A Half-Million Commission—and My Second Self Solves Crimes

When the lights returned, Zero was gone. The doors and windows were locked. Cameras showed nobody leaving. Only a wet footprint remained. The system's explanation consisted of two words: [Insufficient data.] At seven that morning, Lu Chen paid his overdue debt and three months of rent. His landlord's tone changed from “Get out today” to “Young people should tell us when times are hard.” The world changed faces faster than code threw errors. Tang Tang posted the repair story. “Disgraced Genius Saves Ten-Million-Yuan Livestream in Seven Minutes” began trending, and commissions flooded Lu Chen's inbox: programs, cheating spouses, prize fights, surgery—even ten thousand to serve someone else's prison sentence.