Leaving one gem for Kiana, Lin Feng was filled with a sense of gratification, genuinely moved by his own supposed benevolence.
He completely failed to recognize the sheer audacity of taking someone else's possessions while simultaneously feeling like he was bestowing a favor upon them.
With the goods secured, it was time to vanish!
Next stop: the Time Management Bureau's warehouse!
Stealthily, Lin Feng ambled toward the warehouse, like a loafer on the streets.
Having been here once before, he navigated the corridors with practiced ease, needing no x-ray vision.
Staff members, in a hurry, brushed past Lin Feng numerous times, yet not a single one sensed his presence.
Humming a little tune, Lin Feng, cloaked in invisibility, made his way to the warehouse he'd visited previously.
The door had been changed. Gone was the ordinary entrance, replaced by one requiring identity verification. Lin Feng surmised this was likely due to his "zero-cost shopping spree."
However, this presented no obstacle to Lin Feng. Now a multiversal being, could he not master a mere super phasing technique?
With a flicker, Lin Feng entered the warehouse.
He surveyed the interior. While there were treasures aplenty, they were clearly less than a tenth of what he'd seen on his previous visit.
Lin Feng wasn't surprised; he'd prepared himself mentally when searching for Infinity Stones in the office area.
Who knew how long it had taken to accumulate those previous treasures.
Most of the items here were familiar to Lin Feng; he already had identical counterparts stored in his personal dimension.
Lin Feng didn't linger. Glancing at each shelf, he quickly located the Infinity Stones he sought!
Regrettably, the quantity of Infinity Stones this time was pitifully small compared to the sacks full he'd acquired previously.
All the Infinity Stones were contained in a wooden box, numbering perhaps a few dozen.
Still, his luck wasn't entirely bad; the Soul Stone constituted more than a third of the collection.
Lin Feng chuckled and reached out for the Infinity Stones.
If the Soul Stone could indeed rapidly enhance his soul strength, he'd have to consider paying a visit to the Time Management Bureau in another dimension!
Just then, Lin Feng felt a prickling sensation on the back of his neck.
He pursed his lips and withdrew his hand.
There was a problem!
Lin Feng's super senses included danger perception, which was infinitely more potent than Spider-Man's spider-sense.
Apologies, it should be Peter Parker's jolt of apprehension!
His senses screamed a warning, indicating that the Time Management Bureau had learned from their previous encounter!
A trap had likely been laid in this very storeroom.
Lin Feng remained unfazed. His eyes narrowed, scanning the warehouse like two radar dishes.
He soon detected the so-called trap.
With a cold sneer, Lin Feng aimed a barrier at an inconspicuous cleaning broom in the corner of the warehouse.
They were quite elaborate, disguising a spatial collapse device as a broom.
While it couldn't harm Lin Feng, spatial collapse would cause his body's coordinates to fluctuate wildly.
Lin Feng didn't care about the effect, but being caught would make him look foolish!
He reached out again for the box containing the Infinity Stones.
This time, his super senses issued no warning.
Lin Feng let out a dismissive, cold laugh.
And this was supposed to stop my zero-cost shopping?
...
In the Time Management Bureau's cafeteria, Kiana squinted, a half-eaten donut in each hand, her cheeks puffed out.
She exuded an aura of almost tangible happiness!
"Mmm... yuuuuummy..."
"Mmm... *cough cough*!"
Before she could finish her incomprehensible utterance, Kiana's eyes widened, and she frantically patted her chest, clearly choking.
"Ahhh! How many times have I told you! Don't talk with your mouth full!"
The purple-haired girl chided with gritted teeth, though her hands swiftly and obediently poured Kiana a glass of water while patting her back.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
"Whoa, that was intense!" Kiana gasped for breath after downing a large glass of water.
It had indeed felt quite intense!
"Intense? Why didn't you just choke to death!" the purple-haired girl shot Kiana a glare, her tone annoyed.
"Heh heh, don't say that. Life needs a little excitement to be interesting!"
"The last time it was this exciting was when the alarm went off!"
"They say that alarm hadn't sounded for nearly a thousand years, and I was lucky enough to witness such a thrilling event!" Kiana reminisced.
That alarm had been sounded during Lin Feng's first complete plunder of the Time Management Bureau's warehouse.
"Hey, you know," Kiana nudged the purple-haired girl's slender waist.
"When do you think the next alarm will sound?"
"I don't think I'll live to see a second one."
Kiana pouted, taking a fierce bite of a donut.
Not only would she likely never see a second alarm, but she probably wouldn't even get to see the thief in her lifetime.
Watching Kiana's blissfully ignorant lament, the purple-haired girl rolled her eyes so hard they ached!
"Why do you act like you're wishing for disaster!"
"When that alarm sounds, everyone has to be inspected, and the queues take a whole day!"
"What do you mean, wishing for disaster?"
"Think about it, the incidents that have happened here in the past few years are more than everything recorded in history combined, right?" Kiana said indignantly while continuing to devour donuts.
The stacks of documents were simply not meant for humans to handle, and she couldn't understand why they had to be handwritten when computers existed.
Upon hearing this, the purple-haired girl's expression turned peculiar, and she sighed with a hint of melancholy.
"That's true. It used to be so easy. Just slacking off at work and playing video games after.
"Now, just looking at the person-high piles of paperwork can drive you crazy!
"I have to admit, there have been far too many incidents these past few years."
Kiana nodded her head, "Right! And it always feels like things haven't been normal lately."
"Now that you mention it, I feel like I might actually get to see a second alarm in my lifetime!"
The purple-haired girl nodded in agreement, then her eyes darted around. She playfully remarked, "Maybe the alarm will go off any second now!"
Kiana was amused and popped another donut into the purple-haired girl's mouth.
And she called herself wishing for disaster? It turned out they were birds of a feather!
The purple-haired girl didn't refuse, closing her eyes and savoring the donut.
Work was work, but one shouldn't neglect their stomach!
The two girls were happily chatting and dining when, the very next second, the ceiling lights began to flash red erratically.
A piercing siren quickly permeated the entire Time Management Bureau.
It was an alarm, the Time Management Bureau's alarm!
The purple-haired girl stood stunned, holding her half-eaten donut, the other half forgotten in her mouth.
Her small head was filled with big question marks.
Kiana, beside her, froze for a moment before turning a look of extreme terror towards her.
"You... You're not a prophet, are you?!"