Richard continued to let his thoughts wander:
Come to think of it, Barta's fate had not been much better than the Tower of Babel's. If not for his arrival, people of the current era would not even have heard of it; it did not even count as a legend. Most importantly, the people who failed to build the Tower of Babel had survived after all, whereas the Ancient Wizard Civilization that built Barta had been wiped out entirely.
Wiped out! The Ancient Wizard Civilization, which had built hundreds of Bartas and created tens or even hundreds of billions of Internet-of-Things receiving points, had simply been destroyed.
The stronger and more astonishing the Ancient Wizard Civilization had been, the more perplexing and terrifying its destruction became.
Could it be that this world also had a god like the one in Earth's legends? Only, this god had been somewhat negligent and had not intervened while the Ancient Wizard Civilization was building Barta. By the time it noticed, the Ancient Wizard Civilization had already built countless Bartas.
With no other choice, the god of this world had used some powerful means, unleashing a world-ending flood or something else to destroy the Ancient Wizard Civilization?
Richard found the thought unbelievable, yet it seemed there was no other way to guess.
It could not help making him feel somewhat heavy-hearted.
"Phew—"
Taking a deep breath, Richard shook his head to rid himself of those overly far-fetched thoughts and looked seriously at the million grids around him.
He knew very well that whatever the truth about the Ancient Wizard Civilization was, it was not something he could investigate right now. Even if he was curious, he still had to walk the road one step at a time and eat one bite at a time.
He had