In agrarian societies, people worked at sunrise and rested at sunset; in modern society, they worked nine to five, with overtime piled on top...
With the arrival of Intelligent Robots, all of that had become history.
Phantom Immortal Technology was remarkably efficient. Countless jobs had now been taken over by robots, and the people who had held those jobs were naturally out of work.
But this was an unemployment both sides welcomed, employers and dismissed employees alike.
Well, it could not really be called dismissal. Those people had wanted to resign in the first place. Their employers had previously begged and pleaded for them to stay, but as the Intelligent Robots gradually arrived, they naturally had to let them go.
Firmament had become the mainstream of today's world.
With just a little effort, people could earn several times more in Firmament than in real life, while also allowing their real bodies to evolve. With that on offer, who would still want to stay cooped up at work?
Nine to five? Whoever wanted it could have it!
Phantom Immortal Technology supplied not only Intelligent Robots, but also a steady stream of Game Pods.
As the Game Pods gradually became available, more and more people could fit in their sixteen hours of gaming each day and still have five or six hours left for leisure and entertainment.
As a result, the streets bustled every day.
Restaurants, eateries, and entertainment venues were all doing booming business.
Even the clothing industry, which had suffered badly at the hands of e-commerce, was showing signs of recovery.
After all, when someone spent sixteen hours immersed in a virtual world, they would want to go outside and wander around during the remaining hours, wouldn't they?
Besides, with today's highly developed internet, prices were becoming increasingly transparent. Most