The enormous moon finally entered the range of Earth's weapons.
Just as humanity's countless weapons were about to strike the moon, the barrier enveloping it was broken by the Earth Crystal's intervention.
Then the moon shattered like a cookie dropped on the floor.
"Huh? It broke apart already?"
Before humanity's firepower could reach it, however, the moon's surface began collapsing and burning fiercely from atmospheric friction. Only then did the bombardment strike its surface, bursting into a dense shower of fireworks with a crackle like popping corn.
The moon's interior had always been loose and hollow, like a sponge. Its outer shell was actually its strongest part, so it naturally broke apart when it could no longer withstand its own gravitational acceleration.
But if nothing was done, a considerable portion would still crash into Earth and cause devastation. So, after humanity unleashed its firepower...
Suddenly, everything before my eyes turned pure white, though it wasn't blindingly bright.
"Uh, what's going on?"
I could still feel Mom's and Dad's arms and hear their equally startled voices.
"Doggy! Close the balcony curtains!"
"Woof! They're already closed!"
"Huh?"
I'd thought it was some kind of intensely bright beam, but even after Doggy closed the blackout curtains over the balcony, I still couldn't see anything inside.
So, was this pure white some kind of censoring filter from the Earth Crystal? Across the entire world?
Terra explained, "You haven't gone blind. The Earth Crystal is dealing with the moon, but it doesn't want us to see how it's doing it, so it's blocked the vision of everyone in the world."
"If anyone's driving right now, aren't they screwed?"
"Perhaps."
This wasn't something to brush off so casually. A flashbang without warning could kill people.
"But if it didn't do this, even more people would go