Cern primarily works in two locations: Meryin and Prevessin.

Zheng Li spends most of his time in Meyrin. There are two restaurants in Meyrin, one in Switzerland and the other in France.

Meyrin spans two countries.

Zheng Li sat on the side closer to Switzerland and ate breakfast. This body still needed to eat to replenish the substances required by the human body.

Across from him was Kate, Zheng Li's colleague at CERNET, or rather, a colleague who often initiated conversations with Zheng Li.

Kate is English, with typical blonde hair and blue eyes, and she often comes to chat with Zheng Li, whether there's something to talk about or not.

She has always admired intelligent minds and publicly stated that she would not accept men who are not as intelligent as herself.

However, Kate, who graduated with a PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge at the age of 23, has not yet met a suitable man of marriageable age who can truly win her over.

Zheng Li was the only man she could get in touch with whom she approved of.

However, despite her proactive approach, Zheng Li remained unmoved.

"On such a terrible day, the rare good news is that the culprit behind the random deaths in London has been arrested."

It's truly a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

Zheng Li sat across from her, eating the chicken sandwich he always took.

Zheng Li doesn't like to change his eating habits. For more than two years at the R&D center of Kechuang Bio in Lion City, he only ate the same three dishes.

This led the chefs at the Singapore R&D center to strive for perfection in those three fixed dishes.

"That should have been a good day."

You don't need to worry about your parents' safety anymore.

Kate's parents live in London.

Although London authorities stated that people could leave but not enter, in reality, Londoners were not allowed to leave London until the murderer was identified.

Kate leaned back in her chair and sighed, "It's not that easy."

I saw in the news that so far only the main culprit and some of the criminals have been apprehended, and many others have not yet been found.

Moreover, all Londoners were learning magic, and the whole city was caught up in a magic craze.

Because of their mastery of magic, some people act recklessly and feel different from ordinary people, leading to a significant increase in impulsive criminal behavior.

The police force in London now seems insufficient.

Zheng Li replied, "You should have faith in England."

It will always be resolved properly.

I saw on the news that the situation in London isn't out of control yet, is it?

Kate sneered, "You can only believe about 30% of what the media reports say."

Prices in London have tripled.

My parents are considered middle class in this city, and they complain constantly about the current prices.

One can imagine the dire consequences for London's lower classes if things continue like this without addressing the supply shortages.

Zheng Li asked, "London is only under a no-fly zone, but the daily truck deliveries are still ongoing, right?"

Furthermore, the technology for automated trucks is already quite mature, and it should be fully capable of supplying London 24 hours a day without interruption.

Kate nodded and said, "You're right."

That's why prices have doubled, not tenfold.

If London hadn't maintained smooth logistics and supply, prices would have been far more than double.

Have you studied economics?

Zheng Li: "No."

Kate rested her chin on her hand and looked at Zheng Li, saying, "When I was pursuing my doctorate, I also earned a bachelor's degree in economics."

If I hadn't been so eager to graduate with my doctorate, I probably would have pursued another doctorate in economics.

The price of goods is determined not by the buyer, but by the seller.

The buyer can only decide whether to buy or not.

Yes, there are automated trucks, but they only deliver goods to the logistics park. In the end, it still takes human labor to deliver the goods from the logistics park to the person's hands.

But right now in London, everyone is unwilling to work.

People outside can't go in.

Labor costs are rising, and businesses are taking the opportunity to raise prices.

"Isn't the English government going to do anything?" Zheng Li asked, because in his understanding, if something similar happened in China, the government would definitely intervene.

In this world, COVID-19 was brought under control by a specific drug in 2022, so the Shenhai incident did not occur.

Kate: "The government won't interfere with this kind of market behavior."

You should know that the government cannot directly interfere with this kind of purely market behavior.

They can only indirectly alleviate the cost of living for Londoners by providing subsidies to businesses, tax cuts, or cash handouts to citizens.

They absolutely cannot directly use administrative means to order merchants to lower prices.

At most, it's just a suggestion.

For example, when refined oil prices soared, PetroChina and Shell made enormous profits.

Then the English government and civil society organizations could only put pressure on these oil giants to lower prices.

Zheng Li: "I understand. Then we can only pray that the two months will pass quickly."

A hint of sadness appeared between Kate's brows: "Merlin's arrival changed everything."

He brought the unknown and chaos.

Zheng Li noticed that the other party had mentioned him, "Merlin seems to rarely appear in public."

There has been no word yet that Merlin is involved in the magical events in London.

I think the changes Merlin brought about were neither good nor bad; it was human nature that caused all of this to happen.

The world wouldn't be a better place without Merlin.

Kate had almost never seen Zheng Li express his opinions on things on Earth, so she said with some surprise, "I didn't realize you were such a magic fanatic."

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