That Year the Sea Became Salty

That year, the sea water suddenly became salty. No one knows why. Taste expert Lin Shenshi took a bite of water-injected meat and told the truth in public: the meat content was less than 7%. The next day, he is exiled to a seaside town populated by "taste heretics" who have been abandoned by the system. He found a "Taste Chronicle" in an abandoned archives. The author was dead, and he had recorded the same taste for thirteen years: pork was getting lighter and lighter, cabbage was getting empty, and apples were only sweet. Ma Fenteng relied on his unique skill of "water injection reporting" to climb from the grassroots staff all the way to the center of power. He can write a smelly ditch as the Seine River, and 5 tons of garbage as "10,000 tons of historical metabolites." The ladder bent louder and louder as he climbed higher and higher. His daughter wrote to him and asked him: Dad, do you have food in front of you? The water mirror system covers the whole world. You eat water-injected meat, write water-injection reports, and pay water-injection taxes. A leaky shabby house, the system tells you that this is a "coastal ecological premium residence", please pay taxes as a luxury house. You think you are living in happiness until someone tells you: the sea water has become salty. That year, the sea water became salty. Some people tasted it, some pretended not to taste it, and some people forgot what the sea water originally tasted like. The destinies of the three people intersect at the seaside. A copy of "Taste Chronicles" was soaked in sea water and dried by the sun. A group of slime molds with a water content of 99.9% Learned to imitate humans - they ate from empty bowls, applauded the air, and finally wrote two words on the beach: salty. "The Year the Sea Turned Salty" - a book about taste, lies and the weight of truth. Before you open it, ask yourself: can you still taste what you are eating?