The Past is a Mystery

Yao Tang felt that this was something that her grandparents would do. She took a deep breath.

"Do you believe me now?"

"At that time, we really had no other choice. This was—what you'd say our Hail Mary pass. What we didn't expect was for them to be extremely good at what they do. The time they left was the time the power of our formation had recovered. They're the reason why we didn't suffer from any more unnecessary deaths."

There was a sense of disappointment in her heart. "And what year was this? Where did they go after that?"

"I..."

"Don't worry," she quickly said. "The only reason I'm looking for them is due to my illness. It was something I've developed since I was born. Even the best doctors said that I wouldn't live past twenty, and now that I'm eighteen...I only have two years left to live." She sighed deeply, much to the amusement of her friends.