Shen Heng looked over in surprise and asked, "Du Wenping? Isn't that the Du family you went to see?"
"Yeah." Du Yan nodded.
"How is this going?"
Du Yan frowned and said, "I don't know, they were fine when I left."
The atmosphere in the car fell silent, and neither Du Yan nor Shen Heng spoke again.
Du Yan and his wife were killed. If this matter is true, it is not difficult for Du Yan to guess the intention. Eighty-nine times out of ten, people at the First Research Institute instigated others to do it, and the purpose is very simple.
That was to alienate the relationship between him and Shen Heng.
It has been a while since Du Yan left the No. 1 home. Presumably, with the means of the No. 1 Research Institute, it has been investigated that Shen Heng took him away.
With the current mecha technology, no one can snatch anyone away from Shen Heng for the time being. At the end of the movie's plot, even after another 100 years, the mecha technology has advanced by leaps and bounds.
Du Yan of the people in the First Research Institute has some understanding of the behavior. If he wants to do something that is difficult to achieve by direct means, he will use roundabout means.
Du Yan recalled the reports about Shen Heng that he had read in the Weekly Report of the Infected. Although there were some exaggerated elements in them, they were generally accurate.
In this chaotic wasteland world, Shen Heng is a person who still maintains his bottom line even though he is extremely powerful. He has his own set of principles, which, in a nutshell, is like the name of the movie: The Last Hero on Earth.
Killing children is something that goes beyond Shen Heng's bottom line.
In fact, in the initial period of time when the external radiation began to decrease to the point where humans could survive and the survivors began to walk out of the underground shelter, Shen Heng was not alone as he is now.
Shen Heng had many close friends before the war. At that time, they all chose to freeze and hibernate in the same underground shelter. After waking up, Shen Heng acted with his friends and even set up a camp.
It's just that with the collapse of the social order and unprecedented power, many infected people can't control themselves to expose the most evil side of human nature.
Shen Heng's friends belonged to this category, and rifts began to appear between Shen Heng and them, eventually because his friends killed an entire underground shelter of innocent survivors of the Pure One, including several children.
Shen Heng broke with his friends and spent several years chasing down the murderer at that time, and executed all the murderers in the past.
The people from the First Research Institute saw this and angered Shen Heng with the death of the child.
In their opinion, Shen Heng and Du Yan had only known each other for a short period of time. Even if Shen Heng helped Du Yan out of pity or sympathy, the trust between them would not be heavier than those of his former friends.
Once he was sure that Du Yan had murdered, even if he didn't send Du Yan back to the No. 1 home, he wouldn't protect him again.
The sky was getting dark, and at this time on weekdays, Shen Heng would have already started looking for a place to stay. However, the speed of the vehicle did not slow down at all today, and the "giant beast" was still galloping away into the distance.
The atmosphere in the car was extremely silent, Du Yan turned his head to look out the window, the expression on his face was quite calm, he was not too nervous in his heart, he was just waiting for Shen Heng to sort out his thoughts.
On the contrary, Xiao Ba couldn't stand the current atmosphere, so he was so nervous that he repeatedly asked: "The people in the First Research Institute are too insidious, they actually killed the whole family, why is this? Is it to make you suffer? Moral condemnation?"
Anyway, Du Yan was also idle at this time, so he patiently explained the reason to Xiao Ba.
He said, "Of course it's to separate me and Shen Heng. If Shen Heng has been by my side, probably no one will be able to take me back."
After hearing this, Xiao Ba asked hesitantly, "Will the people in the research institute just hide people? Anyway, they can achieve the same effect."
Du Yan said: "Shen Heng will not be so gullible, he will definitely try to go back to investigate the truth. In order to completely deceive Shen Heng, they will not leave such a big flaw, so they must be the killer."
There, in Du Yan's mind, Xiao Ba scolded the people of the First Research Institute for being insidious and killing innocent people indiscriminately.
Here, Du Yan smiled coldly from an angle that Shen Heng couldn't see: "Although their methods are cruel, they are very effective to distance friends who have not been together for a long time. In this chaotic wasteland world "Human life is really worthless."
"Does this kind of world really need to exist?"
Xiao Ba's angry scolding was so frightened that Du Yan swallowed it back: "You, don't scare me..."
"It's a bit of a drama, sorry." Du Yan came back to his senses.
Xiao Ba quickly changed the subject and asked, "Then what are you going to do next?"
Du Yan's tone was very understated: "What can I do? Keep running. Those people in the First Research Institute must have discovered that I have activated my powers. If they take me back, what awaits me is the misery of being sliced every day. Life."
Xiao Ba was a little worried when he heard this. Although this is just a dream world, it is extremely real and no different from reality to the feelings of those who enter the dream.
If Du Yanzhen was taken back to the institute to suffer those inhumane experiments, he was a little worried that the other party would leave a psychological shadow.
Xiao Ba asked, "You're not saying that Shen Heng is the most unbearable thing to indiscriminately kill innocent people, and when it comes to children, it breaks his bottom line."
"so what?"
"You came back a few hours less than the agreed time. If you can't explain clearly, what have you been doing these few hours? Shen Heng will definitely be suspicious. What should I do if we part ways with you?"
Du Yan said, "No, Shen Heng knows me very well now. How could a boy as innocent and ignorant of the world as me be able to kill innocent people?"
Xiao Ba felt that he was really stupid just now, and he was actually worried about whether Du Yan would have a psychological shadow. He should be worried about whether Shao Lingheng will have a shadow in his heart, when he encounters a dream-eating beast with such a strange and wicked brain circuit like Du Yan.
"You deceived Shen Heng into this, but you are ashamed to say that you are innocent and ignorant of the world? I see how you can solve this lie this time."
Du Yan said: "It's very simple, just tell him what I did that day."
Xiao Ba was puzzled: "You want to tell him Adam's plan? If Shen Heng's belief collapses, be careful that the dream world collapses along with it."
This dream world is based on the movie "The Last Hero on Earth", and some basic concepts of the movie cannot be changed.
The whole film is not about the story of the wasteland or the future of mankind, but about shaping the character Shen Heng. In a world where order is collapsing, Shen Heng still maintains a belief, and upholds the belief for the hope of human survival, endures loneliness and walks unswervingly.
If Shen Heng's belief collapses, it will definitely lead to the collapse of the dream world.
This is also the reason why Du Yan is not ready to directly inform Shen Heng of Adam's plan. Only by gradually letting Shen Heng know the truth step by step can he prevent his belief from collapsing.
Du Yan smiled and said, "I know, just make up another lie."
In the end, Xiao Ba could only use two words to describe his mood: "Haha."
In fact, when Du Yan was chatting with Xiao Ba in his mind, his attention was always on Shen Heng, and he did not leave for a moment.
He could feel Shen Heng's emotions, and the other party was indeed full of doubts. However, this doubt was not aimed at Du Yan's negative emotions, so he could say so confidently that Shen Heng would not doubt himself because of this wanted news.
Du Yan's mentality is very relaxed, but Shen Heng is a little complicated and tangled.
He naturally did not believe that Du Yan would do such a thing, but there must be a reason for such a wanted order issued by the homeland.
A family of four was murdered, including two underage children. The matter is also related to Du Yan. In Shen Heng's character, if he doesn't investigate this matter, he will never let it go.
Shen Heng is very struggling now, and wants to ask Du Yan what he did in those few hours, but he is worried that Du Yan will feel sad because he suspects that he does not believe him.
Du Yan sighed helplessly in his heart, Shen Heng is really good at everything, but he is too tangled. He has a delicate mind that is completely different from the rough outside.
Then he can only break the deadlock by himself. Thinking of this, Du Yan asked, "Just ask if you want to know, I won't think too much about it."
Hearing this, Shen Heng decisively pulled over and stopped the car.
Shen Heng turned to look at Du Yan, raised his hand and rubbed his hair before opening his mouth.
"Du Yan, I believe in you very much. You have to remember that the following words are based on my belief in you. I'm just trying to figure out the cause and effect of this matter. After all, it involves the lives of four innocent people. ."
Du Yan nodded obediently and replied, "Okay, I understand, you can ask."
Shen Heng thought about his words before asking: "What I have doubts about is that the time you returned is a few hours away from the time we agreed."
Shen Heng paused, seeing that Du Yan's face looked calm before continuing.
"From your performance that day, the result of the chat between you must be unpleasant, so it is impossible for them to entertain you there for dinner or other things, so you went to other places after you left, right?"
Du Yan nodded and said, "I knew that these things could not be hidden from you. After I learned the clues about my life experience from the Du's couple, I went to the library in the No. 5 homestead."
The library is open to all residents of the homestead. Du Yan took off his disguise when he entered Homestead No. 5, and his fair skin could naturally blend into the local residents without being suspected.
So Shen Heng didn't have any doubts about Du Yan's statement. He thought about it and asked, "Are you going there to check the whereabouts of your biological parents?"
Du Yan said: "The Du family only said that I was fostered by a friend in their house, and then my friend took over the job and left the house and never came back. At that time, their life could not be maintained, and they discovered my special place, and they were fascinated by money. I was sent to the research institute."
It is not that the pure in the home will never leave the home.
When the missing underground shelter is found, the homeland will send a pure person with a full set of anti-radiation equipment to investigate the situation. If it is a survivor who has not been irradiated, it will wait for it.
After removing a small number of official personnel for these tasks, a large number of people will be recruited with high salaries from the private sector. In Du Yan's description, his nonexistent biological parents just took over the job.
These tasks officially released will be recorded in the "Homeland History" of the library. Du Yan went to the library to inquire about the destination of the task. This statement is very logical.
Shen Heng didn't have any doubts at all, and he believed Du Yan's words directly and said, "It seems that the Du family reported to the First Research Institute after seeing you, and then you were photographed by the surveillance equipment when you entered and exited the library. ."
"Yeah." Du Yan nodded, "They released this news just to get you to give up protecting me, and then I naturally had no choice but to return to the research institute obediently."
Shen Heng sighed: "It's just the news of the Du family's death, I don't know what the real situation is."
Du Yan glanced at him, and said very understandingly: "I know that with your character, you must not see innocent children being harmed, or let's go back to the No. 5 home to inquire about the news."
Unexpectedly, Shen Heng shook his head: "No, it's too dangerous for you to go back, there must be everyone looking for your whereabouts."
Du Yan asked, "Then what are you going to do?"
Shen Heng hesitated for a moment, then said uncertainly: "I'll find a safe place to hide you, and then go to the No. 5 homeland alone to inquire about the news?"
Du Yan asked with a smile: "Uncle Shen, Boss Shen, are you stupid? In this world, is there any place safer than being around the strongest infected person?"
"..." Shen Heng was stunned for a moment, and Du Yan's praise made his ears flush, "I, you, don't delay, let's hurry back."
The sun has completely sunk below the horizon, and in this wasteland world, the light reflected by the moon is not enough to break through the thick dust suspended in the atmosphere.
The endless road disappeared at the end of the horizon, and the whole world was dead silent. The only thing that seemed alive was the headlight and the people inside.
The "giant beast" drove Shen Heng and Du Yan towards the No. 5 home.