Hoarding for Profit

[Because the Heat Source Zone has fallen, the Weather Grand Array is beginning to shut down, and temperatures will continue to drop in the coming days. Please prepare for the cold and make it through this winter.]

That simple message sent the price of the already plentiful Artificial Spirit Stones skyrocketing.

The temperature underground was not dropping as quickly as it was aboveground, but Editor Le still felt a chill shoot from his tailbone straight to the top of his head.

"Artificial Spirit Stones have gone up a hundredfold. What are they doing?"

Jiang Wen leaned in, equally baffled. When he saw that Artificial Spirit Stones were eighty-seven per kilogram, he was just as stunned.

The difference between Artificial Spirit Stones and natural Spirit Stones was as vast as the difference between industrial alcohol and drinkable alcohol.

Other than heating and serving as fuel, they had no real use. With the Central District supported by the Lower District's heat source, almost no one had ever valued them.

Who could have imagined they would rise so outrageously?

After checking the historical prices of Artificial Spirit Stones, Jiang Wen found that their price curve had begun soaring yesterday. Even now, every time he refreshed the page, the price changed again.

"Editor Le, has something happened in the Lower District lately?"

"Nothing major. Chen Yu just captured the Heat Source Zone."

Jiang Wen stared at him in disbelief. "And you call that nothing major? You're the editor-in-chief of a newspaper, yet you don't have the slightest sense for this? Come with me, now!"

"Where?"

"First, withdraw all the money in your account and exchange it for cash. Then go buy clothes on the street. Can you buy food and the like with your phone?"

"No. You need a home address to