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

The old warehouse area of ​​the Moonbeam Lighthouse was once the quietest place on the outer edge of the Guanghan Palace cold storage.

There was no wind there.

There was no dust.

There are only rows of frosty white filing cabinets and a low-temperature alarm that never comes late.

When Lin Xiaoman was once described as an "abnormal sample," her biggest nightmare was this old warehouse area. Every cabinet door was like a closed mouth, with no crying inside, because even the sound of crying was frozen.

Now, a fire has broken out on the edge of the old warehouse area.

It wasn't a vast sea of ​​fire.

Instead, it was a very thin red thread that slowly crawled along the seam of the cold storage door. It neither melted the frost nor burned the door; it simply stopped briefly in front of each long-sealed sample number, as if checking which ones still had some warmth left.

The Moon Palace's automatic alarm system continuously alerted.

[The old fire from Zhurong is nearing the edge of the cold storage.]

[Recommendation: Close immediately.]

Xu Wangshu refused.

[Not to be closed immediately.]

The voice of the guard behind the cold storage door grew even colder.

[Fire could contaminate samples.]

Xu Wangshu said, "The fire may also prove that they are not completely dead."

No one made a sound in the main control room.

That statement is too risky.

The purpose of the Moon Palace is to prevent the remnants of ancient gods and abnormal samples from contaminating the human world. Since the old fire of Zhurong is near the cold storage, according to old rules, it should be shut down immediately.

However, Xu Wangshu no longer simply followed the old rules.

She opened the lighthouse record.

[The guiding principles for this operation are: prevent fire from entering the warehouse, prevent fires from being extinguished within the warehouse, and do not use the stored goods as fuel.]

Lu Chenggong frowned: "These three points sound like they're contradicting each other."

Lin Jibai said, "This is often how things are in the world."

"You're quite proud of yourself."

"It's better than multiple choice questions."

Lin Xiaoman put on the DreamNet listening device.

This time, her white corridor connected to the outer edge of the cold storage. Outside the small window, red lines crawled across the frost, and she could hear some very faint sounds.

It wasn't a call for help.

It's more like someone who has been sleeping for a long time turning over in their dream.

"The cabinet is responding," Xiaoman said softly.

Xu Wangshu immediately asked, "The serial number?"

"It's not a number." Xiaoman's face turned pale. "They're asking... if it's still light outside."

The rules of the Moon Palace immediately popped up a warning.

[The abnormal sample showed fluctuations in consciousness.]

[Recommendation: Cool down.]

Lin Xiaoman suddenly looked up.

"No surrender allowed."

Her voice wasn't loud, but it was very steady.

"They just heard it."

Xu Wangshu looked at her.

Xiaoman used to be like that, merely a fluctuating, risky, and abnormal sample in the definition of cold storage. But she changed her own name, so now she knows better than anyone that hearing about the outside world doesn't mean things are out of control.

Xu Wangshu made a decision.

"Open the hearing room to observers, but don't open the vault door."

She reduced the recording permissions of the moonlit lighthouse to the minimum, allowing only the sounds of the human environment to be heard at the outer edge of the cold storage.

The sound of curtains rustling in an old ward of the Aerospace City Hospital.

The sound of dripping water from the maintenance passage at the west gate of the exhibition hall.

The heartbeat of the toolbox in the main control room.

These sounds were sent to the edge of the cold storage.

The red line stopped.

The character "Zhu Rong" floats on the platform.

How can seeds be obtained when separated by cold and fire?

Lin Jibai replied.

"It can be confirmed even through a distance."

He briefly projected a single hand, his fingertips resting next to the fragment of Nuwa.

This projection was more stable than before, but it still only lasted three seconds.

He did not touch the fire line, but only used the echo of the Heavenly Pillar to travel along the watermarks used to mend the sky.

[Gonggong side confirms: Cold storage will not be used as fuel.]

Lu Chenggong also pressed the confirmation button.

[Hou Yi's side confirms: The sealed-off targets will not be used.]

Xu Wangshu wrote down the third record.

[Human Union confirms: We will not use the residual heat of samples to exchange for a spark.]

The voices behind the cold storage door remained silent for a long time.

Then, for the first time, Guanghan Palace did not request that the gate be closed, but instead popped up a new record.

[Second door opening record: Boundary hearing.]

The red thread receded from the seam of the cold storage door.

But before it retreated, it burned a small fire mark on the frost.

Hidden within the Fire Mark is a coordinate.

The sounds from the edge of the cold storage reminded Xu Wangshu of the first time he entered the lunar far side sample library.

At that time, she thought she was dealing with an extremely advanced sealing system, and that as long as she understood the rules, she could determine the switch. But the more she went on, the more she realized that the cold storage in the Moon Palace contained not only pollution, but also many things that had not yet been understood by the human world.

They are dangerous.

But danger does not mean there are no boundaries.

As the red thread passed by an old cabinet, a soft knocking sound came from inside the cabinet door.

a bit.

Another one.

The Moon Palace was immediately marked in red.

[Risk of sample activation.]

Xu Wangshu did not immediately cool down the temperature.

She asked, "Lin Xiaoman, can you tell the difference?"

Xiaoman closed her eyes and listened for a long time through the small eavesdropping window.

"It wasn't ramming the door."

"What is it?"

"It's like imitating the sound of dripping water outside."

There was a moment of silence in the main control room.

The thing in that cabinet might not be human, and might not even have a full consciousness anymore. But after hearing the sound of water at the west gate of the exhibition hall, it imitated and tapped out a similar rhythm.

Xu Wangshu kept this record separately.

[Boundary response: mimicking ambient sounds.]

[Handling: Continue to allow observers to attend; physical doors will remain closed.]

This time, the rules of the Moon Palace did not immediately refute it.

It's like recalculating the thin line between "opening" and "sealing".

Lin Jibai said in a low voice, "Dr. Xu."

"Um?"

"You're becoming more and more like someone who leaves a window open when there's a door."

Xu Wangshu looked at the cold storage screen, her tone calm.

"The windows must also be locked."

Lin Jibai chuckled.

"That's right."

Lin Xiaoman recorded the tapping sounds that mimicked dripping water and labeled them separately as "boundary responses." She didn't dare say that it was consciousness, nor did she dare say that everything in those cabinets should be released. She just felt that since she had almost been covered up by a number before, she shouldn't immediately dismiss a tapping sound as noise.

It seems that the rules of the Moon Palace are also being studied.

It popped up a "cooling suggestion" three times in a row, and Xu Wangshu rejected it each time. On the fourth time, the suggestion changed.

[Recommendation: Maintain a comfortable listening environment.]

That's very small.

So small it doesn't even feel like a victory.

Xu Wangshu looked at the words and knew that the old rules of the cold storage had been cracked open a second time. The first crack was Lin Xiaoman changing her name, and the second crack was that those sealed inside could hear what was happening outside without opening the door.

She did not relax because of this.

"Record it," she said. "Being present at the hearing is not a release, and responding is not lifting the seal. Any follow-up actions must be reviewed separately."

Lin Jibai gave a soft "hmm".

This is the real Xu Wangshu.

She would open the window, but she would always check outside for fire.

After the fire line at the edge of the cold storage completely receded, the knocking from the cabinet doors gradually subsided. Xiaoman wasn't disappointed; instead, she breathed a sigh of relief. Being able to hear outside didn't mean she had to come out immediately. Just like herself, she wouldn't be able to face all her dreams right after leaving the cold storage. The world wasn't urging her on, but giving her time to slowly awaken.

The Moon Palace ultimately categorized this incident as a "Border Eavesdropping Experiment." Upon seeing the word "experiment," Xu Wangshu added a note: Participants may have different copies. The rules behind the cold storage door paused for a long time before accepting this note.

Xiaoman also noted this down in the Dream Network, reminding herself that when she hears a cabinet door respond in the future, she should first discern the situation before taking action, and not rush to conclusions about any system.

Lin Xiaoman's expression changed drastically after she saw it clearly.

"The coordinates are in the Dream Network."

"This is not my white corridor."

"It's the bottom layer of the South Heavenly Gate key."