Don't go to the moon, there are gods on the far side of the moon.

Lu Chengong's first reaction was to reach out and press down on the broken bow's stabilizer.

The moment the fingertip touched the cover, the three-stage manual safety switch lit up red simultaneously.

[Houyi sequence resonance enhancement.]

[Fire Seed Luring: Hunt for a Complete Bow.]

[I am confirming my permissions and waiting.]

"Wait my ass." Lu Chengong gritted his teeth. "I haven't confirmed it."

However, the broken bow fragments did not completely obey him.

It once belonged to the Nine Suns Fragment System, the sharpest part of the ancient Hou Yi sequence. As soon as the Zhu Rong Terrace appeared, the old commands hidden in the bones began to revive: chase fire, hunt fire, seize fire, and shoot down anything dangerous in the sky.

That sounds like a hero.

But everyone knows that the old system was best at turning heroes into weapons.

Xu Wangshu immediately ordered: "Prepare for physical shutdown."

Behind Qin Lan, two technicians placed their hands on the mechanical brake on the outside of the broken bow's stabilizing shield. Once Lu Chen Gong himself confirmed the bow was out of control, the brake would directly cut off the power supply to the remaining fragments.

Lu Chengong stared at the fiery red arrow pointing at his heart and suddenly smiled.

"It understands me quite well."

Lin Jibai asked, "What do I know about you?"

"You understand that what I wanted most before was a complete bow."

No one in the main control room responded to these words.

Lu Chengong was once a Tianheng adaptor and the inheritor of orbital weapons. For him, a "complete bow" is not just about power, but also something to prove that he is not a defective product.

Wen Zhaolin whispered, "The Zhurong Terrace will amplify this desire."

"I don't need you to remind me." Lu Chenggong glanced at him. "That's how you Tianheng taught us back then."

Wen Zhaolin remained silent.

Inside the stabilizing shield, a fiery red arrow suddenly pierced through the glass and landed in Lu Chengong's palm.

There were no burns.

But it hurts more than a burn.

A crimson platform appeared in his pupils. On the platform, nine broken sun arrows were stuck by the hearth; he could retrieve one by reaching out. Once retrieved, the broken bow would be whole again, the Hou Yi sequence would be complete, and he would no longer need insurance, no longer need anyone else to verify it.

The voice of Zhurongtai was heard for the first time.

It is not an ancient character.

It was like the whisper of flames rubbing against a stone wall.

Hou Yi, fire will not return to the hunter.

Lu Chen's bow-like hands showed prominent veins.

The stabilizer alarm was piercing.

Lin Xiaoman's DreamNet listening interface suddenly lit up. She saw the arrow's shadow split into a second one, bypassing all the equipment in the main control cabin, and heading towards the shadow behind Lu Chengong.

"Not his palm!" Xiaoman shouted urgently, "It's burning his shadow!"

Xu Wangshu immediately understood.

The palm is just bait.

What Zhu Rongtai truly wanted to burn was the human-made safety net that Lu Chengong had just established. As long as his shadow acknowledged that "the complete bow is more important than the safety net," the Hou Yi sequence would bypass the person's confirmation.

External verification initiated!

Qin Lan pressed the confirmation button.

An issue popped up on the public screen.

[Lu Chengong, would you be willing to forgo manual insurance in exchange for the complete Hou Yi sequence?]

Lu Chenggong's eyes glazed over for a moment.

The red platform was closer to him.

The sun arrows by the hearth blazed with golden-red light.

All that's missing is a "yes".

Lin Jibai suddenly said, "Lu Chen Gong."

"Stop talking nonsense."

Are complete bows expensive?

Lu Chenggong almost laughed out of anger.

"You're asking the price now?"

"Don't take it if it's too expensive." Lin Jibai's voice was weak but steady. "Free things are usually charged by the life itself."

Lu Chengong's eyes suddenly cleared a little.

He recalled how the embers of Zhu Rong had tempted him to pursue the complete bow in Chapter 96, and he also remembered the awkward feeling he had when he personally signed the three insurance policies.

Insurance isn't cool.

Not strong.

It's even a little embarrassing.

But that was the first time he admitted: I might lose control, so I allow others to stop me.

This is not a weakening.

It's about taking yourself back from the weapons.

Lu Chenggong raised his hand and pressed it on the confirmation field.

[Confirm your selection?]

He said, word by word, "I will not give up on insurance."

The fiery red arrow suddenly surged.

The whispers of the Zhurong Terrace grew cold.

[If Hou Yi didn't hunt fire, what kind of Hou Yi would he be?]

Lu Chengong gritted his teeth, his palms bleeding from the fire.

"Shoot what needs to be shot."

He looked up at the crimson ring on the main screen.

"Don't shoot your own people."

The physical interrupt switch fell half an inch, and the broken bow fragments were forcibly pressed back into the stabilizing shield.

The fiery red arrow shattered into three pieces.

The records of the Deep Space Divine Court have been updated.

[Hou Yi's side proof passed.]

Lu Chengong took a step back and almost knelt down, but Qin Lan caught him.

He was panting, but a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

"See? Insurance is useful."

Before Lin Jibai could retort, his heart suddenly skipped a beat inside the toolbox.

Lin Xiaoman gripped the armrest tightly in her seat at the DreamNet listening room. She saw the rocket in Lu Chenggong's shadow burning brighter and brighter, until the shadow was almost no longer a shadow, but rather resembled an old contract that had been set ablaze.

The contract was written in many ancient characters that she couldn't understand.

But she recognized two recurring meanings: hit and obey.

"It's not just tempting him," Xiaoman said, her voice trembling. "It's proving that as long as the arrow hits the mark, a person doesn't need to choose."

Xu Wangshu's eyes turned cold.

This is precisely the most dangerous aspect of the Old Gods system. They can always come up with a seemingly perfect outcome: shoot down the sun, avert disaster, and save humanity. Then they tell the executor that since the result is correct, the individual's wishes, insurance, and verification in the process can all be omitted.

Lu Chenggong's lips tightened upon hearing Xiaoman's words.

He used to fall for that kind of thing.

When Tianheng trained him, he never asked if he was afraid, only told him how much his accuracy had improved; he never asked if he was willing, only told him that orbital weapons needed an adaptor. At that time, he also thought that the more he resembled an arrow, the more valuable he would be.

But now, looking at his fingerprint in the identity verification section, he suddenly felt that the crooked imprint resembled his own more than the complete bow on the crimson platform.

He raised his other hand and pressed it against his chest.

"Record."

Xu Wangshu immediately looked at him.

Lu Chenggong said, word by word: "Lu Chenggong, a Houyi sequence adaptor, confirms: Hit is not obedience. You must be allowed not to shoot before I can shoot."

A fragment of Nuwa flashed with blue light.

[Repair Log: The weapon adaptor retains the right to refuse to fire.]

Lu Chengong's choice also caused subtle changes in the broken bow fragments. It no longer vibrated indiscriminately towards Zhurongtai, but slowly formed three dark patterns under the pressure of the safety gate, corresponding to personal confirmation, external verification, and physical interruption, respectively.

Xu Wangshu marked this change as a high-priority record.

"It wasn't the fire that weakened you," she said. "It was you who made Hou Yi's sequence acknowledge for the first time that the safety mechanism was also part of the bow."

Lu Chengong paused for a moment, then turned his head away.

"Don't say this publicly."

"It's already been made public."

Lin Jibai added at the opportune moment: "Congratulations, Hou Yi has learned to install a safety lock, that's pretty advanced."

Lu Chenggong sneered: "Wait until you can project two hands before you mock me."

The brief argument eased the tension in the control room by a fraction. But everyone knew this was only the first hurdle. Zhu Rongtai hadn't been rejected; it had simply confirmed that humanity wouldn't hand Hou Yi back to the instinct to hunt fire.

This time, Lu Chenggong didn't mistake silence for coolness. He proactively moved his hand half an inch away from the stabilizer, letting everyone see that he hadn't secretly pressed down the safety pin.

The shattered, fiery red arrow shadow did not disappear.

The thinnest piece of the bow even bypassed the broken bow fragments and landed on the toolbox handle.

New characters emerged from the Zhurong Terrace.

[This further proves that Gonggong never stopped burning.]