Back in the physical Core Room, the servers were tearing themselves apart, emitting high-pitched electrical wails as internal components melted under the strain. Nexus troops breached the outer door, firing. Saira responded instantly, the energy rifle spitting focused bursts of light.
"The cipher!" Einar shouted, forcing the final sequence, blood trickling from his nose from the cerebral exertion. "I must terminate the loop!"
He slammed his hand down on the final activation sequence. A deep, consuming white light exploded from the holographic unit, a silent, final supernova that momentarily blinded everything.