Night.
Catgirl Bar.
"This world is changing too fast... sob, sob, sob..."
A drunkard, dead drunk, sat in a corner with his head in his hands, weeping bitterly.
Zhang Yexin and Zhang Cunye walked in and asked Sister Rou, the part-time bar maid selling drinks, "What happened?"
"Another poor soul whose entire family died to the strange..."
Xiao Rou cast a sympathetic glance in that direction.
"Sigh..."
Hearing this, Zhang Yexin and Zhang Cunye both sighed.
The changes of the past few years truly defied description.
Strange phenomena had appeared in the oceans, causing shipping to collapse... The stock market had plunged off a cliff, prices had skyrocketed, companies had gone bankrupt, currencies had depreciated, and vast numbers of residents had lost their jobs...
Some small countries had even been swallowed whole by the strange!
By comparison, Great Yue was already doing exceptionally well just by barely managing to suppress the outbreaks across its territories.
As a result, business at the bar was rather slow—many people could no longer even afford a drink.
Naturally, Zhang Yexin and Zhang Cunye had no such problem.
"One Blazing Fire!"
Zhang Yexin called out. When he saw Xiao Rou approach with a tray, his eyes lit up.
Once the strong liquor entered his mouth, he savored it with rare appreciation. "Not bad, not bad... It can't have been easy for you to find good liquor these days. At least you're not like those shady bars, using inferior booze and watering it down to cheat people..."
"Of course. I have special supply channels."
Aaron appeared at his side at some point and sat down as well, holding a cocktail. "Have you seen the news?"
"I have..."
Zhang Yexin fell silent for a while before asking, "Have you applied to move to a floating city? I