"Hello, this is Youzhi Corporation's Artificial Service Center, how may I assist you, sir?"
7-OFF smiled as he looked at the customer on the screen, with the customer's personality information and current micro-expression analysis displayed in the upper left corner.
"What the hell is wrong with your assistant AI? It's like a freaking retard! Doesn't even know how to pose a doll? I paid for the genuine version! And this is the quality I get?" the naked man on the screen fumed.
"I'm sorry, sir, the n2-level Youyou AI requires some time to train and learn. It has only been with you for three hours, and the model training time is still insufficient. But rest assured, as long as you let it stay by your side, it will record your habits and get to understand you better."
"Why can't you just upgrade the intelligence level?! If I had known it was this bad, I would've fucking gone to Pirate Bay and bought a pirated version!"
"Sir, purchasing pirated versions is a violation of copyright, and please do not do so; otherwise, you will receive a bullet warning for justice. Moreover, it's not that we don't want to increase the intelligence level, according to Article 3, to prevent the AI Crisis, the highest level for AI is currently only n2."
"Go to hell, eat shit, you fucking company dogs!!" Seeing that the artificial service couldn't resolve the issue, the man cursed and directly shut down the service channel.
Just as it ended, a drone with the symbol 001 flew directly in front of him.
"0527, customer NO.156 just gave you a negative review. According to company Regulation Chapter 25, Section 31, a salary deduction penalty will be applied to you, thus your salary balance for this month is -149. Please prepare in advance, or you not only will lose this job, we will proceed with a personal asset liquidation."
"Fuck!" 7-OFF slammed the table in agony, "I was just following the company's regulations! So I have to pay you guys to work, huh?!"
"Artificial customer service is based on performance, you still have 20 days to work hard and pay off this debt."
Then, the drone simply ignored him and flew away by itself,
Before 7-OFF could say anything else, the next customer forcibly appeared in front of him, completely disregarding his mood.
7-OFF trembled with rage, really wanting to flip the table and quit, but when he saw the photo of one woman with two children on the system interface, he forcibly suppressed his anger.
"Hello? Is anyone there? Isn't it supposed to be real human service? Why does it seem like AI?"
Hearing the customer's inquiry, 7-OFF quickly put on his trademark smile, laboriously dealing with all the work.
Time gradually passed, and when the negative salary finally turned positive, 7-OFF finally was able to clock out from work.
Weary, he stood up and left his station, only for another employee to quickly take his heated seat.
Then 7-OFF stood on the conveyor belt, being transported towards the elevator like cargo along with other off-duty colleagues.
After leaving the company, he raised a defiant middle finger to the tall skyscrapers behind him before turning around and boarding the subway to the City Center Hospital.
City Center Hospital was pristine white, exceptionally clean thanks to the Cleaning Robots, yet occasionally disrupted by various severely injured patients being admitted.
While walking through the spacious hospital corridors, 7-OFF also heard the hospital's melodious announcement.
"Dear patient friends, good evening, please do not die in the hospital corridors, thank you for your cooperation."
Amidst various noises, 7-OFF entered the underground third-level morgue and pulled open the first heavy morgue drawer.
Accompanied by the chill and white mist, the sight of the blown-up corpse inside made him frown involuntarily.
He closed the door and continued to pull open all the morgue drawers; after checking each one, he finally found an empty slot in drawer number 51.
As his Artificial Eye rapidly scanned the morgue drawer, warm light lit up inside the dark drawer, temporarily granting him a 12-hour residency in this morgue drawer.
This had been his residence for years; the hospital's morgue, where coffins for storing bodies, in the absence of dead bodies, were temporarily converted into capsule hotels to squeeze the last bit of value for those who couldn't afford a place to rest.
As 7-OFF lay down inside, the drawer closed, the originally low temperature meant for freezing corpses quickly rose to a comfortable level, and at this moment, he finally had his own private room in the city.
Although the space was narrow and he couldn't even sit up, it was still the cheapest single room and much better than those renting together or homeless on the streets.
Moreover, staying here came with an implicit service; should he accidentally die during the rental period, he would enjoy a 50% discount from the "Are you dead?" APP.
Having a place to stay and such great benefits were not available elsewhere.
Lying in the morgue drawer, 7-OFF took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, and pulled out a game chip from a slit in his forearm, inserting it into a neural slot behind his ear.
Accompanied by a giant game company's logo popping up before his eyes, the surroundings gradually sank into darkness.
Gradually, sounds began to emerge around him; he stood up and looked around—it was a lush green forest, or more precisely, a two-dimensional cartoon-style forest, a two-dimensional world.
7-OFF breathed in the fresh air, listening to the birds and insects; in an instant, he forgot all the troubles of work.
He stood up and walked towards the outskirts of the forest, greeted by vast rice fields, the green rice seedlings swaying gently in the breeze, the air filled with the scent of rice, that was the earth's most sincere flavor.
Continuing along the winding path, traditional Japanese townhouses gradually appeared on both sides. These traditional buildings were mostly wooden structures, with roofs covered in green tiles, time left mottled marks on them, adding a bit of rustic charm and flavor.
This was a Japanese village located on the outskirts, though everything felt very dated and even somewhat run-down, everything was so peaceful and beautiful. In his eyes, the cold city he just left was a nightmare, whereas this was his true home.
"Jian Tai~! Jian Tai!" 7-OFF saw his explosively curvaceous aunt and her twin beautiful daughters in the distance.
Then 7-OFF saw the three of them open their arms and rush towards him, eagerly hugging him tightly. "Jian Tai, where have you been? We've been looking for you for so long."