I Am Extraordinary Alone
Chapter 543 - 541: Gestation

Chapter 543: Chapter 541: Gestation

After the Mirror City incident, Lin Yan and Li Xianping’s team suffered heavy losses, but the core members were thankfully preserved. Under the foundation’s arrangement, they transferred to the refuge on the Mante Islands to continue various superpower-enhancing Black Medicine research.

However, after the loss of Fujiwara Makoto, many of the foundation’s research projects had come to a standstill, causing the management significant headaches.

The uterus that Lin Yan had brought with her was still soaking in a nourishment tank. What was different from before was that, over the past few weeks, the uterus had grown considerably, from the size of an egg to the size of a refrigerator. Scanning the uterus confirmed that there was a curled-up human form inside.

Watching Lin Yan standing in front of the culture tank with an obsessed look, Li Xianping had an indescribably strange feeling.

After suffering such a devastating blow at the foundation, he had started to question the true purpose of the organization.

"Why would simple research provoke retaliatory destruction from the Superpower Special Department?"

Additionally, since last month, everyone had been infected with a meme. Li Xianping was reluctant, but he had no choice—it made him forget a name that he could no longer remember.

"Professor Li! Come and see, Fujiwara’s uterus is about to give birth to a baby!" Lin Yan turned back, smiling at Li Xianping as if she were a midwife in an obstetrics and gynecology hospital, eagerly awaiting the arrival of new life.

If this were before, Li Xianping would be excited just like her, as what lay before him was a strange phenomenon rarely seen in one’s life. But now, he wanted to understand the background and enemies of the organization he was in.

"Lin Yan... aren’t you afraid at all?" Li Xianping asked.

"Afraid of what?" Lin Yan seemed somewhat puzzled.

"If we had left just one step later that night, we would have been annihilated along with Mirror City," Li Xianping said.

Lin Yan didn’t answer, turning her head to look at the uterus in the tank, remaining silent.

"Lin Yan, do you know who was attacking us that night?" Li Xianping said.

"Of course, it was Fujiwara Makoto. She escaped; that was our oversight," Lin Yan said.

"Don’t be naive. Haven’t you read some of the material? Something similar happened in Chicken Snake Country in 2106. The whole of Wuliang City turned to black soil in an instant! It’s obvious... it’s him!" Li Xianping couldn’t bring himself to say the three words Wei Tianyang.

"I don’t care about that. I only care about the research before me, Professor Li. When you agreed to join, you should have been prepared."

"I just thought the foundation was a Western scientific institution. At that time, Yin Country was in chaos. The resolve I made was merely to distance myself from my homeland and never return. But do you know who he is? He is from the United Council! If the foundation has provoked his retribution, it must also be under the council’s orders. We are likely engaged in illegal activities!" Li Xianping said.

"How can you be sure it’s him? I think it’s very likely something conjured by Fujiwara Makoto," Lin Yan said.

"Don’t be foolish. If it were conjured up, the foundation wouldn’t have infected us with that meme! I don’t know the significance of forgetting his name, but for sure, it’s related to him. In other words, we have been positioned on the opposite side of him. We’re breaking the law," Li Xianping said.

Lin Yan smiled and said, "Professor, he is not the law. He himself doesn’t follow the law, and besides, where can we go now if we leave the foundation? Return to Yin Country? Don’t you know what the situation is there now?"

This question left Li Xianping silent.

Since Venerable Qin took power, Yin Country had dropped considerably and was now completely closed off to the world. They had severed all contact with the outside, and it was fortunate that he had protected his family while leaving; they were now in the Western Alliance.

"Professor, what we are researching is no different from pharmaceutical companies, just more aggressive. In this world, one listens to whoever has the bigger fist. Our research is the ’fist.’ The foundation makes a country’s fist bigger; naturally, another country will disagree, complain to the council, and send someone to sabotage. It’s all logical. And he is just a soldier, sent here and there on commands," Lin Yan said.

Li Xianping naturally understood. When he conducted research in Yin Country, it was nothing more than making Yin Country’s fist bigger.

But the destructive power of that man was too strong. He hadn’t realized it from watching the news, but this time he almost got caught himself, which was frightening. He didn’t know why Lin Yan could remain so calm after surviving a catastrophe—perhaps it was the fearlessness of youth.

He sighed. They had no place to go now, and he was stuck at a critical point in his research. Even if he decided to leave, he couldn’t bring himself to do it. He just needed to vent his worries.

Lin Yan looked down and thought for a moment, then said, "Professor, when you were a student, you said that pursuing true knowledge is more important than anything. I think we are on that path now. No matter who supports us or what dangers we face, walking this path is the most important. Isn’t that the mission of a scientist? What our research can leave for humanity is what we should consider, not the law or morality."

"You haven’t started a family, ah... my attachments are getting the better of me," Li Xianping said with a wry smile.

"I’m very curious about the psychological changes in women after they give birth. I want to know, but I don’t want to get married and have children," Lin Yan said.

"I can’t tell you either, but my wife was indeed depressed for a while after giving birth. She became a bit gloomy, even somewhat disillusioned with life. It took some time comforting her before she got better," Li Xianping said.

"It’s strange, I always thought... giving birth is a form of losing one’s own body... or rather, it’s a form of rebirth. Once offspring are born, the breeding individual’s mission is completed. At that moment, they enter a meaningless countdown to death. That’s how I’ve always viewed it, so I’ve been... I’ve always been opposed to the act of reproduction, as well as to dating or getting married..." Lin Yan said.

"That’s understandable, but for humans, reproduction is the only way to continue the species," Li Xianping said.

"Does an individual have to concede to the group? Perhaps, I don’t know," Lin Yan sighed.

"There’s no need for such a large psychological burden. Lin Yan, there are many people in the world, and if you don’t have children, others will. A group has the ability to self-correct and will not fall apart because of the decisions of some individuals, so you don’t need to blame yourself," Li Xianping said.

"Okay, we’ve talked a lot of nonsense..." Lin Yan laughed awkwardly.

Li Xianping pushed up his glasses, but suddenly, he had a look of horror on his face and pointed at something behind Lin Yan, unable to speak.

"What’s wrong?!" Lin Yan also panicked.

She turned around and saw that from the lower opening of the uterus soaking in the nutrient fluid, a thin and long leg was extending out.

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