The chip implantation surgery lasted for an hour.
During this time, they also conducted a comprehensive physical evaluation of Li Yixing to ensure the safety of the gestational sac implantation and his subsequent pregnancy.
When Li Yixing woke up from the operating table, he heard the lead researcher say to Stan Davis: “Your Excellency Stan Davis, Your Excellency Fang Shengwan, Your Excellency Li Yixing’s physical condition is quite average. I suggest he stay at the Academy of Life Sciences to recuperate for half a month before undergoing the gestational sac implantation surgery.”
Fang Shengwan looked somewhat agitated: “Another half month?!”
“Your Excellency Fang Shengwan, please do not be alarmed. It is mainly because Your Excellency Li Yixing’s physical condition is truly poor.”
Monica pulled up the just-completed examination report and projected it in front of Fang Shengwan and Stan Davis.
“Your Excellency Li Yixing’s gastrointestinal function is very fragile, and his absorption capacity is extremely poor. This will be a major trouble for the subsequent nutritional supply to the gestational sac,” Monica explained mechanically.
“Then just use nutrient solutions!” Fang Shengwan said. “If the nutrient solutions are injected, won’t that bypass the stomach and intestines?”
“Even if nutrient solutions can solve the nutritional supply problem, the gestational sac is implanted into the abdominal cavity. Your Excellency Fang Shengwan, you have also used gestational sac-assisted reproductive technology, so you should be very clear about this,” Monica continued. “Pregnancy inherently puts pressure on the organs within the abdominal cavity, let alone the fact that Your Excellency Li Yixing’s gastrointestinal state is very poor. If he receives the gestational sac implantation without any intervention, as the fetus grows, the gestational sac will expand accordingly. Given the state of Your Excellency Li Yixing’s gastrointestinal function, he will experience gastrointestinal spasms and persistent vomiting during early pregnancy, and may even suffer from gastric tearing and massive hemorrhage due to excessive pressure and severe vomiting.”
“For the safety of both the fetus and Your Excellency Li Yixing,” Monica said sternly, “appropriate conditioning is mandatory.”
These words left Fang Shengwan speechless.
After weighing the pros and cons, Stan Davis and Fang Shengwan ultimately compromised, allowing Li Yixing to stay at the Academy of Life Sciences.
Although they disliked Li Yixing, since Li Yixing was the one who was going to be pregnant, they still had to consider the safety of both Li Yixing and the child to avoid scandals about them not caring for their adopted son or their child’s partner.
Li Yixing stepped down from the operating table and put on his clothes.
The discomfort in his chest was intense. Before he even buttoned up his shirt, he looked down and saw a centipede-like suture across his chest.
The chip had been successfully implanted.
At the same time, Stan Davis opened the projection on his wrist device. A tiny green dot was flashing on the virtual map. This was Li Yixing’s location information, meaning the chip was now active.
He nodded in satisfaction, left four or five heavily armed guards behind, and departed the Academy of Life Sciences.
“On the day of the gestational sac implantation, the Feng family and I will come over again,” Stan Davis said to Li Yixing before leaving. “Rest assured, with the assistance of both families, you will safely give birth to this child.”
Li Yixing: “…”
He gave a noncommittal response, his handsome face devoid of any smile as his cold gaze followed Stan Davis’s exaggerated grin and departing back.
Li Yixing understood that only once he was truly pregnant would Stan Davis and the Feng family loosen their control over him a little.
And he needed time to deploy his plan.
Once Fang Shengwan and Stan Davis completely left the Academy of Life Sciences, Monica led Li Yixing through the sky bridge toward the Assisted Reproduction Center. Meanwhile, the group of guards walked in a single-file line, following closely behind Li Yixing step for step.
The automatic doors of the Assisted Reproduction Center slid open. Monica let Li Yixing inside, then raised one hand to block the guards from entering.
“Your Excellency Monica? Why aren’t you letting us in?” The lead guard couldn’t help frowning.
“Armed personnel are prohibited from entering the Assisted Reproduction Center!” Monica said righteously. “Inside the Assisted Reproduction Center are pregnant women and pregnant men, as well as fetal culture incubators. If you enter with weapons, it will disrupt the researchers’ work, affect the emotional state of the pregnant individuals, and impact the growth of the fetuses in the incubators.”
“Please wait outside!”
The guards looked at each other in dismay. The lead guard felt some doubt and was reluctant to give ground, taking a tentative step forward.
Li Yixing, standing behind Monica, could not help frowning.
On the other side, seeing this situation, Monica said sternly: “I said, please wait outside! Come any closer, and I will call the patrol team up to escort all of you out!”
Only then did the guards retreat sheepishly, watching helplessly as the doors of the Assisted Reproduction Center closed.
The Assisted Reproduction Center had a total of six floors. The top floor was the assisted reproduction operating room, while the remaining five floors were the gestational sac cultivation center, the in vitro cultivation center, and the assisted reproduction research laboratory, respectively.
The place Li Yixing needed to go to was the gestational sac cultivation center. The elevator stopped on the fourth floor. Rosen White, wearing a white lab coat and a single-lens monocle, was standing outside the elevator waiting for Li Yixing.
“Long time no see, Li. The last time we met was three years ago, at my sister’s house,” Rosen White said, nodding in greeting to Li Yixing. “Do you feel any discomfort after the chip implantation?”
“No,” Li Yixing answered concisely.
“Monica is very experienced with chip implantation.” Rosen White looked at Li Yixing with his deep blue eyes. “However, I must ask.”
“Don’t you trust my composure?” Li Yixing gave a slight smile to Rosen White. “Rest assured, I know what I’m doing.”
Rosen White opened his mouth to speak, but stopped himself.
Of course, he wouldn’t dare question the technical skills of Li Yixing, the former ace agent of the Alliance; he was simply worried that this person was far too ruthless with his own methods.
“I can only help you up to this point,” Rosen White finally said. “In a couple of days, Monica and I will be resigning.”
“Resigning?” Li Yixing raised his dark eyebrows slightly. “Isn’t your work going well?”
“My teacher has resigned.” Rosen White’s deep blue eyes shifted slightly. “She is the best scientist in the Alliance. No matter where she goes, we will follow in her footsteps.”
Li Yixing paused slightly in his stride.
Rosen White’s teacher was Zhou Xinzhu. She was an exceptionally brilliant scientist in biological science engineering and served as a senior researcher at the Alliance Academy of Life Sciences.
“Why?”
A trace of sorrow flashed in Rosen White’s eyes. Wherever there are people, there are endless struggles, and my teacher doesn’t want to fight. She just wants to quietly conduct her research.
“The Academy of Life Sciences is full of people who hold sinecures and do nothing,” Rosen White said. “Just like your brother, Loss Davis, who has zero command talent yet managed to become a major general.”
Now that truly was a dark comedy.
Li Yixing let out a cold, unceremonious laugh.
“Such a person will sooner or later pay the price for his incompetence.”
As for when he would pay that price, there was no way of knowing yet. The most urgent priority was to finish the task at hand.
Rosen White and Monica led Li Yixing into the gestational sac cultivation center. In the daylight-bright space, Li Yixing saw ten cylindrical columns distributed across the hall, filled with transparent nutrient solution, inside which floated gestational sacs and fetuses, representing the monthly gestational sac and fetal specimens. Immediately following this, Rosen White walked over to the central operating console, turned on the projection, and began briefing Li Yixing on several precautions.
“Although the Alliance physiology classes all mention gestational sac-assisted reproductive technology, the knowledge taught in physiology classes is merely the tip of the iceberg of this technology. I need to clearly explain a few issues to you.”
“Gestational sac-assisted reproductive technology first requires embryo cultivation, a part you should be very clear on, as your and Feng Zhao’s genes will combine to generate an embryo,” Rosen White said. “Afterward, the embryo must be implanted into the gestational sac, and then the gestational sac is implanted into your abdominal cavity.”
“Since the gestational sac is ultimately not a uterus, it is a disposable reproductive tool. The method of terminating the pregnancy is not as simple as uterine gestation or in vitro cultivation. The latter two methods allow the use of ordinary abortion pills produced by hospitals, or if the gestational age is too advanced, surgical induction of labor or a direct request to destroy the embryo.”
“As for terminating a pregnancy with a gestational sac, there are only two methods. The first is to inject a specialized solution produced specifically for it into the gestational sac via puncture before three months of fetal development, dissolving the gestational sac and fetus into substances that the body can absorb, thereby minimizing the hazards of terminating the pregnancy as much as possible. The second is through surgery, cutting open the abdomen to remove the gestational sac and fetus together.”
Having said this, Rosen White turned off the projection and looked seriously at Li Yixing.
The subtext was already very clear: since Li Yixing intended to terminate the pregnancy, he must inject the medication before the three-month mark of the fetus, otherwise it would become quite troublesome once the gestational age was more advanced.
Li Yixing nodded gently, indicating that he understood.
Thus, one month after Major General Feng Zhao’s heroic death in the line of duty, the Alliance Gazette published a news story that shocked everyone from top to bottom:
[Li Yixing, widow of the late Major General Feng Zhao, announces resignation due to pregnancy]
This news quickly climbed to the homepage of the Star-Net. Countless citizens across the five major star systems of the Alliance were moved to tears by the news, praising Li Yixing for having a love for Feng Zhao that was truly as deep as the sea!
Photos of Li Yixing entering and leaving the Alliance Academy of Life Sciences were also frantically reposted. In the photos, the once spirited Director of the Department of Security was dressed in plain, unadorned black, with black mourning gauze tied around his neck. The lowered brim of his black hat blocked his pair of beautiful black eyes, perhaps blocked intentionally just to conceal his swollen, blood-red eyes. His flawless face revealed only a well-defined jawline and a small sliver of a pale chin, his entire aura suffused with an atmosphere of sorrow and resilience.
Feng Zhao was dead, and he could have sought new happiness, but he did not do so! He cherished the memory of his deceased husband, and even resigned without hesitation just to bear a child for the husband he deeply loved. What a heart-stirring, earth-shattering emotion!
Many citizens expressed: “Major General Feng Zhao is truly fortunate! To have a partner who held him so deeply in his thoughts and heart. If he were still alive, what a happy couple they would make!”
The news spread like wildfire, with one person telling ten, and ten telling a hundred, until even the Great Wall Fortress knew of this space-shaking romance.
Inside a villa in the East District of the planet Kenli, a brown-haired, grey-eyed man browsed through the various newly delivered Alliance newspapers in his communication channel one by one.
He leisurely sipped his coffee, opened the Alliance Gazette, and after taking just one glance, spat a mouthful of coffee all over the potted plant in front of him!
What in the bloody hell, blind man seeing a ghost, roosters laying eggs?! Who the hell does this damned Alliance Gazette say is pregnant?!