"Wait!"
Fiya bit her lip. "Things haven't gotten that bad yet. Maybe there's still a way to fix this!"
"Don't forget your duty, Security Officer Fiya!"
Witt's expression changed in an instant. The playful grin vanished, replaced by grave solemnity. "I've handled thirty-four lab accidents for the Alliance. I know exactly what we need to do in a situation like this! To keep the damage from spreading, some sacrifices are unavoidable!"
"You're right!"
Fiya's expression shifted rapidly. Then she turned her head away, and a glimmer seemed to gather in the corner of her eye. "Please, do it!"
"Star destroyer cannon, prepare to fire!"
At Witt's command, multicolored lights gathered in front of the airship, taking the shape of a massive cannon barrel.
"Target—the wormhole!"
Witt glanced at the wormhole, which was growing increasingly irregular, as if some entity were about to break through at any moment. He swept his right hand through the air. "Fire!"
Whoosh!
A massive crimson beam, surrounded by spiraling arcs of light, carved a curved path through space and slammed into the very center of the wormhole.
Rumble!
A violent explosion erupted. Terrifying shock waves surged outward, and the cosmic dust they kicked up blotted out the view.
In that instant, the Star destroyer cannon's dreadful power engulfed not only the wormhole but also the nearby space station, which was caught in the blast.
That was why Fiya had hesitated in the first place.
After all, the slightest miscalculation in aiming could cause the space station and the wormhole to perish together!
"Did it work?"
Fiya stared anxiously ahead.
"No! It didn't!"
Witt's face was now utterly solemn. "Bring up the earlier footage!"
A screen appeared, replaying the previous scene in slow motion—ten thousand times slower.
To Fiya's horror, a tiny black speck appeared in