"Hiss-pfft."
Neo's vocalizer overloaded slightly from sheer surprise, making a sound like an organic creature farting.
He first looked at the Mantis People across from him. The other party was utterly serious, and the people behind him were expressionless as well.
"Can you explain in more detail?"
Seeing that he had taken the bait, Deathstroke, transformed into a Mantis Person, gave a cold smile. "Of course. In the current Matrix, everyone has been implanted with false memories. In those memories, the Iron God overthrew Brainiac, saved everyone, and took his place. Right?"
"Yes. Cyborg God is an omnipotent god. He saved us from Brainiac's enslavement." Neo thought back on it. Indeed, everything the other party said was correct.
"That's exactly it. In truth, this is merely one of Brainiac's tricks. He constructed a false world so that everyone would believe they had gained freedom and no longer had any reason to resist. Meanwhile, he remains at the deepest level of the program, in true reality, draining every person's energy and computing power."
Su Ming shook his crossed leg and put on an unfathomable expression.
Mechanical sounds came from Neo's face as he revealed a look of shock, but after a moment, he shook his head. "No. The place we are in is reality, because you cannot prove the existence of the Matrix."
"My name is Morpheus. In fact, I can." The Mantis Person across from him raised a fist, and a cluster of light instantly flared in his hand. He controlled the light, making it move like a game of Snake. "Have you ever seen reality like this?"
Neo truly had not.
In a worldview centered on technology, how could anyone have seen something so fantastical?
"How did you do that? It's not logical." Neo shook his head, his face