944 Growing Faster

Lin Qiao walked to Lin Hao's side and grabbed his collar, then dragged him to the clinic next-door and sat beside a device.

Sensing that Lin Qiao had sat down near the device, Lin Hao didn't say anything but quickly sat down as well and started to do a scan for her. It seemed very weird when he fumbled to feel the invisible Lin Qiao. He thought for a moment, then grabbed over a piece of cloth and covered Lin Qiao's body with it, then cut a hole in the middle.

Lin Qiao cooperatively lifted her clothes and bared her belly, putting it into the hole on the cloth and letting Lin Hao do his job.

Wu Chengyue didn't follow the two of them to the clinic but waited in the office.

A long while later, Lin Qiao sat up from the small bed and removed the cloth. She adjusted her clothes and then stood up, walking up behind Lin Hao and putting a hand on his shoulder. Her eyes were fixed on the baby on the screen.

It was a big-headed little baby curling up with her little fists before her chest, her little legs curved. The baby was larger by three or four times compared to before when she saw her the last time on the screen. She was growing super fast.

Lin Hao pointed at the baby and said, "The baby is as large as a thirty-week old human baby. According to her current growth rate, I can't say for sure what she'll look like in another month."

That baby's growth rate wasn't the same as that of a normal human baby. She was growing especially fast within the past month, so she might be ready to come out in another month.

Lin Qiao dropped her hand from Lin Hao's shoulder, agreeing with her brother.

"She's healthy, but her heart isn't beating still," Lin Hao started to talk about the baby's health, "Will she be like you and Xie Dong? You both look like human beings, but your bodies aren't functioning like human bodies."

Lin Qiao frowned slightly, then put her hand back onto Lin Hao's shoulder and asked in her head, 'Will it affect her health?'

Lin Hao shook his head and said, "Based on the data, she's like a… dead baby. As for if it'll affect her health, we can only wait until she's born and then find out. She looks very healthy though. She's growing quite fast lately. Maybe it's because she's been richly nourished. Wu Chengyue seems fine. Why are you having so many problems?"

Having finished talking, he turned to look at Lin Qiao but saw nothing. Then, he suddenly realized one thing. "Wait a moment! Were you speaking just now? I didn't seem to hear anything…"

'I can communicate with you by touching your body,' Lin Qiao pressed a hand on his shoulder and said.

Lin Hao fell into silence with surprise when he heard her voice from his mind again.

How magical!

Lin Qiao felt a little frustrated when she heard that Wu Chengyue was fine while she was having all sorts of problems. But then, she recalled that Wu Chengyue's vibe had been weakening. He wasn't completely fine. Thinking about that, she felt slightly better.

'Wu Chengyue isn't completely fine. His energy and vibe have both weakened largely,' she said.

"Oh, really? How come I didn't notice that?" Lin Hao replied with confusion.

'Because you're not a zombie, and you're at a lower level than him,' said Lin Qiao.

"I'm busy at curing people all day, and I always work late at night. Is it my fault that I'm at a low level?" Lin Hao sensed a trace of disdain from Lin Hao's words, so he couldn't help but argue.

Lin Qiao shrugged, then turned and opened the door to walk out. She had already known about Viney's condition, and had no plan to stay there for any longer.

Lin Hao printed out the check up report and then followed Lin Qiao back to the office, putting the report into a folder.

"When will the baby come out?" Seeing Lin Hao come in, Wu Chengyue asked eagerly. He seemed to care a lot about that.

Lin Qiao gave him a glance; he was the baby's father after all. He had the right to know about the baby's condition. Lin Hao then glanced around the room. Lin Qiao, who was probably hiding in a corner, didn't try to stop him from answering Wu Chengyue's question.

"I can't tell you the exact time, because her growth rate is changing all the time. As you know, she'll probably come out within a month according to the current growth rate. But, I can't tell you what exactly will happen next, because I don't know if her growth will suddenly slow down tomorrow." Lin Qiao was the first pregnant zombie he had ever seen. There were no previous cases for reference, so he wasn't sure about what would happen in the future.

On hearing that, Wu Chengyue sighed in his head with disappointment but let the mild smile stay on his face.

He turned and glanced at the empty room while smiling as he said, "You need to stay away from that place tonight. Those creatures aren't interested in zombies, but you still need to be careful."

Lin Qiao was sitting before Lin Hao's desk. After hearing his words, she quickly wrote down three words—'I'm not stupid.'

She wasn't stupid enough to risk approaching that dangerous zone in her current condition.

Wu Chengyue smiled silently.

Lin Hao spread his hands and said, "So far, the baby seems healthy. Alright, you can leave now."

He asked her to leave, but then added, "Chief Wu is right. I can't stop you from running around, despite your current condition. But remember, don't be reckless and do something that you should not be doing. If you let anything bad happen to yourself, you won't have my help!"

He was still worried about her, but he didn't try to stop her from going to the dangerous zone tonight. She would be going together with Wu Chengyue, and the latter would keep her safe.

Before dark, Lin Qiao gathered Yun Meng and all the other level-seven zombies under her command, leaving All Beings Base for the nearest entrance to the cave together with Wu Chengyue.

The entrance was about seventy miles away from All Beings Base, in the southeast direction.

Lin Qiao and her people arrived before dark. Those creatures loved to hunt living animals, so Wu Chengyue and Xiao Licheng were the only living human beings in the team. The other team members were all zombies.

Lin Qiao stood on top of a building two-hundred meters away from the collapsed entrance as she narrowed her eyes to observe the area near the entrance and then sniffed around. Yun Meng stood by her side and said with disgust on her face, "Those creatures stink."

Lin Qiao had sensed that weird odor since long ago, so she nodded in agreement with Yun Meng. That was not a good smell at all.

The odor was already faint, but it still lingered in the air. It smelt like rotten mud mixed together with the scent of blood. It was irritating to Lin Qiao's nose.

Hearing Yun Meng's words, Xiao Licheng and Wu Chengyue sniffed at the air, but didn't sense anything.