Chapter 405: The World Has Been Destroyed

A completely tattered world.

When everyone in the group saw the world Takumi had discovered, they were all momentarily stunned. Even from a distance, it was obvious just how broken this world was.

Shiroyasha: [ A shattered world? ] [ This world must've been destroyed! ]

Seeing the state of the world, Shiroyasha immediately understood—this was clearly a world that had already been obliterated.

Fujiwara Chika: [ So this is what a destroyed world looks like? ] [ What an eye-opener! ]

Sagiri: [ Learned something new today! ]

Bronya: [ Another piece of knowledge added to my mind. ] [ So this is what a world looks like after destruction. ]

Herta: [ Noted and recorded! ]

Lala: [ How did this happen? Was it because of war? If it was, that war must have been catastrophic—this entire world is torn apart. ]

Everyone in the chat came rushing in.

They were all genuinely curious about what had happened.

Takumi's ship quickly approached the ruined world. As they got closer, everyone finally grasped the full extent of its destruction.

"Riddled with holes" was a perfect description.

It was downright tragic.

How could a world become this wrecked?

Takumi flew around it once and then found a crack in its barrier to slip through.

Upon entering, as he passed through the world's rift, what greeted him was endless wreckage.

Takumi was shocked.

Was this a technological civilization?

The wreckage resembled that of a space battlefield.

Massive warships floated in the void.

Seeing them, Takumi grew more curious. Was this destruction the result of battles that happened within this zone?

Herta: [ Unbelievable... Was this caused by technology? ]

She had been watching Takumi's stream the whole time, and when she saw those massive warships, she was utterly stunned.

Some of them were even still intact.

Lala: [ Go check out those intact warships! ] [ They were probably in the middle of battle and then wiped out in an instant, right? ] [ A lot of ships haven't even been damaged! ]

Lala was extremely excited.

These warships that had made it into the rift between worlds were just too amazing.

She urged Takumi to investigate them immediately.

Shiroyasha: [ You can tell this world's people were quite advanced. ] [ But what caused them to abandon their world and end up in such a brutal battlefield? ]

She too was curious.

What kind of conflict could have led to this?

The entire world was wrecked.

Just how intense had the fighting been?

Takumi exited his small ship.

A spatial rift appeared and stored it away.

He floated quietly in the dimensional gap.

Scanning his surroundings, he then moved toward the wreckage.

There were no biological remains anywhere.

It was as if no one had ever been here.

Everything was inoperative—just cold metal remained.

Takumi tried to sense the condition of the ships, but everything had been destroyed.

There was no useful data left.

He didn't dwell on it, and instead teleported directly into one of the intact ships.

These ships were bigger than mountains.

He appeared on the bridge of one.

It was empty but clean.

Not a trace of struggle, only signs that equipment had once been in use.

There were footprints… even some discarded clothing.

Seeing this, Takumi's curiosity deepened.

He walked up to one of the ship's computers and placed his hand on it.

Moments later, he successfully hacked into the system.

Data began flooding into his mind.

Takumi started extracting everything he could from the ship.

Maybe because this ship was still mostly intact, many of its functions were operational.

Plenty of data remained.

Herta: [ Spill it! ] [ What did you find? ]

Lala: [ Found anything useful? ]

Both Herta and Lala were brimming with excitement.

Surely a complete ship had to contain something useful?

"I've extracted some data."

"But… there's no record of what destroyed them."

"They were wiped out by an overwhelming force in an instant."

"There's no follow-up."

Hearing this, Takumi frowned.

Everyone in the group was shocked.

Lala: [ That's terrifying!! ]

Wiped out in an instant?

Truly horrifying.

Herta: [ Forget that for now. ] [ Check the tech tree of this world! ]

Don't worry about who did it.

What mattered now was understanding this world's technological advancements.

Even if the world was gone, its tech tree survived.

Those ships were proof of that.

Time to gather up all that tech.

"Right."

"Let's start with that."

"These ships still work."

"I'll collect them all."

Takumi decided to go scavenging.

Fujiwara Chika: [ So jealous! You're basically collecting treasure!! ] [ I wanna be a scavenger too. ]

Wasn't Takumi just picking up gold?

They had all seen how many intact ships were out there.

And there were plenty of other things too.

Any single one of these ships would be a fortune to ordinary people.

Who knew what other treasures this ruined world held?

Devouring its tech tree and taking the time to absorb it might allow a civilization to leap forward overnight.

Seeing everyone's messages, Takumi grinned.

Of course he wouldn't let this treasure trove go.

He began gathering everything he could.

Whatever could be salvaged, he took.

The rest, he left behind.

After picking through the debris in the dimensional gap, Takumi officially entered the interior of the world.

Shiroyasha: [ Is this world truly dead? ] [ If not, you might gain something even more valuable. ]

She suddenly chimed in.

If the world was dead, all Takumi could do was inherit its ruins.

But if it wasn't…

Then Takumi hit the jackpot.

As a human with a divine soul tier, the final hope of humanity…

This broken world might just offer everything it had left to him.

Takumi saw her message.

But the truth was, this world really did seem completely dead.

It had been destroyed.

Only after entering it did he truly understand how complete the devastation was.