"This one is empty..." Arcis said after checking the first box.
"And this one... this one too... and this one as well."
Little by little, everyone's excitement began to fade. Every single Spatial Box Arcis opened turned out to be completely empty. No Godly Crystals, no materials, not even scraps of damaged equipment remained inside. It almost looked as if someone had deliberately cleaned them out before leaving.
Rean couldn't help but wonder if Nomo had done exactly that before transferring itself away. It certainly sounded like something the AI would do. If it had considered those resources valuable enough, it wouldn't have left them behind for others to collect.
Still, they had sixty-two Spatial Boxes to inspect. No one was willing to give up after checking only a handful of them.
Then, things finally changed.
"Oh! We actually found something."
Arcis waved one of his wings, and a mountain of crystals poured out from the Spatial Box before everyone.
