To be honest, in this day and age, the siblings had been relatively fortunate.
Their direct ancestors had been killed by Shadow Weaver while away for work. No one could have predicted a world hunter's killings. Far too many people had died in that era.
But their parents were still alive, doing some kind of scientific research in Cloudsea City. It was a truly big city, and work kept them so busy that they could not come home even once a year. Still, the money was quite good there. Their combined annual salaries might have reached a million. At the very least, they were comfortably above middle class.
So the siblings had stayed in this small city. They were both college age anyway and could take care of themselves.
They excitedly discussed calling their parents or something, but Zhang Ming stopped them. He had no desire to create a scene where a whole crowd of relatives came to meet their "ancestor."
Rain poured down.
Learning that the siblings were not orphans put Zhang Ming in quite a good mood.
As he shared interesting stories from his travels, he asked Gourd Lady to help take out some of the crayfish stored on the moon.
"Watch me do a magic trick!"
Whoosh!!
A crayfish appeared in his hand.
The crayfish were crystalline and translucent, each as thick as an arm, as though carved from crystal!
They were adorable!
He had encountered these wondrous creatures in a stretch of sea during his travels. Their flesh was delicious and provided a considerable number of attribute points. Most importantly, it was mild enough that ordinary people could eat a few mouthfuls too.
Food like this was rare!
At the time, Zhang Ming had even made a special stop to have Doctor Little White