The Last 299 Days of Humanity

Yu Qing decided to stop hiding and instead make a high-profile appearance in Dongbang, letting all forces clearly see that he was living a carefree life here.

In any case, Dongbang is a peaceful city, and no one dares to cause trouble here or take his life. The only thing that needs to be arranged in advance is to prevent the people of Dongbang from politely escorting him out of the city.

So he went to Liang Min's uncle with great fanfare, offering to buy his villa at twice the market price. Once he bought the villa, he would automatically obtain permanent residency in Dongbang, and no one could kick him out.

Moreover, this kills two birds with one stone, as it clearly tells those who have seized his property that he has arrived.

However, the deal didn't go so smoothly. Liang Min's uncle's eyes darted around, and he raised the price tenfold.

Buying the villa at this price would have a series of unfavorable consequences. First, the Dongbang people would laugh at him for being a fool and resent him for driving up prices here. Second, he might be charged exorbitant prices for anything he buys here in the future.

So Yu Qing turned around and bought a dilapidated house that hadn't been sold for a long time at a very low price. When Uncle Liang saw that the big deal had fallen through, he came back and begged Yu Qing to buy the villa for double the price.

Yu Qing laughed and said, "This house is fine as it is now, there's no point in me buying another one."

Uncle Liang kept praising how livable his villa was, and in the end, Yu Qing had no choice but to "reluctantly" buy it at a price slightly higher than the market price by 10%.

Next, Yu Qing plans to buy several more streets. The more he buys, the safer he will be. Yesterday, while purchasing the humanoid beauties, he discovered a huge financial loophole in Shengtian and Shengdi companies.

Based on his projected wealth, Shengtian and Shengdi's system automatically granted him a substantial additional credit line. Because of the high interest rate, it certainly seemed like a good deal. Greed made them forget about the low-probability risks.

Because of their negligence, he did not obtain his wealth, and if he died, there would be no one to pay his debts.

The more he owed Shengdi Company, the more afraid they were of him getting into trouble. As for the money from Shengtian Company, he controlled exactly how much he took; there was no question of whether he would repay it.

He had to use up the 500 billion RB credit granted by Shengdi Company and the 1 trillion RB credit granted by Shengtian Company with lightning speed.

To this end, he visited all of Dongbang's brokerage firms, signed confidentiality agreements, and entrusted them to buy all of Dongbang's properties that were looking for buyers: real estate, factory production lines, and merchandise.

Within a few days, he acquired 80% of the properties on 18 streets in Dongbang, 10 humanoid production lines, 11 large stores, and 60 warehouses with various goods, including 7,000 unopened humanoids.

Prices in Dongbang skyrocketed. To curb inflation, he sold off large amounts of assets to raise cash, buying low and selling high, earning returns far exceeding interest. Crucially, some of the loans had already become actual financial assets in his possession.

While the people of Shengtian and Shengdi were busy fighting to the death, by the time they discovered this financial loophole, Yu Qing had already used up all the credit lines. He also applied for an emergency supplementary credit line of 20 billion from both Shengtian and Shengdi, and sorry, he used it to buy another large stadium and two amusement parks.

As for how to repay those loans, he wasn't worried. He only needed to pay the interest within the year, and he'd essentially made a profit from it. As for after a year, he'd either control Shengtian's vast assets, or he wouldn't be alive to repay them…

In fact, even if Yu Qing couldn't repay the interest, neither Sheng Tian nor Sheng Di dared to make a fuss in the short term. If the world knew they had such a large bad debt, their entire financial system would collapse...

When Yu Qing began acquiring assets in Dongbang on a large scale, both Shengtian and Shengdi were only focused on Yu Qing's presence in Dongbang. Shengdi's people wanted to get rid of him to vent their anger, while Shengtian's people wanted to prevent him from taking over the company.

Just as Shengdi had stabilized its position, it dispatched a large force to gather around Dongbang, preparing to seize the opportunity to eliminate Yuqing and regain face after its previous defeat.

The people of Shengtian arrived as soon as they heard the news, partly to press their advantage and give Shengdi a good beating when he was down, and partly to seize the opportunity to control Yuqing.

The two forces converged within a 50-kilometer radius of Dongbang City, but neither dared to enter the city rashly, nor could they possibly do so. Rumors circulated that even a mosquito couldn't enter Dongbang without permission.

The two forces, Shengtian and Shengdi, were thus entangled like a twisted rope outside Dongbang City. Dongbang was aware of this and sternly warned them not to start any major conflicts around them.

They've reached a stalemate again.

Yu Qing activated all seven thousand humanoid beauties, and made one hundred of them impersonate him. Each of them was paired with ten other humanoid beauties, and they carried his stand-in around Dongbang City in a sedan chair.

This immediately made him a celebrity. Finally, the whole world knew that Yu Yunshan's successor, whom he had been waiting for for nearly two hundred years, had appeared.

Seizing the opportunity, he conducted a high-profile inspection of Shengtian's branch offices. He wanted to secure control of them first.

To his anger, however, he was greeted by only a 120-year-old employee and a few humanoid women!

Yu Qing asked, "Where are the others?"

The old man said tremblingly, "There's no one else."

"I know this has always been a second-tier branch office with at least three hundred people. How come there's no one here?"

The old man said, "Boss, you don't know this, but two months ago, the head office downgraded this place to an office. I'm just here to guard this building and report what's happening here to my superiors."

"They didn't even move the facilities, did they?"

"They've all moved away. There's nothing here now, and all the administrative terminals have been removed."

Without an administrative terminal, he couldn't do anything except order that 120-year-old man around. Besides, even if he had an administrative terminal, he didn't know anyone there, so who could he give orders to?

He had to admit that he had lost this round.

Moreover, within a few days, both Shengtian and Shengdi companies patched up their financial loopholes, and he could no longer obtain credit from them.

However, he now controls 1.2 trillion RB in assets and 600 billion RB in liquid funds. Of course, he also has a mountain of debt, and there's no indication that he has the ability to repay it at present.

If he couldn't repay, his assets would eventually be auctioned off. However, he devised a wicked plan to weld these assets together, preventing Shengdi and Shengtian from making up for the financial shortfall he had created for them.

Thanks to the special treatment he received upon entering the city, even though he insisted on stripping naked, he was allowed to bring his Lingxi necklace and other items into Dongbang City, which made it easy for him to contact Yao Dan and the others outside the city.

He sent Yaodan and Eying to take Yuwa to the entrance of Dongbang to apply for a permit to enter the city again. Of course, this time it was still not approved. So, Yuwa sat at the entrance and wept bitterly. This image immediately spread throughout the world.

The image of Yu Wa sitting outside the carriage, wailing and crying, during Sheng Tian's pursuit was already etched in people's memories. Now, Sheng Tian still refused to give up and tracked her all the way to the walls of Dongbang City.

But this time, people's anger was not directed at Shengtian, but at the cold-blooded Dongbang. They were indifferent to a child with nowhere to run and refused to lend a helping hand.

Some have even questioned the fact that the Dongbang has avoided participating in earthly conflicts for over a thousand years in order to protect themselves, criticizing them as a group of selfish, unprincipled, and heartless individuals.

During World War Six, their refusal to accept any refugees into Dongbang was brought up again.

Some people proposed building a Great Wall along the outer perimeter of the Eastern State, enclosing them within the walls, so that no one would have any contact with them, and giving them absolute peace.

The immense public pressure forced the Dongbang authorities to concede and, as a special case, allow Yu Wa to enter Dongbang for refuge.

However, Yuwa insisted on bringing Eying and Yaodan into the city with her, so Dongbang had to give in again and allow them to accompany Yuwa into the city after dismantling their attack modules.

The Dongbang people were still racking their brains about how to provide Yuwa with accommodation and living allowances. As a new Dongbang resident, Yu Qing generously donated Liangmin Villa as a refuge for Yuwa. It was important that he donated it to the municipal authorities, who then gifted it to Yuwa.

For the municipal authorities, this was a welcome development. Previous public opinion had been very unfavorable to them. Publicly announcing their generous gift of a villa to Yu Wa demonstrated their philanthropic nature.

When Yu Qing sent three teams of humanoid women, under the guise of the municipal authorities, to bring Yu Wa into the villa in a grand procession using shared sedan chairs, all the previous accusations of Dong Bang's indifference and ruthlessness vanished.

In recognition of this, Dongbang gifted Yu Qing a golden key to Dongbang City, as he not only promoted the economic prosperity of Dongbang City but also restored Dongbang's reputation.

Yu Wa happily moved into the villa, her first reaction being to hug her older brother tightly and act spoiled. Yu Qing flicked her forehead and said, "You've lost weight again. I'll let you feast tonight."

Yu Wa raised her hands and shouted, "I, ten!"

"Eying, what does she mean by 'ten'?"

Eying smiled and said, "She started calling out very early this morning; today is her tenth birthday."

Yu Qing picked up Yu Wa and spun her around, excitedly exclaiming, "You're my lucky star! I was just wondering what to do for a big event. Tonight, I'll throw you a birthday party!"

This matter was then entrusted to an assistant newly appointed by Yu Qing. This humanoid figure, whom Yu Qing named Donghao, was the latest generation of the product. He only told Donghao the real purpose of the party, and Donghao then independently devised a detailed process for hosting the party and a list of invited guests.

Yu Qing gave Dong Hao a thousand humanoid beauties to command, so he no longer needed to worry about them. He only inquired about the identities of the invitees, a total of 513 people, who were all the celebrities and dignitaries of the entire Dongbang.

Yao Dan laughed and said, "My lord, do you think these people will come? What if none of them come? That would be too embarrassing for us."

Yu Qing laughed and said, "Except for those who can't get out of bed, they'll all come running over. Donghao, your wisdom has surpassed that of 99% of natural people. Tell Yaodan why."

Donghao said, “Yes, Your Excellency. They will definitely come, and even those who weren’t invited will come in a huff, complaining that we’ve left them out.”

Princess Yuwa is no ordinary person. Her image has become known to hundreds of millions of people in just three days. Her weeping at Luoyuzui was no ordinary event; it has been defined by the world as the 'weeping of the century.' Some say her weeping was a revival of human compassion.

People also call her the incarnation of the goddess of courage and kindness, and offer a very favorable interpretation of her weeping: she is saddened by the endless fighting and killing among humankind.

The key point is that everyone in the world is interested in her origins, yet everyone is surprised to find that in such a transparent era, no one knows where she comes from. Many even believe that she is a god sent from heaven to save this fragmented world.

Those invited are indeed influential figures in the Eastern Clan, but in the eyes of the world, they are nothing more than nobodys. We publicly invited them so they could gain fame and fortune through Princess Yuwa; even those who can't get out of bed will be carried here.”

Yu Qing said, "There are still some things you don't know. There are more than 600 city-states in the world. When Yu Wa sat in front of the gate of Dongbang and cried, they publicly declared that they were willing to provide her with protection. I dare not neglect her now, otherwise I will be cursed to death."

At this moment, Dong Hao hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Excellency, it is my duty to remind you that from now on you can no longer live here, and when there are other people around, you must keep a proper distance from Princess Yuwa."

Before Yu Qing could reply, Yao Dan jumped up and shouted, "What, do you want to rebel? And you want to sow discord between the two of them?"

Yu Qing stopped Yao Dan from making a fuss, saying, "Dong Hao is right. This is protecting the little fox, and it's also protecting me."

"why?"

Dong Hao said, "Princess Yuwa has now been deified and is an idol to which many people place their emotions and hopes. Getting too close to her will attract jealousy and will also be detrimental to maintaining her lofty image."

Eying said, "Overnight, we're no longer able to afford your services..."

Yu Qing laughed and said, "It's fine for you to stay here. Actually, there won't be any place for me to live here soon, so it's better to move out sooner rather than later."

"My lord, you jest. With so many rooms, how could there be no place for you? Is there someone else coming to stay here?"

“Those rooms need to be cleared out to store the gifts the little fox received tonight.”

"Your Excellency, please never call Princess Yuwa 'Little Fox' again. If someone hears this, it will be very bad for you."

Yu Qing laughed and said, "Yes, yes, from now on we'll all call her Princess."

Yao Dan said, "I still think calling it 'Little Fox' is more endearing."

"If you want to be dismantled into parts, then scream. Otherwise, you'd better do as I say." (End of Chapter)