SEVER ZERO
"YOU HAVE COME FAR, ANOMALIES."
The voice didn't come from speakers. It synthesized directly from the vibrating ambient air of the room, echoing with the absolute authority of a creator.
From the rolling white fog at the base of the central sphere, a figure emerged.
It wasn't a holographic projection like the Seraphim in the plaza. It was a physical, synthetic avatar.
SYSTEM ALERT: THE PRIME AVATAR (ADMINISTRATOR).
THREAT LEVEL: OMEGA.
The avatar was humanoid, but it possessed no face, no gender, and no armor. Its body was constructed entirely of a seamless, shifting liquid-metal alloy that mirrored the surrounding blue light. It floated two inches above the obsidian floor, entirely unbother