"Where is he?"

When the spacecraft's hatch closed, Dr. Toppler took off his helmet and was the first to speak.

Captain Leone had a bitter expression on his face as he looked at the anxious professor.

"He’s in the recovery room."

Dr. Toppler was able to read many things from the captain’s expression, so he opened the door to the recovery room with a gloomy heart.

"P-professor."

Dr. Toppler looked the same except he was a bit older. It seemed Kim Gangchul was deeply moved by this fact.

He really had opened his eyes in the real world.

"What happened to Earth’s Code?"

"...I failed."

Dr. Toppler let out a long sigh, "Ha-ah."

So what was the point in awakening Kang Woojin when they only had the Recovery Code? If they wanted a Reset, they needed a reference point in the form of the Planet Code.

"Is there really a need to do a Reset, professor?"

"What?"

"Can’t you just save everyone just like me?"

"Ha-ah."

Toppler shook his head as he let out another long sigh. Their resources were already depleted, and their home was devoid of any life. In such a situation, what would happen if tens of thousands of people were to awaken at the same time?

Their race would self-destruct.

Even inside the VR world, humans fought over power in an endless war. It was human nature. Kim Gangchul’s expression still indicated that he didn’t comprehend the reasoning behind the Reset.

"Ha-ah. Once we reach our base on...