User blog comment:Kaloneous/Mass Effect 3 Ending DLC Denied and PAX/@comment-1221773-20120325221418

@Pccraine, regarding that the galaxy is destroyed by the mass relays - If the Crucible really does cause the mass relays to explode with enough energy to wipe out whole star systems, then how do you explain the bonus scene where Shepard is shown breathing? If Sol and Earth and everything else is gone, then Shepard could not have survived. Thus, it is at least a possibility that the mass relays, when destroyed by the Crucible, do not explode with the same energy as the Alpha Relay did when it was impacted by the asteroid.