Qinlan Jiuge, female, citizen of the Heroes Empire.
Sixty-nine years old, she was the director of the Deep Abyss Bureau.
As an official with real authority and a Kappa-rank (10) powerhouse, reaching this position at her age more than qualified her as an exceptional talent. The Deep Abyss Bureau's benefits could not be called particularly good; they were basically on par with the civil service benefits of customs officers. She had achieved, at an early age, a goal that ordinary people might not accomplish even after centuries.
Whether she continued down the political path or climbed the Path to truly approach godhood was entirely her choice.
Yet Qinlan Jiuge chose a road nobody had anticipated.
After returning to the Layered Abyss, Qinlan Jiuge began busily handling commissions from the will of the Layered Abyss, running everywhere to put out fires in exchange for its recognition and gradually weakening the curse upon her.
Just when people thought Qinlan Jiuge was about to accomplish something great, she presented her six-word philosophy of life:
Muddle through, slack off, drift along, lie flat, have fun, feel good.
She chose to lie flat, peacefully loafing around and waiting for death. Already fond of drinking, she began collecting fine liquor everywhere, even using her position to purchase specialty wines from the Lower Star Abyss.
She spent every cent of the Empire's salary on alcohol.
The first thing she did in the morning was take a sip of brandy to wake herself up. Perfectly normal, right?
When it got cold, she did not like wearing clothes, so she took another sip of baijiu to warm herself up. Not excessive, right?
When it was time to eat, just having buns, fried dough sticks, and Hulatang in the morning was bad for her health. Drinking some blueberry wine to