Because mobile payments were prevalent before the catastrophe, most of the survivors actually didn't have much cash on hand.
Due to the electromagnetic pulse, which damaged most electronic devices, the paper money in their hands did not become worthless like in other post-apocalyptic novels, even after several catastrophic events.
On the contrary, the existence of the Officials caused the value of paper money to become somewhat polarized.
In the eyes of ordinary survivors, the value of paper money has somewhat declined, but it remains unusually stable. However, to some clear-sighted people, the value of paper money is just like waste paper.
Although the survivors now receive contribution points for labor in the Refuge Centers, the value of paper money has not diminished much.
