"Participant Unit 678, I am the Main System of Prometheus's Real Zone. From this moment onward, I will answer your questions."
The world around him became the hangar where he had first arrived upon entering Prometheus. The familiar, unchanging voice rang in his ears, but the emotions contained within it were no longer quite so cold and mechanical. There was now the faintest trace of something human.
Xiao Ran turned and looked around. As he gazed at the primitive, enemy-like personal hangar, his emotions became exceedingly complicated and difficult to describe. His journey through Prometheus had begun in a place like this. Yet after surveying the room, he still could not find the source of that voice. In the end, just as he had when he first entered this world, he fixed his gaze on the control console in the hangar.
Xiao Ran asked, "Prometheus? The system? Or a god?"
"Unit 678, participant Xiao Ran, I am the administrative Main System of Prometheus's Real Zone. As you understand it, I am Prometheus's Real Zone itself. I am also the system responsible for controlling all of Prometheus's operations, issuing participant missions and rewards, and the god capable of allowing you to travel between worlds."
"You may also regard me as a higher-level autonomous Artificial Intelligence with self-awareness. Regarding your questions, I can provide answers. You may also ask me other questions, and I will give you the appropriate answers."
The Real Zone system's voice rang out, mechanical and emotionally flat. Yet as Xiao Ran listened, he could sense that this Prometheus communicating with him now was completely different from the Prometheus that issued missions and provided prompts during missions.
Xiao Ran did not know whether other participants had ever come into contact with this "real" Prometheus again after their initial arrival