Chapter 88 Chapter 088【VIP】
Lin Xia's heart sank. Her cervix was already eight fingers dilated, and premature birth was inevitable. There was no equipment, no medicine, and even basic disinfection conditions were inadequate.
Outside the window, the blizzard was still raging, and only a few solar lights provided weak lighting in the power-out community.
"Su Qing, look at me." Lin Xia forced herself to keep her voice steady. "The baby is coming out. I'll help you. But you have to cooperate with me, okay?"
Su Qing nodded, her eyes full of fear and trust.
This trust suddenly added a lot of weight to Lin Xia's shoulders. She wasn't an obstetrician or gynecologist, or even a full-time nurse, but right now, she was the only hope for this young mother and her premature baby.
"Hot water!" she yelled again, her voice echoing in the cold room.
The next two hours were the longest two hours in Lin Xia’s life.
With the knowledge she learned from nursing school many years ago and her limited midwifery experience, she guided the birth of a premature baby in almost darkness.
The hot water is heated by electricity stored in solar panels; the last bit of strong liquor is used for disinfection; scissors are sterilized by heating them over candlelight, and the baby's warm clothes are clean sweaters that the neighbors have temporarily gathered together.
When that faint cry finally sounded, Lin Xia's tears and sweat fell together. The baby was so tiny, probably less than four pounds, but it was still alive, still breathing, and still crying. In this frozen world, this was already a miracle.
"It's a girl..." Lin Xia placed the baby wrapped in a sweater on Su Qing's chest, "She's very beautiful."
Su Qing smiled weakly, and gently touched her daughter's wrinkled face with her fingers: "Nuannuan... I call her Nuannuan..."
Outside, the news spread like wildfire throughout the neighborhood. Amidst this despairing cold snap, the arrival of a new life shone like a ray of light into everyone's hearts. As an exhausted Lin Xia prepared to rest for a moment, she discovered "gifts" quietly sent by neighbors at the entrance of the makeshift clinic: cans of treasured milk powder, a few clean diapers, and even a small bottle of honey.
"Mom! Dad said there's a secret castle underground!" Xiaoyu ran over and told Lin Xia happily. But when Lin Xia's husband, Zheng Yong, saw Lin Xia's pale face, the smile on his face disappeared: "Are you okay?"
Lin Xia slumped in her chair, suddenly feeling all the strength drained from her body. "This premature baby... weighs only 3.8 jin... without an incubator... I don't know how long she can last..."
Zheng Yong struggled to move to her side and held her hand in his rough palm: "But you are still alive, and she is still alive. This is a victory."
Those words seemed to open a floodgate. Lin Xia suddenly began to tremble, then to cry silently, and finally to sob uncontrollably. All the pressure, fear, and uncertainty burst out at that moment.
Zheng Yong just hugged her tightly and let her bury her face in his shoulder and cry.
"I...I'm scared..." Lin Xia finally said the words that she had been holding back for several months.
"I know." Zheng Yong gently stroked her hair. "I'm scared too. But we'll get through it, just like the heat."
The news of a newborn baby was like a shot in the arm, giving people a sense of hope in the bitter cold. It was the continuation of life, and everyone would feel joy from the bottom of their hearts.
At the A City base, construction was in full swing, and despite the severe cold, they hadn't given up. The same was true for the other bases, but at Taoyuan Base, well, there was no construction going on, or rather, the infrastructure had already been completed.
"I feel that the ground rift is showing signs of ending." Mingzhu suddenly stood on the high city wall, looking at the frozen world outside with endless ice and snow.
Beside him stood Jin Suanpan, who was wearing a cheongsam and a fox fur coat.
Golden Peony, Tung Blossom, and Silver Xiao Luo are also there.
Especially the Golden Hammer and the Silver Hammer, the hammers in their hands looked dirty and were stained with fresh mud.
The crack across the valley in the distance finally stopped roaring, leaving only a few wisps of green smoke rising like gossamer.
"Indeed, there are signs of stopping." Jin Suanpan nodded, without rejecting Mingzhu's opinion.
"Boss, you should take notes." Jin Shaoyao reminded him. "Don't let me slack off."
Mingzhu: “…”
Mingzhu smiled helplessly, then pulled out his notebook and solemnly wrote on the latest page of the "Earthquake Monitoring Log": "Day 187, amplitude dropped to 0.3, crack growth stopped."
Jin Dashao suddenly came over with a spatula.
"You guys are so boring." Jin Dashao complained. "Don't you care about the drunk's whereabouts?"
"Don't care, I'm not going to die anyway."
"Yeah, he's not going to die anyway," Mingzhu said confidently. "How could a guy like him get into trouble? Besides, I haven't received any news of the Drunkard's death."
"184......"The candle turned?"
, replied: "Host, no!"
"Did you hear him say, "I'm not kidding. Listen carefully, isn't that what's happening?"
Then the group returned to Taoyuan to record the events. Soon, smoke rose from the kitchen. Jin Dashao lifted the lid of the stove, and the aroma of millet porridge mixed with the morning mist filled the air.
"Millet porridge is served today." Yu Xiaowan said happily as soon as she came down from the guest room.
"Professor Fu and his team seem to have developed a kind of fast-growing soil," Mingzhu suddenly said. "It seems to contain fern spores and grass seeds. Clay balls made from them can germinate in rock crevices within seven days."
"Boss, you know Uncle Zhao, right?" Qin Mingyue said. "Uncle Zhao is very skillful and is very good at weaving various industrial products with bamboo."
"I heard that Dr. Fu and his team ordered a lot of special bamboo nets from Old Zhao. These special bamboo nets will be nailed into both sides of the crack to prevent the edge from collapsing."
"Don't worry, the edges won't collapse."
"Then boss, when will you build the magic circle connecting with other bases?" Yu Xiaowan suddenly asked curiously.
Mingzhu: "...don't we have wooden dragons and flying horses?"
"I really don't dare to use it in this horrible weather."
At this moment, Mingzhu's satellite phone suddenly rang. It was linked to his personal ID card, which he could use to contact other people.
The person who called was Zhang Junfang. He told Mingzhu that Fu Chun and his team had already arrived in City B and were currently using the disciple scanner to scan the situation in City B.
"The mantle flow stabilizes and the plate stress field returns to equilibrium."
Fu Chun said to Ming Zhu happily, "Boss, do you know how moved I was when I looked up into the distance and saw the first batch of migratory birds flying back to the valley in a V-shaped formation, their shadows passing over the scars on the earth that were slowly healing?"
Mingzhu: “…”
"You dare to move now?" Mingzhu said with a cold smile. "When the earth shakes, remember that it will eventually calm down."
"The boss will say, just say more."
Mingzhu: "Look around and think about it more. If anything happens, call me on the satellite phone. Got it?"
Fu Chun hung up the phone with a laugh, not knowing what to say, but his current mood was really great.
At this moment, someone actually exclaimed, "Damn it, there are actually spiders alive now. No, they are mutated spiders that are not as severely mutated and are alive."
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