Chapter 432 - 377: Selina’s Premature Birth (Part 3)
Chapter 432: Chapter 377: Selina’s Premature Birth (Part 3)
"She’ll be born with the Thunder Element, and she’s been so well-behaved and quiet from the very beginning. She’s going to be the spitting image of a little Lex."
As Lex listened to Flora, his mind filled with countless possibilities for their future.
’His Flora! If he just had enough time, nothing would be a problem!’
This close, Flora could feel Lex’s body heat and heartbeat. He listened to the baby’s heartbeat; she listened to his. The two shared a magical rapport, even without saying much.
But such tender moments are always fleeting. Soon, Neal Wallace came rushing over to tell Flora that Selina had been tripped and was going into premature labor.
Flora intended to ask Tianna Bloom and Lucia about it through their psychic link. But just as she tried, she realized—’Unbelievable.’ The area where the Golden Crow resided was actually blocking her spiritual power, severing all her connections.
Her connection didn’t return to normal until the two of them had left the area.
This made Flora very curious. How had Lex managed to find her?
But this wasn’t the time to get bogged down by that question. The pressing issue was that Selina, whose due date was still over half a month away, had been knocked over and was now in premature labor.
Before the apocalypse, this wouldn’t have been a problem. But medical care now was practically medieval. Childbirth was dangerous enough as it was, let alone a premature birth.
Flora, however, figured her Space Spirit Water would solve the problem.
But by the time they reached Villa Three, she could smell a bloody stench from far away. It was rank and acrid, like the smell of blood mixed with formalin.
Flora secretly thought, ’This is bad.’ The smell was exactly like the one that had come from the pregnant woman back at the hospital, the one who’d had the infant zombie. It was nauseating, foul, and acrid.
If her own morning sickness hadn’t almost completely subsided, the smell would have likely made her vomit until she passed out.
Inside the medical team’s villa, Maeve Preston was using medical instruments to monitor Selina’s vital signs, while Robin Grant, holding a set of acupuncture needles, swiftly inserted them into several major acupoints on Selina’s body.
The bleeding from her lower body, which had been constant just a moment ago, slowly began to lessen.
The profound depth of traditional Chinese medicine wasn’t limited to just health maintenance. This case flew in the face of the common saying that Western medicine is for emergencies and Chinese medicine is for wellness.
But just then, a complication arose.
Selina’s bleeding had been brought under control, but now her belly suddenly began to swell. The fetus inside seemed to be rapidly growing, stretching her abdomen taut.
Meanwhile, Selina grit her teeth so hard, her face was pale enough to see the capillaries beneath her skin.
Without a moment’s hesitation, Flora took out the spiritual water and fed it to her.
After drinking the spiritual water, a little color returned to Selina’s face, and the swelling in her abdomen subsided.
But in less than three minutes, her belly swelled up again, and her face grew even paler than before. Her entire body trembled as if she might fall apart at any moment.
Flora took out bottle after bottle of spiritual water and had Shelly, who was standing by, continuously pour it into her.
It might not solve the strange phenomenon happening with the fetus, but at the very least, they had to save Selina’s life.
Gaining a moment of respite, Selina looked weakly at Flora and spoke.
"You have to save my child, Flora, I’m begging you! Don’t let him turn bad!"
Selina seemed to sense what was happening with the fetus inside her, and she looked at Flora with tear-filled eyes.
Just then, Flora sensed it too. The child in Selina’s womb had already begun to change. It was frantically absorbing its mother’s nutrients to fight against the virus.
If it won, it would be born alive and safe. If it lost, not only would it mutate into an infant zombie, but its mother, Selina, would also die and turn.
Shelly never stopped pouring spiritual water down Selina’s throat, and Selina drank desperately with all her might.
But the struggle continued for a long time. While the baby in her belly was no longer expanding, it wasn’t shrinking back either.
Moreover, the moment the flow of spiritual water stopped, her belly would swell again. Selina’s life remained in constant danger.
The head of obstetrics, Maeve Preston, and the veteran traditional Chinese medicine doctor, Robin Grant, were both out of ideas. It wasn’t just them; even Flora had never encountered a situation where her spiritual water was ineffective.
But just then, the High-level zombie Isla Preston, who had been stationed at the mall in the former Area Nine, indicated through her psychic link with Flora that she had a way to save them.
Flora herself found it hard to believe that a zombie could save a pregnant human. But Isla Preston was a pregnant, High-level zombie herself. ’Maybe,’ she thought, ’from a different perspective, she really might have a way.’
And so, Flora summoned her to the operating table.
With everyone at their wits’ end, Isla Preston arrived at the operating table. Flora had never told anyone Isla Preston’s true identity. This time, however, she could no longer keep it a secret.
"Master, I can save them. But it will be impossible for her child to be born a normal human."
"What do you mean?" Flora and the others focused their attention on Isla Preston, frowning as they asked.
But Selina, lying on the operating table, her eyes lit up. For someone constantly teetering on the edge of life and death, she was willing to pay any price to save herself and her child.