Su Wan’s pupils suddenly constricted.
This was a check with certain risks even before the apocalypse, let alone now!
“No!” Su Wan refused without thinking, “I’ll cooperate with routine checks, but I absolutely will not agree to any check that could harm my child!”
“Pregnant woman, please calm down!” The doctor’s face also darkened. “This isn’t just for your own good, but for the safety of tens of thousands of survivors in the Base! We must strictly screen for any potential risks, especially pregnant women and fetuses, as they are more susceptible to Mutant influences from the zombie virus and may even undergo uncontrollable mutations within the mother’s body!”
“My child is very healthy, he doesn’t need this risky check!” Su Wan’s attitude became even more resolute.
She could clearly sense that this doctor had an unusual “interest” in the child in her womb, filled with curiosity and a certain desire.
“If you refuse to cooperate, we have the right to list you as ‘Highly Suspected Mutant’ and place you under mandatory isolation and observation until it’s confirmed that you and the fetus are harmless to the Base!” The doctor’s voice suddenly rose, carrying a naked threat.
For a moment, the air in the assessment room seemed to freeze, and the tense atmosphere was on the verge of exploding.
Outside the door.
Lu Shiyan and the other two stood not far away, keenly sensing that the atmosphere was becoming increasingly wrong.
Lu Shiyan’s patience had clearly run out; the chill emanating from him grew heavier, dropping the surrounding air by several degrees.
Xiao Han touched his nose and quietly gave A Mo a knowing look.
A Mo understood; his towering, iron-tower-like physique subtly shifted towards the assessment room door, forming a powerful, invisible deterrent.
The female staff member noticed their intention, her expression slightly changed, and she was about to say something to appease them.
“Creak—”
The door of the assessment room suddenly opened from the inside.
Su Wan walked out expressionlessly, only her clear eyes were colder than before she went in.
The doctor followed behind her, his face a little pale, his lips tightly pressed, and fine beads of sweat even seeped from his forehead, but he ultimately said nothing.
Lu Shiyan rushed forward the instant the door opened, tightly holding Su Wan’s arm, his gaze anxiously scanning her up and down to confirm her safety, before his ice-cold eyes sharply shot towards the doctor.
The doctor felt a prickle on his scalp from his sharp, knife-like gaze and instinctively avoided eye contact with him.
“Finished with the check?” Lu Shiyan’s voice was low and hoarse, carrying suppressed anger.
Su Wan gently nodded: “Mm, it’s fine now.”
She didn’t elaborate on what exactly happened inside, but Lu Shiyan could clearly sense her emotional fluctuations and the fleeting killing intent.
“Doctor, what exactly is my wife’s assessment result?” Lu Shiyan slowly turned to the doctor, every word seemingly squeezed from between his teeth, carrying an undeniable sense of oppression.
The doctor cleared his throat, trying to maintain a calm facade, but his voice was somewhat shaky: “The…the fetus is completely normal, vital signs are good. You can…you can proceed with check-in.”
He completely avoided mentioning the matter of extracting amniotic fluid earlier.
Just now, when the doctor still insisted on performing an amniocentesis and tried to have the nurse forcibly restrain her.
Su Wan just looked at him calmly, telling him in a voice so quiet it was almost inaudible, yet filled with bone-chilling coldness: “If you dare to harm even a single hair on my child, I will make you and everyone in this room regret ever being born into this world. The man outside will deal with you as easily as crushing an ant!”
Her tone was gentle, but the crazy and resolute killing intent that burst forth from her eyes made even the doctor, who considered himself accustomed to life and death and had even dissected Mutants, tremble.
This seemingly frail pregnant woman, and the dangerous man outside the door.
He probably wouldn’t gain anything good, and his life might even be at risk.
After weighing the pros and cons, he decisively abandoned that risky idea.
After all, from the existing data, apart from being somewhat “overly” healthy, the fetus indeed showed no signs of infection or mutation.
Better to avoid trouble than seek it.
Seeing this, the female staff member quickly stepped forward with a beaming smile to smooth things over: “That’s wonderful! Since the checks have all passed smoothly, please follow me over here to complete the check-in procedures and collect the initial supplies allocated by the Base.”
Her attitude was noticeably more polite and warm than before.
Clearly, the invisible confrontation that just occurred at the medical assessment room door, and the powerful aura Lu Shiyan unreservedly exuded, made her deeply realize that these few people before her were definitely not individuals she could afford to offend.
Xiao Han let out an exaggerated whistle, reached out and patted Lu Shiyan’s shoulder, winking as he said: “Alright, alright, it’s good that everything’s fine! Let’s quickly find a place to settle down, this journey has really worn me out, my bones feel like they’re falling apart!”
Lu Shiyan cast another deep look at the bewildered doctor, then withdrew his gaze, carefully protecting Su Wan as he followed the female staff member towards the registration desk.
The doctor stood rooted to the spot, watching them walk away, feeling a chill down his spine and cold sweat ceaselessly breaking out on his forehead.
He had a strong premonition that these people were far from ordinary.
The Central Base, which had been peaceful for a long time, was probably about to experience quite a stir due to their arrival.
Especially that pregnant woman just now…the way she looked at him at the end, it was terrifying, like a gaze from hell.
The female staff member led them to a relatively quiet registration window.
“These are your identity tags and key cards for your temporary residence.” The female staff member handed over several metallic-looking cards and a copper key engraved with numbers, her smile a few shades more sincere than before. “Your initial living supplies will be brought to you by a dedicated person shortly after you choose your residence.”
She paused briefly, then specifically added: “Considering that your team has three registered ability users, according to the Base’s current preferential policies, you will receive some additional conveniences. As for specific ability user missions, contribution point exchange system, and higher-level permissions, once you are settled, you can go to the mission hall in the East District of the Base for detailed consultation and processing.”
Xiao Han took the tags and keys, tossed them in his hand, raised an eyebrow, and said with a hint of playfulness: “Oh? Preferential policies? Sounds pretty good, at least we didn’t come all this way for nothing.”
The smile on the female staff member’s face deepened, and her tone became somewhat deliberately flattering: “Yes, ability users are our Base’s most precious asset and most important combat force. The Base high command highly values and gives preferential treatment to every powerful ability user. We also hope that you all will contribute your strength to the prosperity and safety of the Base in the future.”
Just then, a slightly hoarse, but full of vigor, voice came from not far behind them.
“Wait a moment!”
