Book 5. Chapter 46: To push the limit
Damage hit the superstructure above, moving the already heated metal like a wave.
It undulated, then ripped a tear when the waves collided against each other.
It didn't need to be large. Anything that broke through the integrity of the structure was enough for the white wastes to destroy the rest.
Temperature differences between the nearly melting room around us, and the sub-zero surface above caused an outright explosive decompression of pressure. The degrading aerogel insulation couldn’t hold, forced far beyond what the reachers of the past clan had prepared for.
I found myself sucked straight up and out, the wind strong enough to blow the rest of the roof with it.
Journey remained at full integrity, flashing its shields only when needed against flying debris, and leaving Cathida to navigate through the explosion. We flew a few dozen feet in the air, now falling straight down through the billowing snow.
"Brace!" Cathida called out, hands extended out. She landed with an expert roll, dissipating the kinetic force and leaving the armor to handle the rest, boots finding purchase and peeling off a layer of ice behind it as it skidded across the flat ground.
We stood back up, now on the surface of the world.
Father landed shortly nearby, not bothering to do any kind of roll, leaving his legs to take the impact, blades in his hand, ready to fight.