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

The moment the cold white door gap appeared in the shadow of the solar sail, all the equipment encountered the same error.

The coordinates are not within the orbit.

It clearly appears near the Xuan Niao III debris cloud, yet it doesn't occupy any calculable space. It's as if someone folded a border crack into near-Earth orbit, allowing the Northern Heavenly Gate to extend its "inspectorate" hand without actually descending.

Lin Xiaoman was the first to hear a sound in the dream network.

It wasn't the creaking sound of the door opening.

That's the sound of pages turning.

Page after page of records were turned, and the old Heavenly Court's border system was searching for available entries: Hou Yi's Broken Bow, Fire Seed Anomaly, Gonggong Variable, South Heavenly Gate Key, Chang'e Candidate, Tianheng Heavenly Ladder Asset. Each name was like a hook; once hooked, one would be dragged into the "Border Anomaly" file.

Xiaoman covered her ears.

"It's flipping us over."

Xu Wangshu immediately cut off the unnecessary interfaces.

"Stop sending supplementary information to Beitianmen. Do not explain, do not defend yourself, and do not try to prove your innocence."

Qin Lan broadcast simultaneously.

"The public review panel has entered a period of silence, reserving only a statement denying overreach of jurisdiction."

At this moment, Wen Qingyue sent a suggestion to encrypt the message.

[The remnants of the Tianheng Maintenance Star can be temporarily submitted as a border anomaly in exchange for closing the cracks in the North Heavenly Gate.]

Wen Zhaolin's face darkened.

"She wanted to sacrifice the pawn to save the king."

Lu Chenggong sneered: "Sounds like a good deal."

Xu Wangshu looked at him.

Lu Chenggong shrugged: "I'm talking about her plans, not my agreement."

The Tianheng maintenance star remnant has indeed been taken over by the Nine Suns fragments, and it is indeed one of the carriers of the border anomaly. If it is handed over, the North Heavenly Gate may be temporarily satisfied. However, it contains the complete process of the Xuan Niao No. 3 core module being pierced, traces of the fire seed breaking free of the verification ring, and evidence that the Tianheng Old Port and the Nine Suns fragments share the same origin.

Handing it over would be tantamount to handing over the evidence chain that the human world had just preserved to the old Heavenly Court's border system.

Intermittent electrical hum could be heard coming from Lin Jibai's toolbox.

Xu Wangshu lowered his head.

The door must not be opened.

There are only five characters.

She looked up: "Lin Jibai is right. Our goal isn't to get things to satisfy it, but to eliminate any reason for the door to remain open."

Qin Lan asked, "How do we do it?"

Xu Wangshu stared at the cold white crack in the door.

"The reason given is the abnormal expansion of the border. That proves that the abnormal handling is still being carried out within the human boundary and has not led to the North Heavenly Gate."

Wen Zhaolin immediately understood.

"Retract the solar sails?"

"No," Xiaoman immediately shook her head, "The fire needs to be extinguished."

Lu Chenggong said in a low voice, "Then darken it."

Everyone looked at him.

Lu Chenggong pointed to the orbital diagram.

"The solar sail is blocking too much light now, and the Northern Heavenly Gate is using this as an excuse to say that we have set up a secret curtain. Narrow the shadows, only cover the fire seed and the fragments of the Black Bird, not the edges of the door."

Qin Lan frowned after calculating.

"Posture control is very difficult. The nine fragments will be re-verified using the miniature version."

"So we need to break the bow to block it."

Xu Wangshu immediately objected: "You can no longer invoke the Hou Yi sequence."

"It's not about shooting," Lu Chengong said. "It's about letting the broken bow continue to serve as evidence, to obstruct the verification process, not to block the arrows."

He looked at the stabilizer.

"The reason why the North Heavenly Gate broke the bow just now was because it could prove that the Nine Suns Fragment shouldn't be verified. So let's hang the proof on the edge of the shadows."

Wen Zhaolin frowned: "Broken bow will give us away."

Lu Chenggong countered, "Can we hide it now?"

No one spoke for a moment in the main control room.

Xu Wangshu quickly devised a plan: the solar sail was reduced to a minimization, and the range of the fire seed in the shadows was minimized; the broken bow fragments did not move the physical entity, but only projected the witness summary to the edge of the shadows as a nine-day verification rejection mark; Lin Wangchuan's work badge continued to serve as a temporary anchor to prevent the broken bow from being claimed by the North Heavenly Gate; the refusal seat suppressed any weaponization of the fire seed.

The risk is high.

But it's better than handing over the wreckage, the broken bow, or letting the door remain open.

She made the plan public.

Wen Qingyue immediately objected: "The Broken Bow Summary is insufficient to prevent the Nine-Day Verification; the Solar Sail Miniature will increase the probability of the Fire Seed being exposed."

Xiaoman suddenly said, "The fire can be moved a little."

Xu Wangshu looked at her.

Are you sure?

"It's not waking up. It's turning over in its sleep," Xiaoman said seriously. "It's willing to use the darkness, not stuck in one place. As long as you don't push it or command it, you can use Ximen Shuisheng to guide it a little closer to the center of the shadow."

The toolbox flashlight lit up briefly.

【light.】

Xu Wangshu incorporated "lightness" into his operational discipline.

[Trapping or igniting is prohibited.]

[Only human voice guidance is provided.]

[If the ignition source does not respond, stop immediately.]

Operation begins.

The solar sail adjusted its posture very slowly, and the silvery veil, like a carefully folded wing, receded little by little from the edge. The nine fragments of the sun immediately pressed three sun patterns onto it, trying to let the light in again through the shrinking gap.

The Broken Bow Witness Summary hangs on the edge of the shadows.

That wasn't the light of a weapon, but a record: Hou Yi didn't hunt fire, the broken bow didn't return to the battle, and fire refused to return to the platform.

There was a brief delay when the sunburst struck this record.

It wasn't that they were driven back.

Instead, it has to deal with a problem that the old arrays never acknowledged: when bow, arrow, fire, and adaptors all reject it, what is the basis for the verification to continue?

At the same time, Siemens waters once again sent fragment clouds into the cloud.

Tick.

Tick.

The charred little bird stirred slightly in the dream net, as if hearing the familiar sound of leaking eaves in its sleep. It didn't spread its wings, but instead shrank its body half an inch deeper into the shadows.

Lin Xiaoman said softly, "That's enough, stop shouting."

Xu Wangshu immediately stopped the audio.

The shadow of the solar sail was successfully narrowed.

Inside the main control room, several technicians simultaneously released their breaths, but their fingers remained on the manual stop button; no one dared to celebrate prematurely.

The cold white door gap lost some of its excuse, and the edges began to fade.

The characters on the North Heavenly Gate flickered.

[Humans evade inspection.]

Qin Lan replied according to the script prepared by Xu Wangshu.

[The North Heavenly Gate is not open to the human world and has not been submitted to border jurisdiction.]

The scope for handling near-Earth orbit anomalies has been narrowed.

[The reason for intervention through the door gap is insufficient.]

The North Heavenly Gate remained silent.

The door was not completely closed.

Because the second Tianheng old maintenance star has awakened and is slowly approaching the edge of the shadows. It was not activated by Wen Qingyue, nor does it obey Tianheng's commands anymore. Its outer shell is lit with cold white patrol patterns, like eyes temporarily requisitioned by the North Heavenly Gate.

Wen Zhaolin's face was grim.

"That maintenance satellite contains the old navigation map of the Sky Ladder test section."

Xu Wangshu asked, "Can it be remotely tripped?"

"Highest level of authority and on-site physical confirmation from Tianheng are required."

Lu Chengong looked at him: "Where is the scene?"

Wen Zhaolin remained silent for a second.

"Tianheng Old Ground Station".

Qin Lan immediately changed her location.

Abandoned test site in the western suburbs of the space city.

The flashlight in Lin Jibai's toolbox suddenly started flashing rapidly.

Xu Wangshu looked down and saw a line of discontinuous text.

[West Suburbs Station...My father went there.]

Xiaoman gripped her employee badge tightly.

The old silver light shone again from the cracks in the name tag.

Lin Wangchuan's indistinct voice came through.

"If the north gate is opened a crack."

"Go to the western suburbs."

"Don't let the maintenance star hand over the road signs."

After that sentence, the light on the employee badge quickly dimmed. Lin Xiaoman pressed it to her palm, as if holding a piece of old iron that hadn't cooled down completely. For the first time, she clearly realized that what her father had left behind wasn't a universal answer, but a series of dangerous warnings that they needed to fill in the gaps themselves.