"Wife, eat more and share in the joy. Let's go back and have a big, healthy son!"

Among the villagers of Qijia Village, a burly middle-aged man nudged his petite wife with his elbow.

As the two groups were talking, Sun Tiantian and Xiao Yu finished their registration and returned to the table.

As soon as Sun Tiantian sat down, she rubbed her sore arms. "The person registering at the front desk was a pregnant woman. Her whole arm was swollen and she couldn't write, so I helped her write down everyone's names in the registration book."

"I haven't written anything in a long time, and it feels quite strange to use a pen occasionally."

As soon as she finished speaking, a subtle change appeared on the expressions of Lu Sheng and the others.

It's not unusual to have pregnant women in the hotel, but it is a bit strange to have two pregnant women in the same hotel at the same time.

"Damn it, is Jiang Shuguang lying to us?"

Zhang Xiaojuan took a big bite of the cucumber, the refreshing juice splashing all over the back of her hand. "Isn't human fertility amazing?"

"Could it be that this old Deng has taken a liking to Sister Lu? He's using some high-sounding excuse to lure female college students! Old Deng is despicable!"

Lu Sheng and Xu Yi exchanged a glance.

"As the degree of mutation in plants and animals increases, and humans are affected by various factors, the decline in reproductive capacity is a trend that conforms to the laws of nature." Xu Yi adjusted the frame of his glasses.

Lu Sheng nodded, agreeing with Xu Yi's statement.

If it weren't for the female reproductive defects, Jiang Shuguang's status at the Yunshan base and his reputation over the years would make it incredibly easy for him to find women willing to have children.

There was absolutely no need to go through the trouble of establishing the Oasis Group and using such complicated methods to carry it out.

Human reproductive limitations are an established fact, so how come there are so many pregnant women at the K3 base?

"Did you see a pregnant woman when you came to K3 base last time?" Lu Sheng tapped her slender fingers rhythmically on the table.

Sun Tiantian tilted her head and thought for a while, "No, last time I came here it was a complete mess, I didn't see any pregnant women."

"You suspect there's something wrong with the K3 base?" Zhang Xiaojuan finished eating the cucumber in a few bites and asked in a low voice.

"That shouldn't be the case. We've seen everyone getting along well along the way, and we haven't noticed anything unusual."

As the group was speculating, the bespectacled young man entered the room looking disheveled. After glancing around, he went straight to Lu Sheng and the others' table.

"Did you get scolded?" Zhang Xiaojuan kindly poured him a glass of water.

The bespectacled guy gulped down his drink and slumped awkwardly onto the table. "When did we meet? I have absolutely no recollection of it."

"You almost wiped us all out with one shot, and you've already forgotten something this big."

Han Rui rattled off a string of words in just two minutes, explaining the whole story clearly, making the bespectacled guy blush and turn pale with embarrassment.

"I really have no recollection of it at all, it's like my memory of the past few days has been completely wiped out."

Lu Sheng interrupted his self-blame and asked directly, "Back when we were at Oasis Group, Su Zheng asked Lü Song to contact the base for help via radio. At the time, Lü Song said no one answered the phone. What exactly happened?"

“I just mentioned this to my superiors, but they took me to the person who answered the call that day.”

The bespectacled young man hesitated, "The operator said they didn't receive any distress signals that day..."

Lu Sheng and his group looked at each other in bewilderment.

Lu Song sent a distress radio message right under everyone's noses, so why would K3 base say they didn't receive the message?

"Is the radio broken?" Han Rui guessed cautiously.

"Impossible. My brother Lu is always very careful before every mission. He checks these things several times. They can't possibly be broken."

The bespectacled young man categorically denied Han Rui's guess, "Besides, we also have backup radios; we can't rely on just one thing."

His answer only confused everyone present more.

If the radio wasn't broken, then either Lü Song or the operator must have been lying.

"By the way, have you noticed that there are a lot more pregnant women at the base?" Zhang Xiaojuan suddenly remembered something important.

The bespectacled young man recalled, "Now that you mention it, I do remember seeing quite a few young pregnant women along the way. What's going on at the base lately? Is everyone getting pregnant at once?"

"It's probably not as simple as a coincidence."

Lu Sheng's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly; something was definitely amiss.

"Holy crap, has the water quality mutated? Like the river in the Land of Women, where anyone who drinks it will get pregnant...?"

Zhang Xiaojuan felt a chill run down her spine and quickly found a place to vomit the half-cup of water she had just drunk.