Luo Ning was a little troubled by Yao Cheng's persistence; boys of this age are naturally full of fantasies about love.

When Lu Xinghe walked over, he saw Yao Cheng and the crabapple blossoms. He understood what was going on, but he could comprehend it. Eighteen-year-old Yao Cheng gave Wen Xi what he thought was the most beautiful flower, and eighteen-year-old Lu Xinghe gave Luo Ning what he thought was the most beautiful stone.

But Yao Cheng couldn't continue; he and Wen Xi had no future.

Just as he, as the superior, was about to reprimand Yao Cheng, Wen Xi smiled at Yao Cheng and said, "Thank you for the flowers. They are very beautiful, but I am pregnant now and am allergic to flowers. You should give them to other girls."

It's impossible for a different species to be allergic to flowers; Wenxi made her refusal very clear.

But the boy didn't seem to understand, and scratched his neat short hair apologetically: "Then I'll bring some things that won't cause you to have allergies next time. You should rest well first, and I'll come to see you again in a few days."

After saying that, he ran away quickly, not giving anyone a chance to refuse.

Wenxi stared at his retreating figure, her eyes somewhat dazed, as if she were reminiscing about the past, recalling someone who was just as sunny as her.

After escorting Wen Xi back to her room, Luo Ning hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.

Wenxi noticed her worry: "Don't worry, I won't have anything to do with that child."

Luo Ning nodded: "Lu Xinghe will also keep an eye on him and won't let him get close to this place again."

"Hmm." Wen Xi responded softly, picked up the meat and blood that had been delivered and ate a couple of bites, but before she could swallow, she suddenly covered her mouth and ran to the bathroom to vomit.

She vomited up everything she had eaten, and her face turned deathly pale.

Morning sickness is a normal reaction for pregnant women, but it will be more difficult for Wenxi, as her food choices are very limited, and the child is not an ordinary human being.

Although she is almost three months pregnant, her abdomen is still flat and there is no sign of bulging, suggesting that the embryo is developing very slowly.

Even though Wen Xi had started experiencing morning sickness, she still couldn't sense the baby. However, Luo Ning could feel the presence of the tiny embryo, like a wisp of mist, light and soft, but it quickly slipped out of her perception and disappeared again.

Luo Ning thought the little embryo might be a little girl, and like her mother, she was a bit shy.

Qi Xiwei immediately brought people to examine Wen Xi: "It's nothing, morning sickness is normal, and the baby is very stable."

“But I still can’t feel his presence.” Wen Xi placed her hand on her lower abdomen.

"It'll be fine when you grow a bit older. You're still small now, only the size of a thumb," Qi Xiaowei said comfortingly. Then she noticed that the blood-warming medicine on the table hadn't been touched much, and sighed softly.

She called Luo Ning aside and said, "Wen Xi needs to eat. Logically, even if she's experiencing morning sickness, she shouldn't be insensitive to flesh and blood. Could you help me ask what's going on?"

"Could it be that she is transforming into a human?" Luo Ning wondered.

Qi Xiaowei shook her head: "There is no such phenomenon at the moment. She still has heteromorphic traits, but we don't know what will happen if this continues."

"Okay, I'll go ask." Luo Ning returned to the room, where Wen Xi was washing her face with cold water. She handed Wen Xi a towel: "Why are you using cold water?"

"If you feel irritable, drinking cold water will make you feel better."

"So what do you want to eat now? Human, other species, animal, you can tell me whatever you want to eat."

Wen Xi moved her lips: "There's nothing I particularly want to eat." After saying that, she casually picked up the blood bag, tore it open, and drank it down, wanting to prove that she could do it, but in the end she vomited it all up, and the sink was full of dark red blood.

The blood essence smelled sweet, as if it had been freshly extracted, but Wen Xi vomited it up.

Wen Xi stared blankly at the blood in the pool. She tried to feed the rest to herself, but Luo Ning stopped her, saying, "Don't force yourself."

The room fell silent.

"Do you want Du's blood?" Luo Ning asked softly.

During this time, the only thing Wen Xi showed a strong desire for was Du Lu's blood, but Du Lu had already left.

Perhaps this is the little embryo's choice; it prefers its father's blood to that of others, after all, Wenxi wasn't a picky eater before.

Luo Ning felt that this was a problem she would have to face in the future.

Wen Xi nodded silently.

Luo Ning wiped the blood off Wen Xi's face; she had no way to bring Du Lu back.

The alien species will not die even if it doesn't eat, but it will become weak and emaciated, which is a cruel thing for any conscious creature.

After Wen Xi fell asleep, Luo Ning quietly closed the door and returned to her room. Lu Xinghe and Qi Xiaowei were still waiting for her news.

"How is Wen Xi?" Lu Xinghe asked.

Luo Ning replied, "She ate a little bit of the alien's flesh and blood at the end, but what she needed more was Du Lu's blood, probably because Du Lu was the child's father."

Qi Xiaowei thought for a moment: "But she didn't experience this during her last pregnancy."

“Perhaps it happened but you didn’t notice, which is why the embryo died,” Luo Ning analyzed.

The truth of the matter is now difficult to ascertain. The genetic department believes that Wenxi's body killed the embryo in self-protection. Wenxi can no longer remember the situation at the time. Zhuang Yu also died. No one knows whether he gave Wenxi his blood during the time he was with her.

"Should we bring Du Lu back?" Qi Xiaowei looked at Lu Xinghe.

Lu Xinghe recalled Du Lu that night. Even in the actions of a wild beast, there are human emotions, but only for a brief moment. If he were captured, he could only be locked up in a cage for life; otherwise, he would definitely be a dangerous existence.

After Qi Xiaowei left, only Luo Ning and Lu Xinghe remained in the room. An hour ago, she received Lu Xinghe's answer, but they were interrupted before they could properly confirm it.

She gently hugged Lu Xinghe. Compared to Wen Xi, Du Lu, Zhuang Yu, and everyone else in the base, she was lucky. At least after all the twists and turns, she hadn't lost herself. An Xiaoruo was by her side, and Lu Xinghe was by her side too.

They entangled in the darkness, a beam of moonlight shining through the ventilation window, falling on Luo Ning's face, her eyebrows and eyes as soft as the moon.

Lu Xinghe stared at her for a long time. During their first two intimate moments, he deliberately avoided looking directly at her, afraid that his hidden self would be revealed in front of her.

But now, he didn't want to miss a single expression of hers, wanting to see into his heart, especially her eyes. Even though they weren't human-colored, he wanted to find his own reflection in them.

The iron bed made a rhythmic sound, sometimes gentle and sometimes fierce. Lu Xinghe held Luo Ning's tail in his hand and kneaded it. He already knew that this was another secret and intense source of pleasure for her, and it belonged only to him.

So she was like a fish out of water, her body tense up, gasping for air, but the people who pulled her ashore wouldn't let her go, and they cut her body open even more violently.

"Wait...wait a moment." Luo Ning resisted the insatiable beast on her body.

Lu Xinghe pressed his forehead against hers, his voice terribly suppressed: "What are we waiting for?"

"Your blood, Wen Xi said that Du Lu gave her his blood that night." Luo Ning didn't know if this was the reason, but she didn't want to miss any possible opportunity.

Lu Xinghe reached for the dagger, but Luo Ning stopped him again: "You have too many injuries. Go to the genetics department and get a syringe."

It was already past midnight, and Lu Xinghe was like a surging river desperately searching for an outlet, but Luo Ning deliberately blocked his way.

"You want me to go like this now?" Lu Xinghe pulled her hand and pressed it against his abdomen, his voice so alluring that Luo Ning was somewhat lost in thought.

On the iron bed, the surging river began to rush again. Luo Ning floated up and down in the river. She thought that she could also have the people from the Gene Department send it over, but in the end all her words were deeply drowned out.

That night, they weren't the only ones experiencing turmoil.

In the military dormitory, the young boys were also awake. They didn't have individual dormitories; six of them were crammed into one room.

"Yao Cheng, did you really send flowers to Subject Eleven?" a boy asked.

"Hmm," Yao Cheng responded, his eyes fixed on the ceiling, thinking about what to give Wen Xi next.

Aren't you scared?

"I used to be afraid, but I'm not anymore."

"But Major Du is not dead. Perhaps one day he will regain his consciousness."

Yao Cheng's eyes flickered: "Then I won't give it to him."

He found out the punishment the Department of Punishment had for Du: indecent assault.

He recalled Du Lu's terrible attitude towards Wen Xi back in the mine. He knew they wouldn't be happy together, and even if Du Lu's consciousness awakened, his personality wouldn't change.

“Meng Ting, Major Lu has accepted the breeding program, so you can forget about being test subject number seventeen,” the boy said again.

Meng Ting covered his face with the blanket and closed his eyes, all he could see was Luo Ning's image, her laughter, her voice, and the aroma of the food she cooked.

"You all actually like mutants, the world is going to the dogs," the boy sighed.

Abandoned city.

Han Ling was preparing the reagent; the blue liquid in the test tube was clear and transparent, but he still shook his head.

Wen Rong was fiddling with a doll toy. The doll was in pieces, and she pieced it back together little by little, then shuffled it again.

After getting bored, she looked up at the young man sitting on the edge of the bed. She walked over and squatted down next to him, reaching out to lift his chin, but the man grabbed her hand, as if rejecting her approach.

But his eyes were oblivious and unresponsive.

"Dad, he's disobedient. Can I kill him?" Wen Rong asked, frowning.

“No,” Han Ling replied.

"Why?" Wen Rong asked, somewhat annoyed.

"It'll be useful." Han Ling said, then ignored him and continued with his work.

Behind him stood seven or eight young mutants, oblivious and unaware, as if waiting to be awakened.

As dawn broke, Luo Ning suddenly woke up. This time, Lu Xinghe was beside her, quietly watching her, just like in the mornings and nights of the past, when he would look at the woman so close to him through the shallow gap.

At that time, it was something that could only be hoped for but never reached.

Now she belongs entirely to him, like the bright moon in the sky, finally plucked into his arms.

Luo Ning looked forward to him giving her a good morning kiss, and then they would face the unknown day together.