John didn't wait long before VAS came back and reported his findings.

“The computer is running on minimum capacity, and the room is like this since other power resources available are busy creating a new cable toward the power core. I don't know how long it would take, though.” VAS sounded a bit down at the end of his words; clearly, to John, he attempted everything it currently could perform.

“Don't worry, VAS, but did you gain anything else?” John wasn't bothered by VAS. After all, VAS was as new to him as a newborn system. Hearing John's words, VAS was feeling better and quickly reported to John his findings in that aspect. “Well, in the first place, you became a 'candidate' successor, but I believe there are no other candidates, so it could be just temporarily before gaining full control. And second, once the cable is completed, the room will become fully functional. It also seems that this computer somehow recognizes you as a human soul. Which surprised me, truthfully.”

John was surprised to discover that it knew of his being a human soul. That wasn't, in his opinion, something a scientist would believe. Unless they find a way to prove souls exist, no… That would mean they would be capable of developing artificial souls, right? John suddenly shook his head. “Don't overthink it, John; we will know later if the knowledge is accessible.” John muttered to himself.

While John was clearing his complicated and confusing thoughts, he was roused from them when a sound like a huge computer got turned on—the spinning of a fan—a high but short sound too, but after a second. The room began expanding. In the center of the room, a table was constructed, and its surface started to glow. A 3D hologram appeared, showing the blueprint of an enormous building, but most of the buildings were red and only tiny pieces were white. Next to the hologram appeared three collapsed options: filter, modify, and maintenance.

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John explored the options and after checking through them, he quickly and easily knew what was each for.

FILTER All √ Missing Finished MODIFY Build Replace Destroy MAINTENANCE Repair Decorate Detail

Filter: As its name implies, it filters out what you desire to mark or not.

Modify: Using the build option allows you to construct certain facilities. And you can also replace one facility with another type, it seems. On top of that, you can destroy facilities, which seem to be a bit skeptical to John.

Maintenance: With this, you could repair facilities, but how is decoration considered maintenance? Another one made John question these options. And the detail function shows details of the factory, like the logs and the status of the factory.

Not long after, VAS sent John a virtual screen, as if he had followed John's thoughts.

The destroy function is meant if there is space required for bigger facilities or when it cannot be repaired due to some kind of accident. The decoration here implies the environment, like keeping things clean. Also, if there are living creatures, maintain plants to provide oxygen. It basically is everything else from nano-machinery.