Chapter 354: If There's a Fight, Be Sure to Call Me

Takumi arrived at another alien civilization.

This alien race was different from the previous one. The last group looked like monkeys with sharp mouths, but these ones—while equally ugly—resembled the magical beasts Takumi encountered when he first crossed over.

They looked strikingly similar.

Takumi rubbed his chin. There was no way these connections were purely coincidental.

Thinking it over, Takumi casually waved his hand and teleported one of the aliens back to the lab on Earth.

Dr. Mei and the others, who were still watching the space battle, froze in shock when they saw a spatial rift open and an alien get thrown through.

"Run a genetic analysis on it."

"It seems similar to the magical beasts from our world's Aura Revival era."

"Check it carefully."

Takumi's voice came through the spatial crack.

Hearing this, Mebius raised an eyebrow.

"I'll look into it."

Now she was definitely interested. She immediately began extracting the genes of both alien species.

Meanwhile, Takumi began controlling individuals from the new civilization, extracting their memories.

Their memories were similar to the other race's—an abrupt intellectual awakening followed by rapid development.

Upon learning this, Takumi fell silent.

People in the group chat, seeing Takumi so quiet, grew curious.

He had just streamed all this live.

Now that he was quiet, everyone wanted to know more.

shiroyasha: [Spill the details. What did you find out?]

Tokisaka Kurumi: [I'm curious too.]

Seeing everyone's questions, Takumi didn't hide anything. He explained what he had discovered.

Takumi: [Both civilizations suddenly became intelligent and rapidly developed into spacefaring societies.] [They reached interstellar levels almost simultaneously, and their growth processes were identical.] [Then they encountered each other and immediately started fighting.] [It's completely absurd.]

After Takumi shared what he knew, everyone was stunned.

It was actually like this?

Herta: [Is this some kind of Gu-rearing experiment?] [Only one civilization survives and continues fighting others.] [If the other civilizations in your world are also like this, then it's really interesting.]

It did seem like some massive Gu-rearing operation.

Takumi: [It probably is.] [One civilization evolves and then leaves to battle others.] [Now I'm starting to think Earth's Aura Revival might have been caused by the same reason.] [We just lost the game, that's all.]

The extinction of humanity might finally have an explanation.

Otherwise, why would it have ended so tragically?

Zhongli: [According to what you've said, all civilizations in your world would be your enemies.]

Since it's a Gu-rearing setup, only one civilization gets to survive.

The entire universe is the experimental ground.

Every encounter means a fight to the death, with one left standing.

Takumi: [No big deal.] [If it comes down to it, I'll just reboot the universe.] [Not that serious.]

Takumi stroked his chin.

He didn't know how strong the opponent was.

But he wasn't afraid.

As long as you have the power to flip the table, nothing else matters.

Even if he didn't know what the enemy was plotting.

shiroyasha: [Well said. When the time comes, I want in.] [These world-hopping troublemakers are seriously intriguing.]

Now shiroyasha was interested in the mastermind behind Takumi's world too.

Fujiwara Chika: [Could there be others like us—with chat groups and access to other worlds?]

Fujiwara Chika popped up as well.

Maybe there were people like them, possessing similar interdimensional methods, leaving behind strange traces.

Takumi: [Who knows.] [Let's take a look at other civilizations first.] [I'm going to wander around.]

Takumi wasn't sure either.

He needed to check out more civilizations on other planets.

With nothing better to do, he figured he might as well deal with this now.

With that, Takumi lost interest in the current place.

He messaged Bronya and Houraisan Kaguya in the group chat, telling them to continue playing around.

Then he set off into the vast reaches of space.

He began searching for more civilizations.

He needed to understand their situations before making conclusions.

Takumi closed the group chat and disappeared.

He released all his power and began scanning every speck of dust in the universe.

At full power, the entire universe was within his control.

Takumi's expression remained blank as he scanned the cosmos.

Once he locked onto a star system, he launched toward it.

Some star system civilizations had not yet discovered others and were developing in isolation.

Others had already encountered neighbors and gone to war.

Takumi roamed through these civilizations.

He investigated, trying to find the truth.

As his investigation continued, Takumi began to confirm his suspicions.

Especially after obtaining their technologies.

Many of them followed nearly identical development paths—not exactly the same, but clearly copied.

It was hard to believe they hadn't been artificially designed.

They were completely different from the path Takumi's people had taken.

Their path seemed pre-written, pre-mapped.

Some civilizations developed their own inner powers.

And those powers resembled superpowers.

If Earth hadn't been destroyed, its power development would likely have gone in that direction too.

After obtaining this information, Takumi was speechless.

So it was true.

Someone had interfered with the development of the universe.

Those traces Takumi had seen outside the world before now made sense.

This was, without a doubt, a Gu-rearing experiment.

He sighed.

There was no need to continue investigating.

This much information was enough.

At once, Takumi returned to his own world.

Once home, he shared his confirmed findings in the group chat.

Takumi: [It's basically confirmed.] [They're really rearing Gu bugs.] [ε=(′ο｀*))) sigh]

Life is hard. Looks like everyone will have to hurry up and get stronger.

Who knows what that mysterious mastermind is really like.

But if they can freely travel between worlds, they're definitely not weak.

Their strength might not be much below Takumi's own.

If they meet someday, Takumi will definitely oppose them.

That goes without saying.

shiroyasha: [If there's a fight, make sure to call me!]

shiroyasha immediately shouted.

If there's going to be a battle—be sure to call him in!