The moment they entered, darkness surrounded them.
Gu Cheng pressed the switch on the wall, and the light snapped on.
The sight before them left them stunned.
The room was small, furnished with a single bed and a table. In the corner was a bathroom so cramped that even one person could barely stretch out inside.
A woman lay on the bed, her hair disheveled and her belly hugely swollen. Faint, pained moans escaped her lips.
Just to be safe, Ye Ruan went over first and touched the woman's arm as he stood beside the bed.
It was warm, completely unlike a zombie's cold limbs.
"She's pregnant." Seeing the woman's pained expression and the blood soaking the blanket, Ye Ruan immediately realized what was happening.
"I think she's about to give birth!"
Gu Cheng hurried to the room across the hall, brought back a blanket, and covered her with it.
"Who knows how to deliver a baby? Lu Yao, surely you do?"
Faced with such an emergency the moment they entered, the men were completely overwhelmed and at a loss.
For once, Lu Yao looked flustered. "I don't. I do research. That has nothing to do with delivering babies."
Gu Cheng gave him a disdainful look. "Don't you dissect things for research? Humans and animals are pretty much the same..."
Lu Yao gritted his teeth. "You don't know shit."
"Move aside! Stop crowding around her! Go find someone who can help!"
Xia Yue, the only woman there, shoved the obstructive men aside and stood by the bed, gently patting the pregnant woman's cheek.
"Ma'am, can you speak? Don't panic. Can you take deep breaths with me?"
Xia Yue patiently murmured instructions into the pregnant woman's ear.
After a while, the woman, her face deathly pale, spoke weakly.
"Help me... it's