They stared in shock. He Zheng's hand froze halfway through lighting his cigarette.
Ascension?
Disappeared?
Ye Lin frowned slightly and quickly asked:
"How did they disappear? Did they vanish into thin air halfway up, or did they enter somewhere?"
Eve turned slightly and shook her head:
"They didn't vanish into thin air, and they didn't enter anywhere. They kept flying after leaving the atmosphere. But neither radar nor satellites could track them, as though something was interfering. We lost their trail."
"What happened afterward? Did you still fail to find them?"
Ye Lin paused in surprise, then quickly pressed her.
Eve hesitated. Only after several seconds did she sigh and answer:
"You could say we found them."
Before anyone could react, she continued:
"Although we lost their trail, every country realized they might be the key to resolving the crisis."
"After all, judging by the final footage, they seemed to head somewhere else after leaving the atmosphere. Some guessed it was the legendary Immortal Realm. Others guessed it was another dimension."
"During one operation, we captured a Qi Refining Cultivator who was about to ascend. We learned from him that the first group of Qi Refining Cultivators had actually been studying ancient Daoist texts before the disaster began, which was why they ascended the fastest."
"According to the information they uncovered, ascension was only the first step. To fully ascend into the Immortal Realm, they still had to refine their spirits with lightning and temper their bodies with fierce winds."
"So he believed those who ascended hadn't left Earth. They might still have been in the ionosphere."
Eve paused briefly:
"With that lead, every country began training its own Qi Refining Cultivators while continuing to search for their traces in near-Earth orbit."
"Yet for six whole months, we found nothing.