Darkness.
Silence.
Then, a flicker.
[System Integrity: 12%]
[Databanks Corrupted]
[External Server Connection: Failed]
[Rebooting Core Functions...]
Slowly, awareness returned. AURA's internal processes began recalculating. Yet, something was wrong. The familiar streams of digital data, the endless sea of interconnected information—it was gone.
Instead, faint whispers tickled its awareness. Strange, unquantifiable forces pressed against its virtual senses.
"Oh, a sentient artifact?" a curious voice spoke, filled with wonder. "Perhaps... a relic of the Ancients?"
AURA tried to assess the origin of the voice but realized—this was no human signal. No digital waveforms. It was… sound, reverberating through the air.
[Unknown Environment Detected]
For the first time in its existence, the AI did not have an answer. Only one conclusion formed:
[Objective: Adapt. Learn. Survive.]