Zion!
After the Nebuchadnezzar and the Icarus left one after another to carry out their desperate decapitation plan, Zion's defense surveillance system began malfunctioning nonstop.
This was normal. In information warfare, humans could never match machines, especially when Zion's technological level was so far behind Machine City's.
The surveillance network Zion considered foolproof had been deliberately left intact by Machine City. The Squids had not cleared it out, instead feeding Zion false intelligence through counter-surveillance.
Just like inside the Matrix Core, humans could only see what the machines wanted them to see.
Commander Locke was not some fool who only knew how to fight over romance, nor was he a useless loudmouth who sprayed saliva to uphold his superior's authority. He sat in this position because he possessed exceptional strategic vision and command ability.
After the surveillance network repeatedly delivered contradictory intelligence, Locke immediately realized that the monitoring network had been compromised by the robots. He promptly ordered all of Zion's armed forces into wartime defensive readiness.
Armed mech units, infantry, hovercraft—these were Zion's main defensive forces, and all of them had now gathered in the docks to establish defensive fortifications.
In addition, volunteers had been recruited to join the battle. They were responsible for transporting ammunition, and if necessary, each would take up an electric shock gun and serve as a suicide squad.
All civilians were evacuated to the deepest underground level, the Cavern Russell and Neo had visited before.
It was vast and normally closed to the public, except when assemblies were held or council members were elected by vote.
At that moment, soldiers stood ready in the docks, Zion's first line of defense—or perhaps its last.
The armed mech units raised their machine guns and aimed at the walls near the top of the docks. The sound