The Last 299 Days of Humanity

Chapter 56 The Spirit Collar
What does "copy" mean?

"They are our own clones, who can assist me in various tasks and research, improving work efficiency and shortening research time. In the past, I needed to work 24 hours a day, but now only 22 hours are enough."

"My God, working 22 hours a day! Is this some kind of suicide mission?"

"For mortals like you, this is certainly unbelievable. You waste at least a third of your day in bed, and another third on boring things like eating, drinking, defecating, and urinating. Most of you don't even have 4 hours of truly effective work time."

Even so, you still complain about being treated like cattle and horses, fantasizing every day about one day being able to live off others without lifting a finger, with millions of people serving you and providing for your pleasures. Therefore, primitive humans were a failing creation of God, and we are the ones who corrected his mistakes.”

Yu Qing laughed and said, "You have no worries about food and clothing, and you are outstanding. I still don't understand, what are you busy with every day?"

"There are too many things to do! I'm in charge of a very ambitious project: researching the energy system for the spacecraft that will allow our new humans from Tianqing City to break out of the Milky Way and advance into the Golden River Galaxy."

"That's really too difficult. After all, it would take trillions of years to fly... But may I ask, is the Earth too small to accommodate you?"

"How can a sparrow know the ambition of a swan? But I can say something you can understand: with everyone on Earth going their own way these days, don't you think we should go to that wider world?"

"Then they leave the Earth to us like a tattered rag."

"You can also choose to become one of us."

“I will consider it. It seems your workload is quite heavy; working 22 hours a day may not be enough.”

"Of course it's not enough. But I have 2,723 clones, and they work 24 hours a day without stopping. There's a building in front of me with a 300-meter-high sloping board, which people jokingly call 'the three-piece knife,' covered with my clones, who are developing energy systems for me."

"Well... anyway, I have every respect for your dedication. But honestly, I'm terrified of this kind of life..."

"Of course, flesh and blood people are afraid of such a high-intensity life, but when you one day sublimate into a new kind of human being, your thoughts will be different."

Yu Qing dared not continue the discussion, fearing she would bring up the matter of helping him "sublimate." He couldn't imagine what it would feel like to have his hands replaced by a pile of fibers or alloys.

At this point, he grew a little bolder and dared to suggest that he wanted to see the difference between his aunt's fairy hands and the hands of a fleshy person.

Without a second thought, she agreed, jumped down from the painting, and stretched out a slender, delicate hand before Yu Qing's eyes. Its smoothness and softness were breathtaking. The thought that such a beautiful hand could be made by humankind filled Yu Qing with sincere admiration.

Most incredibly, this hand can withstand temperatures of 1800℃, and its sensing capabilities are astonishing, capable of detecting grooves on the surface of objects as small as one ten-thousandth of a millimeter.

She pointed to her large, bright eyes and said, "These are the essence of our senses. They can see the finest speck of dust on a drop of water five hundred kilometers away. The body is a prison for human intelligence; you should get rid of it as soon as possible."

Yu Qing could only agree, "Yes, yes, yes. But this time I was dispatched by the First Paradise to go to the Second Paradise..."

"Wait, as far as I know, the first through seventh amusement parks are completely sealed off, and no one is allowed to open them for the next five hundred years. Everyone accepts this rule. Who broke the rules and opened them?"

Yu Qing lied, saying, "No one's here. They're all broken. All our facilities are broken, so we went to the Second Park to get a... a spare part..."

"I dare say that these amusement parks will be impacted and disappear before long. You should leave as soon as possible."

Yu Qing thought it best to leave a flexible promise first, saying, "After I finish my mission, if I've thought it through, I'll come back to you, okay?"

"That's for the best. By the way, what part do you want from the Second Paradise?" "It's... a gear from the facility that manufactures synthetic food."

"My God, we have to restore something so ancient!"

Suddenly, Yu Qing had a brilliant idea. He wanted to get something out of his fairy aunt, so he deliberately sighed, "We can't even communicate with each other in our amusement parks anymore; the equipment is all outdated..."

"That's easy, we have plenty of communication devices here. I'll give you a pair."

Yu Qing was overjoyed and held her delicate hand, not knowing what to say.

When leaving the tea house, Yu Qing told Fu Rong, who had been standing outside, to go back to the car and wait for Chang'e and the others, while he went with his aunt, the fairy, to get some things. Fu Rong naturally didn't dare to say anything.

Perhaps finding Yu Qing too slow, the fairy picked him up and carried him like the wind to a large factory.

Various limb and organ components are being manufactured here. The fairy briefly explained the extraordinary functions of those components to him, and then led him to a smaller workshop.

She took out a small cube and said to Yu Qing, "This is an embedded communication terminal. As long as it is pre-embedded in your brain, your thoughts can be transmitted to a specific object that has also pre-embedded this terminal. But if the other party has not pre-embedded the terminal, communication will not be possible."

Yu Qing shook his head and said, "Then it's not suitable for us."

“It’s alright, we also have an external device here, mainly used for long-distance communication, with a maximum distance of up to 5,000 kilometers. We call it the ‘Lingxi Necklace,’ and it’s powered by light.”

Yu Qing exclaimed, "Great! This is it! Do you have any closer ones? Wouldn't one that's 5,000 kilometers away be too heavy?"

"That's all. Why need something closer? Its effective range is 0 to 5000 kilometers, and it weighs only 350 grams."

"I want ten!"

The fairy's face darkened, and she said, "I'm sorry, giving you a pair was already very generous, who knew you would be so greedy!"

Yu Qing hurriedly explained, "I'll pay for it myself; I wouldn't dare let you spend money on it."

"Ah, you are so rich, ten of you would have 9500 million RB."

"It's okay, I'll buy it."

After Yu Qing received the Spirit Rhinoceros Necklace, the fairy taught him how to use it and then took him back to where he started.

The fairy said, "Stay here and don't leave. Wait for me a moment."

After saying that, she disappeared like a gust of wind. Less than five minutes later, she returned with a rectangular box, handed it to him, and said, "I originally promised to give you a pair of spirit necklaces, but since you bought them yourself, I'll give you this instead."

Yu Qing took the box, not knowing what was inside, and said gratefully, "Thank you so much..."

The fairy didn't answer, but turned and drifted away.

(End of this chapter)