Zhan shook his head. "Dragons, worldwide. As well as any other higher order beings."
Higher order beings. A bit of a nebulous term but one that tended to refer to the creatures that were powerful enough to have made it into the lexicon and consciousness of the mundane populations of the world - dragons, phoenixes, unicorns, sphinx and so on. They were the ones that often ended up in higher levels of jianghu government (or the equivalent in other regions) or at least commanding considerable influence if they were of the more hermitic sort.
More raw power meant more power in all realms, so why would they be more affected by whatever it was that The Unity had done?
"Are The Unity targeting higher order beings then? To consolidate their power?"
"We thought so at first, but it's too widespread. We have secret reports that even beings that live in complete seclusion where no one knows where they are have also been affected," said Helen, finally taking a sandwich.
"That's bizarre."
