What's wrong with being a little arrogant in the apocalypse just to support my wife?

Upon seeing Jiang Yue, the other person's eyes instantly turned bloodshot, like a trapped beast, his body tense, his eyes burning with uncontrollable hatred.

Jiang Yue's gaze fell on her protruding belly. The woman in front of her was all skin and bones, her cheeks were sunken and she was unrecognizable. Blood was still flowing out of her chest.

She was so thin that she looked deformed; it seemed that even if she stood up, the weight on her stomach would break her bones. Beneath her, there was a mixture of bluish-black and bright red blood.

In comparison, she was more like a zombie than Jiang Yue.

Jiang Yue sniffed the scent, her face filled with confusion, unable to tell whether the thing in front of her was a human or a zombie.

"Holy crap, how come there's another...person hiding here?"

Fan Jian was so frightened by the scene before him that he took a step back. He had seen many tragic scenes in the apocalypse, but this woman's tragedy was so terrible that he dared not look directly at her.

The exposed body has no aesthetic appeal; the skin is loose, and the ribs are clearly visible.

The numerous needle marks and signs of abuse on his body were horrifying to behold. There was also a hole cut open in his chest, from which blood continuously seeped, staining the ground red along his emaciated body.

When the woman first saw these people, there was no surprise on her face as she looked at her fellow human beings. Instead, her pupils constricted, and her eyes were filled with resistance, fear, and despair.

Lu Yize's mental strength was stronger than others, and he had noticed this woman long ago, but he didn't pay much attention to her.

In fact, when Lu Yize looked at the woman's stomach, there was a hint of disgust in his eyes.

It's not directed at this woman, nor at the child in her womb, but because it has once again revealed the depths of human depravity.

Sitting in a wheelchair, Sheng Xue, as the only conscious woman present, was more able to empathize with this person's plight than the others.

Without saying a word, she took off her coat and covered the other person's broken body.

Then, Fan Jian and Xian Wenrui, who were standing there dumbfounded, used cardboard to build her a secluded place where she could be shielded.

Fan Jian and Xian Wenrui were stunned for a moment before hurriedly picking up the cardboard. In fact, they still didn't understand what was going on and were completely stunned by the scene in front of them.

Lu Yize has the strongest mental strength and is most sensitive to sensory stimulation. This smell of rust mixed with decay always evokes bad memories for him.

"Jiang Yue, come out."

Lu Yize reached out his hand to Jiang Yue, who was still standing in front of that woman. She kept looking back as she took Lu Yize's hand, and only then was her gaze blocked by the cardboard.

Just as Lu Yize was about to leave, the woman inside suddenly let out a painful, hoarse groan. Sheng Xue exclaimed in a panic, "She's going into labor!"

Lu Yize felt his left hand suddenly being gripped tightly by Jiang Yue. He couldn't understand why Jiang Yue was so concerned about the monster in that woman's belly.

"Ignore her, she's not carrying a human."

Lu Yize spoke in a tone devoid of warmth, almost ruthlessly, leaving everyone else stunned.

He could tell with a glance that this woman was doomed. Her internal organs had rotted away in order to nourish the monster inside her. Sheng Xue's attempt to save her would be futile.

Sheng Xue checked her condition and her heart skipped a beat. Just as Lu Yize had said, she had sensed a... monster.

The woman's belly suddenly heaved, as if the baby was trying to burst out.

Her body seemed to be ravaged, shaking violently, her bones creaking, her head drooping, her body trembling uncontrollably, and a tearing, mocking sound coming from her bloodied throat.

The woman's painful wails touched the hearts of those present. Jiang Yue sensed her resentment, anger, and pain.

As if driven by a survival instinct, she gripped Sheng Xue's arm tightly, tears streaming from her eyes, yet even her tears were tinged with blood.

Jiang Yue's gaze remained fixed on that corner for a long time. Finally, she couldn't resist reaching out to touch her own heart, but it still wasn't beating. She was quite curious.

Lu Yize glanced down at Jiang Yue and said, "Go if you want to go."

Sheng Xue was initially conflicted and unsure of what to do.

She breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Lu Yize let Jiang Yue in, knowing that she had been granted permission to take this extra time.

The woman in front of him, who was initially afraid of zombies, kept her eyes tightly closed and did not notice Jiang Yue's approach until her hands were grabbed by Jiang Yue's cold, blue hands, at which point she suddenly opened her eyes.

Fear flashed across her eyes in an instant, and she suddenly struggled violently, Jiang Yue standing there in a panic.

The woman was overwhelmed by excruciating pain in her abdomen, which robbed her of the strength to resist. She lay there in tears.

Jiang Yue tilted her head and reached out to wipe away her tears. Sheng Xue was using all her supernatural abilities to stabilize her condition. Through the simple cardboard, Fan Jian's noisy questions could still be heard.

Jiang Yue's completely black eyes were fixed on the despair in the other person's eyes. In an instant, Lu Yize suddenly looked up.

At this moment, Jiang Yue noticed the woman's intense emotions on the ground and glimpsed her memories.

Jiang Yue saw her fear at the beginning of the apocalypse, her joy at being taken in, and... the despair she experienced time and time again as a test subject.

The humiliation of being forced to have sex with zombies and being stripped of her human dignity; dozens of people had died in failed experiments before her.

Only the monster inside her belly, numbered 016, stubbornly remained alive.

The monster was gnawing at her body, draining her life force, while she also had to endure both psychological and physical torment, barely clothed, clinging to life like a dog.

She hated the person who conducted the experiment. When he unexpectedly failed to return, she took advantage of the chaos to escape. She knew she wouldn't survive, but she didn't want to die in that dark, damp, and perpetually dark basement.

She hated it, she hated the monster in her belly, hated the humanity extinguished by the apocalypse, hated everything.

"Jiang Yue!"

"Wow..."

The baby's cries and Lu Yize's shouts pierced through the despair.

Jiang Yue snapped back to reality, and Lu Yize, gripping her shoulders, examined her with a serious expression. "What just happened?"

He sensed a distinct fluctuation of supernatural power emanating from Jiang Yue.

However, it was clear that the person involved had not figured out what was going on. She turned her gaze to the woman lying on the ground, almost completely exhausted.

And a child, simply wrapped up and placed beside her, crying loudly.

The woman's lips were dry and purplish-black, and her lower body was still gushing out large amounts of blood and bluish-black liquid. Even after Sheng Xue exhausted her supernatural powers, it was to no avail.

Just as Lu Yize said at the beginning, she wouldn't survive.

The woman turned her head stiffly, looking at the monster lying beside her.

Hearing her child cry, she felt hatred and resentment. With her last bit of strength, she strangled the monster she had given birth to.