"The Chinese Couple called out to me, telling me to slow down. I was climbing the fastest and was already nearing the limit of the umbilical cord. If I kept going, they probably wouldn't be able to keep it inserted in their bodies. But how could I care about something like that? More and more monsters were gathering below, and all I could think about was getting out of that damned place as quickly as possible. After hearing them, I actually sped up.
"Then the wife of the Chinese Couple warned me again that if I didn't slow down, all of us would die here. She said the reason the monsters below hadn't attacked them was most likely because of the baby behind me. That child was currently surviving on their blood. If they died, the child would die too, and if the child died, those monsters would have no more reservations. Then neither the doctor nor I would survive.
"My body jolted when I heard that. It was true. We had only climbed a short distance, and with the monsters' speed, if the Chinese Couple died, the doctor and I would follow in their footsteps sooner or later. So although I wished I could grow wings and fly out of that cursed place, I had no choice but to slow down and let the Chinese Couple behind me catch up.
"We climbed for a full twenty minutes before reaching the top of the stone pillar. The monsters followed behind us the whole time, but just as the Chinese Couple had said, they seemed concerned about the baby's life and never attacked us. When we climbed into the ice passage we had used to descend, they remained at the top of the stone pillar and did not pursue us. They