The Last 299 Days of Humanity

That day, Yao Dan went to the place where Yaoxing Fortress had disintegrated and made a proper tour of it. Following Yu Qing's instructions, she searched around for some things that looked like fragments of the fortress, carefully put them into a brocade box, and brought them back to Wengshan. She buried them in the corner of the wall on the side of the wall where Gu Yi's villa could see the river.

Next, Yao Dan leisurely built a white, coffin-like structure on top of it. She also switched Wengshan's defenses to a complete no-entry state. In fact, even ghosts wouldn't go there at this point.

This is Yu Qing's way of letting the world know that he's dead. After all, the person who assassinated him needed a complete chain of evidence to prove that Yu Qing was indeed finished. You have to provide that to fill in the gaps, so they don't have to frantically search for it.

At the same time, Yu Qing dispatched two humanoid messengers to both Shengtian and Shengdi companies. To avoid revealing their whereabouts, the humanoid messengers in the warehouse could not be used at this time.

He then remembered that he had once sent several humanoid beauties to the gates of Dongbang City to wait for a fictitious person, and they had faithfully wandered around there. It was time to put them to a new purpose.

After he had Donghao sneak out of the underground city, he quietly called the several humanoid beauties aside and divided them into two groups: one group went to the Shengtian Company headquarters, and the other group went to the Shengdi Company headquarters. Donghao gave each group a small package to take with them.

First, let's talk about the group of humanoid beauties who went to Shengtian. When they arrived at the headquarters gate, the guards wouldn't let them in. But following Dong Hao's instructions, they claimed to be sent by Shengdi to deliver something, and they were quickly allowed to enter.

But after they went in, they didn't say a word, and just handed the package to Shengtian's men.

There was nothing in the bag except a lighter.

Sheng Tian and his group were completely baffled, looking at it again and again, not understanding its meaning. But when the current president, Chang Sheng, saw the lighter, he knew what it meant, his expression changed drastically, and he remained silent.

This lighter is Yu Yunshan's keepsake, and it was originally in Yu Qing's possession. Now that Guo Qi, the president of Shengdi, has sent it over, isn't that telling him that Yu Qing is not dead and is still in their hands?

Before boarding the fortress, Yu Qing deliberately stood outside the car door and played with the lighter. Chang Sheng's person monitoring Yu Qing took a picture of this and sent it to him. Only then did he realize that Yu Qing had indeed boarded the crashed flying car and was already dead.

Now that Guo Qi has brought over the lighter that Yu Qing always carries, isn't that just telling me that Yu Qing was rescued by him ahead of time?
This made Chang Sheng nervous. He was worried that Yu Qing and Guo Qilai had taken back the company, so he immediately switched from an offensive to a defensive posture against Shengdi, wanting to stabilize the situation first.

The humanoid beauties, having completed their mission, did not return to Dongbang, but instead went to Xianyou, the headquarters of Shengdi. Chang Sheng, being very cunning, couldn't help but want to find out where they had come from.

Meanwhile, the group of humanoid beauties who went to Shengdi handed over the package to Guo Qi's men and went straight to Xianyou, the headquarters of Shengtian.

Guo Qi opened the package, his expression changed drastically, and he stood there speechless for a long time. Actually, his package contained only a single piece of paper with the following words written on it:

The nineteenth character on page seven of the agreement is: 的; the twenty-second character on page eight is: 胜; the fifty-ninth character on page nine is: 同; the first character on page ten is: 经; the last character on page eleven is: 清...

Guo Qi, upon receiving this unusual letter, also concluded that Yu Qing had been rescued and was now under the control of Sheng Tian Chang Sheng's men. The reason was simple: Chang Sheng was implying that he had obtained the original copy of the secret agreement he and Yu Qing had reached.

Even if Chang Sheng had an undercover agent in Shengdi, it was possible for him to know some of the contents of the agreement, but it was impossible for him to see the original. This letter precisely pointed out the text and locations in the agreement, which would have been impossible without the original.

The key point is that the letter makes no mention of pages one through six, because those pages contain Yu Qing's promises to Shengdi! This is Chang Sheng implying that they don't acknowledge these promises…

Shengdi was already at a disadvantage, and now that it has lost its external support, it has no choice but to temporarily cease its efforts.

Yu Qing is alright; after all, he's still a member of Shengtian, and there's still hope of recovering his debts—that's the good news. Besides, it's best to observe the internal situation within Shengtian first. If internal strife arises because of this, wouldn't we be the ones reaping the benefits?
Therefore, both Shengtian and Shengdi began to reduce contact in order to avoid conflict as much as possible.

This series of actions not only ensured his own safety at this moment, but also thwarted the plot of the person hiding in the shadows who wanted to harm him. Yu Qing was therefore somewhat pleased with himself.

However, life underground was too boring, and Donghao had no flavor at all. Yu Qing had only been lying down there for three days, but he already felt that each day was like a year.

He asked Donghao to tell him a story, and Donghao asked, "Sir, which era's story would you like to hear? I have seven trillion novels here!"

"Holy crap! Who's so bored as to spend seven trillion books?"

"Humans have written 600 billion books, and the rest were written by professional humanoids."

"I won't listen to anything written by humanoid women, I only listen to anything written by humans, and it has to be something written by the most boring author in the most boring era."

"Your tastes are quite unique... How about books by 21st-century authors? Books from that era were considered the most boring... and the book written by the most boring author, Man Jianglan, is called 'A Dog'."

"It's incredibly boring; you don't write about people, you just write about a dog. Go ahead and tell me!"

"A Dog," by Man Jianglan: A pregnant dog lies in the shadow of another dog, raises its head and barks three times, woof, woof, woof... Did you do this...?"

"Stop! I'd rather go to sleep..."

But Yu Qing tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

At this point, not only was his life incredibly boring, but he was also deeply distressed. He simply didn't have much time left to waste.

Not being able to fully figure out who was lurking in the shadows and trying to harm him made him feel like he was being pricked by thorns.

He was considering whether to stir things up again and force that guy out, otherwise he wouldn't be able to focus on dealing with Sheng Tian Sheng Di's gang...

He thought he had to keep that person awake at least. So he came up with another plan.

"Donghao, you should still make a trip to Yadu."

"What are you doing, Your Excellency? This way, you'll be all alone."

"Aren't there a few unopened humanoid dolls from your series in the warehouse? Get another one, and name her Xi too. You're going to Asia this time, so cry your heart out. Oh, and bring along someone who looks exactly like you, so people won't think you're the one who died with me..." "Just cry? How am I supposed to know why I have to cry?"

"First, go to the Changyun Company that manufactured our crashed airborne fortress, and cry your heart out, criticizing the poor quality of their vehicles. Then find Xiaoqin and the others, and spread the word that the airborne fortress was shot down by a satellite of the authorities..."

"Your Excellency is forcing them to investigate the mastermind behind this for you, isn't that right?"

"Yes. You can deduce that, so I think they should have thought of it too. The people at Changyun Company don't want to be blamed for manufacturing inferior products, so they will definitely force the authorities to explain what exactly happened with that satellite."

The authorities, of course, were even more uneasy. Installing offensive weapons on a satellite was an act that would incite global outrage; they couldn't explain themselves without getting to the bottom of it.

Dong Hao said expressionlessly, "Understood, Your Excellency. I'll go to the warehouse now, unpack a humanoid beauty I've prepared, and bring her down. I'll call her Xi Hao, and then I'll go to Dongdu to cry. Is there anything else you need to tell me?"

"Don't go out through the warehouse main door, take the secret passage..."

"Understood, Your Excellency."

Meanwhile, after Donghao arrived in Yadu, he followed Yuqing's instructions and went to Changyun Company to hold up a sign and cry, accusing their vacant fortress of being of poor quality and causing the death of its master. This scene had not been seen for one or two hundred years, and it terrified them.

Furthermore, Donghao lacked any emotional interaction design; her crying was truly unsightly and extremely irritating to viewers. This caused Changyun to lose popularity, leading several humanoid girls to try and stop her, which resulted in the unusual event of humanoid girls fighting each other.

Now the whole world knows that the Changyun train crashed.

The negative news had serious consequences, and they didn't want to take the blame. So they issued a public statement saying that the car was shot down, not that there was a quality problem with the vehicle, and offered a global reward for information.

At this point, rumors began to circulate, with many claiming that it was the authorities' satellite that had caused the incident. This stirred up a hornet's nest; how could the authorities do something so despicable that everyone would condemn them? Of course, the authorities had no choice but to step forward and clarify, declaring that they had nothing to do with it.

However, a third-party satellite captured the moment the airborne fortress was destroyed. The Changyun Company then heavily publicized this, claiming it proved the fortress was indeed attacked by a satellite overhead. Unfortunately, the satellite belonging to the Atlanta authorities was directly overhead at the time.

The trajectory of a decoy is invisible, but it causes distortion in the matter it passes through. Although the atmosphere above tens of thousands of meters is a vacuum, it's not entirely devoid of particles; a decoy still leaves traces when it's emitted!

Someone inadvertently captured the scene. The authorities were left speechless and, after some deliberation, decided to "bring the satellite to justice."

However, during the capture satellite's journey to bring it back to Earth, the satellite inexplicably exploded and destroyed itself.

People accused the authorities of burning bodies to cover up the crime. The situation was now truly unclear, but the authorities had to explain to the public what had happened. Therefore, an expert panel was formed to investigate all companies and personnel involved in the satellite manufacturing, commissioning, and management processes.

Some people and events ultimately cannot withstand close scrutiny. One of the humanoid creatures involved in satellite assembly was destroyed due to a malfunction after the satellite's delivery. What a coincidence! Consequently, the companies and individuals involved in manufacturing and managing this humanoid creature are also under investigation…

Following the clues, suspicions were finally focused on a company called Guiyi that manufactures humanoid figures in the east, and a company called Ruyi that provides core intelligent components.

However, the humanoid beauty had been destroyed, meaning it was impossible to obtain actual evidence. But the fox's tail could no longer be hidden, and Guiyi and Ruyi companies were still pushed to the forefront of the storm.

Both companies have stated that they have nothing to do with it. But one thing is certain: if they really were behind it, they will not dare to make any rash moves for quite some time to come.

Yu Qing simply had Dong Hao go to Yadu to cry, and successfully got so many people to investigate the truth of the matter for him, saving him a lot of time and energy.

What could be the motive behind those people in the eastern region, people he had absolutely no connection with, wanting to harm him? Yu Qing pondered this, and it all came back to the reason he'd initially suspected: someone wanted to use his corpse to gain an unfair advantage…

From this perspective, Ruyi Company can be ruled out as a suspect. It's just a small company with a single business; unless they were bribed, there's no reason for them to do such a thing.

However, Guiyi Company is different. Their business scope almost completely overlaps with that of Shengtian Shengli Company, although so far, their business has not extended to the west, while Shengtian and Shengdi have not yet started business in the east.

What if Guiyi Company intends to expand its business into Shengtian Shengdi's territory? Then the simplest way would be to make Shengtian and Shengdi mutually destructive.

But a new problem has arisen. For many years, there has been virtually no trade between the East and West. The East doesn't recognize the West's RB currency, and the West doesn't use its own currency. The East and West are currently arguing over which currency to adopt. What is Guiyi's motive for expanding its business to the West?

However, Donghao returned from Asia with more information. People in Asia suggested that the covert attack on civilian aircraft should be investigated in connection with the unexplained deaths of over a thousand people in Stone City some time ago. Things have really gotten serious.

Dong Hao also brought even more astonishing news: Yu Guiyi, the owner of Guiyi Company, was also a descendant of Yu Yunshan! Yu Qing said in bewilderment, "Wasn't it already proven that I am the old man's only descendant?"

Dong Hao said, "You can only say that you are Yu Yunshan's sole heir. But Yu Guiyi also has Yu Yunshan's bloodline. His ancestor was Yu Yunshan's eldest son, Yu Xiongzhi!"

"So, Yu Guiyi wants to kill me and seize Shengtian Company?"

"That's impossible. Yu Yunshan ruled out that possibility long ago. Yu Xiongzhi attempted to kill his father and seize Shengtian Company, but ended up poisoning his own mother and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Yu Yunshan permanently expelled Yu Xiongzhi's entire family from the family business."

"Maybe he wants to overturn the verdict..."

“That’s impossible. Unless Yu Yunshan is still alive, it’s absolutely impossible legally. His will is there. Besides, you are already Shengtian’s legal heir, which is irreversible. Even if you’re gone, Yu Guiyi will not be able to inherit Shengtian.”

"So, the blood relationship is just a coincidence. Yu Guiyi still has the delusion of destroying Shengtian and Shengdi and ultimately monopolizing the entire market in the east and west."

Dong Hao said, "That's not all. He can also gain another huge benefit..." (End of Chapter)