Plundering the World's Resources

Qatar.

"Go, return to your habitat."

"Roars."

The Sumatran tiger roars before walking through the portal that connects the forest.

"Finally done, this one week I worked day and night without stopping."

Closing the portal, Ars sat on a plush chair, and drank sparkling water.

There are thousands of zoos around the world, not to mention that he has to free pets in every home, black market, or animal shelter.

The most time consuming was the black market, he checked every suspicious place and freed all the smuggled animals.

"It's been a week, the astronauts on the ISS should have landed on earth, right?"

Ars walked to the balcony, and didn't care about the people in the house who had turned to stone.

Arriving at the balcony, he activated [Far Sight] and looked directly at the ISS. And he was right, the astronauts had left the ISS.

"What should I do next? All the humans on earth have been petrified except for six people… Wait a minute, doesn't that mean the resources on earth will rot if left unchecked?"

Ars's eyes lit up and an idea popped into his mind.

"It's only been one week since humans petrified, most of the food supply is still in good condition. Instead of letting it expire, it's better to take it."

"Let's start with this country."

Having determined his next destination, Ars didn't delay any longer and took flight.

A few seconds later, he arrived at a large supermarket.

Of course there were a lot of petrified humans in the supermarket, because it had only been a week since the petrified human race, their condition was still very good.

"Who knows how many of you will survive 3700 years later." Ars said this while looking at the petrified humans around him.

During a period of 3700 years, the earth will experience many events, such as explosions of nuclear power plants without any care from humans, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other disasters.

Humans in a petrified state won't be able to do anything when that happens and can only surrender to being destroyed.

Ars ignored the snacks that were still in perfect condition and arrived at the fruit selling section.

"It's a shame that many of the fruits have rotted. Luckily there are still dates."

In front of him, there were only dates that did not rot.

Fresh dates can last up to six months in the fridge in a sealed container and stay frozen for a full year.

Ars put all the dates in the supermarket into [Storage Magic]. Not only that, he took snacks, drinks, rice, and other basic needs.

In just five minutes, the bottom floor of the supermarket had emptied out, and only a hint of anger remained.

"Not good, [Storage Magic]'s capacity is almost full. This is just one supermarket, there are many places that provide food. Looks like I'll have to expand its capacity before continuing raiding… Cough Cough… I mean gathering supplies."

Seeing that there was a massage chair not far from him, he sat down and closed his eyes.

Thanks to the Limitless Technique, which brought the concept of Infinity to reality, Ars can manipulate and distort space at will.

[Storage Magic] was created based on the spatial ability [Teleportation]. His understanding of spatial attributes was limited, and his [Storage Magic] output was only 100 cubic meters in size.

But now it was different, he had mastered the Limitless Technique, so upgrading [Storage Magic] wasn't difficult.

The sun sets and night falls.

Without humans, most of the cities on earth are pitch black.

Ars opened his eyes, the darkness of the night didn't affect his sense of sight in the slightest.

"Not bad, [Storage Magic] has successfully upgraded. Now I don't have to worry about where to store my loot."

He was satisfied that he had expanded the capacity of [Magic Storage], which was only 100 cubic meters before, now had an area of 10 kilometers.

"Preparations have been completed, it's time to work again."

Idaten never gets tired and runs out of stamina like humans do. Therefore, Ars didn't delay and went to the next location.

...

Two weeks later.

During that time, Ars had visited every country.

There are no supermarkets, shopping centers, convenience stores, grocery stores, markets, or factories that produce food and beverages, which are overlooked.

He plundered all the basic supplies in 194 countries around the world.

He wasn't worried that all the food and drink would spoil, because anything stored in [Storage Magic], when taken out would be in the same state it was before it was put in.

At a grocery store in Indonesia, Ars looted all the food and drink in that place.

"This is the last store, with this, I have plundered all the food and drink supplies in this world. What's next?"

Sitting on a wooden bench, smoking a cigarette, Ars contemplated what course of action he should take.

"I have food stock for a few hundred. I don't have to worry about arriving in the medieval world if I leave this world."

He knew how bad his luck was, that could be seen from his previous six lives. The only good thing is that he was born as Idaten in his seventh reincarnation.

"Oh, right. I need money! Although I don't have to worry about food, I do need money to buy other things. Hmm... There's no point in taking dollars and other currency if I arrive in another world that has its own civilization."

"That's not true, no matter what kind of world it is, gold is still a precious item! Alright, my next goal is to plunder all the gold and gems in this world."

No matter what kind of world it is, gold is still a valuable commodity. He was sure about that.

Smoking a single cigarette, Ars flew at Mach 25.

...

The United States, as a country with the largest amount of gold reserves globally, keeps its valuable treasures in a location called Fort Knox owned by the US Mint in Kentucky.

The Fort Knox Building holds 147.3 million ounces of gold. This amount represents half of all the gold kept by the United States Department of the Treasury.

Today, Ars smashed the extremely thick iron safe door with just a punch, and deposited the gold bars piled up to form a small hill.

"Somehow I'm not too happy to see all this gold bullion. In the life before I reincarnated, buying 10 grams of gold bars using the money I collected from my salary gave me a sense of satisfaction. But now, there is no sense of satisfaction that I felt at that time."

After emptying all the millions of tons of gold in the safe, Ars felt empty and didn't feel any joy.

Shaking his head, he pushed aside the thought.

"Don't think about it, I've only lived 200 years. If it continues like this, I'm afraid I'll go crazy because there's nothing interesting."

Slapping his cheeks a few times, Ars's mind returned to kindness.

"To the next place."

He flew to the next location.

The goal this time is to plunder all the gold and gems in the world, starting from the United States.

As for paper money? It was nothing more than plain paper if transferred to another world, so he didn't bother collecting money.