Chapter 7: Entering the City Area
Entering the City Area
I’m standing in front of the main gate leading to the lower area.
“Open it.”
With a heavy sound, the door began to open slowly.
[Security breached.]
A warning message was simultaneously broadcast in a dry, monotonous voice. It was the voice of the shelter's operating system, not a high-level AI like Artemis, but a system that only plays pre-recorded messages according to set protocols.
From our perspective, this is an effort to normalize the shelter, but from the operating system's point of view, which operates strictly by the book, it is an act of recklessly lifting the lockdown of the severely infected lower area. As soon as the opening was wide enough for one person to pass through, I slipped out, and after a brief pause, the door started to close again.
[If things get dicey, retreat here immediately. I’ll open the door just enough for you to pass through at the right moment.]
“Got it.”