The dream job came with a neural chip. Now my joy is just an algorithm.
The dream job came with a neural chip. Now my joy is just an algorithm.
Léo has achieved the pinnacle of Ascension City: an elite executive position at AuraCorp, the megacorporation that successfully eliminated global unhappiness. To seal his success, he accepted the JoyChip, a neural implant that guarantees perfect happiness and productivity, turning his very soul into an unbreakable algorithm.
His life is optimized, his feelings are predictable. His peace is absolute.
But one day, the system that promised paradise makes a mistake. A defect exposes Léo to an echo of his deepest memory—the pain he paid to erase.
Now, he’s a perfect executive who carries a ghost of his humanity. The system sees him as a threat of inefficiency, and his only chance for survival is to embrace the one thing AuraCorp fears most: failure.
Trapped between the lie of euphoria and the truth of suffering, Léo must risk everything to discover if the soul can truly be programmed.
In this technological war, the first rule is simple: don't trust your happiness.
The dream job came with a neural chip. Now my joy is just an algorithm.
Léo has achieved the pinnacle of Ascension City: an elite executive position at AuraCorp, the megacorporation that successfully eliminated global unhappiness. To seal his success, he accepted the JoyChip, a neural implant that guarantees perfect happiness and productivity, turning his very soul into an unbreakable algorithm.
His life is optimized, his feelings are predictable. His peace is absolute.
But one day, the system that promised paradise makes a mistake. A defect exposes Léo to an echo of his deepest memory—the pain he paid to erase.
Now, he’s a perfect executive who carries a ghost of his humanity. The system sees him as a threat of inefficiency, and his only chance for survival is to embrace the one thing AuraCorp fears most: failure.
Trapped between the lie of euphoria and the truth of suffering, Léo must risk everything to discover if the soul can truly be programmed.
In this technological war, the first rule is simple: don’t trust your happiness.
