Chapter 72 Hatching Little Zombies 14 (Updated) About to hatch...
072 Hatching Little Zombie 14
The whole room was silent for three seconds.
The three men looked at the egg for three seconds, then calmly raised their eyes and continued to observe the crack in the door.
While observing, Dr. Li whispered, "Which creature inside laid this egg? It looks like a bird mutant. How big a bird must it be to lay such a big egg?"
Lu Jiu: “…………”
Egg:"?"
Gurgle, gurgle.
It rolled a few more times until it came to rest on the carpet in front of them.
This time, the three men froze, their eyes fixed on it without moving.
This egg can be roughly covered by the palm of an adult male. The eggshell is covered with colorful stripes and patterns, which looks like an enlarged version of a colorful quail egg.
Something crystal-clear flickered in the air. The three of them took a closer look and found that it was a kind of thin threads. They grew densely from the eggshell, continuously extending and floating in the direction of Lu Jiu.
They stared at him, and then they watched Lu Jiu sigh, lean over to pick up the egg, weigh it, and said, "Are you a little heavier?"
The egg pressed the thin thread against his chest.
"Isn't it too fast to grow up?"
Part of the egg's tentacles danced in the air in wavy lines, as if it was feeling proud.
Jiang Wen, He Ying and Dr. Li were stunned.
They looked at the egg, then at the deep crack in the door.
He Ying rushed to the door of the second bedroom, opened it completely, and turned on the light inside -
Empty! There is clearly no living thing in it!
The people who knocked on the door and opened it just now were all——
He turned around in astonishment and looked at Lu Jiu.
Dr. Li walked quickly to Lu Jiu's side and looked at the egg in disbelief: "Biological mutations have reached this level now? Even eggs have their own consciousness?!"
Jiang Wen was also shocked: "And it seems to think of Xiao Lu as its mother! Xiao Lu, where did you pick it up from?"
Lu Jiu: "Well, this one..."
Dr. Li: "This size doesn't look like an ostrich egg, but the pattern doesn't look like any known bird! Alas, it has mutated to this extent and we can't judge it by the eggshell. Did you see the mother bird when you picked up the egg, Lu Jiu?"
Lu Jiu: "Of course I did..."
Dr. Li: "What kind of bird is that? The eggs have become like this. The mother bird must have mutated even more severely. What a pity you didn't bring the mother bird back!"
Lu Jiu: “…I brought it back, right in front of you.”
Dr. Li: "If the mother bird is here, we can study them together...what?"
Lu Jiu: "I said, 'Mother Bird' is right in front of you."
The three of them looked bewildered.
Where?
After watching the show till now, He Lin chuckled, put down his hands and walked over.
Lu Jiu looked at him unhappily. He stretched out his arm, held Lu Jiu's waist, and spoke in a very gentle voice:
"Jiujiu is 'Mother Bird'."
"This egg was laid by him and me. It is our child."
Jiang Wen, He Ying and Dr. Li stared at the two of them blankly: "…………???"
ha?
*
The three men were completely dumbfounded.
They seemed to be struck by lightning.
Jiang Wen was stunned for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Do you have any cigarettes? Give me one?"
Lu Jiu was ashamed. It had been a long time since Brother Jiang had smoked.
He Lin took out his cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Wen. Jiang Wen took out one blankly and put it in his mouth. Just as he was about to light it with his lighter, he glanced at the little dinosaur egg in a daze and put the lighter back into his trouser pocket.
He just bit the filter tip blankly and asked incredulously: "How is it possible...Xiao Lu, where did you give birth?"
Lu Jiu patiently explained: "There is an extra organ in my body. The egg should have grown from there, and then, uh, I pulled it out."
Dr. Li raised his hand and grabbed a handful of hair, then another handful. His question was: "-How many times have you slept with He Lin?!"
Lu Jiu: “…………”
Five minutes later, Dr. Li finally figured out the whole story.
"So after you and He Lin had sex for the first time, uh, you laid this egg on the fifth day. At that time, the egg was only the size of an egg. After you and He Lin had sex for the second time, your transformation time was extended... Are you sure the problem is not with He Lin?"
"?" He Lin raised his eyebrows and laughed.
Lu Jiu said dryly: "Probably, probably, maybe... not."
Although he wanted to say "yes", after several worlds, it was obvious that something was wrong with his body...
Dr. Li bit his thumb nail and asked, "How long has it been since you gave birth to it?"
Lu Jiu recalled: "Half a month, right?"
"It's grown this big in just half a month? Then shouldn't it be quick for it to break out of its shell?!"
Lu Jiu had thought about this question before.
Lu Chenxi was growing very fast, so he obviously didn't need to stay in the eggshell for ten months.
But according to common sense, egg-laying creatures usually have to break out of their shells by themselves, right? How big would Lu Chenxi have to be in order for him to have the strength to break the eggshell by himself?
But on the other hand, can Lu Chenxi still be called an ordinary human being?
After all, Lu Jiu gave birth to him after she turned into a zombie... Could it be that Lu Chenxi was born as a child who could transform between human and zombie?
Jiang Wen and Dr. Li fell into deep thought.
Dr. Li said, "I want to scrape some powder off the eggshell for research. And you, Lu Jiu, too. Can't your saliva heal wounds caused by zombies? We'll extract some of it later. Lao He, you—Lao He, why are you still standing there?"
The rest of the people all looked towards the door of the second bedroom.
He Ying was still standing there, staring at them.
He asked with an extremely distorted expression: "...Jiujiu, who did you have a child with?"
Everyone: “…”
Why are you still stuck on this issue?!
…
Half an hour later.
Dr. Li diligently returned and fetched the experimental equipment.
Lu Jiu sat on the edge of the bed holding the little dinosaur egg. Dr. Li squatted in front of them, carefully scraping the eggshell with a silver tool.
He Ying has not yet recovered from the shock of "Lu Jiu and He Lin having children". This great scientific research talent is now completely ruined.
Jiang Wen stood aside, silent for a while, and said: "I was thinking, this change in Xiao Lu's body must not be caused by Lao He's antidote, right?"
Dr. Li shook his head: "It's unlikely. The inducement for evolution is most likely the zombie virus. The antidote can only successfully open up this evolutionary path."
Jiang Wen: "This zombie virus is really weird... Can nature really breed a virus that can transform the human body?"
"It's hard to say. The glaciers haven't completely melted yet. We have no idea what kind of ancient viruses are hidden on this planet," Dr. Li said as he finished scraping off the powder and stood up. "But we can't rule out the possibility that the zombie virus is man-made. Our laboratory has studied the original strain, and it has some signs of artificial editing, but it's not obvious."
He changed a tool, turned around, and faced Lu Jiu's mouth, and his movement paused.
"I'll do it."
A hand reached out from the side and opened.
Dr. Li coughed awkwardly and handed the instrument to He Lin.
They exchanged positions, and He Lin stood in front of Lu Jiu instead of him.
The man stretched out his left hand, lifted Lu Jiu's chin, pinched it, chuckled and said, "Open your mouth."
Lu Jiu's ears felt a little hot, but he still opened his mouth in cooperation.
When He Lin curled his lips, put his thumb into his mouth and pressed his tongue, He Ying, who was sitting on the sofa chair by the window and staring at this place stupidly, seemed to twitch again.
Lu Jiu thought, Brother He’s smart brain must not be damaged by this stimulation…
Saliva extraction completed.
Dr. Li packed up his things.
"You two," he glanced at his watch, "Lu Jiu, how long have you maintained your transformation this time?"
"It's only an hour now. I'll keep an eye on the time."
"Okay, then you guys go to bed early and tell us the new time from the test tomorrow."
*
A chaotic night passed.
As it turned out, Lu Jiu's transformation time was indeed extended again, by half an hour.
When he learned about this, He Ying's face turned black.
He seemed to have not slept well the previous night, and there was a dark circle under his eyes.
Dr. Li was a little puzzled: "Why is the extension time this time not as long as last time? Could it be that the time you took this time... cough cough cough, why don't you try a few more times and record the duration each time so that we can do a comparative study."
When He Lin glanced at her with a meaningful look, Lu Jiu really wanted to turn around and leave.
No, it’s not that he doesn’t like to do it…it’s just that the creator of this world has some problem with his brain? ?
Lu Jiu was taken into the base's medical examination room and underwent a full body scan.
In fact, when he first arrived at the base, He Lin had arranged a secret full-body examination for him. However, the doctor at the base could only conclude that "except for an extra organ, everything else is normal."
Now that He Ying and Dr. Li have joined the base, He Lin has selected several elites in related fields from the research team, and the situation of Lujiu has finally been made public to them.
They were very shocked.
It turns out that the reason why Boss He told them not to pay attention to the ruins area was because... he brought back the Indominus Rex!!
This time, Dr. Li and He Ying took the lead in the inspection and recorded various data throughout the process.
The research team members at the base looked at Lu Jiu's video footage and said, "Hiss...most people can't have children now, but the zombie virus has provided a new way to give birth to the next generation. It can be considered an alternative way to get there."
Dr. Li: "But it is not certain whether all people infected by the zombie virus will evolve along the same path."
"That's right. It could also be a random evolution. And the strains are different. Some strains may not be able to transform the human body."
They also examined baby dinosaur eggs.
Through the machine, they saw a tiny fetus curled up in the eggshell, but it was so small that they couldn't see the specific details. They could only vaguely tell that it was a human fetus, but its left leg looked like a bone.
Three days later, the boy's left leg returned to normal, but his right arm became just two bare bones again.
This kid is clearly transforming back and forth in the eggshell for fun.
Lu Jiu found it funny, tapped the eggshell with his fingers and said, "You're having fun?"
The newly established secret research team studied for a week and came to a temporary conclusion:
If Lu Chenxi grows another half a month or so, he may have the strength to break out of the shell. By then, he may weigh eight kilograms and be able to crawl after breaking out of the shell.
In order to enable him to grow more stably, in addition to ensuring nutrition, it is best to let him breathe more fresh air and bask in moonlight and sunlight.
However, his existence could not be known to others for the time being, which also meant that Lu Jiu could not hold him and stroll around the base in a swaggering manner.
If you just sit by the window indoors and open the window to dry the eggs, it seems not enough.
So He Lin decided to bring Lu Jiu back to the ruins area regularly.
There were only zombies but no people there. As long as they cleared out the remaining zombies, they could raise eggs there peacefully.
*
Late summer turns into fall very quickly.
An unexpected thing happened that evening.
When Lu Jiu was feeding Lu Chenxi in the small building in the ruins area, a cold wind blew in, and snow began to fall from the night sky without warning.
Lu Jiu was a little surprised, but calmed down in an instant - after all, humans have seen all kinds of strange phenomena since entering the end of the world.
Compared to the sudden roar of a mountain or sea, snow is at least something that allows people to temporarily put everything aside and feel the romance.
Lu Chenxi was full and retracted his tentacles.
Footsteps sounded on the stairs, and soon He Lin walked in with a blanket hanging on his arm.
Lu Jiu asked in surprise: "You also brought a blanket?"
“It’s better to be prepared.”
The man came over, sat cross-legged in front of him, shook the blanket out and draped it over his shoulders.
Lu Jiu looked at this guy—he was still wearing a black short-sleeved shirt, with two strong arms exposed—he lifted a corner of the blanket and said, "Come."
He Lin smiled gently.
Although the slight chill in the air had no effect on him at all, he still stood up and walked over to sit down next to Lu Jiu.
The two of them were wrapped in a blanket, holding the little dinosaur egg, and sitting against the wall directly opposite the window.
"How are the people from the Wise Group doing these past two days?"
"Their companions have already started reaching out to them."
"Your drones have been monitoring them 24 hours a day?"
"yes."
"Then you couldn't track down their companion?"
"Their communication tools are mutant birds. They are not the same birds every time. If they fly outside the base wall, they will fall to the ground and die."
"Their information can be transmitted directly from the bird's brain to their companion's computer or mobile phone??"
"It is most likely so."
He Lin saw that he was frowning and said, "Don't worry about these things for now. It takes time to lure the snake out of its hole. Everything is under control at the moment."
Too.
Lu Jiu relaxed her brows, looked out the window for a while, then tilted her head and leaned on He Lin's shoulder.
They looked at the snow quietly.
Snowflakes rustled onto the windowsill, on the branches outside the window, and on the ground, making a slight rustling sound.
Lu Jiu said softly: "I was thinking, if the antidote can be successfully developed, humans will no longer have to fear the zombie virus, and everyone can leave the base and return to the city. Can we restore these cities... to their previous state?"
He Lin's answer was very rational and objective: "It will take at least fifty years."
Lu Jiu listened.
"Then you and I will both be old men by then!"
But life seems to be like this sometimes.
If there were no zombie virus, humans would have been fighting against various natural disasters. Although it was difficult, they could at least maintain the semblance of civilization.
The zombie virus swept across the world overnight, turning the world upside down.
Isn't this a sudden accident?
Life is always full of various surprises, and they can't seem to complain about anything. They can only cherish every minute and every second of the present.
Thinking of this, Lu Jiu raised her chin and took the initiative to kiss He Lin on the mouth.
He Lin lowered his head and looked at him with a pursed lip.
They didn't speak.
Lu Jiu covered the little dinosaur egg with a blanket.
They kissed quietly.
*
The next day, they returned to the base and learned a piece of news.
Three bases united and called out to them, asking them to let go of the Wise Group - Jin Lan and his friends began to take action.
He Lin called Dr. Li and He Ying to the conference room, where he held an online meeting with the three bases.
At first, the heads of the three bases were aggressive.
They accused He Lin of not taking the safety of all mankind seriously, and even the Wise Group said they would detain people. They scolded He Lin for being too arrogant and told him not to do whatever he wanted just because he was the leader of Base No. 1.
He Lin didn't say anything. He Ying and Dr. Li came forward to talk to these responsible persons.
They asked these people if they knew how risky the powder Jin Lan planned to give them was. Of course, the latter didn't know, and their faces were full of confusion when they heard this question.
After Dr. Li finished explaining, their expressions changed.
He Ying took advantage of the situation and asked them whether the Wise Group had provided them with other technologies?
These responsible persons hesitated and obviously did not want to say anything. After all, in order to obtain the exclusive right to use these technologies, they exchanged a lot of materials.
Dr. Li reminded: "Jin Lan's technology is most likely stolen. He has never studied the dangers of these technologies. If you insist on using them, then I can only remind you to be careful."
As soon as these words were spoken, the responsible persons immediately changed their tone.
They requested that this joint meeting be changed to a one-on-one meeting. They were only willing to let Base 1 know about the technologies they had purchased...
Half a day passed.
The one-on-one meetings were all over, and the faces of the responsible persons turned livid.
They no longer mentioned asking He Lin to release the person. Someone asked He Lin: "Can you hand Jin Lan over to us? No? Then can you just shoot him right away?"
"Before that," He Lin sat in the middle of the conference table, speaking in a steady tone, "I need to know where the member of the Wise Group who contacted you is."
"He contacted us by phone and didn't even show up."
"Yes, it's the same here."
Lu Jiu listened from the side.
It seems that the member of the Wise Group who is outside is quite careful.
Someone said, "How about we pretend that we broke up with you and try to contact that person again?"
Lu Jiu said, “If that person was careful enough, you might not be able to contact him now.”
Lu Jiu was right.
After the meeting, the base leaders tried to contact the member of the Wise Group again, but the phone was simply turned off.
In the conference room, the projection has been turned off.
He Ying frowned and asked, "So what is the situation now? How detailed is the communication between Jin Lan and the others and the person outside? How much does that person know now?"
Lu Jiu: "It shouldn't be many. Since that person still went to the major bases for help, it means that he doesn't know that Jin Lan's underwear has been stripped by us. As long as those bases come to us, we can immediately expose them. The information they can communicate through the mutant bird is limited. The person outside should not know that the information of the primary antidote is in our hands."
Dr. Li: "What happened next?"
Lu Jiu and He Lin looked at each other and smiled: "Keep fishing. If this road is blocked, that person will always find other ways. If he is really desperate, he will always reveal his flaws."
*
Let's put this ongoing matter aside.
After the 25th day of the little dinosaur egg's growth cycle, its growth rate suddenly accelerated.
Almost every day, it grows visibly bigger and gains a lot of weight.
Its appetite didn't increase much, but it needed to be connected with Lujiu more and more.
But this connection no longer seemed to be for absorbing nutrients. When Lu Jiu was attached to the tentacles, he found that he could no longer maintain a stable human form.
He began to switch between human and zombie forms uncontrollably, occasionally falling into a deep sleep.
Seeing him like this, He Lin frowned.
A group of researchers studied Lujiu and the little dinosaur eggs for several days and could only come up with one guess.
——The little dinosaur egg is about to hatch, and it may need the "power" of Lujiu.
This "power" may be spiritual power or physical power. In short, the little cub needs Lu Jiu's energy transfer to have the strength to break out of the shell.
And He Lin couldn't do this for Lu Jiu.
Maybe it's because he is not a zombie but a pure human, or maybe it's because the little dinosaur egg was not born from his body. Anyway, the little dinosaur egg doesn't stick to him at all.
After leaving the inspection room, He Ying said to He Lin seriously, "I feel that we'd better send the cub and Jiujiu to the ruins area before it hatches. Leaving it here may cause some accidents."
He Lin looked at him, his eyes dark.
He Ying pursed his lips and said, "This is the first time we have encountered such a thing. We can only cross the river by feeling the stones."
"Any other suggestions?"
A man's deep voice was heard, and He Ying's expression became serious.
"Other suggestions are that once Jiujiu falls into the zombie state and loses his mind... we must guard him and not let him run out of the ruins area, nor let him get hurt."
Two days later.
Lu Jiu got on the bus holding the small dinosaur egg - no, it can no longer be described as "small", it is a large dinosaur egg, about the same size as an elementary school student's schoolbag.
As soon as he got in the car, he leaned back in his chair drowsily.
The tentacles of the dinosaur egg pressed against his chest, and he could clearly feel his energy draining away.
My eyelids drooped uncontrollably and I felt sleepy in waves.
He Lin sat in the back seat and hugged him in his arms. His eyes turned and his dark gaze fell on the egg.
The huge egg shook immediately.
"Don't scare him," Lu Jiu leaned on He Lin's shoulder, closed her eyes and whispered, "Your son is not doing anything bad."
The big dinosaur egg touched Lu Jiu's cheek with its tentacles, as if feeling a little guilty.
He Lin retracted his gaze and stroked his face gently: "Go to sleep for a while."
Jiang Wen was responsible for driving the car, and He Ying sat in the passenger seat.
There were four cars following behind them, led by Zhao Lushan and Zhang Mu, who were confused and had no idea what was going on.
They set out from the base and prepared to head to the ruins area.
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