Xu Qian imagined his bald appearance and couldn't help but purse her lips and smile.
With the intention of not waking him, she turned to leave.
Unexpectedly, the man let out a soft hum and woke up.
Drowsily, he opened his eyes. The exceptionally familiar back and the figure in his dream overlapped.
The girl's face was flushed, her dress white, her long hair gently stirred by the wind, beautiful and captivating.
"Xu Qian!"
Xu Qian froze, turning to look at the man who had opened his eyes.
Her eyes flickered slightly, and she said faintly, "Your brother asked me to assist you with your experiment. Do you... need anything right now?"
The man sat up, tilted his head back, and stared straight at her.
He desperately needed her embrace to comfort him, to confirm if the figure in his dream was her?
Was the person in his dream, whom he knew, understood, and loved, her?
Hearing his thoughts, Xu Qian was stunned. She rarely listened to thoughts anymore; they were usually annoying, and her mind had learned to automatically block them.
Now, with only him present, his thoughts were exceptionally clear.
The words remained unspoken. Her brother liked her, and he... couldn't take what his brother loved.
"The reproduction experiment hasn't been going well recently. I modified the liquid inside the reproduction stone to be almost identical to the formula of the reproduction bead and fed it to the rats to test."
He shook his head. "Not long after, those rats died. I improved the formula many times, but it still didn't work. Perhaps... the reproduction stone is only suitable for mutated humans."
Xu Qian's brow furrowed. She felt like she had forgotten something...
Besides the reproduction bead, she also had the data on the Yu clan's zombies giving birth. She didn't understand these experiments, but she could provide the data.
With a thought, a black USB drive appeared in her hand.
"This is zombie reproduction data. It might be of some help to you."
Tang Zhiyuan's expression changed slightly, his voice growing much colder. "Zombies can reproduce?"
For four years, no one had ever heard of zombies being able to reproduce.
If it were true, Country Z would be doomed.
Humans had still not found a way to reproduce.
"Yes, I personally witnessed a zombie give birth."
Tang Zhiyuan's face turned ashen. Heaven was about to destroy the country.
Xu Qian glanced at him and said faintly, "Don't worry, I killed all the zombies and humans. It absolutely won't spread."
The man breathed a sigh of relief, not finding her cruel.
Such harmful things should be nipped in the bud.
He got up, took the USB drive, and plugged it into the computer. With a "ding," he quickly opened the file and began reading the data page by page.
Xu Qian didn't hurry, sitting on a nearby stool to wait for him.
Unexpectedly, the man read for several hours, becoming more energetic the more he read, his eyes shining brighter.
Xu Qian could tell his two brains were spinning wildly.
Suddenly, he shot up from his seat, the stool emitting a piercing screech.
"I know what I was missing! I overlooked the most important point. The zombies were female, and humans are also female. Besides male reasons, the most common female reasons for not being able to conceive are internal uterine issues..."
Tang Zhiyuan, who had a minor in medicine, spoke eloquently. Xu Qian was completely bewildered.
Whatever you say is right. As long as you tell her what you need, she'll find it.
Suddenly, the man's gaze focused on her lower abdomen. Xu Qian's skin crawled, and every hair on her body stood on end.
No way...
The man who had just asked for a hug, was he now willing to research her for the sake of the experiment?
"Xu Qian, help me."
Xu Qian: ...I don't want to help.
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System, look at his gleaming eyes. Do they look like they won't harm her?
Xu Qian could even feel that in the next second, he would cut her open, then pull out her uterus to study it.