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

Lin Jibai's hand stopped above the coffin.

The words "Don't save her" pierced my heart like a knife.

He stared at the semi-transparent figure before him, his throat tightening: "Dad?"

The human-shaped signal flickered violently.

Lin Wangchuan is much thinner than in the old photos. Half of his face is covered with black nerve lines, like frost growing from his bones on the back of the moon.

"This is just an echo I left in the cold storage," he said. "My true self is beneath the Southern Heavenly Gate."

Lin Jibai gritted his teeth: "You're telling me not to save Xiaoman?"

"Once she leaves the cold storage, the Nantianmen key will be fully activated."

"She is my sister."

"I know."

Lin Wangchuan's voice trembled slightly.

"She is my daughter too."

Lin Xiaoman's eyelashes fluttered slightly inside the coffin, and the door-shaped light mark on her chest grew brighter and brighter.

Xu Wangshu quickly scanned the area: "Her vital signs are stable, but her brain waves are outside the normal range. She is synchronizing with some large structure."

"South Heavenly Gate," Lin Wangchuan said.

Lu Chengong frowned: "Why is the key inside a little girl's body?"

Lin Wangchuan looked at him: "Because ten years ago, Wen Zhaolin was already preparing to open the Southern Heavenly Gate. We need a key hidden in a location that the Heavenly Court system cannot directly identify."

Lin Jibai's voice turned cold: "So you hid it inside Xiaoman's body?"

Lin Wangchuan closed his eyes.

"I did it."

Lin Jibai reached out to grab the figure, but only caught a glimpse of cold light.

"She was only a few years old then!"

"I know."

"Do you know what she's been through all these years? She's afraid of the moonlight, afraid of sleeping, afraid she won't wake up! The hospital said there's no cure, the neighbors said she's strange, and when debt collectors came to her door, she was still comforting me!"

Lin Jibai's eyes were red.

"You just say you know, and that's it?"

The cold storage was silent.

Lin Wangchuan lowered his head.

"sorry."

These three words were so soft they were almost inaudible.

Ke Lin was both angry and furious.

"I don't want to apologize, I want her to go home."

After he finished speaking, he reached out and placed his hand on the coffin.

The mechanical Yutu rabbit alarm screamed.

"The release of the anomalous sample will lead to the exposure of the Nantianmen key."

"prohibit!"

The walls on both sides cracked open, and dozens of mechanical Jade Rabbits rushed out simultaneously.

Lu Chen drew his bow and shot an arrow that pierced the core of the rules of the three mechanical beings at the front.

As Xu Wangshu's lunar map unfolded, cold storage permissions were forcibly overridden: "Chang'e candidate command, delay archiving!"

Lin Jibai did not turn around.

The echo from the Heavenly Pillar rushed into the coffin.

He saw Xiaoman's dream.

There were no hospitals or hospital beds in my dream.

There was only one huge door.

A little girl sat by the door, hugging her knees, and she had been sitting there for ten years.

Countless voices behind the door were tempting her.

"Xiaoman, open the door."

"Open the door, and your brother won't have to work so hard."

"Open the door, and your dad can come home."

"Open the door, and the world will become a better place."

The little girl shook her head every time.

"My brother said we shouldn't open the door when strangers knock."

Lin Jibai felt as if his heart was being squeezed.

It turns out that he wasn't the only one supporting the family all these years.

Lin Xiaoman has also been holding up a door.

He walked up to the little girl in his dream and knelt down.

"Xiaoman" (Grain Buds).

The girl looked up, saw him, and her eyes instantly reddened.

"Brother, I'm so sleepy."

"Then go to sleep."

"I'm asleep, will the door open?"

"Won't."

Lin Jibai extended his hand.

"This time, I'll guard it."

Xiaoman hesitated before placing her hand into his palm.

In reality, the coffin suddenly cracked open.

The cold air burst forth.

Lin Xiaoman opened her eyes and her first words were, "Brother, why did you take so long to get here?"

Lin Jibai carried her out.

She was as light as a frost.

He wanted to call her heartless, but he couldn't bring himself to say it, so he could only hold her tightly.

"go home."

Xiaoman leaned on his shoulder and suddenly trembled.

"Brother, the door is open."

The light mark on her chest detached from her skin and transformed into an illusory key.

The cold storage dome has cracked.

Deep beneath the moon's shadow, a massive doorway slowly emerged.

South Heaven Gate.

Two ancient characters on the door lit up.

It is not seal script, not oracle bone script, not any human writing system, yet it allows everyone to understand its meaning simultaneously.

【check.】

Lin Wangchuan's echo faded instantly.

"Take her away!"

"Find me at the foot of the South Heavenly Gate!"

"Wen Zhaolin is coming!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a tremor came from outside the Moon Palace.

Xu Wangshu connected to the external monitoring system, and her face instantly darkened.

A larger spacecraft is descending into orbit on the far side of the moon.

The logo of Tianheng Group resembles a cold, indifferent eye.

Wen Zhao arrived.

Lu Chengong stared at the screen, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

"He brought the core of the Earth-Moon Ladder."

Lin Jibai, holding Xiaoman, turned to look at everyone.

"Go to Nantianmen."

The mechanical Yutu swarm surrounded them again.

Xu Wangshu stood at the very front, the moon painting igniting with a cold light.

Her voice was hoarse, but firm.

"Order from the temporary custodian of the Moon Palace."

"All cold storage units, make way for people."

The cold storage was vibrating.

Within countless sealed jars, the remains of ancient gods simultaneously opened their eyes.

The Rain Master's sallow face smiled through the ice.

The remaining feathers of the golden crow gently ignited.

The mechanical Jade Rabbits came to a stop.

The next second, lights began to illuminate the black passageway leading to the outside world.

Like the first time the moon's back is lit for the living.

Lin Jibai carried Xiaoman and rushed out of the seventh floor.

But he didn't notice that his name on his succession certificate was missing a stroke.