The Last 299 Days of Humanity

Yu Qing learned that Liang Min had suddenly become rich overnight, and he was very uneasy. He guessed that Liang Min had been bribed to prevent him from taking control of Shengtian Company.

In this way, Liang Min is not only not a stakeholder for him, but also an accomplice of forces that are detrimental to him.

They have many ways to turn him into a figurehead or a puppet; there are countless examples of this throughout history. They're capable of anything except destroying his physical body.

If the consequences of killing him weren't so severe, they probably would have done it already.

Yu Qing felt utterly helpless. He had oversimplified the problem. Nearly two hundred years had passed; those people had ample time to establish their own power bases and strengthen their defenses. To think he could seize power single-handedly and reap the benefits in a short time was utterly delusional.

However, since he was already there, he couldn't abandon his plan based solely on a few words from the humanoid girl. He still intended to go and see where Liang Min was staying. Seeing is believing.

There was a conveyor belt on each side of the street, and Dongfeng and the others escorted him onto it. After passing through several intersecting conveyor belts, they arrived at the street where Liang Min's villa was located in less than a minute.

It was indeed a luxurious residence. Records show that it was a gift from the old man to ensure Liang Min's ancestors would follow him wholeheartedly. After several renovations, the building appeared even more opulent and magnificent.

Yu Qing thought bitterly, "People are all ungrateful bastards, blinded by greed. The old man has thrown money down the drain."

Liang Min's ancestors may have had some loyalty, but now they've long since become opportunistic.

As Yu Qing was about to leave, a smug-looking middle-aged man walked out of the villa. A dozen or so humanoid beauties were helping him to sit in a shared sedan chair.

Carpooling is now the most stylish short-distance transportation option. It's actually a luxurious chair made up of eight humanoid figures that transform and combine. Once seated, the figures quickly transport the person to their destination. People are no longer satisfied with just functionality; they also crave a certain sense of ritual.

However, Yu Qing's focus was on the man's physique. He hadn't seen someone so overweight in a long time. With the medical technology of the time, a person shouldn't have let themselves become so out of shape...

Yu Qing asked, "As far as I know, Liang Min is only 32 years old. How could he be like this?"

Dongfeng said, "Yes, he indulges in too much sex and doesn't take care of his health at all."

Xifeng chimed in, "He also overeats and drinks excessively; it would be strange if he didn't!"

Yu Qing laughed and said, "You seem to know him very well. Did you work for his household before?"

Dongfeng said, "Master is joking. Weren't we the ones you opened? It's just that our information is updated in real time, and we know everything about everyone and everything in Dongbang."

Yu Qing said, "In that case, can any of you tell me what Liang Min was wearing around his neck just now? It didn't look like a pendant."

Dongfeng thought for a moment and said, "My data shows that Liang Min never wears pendants or anything like that..."

Xifeng added, "Perhaps he had another reason, such as his lover hanging it up for him when he left."

Yu Qing laughed loudly, "I see you've all picked up the habit of boasting. You just said your information is updated in real time, yet you don't even know what the person standing right in front of you is wearing around their neck."

"Oversight……"

Yu Qing's expression suddenly changed slightly, and he sighed, "Never mind, I want to find a place to rest."

Soon, Yu Qing was led by Dongfeng and the others to the entrance of a luxurious hotel, but just as he was about to step into the hotel, he insisted on changing his route to a small hotel that they had just passed.

Dongfeng and the others were clearly puzzled by this, but they had no choice but to accept Yu Qing's decision.

“The hotel’s facilities are not very complete…” Nanfeng said.

Yu Qing laughed and said, "As long as there's a place to eat and sleep, that's fine. There should be a toilet too, right?"

"You're joking, host. Every hotel has a bathroom."

Upon arriving at the hotel, Yu Qing didn't just book one room; he booked the top two floors!
Dongfeng stood there calculating for a long time, but still couldn't figure out why Yu Qing did this, so he asked, "Is the master going to entertain other friends here...?"

Yu Qing patted Dongfeng on the shoulder meaningfully and said, "So that some shady characters won't rush to live around me later..."

Yu Qing instructed Dongfeng and the others to stand guard in the downstairs corridor and at the stairwell, while he went upstairs alone.

Upstairs, he did something that left everyone scratching their heads: he opened all 18 guest room doors, then squinted and walked around the corridor twice before randomly choosing a room to rest in.

He had every reason to suspect that he was being watched here!

Lying in bed, he carefully reviewed everything that had just happened. He was confident that his judgment was correct; someone had already deduced that he would come to Dongbang to find Liang Min, and therefore had made arrangements long ago. Dongfeng and the others were the first pawn they had planted long ago.

They were just a type of generic humanoid girl that I had just bought, and they were not familiar with my behavior and accent. Logically speaking, there should be at least a short period of adaptation.

Dongfeng revealed a small flaw right from the start. When he asked her for Liang Min's address, she answered too quickly and too accurately.

Because there's a household name in Dongbang named Liang Min, and his pronunciation, Liang Min, is easily mistaken for Liang Min. How did Dongfeng immediately know he was looking for the relatively unknown Liang Min instead of Liang Min?
The second point of suspicion is that Dongfeng and the others took him to Liang Min's villa too smoothly, as if they had been trained beforehand. They didn't even need to look at a map, which is not in line with the behavior of a humanoid girl from Xinkaifeng.

Furthermore, Dongfeng should not be in the lead, because navigation and guidance are the strengths of companion-type humanoids; it would be more logical for Beifeng to be in the lead.

The middle-aged man I just saw clearly wasn't wearing anything around his neck. He deliberately asked them what they were wearing, but they didn't dare to answer confidently, which shows they had reservations.

What were they worried about? They were afraid they would give themselves away by answering incorrectly. That person might not be Liang Min at all, but they had no information about whether the real Liang Min often wore the ornament. They were afraid that the person would mess up the performance.

With these doubts in mind, Yu Qing naturally wouldn't stay at the hotel Dongfeng had taken him to. Instead, he chose a place they wouldn't have expected. Who knew what awaited him in all the arrangements they had made beforehand!

But the peace and quiet he was staying in wouldn't last long. He planned to have lunch quickly and try to sneak out, but it would be best if Dongfeng and the others didn't know that he had seen through them. That way, they would think that he was still completely under their control.

He skipped over Dongfeng and the others, and ordered lunch from the hotel himself. However, the portion he ordered was too much for twenty people to finish. His intention was to get the hotel to bring out a large food cart.

However, his plan backfired, because the hotel sent twenty-two humanoid maidens to deliver the food instead of using a food cart.

These humanoid beauties entered the room. Twenty people knelt on the ground, holding the plates above their heads with both hands to form a large round table. Two others stood on either side of him to serve him his meal.

Yu Qing had absolutely no interest in this kind of ritual, and simply ate a little something. His original plan was to sneak out into the large food cart at the end, but now he had to find another way. Just then, a kneeling, humanoid woman tugged at his trouser leg. This was too strange; did she have something to say to him?
He used the excuse that the food wasn't to his liking to drive away most of the kneeling humanoid maidens, and then dismissed all the other humanoid maidens serving him. He gradually sent the remaining maidens away as well, until only the one who had been tugging at his trouser leg remained.

Yu Qing asked, "I guess you have something to say?"

The humanoid woman stood up and said, "I am Liang Min's assistant..."

Yu Qing was startled and quickly stood up, but then sat down again. He was worried that this was another trap.

Unexpectedly, this humanoid girl quietly recited a large section of the secret agreement in the old man's will. Only Yu Qing and his legal team knew the details of this agreement, which made him believe the humanoid girl's words.

"Liang Min...has he already been bribed? What kind of act is he trying to pull?"

“He couldn’t have been bribed, because he died a month ago.”

"Dead? Then why did you come here looking for me...?"

"Three months before his death, Liang Min was worried that something might happen to him, so he told me to wait for you outside the villa if something happened to him."

“I just visited his villa; it’s incredibly luxurious.”

"His uncle just renovated it."

"So the person I just saw was his uncle? Liang Min was... harmed by his uncle?"

"No, that's not it. Liang Min has been relying on his uncle's help all these years."

"No, Shengtian Company gives him a large sum of money for maintenance every year, so why would he need to be rescued?"

"It was indeed a huge sum of money more than a hundred years ago, but it's not worth much now. One hundred RB back then is equivalent to twenty thousand RB today. But let's get back to the point. Liang Min told me to tell you not to waste your time on the legal team."

After saying that, she took out a small square box and handed it to Yu Qing.

"what is this?"

"Electronic notarized documents. With them, you don't need a lawyer to be present to endorse your work. Besides, even if they did, they would just be reading a document; they have no power to challenge anyone, understand?"

Yu Qing pondered for a while and said, "That's true, it's just to bolster one's courage."

"Now that you understand, my mission is complete."

Just as the humanoid girl was about to turn and leave, Yu Qing grabbed her hand and said, "Please help me."

"Me? How can I help? I'm powerless to do anything about it."

"All you have to do is help me get out of here."

"But how can I get you out of here without a sound..."

"It's simple, we just need to change clothes. You can stay here pretending to be me for a few days."

"But I'm not as tall as you, and we look different too."

"Just lie lazily in bed and don't let the people below see your height or face."

“Okay, I’ll help you. But you have to tell me the names you usually use to call them, the common phrases you use. I need to mimic your accent.”

After they agreed on their accents, the humanoid girl explained to Yu Qing the walking posture and route after leaving the room. Only then did Yu Qing bow his back, disguise himself as the humanoid girl, and leave the room, then quietly go downstairs.

After going downstairs, Yu Qing immediately slipped out of the hotel through the back door.

He walked through seven or eight streets in one breath and found a large department store. He went in and bought ten more humanoid beauties that were neither produced by Shengtian nor Shengdi.

Those people set a trap at the entrance to the city, knowing he would bring a few helpers as soon as he entered, but they certainly didn't expect him to come to this market.

These humanoid beauties could also transform and be assembled into a "shared sedan chair." Yu Qing followed suit, imitating the people of the East, and rode in such a shared sedan chair, slowly traveling from the east of the city to the west, and then from the south to the north.

In this bustling city, people ride in shared taxis 24 hours a day, so no one would pay any attention to him. In fact, no one could see his face or eyes clearly; he had the humanoid Shu cover his entire head with her sleeve.

However, the humanoid clothing he wore was only sturdy and beautiful, but it did not have a temperature-regulating function. Therefore, he had to authorize a humanoid to buy a set of temperature-regulating clothes specifically for humans, and then sneak into a public laundry room to change into it.

By this time, he was already on edge, not only fearing that something in the sky could detect his whereabouts, but also worried that the humanoid Shu, who had gone to buy clothes, might have been sabotaged on her way back. So he sent her to the city gate to meet someone who didn't exist at all, and she was not allowed to leave until she met the person.

However, Yu Qing felt increasingly frustrated as he sat in the shared sedan chair. Was he destined to live like this, always hiding his face and keeping a low profile? Suddenly, his heart turned cold; he wanted to wreak havoc and carve out a bloody path for himself.

In this world, you sometimes have to face a situation where it's either you or me. In such cases, even the slightest concession or compromise could lead to utter ruin. The weaker party, in particular, needs to take the initiative to have any chance of survival.

He even considered a desperate, all-or-nothing approach. If he returned to the Ultimate Office now, he would immediately dismiss the entire Shengtian team, even if it caused chaos and turmoil, he wouldn't care, he could just rebuild them himself.

But he quickly calmed down. Doing so would allow the people of Shengdi to take advantage of the situation, ruthlessly destroying everything owned by the Shengtian Group, and in the end, he himself would also be unable to escape a heavy blow. It was too foolish and not worth it.

After wandering around Dongbang City for a while, he gradually opened the window of wisdom and suddenly thought of a good way to get out of his current predicament.

Offense is the best defense; a shield is usually much more expensive than a spear.

He was thrilled and began planning the next steps. When you are fearless, you yourself become a powerful force.

He glanced at the sky over Dongbang and thought: This place will soon become lively; just wait and see. (End of Chapter)