Priceless

After the great calamity, humanity learned three things. First, people with supernatural abilities weren’t necessarily able to save the world. Sometimes they were just more efficient at demolition. Second, write your will before entering a restricted zone, because the monsters inside usually aren’t open to negotiations. Third, never ask A Zhan how much a human life is worth. He really can see the price. A former test subject who escaped from a laboratory, A Zhan has no interest in saving the chaotic world and little curiosity about his own tragic past. He just wants to make money, lots and lots of money. After all, in the apocalypse, everything will betray you except your account balance. Your balance will only quietly disappear. With his supernatural ability, 【Money Fever】, A Zhan can see the price of everything in the world. Weapons, information, monsters, even the people standing right in front of him, everything comes with a clear price tag. So while other people’s first reaction to entering a restricted zone is to observe their surroundings, his is to look around and see what he can take with him. Unfortunately, his other supernatural ability isn’t exactly suited to frugal living. Once the enormous scythe formed from 【Authority】 appears, it usually leaves very little intact at the scene. A Zhan deeply regrets this and insists that violence is not the best way to solve a problem, unless the other party refuses to pay. Then A Zhan found a blank ledger. It had no writing, no known origin, and no price. A Zhan stared at it for a long time, wondering for the first time if his ability had run out of credit. Before long, it became clear that his ability wasn’t the only thing malfunctioning. After the ledger appeared, the long-silent laboratory sent people to find him again. Powerful families that had been hiding in the shadows came out into the open, and even the government and overseas bases suddenly took an excessive interest in his well-being. Everyone wanted the ledger. More precisely, everyone believed it should belong to them. Overnight, A Zhan went from being a minor nuisance in the black market to an expensive problem pursued by every major faction. Forced to protect both the ledger and his own life, which had yet to run at a loss, he entered one restricted zone after another. Things grew stranger and stranger. Buildings that shouldn’t exist appeared among the ruins. The long dead left behind fresh traces. Some monsters even acted as though they recognized A Zhan when they saw him. When activity resumed in the long-dormant Class V restricted zone, the Zeroing Zone, every clue finally pointed to the same place. The powerful families suppressed the news, the laboratory mobilized all its forces, and the factions spared no expense to compete for the chance to enter. They said the Zeroing Zone held truths about the great calamity that had never been recorded. They said anyone who went inside would see something they should never have seen. A Zhan never believed rumors. But this time, on the unpriceable blank ledger, he saw his own experiment number. Theme: Live well and make a positive contribution to society