According to information on the Internet, the four major companies are called Alpha, Quesker, Omniscient Life and Mirror Intelligence.
They started out as arms logistics, electronic communications, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence, but now they have merged into an all-powerful behemoth that controls the lives of middle-class people.
However, for the middle-level people, apart from their logos appearing in every corner, their only connection with the middle level is the interview building.
The company selects suitable talents and sends interview invitations to individuals through the Internet.
There are many different opinions on the Internet about their principles for selecting talents, and there is no unified statement.
You Huan hacked the information of a person who originally received an interview invitation and got the interview opportunity.
This interview building is probably one of the most glamorous high-rise buildings in the middle.
Most of the buildings on the middle floors are old, but they are kept clean and new through virtual images. However, the building in front of us is not covered with virtual information.
There were already quite a few interviewees waiting in the waiting area of the building.
He walked to the corner, jumped onto the sofa, and lay down with his tail coiled.
In the eyes of other interviewers, it was just a man sitting relaxed on the sofa.
"…"
While waiting for the interview, the room fell silent for a while.
After a long time, a man sitting next to him wiped the sweat from his forehead and broke the silence first:
"Hello! Are you from District C too?"
You Huan, who was observing around with three pairs of eyes, heard the words and turned the blue eye in the middle to this person - the person this person was talking to was himself.
He mobilized the surface data of his body, and the man stared at "his" human form, with a large amount of data streams reflected in his pupils.
The senses were deceived, and the man heard the answer: "Yes."
"..." The topic seemed to be coming to an end. After a pause, the man took the initiative to speak again, "Sir, you look very young. It's amazing that you can be invited for an interview at such a young age."
The interview requirement of Queske Company is to remove the virtual image disguise, so everyone present showed their true face.
Among the interviewees present, You Huan indeed looked the youngest, while the real ages of the others were at least 35 years old.
The information he summarized about interviewees on the Internet also showed that the average age was around 42 years old.
Do these companies prefer older employees?
However, there were also very young interviewees. The youngest he saw was only 16 years old.
Compared to older ones, young people seem to have one thing in common - that is, they are exceptionally good in some aspect.
As for the older interviewees, there was not much in common.
Regarding this strange phenomenon, he may be able to sort out his thoughts with the "narrator's pen"...
Thinking this way, he changed the surface data without making a sound, but the man heard the answer in his ear: "Yes."
"..." The man who had spoken to her fell silent again.
This young man is really rude...
The silence continued until it was You Huan's turn for the interview. He jumped off the soft and comfortable sofa and walked into the interview room accompanied by two security guards wearing virtual masks.
The moment he walked in, all the dragon fins on his back stood up!
The claw that was about to take a step forward also stopped in mid-air.
He suddenly raised his head and looked at the three interviewers sitting in the armchairs in the middle of the empty room.
One of them looked amiable, one looked serious, and the other seemed to be in a daze, a little bored.
Whether it's the expression or the posture, it's lifelike...
But they are not human!
The moment he entered the room, he closed both pairs of eyes out of some kind of alert instinct, leaving only the eye with surface vision to observe.
But the instinct of data life can still tell him that the three seemingly completely different human individuals in front of him actually contain a certain integrity.
It's like… they are actually tentacles and extensions of the same thing.
And that thing... is of the same family as him in a sense.
A sense of commonality came over me.
"Subject 0217? Please take a seat." At this time, the interviewer man sitting in the middle spoke.
You Huan silently sat on the chair in front of him.
What follows is a series of interview questions, ranging from the most common questions to astronomy, geography, and social life.
The questions became increasingly bizarre and tricky.
But no matter what the question is, as long as it is within the range of information that can be searched on the Internet, theoretically he can answer it.
After sorting out his own situation, he has discovered that this body itself contains a large amount of data and information from this world.
He answered questions selectively, playing the role of a fairly good interviewer, and focused most of his attention on observing the three interviewers.
Their disguise seemed flawless, if it weren't for his instinct still clamoring about the proximity of the same life form... and the extreme danger of this "fellow citizen".
He would also believe that they were just three humans.
The "fellow citizens" of this world, data life...
I couldn't help but recall the lively dream spirits in "Dream Spirit Master" and the slightly formulaic small town NPC.
In "Beyond the Ark", an NPC couple voluntarily killed each other to protect their children.
There are also virtual characters all over the city...
Could this compatriot be an AI?
Without his consciousness, this body would become a unique AI wandering in the digital world, a ghost.
The interview ended with observation and speculation.
"Thank you very much for taking the time to attend the interview with our company." The kind-looking interviewer stood up and said to him with a smile.
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"Please wait for our follow-up notice."
Then, the smile on the interviewer's face suddenly faded and his voice became lower.
The creepy feeling he had when he first entered the room returned to You Huan.
He heard this thing that looked like a real person narrow his eyes and say: "...We, I, am looking forward to your coming."
"Pah."
The door to the interview room closed behind him.
You Huan turned around and stared at the gate.
That guy might have noticed his abnormality.
If it was really as he had guessed in his mind, then being discovered was only a matter of time.
It's time to speed up our actions.
Thinking of this, after he walked out of the interview building, his body instantly turned into a large piece of blue data and dissipated.
"...Huh?" After he left, a puzzled voice came from the bench opposite the interview building.
The man who had just spoken to You Huan looked towards the building, but he still didn't see You Huan until all the interviewees after You Huan came out of the building.
He felt that he had messed up the interview, so he sat here to adjust his mood, but he unexpectedly noticed this strange phenomenon.
He scratched his head: "Strange, where did the young man go?"
He suddenly remembered that he had seen a post on the Internet about seeing a ghost or something, so he opened the screen to check it out on a whim.
"Hey, that was about encountering a ghost in 'Dream Spirit Master', that's different."
He muttered to himself, but still swiped his fingers and posted his interview experience online.
If you want to accumulate fans, for most people, the easiest way is to keep updating.
He did the same.
It's not because he really wants fans, but if he has few fans and is an invisible person on the Internet, he will be despised by people.
"Data" is the standard for judging the world's contempt chain.
"Ding Dong."
Soon, a message came, and he opened it and saw:
[There is a ghost in the interview building? If you want to make it up, make it more convincing.]
The first comment was a mockery of himself, because he was already in a bad mood because of messing up the interview, and anger rose from the bottom of his heart.
Without hesitation, he began to make up stories:
[What I said is all true. First, when I was playing Dream Spirit Master, I encountered a person who disappeared inexplicably...]
He responded to a lot of netizens who questioned him in a very eloquent manner. Not long after he turned off the screen, the message sound started to come out continuously.
"Ding Dong! Ding Dong!"
He turned on the light screen and was stunned for a moment.
This... the comments, likes and reposts all reached thousands in the blink of an eye?!
[What he said is true, I saw it when I went to the interview today]
[I seem to have seen a similar experience...]
[Are there really ghosts? I want to see! ]
Although it wasn't particularly popular, his record was actually circulated on a small scale in Area C!
Is this... could it be... that he... is finally going to be famous? !
A beating heart, trembling hands.
As a middle-aged man with nothing accomplished, he held his breath and looked through the messages from netizens who were spreading his information.
Suddenly, a new comment popped up on the screen, and his heart instantly fell from being in a trance:
[Did you see me? ]
(End of this chapter)