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

There was no explosion in the main control room when the solar arrow fell.

It is not a physical weapon.

It's more like a check, a judgment delivered from the ancient Nine Suns Array: the incomplete return to the array, the adaptable return to their places, the spark returns to the arrow, and humanity cannot refuse.

The broken bow's stabilizing shield was pierced by the golden-red light, and the three safety mechanisms on the shield wall melted layer by layer. All automatic systems failed simultaneously, with only the hard lock pressed by Lu Chen Gong himself remaining in place.

Lu Chenggong knelt on the ground, his left hand gripping the edge of the confirmation table tightly.

"Don't touch it."

Xu Wangshu had already stood up.

"You must not approach the broken bow now."

"I told you not to touch it!"

This time, Lu Chengong practically roared it out.

The main control room fell silent for a moment.

He was stunned.

In the past, he used the broken bow as a weapon, as proof, and as a symbol of the incomplete identity bestowed upon him by the Heavenly Balance. But just now, in that instant, with the broken bow facing away from the sun arrow blocking his way, he suddenly realized that this fragment had also been pursued by the Old Array for many years.

It is incomplete.

Therefore, they are not allowed to have their own direction.

It is incomplete.

Therefore, all systems felt it should go back.

This looks so much like him.

The scene Lin Xiaoman saw in the dream network was even clearer. The severed bow wasn't a bow at all, but a charred bird bone. When the sun arrow fell, the bird bone didn't fly back into the sky; instead, it used its broken wings to protect the kneeling person behind it.

"It's protecting the Sunken Bow," Xiaoman said.

Wen Qingyue said coldly: [The fragments of mythology have no intention of being protected; please do not make anthropomorphic judgments.]

Xiaoman's eyes reddened.

"Shut up."

Xu Wangshu did not stop her.

This time, an anomaly also appeared on the recording interface.

The broken bow fragments deliberately refused to return to their positions.

[Non-adaptor command.]

[Not Tianhengbu.]

[Not a recall from Zhurongtai.]

A fragment of Nuwa flashed with blue light.

Incomplete structures can form their own boundaries.

A faint flashlight shone from Lin Jibai's toolbox.

Ask it.

Xu Wangshu looked at the broken bow stabilizer.

She understood what Lin Jibai meant.

They just asked if Fire was willing to wake up; now they should ask Broken Bow if he's willing to return to the battlefield. Not because it necessarily resembles a human, but because the old system never asked that question. For the human world to differ from the old system, it cannot simply choose based on what it likes.

Qin Lan frowned: "How should I ask?"

Lu Chengong raised his head, his voice so hoarse it was almost inaudible.

"With my own voice."

He struggled to his feet, refusing to let the medical staff approach, and walked to the isolation line. Xu Wangshu did not allow him to cross the line, only providing one-way audio.

Lu Chengong stared at the reddened broken bow inside the stabilizing shield.

Many words welled up in my throat, but they all sounded pretentious.

Finally, he said, "If you want to go back, I won't stop you."

The broken bow remained still.

"If you don't want to go back, I won't hand you over."

The flames inside the stabilizer trembled slightly.

Lu Chengong took a breath.

"I used to think that you were missing half, and I was missing half, so if we came together, we would be complete sooner or later."

He smiled, but it was a very ugly smile.

"Thinking about it now, being complete is quite troublesome. A complete bow requires listening to the Nine Suns Formation, a complete Hou Yi requires shooting fire, and a complete order requires governing the human world. Maybe we should just leave the two of us incomplete."

As soon as these words were spoken, the broken bow fragments suddenly emitted a low hum.

It wasn't the sound of strings.

Like the wind passing through cracked bones.

Zhu Rongtai's deficit has become apparent.

[The broken bow will not return to the battle.]

The aiming line deepened suddenly on the ninth day.

The Deep Space Divine Court followed suit and issued its judgment.

[Those who refuse to return while incapacitated are considered traitors.]

Wen Zhaolin's expression changed.

"The second arrow is coming."

Qin Lan immediately ordered all links to reduce load, but the Solar Arrow did not use modern communication links. Instead, it pressed down along the same lines as the Hou Yi sequence, the Tianheng Old Port, and the fragments of the Nine Suns. A golden-red ring appeared on the outside of the Broken Bow Stabilizer, as if it wanted to tear the entire fragment off from reality.

Xu Wangshu quickly switched to a different approach.

"We cannot use Hou Yi to shoot, we cannot use fire to burn back, we cannot let Lin Jibai break the chain again."

Xiaoman suddenly asked, "Can we hide?"

"Where to hide it?" Qin Lan asked.

Xiaoman looked at the toolbox and shook her head again.

"No, my brother can't take it."

She closed her eyes and looked into the depths of the dream network. At the end of the white corridor, the door to the Guanghan Palace's cold storage was already closed; the key to the Southern Heavenly Gate was locked inside her body; the charred little bird of fire rested among the fragments of Xuan Bird No. 3, still half-asleep. Nowhere else could a broken bow be placed.

Then she saw Lin Wangchuan's employee badge.

The employee badge lay quietly on the desktop, its old silver sheen still lingering. It was the anchor of Repairman 07's identity, the one he had once tapped a second time for Lin Jibai, and the one whose manual logic was preserved in Xuan Niao No. 3's message.

Xiaoman opened his eyes.

"Can Dad's work badge be used as a temporary hook?"

Xu Wangshu immediately retrieved the data.

"Employee badges are not containers."

"It's not a container," Xiaoman said. "It's a nail at the door. First, hang the broken bow off the list of the Nine Suns Array."

Qin Lan understood.

"Re-register as human custody items?"

Wen Zhaolin added: "No, you can't write 'item in custody.' Write 'item as witness testimony.' Is it 'in custody' or 'ownership'?"

Lu Chenggong glanced at him.

"Your conscience seems to be growing faster today."

Wen Zhaolin smiled bitterly.

"Perhaps the light from the Nine-Sun Arrow was too bright."

Xu Wangshu quickly drafted new terms.

[Broken Bow Fragment (Temporary Status): A Witness to Humanity.]

[Witnessing entities: Hou Yi's own record of refusing hunting, the record of refusing to return with the fire seed, and the record of Gonggong's broken chain.]

[It does not belong to Tianheng, nor to Zhurongtai, nor to the Nine Suns Array, nor to any individual.]

Lu Chenggong possesses the right to refuse contact and the right to confirm companionship.

Lu Chengong's lips twitched slightly when he saw the last line.

"What the heck is the right to confirm companionship?"

Xu Wangshu said expressionlessly, "A summary of your behavior just now."

The toolbox flashlight is on.

[Quite accurate.]

Lu Chenggong scolded, "Shut up and rest."

Xu Wangshu placed the work badge into the temporary anchoring platform. Just as Lin Wangchuan's old silver light connected with the crimson light of the broken bow fragments, the second arrow of the ninth day had already fallen.

Inside the main control room, everyone heard a very faint metallic clang.

Like an old work badge, it blocked an ancient sun arrow.

Of course, it cannot stop real power.

A fine crack instantly appeared on the surface of the name tag.

Xiaoman's face turned pale, but she did not back down.

"Dad," she said softly, "can I borrow him for a moment?"

The old silver light suddenly shone brightly.

Lin Wangchuan's voice came from the employee badge; it was muffled and brief.

"Tools are not for use in battle."

"Not a person either."

The second arrow missed.

It grazed the broken bow fragments, leaving a glaring golden-red scar on the main screen. The nine sun fragments did not disappear; instead, they seemed to be thoroughly enraged. Deep within near-Earth orbit, the second and third sun symbols lit up in succession.

Wen Zhaolin murmured, "There's more than one."

Lu Chengong looked up, his gaze darkening.

"More than one section of the Nine Suns Array has awakened."

Within the fragments of the spark, a faint, dark red light suddenly flickered.

It did not wake up.

But it was as if they heard the broken bow's rejection.

The bright red ancient characters appeared on the public channel.

Looking at those four words, Lu Chengong suddenly understood why the broken bow had blocked his way earlier. The fire didn't want to wake up, the bow didn't want to return to its formation, and the man no longer wanted to be a weapon. They were all broken, yet they were using their broken positions to fight for a small patch of land that wouldn't be illuminated by orders.

Xu Wangshu marked this anomaly separately.

[A non-invoking response appears between the incomplete parts.]

[Fire wishes to borrow darkness.]