Upon getting the 42 gems, another hologram of N. Brio appears, telling Crash that he is impressed that he collected the gems, and asks Crash to come see him. Then a tall tower of gems is seen, consisting of 38 clear ones and the 5 colored gems at the bottom, then the laser beam itself is seen with Crash, Coco and N. Brio. N. Brio asks Crash to "do the honors". Crash then lands on the button, and the laser beam shoots into the sky, destroying the Cortex Vortex once and for all. N. Brio uses the top of the Cortex Castle to set up his laser beam, although not in the 6th warp room.