This sudden change prompted the government to launch an investigation. Soon, everyone discovered that the closer you got to Kunlun Mountain, the faster you could cultivate inner energy, and the faster martial arts training progressed as well. When various experts arrived at Kunlun Mountain to investigate, the world’s natural energy seemed to suddenly erupt. At that moment, not only Kunlun Mountain, but other places also experienced a rapid increase in cultivation speed.

After several months of investigation, a few clues were finally found through the accounts of some herders. Once, a black line appeared in the sky above Kunlun Mountain, as if a trench had been gouged out of the sky, and it eventually disappeared deep within Kunlun Mountain, where a loud boom seemed to echo from its depths.

No one doubted this report, because the loud boom was heard not only by herders on the edge of Kunlun Mountain, but also from much farther away. Moreover, some people even saw many white pillars of light.

Not many people witnessed the black line above Kunlun Mountain, but there were far too many who saw the white pillars of light. You could ask just about anyone, and they would know about it. The Seismological Bureau even offered an explanation for the light pillars, calling it a phenomenon of light tide refraction. As for what a light tide was, few people really understood.

Based on these clues, people speculated that something had fallen from outer space into the depths of Kunlun Mountain—perhaps a meteorite, or maybe something else.

The depths of Kunlun Mountain are not only treacherous, but many areas are even forbidden zones for humans. To find out what exactly had fallen there, technology naturally had to be employed.

Yet the situation developed in a bizarre way: any aircraft, whether manned or unmanned, would lose all contact and crash after entering a certain area deep within Kunlun Mountain. All electronic detectors, once inside, would become nothing but useless scrap.

After months of probing, scientists were unable to reach any conclusions, and could only attribute it to the mysterious object that had fallen deep within Kunlun Mountain.

The existence of this object could render all electronic devices, magnetic fields, and other technological means completely useless. Not only that, even satellites could not capture any trace of the object’s descent into Kunlun Mountain.

The only way left was to send people in on foot to search for what could possibly be so miraculous.

Given the secrecy of the matter, it was naturally kept under strict lockdown.

Even though the government began to block information and seal off Kunlun Mountain, more and more people still snuck into its depths, searching for the treasure that had changed the world’s natural energy. Not only locals, but all sorts of foreign opportunists also secretly came to Kunlun Mountain, hoping to sneak in and uncover the truth.

However, everyone who entered the depths of Kunlun Mountain in search of the object from outer space ended up disappearing without a trace, with not a single message sent out.

Only a year after the eruption of the world’s natural energy, all kinds of ancient martial arts sects sprang up rapidly, and universities even established martial arts departments, with waves of geniuses emerging.

Tianjin’s number one genius, Wade Sherman, broke through the limits of martial arts, becoming the first to surpass the limits of the human body and step into the legendary innate realm of ancient martial arts.

Faced with endless honor and adulation, Wade Sherman didn’t care at all. Instead, he ventured alone into Kunlun Mountain, determined to find the thing that had changed the world’s natural energy.

Like so many others who had gone to explore the depths of Kunlun Mountain, Wade Sherman vanished without a trace after entering.

More than four months passed. Just as many were lamenting the loss of this martial arts prodigy, a black flying saucer shot up from the depths of Kunlun Mountain, soared out of the atmosphere, and disappeared into the distant reaches of outer space.

No one knew whether Wade Sherman had succeeded or failed, but people guessed that the object which had fallen into Kunlun Mountain and changed the world’s natural energy must have been that flying saucer. Because after the saucer left Kunlun Mountain, everything there returned to normal. Electronic devices no longer malfunctioned, aircraft could once again enter Kunlun Mountain, and those who entered on foot no longer disappeared mysteriously.

It was clear: the flying saucer from outer space had been obtained by Wade Sherman, and Wade Sherman had used it to leave Earth.

If Wade Sherman really did get the flying saucer, then his character was questionable. After finding the saucer, he left Earth without a word—what kind of person does that? After all, Wade Sherman’s rapid breakthrough to the innate realm was not only due to his talent, but also inseparable from the support of the state. Without national resources, he wouldn’t have been able to enter Kunlun Mountain to search for the saucer.

And how did he repay this? He got the saucer and left Earth without even saying goodbye.

It wasn’t until fifteen years later, when that black flying saucer returned to Earth, that everyone realized the intelligent saucer had indeed been taken by Wade Sherman. But this time, its return marked the beginning of Earth’s calamity. The saucer not only brought back many powerful aliens, but also an alien fleet. For the sake of his own life, Wade Sherman brought the invaders back to Earth.

As soon as these beings arrived, they began slaughtering and enslaving the people of Earth. City after city was destroyed, countless innocent lives were lost. In the eyes of these alien powerhouses, all life on Earth existed only to serve them. They intended to build a massive smelting plant on Earth to refine something that no one knew about.