Chapter Three: One Person Missing from the World

Examiner Hertz appeared for the first time. Its avatar was a white cube assembled from countless eyes. [Human sample Gu Ye: Three local performances cannot alter the civilization verdict. Humanity has accumulated two civilization-level failures. At the third, the entire sample will undergo silent deletion.] "How many people are in the entire sample?" Gu Ye asked. [Currently registered: approximately 8.14 billion.] Nobody spoke. Gu Ye had only wanted enough money to pay his debt. He feared trouble, failure, and most of all the silence when nobody beyond the camera applauded. Now Zhou held A-Li's hand as if gripping a memory at the edge of a cliff. Gu Ye changed the stream title: [8.14 BILLION CUSTOMERS DEMAND AFTER-SALES SUPPORT.]