The Moment of Awakening

Viola knew Clark well and understood that he never made empty claims.

If he said he was confident he could get out, then he definitely had his own trump cards and something to rely on.

Faced with the confidence her mentor displayed, Viola's wildly pounding heart actually began to settle under those calm words. The reason that had been scorched by anxiety gradually reclaimed the upper hand.

She closed her eyes and fell silent for a moment.

When she opened them again, the panic in her eyes had been replaced by the sharp edge of resolve.

"Alright."

Viola hesitated no longer. Decisively, she took out a transparent crystal no larger than a fingernail from her storage Wizard Artifact. Liquid starlight seemed to flow within it.

She pressed it into Clark's hand. "This is the core authorization code for the highest permissions of all external Restraint Arrays and Annihilation Arrays. The plane is completely sealed off now, so it may not be able to control the arrays directly from outside. But if you find Starfall inside, or if you need us to coordinate an attack on a certain point from outside... the moment you successfully pierce the internal isolation layer and establish a brief connection, the Annihilation Arrays' firepower systems will automatically recognize and avoid the area marked by this crystal's energy signature."

She stared straight into Clark's eyes. "You must keep it on you and keep it activated."

Clark said nothing more. He simply slipped the seemingly fragile yet critically important crystal into the inner pocket of his gray robe, as casually as if he were putting away an ordinary pebble.

"Got it." He nodded, then turned toward the main control screen. "Now, pull up all the detailed monitoring data from every dimension of this plane over the past few