Chapter 60 Xiao Qiao, You Have a Secret

"You don't drink tea, so of course you don't know the quality of tea. I've only had this tea once at a friend's place. I never thought I'd be able to own a bag of it in my lifetime!" Grandpa Tang said cheerfully to the other old men, holding the tea leaves in his hand. "Don't worry, we can drink the tea together, but if you want to keep it, you have to keep it with me!"

"Here, here, here, here! I'm not greedy for your little bit!" Although Mr. Ge drinks tea, he is not as picky as Mr. Tang. Instead, he took a fancy to a pot of wine. "This wine is good. It goes perfectly with the peanuts I just cultivated a few days ago."

"Everyone, come and see! Our grandson's wife is so filial to us!" After Grandpa Ge finished shouting to the people around him, he said to Qiao Bai, "Come on, let's go for a walk with me, Grandpa."

Qiao Bai nodded quickly.

Grandpa Tang looked at Qiao Bai's back with satisfaction, stroking his unshaved stubble: "They are all good children."

Mr. Ge walked with a very straight posture, and each step seemed to be a carefully calculated distance. His body was straight without any hunchback.

Qiao Bai took two steps, but he almost stumbled on the third. Looking at Mr. Ge's back, he asked curiously, "Grandpa, were you a soldier before?"

Mr. Ge stopped and smiled good-naturedly, "Why do you ask that, Xiao Qiao?"

Qiao Bai honestly confessed: "Your walking posture is so upright, I can't learn it."

"Hahahahaha!" Grandpa Ge laughed and patted Qiao Bai's shoulder. "The kid is young, but his eyesight is quite accurate. Although I'm retired, I'm not completely retired yet."

"Didn't your little lover tell you that most of us old people are from research institutes and defense departments?"

Qiao Bai was shocked!

"He asked me to come and chat with you guys when I have nothing to do, saying..."

"Afraid we'll get Alzheimer's? Hahaha, that's his style," Old Master Ge snorted. "That little bastard isn't a bad person by nature, but his style is just like the ruffians brought in when the army was first established."

In Qiao Bai's impression, the word "soldier ruffian" doesn't seem to be a good word.

The soldiers in TV dramas are either evil or have the character of Long Aotian.

There are few normal ones.

Seeing Qiao Bai's expression, which showed he didn't like these two words, Old Man Ge knew he had misunderstood. "Don't stereotype soldiers, and don't be poisoned by those movies and TV dramas. These two words themselves don't distinguish between good and bad. It's the people who are different."

"Old man, you are so insightful," Qiao Bai said with some admiration.

He lived a confused life in his previous life, and he lived a muddled life in this one.

He has never had a goal in life, so he doesn't know what he really wants.

Mr. Ge hit Qiao Bai hard: "It's you, you have no ambition at all!"

"Xiao Mo is determined to end this apocalypse. He told me a story and asked me not to tell anyone. But, I'm an old immortal with half my body buried in the ground, so I'm not afraid that he will come after me!" Grandpa Ge found a public chair and sat down, waving to Qiao Bai.

Qiao Bai quickly sat over.

"Do you remember how this apocalypse began? You should remember," Mr. Ge looked at the sky and began to recall.

"A red rain fell for three days and three nights."

"Humanity has fallen into a deep slumber."

Qiao Bai also looked up at the sky, thinking back to the beginning of the end of the world.

But what he saw seemed different from what Mr. Ge saw.

From his perspective, the red rain claimed the lives of many of his compatriots, and starting from the fourth day, the whole world changed drastically.

And from Mr. Ge's perspective, he saw more.

Mr. Ge sighed slowly and began to recall.

"From the beginning, the higher-ups had already noticed the anomaly and tried every possible way to prevent the disaster, but they were unable to do so. Before they could even issue an emergency notice, everyone had fallen into a deep sleep."

"During the slumber, red rains flooded the fertile fields and broke the dikes. Many of our compatriots died in their sleep."

"Although humans were asleep, the surveillance footage was not. In the footage, some of our compatriots woke up in fear, only to have their throats bitten by their loved ones who had turned into zombies."

"The survivors are grateful to be alive, but they don't know that they are facing a more cruel reality."

"The disaster has just begun."

"The lucky ones awaken their powers and become superpowers, but most of them point their knives at the survivors instead of zombies."

"Those who follow me will prosper, those who oppose me will perish. They have become obsessed with power and lost their humanity."

"Until small bases are formed one after another, until the survivor alliance is established."

Old Master Ge sighed and patted Qiao Bai on the shoulder: "It was Xiao Mo who contacted the higher-ups immediately. With their help, they quickly established this base and took in these unwanted rubbish like us."

"I didn't want to come at the time, but then he found me and told me."

"The apocalypse will eventually end, and the world after it ends needs to be reorganized. If it weren't for you old immortals, who can guarantee that the younger generation won't start a second apocalypse?"

"Believe me, this apocalypse will not last long, and the world will eventually return to peace."

"I want to see the future he talked about and witness the end of the world with my own eyes."

After Mr. Ge finished speaking, he laughed again.

"Actually, I know everything he said was a lie. What peace, what second apocalypse? This world has long been rotten, and now it's just a reshuffle."

“But I want to see how far he can go.”

"Also," Mr. Ge looked at Qiao Bai, "He said he wanted to protect someone. I want to see what kind of person that Hunbulin would like."

Qiao Bai didn't expect that he would have a role to play.

Mr. Ge said, "All his other big words are lies, but I can see that he wants to create a bright future for you."

"Xiao Qiao, you have a secret."