《The Dungeon System》Chapter 11 - Gods Inc
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A notification popped up on a computer screen in a rather plain and boring seeming office. The owner of said computer looked up from his laptop that sat adjacent to the rather ancient looking desk where he was playing some sort of strategy game and groaned.
“Oh come on, what is it now? I thought I had dealt with all the bugs that the Space Core Initiative created. What is it now?”
He paused his game, and woke his desktop from its screen saver and pulled up the notification bar.
“Okay, Dave wants me to audit his accounting, Leanna wants me to update her Anit-Virus, seems like she got some rather violent Spruce Trojans. Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C35 has been placed under Administrator Review for being overpowered? What?”
He pulled up his list of Cores that existed and clicked through the various tabs until he reached the one that this Core would belong to. He looked at the list of cores in the Planetary System and slowly closed his laptop and reached for his phone.
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C1 [Active]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C2 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C3 [Hibernation]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C4 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C5 [Hibernation]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C6 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C7 [Hibernation]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C8 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C9 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C10 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C11 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C12 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C13 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C14 [Active]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C15 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C16 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C17 [Hibernation]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C18 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C19 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C20 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C21 [Active]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C22 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C23 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C24 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C25 [Hibernation]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C26 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C27 [Hibernation]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C28 [Hibernation]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C29 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C30 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C31 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C32 [Hibernation]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C33 [Destroyed]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C34 [Hibernation]
Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C35 [Active]
He Dialed a number and waited for someone to pick up, after trying repeatedly to get an answer he gave up and Dialed another number. Pulling up more files on his computer he waited for an answer, and this time got one.
“Hey, Berny, I have this problem, can you get off your throne and come down to my office?” With that he hung up and stared at the files that pertained to the question.
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Core: Core-U2-PS7-CSG-C35
Status: Active
Level: 4
Estimated Threat: B+
Shown Threat: S+
Combat Capability:
350 Kobold Warriors
150 Kobold Skirmishers
30 Tamed Lizards
2 Kobold Knight
1 Kobold Beastmaster of the Arena
10 Kobold Archers
50 Kobold Soldiers
2 Snow Deer
1 LVL 225 Cultist Head Priest
Combat Kills:
185 Muloc Raiders
12 Muloc Veterans
5 Grey Wolfs
1 [Adorable] Rabbit
1 LVL 35 Necromancer
The IT Technician stared at this list and wondered why this one had been singled out. Frankly this core did not seem like a problem, besides the anomaly of the LVL 225 Cultist and would quickly pass out of the Technicians memory. A hole appeared in the wall behind the Technician and a figure stepped into the room, compared to the rather plain looking Technician, this man was a stunner dressed in a tailored black suit.
“What is the problem Alkazan, master of the realities? Why do you need me here? Can’t you deal with this on your own?”
The IT Technician winced when he heard his name and title spoken out loud but replied to the man's question.
“Please don’t say my full name and title again please, at least not in the same room as me. After we switched from a Pantheon to a more Corporate Structure I would prefer to be called Al remember? And I called you down here because your my boss and need to be informed of major problems when the Chief calls for a status report. And the Major Problem I have found is this planetary system. It’s completely cut off from outside contact, apparently during the second or maybe the First major war between the Major Powers of Science and Technology someone created a shield over the entire planetary system. Nothing could enter and Nothing could leave, they even blocked the formation crystals for Dungeons from spawning somehow. There must have been some degradation over the past few millennia and a new Dungeon got spawned somehow and got shut down temporarily for being overpowered. Its currently waiting for Administrator Review, which is also under your purview, which is another reason I called you down here.”
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The Admin was stunned by those words and wordlessly materialized a desk next to the Technician that he sat down and pulled up those files that were relevant to the issue.
“So, the Core isn’t why you called me down here, the real issue is the shield around the Planetary System.”
“Yes, im running a full scan on it and am contacting my fellow Technicians to get to the office. We’ve been slacking if we’ve missed something this big, I wonder what else we might have missed.”
“Okay, I’m going to put in a recommendation to officially appoint you Head of IT, your Space Core initiative seems to be going well so far. This Core that got flagged? Seems like with the lack of New Cores Spawning and possibly because of the War most of the other Cores were destroyed and monsters grew more numerous and yet weaker all over the Planetary System. The Sentients must have gone extinct or something, or else they would have contained the Monsters. With that the Core was able to just kill a lot of the monsters easily, but the system rated them as before this shield was enacted so it’s actually a lot weaker than it seems.”
The Admin pressed a few keys and scrolled through pages as he said this. He then went to the page controlling the core and began typing quick lines of Code as he continued.
“Normally if a situation like this happened I would nerf the Core, but I think this requires a special touch. I’m going to deploy a few Omega Class Events and send a Reconnaissance crew to investigate the planet. Meanwhile I will manually take control of the Cores rewards and system so that it can't just assimilate the entire planet. How long until we can spawn new Cores on the planet?”
“I think it will take us at least a year to take down the shield, and another year to find willing souls for a new batch of Cores. So maybe two years?”
The Admin thought for a moment, running calculations in his mind as he thought. Turning back to his computer he finished his code and pressed enter, sending his orders into the system and from then to the material plane.
“I’m going to enjoy working with this Special Core. I’ve always wanted to have my own crusade against sentients.”
The IT Technician rolled his eyes and went back to his computer while the Admin began laughing evilly as he left the office.
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