Chapter 1 Infinite Fortress - Prometheus

"Ding!" A crisp sound from the soul echoed in Xiao Ran's mind, waking him up from the endless darkness.

Slowly opened his eyes, what caught his eyes was a huge, clean and inexplicable sci-fi space, about 30 meters high and wide, in the empty space, only Xiao Ran and the holographic projection in front of him were conspicuous Incomparable, and on both sides of this huge space, there are a few monitor-like things hanging on the white walls made of unknown materials, showing an image of an endless and vast starry sky.

Xiao Ran's eyes were staring like lanterns, his head was bewildered and his expression was blank. Anyone who sleeps well and wakes up to find that he is not in his own bed, I think, will have the same expression and thinking: "Where is this place? Why am I here?"

Before Xiao Ran could wake up, a voice that clearly appeared in his ears but could reach the depths of his soul rang out:

"Ding, welcome to the cosmic fortress Prometheus."

"Your number is 678."

"The area you are in is the real area, where you can perform tasks related to real mechs, and distribute the task rewards you have obtained."

"In 30 minutes, you will start entering the mission world to perform your first mission. This mission is a group novice mission, and no experienced pilots will participate."

"You have thirty minutes to understand this fort within the scope of your authority."

"Your attributes are currently: Hit 2 (2) affects shooting ability and accuracy

Ability 1 (1) Affects fighting ability and strength

Reflection 6 (6) affects reaction speed and sensitivity

Spirit 8 (8) affects skill cost and perception

Constitution 3 (3) affects physical fitness and endurance

(The value in brackets represents the normal value, and the value outside the brackets represents the current body value)

Skills: None.

Overall Rating: No rating. "

Xiao Ran, who was somewhat at a loss, was suddenly taken aback, his eyes gradually changed from dull to stunned, and then the corners of his mouth pulled out a huge amount, which made his mouth wider, especially in conjunction with the blue shirt he was wearing. Doraemon pajamas, and with his bare feet, he looked extremely cute.

After several minutes, as thirty minutes passed by, Xiao Ran suddenly slapped himself on the face. The clear sound and burning pain made him understand that all this was not a dream, but It's an inexplicable fact.

"Damn it, Lord God Space, what is this?" Xiao Ran raised his head and looked at the clean ceiling above his head and shouted loudly, with a sense of dumbfounding in his tone.

An emotionless voice echoed in Xiao Ran's ear: "This is the real area of ​​the Prometheus Fortress, located at the junction of the planes in the universe. created, and I'm the master system that manages everything."

Xiao Ran never thought that the voice would answer his words, but from the voice's answer, he knew that today is definitely not a real dream, but a cruel fact. Xiao Ran, who is naturally not nervous, also felt a little nervous at this time , being able to pull him from another dimension to this place, this is something that can only be done by gods or aliens with extremely advanced technology, no matter who it is, it is definitely not something that he can resist and offend.

Stretching out his hand to press his beating heart, he was indeed a little apprehensive and afraid of the unknown,

There was still a trace of excitement that he didn't know where it came from, Xiao Ran asked: "How did I come here."

"A program that spreads in a certain galaxy in the universe is a key to the Prometheus Fortress. Once you download it to the terminal and open it, you will come to this place."

"Program? Terminal?" Xiao Ran's face suddenly became a little weird. He remembered that he was habitually playing with his mobile phone before going to sleep, and even downloaded a game on a certain publishing platform with his mobile phone. There was no introduction, only some robot wars The game with pictures contains Gundam, Zaku, and even mechs like Sebasta and Geta.

Xiao Ran, who liked these things since he was a child, downloaded this game immediately. What's more, Xiao Ran clearly remembered that the download volume of that program was a very conspicuous 0, and he even watched it after opening the game. Looking at the constantly rotating reading interface, he fell asleep inexplicably, and then came to this place.

Xiao Ran smiled wryly a few times, it seems that he has found the reason why he came here, he can't blame anyone at all, if he wants to blame, he can only blame himself for being cheap, if he doesn't sleep well at night, he insists on using his phone The bad habit of falling asleep.

Although he felt a little uncomfortable, especially the feeling of emptiness in his heart made him a little uncomfortable, but he looked at the remaining fifteen minutes and forced his thoughts to start to clear up: "Is there anyone else in this fortress? Why? Is it just me here?"

"The Prometheus Fortress will summon all the people who have used the key from all over the galaxy. After you complete the novice mission, you can go to other areas in the real area to communicate with other people."

Xiao Ran raised his eyebrows, and this time he noticed a word sensitively—everywhere in the galaxy, that is to say, Prometheus has other people, even quite a few people, but they all come from the same galaxy different planets. Xiao Ran didn't know what the aliens looked like, whether they could be called human beings, presumably they were not very different from the people on Earth.

But where there are people, there must be rivers and lakes, where there are strong people, there will be weak ones, Xiao Ran took this sentence learned from the game as the most reasonable, seeing the attributes that appeared in the virtual projection ahead, so he asked: "What class does my attribute belong to in this place? I mean the newcomers."

"You belong to the primary technological planet Earth in the real area. Whether it is technological development or physical development, your planet is far inferior to other planets in the same area that can receive keys. It is normal to have low attributes and no skills."

Xiao Ran only felt a drop of cold sweat dripping down his face, and the inexplicable answer seemed to be irrelevant, but it definitely explained his current situation to him in detail.

"What is the basic level of other people's attributes? Are there any other earthlings?" Xiao Ran asked repeatedly: "You mentioned the mecha mission just now. Is the pilot attribute related to this? You mentioned the real zone several times. Are there other areas besides the real area?"

"In the Prometheus Fortress, the average attribute of newcomers in the real area is between 15 and 20. It is not ruled out that there will be newcomers with high attributes. Most of them will activate one or two skills." The inexplicable voice was originally emotionless , but at this time there is also a feeling of doubt: "Theoretically speaking, it is almost impossible for a person like you to open the key to go here, so you are the only one in the entire Prometheus Fortress with an exception like you."

The probability of one in six billion was drawn by him, Xiao Ran felt that he was a little bit broken, and in his dialect it would be broken.

"The pilot is the pilot who controls the mech. The attribute of the pilot is equal to your personal attribute. The higher the attribute, the stronger the strength you can play when driving the mech. Even when you are not driving the mech, you can also display a powerful Personal combat power, you can strengthen your own attributes through the merit points obtained after completing the task, and you can also improve your attributes through your own exercise. You can also use combat merit points to buy other items, skills, and maintain yourself equipment and supplementary supplies.”

Pilots, mechs, merit points, attributes, skills, and equipment are all words that Li Ran firmly remembers in his heart. These words are all related to life, especially the two words of pilots and mechs. Xiao Ran, who has loved this kind of animation and games since he was a child, is a little excited. Being able to drive a huge mech is definitely a steel romance that only belongs to men. For this kind of romance, the danger can probably be taken care of a little bit. .

"The Prometheus Fortress is divided into a real area, a super area, and a fantasy area. Different areas cannot be contacted for the time being, and the tasks performed in the mission worlds they go to are also different, and the rewards they get are also different."

A series of conversations have made Xiao Ran clear about some things about this world. The entire Prometheus Fortress seems to be a place dominated by mechas. He needs to go to different worlds to complete some tasks to make himself stronger. Also get more stuff.

Xiao Ran felt a little lucky, and said in his heart: "The real area, the super area, and the fantasy area should correspond to the world of the mission, the real robot series, the super robot series, and the fantasy robot series. How to distinguish the fantasy system, but I am very glad that I am in the safest and controllable real area. If I encounter that kind of super robot world, I am afraid I will die without knowing how to die."

"Can I go back to the original world?" Xiao Ran asked the question he was most concerned about.

"Your current authority cannot be answered, your current authority is: private."

Xiao Ran raised his eyebrows: "The way to increase authority."

"Complete the task issued by the main god, and obtain the upper limit of the total combat merit points to a certain value to increase the authority."

Although he did not get an answer, the voice did not clearly deny the possibility of Xiao Ran going back. Thinking of the people at home, there seemed to be a hope in Xiao Ran's heart, which made him take a deep breath, and asked indifferently: "The task information I want to perform."

"The task you want to perform is a group novice task. The task cannot be selected. The information of this novice task will be displayed on the projection in front of you."

The holographic virtual projection in front of Xiao Ran suddenly changed. When he saw it, he felt that his heart stopped for a moment, his breathing became more rapid, and he suddenly asked in a trembling voice: "What did you say just now?" As an Earthling, will anyone know the situation in the mission world before carrying out the mission?"

"The thing you said is basically impossible to exist. Whenever you complete the mission and return to the fortress, without any special props, the Lord God will automatically clear your mind about the trend of the mission world during the mission, leaving only the basic information. , the memory is returned only when you return to the same world again."

Xiao Ran's eyes lit up: "What about those outside the mission period?"

An inexplicable voice replied: "There is no memory that can be cleared outside the mission period."

"Hahaha..." Xiao Ran clutched his stomach and burst out laughing. He couldn't stop laughing, and even burst into tears: "Although I don't know what this place is, and it's all foreigners. The stars are not as powerful as them, but I have an advantage that can make me defy the sky!"

At this time, the screen that appeared on the virtual monitor represented an animation about the real mecha belonging to the earth, and movies and games were emerging on it. Although there were only pictures that could not explain anything, Xiao Ran still He immediately recognized all the items displayed in it, and most of them are the most famous mech series on Earth, Gundam.

And it represents the world of this non-selectable novice mission, which shows a picture of the earth and many huge hourglass-shaped satellite colonies facing each other far away.

"Group novice mission world, up to SEED, start countdown... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Now enter..."