My autobiography is definitely not a tragedy!
Chapter 189 - 157 Crime and Punishment_2

Chapter 189: Chapter 157 Crime and Punishment_2

It’s him? It was actually him! How could it be him!

I sighed at the irony of fate, feeling a tinge of sympathy and guilt for him.

After I subtly indicated that I could offer a significant amount of financial support, Cheng Biao, deeply moved, patted my shoulder.

"Brother Meng, adversity reveals true friendship! I, Cheng Biao, acknowledge you as my brother!"

"From now on, if you have any trouble, just drop my name, Cheng Biao!"

Then not long after... he was imprisoned.

Out of that bit of guilt, I inquired with Wang Zhao Ping, who was in charge of the case, only to learn the whole affair was quite sensational.

Cheng Biao and another underling, just the two of them, brazenly entered a bar, faced dozens of gangsters, got several of their ribs broken, and amidst the crowd, accidentally killed Hu Dazhi, a former underling.

Afterwards, the two of them actually competed to take the blame for the murder.

"Ah Xing, you’re still young!"

"Brother Biao, I’m the young one!"

Their reasons, surprisingly coincided.

A person can be tortured from innocence to sin, and also from sin to innocence...

I began to admire this middle-aged man; he was someone of the jianghu, yet also of genuine emotion.

The world is like a tide, and people like water; only a sigh for the few who return from the jianghu...

Cheng Biao chose to punish evil with evil.

Yet the law is unfeeling; this was his crime and punishment.

As the one who changed his fate, and also as a friend,

If his life could start over, I hope it would be a different story.

A story about a man’s rebirth, about a man reforming, gradually moving from one world to another, a story possibly unknown to anyone in this world, but one that truly happened...

...

Compared to Cheng Biao, another person whose fate I changed, the screenwriter Han Fei, reached the pinnacle of life.

The racing movie he wrote and directed, "Pegasus," grossed 2 billion in box office after its release, making him an overnight success!

Once there was a script with an annual investment return of more than fivefold in front of me; I didn’t cherish it...

Han Fei then directed several more critically acclaimed movies, and even married a up-and-coming starlet, truly at the height of his life.

However, at the peak of his success, news of Han Fei’s accidental death from racing was broadcasted, truly a case of rise by racing and fall by racing.

Cheng Biao was like this, and so was Han Fei.

Could this misfortune also be contagious?

I sighed, heading towards the endpoint of my own destiny...

The effect of going open-source was remarkable; indeed, the power of an individual is minute, while the power of the world is immense!

With the continued development and perfection by the world’s top computing talents, the "Neural System Model" was like a shot of adrenaline to the related technological research.

Humanity took a big stride in related research fields, and Xiao Yu’s team’s development speed improved unprecedentedly!

Even using this as a reference, human beings made certain technological breakthroughs in derivative fields such as biological computers and computer Artificial Intelligence, achieving surprising results that led developments across the board.

Having tasted success, I doubled down; "X Virus Pathology Research," "Rabies Pathology Research," "Alzheimer’s Disease-related Medical Technology"...

With the exception of the undiscussable madness disease, I chose to share several of Changqing Biological’s major scientific research projects semi-publicly with the world’s research teams.

Thus, Changqing Biological’s advanced level of research in cutting-edge medicine, especially in the "Neural System" related fields, came into the sights of many powers.

In 2035, Country Hua’s Asteroid Defense System "CPDS" (Planet Defence Systems) detected an exocomet coming from the direction of Pluto, named "Ming Shen Star."

According to the assessment, "Ming Shen Star," measuring 550 meters in diameter, would pass by Earth around 2043, but due to its distance, it was determined to be a "non-threatening near-Earth comet."

While people celebrated another narrowly avoided natural disaster for Earth, only I knew that it was truly the "God of Death."

I felt the footsteps of doomsday approaching and began to build a "Doomsday Shelter" in the Meng Family Village, which had already changed dramatically.

A specially constructed underground bunker with a vacuum shielding layer, built at a great cost...

In 2036, I took the initiative to present the technology of the fully developed "Mengpo Soup 3.0," seeking a collaboration with the government.

Every step I chose might have been a great risk!

But isn’t our life a series of bold adventures?

In 2037, the "Super Frequency Drug" was officially classified as a secret military item and equipped on a small scale by certain special forces units, achieving astonishing results in actual combat.

However, there are no walls in the world that wind does not penetrate, and the "Super Frequency Drug" gradually became known to countries around the world and hailed as the "Superman Potion."

At one point, its black market price soared to 500,000 US Dollars per dose.

In 2038, Changqing Biological was listed as a military-involved enterprise, and its technical exchanges and cooperation with the outside world were greatly restricted.

Life is like a chess game, but our lives are nothing like a game of chess. There is no taking moves back in real life, only time that passes by never to return, and the years that disappear grandiosely into the flow of time.

Youth fades and old age hastens, in a blink, a fair face turns to frosty temples...

Because of long-term use of super frequency abilities, my brain aged at an unusual rate, and before I was 40, my hair had turned white.

Looking at Xiao Yu’s face filled with distress, I smiled and asked her to take on the task of writing my autobiography if anything untoward should happen to me!

Regardless of everything, I still wanted to see the world after 2043...

Having made arrangements for every contingency, with only five years left before the apocalypse, I made a bold decision to inform the nation of what I knew, including future catastrophes like the madman disease!

Owing to the Changqing Group’s standing in the industry, this drew a certain degree of attention from some departments.

In 2040, a bullet from an air vent precisely passed through, piercing my temple...

In the end, I came to understand that by exposing myself, I was letting the world decide its own fate.

It wasn’t strategy, but rather a compromise.

It was a subconscious compromise with fate, an attempt to find a sliver of chance for survival. However, we all failed to realize that this was not a fair negotiation.

Because fate... does not accept the surrender of ants...

Cowardice was my original sin, death, my punishment.]

Damn!

Bullets! Piercing through the temple!

This death is rather brutal!

Looking at his own "grand finale," Meng Lang felt a thumping in his temples.

Crime and Punishment, Crime and Punishment...

So this is the true meaning behind the book’s title...

...

Outside the First-class Residence complex.

Director Zhang and his wife were walking their dog out from a stroll in the park.

"Pop!" Their black Rottweiler dog pooped on the sidewalk.

The couple and their dog casually walked around the mess and continued on their way.

"Our baby seems to have a stomach issue today; it didn’t sleep well either. I think it’s because of the kick from that construction worker a couple of days ago?" The woman couldn’t help but complain.

"Forget it, why bother with such people? Dogs bite humans, but can humans bite back? Arguing would just demean ourselves."

"I just can’t stand his arrogant attitude. Our baby has never suffered like this before!"

"Don’t worry, if I ever see him again, I will definitely teach him a lesson."

"Tss!" Just then, a Wuling van screeched as it came to an abrupt stop around the corner, right in front of the couple.

"What the hell are you doing! Do you even know how to drive? What if you hit our baby? Driving such a junk car, do you know our dog is worth more than your vehicle!"

The woman was startled.

But seeing that their dog was nearly hit, she immediately launched into a tirade of abuse.

"Whoosh—" The van’s door was swiftly pulled open, and two men appeared, startling Director Zhang and his wife.

The next moment, a lasso flew out without warning.

"Woof woof! Whimper whimper~" The dog tried to resist but was pulled into the vehicle with great force while wailing.

"Bang!" The doors shut, and the van drove off, the whole incident lasting only a fleeting moment, even passersby nearby didn’t realize what had happened.

Director Zhang and his wife stood there dumbfounded for a good two or three seconds before they realized... their dog had been nabbed!

"Ah! Someone help! Help!

Someone has kidnapped our dog!"

Moments later, the woman’s shrill cries echoed at the scene...