The Ultimate Universe

The most talked-about aspect of Jiangning City is not its fast-paced urban life, nor the rows upon rows of towering buildings, but rather the famous Bar Street.

By day, Bar Street is eerily quiet, but as night falls, it transforms into a bustling thoroughfare, alive with excitement. Everywhere, young men and women brim with youthful energy, wandering in small groups—some seek to drown their sorrows, others hope for a romantic encounter, and there are even those who come for the notorious practice known as “body picking.”

For those familiar with bar culture, “body picking” carries a certain unsavory connotation: taking advantage of a woman who is too drunk to be aware, spiriting her away in her unconscious state—a blatant violation of morality. Of course, as the saying goes, flies do not swarm around unbroken eggs, and a single hand cannot clap alone; many of the women who fall victim to this are themselves not without fault, and not all of them warrant sympathy.

It was already two in the morning. Lan Tian sat on the edge of the flowerbed outside the bar, visibly drunk, as if lost in thought. His unfocused gaze followed one woman after another as they emerged from the bar—many of them young and beautiful—yet none of them stirred the slightest reaction in his eyes.

He was wholly absorbed in his own sorrow.

Not long after, a pretty young woman stumbled out of the bar, took a few faltering steps, and promptly collapsed onto the ground, falling fast asleep.

Lan Tian was startled from his stupor by her actions. He saw that as soon as the gir