The Immortal Man Who Outlived Earth and Humanity

It's fine. I'm A Qiang. I can't die, and I don't age or even get diarrhea.

Over two thousand years ago, they stabbed me full of holes. I was fine.

Later, while traveling in Europe, the locals roasted me over a fire. I was fine.

This one's done. Demon! Over the years, the people around me have come and gone, one after another.

Every time it was over, I was the only one left.

But every time someone called me Dad… Dad, come look at this. Shadow Step.

I felt again that living a long time wasn't so bad. Shadow Step.

Dad, do it again. The risk of nuclear war is escalating. The Long Voyage plan is underway.

A giant spaceship will be built to carry some of the population off Earth.

Dad. It's fine. I don't dare to die anyway. You go ahead.

This is what I eat. Come back for me when you can.

Okay. Don't keep me waiting too long. Take good care of your mom.

They may have misunderstood the future a little.

After humanity left, Earth had new masters: octopuses.

Later, I became a sacred living fossil in their eyes.

What happened next was even more absurd.

One of my shoes sparked a world war.

Isn't there still one more?

See? Carbon-based life forms all have the same nasty habits.

Later still, the Sun kept expanding and was about to swallow Earth.

This time, even Earth was going to leave first.

Just when I had nothing left to hope for,

a glimmer of hope appeared again.

Earth is no longer open for business… Alien friends, go back where you came from.

You… what are you doing?

You’re not aliens.

The 84th Deep-Space Expeditionary Human Corps salutes you.

Great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, we’ve come to bring you home.

Though we left out a lot of “greats,” seeing what we’ve evolved into there’s no point quibbling over it.

As long as the genes carried on, that’s enough.

Later on, I outlived all my descendants, and just drifted and drifted and drifted, with no idea when it would finally end.