Anime chat group , you let me come only after the world is destroyed?

Takumi was full of question marks upon hearing Bronya's comment.

"Aincrad?"

He had almost forgotten about that place. Bronya's words brought it back to mind.

Clicking his tongue, Takumi muttered with some confusion, "That was careless."

Now that she mentioned it, Aincrad really wasn't all that useful anymore.

After thinking for a moment, Takumi said, "I'll modify the internal structure. I'll turn all the monsters into gourmet creatures."

"Since we already have magical beast creation, I can easily turn it into a food material production base."

That thought gave Takumi a solid plan. He decided to turn Aincrad into a place that would regularly spawn gourmet creatures.

Hearing this, Bronya nodded. "That's not bad. You should do it. It shouldn't take long anyway."

She thought it was a great idea. If the place became a source of ingredients, many people would be drawn to it. Even students could earn money there.

Stronger people would likely visit too. After all, there was still suppression in place, which made it a good training ground.

After informing Bronya, Takumi vanished from sight to get started.

Modifying it wasn't difficult. Takumi arrived, made the necessary changes, and refreshed the area immediately.

Some people who were training there paused in surprise when they saw the newly spawned monsters had become gourmet creatures. When they killed them, the bodies remained on the ground instead of disappearing.

Realizing this, their eyes lit up. "Looks like… these are edible?"

Excitement quickly spread. Takumi also had Prometheus send out a public announcement explaining the change. Once people understood, they were thrilled.

"This is great! Now we can farm ingredients here too!"

News of the update spread rapidly. Soon, many people came rushing in.

Although Takumi's world had gourmet creatures, capturing them wasn't allowed. Takumi had strict rules: those creatures were to reproduce naturally. Anyone who tried to catch one would be caught by Takumi instead.

No one doubted the authenticity of his words. It was the kind of situation where trying would lead to immediate death.

...

Zhongli: [@Takumi, I've already moved over. The entire Teyvat has been emptied.]

As Takumi finished up the changes, the old man suddenly dropped a message in the group chat. Takumi was momentarily stunned.

Takumi: [I was just about to move over the Honkai world. You guys already left Teyvat?]

"Finally done?" he wondered.

Zhongli had been periodically sending people into Takumi's world. Was it finally complete now? Had he also come himself?

Zhongli: [What a coincidence. But there's no problem now.] [Teyvat couldn't hold on any longer. Even if we hadn't left, it would have fallen into the Sea of Quanta within a few years.] [It's better this way.]

Everyone who needed to leave Teyvat had already done so. As for the rest... well, they were no longer his concern.

Even Celestia had awakened. Upon seeing the state of Teyvat and sensing Zhongli's power, she decisively abandoned Teyvat and moved on to explore another world.

Where she went was unknown.

Regardless, the fragile Teyvat had entered its final countdown. Without Celestia's maintenance, its end would come even sooner.

Takumi: [Alright then! I'm off to kidnap the Honkai world. Welcome aboard, old man!]

After reading Zhongli's message, Takumi didn't say more. Instead, he welcomed him warmly. Zhongli was now one of his own.

Chika Fujiwara: [Welcome!]

Sagiri: [Welcome!]

Megumi Kato: [Welcome!]

Herta: [Kidnapping Honkai? Hurry up!!] [I'm really curious about the relationship between you and the Tree!]

Herta had glanced at the chat. Upon seeing Takumi's message, her eyes gleamed.

"Hurry up and go already."

She was curious—if that world joined Takumi's, what would happen to the Tree? What would become of their world?

She was dying to know. So she was eager for Takumi to bring that world over right away.

Takumi: [You're just curious about everything, aren't you!!!]

Of course Herta was curious about the unknown. She'd even wanted to study him before. Now she wanted to study his connection with the Tree.

Well, it was all about studying him anyway...

Herta: [Of course I'm curious! This is a completely unprecedented research topic. Just hurry up already.] [The civilization in my current world is already evolving. It's fascinating. Come take a look when you're free.] [I'm really busy, so I'll stop here. Remember to visit!]

The last part was pure nonsense.

Takumi rolled his eyes at her message. "Visit? More like become your lab rat!"

Like he didn't know what she was thinking?

After silently ranting to himself, Takumi ignored it all, closed the chat, and disappeared from his spot.

He headed toward the Honkai world.

Time to lure over the Sea of Quanta and the Imaginary Tree.

But moving them directly would be difficult—they were simply too big.

If Takumi acted recklessly, it could cause turbulence throughout the Imaginary Tree.

Just a bit of shaking could send countless worlds tumbling into the Sea of Quanta. That would be countless lives lost.

That's why Takumi kept saying "lure"—not move.

He had to coax this world into coming to him.

That was his next goal.

...

Takumi returned to the Honkai world. This time, he appeared at the place where he'd first met Kana—in the Sea of Quanta.

As Takumi appeared, both the Sea of Quanta and the Imaginary Tree greeted him with friendly energy.

Sensing this kindness, Takumi felt intrigued. From his first visit, he had noticed the friendliness.

Whenever he wanted something, the world seemed to provide.

For example, even when he simply thought about the location of the Star Gods, he somehow obtained it.

Now, as he returned, it seemed anything he wanted would be granted.

Feeling that friendliness again, Takumi's confidence in convincing the world to follow him increased.

With that thought, Takumi looked up at the seemingly endless Sea of Quanta.

Then, he vanished from his spot—headed toward the very heart of the world.

To the true location of the Tree.

Equivalent to the world's origin.

Each world has a different name for it, but ultimately, it is the core zone of the world.