Suddenly a big ass bright blue screen appeared in front of me. 

Would you like to join the System?? Yes? No?

Honestly when a big blue box appeared in my face in the basement of a castle, on a planet thats sci-fi like but pretty much dead, I stared at it for the next 10 minutes

Few minutes later...

Ok so If I press yes I might get the answers Im looking for but If I press no then well nothing might happend but there's a less chance of dying. Hmmmm, how about, YES.

And then...

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World System Message 4/25/1935 Hello there Vygtorn's of the world Char. I am Hector, a Owner of the system. You have been one of the chosen civilizations to test out a prototype version of the System. The System is a tool to help you progress your civilizations technology, intelligence, and one's own strength. I hope to see good things from you. Goodbye.

"What the hell?"... and then.

World System Message 8/23/1974 As it has become apparent that this civilizations population has reached a death point of 98% and above, the System version 23 is being terminated. The rest of the population will be stripped away of the System and be eliminated.  

A few minutes of trying to comprehend the situation later...

Ok so my understanding is that these so called "owners" are going around to different civilizations and trying out their system. When a civilization falls, they will kill all the remaining population and move on to a new civilization. When he said "one of the civilizations" they're probably testing different versions of the system on multiple civilizations. Sound like a bunch of assholes. But I wonder what the system is? That blue box, looks a lot like...hmmmm....

"Stats"

And then.