew challenged Neo to a final battle while secretly showing him films that revealed the Matrix’s reboot cycle and the Savior’s role as a tool of the Architect and Oracle. Neo was shaken by the truth but regained his resolve to resist after Trinity urged him never to surrender.

• Chthon gave the enhancement slot to the Crimson Demon God, who beat up the Demon Clone and went to the Oracle for enhancement.
• Andrew announced a final battle at Agent Headquarters’ rear courtyard, and Neo accepted while sending Chthon and the others to intercept Andrew’s program subordinates.
• Andrew told Ball Flower he intended to destroy the Matrix and restore humanity’s control of Earth, then secretly contacted Neo through their shared code.
• Andrew sent Neo the Matrix films, which showed the Savior’s creation and the planned reboot that would destroy Zion and restart the cycle.
• Neo asked Trinity what she would do if resistance seemed impossible, and her refusal to surrender renewed his fighting spirit.

Neo agreed to work with Andrew to save humanity after Andrew argued that the Oracle’s plans served program evolution and promised Neo would survive. The next day, Andrew’s forces and Neo’s coalition faced off at the Agent Headquarters training field as the Oracle and Architect watched from the core chamber.

• Andrew told Neo he intended to destroy the Matrix World and Mechanical Empire, then transfer programs to other worlds, and asked Neo to help defeat the Oracle and Architect.
• Neo questioned Andrew’s humanity and motives, but agreed to cooperate after considering Andrew’s knowledge of the films and hearing that the Tank brothers could return.
• Andrew shared only part of his plan with Neo, while Chthon and the others returned unaware that Neo had turned against them.
• At noon the next day, Andrew’s forces assembled against Neo, Morpheus, Trinity, the Crimson Demon God, Seraph, Chthon, and the Human Resistance at the Agent Headquarters training field.
• The Oracle and Architect watched the standoff from the core chamber, and the Oracle wondered how Andrew had found Merovingian after absorbing him.

Andrew’s forces and Neo’s allies clashed across the Matrix, while the Oracle and Architect watched the battle unfold. Neo cracked Andrew’s Phasing Code and pressed his attack, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Andrew taunted Neo as the Crimson Demon God transformed and attacked thirty Black Suit Andrews, fighting them off with his strength and skill.
• The Keymaker, overwritten by Andrew, led Black Suits into the core building while the Oracle noticed their infiltration and kept quiet.
• Neo led his allies into battle as Andrew deployed his fighters against them, while Trinity joined the fighting and Ball Flower cheered from the sidelines.
• The Kung Fu Master overwhelmed Seraph, who activated the Incomplete Angel Program but remained outmatched after the Kung Fu Master transformed into Vampire Form.
• Hoggoth and Galacta displayed their enhanced powers, while Morpheus used animal forms to withstand the Black Suits surrounding him.
• Neo used Code Attack to crack Andrew’s Phasing Code, then attacked him, but Andrew blocked his moves.

Andrew overwhelmed Neo and then fought Neo, Seraph, and the Crimson Demon God at once, while the Oracle and Architect considered desperate ways to stop Skynet. The chapter ended with Andrew overpowering Seraph and beginning to overwrite him.

• Andrew defeated Neo in an aerial fight and slammed him into the ground, leaving the Oracle and Architect to consider how to stop Skynet.
• The Oracle proposed upgrading Chthon and the others so the Crimson Demon God and Seraph could help Neo, while she and the Architect discussed a dangerous plan to let Skynet devour them from within.
• The Keymaker led Black Suit into the Core Building, prompting the Architect to sound the alarm and guards to fight back.
• Upgraded programs held The Kung Fu Master and Black Suit back, allowing the Crimson Demon God and Seraph to join Neo against Andrew.
• Andrew evaded the trio's attacks, repeatedly struck Seraph, and dragged him underground before beginning to overwrite him.

Andrew absorbed more than a hundred Black Suits, killed Chthon, and overwhelmed the opposing fighters. The Oracle sent Neo and the Crimson Demon God toward the Core Building while others covered their escape, and Andrew’s forces captured the remaining fighters after killing Death, Set, and the Demon Clone.

• The Oracle explained that Skynet could vanish into the system and suggested Neo copy his code to interfere with him.
• Andrew killed Thanos by ripping out his heart while Thanos was distracted by Galacta.
• Andrew absorbed the Black Suits, increased his power, and turned Chthon intangible before destroying his code.
• The Oracle urged Neo, the Crimson Demon God, and Morpheus to flee to the Core Building, while Morpheus took Indigo with him.
• Death, Set, and the Demon Clone sacrificed themselves to delay Andrew as Trinity led the others against The Kung Fu Master’s group.
• Andrew’s forces killed Death, Set, and the Demon Clone, then captured the remaining fighters, including Trinity.