After reaching an altitude of 30,000 meters,
the helium liquefied due to extremely low temperatures, causing the balloon's volume to shrink by two-thirds and its lift to drastically decrease.
The ascent speed dropped sharply from five meters per second to two meters per second.
Fortunately, Wang Ye's calculations had already accounted for this,
so he still managed to reach nearly 40,000 meters in about two hours and five minutes.
This is the altitude where he would begin the parachute-free free fall!
At this moment, Wang Ye had already exited his meditative state.
He stood up, approached the edge of the helium balloon, and started to observe the surroundings,
in order to determine his strategy for the upcoming challenge,
but in fact, even without a strategy,
he could descend unscathed even by just sitting down,
