[DETECTING HOST.]
[HOST DETECTED. PLEASE GIVE A NAME.]
The voice continued to say the same thing over and over again. Until Sylvian finally snapped out of it and noticed the voice counting down for something.
"Um...Sylvian Licht!"
When the voice reached to one it stopped once the name was given.
[BUNKER ONE ACTIVATED.]
[NEW HOST SYLVIAN LICHT CONFIRMED.]
The lights began to flicker on. It revealed a room made of stone walls and a ceiling. It took some time for his vision to adjust to the light.
The room he stood in was the size of a large master bedroom with two doorways. One on the North wall and one on the East. This did not count the bunker door behind him.
As for the voice he heard earlier. Was it that thing sitting in the middle of the room? Looking at it, there are large white cords covered in dirt attached to it. Some kind of rustic giant floating sphere without arms or legs.
But there were a pair of red lights coming from the sphere. It glowed without blinking. Perhaps because they were not real eyes?
Sylvian was curious to see if it was indeed the sphere thing that spoke to him.
"Um..Hello?"
He could feel his face heating up. It was embarrassing to say the least.
[VOICE RECOGNITION PROCESSED.]
[HELLO. I AM BETA. A.I. TECHNOLOGY CREATED SOLELY FOR YOUR NEEDS.]
It talked! Just as he had thought, the voice was coming from the giant rustic sphere. Where should he begin! He'll try to figure out more about this bunker.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Beta. Can you tell me more about this bunker?"
[SEARCHING ANSWER...]
After a few minutes the sphere spoke.
[BUNKER ONE IS A HIGH GRADE SHELTER MADE TO KEEP THE HOST SAFE. HERE THE HOST HAS ACCESS TO MANY FUNCTIONS.]
"Can you elaborate?"
The sphere went into a long story about why the bunker was created and the many functions it had. He learned that Bunker One was an Ancient shelter built millions of years ago to overcome a disaster.
The type of functions is the ability to upgrade by adding new facilities depending on the level of the host. It was not the only function, but it was the main one. He also learned about the doomsday that will occur in two days.
[UNKNOWN GATES WILL APPEAR ALL AROUND THE WORLD. THESE ARE CALLED DUNGEONS.]
It was like reading those dungeon fantasies where the protagonist unlocks an overpowered system! Did he just hit the jackpot? Well, except for the whole world ending thing.
Beta was an intelligent A.I. System. According to the memory she was not just any normal system. He took a tour, though there was not much to look at. The room North of the exit was a storage area.
It was like those storage areas at a grocery store with many shelves lined beside each other and see through refrigerators lined across the wall. In the very back was a nice size room with a plaque above the door. The words read "Freezer." It was sealed shut so not to let out the cold air.
Looking inside the small circular hole on the door, Sylvian could see more refrigerators lined in rows and along the walls.
Unfortunately, everything was empty. In the room on the East side of the main room. There was room inside of a room. Once he stepped through the door, he saw five lockers on the west wall. On the East wall there seemed to be a room with a plaque that read, "bathroom" above the door.
On the North Wall, there was a door that read Bedroom. When he entered, he saw four bunk beds side by side. He seen a set up like this on the television. Most prisons or militaries may have such a set up.
The was the end of the tour. He headed back to the main Beta area.
"Hey Beta. If I want to leave, how do I get out?"
[HOST CAN OBTAIN THE FIRST FREE PACKAGE. THIS WILL ADD THE FIRST BUNKER UPGRADE.]
"Then I wish to open this package."
Beta's eyes began to blink on and off until a compartment slot in the shape of a drawer extended from the sphere. Looking inside, there was an actual grey card.
"What's this?" Sylvian asked retrieving the card.
[INSERT BUNKER UPGRADE CARD]
Insert it? Sylvian glanced around in confusion. "Insert it where?"
Suddenly one of the ground bricks in front of him extended out of the ground. It now stood before him. It reminded him of a subway station card reader with the slot embedded into the brick. Sylvian inserted the Bunker card into the slot. It sunk back into the ground.
[BUNKER UPGRADE COMMENCING...]
[ALL PERSONNEL SHALL ENTER THE BUNKER TUBES TO AWAIT THE UPGRADE PROCESS.]
The wall on the west side flipped to another side to show eight human-sized tubes along the wall. He had no choice but to enter one of them and wait to see what happens next.
[CHECKING BUNKER...]
[SAFE. BEGINNING BUNKER UPGRADE. PLEASE STANDBY.]
He could see outside the square shape window. What he saw was better than actual television. The room was taking shape before his very eyes. First the old rustic look faded and turned into a cleaner environment. Everything was now like walking into a all white hospital.
Even Beta had a cleaner look about her. He can see her black metallic shine.
[UPGRADE HAS COMPLETED.]
[PLEASE WAIT FOR ALL TUBES TO OPEN TO EXIT.]
Sylvian stepped from the tube once it completely opened. Besides the main bunker area, he learned that the change was mainly the appearance.
[BUNKER UPGRADE LEVEL 1 HAS COMPLETED.]
[ELEVATOR ACCESS ADDED.]
[EXTERIOR DESIGN UPGRADED.]
He now understood how the upgrades worked. He didn't have to lift a finger. It was like a magical bunker! Sylvian exited through the vault door into the hall. Even that changed. The walls were made of smooth grey stone, no longer caked with dirt. There was even a ceiling lined with bright lights.
The place where he fell had been renewed and replaced with an elevator that led up to the surface. When he reached the top, the doors opened and led him into his apartment living room. Thanks to this, he didn't have to travel to the construction site.
Sylvian stepped off the elevator and turned to find his wall back in place. Next to where the doors were, a card reader had appeared. This is much cooler than he expected!