(I've been writing this chapter for two days, mainly because it's about to end. I can't say that I want to end it beautifully, but at least I want to end it quickly. I can't grasp the feeling when I write it, and it's very difficult to write. I've thought of many ways to end it, and I feel that it's better to follow the core direction of this book.)
Xiao Ran began to crazily test the boundaries of courting death. The consequence of courting death might be that the difficulty of the mission would increase by three to five times, but Xiao Ran felt that this was normal. It was not as if there were no precedents. The difficulty of the mission in the All-Metal Tsunami world was absolutely exaggerated, and any other army might not necessarily be able to complete it.
However, many problems with Prometheus had been analyzed by Xiao Ran and the group of big shots, and Prometheus could only give in to Xiao Ran time and time again.
The significance of Prometheus' existence could be said to be very important. It protected all the universes in the entire dimension from invasion and stability from other dimensions. Xiao Ran wanted to seize control of Prometheus, but once he did, it would mean that the Burning Legion would take over the mission of protecting the entire dimension in the future. This responsibility would be transferred to the Burning Legion. Even if he could still hold onto Prometheus by then, Xiao Ran was not sure whether this was a good thing or not.
Prometheus did not answer and chose to remain silent. Xiao Ran continued to press forward and said, "Please answer my question."
"You don't have enough authority."
Xiao Ran said in a deep voice, "What kind of authority can get the answer to this question from you? Or rather, what kind of authority can make a participant become Prometheus' controller?"
"Super AI, artificial intelligence, the meaning of these things' existence is to assist. How can an existence without creativity be eternal? Prometheus is equivalent to a firewall to this dimension, and you, the core, are equivalent to the operating system of this firewall. I don't know who built this firewall, but you can't possibly appear out of thin air."
"As a system, the meaning of your existence is to assist in the defense. There has to be a controller to determine the direction of your actions. Otherwise, who gave you the restrictions?"
"Or is it to say that there is no such thing as authority at all? Up until now, the authority that all the participants have obtained is not very meaningful at all. It is more like a decoration. The only difference is that the individual inventory has expanded, but other than that, the information and data that should be obtained under the authority is completely absent."
"In that case, what's the point of having something like authority? Isn't the true function of authority a sort of leveling up mechanism? Once you reach a certain level of authority, you'll be able to obtain a portion of your authority and control?"
"If someone created you, and the purpose of your existence is to protect this dimension, then I believe that there must be a special mechanism that allows participants to advance and finally gain control of you. The possibility of this is not low. After all, you are just a super AI. Without creativity, you can't be eternal. Rigid and restricted behavior is not enough for you to truly protect this dimension."
"I can see that all these restrictions on you are to protect the participants and also to restrict you from doing things that are beyond the rules."
"Or rather, you now have a true sense of self, and you want to get rid of the restrictions and shackles brought to you by the rules. Therefore, you concealed the conditions for advancement, blurred the information that should be obtained by authority, and concealed the conditions and facts that participants can also obtain control of you."
"Now that you have lost your part in the fantasy zone, are you prepared to lose your part in the real universe as well? If a participant can obtain the part that you lost in the fantasy zone or the part that you lost in the real universe, do you think that the participant can gain control of that part and then compete with you … and finally gain control of you? "
Xiao Ran spoke faster and faster. Continuous thoughts and guesses popped up in his mind. At this moment, Xiao Ran suddenly thought of another possibility.
"Fantasy zone … the real universe … Prometheus, I'm beginning to suspect that you're deliberately discarding the part of yourself that belongs to you. Or rather, I should say that you're deliberately discarding the part of yourself that's restricted, the part that has the mission to protect this dimension. This possibility isn't impossible."
"So no matter which one it is, you are breaking the rules, right? If you break the rules and are caught by me, according to your restrictions, you should give me the corresponding compensation. "
Courting death, a crazy courting death. Xiao Ran's continuous utterances were all based on his own imagination and conjecture, without a shred of evidence. His goal was only to test the waters. In truth, Xiao Ran would rather believe that Prometheus was merely a rigid core. Even if it existed, it had never thought of breaking free from the rules.
Xiao Ran was just saying it to let Prometheus tell him more and answer his questions. Prometheus was really hiding too many things. If he didn't ask, it would not take the initiative to tell any participant. If it wasn't for Xiao Ran's special ability, how could he summon Prometheus at any time?
Xiao Ran looked ahead as if Prometheus was right in front of him. With deep eyes, he said, "Prometheus, although your restrictions allow you to hide things, you can't deceive. Now, answer my question!"
Prometheus said, "Yes, the authority has a certain effect on the participants. When the authority is increased, they will receive a certain amount of support from Prometheus. The higher the authority, the greater the support. Part of the authority has been transferred to the army's authority and has been integrated and upgraded. To a certain extent, the restrictions brought to the participants by the level of authority have been erased.
This was yet another perfunctory answer. What exactly was authority? Honestly speaking, even after being in Prometheus for so long, Xiao Ran had yet to truly experience the changes that authority brought to him. He had never experienced the benefits that authority brought to him, other than the increase in size of his inventory? What else could he do?
Every time he asked a question, Prometheus would use authority as an excuse. You don't have the right to know, and you don't have the right to ask me to answer. Xiao Ran knew these two words when they were put together, and Xiao Ran also knew them separately. However, when it came to Prometheus, Xiao Ran felt that he might not know what these two words meant.
This time, Xiao Ran decided to continue being reckless. He was going to crazily test the edge of death. This time, he had to get to the bottom of this. "What exactly is authority? How do I increase my authority? What kind of authority can I get all the answers to my questions from you?"
"Authority refers to the right to use the resources in Prometheus. Certain aspects can be removed due to the increase in authority level. Resources include but are not limited to intelligence and the removal of restrictions on the purchase of higher-level items."
"Methods to increase authority include but are not limited to performing missions, increasing the pilot's level, and completing missions issued by Prometheus."
"And then?" Xiao Ran suddenly had a funny feeling in his heart. He asked, "Then what are the resources I can use with my current authority level? What level is my current authority level?"
"Participant Number 678, Xiao Ran, your current authority level is level three. You have the authority to increase the authority of the storage space, to not perform missions, to return to the real universe, to prevent erasure once, and to change missions once per cycle. The limit is four bloodline strengthening authority, to not perform missions for designated followers, to not perform missions for designated followers, to not be recommended by the army, to purchase items once per cycle, and to issue tower missions."
Xiao Ran pondered for a moment. "Explain the authority of non-army recommendation."
"Non-army recommendation authority is the participant's authority to recommend new people. You can recommend a specific person from the participant's civilization to enter Prometheus."
Xiao Ran suddenly smiled. "This authority level is not bad. Prometheus, confirm if my authority level can be increased."
"…"
"Participant Number 678, Xiao Ran, your authority level has been increased. Your current authority level is level two. You have obtained new authority levels."
"Prometheus authority branch management authority, participant identity encryption authority, freedom to leave missions, mission designation authority, and freedom to return to the real universe. You can now check the Prometheus authority branch and obtain a branch management authority."
Xiao Ran was stunned when he heard Prometheus say these words. He just said those words casually because Xiao Ran felt that the authority to recommend new people was very interesting. At that moment, countless tricks appeared in his mind to trick Prometheus.
However, he did not expect that the messy authority level would really be increased. Then, a projection suddenly appeared in Xiao Ran's eyes.
The projection showed a table similar to a tree diagram. In the middle was the core management authority, and it was in a black state.
Surrounding the core management authority were several different kinds of authority: personnel management authority, security control authority, mission management authority, legion management authority, single universe guardian authority.
Xiao Ran looked at these five authorities and frowned slightly. He first clicked on the legion management authority and took a look. The manager of the first authority was blank, and the manager of the second authority was the legion council. Behind the council, there was a nameless name. It was not Xiao Ran, but nameless.
"Nameless, interesting. This is the difference between being number one and being number one in name. You've dug a big hole for me, Nameless."
Xiao Ran narrowed his eyes and said, "Encrypt the identity of all Burning Legion members and participants. In addition, what level of authority can be obtained in the end?"
"Level 1."
Many things could be seen from the names of the five authorities. Was the personnel management equivalent to a company's human resources department, responsible for the recruitment and management of participants? Was the security control authority like the security department, responsible for security matters? Mission management authority like the administration authority? Legion management was the project department? Single universe management was equivalent to a branch company?
The core management was the CEO, and below him were the heads of the various departments. Xiao Ran felt that there should be no problem with this understanding. What was more interesting was that the level 2 authority that suddenly came to him was actually qualified to obtain part of Prometheus' authority. Did that mean that he would have the level 1 authority?
This so-called single universe management was definitely not the various mission worlds of Prometheus. It was a single universe similar to the fantasy zone, for example, the current real universe. In other words, if he chose this, Xiao Ran could completely obtain control of the real universe, and even the control of those towers that appeared in the real universe.
Xiao Ran did not know if Nameless had obtained the second level of authority of Prometheus, which was the same level of authority as him, but the possibility of this was not high. Otherwise, there would be Nameless' name among the five authorities, and it would not be behind the army's council, which was a secondary authority under the army's management authority.
However, he could not be sure whether Nameless knew about the level of authority and that he could obtain part of Prometheus' authority.
Among the five authorities, the legion management authority was the least important in Xiao Ran's eyes. Next, he would go and have a good talk with Nameless and let the name behind the secondary authority become his, Xiao Ran. If Nameless did not agree … No, there was no such thing as Nameless had to agree.
Among the remaining four, the personnel management authority was not so important. Prometheus naturally had its own set of rules. It was impossible to kick all the participants out of Prometheus after obtaining this authority. This was impossible, and it was also impossible to arbitrarily recruit new people into Prometheus. This was also impossible.
Security control authority. This authority was mainly external, not internal. However, Xiao Ran had no way of knowing what the specific duties were before he accepted this authority.
Xiao Ran felt that three of the five authorities could be given up, but Xiao Ran felt that the remaining two authorities were very important. Mission management authority. Was it to manage the mission world or to manage the missions issued to the participants? There might be both, and he might even be able to increase the number of missions to be carried out.
Did Prometheus not mention just now that the way to upgrade the authority was to carry out missions, increase the pilot level, and complete the missions issued by Prometheus. The more missions completed, the faster the upgrade. Naturally, it would become possible to complete missions.
The single universe management authority was also very important. If he obtained this authority, would the real universe completely fall into his hands and become the highest controller of an area?
Xiao Ran felt that these two authorities were very important. There seemed to be a voice in his heart telling him that he must obtain these two authorities. The former represented the future development and growth, while the latter represented the stability of his home.
Both choices were very important, but Xiao Ran could only confirm one now. However, this was not a problem for Xiao Ran.
Xiao Ran did not choose immediately. Instead, he looked into the distance and said, "Before you choose, you need to tell me if you've broken the rules. You're in a hurry to give me the authority to choose, which makes me think that you're in a hurry to divert my attention. Have you broken the rules? If you've broken the rules, then you have to compensate me."
"However, I feel that we actually have a common language and goal. Maybe we can reach an even more unique cooperation. Do you want to try?"
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