"Ghosts aren't scary. Ghosts who don't understand what people need are."
Lin Du, a product manager laid off by AI, bound himself to a System called "Netherworld Algorithm" just before jumping into the river.
The water ghost wasn't there to claim his life. It was there to conduct "user interviews."
There were no living people in the livestream comments, only a sharp-tongued AI assistant named Xiao Zhang.
"First livestream: 0 viewers, 0 yuan in tips, AI practice partner rating: B-."
Lin Du had planned to be a lazy streamer, coasting along until he died. But then he discovered that his consciousness was a "recoverable asset" belonging to a mysterious organization.
An "old civilization consciousness network" really existed, and his mission was to...
repair the Underworld's foundational algorithms and patch the ghosts of the whole world.
Cybernetic magical artifacts, brain-computer interfaces, little-known facts about reincarnation, a good-for-nothing skill that lets him move dust with his mind...
This is the story of a product manager who uses internet thinking to turn the Underworld upside down.
