My skill tree increases every day.

cold.

So cold.

It's extremely cold.

It felt like walking on a glacier and snowfield.

Looking at the leaden sky before me, with an endless expanse of white below, only bare black rocks were exposed on the snow-capped mountains.

The cold wind swirled snowflakes in the air, slapping against my face like ice shards.

here it is?

In my memory, one moment I was sitting in a warm study with a languid beauty on my shoulder, and the next I was in a wilderness survival situation in the freezing cold.

Lin Yu grabbed hard at the thing wrapped around his body...

Did they miss their target?

When I opened my eyes, the blanket that should have been wrapped around me had vanished.

Damn it, the things that are being lost are getting more and more outrageous.

Things that I hadn't even noticed before have quietly disappeared, and now even things I'm using can vanish without a trace?

"Hey! Brother Yu, you're up so early."

Liu Zhiyuan remained leaning against the bed, holding his phone in his hand.

"What time is it now?"

"It's past seven o'clock. Didn't you get back until almost two last night? Why are you up so early today?"

"Can't sleep. What about you? Did you wake up early, or are you still awake?"

"Of course I didn't sleep. I don't have classes today, why would I get up early?"

Indeed, on any days he didn't have classes, Liu Zhiyuan always lived on American time, ostensibly to prepare for his future studies abroad.

Of course, Lin Yu strongly suspected that if Liu Zhiyuan really went to the United States, he might have to adopt the Chinese time schedule.

"Shall we go out to get something to eat?"

"Let me charge my phone first."

……

"Brother Yu, did you know? It seems like Teacher Marry is in trouble." Liu Zhiyuan smacked his fans. "Someone in the group said that Teacher Marry was targeted, and the police have arrived!"

"Really? There's such a thing?" Lin Yu picked up a soup dumpling, carefully blew on it, and put it in his mouth. "Do you know why?"

"How would we know? They've already called the police; who knows what might happen!"

Hey! I actually know that.

However, Lin Yu had no interest in publicizing this matter, as tattling was not a respectable thing.

"You think this could be the legendary 500,000?" Liu Zhiyuan said with some skepticism. "Look, she's a foreigner, and the police are handling it."

If it were really 500,000, I could at least get a share.

"Really?" Lin Yu had to admire the imagination of these college students. "What's so special about our school that would make them want to infiltrate?"

"Do you think it's possible that those high-tech research institutes aren't actually located in those top universities, but are hidden in ordinary schools like ours to keep a low profile?" Liu Zhiyuan suddenly adopted a mysterious air. "That's what you call... true masters hiding in plain sight!"

"Then you might as well say that all those Lanzhou beef noodle shops and Shaxian snack shops outside are our intelligence bases!" Lin Yu rolled his eyes.

"It's possible, why not? Otherwise, how do you explain that all those restaurants have the same standard setup?" Liu Zhiyuan said excitedly. "Maybe the restaurant we're eating at now is too!"

Lin Yu turned his head and glanced at the chef who was cooking vermicelli soup. The chef was hidden behind the steaming steamer and the pot of soup, so his face could not be seen.

"What nonsense! Do you even see this vermicelli soup and these soup dumplings back in your hometown?"

"Tch! You have absolutely no sense of humor." Liu Zhiyuan finished the last mouthful of soup in his bowl. "Let's go, go back to sleep."

"You go back first, I'll buy something and then go back."

There was no other way but to buy more. Lin Yu had been having fewer and fewer things around him lately, and who knew what would happen if he had nothing at all!

What if one day I wake up and find that I'm missing some part of my body?

No, I don't want that!

Based on this speculation, Lin Yu decided to buy more things to stock up.

Imagine your own items as a game jackpot with no guaranteed minimum, your body parts as the big gold in the jackpot, and other miscellaneous items as other blue and white rewards.

So, what is the best way for Lin Yu to prevent the gold in the pool from being siphoned off?

Of course, we should fill the prize pool with white pollution to physically reduce the probability of winning the grand prize!

Although he hasn't figured out the principles and patterns behind the loss of things, this is probably the best countermeasure Lin Yu can take at the moment.

Today, Lin Yu has been frantically grabbing bargains on various shopping platforms, and his shopping cart is already overflowing with cheap industrial junk.

However, while the package was being shipped, Lin Yu still had to buy some things to try and increase the odds.

Otherwise, given the current stock of supplies around Lin Yu...

I felt a little guilty.

In order not to feel guilty about his physical actions, Lin Yu decided to go shopping.

Lin Yu's destination was the Wujing City Small Commodity Wholesale Center. Since his electric scooter was still charging and the commodity center was quite far away, Lin Yu chose to take the subway this time.

Just as Lin Yu exited the subway station and before he reached his destination, he heard a loudspeaker blaring an enthusiastic message.

"Great news! Great news!... The boss ran away with his mistress!"

I've heard this kind of talk a lot since elementary school, and I never thought I'd hear it again in college. These kinds of "GG" terms usually refer to buying ready-made clothes or leather goods. The standard "GG" terms usually include a boss who has run away with his debts and a younger sister-in-law who is incredibly beautiful, but Lin Yu never knew how amazing she was.

That's why you can't have a sister-in-law in business! Look at how many business owners with sisters-in-law have gone bankrupt.

It's a mystery, who knows!

Hearing the familiar background noise, Lin Yu turned into a two-dollar store.

Although it's called a two-dollar store, it actually carries everything from one dollar to over ten dollars, filling dozens of shelves with all sorts of items.

The shelves were piled high with all sorts of trinkets: colorful clothes hangers, oddly shaped bottles and jars, mugs printed with photos of celebrities stretched out of shape...

These items were generally either poorly made or outdated in style, but Lin Yu didn't care about that, since all he needed to do was expand the prize pool.

Although there are certainly cheaper sourcing channels, this is the most convenient and cost-effective place Lin Yu could find in a short period of time.

Pushing a shopping basket, Lin Yu began his stamp-collecting shopping spree.

Take only one of each item. This makes it easier to organize when you get back and also makes it easier to find out which item you lost as soon as possible.

The basket was getting heavier and heavier. Each additional insignificant item thrown in felt like adding another layer of cushioning. Lin Yu even started to estimate the probability of the shipment going through.

"Young man, buying so much...are you getting stock?" The cashier was a middle-aged man with a bald head. He grinned as he looked at Lin Yu's basket full of odds and ends.

"Pretty much. By the way, boss, do you know where I can buy storage cabinets?"

"Go to the end of that road, there's a place that sells plastic cabinets. They're pretty cheap, you can go check it out." The shopkeeper walked out the door and pointed in a direction for Lin Yu.

"Thank you, boss."

"No problem! You're carrying so much stuff, do you want me to get you a couple more sturdier bags?"

"Thank you so much, boss. I'll come back to you if I need anything in the future."