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Not long ago, Marshal wondered if Lin Xu didn't like Alpha

Now, the marshal still wonders if Lin Xu doesn't like humans

The marshal almost made up his mind to let your wife take care of me.

Chapter 051

Viviparous or oviparous?

Lin Xu turned his head to look at the extra oval object on the screen, "I don't know."

Zhou Pingbo raised his eyebrows, "Haven't you been on Thales?"

"No." Lin Xu had heard of this planet where a large number of mermaids lived, but he was a transformation product, not a real mermaid, and never thought of getting close to this planet.

"Okay." Zhou Pingbo nodded, taking Lin Xu's lack of merman's own physiological common sense as excusable, "This... thing in your stomach is closer to an egg or egg in shape, but ultrasound does not seem to be able to penetrate It, I want to try the electromagnetic wave transmitter again."

However, the transmission imaging could not see the egg or the inside of the egg. Out of consideration for the safety of the human body, Zhou Pingbo did not dare to increase the transmission intensity. He ended the inspection here and asked Lin Xu to get up and put on his clothes.

Heinrich approached to help him zip up the zipper on the back of his uniform, Lin Xu shuddered when the tip of Heinrich's fingernail accidentally rubbed against his spine.

"Dr. Lin, do mermaids also reproduce by both sexes?" Zhou Pingbo pondered, not noticing the strange atmosphere between the two.

"It should be." Lin Xu replied, he remembered that the deep-sea gene source organisms are bisexual species, and so are humans, and should not create a new mitotic organism.

"I have a speculation, you listen to it. Oviparous animals such as fish and birds sometimes lay unfertilized eggs. This is a normal physiological phenomenon, and it is not a big problem." Zhou Pingbo said, "But Dr. Lin, Listening to your tone, this is the first time I'm pregnant with... eggs?"

"Yes." Lin Xu sat on the edge of the experimental bench, his long hair and shirt were neatly groomed, and the uniform was returned to Heinrich. He didn't have much expression on his face, he just pressed his brow lightly, revealing a hint of suspicion .

"According to animal habits, the timing of spawning and sexual maturity are related to natural phenology, that is, some species will enter estrus and courtship periods at fixed periods, you..."

"A few days ago, there was an estrus period." Lin Xu told the truth.

Memories emerged, and Heinrich's eyes moved as he watched Lin Xu.

Lin Xu continued: "On the sand star."

Feeling the terrifying death threat from the outside, the gene's desire for self-propagation prompted Lin Xu to enter estrus. This has happened before, but he never had an... egg in his stomach.

On the sand star? Zhou Pingbo remembered that Lin Xu was with Heinrich on Shaxing. After returning to the Silver Fortress, Heinrich never explained clearly why Lin Xu appeared there.

Feeling Zhou Pingbo's gaze, Heinrich's lips pursed into a straight corner, and Zhou Pingbo knew at a glance that nothing had happened between the two.

Now, in this situation, even eggs are popping up, so what happened!

"It may be because of this," Zhou Pingbo sighed in his heart, "Ovulation during estrus, the superimposed sex hormone fluctuates violently, resulting in false pregnancy symptoms, and it should return to normal after the unfertilized eggs are released."

"To lay eggs?" Lin Xu raised his voice, "I don't know how long this situation will last."

"Uh... It's not impossible to end it now. You can take it out with a scalpel. But no one here understands the physiological structure of the mermaid. The egg is surrounded by a layer of tissue, which acts like a uterus. It seems that this organ did not exist in your body before?

"I can't say for sure what needs to be removed, and I'm not sure if the subsequent hormonal regulation will spawn another egg after this one is removed."

Heinrich's gaze moved down and landed on Lin Xu's thin waist and abdomen. Now, he could not see that something new was growing under the skin and muscles.

Lin Xu also happened to turn his face to look at him.

Heinrich asked: "What do you think?"

He selfishly didn't want to let the sharp scalpel open Lin Xu's stomach, but if the egg matures, Lin Xu will have to suffer for a while longer. From the screen, the egg is already the size of a fist, and don't know how big it will grow. , will it be painful to give birth?

He has seen the place on the fish tail covered with fine scales, narrow and tender, and it seems impossible to put down even a fist.

Lin Xu was a little swayed. If it can be taken out at one time and no recurrence, it would be fine to perform surgery. The medical cabin in the interstellar era can quickly repair trauma. But what if, as Zhou Pingbo said, one will be taken and another will come?

"Give birth." Lin Xu decided, "It grows very fast, it won't take long."

Heinrich's arm tensed with his military jacket hanging.

After the three people finalized the plan, Zhou Pingbo began to inquire a lot of reproductive medical information of humans and fish.

Lin Xu's reaction during pregnancy was not mild, Zhou Pingbo made a list of medicines, and went to find the medicine for Hassen's disease management.

As soon as Ha Sen saw the prescription, he knew that these were all drugs used to soothe the fetus, rejuvenate the mind, and suppress nausea. Zhou Pingbo asked him to keep the matter a secret, and also encrypted the drug collection records with high-level authority. State, Hasson was trembling for a while.

He really didn't expect Marshal Chu to be such a person... He was about to have children, but he was still unwilling to give them a name.

Hassan sighed helplessly in his heart, while nodding his head and swearing that he would never tell anyone.

Zhou Pingbo met Ika on the way to District H. He hid the medicine in his bag and said hello to Ika.

Ika nodded with wide eyes, and Zhou Pingbo asked, "Are you here to find the marshal in Area H? He is on the bridge now."

"No, I came to see Dr. Lin. I haven't seen him last time I came back."

Lin Xu was feeling unwell these days, tired and lethargic, and when he learned that he was pregnant with an egg, he didn't go out much.

"He was resting in his room, and Heinrich said he shouldn't bother him if there was nothing serious."