Seeing that Ji Yueyao looked like she was about to cry, Qiao Ying sighed helplessly. With this girl's personality, how did she manage to survive to this age?

Qiao Ying is unaware that in the future, Ji Yueyao will become someone even her leader will look up to. At that time, she will be indestructible in both mind and strength.

But that's a story for later. Right now, Ji Yueyao is still just a middle school student who only knows how to cry.

"Never mind, let's just consider it as saving a survivor." Qing Zhang scratched his head; men can never be ruthless towards women.

Qiao Ying snorted coldly and turned to ask Ji Yueyao, "Which base are you from?"

"base?"

Seeing Ji Yueyao's blank expression, Qing Zhang covered his face and sighed. This silly look was simply unbearable to look at.

Qiao Ying was also taken aback, clearly knowing that the conversation could not continue. "Fine, just consider yourself a survivor I found. Come with me to the Xiyu base."

"Xiyu Base, what's that?" Ji Yueyao was still completely bewildered.

"Oh my god!" Qiao Ying simply didn't know how to describe her current feelings. She would just have to treat it as if she had picked up a person with amnesia. That way, she could explain it to her superiors. Her personal points would probably be the points for bringing back survivors. As long as no one found out that she had something wrong with her head, it would be fine.

"You know nothing about what's going on here?" Qiao Ying asked incredulously.

Ji Yueyao nodded weakly. She had only tripped and fallen to get here, how could she possibly know where this place was!

"Qingzhang, could you give her a little background information about this place as you walk?" Qiao Ying said helplessly, pointing at Ji Yueyao before slinging her backpack over her shoulder and walking forward. It was getting dark, and they had to get back to the Xiyu base before nightfall.

"Yes, whatever Sister Qiao says goes." Qing Zhang smiled brightly. "Hmm... little girl, you haven't told us your name yet."

"Huh?" Ji Yueyao was taken aback, then quickly said, "My name is Ji Yueyao."

Qing Zhang nodded, thinking to herself that this girl hadn't lost her mind after the fall. "Ji Yueyao, I understand. My name is Qing Zhang, and the one in front is Sister Qiao."

Qiao Ying walked ahead, seemingly uninterested in their conversation.

"Alright, Ji Yueyao, now listen carefully to what kind of era this is." Qing Zhang walked very fast, and Ji Yueyao had to jog to keep up: "This is the apocalyptic era."

Ji Yueyao stumbled. What...what the heck? The apocalypse?!

"A hundred years ago, a large number of meteorites suddenly fell from the sky. Human technology was simply unable to analyze those meteorites, nor did we know the dangers they posed, so no one paid any attention to them." Qiao Ying frowned as she listened to Qing Zhang begin to recount the past: "Qing Zhang, get to the point."

"Oh." Qing Zhang nodded hurriedly, then looked at Ji Yueyao: "Those meteorites will cause most organisms on Earth to mutate. Humans were the first to mutate, and most of them became aliens. Only a small number of people did not mutate."

"Strange beings?" Ji Yueyao felt like she was listening to a post-apocalyptic novel. "Zombies?"

"At first, humans did call those mutated people zombies, but later they discovered that most of those monsters possessed intelligence and could reproduce like other creatures, so they called them aliens." Qing Zhang's expression was somewhat grave. "Soon afterward, animals and plants on Earth also began to mutate. Humans called the mutated animals alien birds and the plants alien plants."

Qing Zhang paused for a moment, then continued, "The appearance of strange people, birds, and plants has thrown our homeland into complete chaos. The surviving humans have used their strength to consolidate their power, and thus five major forces have emerged in our country: the Western Yu Base, the Eastern Lin Base, the Southern Xiao Base, the Northern Huang Base, and the country's military."

Ji Yueyao nodded blankly, her hand unconsciously tightening its grip on the water bottle. Was what she had just encountered an extraordinary person? Was all of this... was this really not a dream?