Time flies, two years have passed since the apocalypse began, and the Earth has been facing the test of high temperatures for almost a year.
At this moment, inside the Xia family villa.
Xia Muge's parents and sister came here and paced back and forth.
Qin Chuchu was trying to comfort them.
At this moment, Liu Shiyun and Xu Wanru were giving birth in the makeshift delivery room.
Xia Muge stood outside the door, looking anxious.
The risks of childbirth are too high.
Because there were no professional obstetricians and gynecologists, the baby could only be delivered vaginally.
And this isn't a hospital, so even though Liu Shiyun had specially disinfected the delivery room, it was impossible to achieve sterility.
Giving birth at this time is extremely dangerous.
To be honest, these days, childbirth depends entirely on the mother herself; even if doctors are here, there's not much they can do to help.
If things go wrong, there's a high probability that both the mother and child will die.
Perhaps Liu Shiyun has developed psychological trauma.
Fortunately, at this time, it seemed that fate had granted their wish, and both mother and daughter were safe and sound.
"The baby has been born, and both mother and daughter are safe."
Liu Shiyun exclaimed excitedly.
She quickly cut the umbilical cord and then cleaned the baby.
Seeing this, Qin Chuchu also went to take care of the woman in labor.
Upon hearing the good news, Xia Muge breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said to her parents, "Mom and Dad, you're going to be grandparents!"
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Xia Muge's parents breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
Now, two years into the apocalypse, they have lost hope for the future of humanity.
Almost no one believed that human civilization could continue, since not everyone could obtain the conditions that Xia Muge provided.
However, in this situation, the continuation of new life also signifies a glimmer of hope.
The baby's cries were strong and powerful, bringing smiles to everyone's faces.
Soon, Liu Shiyun cleaned the little girl's body and performed a simple check-up.
"The baby has not shown any obvious defects so far, which is very fortunate."
Liu Shiyun breathed a sigh of relief.
When Xu Wanru was pregnant, there was no way to have prenatal checkups, which made them worry about what would happen if something went wrong with the baby.
At present, although it is still unknown whether the child carries any genetic disease, the fact that he has no physical defects is already a very good thing.
Xia Muge excitedly said, "Yes, yes, yes: I want to name the child, the child will be called..."
Xia Muge's father immediately said, "She is my granddaughter, so the naming is naturally up to me. Your mother and I have already decided: a boy will be named Jin, and a girl will be named Yu. Her name is Xia Yu."
Jin Yu means beautiful jade.
Clearly, they hope their children's offspring will be as radiant as a beautiful jade.
Xia Muge: "..."
Inside the delivery room, Qin Chuchu was wiping Xu Wanru's body.
Xu Wanru fell asleep from exhaustion, but woke up soon after.
When she saw the child she had risked her life to give birth to, her heart almost melted.
“This is my precious baby,” she said.
Perhaps, I will spend the rest of my life revolving around this precious treasure.
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A month later, Xu Wanru finished her postpartum confinement period.
Xia Yu is growing very fast; she was able to walk in just one month.
Xia Muge looked surprised as she discovered that her daughter's bones were developing very well and that she showed tolerance to both high and low temperatures.
Clearly, his daughter had begun to evolve.
This is a good thing.
The evolution of post-apocalyptic humanity is a process of adapting to the environment.
Xia Muge's parents and his sister also settled here.
Xia Yu is now showered with love and affection.
Even more surprisingly, her parents started urging Xia Muge to have children with Liu Shiyun and Qin Chuchu.
However, neither of the two girls really had that intention.
They prefer painless motherhood.
Humanity is on the verge of extinction; there's no need to bring children into the world to be abused by nature.
In this situation, it cannot be said that Qin Chuchu and Liu Shiyun's ideas are bad, nor can it be said that Xu Wanru's ideas are traditional.
In short, everyone has their own ideas.
Perhaps by sheer luck, Qin Chuchu detected a drop in the outside temperature the day after Xia Yu was born.
It must be tough on the satellites in space; even if the end of the world comes, they will still work diligently.
Meanwhile, the Earth's high temperature is slowly decreasing by almost 1°C per day.
When Xia Yu was full moon, the temperature had already reached 40℃.
This temperature is high enough for people to go outside normally.
Many survivors were overjoyed.
Those who are still alive today are almost all living by the sea or digging wells, relying on groundwater to survive.
Their food source was countless corpses and seawater.
Even when they tried to catch fish, they were too exhausted.
Fortunately, there were plenty of marine life and many people around.
Because there was plenty of seawater and salt extraction was not difficult, many people preserved the corpses by pickling them and then ate them slowly.
Everyone on the beach was talking to each other, remaining vigilant.
Nowadays, people have two unwritten rules: do not mistreat women, and do not kill living people.
The reason we don't mistreat women is because there are too few women left alive.
If the remaining women all die, then it means that there is no hope for the continuation of humankind.
In that case, even if there is no apocalypse, the extinction of the human race is only a matter of time.
The reason they didn't kill living people was simply because too many people had died.
Amid the heatwave, at least ten million people have died from dehydration.
The number of people who die due to various accidents or diseases is no less than 20 million.
This means that the human population may now be reduced to only ten to twenty million.
This number is probably only comparable to that of the dynasties of ancient China.
There are already too many corpses; killing more living people would only reduce the population.
At this time, naturally no one would notice that a little girl had been born into the Xia family.
However, they did feel that the temperature was already dropping.
The difference between 40 degrees and 70 degrees is that even if you walk in the sun for more than half an hour, you will not suffer from heatstroke.
Moreover, the temperature will drop further.
Many people couldn't help but cry tears of joy.
If the temperature drops, it means they have survived another apocalypse.
They began to pray that the weather would return to normal for the time being, and that it would be best if it rained.
Perhaps because the prayers worked, a torrential downpour began to fall around the world when the temperature dropped to 35°C.
Many people were overjoyed.
Even many creatures that had burrowed underground began to peek out.
However, a small number of people feel worried, just as they were a year ago when temperatures rose.
Just as they were wondering whether this was a sign of the end of the world or the beginning of the next disaster.
They don't need to worry about it anymore.
The torrential rain has continued for three days and shows no signs of stopping.
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