After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 24

Chapter 24: Ultrasound

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[STATS:

Name: Althea Witt

Age: 25

Level: 3 (925/5000) _{freeωebnovēl.c૦m}

Life: 330/500

Spirit: 270/500 (-5%)

Physical: 80 (-5%)

Agility: 77 (-20%)

Defense: 64

Mana: 300

Physical Potential: B

Mental potential: SS+

Skills:

Active: None

Passive: None

Elemental Affinity: Wood, Water, Earth

Titles: None

Overall rank: S

Current Status: Gestating: two life forms, weakened state ]

She swore never to let her spirit get lower so much ever again.

Althea opened her eyes after 15 minutes of rest before turning her head to the machine beside her. It was just that she was too late to realize that was full of blood and heavily damaged.

She took out her katana to check out the next room. They dealt with all the zombies in the hallway that approached them, and they soon reached the other ultrasound room.

However, before they entered, the door of the adjacent storage room tentatively opened, creaking up to a small angle, just enough to see a round eye looking out warily.

Althea's eyebrows rose, meeting the gaze directly.

When the owner of the eye realized they weren't zombies, she visibly brightened and opened the door.

But she seemed to realize something and immediately closed it again. A moment later, the door opened again a little, revealing a cute head of a girl with a shoulder-length haircut, who then looked side to side at both ends of the hallway, checking if there were monsters around.

When she saw that every enemy was dealt with, she turned her head to the girl standing alone in the hallway, and opened the door completely.

The girl was wearing a nurse uniform and looked at her like she was Buddha. "I.."

"I need to check my children's ultrasound. Can you help me?"

The girl looked like she was in a daze, as if wondering if Althea was talking to her.

She looked flattered when she finally realized. "Y-Yes, of course!" And she followed Althea to the ultrasound room.

The nurse kept stealing glances at her as she opened the door.

Althea's eyebrows rose. "What is it?"

The girl looked a bit apprehensive, before gathering her courage to ask. "You killed all these zombies?"

She nodded, and the girl stared at her in amazement and also disbelief, as she inevitably looked at the abnormally big stomach.

It was really big, bigger than the ones she'd seen.

Then she saw a flash and a head rolled down to her feet.

What's... going on?

Sheila then looked at the stomach a little warily, wondering if some weird creature would be born.

But she shook her head in the end. She saw the ultrasound herself and she should know what a human looks like.

Probably.

Maybe?

Althea watched the changes in her expression with amusement.

"I reckon the force that messed up with people's genes strengthened the survivors. In the case of my children, they grew up faster."

Sheila nodded cutely, while Fufi kept staring at the screen, wagging his tail excitedly.

Friends! Friends! Friends!

Althea smiled and patted his furry head. After a while, she stood up and walked out.

Noticing that Sheila was staring, unsure what to do, Althea held her forehead with a sigh. Really a mystery why this girl chose a stressful job like nursing when she was such an air-head.

"Do you know anything about childbirth?"

"Y..yes I have assisted in natural and cesarean births before."

Althea nodded and continued to walk, pausing her steps and giving the nurse a sideward glance. "Aren't you coming with me?"

"Me?!" She gasped, looking at Althea again to see if she just made a cruel joke. "Can I?"

"Don't want to?"

"N-NO, I want to!!" She squeaked, hastening her pace to meet hers.

"Let's go get cleaned up." Althea said and paused, looking at the darkness outside the window.

"I want to greet the New World well."