Luigi opened his eyes from the sudden flash of light coming from the ceiling. It seems that morning has came despite the lack of sun and the shelter has began bustling with busy AIs working, managing the barely sustaining shelter.
Now that he have given himself a nice, warm sleep, he can now move his body freely, albeit slow. Before he leave his bed, he give himself a handful of water from the desk and stretch his upper body.
Once done, he stand up and move around his legs to exercise, afterwards, he open the door revealing a large, three story height shelter. In the middle is an open space where natural trees, trees, artificial plants, and plants grow. This include flower as well and a number of cattle running around the artificial grass.
The sun---or rather, the source of sunlight which is the artificial bulb made exclusively for this purpose, shine brightly that symbolize that the system is now functioning properly.
He made his way towards the familiar hallway which he built himself along with his former coworkers, and upon arriving to his destination, he was met with a rectangular metallic double door which automatically opens after identifying him.
Within it is the product of human technology. Flat holograms that substitutes monitors, AIs that floats around fixing things and Eve commanding the entire crew.
Noticing his arrival, Eve immediately approach the fragile looking man that stood almost 2 meters.
[It is good to see you are well, master. But it is still advisable for you to remain resting.]
"No."
[M-master.]
"Give me a detailed information for today's activity."
Eve can only sigh in acceptance after confirming the stubbornness of her master that remains. Then, she move towards a large screen where multiple contents appear.
[Due to the energy being critically insufficient, we are now only holding the first area as our current shelter. The rest is currently shut downed, that's why you must've noticed the cattles, trees, and plants are on the same area.
But while you are asleep, we have now started to excavate our way out of the ground using the entrance. Currently, we have successfully drill around 500 feet above the shelter, the estimated height is 700.
If we were to successfully drill above ground, we will create an elevator for master to use as a means to travel, however, exposure to outside will be halted unless deem necessary. You are to wait for my instruction before taking actions.
I'm not trying to control master, we simply can't take risk.]
Luigi smile seeing the anxiousness that is obvious in his companion's digital eyes. He ordered the AI to proceed after sitting on one of the chairs.
[The food preservation is at maximum capacity, due to this, you won't have any problem of it, but the water is in critical condition, so if we were able to explore the outside, we will prioritize the search of fresh water source.]
Truthfully, Luigi is genuinely impress. These AI can certainly work productively better than humans, this is why he relies on them more than humans.
To him, it seems he need not to worry about the next upcoming days with the reliable Eve beside him. The only he should do now is worry about the bigger picture.
But that picture has yet to be rendered, so for now, he can rest.
[If we were also able to create a functioning energy source such as solar, wind, or if possible nuclear, then we can make up for the energy losses we have, and perhaps could reactivate the three areas we have shut down.]
Now, hear this... Due to the human advancement in technology, they had deem the use of fossil fuel as a dirty way of producing energy. So, they were banned to most of the habitable planets, while some discourage its use as it risk high carbon pollution to their atmosphere which leads to sickness which at that time is still a thing.
[For the last part, this plan is only if earth is still habitable. We will create a base above ground in order to secure a more efficient way of gathering resources and data, it could also be a forward base for military and civilian operation such as reconnaissance.]
"Why military?"
[The potential threat that the outside world could offer cannot be underestimated, master. There might be something that lurks above that we cannot afford to ignore.]
"Yes, but that doesn't justify the use of military, can't we just minimize the use of it?"
[We can, if that is what you wish.]
"No, I am not trying to argue with your plan Eve. Just do it when it is necessary, let us say for example, a more potential threats than a mere mutated monster."
[Is a new civilization included?]
"Yes."
[Then, we shall do that. For the rest, it is now under control.]