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

Nineteen hours after the spacecraft entered the Earth-Moon transfer orbit, the Earth outside the porthole turned into a blue-white teardrop.

It was the first time Lin Jibai realized how small the human world seemed after he left it.

Everything from minor arguments, debts, hospital wards, takeout orders, and nights with power outages was compressed into a quiet blue light.

Xu Wangshu untied the straps, floated to the porthole, and stared at the Earth for more than ten seconds.

"Do you regret it?" Lin Jibai asked.

"I regret not bringing coffee."

"I thought scientists would be moved by the state of human civilization at times like this."

"Human civilization is churning in my stomach right now."

She did not look well.

Lu Chen Gong sat on the other side, eyes closed, fingers resting on the bow. Nine points of light flickered rhythmically, like nine compressed suns.

The spaceship's broadcast suddenly turned into an electrical tone.

"Access to navigation links on the far side of the moon".

"The core resonance parameters of the Earth-Moon ladder are stable."

"South Heavenly Gate pre-verification... 3%"

Lin Jibai looked up: "Who authorized it to perform the verification?"

No one answered.

The next second, all the screens inside the cabin went black at the same time.

A line of white text appeared.

[Human unit, please submit your destiny registration number.]

Lu Chengong opened his eyes: "You're here."

Xu Wangshu quickly connected to the data box: "It's not the Tianheng system, it's the far side of the moon actively connecting."

Lin Jibai's wrists felt hot.

The successor certificate automatically projects a string of broken numbers.

[Buzhou Mountain Project - Repairman 07 Successor.]

Status: Not registered.

[Recommendation: Archive.]

The spaceship jolted violently.

The alarm went off.

"Attitude shift! Unknown gravitational source locked!"

Outside the porthole, the edge of the moon slowly rose.

First, there are grayish-white arcs.

The spacecraft then bypassed the front and entered the back, which is the area least visible to the naked eye.

Everyone fell silent.

There are no seas on the far side of the moon, nor the legendary silver glow.

Only countless meteorite craters remain, like a wasteland plowed by ancient artillery fire.

In the center of the wasteland, a black mountain range stretches across the landscape.

No.

That's not a mountain.

It was a broken pillar.

A colossal pillar, far exceeding human scale, is slanted into the lunar crust, its cross-section appearing as if shattered by some unimaginable force, with fragments stretching for thousands of kilometers.

The surface of the column is not rock-like.

It is written language.

The text is densely packed with names of gods, people, cities, numbers, dates of death, dates of birth, and unfinished destinies.

Lin Jibai saw a familiar name.

Lin Wangchuan.

Then comes the second one.

Lin Xiaoman.

The third.

Lin Jibai.

His name wasn't finished being carved; the last stroke looked like it had been forcibly scraped off.

The Heavenly Pillar Echo erupted with a deafening roar.

Lin Jibai's vision went black.

He saw that the far side of the moon in ancient times was not a wasteland, but a huge outer city suspended in darkness.

heaven.

Countless light trails rose from Earth and connected to this city.

Within each light trail, a person's fate is extracted, weighed, and categorized.

Those who comply are registered.

File the abnormal cases.

Remove those that are beyond control.

Then he saw a bare-chested giant standing at the base of the pillar of heaven, covered in blood, carrying on his shoulders the cries of the entire human world.

Gonggong.

Gonggong looked up at the gate high on the far side of the moon.

"This world is not your field."

The next second, he crashed into the pillar.

The screen shattered.

Lin Jibai returned to the cabin, his nosebleed forming a string of red beads.

Xu Wangshu grabbed him: "Lin Jibai!"

The screen flickered the moment she called his name.

[Unregistered variables have been named.]

[Named by: Chang'e candidate.]

[Including a marker.]

Xu Wangshu's expression changed: "I've been marked."

Lu Chengong said coldly, "That's why I said the Gonggong variable will kill everyone."

The spaceship shook again.

On the surface of the broken pillar on the far side of the moon, a huge shadow slowly rose.

That's not a mountain shadow.

It was a group of human figures kneeling on the pillar.

They have no faces, only glowing numbers on their foreheads.

Xu Wangshu's voice tightened: "Those kneeling figures in the live broadcast accident."

Lu Chen drew his bow without strings.

Nine points of light lit up simultaneously.

"They are scanning us."

A faint knocking sound came from the outer shell of the spaceship.

Like countless fingernails knocking on a door from within a vacuum.

A new prompt appears on the screen.

[Insufficient pre-verification objects at Nantianmen.]

[Key container detected: Lin Xiaoman.]

[A successor to the Repairman has been detected: Lin Jibai.]

[Candidate for warehouse manager detected: Xu Wangshu.]

[Nine Suns Fragment Interface Detected: Land Sinking Bow.]

[A temporary passage can be opened.]

Lin Jibai gritted his teeth: "Turn it off!"

Xu Wangshu's fingers flew across the keyboard: "Can't turn it off, the spaceship's navigation has been taken over by the far side of the moon."

Lu Chengong suddenly raised his bow and aimed it at the shadow outside the cabin wall.

"I can shoot."

"Are you crazy? This is a spaceship!"

"I didn't shoot at the outer shell." Golden patterns appeared in Lu Chenggong's eyes. "I shot at the rule that locks us in place."

His body trembled.

A silent beam of light pierced through the bulkhead and into the shadows on the far side of the moon.

There was no explosion sound in the vacuum.

But all the screens turned white at the same time.

The kneeling figures were startled awake and all looked up.

On their faces, the same sentence was written.

Welcome back. Hou Yi is now executing the sequence.

Lu Chen's bow trembled.

The next second, one of the nine points of light went out of control and locked onto the spaceship in the opposite direction.

The alarm screamed.

"Nine Suns Remnant Backlash! Heat Source Locked on This Ship!"

Lin Jibai rushed over and pressed down on Lu Chengong's bow.

The echo from the Heavenly Pillar rushed into the fragments of the Nine Suns along his palm.

He saw nine suns hanging in the ancient sky, casting no shadows on the earth.

All those who were not registered by the Heavenly Court were burned to ashes in the sunlight.

Hou Yi stood atop the mountain, his bowstring taut.

He shot down the sun, not for glory.

It is to allow shadows to return to the world.

The echo is broken.

The spacecraft heat source alarm has been deactivated.

Lu Chengong stared intently at Lin Jibai: "What did you see?"

Lin Jibai wiped the blood from his nose: "Your ancestors understood human affairs better than you do."

Lu Chengong's face turned ashen, but he did not refute.

The spaceship began its descent.

The broken pillar on the far side of the moon is getting closer.

At the base of the broken pillar, a black palace, devoid of moonlight, slowly opened.

The Moon Palace.

The lights at the entrance to the cold storage facility illuminated.

Lin Xiaoman's voice came from inside.

"elder brother."

"Don't come in."

"They hung Dad under the door."