I Work Part-Time in the Underworld

“The end of the universe is a government job, and the end of a government job is a side hustle.”

“You have a new message from the underworld. Please check your inbox.”

“996 in the world of the living, 007 in the world of the dead. Turns out I never escaped.”

“Don’t ask. The answer is, ‘I had to accept whatever assignment they gave me.’”

“Grandma Meng’s soup, Forget-Worries Water. Down this cup, and in your next life you’ll still be a wage slave.”

A modern programmer with an unusual birth chart dies suddenly and is specially recruited by the Underworld Bureau because his skills are a perfect fit. He is both a temporary worker connecting the worlds of the living and the dead and a key talent in the underworld’s digital transformation.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.