"Does this damn world really let the rich do whatever the hell they want?" Wu Yi stood on the overpass, his face twisted with rage.

Just two hours ago, his girlfriend Zheng Lan had broken up with him right here on this very spot. The reason? Some rich kid named Zhao Yunfei had confessed his feelings to her, promising her a life of luxury and wealth!

The more Wu Yi thought about it, the angrier he became. He and Zheng Lan had been together for four years. Throughout those four years, he had cherished their relationship deeply. Whether it was holidays, shopping trips, meals out, or even when her family members fell ill or went on vacations, he had meticulously planned and taken care of everything. Every month, he would voluntarily hand over 90% of his salary to her, saving up for their future wedding expenses. He had been ready to marry her once they had enough saved.

But now, all it took was one promise from a spoiled rich brat, and she had dumped him! Four years of his life, all his efforts, had been thrown away like they meant nothing!

What made it even harder to swallow was that this Zhao Yunfei was nothing but a pompous playboy. Two years ago, he had harassed Zheng Lan at work, even threatening to harm her parents if she didn’t comply. When Wu Yi found out, he had confronted Zhao Yunfei and even got into a physical fight with him. And now, after all that, Zheng Lan had chosen to leave him for that scumbag!

"Trash belongs with trash, and they can rot together forever!" Wu Yi roared at the sky, his voice filled with bitterness and fury.

Damn it all!

[Ding! Detecting overwhelming resentment from the host. System activation successful. Proceed with binding?]

Wu Yi's eyes lit up with excitement!

The system had arrived, and his fate was about to take a dramatic turn!

"Bind it!"

[Ding! System binding in progress…]

[Ding! System binding complete. Would you like to open it now?]

"Open it!"

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You’ve received a Newbie Gift Pack!]

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You’ve been granted the opportunity to adjust global prices once. Would you like to use this power?]

Adjust global prices once? What does that even mean?

Though Wu Yi was puzzled, the system offered no further explanation.

But years of reading novels had taught him one thing: anything the system offered was bound to be a game-changer!

"Use the power to adjust global prices once!"

[Ding! Power activation in progress.]

[Ding! The global prices have undergone a drastic change. Based on your current financial status, the system has reduced all prices by a billion times, but your savings remain unchanged.]

"What? Prices have dropped by a billion times?" Wu Yi was completely dumbfounded after hearing the system's report.

After a moment of shock, he looked around but didn't notice any immediate changes.

"System, are you sure the prices have really dropped?"

[Ding! The system never lies to the host. If you don't believe it, you can try it out anywhere to confirm.]

Seeing the system's firmness, Wu Yi pondered for a while and decided to give it a shot.

He glanced around and noticed a supermarket nearby.

He still had over ten thousand in his savings. He thought he'd buy something from the supermarket first to test it out. If the prices had indeed dropped by a billion times, he would then go on a shopping spree elsewhere.

Wu Yi quickly walked into the supermarket and picked up a bottle of green tea priced at thirty.

Normally, he would indulge in such a drink at most once every two months.

It wasn't that he couldn't afford it, but he was saving up to marry Zheng Lan, so every penny counted.

After picking up the drink, Wu Yi headed to the checkout counter.

At the counter was a beautiful female attendant. Wu Yi was instantly captivated by her, followed by a surge of curiosity.

In this era where looks matter, with the attendant's stunning appearance, even if she didn't venture into the entertainment industry, she would surely make it big in the influencer world!

Compared to her, Zheng Lan was like dirt on the ground, utterly insignificant.

"Handsome, did you forget your money?" The beauty glanced at the green tea and, noticing Wu Yi's hesitation to pay, asked with a smile.

Wu Yi snapped out of his daze, offering an awkward grin. "Sorry, I was lost in thought. The money's in my phone." As he spoke, he pulled out his wallet.

The beauty, observing Wu Yi's flustered state, chuckled inwardly. She'd seen plenty of men like him, all just wanting to steal a few more glances at her beauty.

"Sir, that will be thirty Li Yuan."

"Li Yuan?" Wu Yi was momentarily stunned, having never heard of the currency unit "Li Yuan."

"Yes, thirty Li Yuan. Please proceed with the payment," the beauty said with a smile, though inside she was thoroughly disgusted.

*Can't even afford thirty Li Yuan, yet he's out here trying to pick up girls. How shameless.*

Wu Yi furrowed his brow, hesitated for a moment, then pulled out a crisp hundred-yuan bill from his wallet and handed it to her. "Sorry, I don't have any Li Yuan. Will this hundred-yuan note work?"

The beauty's eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at the bright red bill.

"Is there a problem with this money?" Wu Yi asked, his voice tinged with unease as he noticed the beautiful woman's silence.

"No, it's fine!" she quickly responded, snapping out of her daze. She took the hundred-dollar bill from Wu Yi's hand and carefully felt it between her fingers. When her fingers brushed against the silver anti-counterfeiting strip, she confirmed it was indeed a genuine hundred-dollar bill.

Other customers entering the supermarket were equally stunned when they caught sight of the bill in her hand.

"Holy cow, it's been ages since I've seen a hundred-dollar bill!" one exclaimed.

"Who carries around a hundred-dollar bill just to buy groceries?" another marveled.

"That's some serious wealth right there. Must be a tycoon!" a third chimed in.

The crowd buzzed with excitement.

Wu Yi furrowed his brow, suddenly recalling what the system had mentioned: the world's prices had plummeted by a billion times, yet his savings remained unchanged. A billion-fold decrease in prices meant his money now had a billion times more purchasing power!

"Sir, this bottle of green tea only costs thirty cents. We really can't break a hundred-dollar bill," the woman said, her face etched with concern.

What she had initially thought was a penniless young man turned out to be a super-rich magnate in disguise!

So, he had been staring at her all this time. Could it be that he was interested in her?

The beautiful woman’s heart instantly swelled with joy.

"Can’t make change?"

Wu Yi was inwardly delighted but feigned ignorance, wanting to gauge the current purchasing power of a hundred yuan in this world.

"Sir, a hundred yuan is equivalent to a trillion Lirun. That’s the kind of currency used by mega-corporations or in transactions between nations. We simply can’t make change for that here."

The woman looked visibly embarrassed.

Even if they sold the entire downtown supermarket she worked in, it would fetch at most three to five million Lirun—nowhere near a trillion!

After hearing her explanation, Wu Yi was stunned.

A hundred yuan equals a trillion Lirun? Then his savings of ten thousand yuan would be…

That was an astronomical figure. Families like the Charles or companies like Red Apple would be nothing but specks of dust in his eyes!