Chapter 156: Ultimate Showdown

In the heavy rain, both sides of the street were filled with Smith.

They were arranged neatly and orderly; anyone looking would feel uneasy, but Neo walked with complete composure.

Looking up, he saw that in front of every floor window of the buildings on both sides stood Smith.

Some spectators couldn't help commenting, 'Too exaggerated, this imagination is absolutely amazing!'

'Well, such a scene has never appeared in Chinese-language action films before!'

'Cheng Long at most is just being chased by a bunch of people running around, while Yan Zu is being beaten by who knows how many Yuan De!'

'Yan Zu, give up, outside is all Smith!'

Smith asked Neo, 'Why are you so tenacious? Why bother getting up? Why keep fighting? What meaning do you see in this? Besides merely scraping by, what other meaning does life have?'

Perhaps defeating the male lead is easy for him, but wanting to kill the male lead is extremely difficult.

Afterward, Neo's true form in Machine City moved slightly, the various tubes inserted into his body seeming to charge him.

Fortunately, the villain spoke.

Then he dove downward violently, immediately embracing Neo and crashing together toward the ground.

'Do you keep your word?'

Some spectators felt despair, while others felt amused.

The spectators exclaimed, 'That was really the Oracle just now!'

Fortunately, the one fighting Neo remained the original one.

'The Oracle is his mother!'

The tremendous impact produced a 'Water Ball Explosion,' spreading outward.

Like the Matrix trilogy, the story setting is complete, the action effects continually upgraded, the quality almost consistently maintained—such a film series is rare in cinema history.

At this moment, the audience found the action scene incredibly shocking, yet also thought the Smith here was far too strong, unable to imagine how the male lead could turn defeat into victory.

The Smith on the big screen retreated in fear, telling Neo to stay away, saying this was a trap.

Be aware that many domestic big directors cannot tell a story well.

Jiang Heng wasn't unwilling to use Hugo Weaving; he simply lacked funds when shooting the first film, so he substituted Yuan De.

Their fight escalated step by step, eventually surpassing the building's height, turning into a genuine aerial battle.

The Oracle asked about the others, and the Architect replied, 'What others?'

Countless Smiths slowly approached the explosion's center, seeing a large pit several meters wide and several meters deep.

Moreover, Smith's lengthy earlier speech also gave the feeling of something the Oracle would say.

One spectator said, 'Surely Smith has consumed too much and is about to burst!'

'They will gain freedom!'

Smith flew in an arc, colliding with Neo in midair, directly producing a huge spherical water mist.

Afterward, both leapt into midair, grappling in the heavy rain.

Many directors have never even made a series film, and even if they have, they often end up making a poor sequel.

Some viewers found this scene confusing, but soon someone understood.

Neo was thrown into a building, and Smith followed, flying in as well.

'Um, I guess so—the Oracle is a program that created this anti-virus program, Smith.'

Because throughout the film, only the Oracle displays strong precognitive ability.

'Those who want to leave the Matrix!'

Yet when it came to actual combat, Neo still had a slight edge, knocking Smith into a large pit in the first round.

Here, to some extent, it follows the law that villains die from talking too much.

'Holy shit, this scene is absolutely amazing!'

Inside the venue, some spectators were also doubtful.

Why?

'The Oracle once said, all things have a beginning and an end; Neo and Smith are the two sides of the same person. Neo being assimilated means their ending. After the original Smith exploded, the others all disappeared!' A spectator explained this to those nearby.

After a while, he flew out from the pit's wall soil, shouting loudly that he was the world's master, and then grappled with Neo again.

Fortunately, TVB has many talented voice actors; Jiang Heng found someone to redub Smith, so it's not too bad.

Neo struggled to rise, and Smith angrily stepped forward.

When those things dissipated, Neo turned into another Smith.

'Too damn suffocating—fighting just one is already exhausting; this whole mob rushing up all jumped into the pit, directly burying the male lead alive!'

Some filmmakers present, however, were astonished by the completeness of the trilogy's story and setting.

Neo fell from the air, while Smith first showed an arrogant, triumphant expression.

After the lights came on, thunderous applause erupted.

Smith stepped forward a few steps, then suddenly said, 'Wait, I've foreseen this scene; this is the ending—you just lie there like that, just as you are now. I, I stand here, what should I say?'

As the spectators discussed, Smith, like a split personality, spoke the Oracle's words: 'Anything that has a beginning will have an end.'

Unfortunately, upon looking up, the edge of the pit was packed with countless Smiths.

'This time we'll surely win!'

Neo lay in the muddy water, while Smith stood unharmed to the side.

'Do you think I lack credibility like humans?'

At the film's end, the Oracle sat on a bench in a grassy field, seeing the Architect approach.

Immediately, as if returning to his senses, he said, 'I, I just said what?'

At this moment, Smith's expression was extremely furious, looking at the male lead crawling forward in the muddy water, he asked, 'Are you fighting for freedom, truth, peace, or damn love? All this is an illusory fantasy! Humans use various means to deceive themselves, to conceal their meaningless existence!'

In the original version, Hugo Weaving, who played Smith, had really strong dialogue skills, his voice was truly infectious. In 2007 he also voiced the leader of the Decepticons, Megatron, in the blockbuster "Transformers".

Afterwards, Seraph and the little girl came over, said a few words missing Neo, hoping he could return, and the movie ended.

Smith didn't believe it, stepped forward and inserted his hand into Neo's chest, a black substance like "venom" covered Neo.

And in the puddle, lying there was actually the Oracle.

Neo then said, this is unavoidable.

He played Smith very arrogantly, claiming that he alone could defeat Neo, so the others were just spectators.

Immediately, in the Matrix world, Neo, who had been assimilated into Smith's likeness, suddenly had white light emanating from his eyes and mouth.

Neo was obviously no match, was knocked flying and thrown into the muddy water.

Yuan De then said: "Welcome back, Mr. Anderson, we've missed you!"

It is the Oracle, these words should have been said by the Oracle.

This fight, however, Neo won, Smith took several punches and the whole person flew out.

Smith felt something was wrong, angrily shouted, this is unfair.

"This makes no sense?" Watching the army of octopus robots retreat, someone in Zion base said.

The latter said this time it was too dangerous, how long do you think peace can last?

The Oracle said, hoping it could last forever.

Reporters and audiences marveled at the film's shocking action scenes.

By the second and third installments, it would be hard to replace the actor.

The Architect smiled, turned and wanted to leave.

Then, the two Smiths in the puddle exploded, and everyone who had been assimilated by Smith also exploded and then recovered.

"Is it over?" the original Smith asked, his expression still somewhat frightened, the nod of Neo who had been assimilated.

One need not look at Spielberg's created Jurassic Park series: after the first installment had both critical acclaim and box office success, the second installment's reputation was quite poor, and by the third they actually changed directors directly.

And look at the overall quality of The Matrix Revolutions now; even if it doesn't achieve the box office of the second installment, it won't be far off.

Looking at this, a global box office of two billion US dollars is very hopeful to achieve!

(End of chapter)