The further away from home, the more dilapidated the surrounding environment becomes. These used to be places where humans lived, but now they are all yellow sand, and even the plants along the road are not as vibrant as their homes.
Walking along the abandoned road, Shen Heng took Du Yan to a deserted town. He stopped at the center of the town, which was a bit remote, not on the connecting line between the two homes, so it was naturally inaccessible.
However, this town was unexpectedly clean, and there was no sign of any radiation mutant creatures appearing.
Shen Heng put Du Yan down in front of the best-preserved building in the center of the town.
Du Yan looked around and asked directly, "Is this your supply point?"
Shen Heng was a little surprised: "How do you know."
Du Yan said: "I'm not stupid. This kind of town without human life, and no mutant creatures appear, must have been cleaned up."
Shen Heng nodded and said, "Yes, come in."
After opening the door, Du Yan was a little surprised. Unlike the dilapidated appearance, the inside of the small building was really clean and tidy. Fully furnished, the soft sofa in the center of the living room looks very comfortable.
Du Yan sighed with emotion: "I can't tell, you are quite enjoying it."
Shen Heng said: "I have gathered all the well-preserved furniture in the whole town, and they can always take care of them fairly well."
In fact, this is not the case. Shen Heng has a lot of supply points. Among the supply points that are quite a distance from the No. 1 home, this is the most comfortable place for him.
Shen Heng always felt that he couldn't bear to let Du Yan stay in the supply points with bad conditions.
Shen Heng settled Du Yan on the sofa, turned and walked into the basement, bringing a lot of canned food.
He spread the food on the table, his face a little distressed: "Although these foods are pure food that was exchanged from the exchange, they will always receive some radiation if they are left outside for a long time."
Shen Heng patiently tested the cans one by one with instruments, and finally picked the one with the least radiation and pushed it in front of Du Yan.
"Why don't you just eat some first, and I'll find an opportunity to go back and get anti-radiation potions later. I still have a few potions that are 100% pure."
Du Yan glanced at him: "You saw it today, it's impossible for me to go back to my homeland, why do you care about the radiation problem?"
Shen Heng said: "It doesn't matter, I can't stay in the No. 1 home, I can send you to other homes."
Du Yan was a little curious and leaned over: "You heard the broadcast too, I'm a thief who stole something and ran out. If you don't arrest me and send me back to the research institute, you still help me flee in fear of crime?"
Shen Heng was a person who was not good at words. He was on the run before, and his only thought was to take Du Yan away, and he didn't think too much about it. After arriving at this supply point, he just thought about helping Du Yan find a place where he could live in peace.
Now being asked by Du Yan, Shen Heng was stunned. If Du Yan was really the one who stole things from the research institute and ran out, it seems that he should not protect the other party.
In Shen Heng's view, the First Research Institute is the most important institution that can improve the human condition and change the status quo of the earth. He has also been doing his best to help the First Research Institute collect the needed resources and promote the development of various researches.
However, the boy in front of him was the one who stole the important achievements of the First Research Institute. This seems to be in great conflict with Shen Heng's long-standing code of conduct.
Shen Heng was stunned for a long time, and finally he said: "In the future, don't do bad things in the future."
Seeing this, Du Yan laughed out loud: "You really believe it, everything said on the broadcast today is fake, I didn't steal anything."
Du Yan didn't explain too much, and didn't show any evidence. Just looking at the smiling face in front of him, Shen Heng believed it inexplicably.
He whispered, "I knew you were not that kind of person."
"However, I still don't want to go to the home, whether it is Home No. 1 or another home, I just want to look everywhere." Having said this, Du Yan looked at Shen Heng, with a little grievance in his eyes, "You can't Bring me, why do you have to send me to your home, do you hate me so much and have to drive me away?"
Shen Heng shook his head again and again: "I don't hate you, nor do I want to drive you away."
"Then I'll follow you, okay?" Du Yan was determined to take this opportunity to entangle Shen Heng.
Shen Heng wanted to refuse, but looked at Du Yan's expectant eyes, but couldn't speak again. He just pulled out a newspaper from under the coffee table and handed it to Du Yan.
The name of the newspaper is simple and rude, it is called "Infected Weekly".
Even those infected with no prospects need daily entertainment. This weekly report is a similar existence. It publishes various battle experiences, newly discovered mutant creatures, and even the cooking techniques of mutant insects.
Du Yan had never read the weekly report of the infected person, but he was very interested. He turned and asked, "How can mutant cockroaches eat? That thing looks so disgusting, is it really edible?"
Seeing that the other party didn't grasp the point at all, Shen Heng had no choice but to walk over and turn the newspaper directly to the page he intended for the other party to read: "I'll tell you about the mutant cockroaches later, look here first."
The page that Du Yan opened in front of his eyes was a biography column, and the person being reported was Shen Heng.
Shen Heng said: "Some things, although not as exaggerated as the above, are basically true."
Du Yan's reading speed was extremely fast, and he read the entire article with just a slight scan. He looked at Shen Heng with a look of admiration in his eyes: "Wow, you are really as powerful as you said above, you can knock down a house with one kick? Even the latest combat mecha can't stand your punch. ?"
"..." Shen Heng found that if he didn't say it straight, Du Yan would probably never pay attention to important things.
"I mean, people who stay with me for a long time do cause the radiation to deepen, and ordinary anti-radiation drugs can't eliminate the radiation caused by me."
Seeing that the smile on Du Yan's face disappeared, Shen Heng's heart sank, but he still finished his words: "So I can only keep a distance from everyone, and I stay with me for a long time, maybe I will die, maybe I will change. into irrational radiation creatures, you know?"
"Really?" Du Yan asked.
Shen Heng nodded. He didn't want to see the look of fear in Du Yan's eyes, but he still had to grit his teeth to admit: "Yes."
Shen Heng was waiting for the final sentence. As long as Du Yan spoke, he would leave the room and stay outside the door. Then he will send Du Yan to another home tomorrow and will never see each other again.
Unexpectedly, Du Yan laughed again. He frowned and said nonchalantly, "You are good at everything, but your memory is not very good. When I first met yesterday, I said it. I Don't be afraid of radiation."
Shen Heng was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said: "This matter can't be joking. When I picked you up yesterday, you had a high fever because of the radiation reaction. If I hadn't injected you with anti-radiation drugs, your life would have been over. How could you not be afraid of radiation?"
Du Yan knew that with Shen Heng's stubbornness, if there was no evidence in front of him, the other party would never believe his special physique.
Du Yan asked directly, "This newspaper says that people who are in direct contact with you will be irradiated immediately, is it true?"
Shen Heng nodded: "It's true."
Du Yan stood up directly, threw himself on Shen Heng, hugged his neck and kissed the other person's face.
"… "
Shen Heng, an infected person with unparalleled reaction nerves, was stunned. He could not escape the attack of a weak and pure person. When the boy jumped on him, Shen Heng was stunned. Before he could react, he felt the soft lips fall on his face.
Shen Heng's mind was blank, his powerful hands, obviously he could lift the boy away with just a little force, but now he looks like a mecha that has lost energy control, frozen in mid-air.
Du Yan seemed to be fine. After doing all this, he grabbed the testing equipment in Shen Heng's hand, swept it over himself, and said, "Look, I didn't lie to you."
Shen Heng's brain has not yet resumed operation, and it is almost a command and an action. He looked down and found that the radiation displayed on the screen was actually zero.
Shen Heng was even more confused and asked, "This is, what's the situation?"
Du Yan said: "Actually, strictly speaking, I did steal the important research results of the institute and ran away."
He fixedly looked at Shen Heng and pointed to himself: "However, the research results are mine."
"I have a gene that purifies radiation by itself. When you picked me up, you had a high fever, just because you were not adapted to the outside environment for a while, and it was a rejection reaction."
"As long as I can remember, I have stayed in the institute." Du Yan said, "They were afraid that I would be contaminated by radiation and never allowed me to leave the institute."
Shen Heng looked at Du Yan's lonely expression and felt a little distressed: "Where are your parents?"
Du Yan shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't met my parents. I heard from the researcher who took care of me growing up that I was sent to the institute by them, and they exchanged a lot of money, which is enough for them for a lifetime. Money for food and clothing.”
Speaking of which, Du Yan looked into Shen Heng's eyes with great anticipation: "Actually, I also know that self-purification of radiation genes is extremely important to human beings. If one day the secrets can be discovered, human beings don't need to be like Now, I don’t dare to go anywhere when I hide in the light curtain. I know that I’m very important, I just want to see the outside world. After I’ve seen it, I’ll go back obediently, okay?”
After Du Yan finished speaking, he fell silent, waiting for Shen Heng's choice.
Shen Heng only felt a sharp pain in the depths of his heart. The young man in front of him has been trapped in a small research institute since he was born, and he only sees those few faces. It is only natural that he longs for the outside world so much.
Here Shen Heng is distressed for Du Yan, but Du Yan is being condemned over there.
Xiao Ba asked in Du Yan's head: "Du Xiaoyan, you are really a little liar. Except for the sentence that you are not afraid of radiation, you actually didn't tell Shen Heng a single word of the truth."
Du Yan did not feel guilty at all: "I am afraid to tell the truth, Shen Heng wants to collapse his beliefs, after all, he is a lonely and dark hero on the surface, but in fact, he is a hero who yearns for the light..."