Su Wan was too lazy to bother with such a farce; she just hoped to get through the inspection quickly and find a comfortable place to rest.
She closed her eyes wearily, but felt a gaze upon her.
Opening her eyes, she met the gaze of the officer called Pan Yong.
He was thoughtfully surveying their vehicle, especially her and Lu Shiyan, who were sitting in the back seat.
Then, Pan Yong frowned slightly and turned to leave.
“Looks like we’ve caught someone’s attention,” Xiao Han whispered.
Finally, it was their turn for inspection.
Several staff members in uniform surrounded their SUV, tapping here and looking there, inspecting it with extreme care.
They even used a strangely shaped instrument to scan everyone inside the car.
“Registration form, please fill it out,” a female staff member walked over, holding a stack of forms and a pen.
The form was handed through the car window, and Xiao Han reached out and took it.
It was nothing more than basic information like name, age, and gender, but the last few columns were marked in bold, striking black font: Is this person an Ability User? Ability Type?
Xiao Han looked back, his eyes inquiringly at Lu Shiyan and Su Wan in the back seat.
Lu Shiyan nodded almost imperceptibly, signaling him to proceed as they had discussed.
Xiao Han no longer hesitated, picked up the pen, and the tip made a “shasha” sound on the paper.
He filled in for himself: Wind Ability.
For A Mo’s column, he wrote: Strength Mutation.
Lu Shiyan: Fire Ability.
When it came to Su Wan, he only filled in: None.
Su Wan’s Space Ability was their greatest trump card for survival; at a time like this, it was always right to keep a trump card hidden and never reveal it easily.
“Here, it’s filled out, beautiful,” Xiao Han handed the form back to the female staff member, a mischievous smile on his face.
The female staff member took the form, her gaze instinctively scanning it quickly from top to bottom.
When her eyes fell on the “Ability Type” column: Wind, Strength Mutation, Fire…
“Three Ability Users?!” Her fingers holding the form tightened slightly, and she looked up, re-examining the people in the car.
Her gaze swept from A Mo, who was driving, past Xiao Han in the passenger seat, and finally rested on the cold and severe Lu Shiyan and the seemingly harmless Su Wan in the back seat.
The man in the back seat had a cold and severe demeanor, with well-defined facial features.
Even in the dimly lit car, his outstanding appearance and imposing aura were hard to conceal.
The female staff member’s heart stirred slightly, and her gaze lingered for two more seconds involuntarily.
One car, four people, and three of them were damn Ability Users!
This proportion was absolutely rare among the queued vehicles.
The indifference on her face receded slightly, replaced by a hint of scrutiny.
Seeing this, Xiao Han leaned lazily against the seat back, a playful smile on his lips.
He winked at the staff member: “What, beautiful, don’t you believe it? Do you want me to give you a blow-dry demonstration?”
The female staff member ignored his teasing, “Please get out of the car and cooperate with the subsequent inspection.”
The group got out of the car as instructed.
“First, a physical examination,” the female staff member guided them into a small examination room.
The examination process was surprisingly detailed; they were asked to provide blood samples and undergo a full body scan.
When the staff learned that Su Wan was pregnant, their attitude became even more cautious.
Lu Shiyan’s brows instantly furrowed, and he took a long stride, about to follow Su Wan.
“Sir, please stop,” the doctor extended his arm, blocking him with a standard posture, his eyes behind his glasses calm and unruffled, “Specialized examinations for pregnant women do not allow family members to accompany them.
This is a base regulation.”
The air pressure around Lu Shiyan suddenly dropped, and his dark, deep eyes stared coldly at the doctor, his gaze seeming to freeze through the person.
The doctor felt a slight cold sweat on his back from his stare, but he maintained a professional expression, repeating: “Please cooperate.
We are also doing this for the safety of the pregnant woman and the fetus.”
Xiao Han, watching from the side, couldn’t stand it anymore and spoke in a leisurely manner: “I say, Doctor, isn’t it human nature for a couple to worry about their wife and child?
Be accommodating, it’s not something shameful.”
The doctor pushed up his glasses, his gaze sweeping over Xiao Han’s face, finally returning to Lu Shiyan, “Regulations are regulations.
Please trust our professionalism; we will not cause any harm to the pregnant woman.”
Su Wan gently tugged Lu Shiyan’s sleeve and shook her head reassuringly at him.
“I’m fine, I’ll be out soon.”
Lu Shiyan looked at her deeply, emotions unknown to others surging in his eyes, but in the end, he released his tightly clenched fists.
Seeing this, the doctor secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stepped aside, guiding Su Wan into the assessment room.
With a “bang,” the door closed.
The light in the assessment room was somewhat dazzling, various cold medical instruments emitted a faint metallic sheen, and the air was filled with a strong smell of disinfectant.
A expressionless female nurse was adjusting the instruments, her movements skillful but conveying a cold indifference that kept people at a distance.
“Lie down,” the doctor pointed to the examination bed in the center of the room, which was covered with a white disposable sheet.
Su Wan lay down as instructed, clearly feeling the somewhat hard bed board beneath her.
The cold instrument probe pressed ungentlely against her abdomen, causing her to shiver involuntarily.
While skillfully operating the instrument, the doctor routinely asked: “Last menstrual period? Gestational week? Have you experienced vomiting, fever, or other abnormal symptoms during this period?”
Su Wan answered each question, her voice showing no emotion, but her hand at her side quietly clenched.
She could feel that the little one in her belly seemed to have also sensed her mother’s tension, gently wiggling, more clearly than any previous time, causing her to frown involuntarily.
The doctor stared intently at the constantly flickering data and curves on the screen, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.
The female nurse on the side was rapidly recording something, occasionally looking up and observing Su Wan with a gaze that held a hint of inquiry and scrutiny.
“Strange…” the doctor suddenly murmured in a low voice, his tone full of confusion, “The fetal vital signs… are extremely healthy, even, one might say, overly active.”
He suddenly looked up, his sharp gaze directly at Su Wan.
Some fetal physiological indicators on the screen, far exceeding normal ranges, made him vigilant.
This was not just ‘active’; it was more like an… accelerated, extraordinary life process, which formed a contradiction with the mother’s ‘no Ability’ status on the registration form.
He asked in a deep voice: “During your pregnancy, have you been exposed to any known mutation-inducing substances, such as high-concentration radiation areas?
Or have you taken any unknown strengthening agents?
Furthermore, have you yourself awakened some… special ability or physical mutation that might affect your offspring, which you have not reported?”
Su Wan’s heart skipped a beat, but her expression remained calm, even pulling at the corner of her mouth to reveal a faint hint of sarcasm: “Doctor, it’s the apocalypse now.
Things that happen every day are very special, and the things one encounters are also very ‘special.’
Which kind are you specifically referring to?”
Su Wan’s answer did not dispel the doubt in the doctor’s eyes; instead, it made him more vigilant.
He stared at her, then glanced at the abnormal data on the screen.
After a few seconds, “Your explanation cannot rule out all risks.
Some of the fetal vital sign indicators have already exceeded the warning threshold of our safety database; this is a situation in the base’s records that requires deep genetic screening.”
“To be responsible for your safety, the fetus’s safety, and the entire base’s safety, and to rule out potential, high-risk unknown mutations, we need to extract an amniotic fluid sample for emergency genetic sequence analysis.
This is a mandatory base regulation; please cooperate.”
Extract amniotic fluid?!
