My name is Lin Chen. When I was twenty-four years old, my life reached rock bottom. I lost my job right after graduation, and the money in my pocket couldn't cover a week's rent. I was crowded in a rented house in Jiangcheng that never saw the light of day, like a speck of dust that no one cares about in a bustling city.
After a high fever, my world completely changed. I awakened a strange power - I can see the shelf life of all things. As small as the expiration date of a cup of milk tea, the countdown to the end of life of a mobile phone, as large as the authenticity and year of antique treasures, the remaining lifespan and hidden diseases of strangers, the end of time for all things is clearly displayed in front of me.
Relying on this ability, I made my first pot of gold in the night market, picked up treasures handed down from ancient times in the antique streets full of fakes, and gradually established myself in Jiangcheng from a poor boy who couldn't even eat. I also relied on it to avoid fatal traps and save a dying life.
But this incredible opportunity also dragged me into an unprecedented crisis. I was targeted by the Gu family, the top wealthy family in Jiangcheng, and was involved in a century-old secret of survival. I even bumped into a similar kind of "Sequentialist", and I realized that there was a fatal price behind my superpowers. My unique ability had already made me the number one target of the hunter "Scavenger".
I can predict the demise of all things, but I can't see my own fate. I can only hold on to my ability to survive in the murderous situation.
