Arriving at the Life Pod Huang Liang had found, all six of them looked at the Mother inside.
But once they calmed down and exchanged glances, their hearts suddenly sank.
The reason was simple: judging by the Mother's condition, she was nowhere near ready to give birth.
Not only that, although they were certain the second Prototype was inside her belly and had found her, the system's lock notification had never appeared.
"Ye Lin!? What do we do?"
"Didn't the system say it had to arrive? As in, be born!?"
He Zheng paled and instinctively looked at Ye Lin. Only then did he remember that the system seemed to have mentioned that the Prototype had to arrive before they could lock the difficulty!
It wasn't that they hadn't considered the Prototype might still be in the womb. Before seeing it, none of them had known what condition it would be in.
Perhaps the second Prototype wasn't so dangerous, but it hadn't come out yet!
The second round was about to begin. They had to make a choice immediately: endure the second round of pursuit, perhaps even the third, and wait for a natural birth, or...
Ding. The second round of pursuit will begin in ten seconds. All examinees, please prepare! 10! 9! 8!
The system notification suddenly rang out, weighing on everyone's hearts like a mountain.
That cold, merciless mechanical voice seemed to be toying with them, forcing them to choose.
He Zheng stared at the woman's belly with bloodshot eyes. The others were breathing hard too, their eyes full of conflict.
If they forced the child to "arrive," they could lock the difficulty at the first round, which practically meant passing the exam! But if they kept waiting, no one knew when the child would come