Chapter 444 The Moment of Awakening
Viola knew Clark well and knew he never spoke recklessly.
He said he was confident he could withdraw, so he must have some trump card and something to rely on.
Faced with the confidence displayed by her mentor, Viola's wildly beating heart actually began to settle down slowly in these calm words, and her anxious and scorching rationality began to regain the upper hand.
She closed her eyes and remained silent for a moment.
When she opened her eyes again, the panic in them had been replaced by a sharp, decisive look.
"good."
Viola no longer hesitated and decisively took out a transparent crystal, no bigger than a fingernail, from her storage artifact. The crystal seemed to have liquid starlight flowing inside.
She handed it to Clark:
"This is the highest-level authentication code core of all external binding and annihilation arrays. Now that the plane is completely sealed, it may not be able to directly control the arrays from the outside. But if you find the starfall inside, or if we need to coordinate an attack on a certain point from the outside... the moment you successfully break through the internal isolation layer and establish a brief link, the annihilation array's firepower system can automatically identify and avoid the area where this crystal energy marker is located."
She stared intently into Clark's eyes: "Make sure you carry it with you and keep it in active mode."
Clark didn't say much, but casually put the seemingly fragile but actually crucial crystal into the inner pocket of his gray robe, as casually as if he were putting down an ordinary pebble.
"Understood." He nodded, then turned to the main control screen. "Now, bring me all the detailed monitoring data of all dimensions of this plane over the past few months, especially the phase changes of energy tides, the spectrum analysis of law disturbances, and the migration trajectory of weak points in the barrier."
His tone returned to its usual research mode: "I need to make a precise judgment on how much time window is left for a safe infiltration, given the current deteriorating trend, and from which point to enter, where the initial resistance will be relatively minimal."
Viola responded immediately, her fingers flying across the screen, and the massive data stream was reorganized, categorized, and highlighted.
Jemin also stepped forward to assist with some auxiliary calculations and data cross-validation.
Soon, Mentor Clark had integrated all the data. Before leaving, he paused slightly in front of the alloy hatch: "By the way, Viola, when we get back, I need to discuss with you the issue of you calling me 'old man'."
“Uh…” Viola choked upon hearing this.
Before she could say anything, Clark had already stepped out of the hatch. The warship's heavy alloy hatch closed silently, isolating the faint radiation from the chaotic void.
Inside the control room, Jemin and Viola stared out the porthole at the green plane enveloped by a scarlet magic circle, and at the tiny point of light in which Mentor Clark had disappeared for the last time. For a moment, neither of them spoke.
An atmosphere of unease began to permeate between the two.
Venturing deep into a living plane where the laws are in chaos and could go berserk at any moment, even knowing that one's mentor should be prepared, one can't help but feel worried.
Jemin was the first to break the silence. He took a deep breath and forced himself to focus on the present reality and the established division of labor.
“Senior sister…” He turned to Viola, his voice regaining its usual composure, “We also need to prepare in advance. You need to go outside, personally oversee the operation, and manually fine-tune the magic array.”
After all, only a level six wizard who has thoroughly mastered the solidification of the laws and can temporarily resist the erosion of the void rules can move and cast spells relatively freely in the chaotic void.
Of the two of them, only Viola could do that.
Although the magic array is now linked with the warship and can be operated from inside the warship, it is still essential to have someone who can manually operate it directly at critical moments as a safety measure.
Moreover, when manipulating the binding magic circle, it is more appropriate for the wizard to make the judgment directly.
Viola had also composed herself, and the worry in her eyes was replaced by decisiveness.
She nodded: "Understood. Leave the fine-tuning of the external binding array to me. Jemin, you stay here and remotely lock onto and control the core activation units of those three plane annihilation arrays."
Her tone was solemn and left no room for doubt: "You are the last resort. If it really is impossible, the shackles collapse, and the mentor and the fallen star fail to escape in time, then you will initiate the annihilation program to completely destroy this plane and prevent it from causing an even greater disaster after it fully awakens."
“I understand,” Jemin replied in a deep voice.
Viola said no more, took one last look at the peaceful plane outside the porthole, and strode towards the airlock of the warship.
The hatch opened and closed, and her figure quickly came into view through the porthole.
It transformed into a dark red streak of light and flew towards the core of the nearest and largest crimson binding magic array.
The magic array, like a giant compass in the void, slowly rotated, awaiting its master's final command.
Only Jemin remained in the control room.
He quickly sat down in front of the main control console, slid his hands across the light screen, and brought up all the control interfaces of the three-plane annihilation array, displaying them side by side.
Each interface is extremely complex, encompassing dozens of subsystems such as energy focusing, ballistic prediction, coordinated activation, and overload protection.
With complete concentration, Jemin began the final parameter calibration and pre-charge preparations.
His mind was closely linked to the warship's detection array, locking onto that green target.
Time slipped by in silent tension.
The warship's detection array feeds back various data from the "falling star plane" onto the light screen in real time.
Sudden!
The main curve representing spiritual activity surged upwards!
Its surge was even steeper than the worst-case prediction model Viola had previously presented!
“It’s started…” Jemin felt a chill run down his spine.
There was no need for Jemin to send any information about the change to the outside world, because at almost the same moment, the view outside the porthole also changed dramatically.
The green plane, which was "decorated" by the scarlet magic circle, suddenly "came to life"!
It wasn't a visual movement, but rather an explosion of an indescribable "presence".
The entire plane seemed like a primordial beast awakened from its slumber, and invisible waves of will surged forth like a tsunami.
Even through the barrier of the warship and the distant void, Jemin could feel the immense, chaotic, and primal life-stirring oppression.
The plane itself did not move, but the green barrier at its edge began to fluctuate violently, constantly expanding and contracting, like a heart beating wildly.
This pre-awakening "restlessness" alone stirred up the already unstable and chaotic void around it.
The distorted light and shadow became even more violent, and the shattered fragments of rules were pushed aside, forming invisible ripples of energy that spread outwards.
The crimson binding array, which was activated in advance and exuded a suppressive aura, immediately became the most direct stimulus to this nascent idea.
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