“Don’t hold out for too much hope,” the girl murmured. “With the rise of the supernatural, there’s no hope for ordinary people like us. If you want a job, one of them supernaturals can be one hundred of you! People are even using supernaturals for hard labor. Workers were needed to build houses before, but now supernaturals can do it in a few seconds.0

“What’s the point of studying? Do you want to study to be a teacher, then have your school shut down so you can sell vegetables in the market? If you’re an accountant because you’re good at math, a supernatural is still stronger than you. They finish their calculations in the blink of an eye while you’ve spent half a day messing with numbers. People can hire supernaturals to come once a month—they’ll finish the same amount of work that you do in an entire month and they’re cheap.5

“So… don’t look at all these tall buildings and the general picture of riches. Life has gotten so much harder for us ordinary people after the rise of the supernaturals. We could fill our bellies before, but now it’s so hard to make money!”1

Li Hao started, then nodded. That was true! Hong...1