Chapter 295 - 255: Missing

Chapter 295: Chapter 255: Missing

Tuesday, noon. Lunchtime.

Yu Dong stood on the 44th floor of the Twin Towers, a landmark building in Yanhai City, looking down at Yanhai University.

His alma mater.

In his past life, Yu Dong had always had one regret: he hadn’t been able to go to Yanhai University to save his classmates and teachers. The university was too far from their base, and this behemoth of a commercial and office building complex stood in the way.

The zombie horde here was the largest outside of the Urban Area. Later on, extremely numerous mutated zombies would appear. The roads were complex and clogged with cars, making it difficult to lure zombies into corpse pits to be burned. It had to be taken with brute force.

’In this life, if I have Yin Shuangyang clear out the Twin Towers in advance, we can save so many people. By using this place as our main base, we can clear out the zombies at the university within the golden 10 days. Then we’ll have another batch of available, high-quality talent.’

Yanhai University was a top-tier national university. No one who got in was stupid. Their characters might vary, but their ability to learn was proven.

In his past life, Yu Dong’s Battle Group Two was composed entirely of students from Ocean University. They learned drone technology incredibly quickly.

[Students] have a very useful trait: High Comprehension.

There are many things that you just can’t get through to people over 30 who are set in their social views. They’ll always favor their own logic and look down on anyone else’s.

Many people talk about "middle-aged grease," and this is what it refers to: an unwillingness to change, a constant belief that they’re right, dismissing anything that deviates from their worldview as impractical. They try to explain everything in the world with their own limited understanding and have the gall to call it ’universal truth.’

But... contradictions have their own uniqueness. The contradictions of different things have their own characteristics, and the contradictions of the same thing have different characteristics at different stages of its development.

Trying to use one’s own set of principles to explain everything, and being proud of it... that’s ’greasy.’

Yu Dong had observed that this phenomenon wasn’t limited to men; many older women were the same.

This trait wasn’t as pronounced in students. Students were the group best able to understand new things and embrace change.

That’s why Yu Dong liked using [Students] for jobs that required learning and development.

Of course, Yu Dong believed part of the reason for this preference was that he belonged to this group himself. They were his base, making it easier to gain their favor.

He thought of an SR he had in his past life.

The graduate student: Jiang Zhuoyu.

His secretary, and the leader of the student soldiers in his past life’s Battle Group Two—the very group Jiang Zhuoyu had secretly trained for him.

He had also kept daily work perfectly organized.

’Today, Xufeng can "activate" him. Then he can help Xufeng prepare...’

When he thought about how Xufeng only had seven days to live in this lifetime but was still helping him with things he should have been doing himself, Yu Dong’s heart filled with a mix of indebtedness and gratitude.

’In this life, no matter what happens, even if I’m scorned by the world, I have to get that mRNA vaccine. Xufeng... if I’m ever reborn again, I swear I’ll save you next time.’

Yu Dong had a plan. Besides investing heavily in Meng Dongqing’s research, he would wait until he had pacified Yanhai City with Yin Shuangyang’s help. Then, he would inquire about whether any similar research institutions still existed elsewhere...

Just as Yu Dong was contemplating the future of this new life, the large doors behind him opened.

"Hahaha! Brother Yu, sorry for the wait. The corporation is big, so there’s always a lot to do. I just called a few more friends to join us for lunch."

"Friends?"

Yu Dong was a little surprised. He thought that after they had compared notes and established a basic level of trust this morning, they would be discussing apocalypse preparations over lunch. Why invite friends?

’Would someone like Yin Shuangyang... really share information about the apocalypse with others?’

"They’re all business partners of mine. They won’t be involved in our... business, but they can provide us with some conveniences."

"Oh... I see."

Yin Shuangyang walked over and guided Yu Dong to the seat to the left of the host’s chair, then sat down in the host’s seat himself.

"Brother Yu, we talked a lot this morning. I genuinely think you’re a great guy—you’ve got brains, methods, and foresight. Even if there were no apocalypse, I’d still want to be your friend. But... since you want me to go all-in on preparing for the end of the world, I feel like something is still missing. It’s keeping me from fully committing."

"What’s missing?"

"The two secrets you told me... they are indeed very private. Normally, no one else would know them. But... it’s not entirely impossible for someone to find them out. My secretary just reminded me that some truly unbelievable grand schemes can be set in motion... This is a huge deal, so I have to rule out any risks. Do you have any other information that can prove you’re a reincarnator?"

Hearing Yin Shuangyang’s lingering doubts, Yu Dong decided not to keep him in suspense any longer.

"I do have one piece of information that no one but a reincarnator could possibly have."

"Oh? Go on."

"In my past life, I made a point to memorize tonight’s lottery numbers: [14 01 16 11 05 19 08]"

Hearing this, Yin Shuangyang’s eyes lit up.

’If this is real, then it’s absolute proof!’

"You haven’t bought a ticket, have you?"

"Not yet. If I hadn’t managed to convince you today, I was going to."

"Don’t buy it! If you buy a ticket, we won’t get to witness a miracle tonight! The system is rigged... Good, good, good! Brother, since you have this ability, I won’t say another word. You have my full support! Let’s prepare for the apocalypse together! Hahaha!"