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The Last Man in the Universe

A man with a unique name, Ue (spelling; Yu), decides to accept an offer to join a program called 'Into The Hole' because he is bored with his life. The program requires someone to be flown and enter a Black Hole which for thousands of years has always been a mystery to scientists. This program is sponsored by Hidetoshi Akimura, who spent his entire life dedicated to studying a Black Hole which they named the Black Eye, somewhere in the Norma Arm, Milky Way. While Ue is on his mission to the Black Eye, there is chaos on Earth, a catastrophe that nearly wipes out humanity. The disaster was caused by the Healer serum, a serum previously touted as a miracle serum and highly revered by the public, now become a deadly serum that wipes out more than two-thirds of the Earth's population. Can Ue complete his mission? And what about the fate of the remaining human beings on Earth? Find the answer in this novel.

Ando_Ajo · Sci-fi
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172 Chs

Human Arrogance

That afternoon, Yu tried to relax by taking a walk around the facility building belonging to Akimura Tech. Sleeping in the room all the time is boring and makes his body achy, especially around the back.

There were not many workers in the large building, only a few people, and some of them were already known to Yu.

Sometimes Yu felt that the building, the condition of the place was something very ironic compared to the conditions outside, the conditions outside of The Wall itself.

Out there, people live as vagrants. Even if there were one or two residences, such as an old apartment, it would have been very full, and overcrowded. In short, people hardly have a comfortable place to live.

Compare that with the condition of the Akimura facility building which is so big, spacious, and luxurious, but only a handful of people are in it. And even then, most of them don't live around this area, they just work here. Once their working hours are over, they return to their respective homes, Alina is one example.

Yu took a deep breath. The more advanced the times and the development of technology, the more unequal life is, he thought.

At the back of the large building that became a unified whole, Yu met Alexander the mechanic again. At that time, Alexander was checking a device the size of a refrigerator with a fellow mechanic.

"Hey, man!" said Alexander. "What are you doing back here?"

Yu just smiled, he nodded his head greeting the man beside Alexander.

"How was your simulation today?" asked Alexander.

"Fail!" Yu answered curtly.

"Fail?" Alexander frowned. "What do you mean, man?"

"I mean," said Yu. "I didn't have a simulation session today."

"Why?" asked Alexander. "Has something happened?"

"Alina canceled it."

Alexander stood straight with his hands on his waist, he looked at Yu with a big question in his eyes.

"Hey," said Alexander. "Don't tell me—"

"Yup!" said Yu. "Thanks to you. I was scolded by Alina this morning."

Alexander chuckled as he shook his head. "Damn you!" he said. "You're blaming me instead!"

"Who else?"

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry," Alexander said without knowing the truth. "Then what happens? I mean, that pretty doctor isn't really mad, is she?"

"No," said Yu. "I was the only one who wasn't in a fit condition to undergo the simulation. You know, Alina was afraid her tools would have a bad effect on me."

"Aah…" Alexander nodded before continuing his work. "I think it's because I told you about the serum."

Yu smiled, his hands in the front pockets of his pants while watching what Alexander and a colleague were doing.

"No," said Yu. "It has nothing to do with the serum. But, I did ask Alina about it."

"Then, does that beautiful force you to use the serum?"

"No, she considered my objection to the use of the serum. And will report this to Mr. Akimura."

"Ah, I see, huh?" Alexander nodded slightly. "Well, even if you don't want to use the serum, it's a loss for you, I'll tell you."

Yu just chuckled. "Die and live in God's hands, man."

"Wow," Alexander smiled widely as he glanced at Yu. "Since when did you become such a pious person?"

"Since meeting someone like you."

"Damn it!" Alexander laughed again. "So, are we going to have some fun again tonight?"

"It won't happen!" said Yu.

Alexander smirked and knew exactly the reason for Yu's words. "Well, I guess that's best for you, man."

"Yup!" Yu said. "Before Alina turned into a scary monster."

Alexander laughed, as did his colleagues to hear Yu's words.

"If she hears you," said Alexander. "She will definitely turn into that monster you say!"

"Alright, man," Yu said after they had their fill of laughter. "I'd better go back and leave the two of you with your work."

"Alright," Alexander raised one hand, also with his partner.

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Yu had dinner alone, as usual. Sometimes he thought, could this large and spacious building have a ghost? If there was, he would have run away in fright.

But then he laughed to himself. There are no ghosts in this world except what your mind creates. Well, those words of wisdom have always been holding for Yu. The words he found were written in an old book, when he was still in that luxurious underground building, many years ago.

After dinner, Yu spent his time in front of a computer screen in a special room. He re-opened several sites to simply know about The Healer.

And so far, Yu didn't find a single article—that is to say—containing bad news about the magic serum. All the articles he reads always come with compliments that are sometimes exaggerated.

In fact, in one article, Yu found one sentence very inappropriate, and arrogant. It reads: The Healer is a miracle that God can't destroy.

"Humans really have crossed the line," Yu muttered with such a heavy sigh. "They want to resist God? Good grief! Is this what is called the vanity of the descendant of humans?"

Feeling embarrassed at the sentence in the article even though he was not the one who made and wrote the sentence, Yu finally closed the site, then opened Akimura Tech's site.

Only lasted for ten minutes later with all the stuff reeking of a Black Hole called The Black Eye, Yu finally ended his exploration of the virtual world.

Yu stood up and stretched his body in such a way before finally leaving the quiet and clean room.

As he stepped down one corridor before turning into another, Yu heard strange noises that piqued his curiosity a little.

He followed the direction of the source of the strange voices. And then, Yu became surprised himself when he found the source of the voice.

It was a male mechanic, a friend of Alexander's this afternoon who was copulating a female officer on the stairs leading down to the floor.

At that time, the female officer who was naked at the bottom was facing the wall, she was half-straddled. And the mechanic, whose pants were drooping down to his ankles was pumping his genitals into the female officer's canal from behind, his two hands holding on to the female officer's waist .

The sound of the waist and buttocks clashing, and the groans of the two that were heard by Yu finally led him to the place here.

Damn! Yu cursed in his heart. How could they make love in the open like this? Did they think no one would see what they were doing?

Damn it!

Yu finally left the couple before his lust burned even more.

Before going to bed, Yu took the time to take a shower to cool off his heat. The heat from seeing the scene of the couple's intercourse earlier.

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