"Oh my god, Christine, it's so good that you think that way!"
A bold, large caption popped up, as if Ya wanted to express her excitement: "Being able to muster the courage to communicate with others is the first step in gaining friendships. I have always hoped that you can get along well with others and successfully integrate into the city."
As of now, Cheng Zhu has not seen any place where the rules are clearly written.
The rules seemed to be right there in A's mouth.
1. Play your role well and be a friendly citizen.
If Cheng Zhu didn't know he was living in a world of strange and unpredictable rules, he would have thought he had traveled to a peaceful and wonderful world.
Cheng Zhu did not turn off her environmental assistance system. After all, she already knew that the outside world was not actually very pleasant, only barely clean. Under these circumstances, she pushed open the door of the "aquarium" and entered a corridor of the apartment filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers.
The warm sunlight shone on her, and the corridor looked brand new, as if it had just been built. Rows of white Roman columns with railings were entwined with green vines, on which bloomed some unknown species of flowers. Thanks to the AI-assisted system, everything she saw resembled a meticulously crafted open-world game. Arrows floated in mid-air above the doors of different neighbors, displaying information about them.
Cheng Zhu's room was number 404. Numbers 403 and 405 were unoccupied. Some of the other rooms were empty, while others had foreign names that Cheng Zhu found hard to remember. After looking around, he couldn't find any natives with their own country's name on the papers, which made him somewhat disappointed.
After all, when you're in a foreign land, it's inevitable to miss your fellow countrymen.
After much consideration, Cheng Zhu chose a female neighbor named Luna, who lived in room 201. She was an intellectual and gentle middle-aged woman.
It wasn't because of women's safety or personality issues; it was simply because Cheng Zhu followed a flashing arrow on the floor of a post and slowly walked to the second floor. He saw that the floating arrow at Luna's door was bigger and thicker than anywhere else, and there were several arrows at the same time. It was as if the message "Make friends with her" was smeared all over Cheng Zhu's face.
Under Ya's expectant gaze, Cheng Zhu suppressed his social anxiety, braced himself, and walked up to the doorbell.
After a stiff pause of two seconds, Chengzhu suddenly turned around and asked Ya, "So what should I say to make friends with her? Does Ya have any recommendations?" As a home-use AI, communicating with her about "providing social assistance to humans" should be within a safe range of interaction.
Seeing Cheng Zhu's slight hesitation, Aya's smile widened: "Of course, Christine. You should ring the doorbell and politely greet Ms. Luna: 'Hello, Ms. Luna, I'm Christine, the new resident. Would you like to exchange contact information?'"
"Then... what next?" Cheng Zhu wasn't foolish enough to do things step by step. "If she agrees, and we've finished our conversation, what should I say? 'Goodbye'?"
Cheng Zhu asked this on purpose.
Since it is an artificial intelligence that assists humans, it needs to play dumb and give her room to perform.
The more the artificial intelligence speaks, the more information the Chosen Ones gain.
As expected, Aya looked shocked: "My God, Christine, your social skills are terrible! How can you be so rude? If you keep this up, you won't be able to make any friends when you go to the elite school!"
However, the artificial intelligence in this world has one major flaw.
Ya spread his hands, and instantly six books floated in front of the two of them: "When Others Communicate With You," "The Power of Conversation," "The Art of Communication," "Social Etiquette for Beginners," "The Art of Communication and the Wisdom of Interpersonal Relationships," and "How to Socialize Humorously."
Seeing Cheng Zhu's wide eyes, Ya smiled and told her, "In this situation, it seems Christine really needs to buy some books to improve her social skills! Ya has collected the top ten best-selling books on social communication and selected six books suitable for Christine's social level. If you want to buy them all at once, there's a special package deal now, only 1288 universal points!"
"No, no need... I think I should exercise more on my own!"
Cheng Zhu couldn't even spare 998 universal points, let alone spend 1288 universal points to buy these useless books.
The rejected Ya looked sad, clearly because she had failed in her sales pitch again. However, she wasn't discouraged and persisted, saying, "Christine, would you like to connect with a communication mentor online? Ya can connect Christine with an online communication mentor for a remote, real-time, no-delay guidance on how to communicate with others. If communication problems arise, the mentor can also help Christine come up with ways to salvage the situation. It's Happy Social Month now, so communication mentors are offering half-price live streams with customers—only 600 universal points for ten minutes! Isn't that cheap?"
What kind of social media version of "Gold Medal Boosting" is this?
Could it be that...
While inwardly complaining, Cheng Zhu considered a possibility and cautiously asked, "Are there any relationship coaches? If I want to find a partner, can I ask a coach to analyze my situation online?"
"Of course!"
A clapped her hands with a smile and said, "So clever! It seems Christine is gradually getting used to city life. That's right, as long as there are enough universal points, Christine can buy whatever she wants or do whatever she wants!"
"Oh..." Cheng Zhu already knew about this news, but the problem was... she didn't have that much money!
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