2 Chapter 2 - System Online (1/2)

Thomas was surprised at how little pain he felt after being shot.It felt like being stung by a bee at first and the feeling of his blood leaking out was uncomfortable.There was some pain for a short while but it ended almost as quickly as it started.After the pain went away he could feel a cold seeping into his bones.Everything became numb and soon he stopped feeling even that.

<...tem...a...ty...per...lee...>

An odd voice boomed inside of his consciousness and woke Thomas up.All around him was darkness and he couldn't see who was speaking to him.For a while he felt like he might have imagined the voice.

<System Update: Thirty Percent Complete>

System update?This kind of mechanical voice didn't seem to belong to any of the AI programs he could think of.Which of them weren't feminine?Al*xa, S*ri, and Co*tana even had feminine names.His own phone had a female assistant as well even though he couldn't remember it having any name.

<System Update: Forty Percent Complete>

Thomas couldn't get used to this mechanical voice.It was uncomfortable to hear and he wished that whoever designed it decided to give it a more human-like voice.

<Command Accepted: Please Select a New Voice>

<Options: Young Female, Young Male, Adult Female, Adult Male, Elderly Female, Elderly Male, Alien, Robot, Default>

<After making your selection the voice can be modified further to suit Master's needs>

<System Update: Fifty Percent Complete>

Being used to an adult female's voice giving him updates on his phone, Thomas naturally picked the adult female option.

<Voice Selected>

<If you are satisfied with this voice then think about selecting it>

<If this voice does not suit your preferences then think about modifying the tone and pitch>

<If you would like to return to the voice selection menu then think about returning to the voice selection menu>

The current voice didn't seem to have much of a personality but Thomas didn't care about that.It's not like he'd be having conversations with this AI.Thomas felt that it was a bit creepy though, the voice seemed to be directly in his brain and could read his thoughts.Just what was this voice and what did it plan on doing to him?

<Greetings, Master, I am the AI in control of the Advanced Arsenal>

<My purpose is to assist Master and ensure Master's survival>

<Feel free to ask me anything you like>

<System Update: Sixty Percent Complete>

{What is this system update?}Thomas had been hearing this AI go on about a system update since waking up.Naturally he'd want to know what it was talking about.

<The update is Advanced Arsenal Version Number 0.05.01>

<This update has improved the functions of the Advanced Arsenal>

<Now users can scan import designs from their host world and store materials to be used for crafting weapons at a lower cost>

<The update has also improved the efficiency of the crafting system and fixed a fatal error that occurred whenever a user crafted any gunpowder-based weapons>

<Would you like to know more?>

{What do you mean host world?And what kind of error are you talking about?What makes an error a fatal error?}

<The host world is the world that a user finds their self in after dying in their original world>

<Master's original world is designated as an abandoned world and has no name>

<The host world that Master is being sent to is a lower world named Solaris-07>

<The name used by the system is not always the name used by the world's inhabitants>

<The error caused the gunpowder to explode as soon as it was materialized>

<This error was fatal to all previous users that encountered it>

<System Update: Seventy Percent Complete>

{There's a lot I want to comment on but for now I'll ask what an abandoned world is.}

<An abandoned world is a world with no magic veins>

<Magic beings can't be born in an abandoned world>

<While in an abandoned world, a magic being can't replenish their magic>

<As gods and goddesses require magic they can not stay in an abandoned world for long>