A Spark Flashes, and Nanook Vanishes / Official Bandai Version-Star Rail Crossover Edition

And it had wiped them out in a single strike from across more than a dozen star systems.

The observed decline of the Propagation Path was enough to confirm that fact.

Of course, that alone was not enough to make Herta lose her composure like this.

Herta knew very well that even the most powerful Emanators stood across an enormous, unbridgeable gulf from Aeons. But the universe was vast, and there were always unusual individuals.

The real reason for Herta's loss of composure was what this genius was observing at that very moment: the rapidly changing state of the Imaginary Tree... or rather, Imaginary Space.

The data shot wildly up and down like someone bungee jumping, making Herta worry that the universe might explode the next second. It nearly shattered the understanding of the mysterious Imaginary Tree she had built up over countless years.

"Phew..."

After repeatedly confirming that the instrument she had specially made was not malfunctioning, Herta let out a light breath, casually smoothed down the long hair she had mussed up from grabbing it, and opened a communication channel—

"This is Herta..."

Though she had just been so shocked by the changes and data that nearly destroyed her understanding of the Imaginary Tree that she had started doubting life itself, Herta was, after all, an adult who had lived through several Amber Eras. She quickly calmed down.

Once she had calmed herself, Herta urgently recorded the precious data while calling the Interstellar Peace Company's contact and skillfully began to fleece them empty-handed—

Right now, Herta desperately wanted to find that person and learn exactly how he had done it.

But Herta also knew just how difficult it was to find such a mysterious person in the universe.

Compared to gathering information herself, the Interstellar Peace Company's intelligence