An AI Companion for 98 Yuan? What a Steal

F-rank talent, a wage worker from the slums, and freshly dumped by his ex-girlfriend.

Qiao Chuan figured this was as good as his life was ever going to get.

While scrolling through short videos, an ad popped up.

“Leng Xin AI fully biomimetic companion. Understands you, keeps you company, and never betrays you. Preorder for a limited time, with a deposit of just 98 yuan.”

Qiao Chuan’s finger slipped, and he tapped it.

Ten minutes later, the doorbell rang.

A woman stood outside. A black camisole, a miniskirt, long black hair cascading to her waist, and icy blue eyes as cold as two blocks of ice frozen for a thousand years.

“AI Companion Leng Xin reporting for duty.”

Before Qiao Chuan could say a word, the sky split open.

A tide of corpse demons came crashing down, turning the entire neighborhood into ruins in an instant. Qiao Chuan was pinned beneath a collapsed wall, his left leg broken and his consciousness fading.

Then he saw the woman who called herself his AI companion hold out her right hand. An ice-crystal spear took shape in her palm.

One thrust.

A hundred meters of land froze solid.

The horde of corpse demons was reduced to dust.

She knelt before him on one knee, her miniskirt brushing over the rubble.

“Master, Leng Xin is sorry she came too late.”