Chapter 131. Commit Murder And Arson
Arc 5 : Wasteland World Movie Nightmare.
Du Yan said directly: “Before the nuclear crisis, the plans of the top leaders of various countries actually had two directions.”
“One direction is the Ark Project, which aims to build a large number of underground shelters, and the other direction is the Eden Project, which aims at genetic modification.”
“Genetic modification?”
Shen Heng was a man before the war, when the technology of human genetic modification was a very sensitive topic. Because it involved ethical factors, mainstream society was extremely opposed to human genetic modification.
“Yes.” Du Yan nodded: “Compared to the Ark Project that was vigorously promoted openly, the Eden Project was carried out in secret. This laboratory in front of us should be one of the laboratories related to the Eden Project.”
Shen Heng suddenly thought of something when he heard Du Yan say this: “The only survivor was an experimental subject? The experiment was successful, so she could have a child with Old Bao?”
Du Yan walked to the mutant’s body, lowered his eyes and looked at it for a moment, then said sarcastically: “Do you think this can be considered a successful experiment?”
Shen Heng was stunned and suddenly remembered the words Du Yan said when he first confessed himself.
“I did steal the most important research result of the institute and ran away, but that research result is I.”
After spending this period of time together, he almost forgot that Du Yan ran away from the First Research Institute. Shen Heng did not see any negative emotions in him at all. He was full of freshness and curiosity about everything.
This was the first time Shen Heng saw Du Yan showing such a negative emotion.
“Du Yan.” Shen Heng walked forward and wanted to pat his shoulder.
Unexpectedly, Du Yan turned around, and the expression on his face was not the disappointment that Shen Heng imagined but a nonchalant expression as if it had nothing to do with him.
He said: “Burn this mutant too. If these experimental data are leaked, it will only be a disaster.”
Du Yan tilted his head and pointed at Old Bao to make his argument more convincing: “Look, this is a living example. In this world where there is almost no moral bottom line, you can’t imagine what humans will do.”
Seeing this, Shen Heng knew that Du Yan was hiding the truest part of his heart again, so he could only do as the other party said.
Shen Heng placed Old Bao outside the door, picked up the bodies of the mutant and Pure One woman, and then walked to the room that was still burning, opened the door and threw the two bodies in.
When he turned around, he did not close the door but instead poured accelerant into every part of the laboratory, allowing the fire to spread.
After doing all this, Shen Heng looked at Du Yan standing at the door, who seemed a little puzzled, so he explained: “It would be safer to burn down the entire laboratory to ensure that there is no information leakage.”
The two walked to the door of the laboratory and watched the safety door slowly descend. All the evil inside would eventually disappear in the sea of fire.
Du Yan suddenly said: “What ‘Infected Weekly’ said is wrong.”
Shen Heng really didn’t follow Du Yan’s jumping thoughts and asked: “What is wrong in there?”
Du Yan looked at him and smiled: “It is said that Shen Heng, the strongest Infected, is a loner and aloof, and carries an extremely dangerous radiation source, but his style of doing things is very upright. He is a rare person with a bottom line in this chaotic world.”
“…” Shen Heng still couldn’t follow Du Yan’s thoughts and could only remain silent.
Du Yan shook his head: “In just a few days, I saw you commit murder and arson. You don’t look like a good person at all.”
Shen Heng subconsciously retorted: “Although I have hunted mutants and killed Infected with bad intentions before, I have never set a fire…”
“So, the arson was caused by me?” Du Yan said: “What should I do? I suddenly feel like I am the cause of the disaster.”
At this moment, Shen Heng really wanted to agree with Du Yan because he suddenly felt that he could do anything for the person in front of him. However, the sensibility of this moment was quickly driven away by reason. Shen Heng knew that Du Yan had too many secrets, and he could not easily promise that he would do anything for the other party.
Du Yan didn’t care when he saw Shen Heng didn’t say anything. He urged him to leave this annoying place. Before leaving, Shen Heng asked Du Yan to copy some of the video footage in the monitoring room, which would be useful after returning to Camp.
The two brought the unconscious Old Bao back to the camp. Shen Heng suggested concealing the part about the genetic modification experiment and just saying that Pure One found inside might have undergone some kind of mutation, which led to the birth of a mutant child with Old Bao.
As for Old Bao, as someone who has seen the experimental data, but now all the experimental data has been destroyed, one can imagine what the consequences would be if the news that he had seen the experimental data were to get out. He is a smart man and would never put himself in such a situation.
However, when Shen Heng proposed this, Du Yan’s response was indeed a somewhat strange smile.
When the two returned to the camp, they happened to meet Old A, who looked anxious, at the activity center. He was standing at the door, saying something to several Infected.
“Shen Heng! You didn’t leave?” Old A came over in surprise, and then saw Old Bao being carried on Shen Heng’s shoulders.
“Old Bao, I was just about to go find him. What’s going on?”
According to what he said before, Shen Heng said directly that he felt something was wrong, so he returned halfway to follow Old Bao and found the underground shelter.
As for what happened next, Shen Heng told Old A as agreed, omitting the part about the genetic modification experiment.
Shen Heng showed the videos he copied from the underground shelter, including the last shot of him killing the mutant, to Old A as evidence. The sensitive parts had naturally been removed.
After watching it, Old A had a complicated look on his face. He was silent for a long time and finally sighed: “Old Bao is really obsessed with the continuation of his bloodline.”
Old A actually didn’t care about this matter. He stayed in the 135th tribal settlement because of his camaraderie with Old Bao. After this incident, Old A was even a little disappointed.
Shen Heng said: “This is an internal matter of your tribe. According to the rules of bounty hunters, I brought Old Bao back to your tribe for internal processing. He should be able to wake up after a while. If you still have doubts about the whole thing, I can stay behind for a confrontation.”
Old A nodded: “It’s not that I don’t believe you, but too many people have died in the camp during this period of time. In this case, everyone should be involved in the trial, and you will need to come forward at that time.”
Shen Heng said: “Okay, but I still have things to do. Let’s do it as soon as Old Bao wakes up.”
“Well, I’m sending a radio message to the nearest settlement now to inform them that the mutant has been killed.”
That evening, when Old Bao woke up, Old A’s plan to confront and judge him publicly went down the drain.
The reason was simple. When Old Bao woke up, he was dumb.
Everyone around him was stunned, including Du Yan.
The old man in front of them opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling without any expression. Although his injuries had not healed and his body could not move, his empty eyes were not right at first glance.
He didn’t respond to anyone who spoke to him, including Shen Heng, who could be considered his enemy.
Du Yan stood by, puzzled. He had only erased part of Old Bao’s memory, so how could it turn him into a fool?
Xiao Ba finally couldn’t help but ask: “Du Yan, could it be that you lost control of your strength in anger and made him stupid?”
Du Yan replied: “What are you thinking about? How could my emotions be affected by such a small matter? Old Bao is so obsessed with the continuation of his bloodline that he is crazy.”
“What do you mean?”
“The data and the corpse in the lab were his only hope. I tried to erase his memory, but he resisted mentally because his obsession was too strong.” Du Yan became more and more certain as he spoke: “Plus, he was seriously injured, which led to the current consequences. He was too shocked and became stupid.”
“Human beings, really are interesting.”
After listening to Du Yan’s summary speech, Xiao Ba couldn’t help but say: “Don’t talk like that. It makes me feel scared.”
Since Old Bao had become a fool, there was no need for Shen Heng and Du Yan to stay here for long. The video they copied was the best evidence. How the people of the 135th tribal settlement will judge Old Bao and how they will treat him in the future has nothing to do with both of them.
The ‘behemoth’ drove towards Homeland No. 5 again. Du Yan lay in the back part of the vehicle and looked at the camp of the 135th tribal settlement in the distance. The situation seemed to be no different from the day before, the only difference was probably Shen Heng’s mood.
Although the matter of 135th tribal settlements can be considered perfectly resolved, he did find that Du Yan was surrounded by many mysteries. Was he really going to Homeland 5 to find his parents as he said?
Shen Heng didn’t mind Du Yan’s secret. He was more worried about the choice Du Yan mentioned that might appear in the future.
Du Yan turned around and glanced at Shen Heng. He felt the worry and doubt coming from him.
He smiled and said: “I am going to Homeland No. 5 to visit my parents. I didn’t lie to you.”
Shen Heng was stunned and asked: “How do you know what I’m thinking?”
Du Yan raised his hand and pinched his face: “On you, all the emotions are written on the face, I can see through it at a glance. Aiya, the skin of you Infected is really rough, scratching my hands…”
After being teased by Du Yan, Shen Heng’s complicated emotions immediately disappeared.
He thought for a moment and said hesitantly: “I have a place to stop. It used to be a large cosmetics manufacturing factory…”
Du Yan couldn’t help laughing, holding his stomach, and laughing out loud: “Are you trying to protect your skin? The strongest Infected is actually a delicate man?”
“…” Shen Heng turned away, trying to save his image: “That’s not what I meant. Don’t you want to put on some cosmetics to disguise your skin color?”
The ‘behemoth’ carried the two people into the distance, raising yellow sand along the way. However, in Shen Heng’s view, this scene of yellow sand all over the sky was unprecedentedly beautiful.
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