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

Chapter 350 Human Affairs to Be Answered First

On the tenth day, the North Heavenly Gate opened again.

This time it's not a conclusion, it's a question.

[For border targets, please confirm: ownership of the fire seed.]

Everyone in the main control room was waiting for Xu Wangshu's answer.

Because everyone knows that everything that has happened in these ten days will ultimately come down to this one sentence.

The fire was moved three times.

The stove was turned twice.

A point of light appeared in deep space, followed by a shadow.

Zhu Rongtai stopped urging them.

The spark is no longer just rejected.

For the first time, a crack appeared in the door that had been covered by the "unresolved" label.

Should humanity answer this question?

Xu Wangshu sat in the recording position for a long time without moving.

Qin Lan waited a while, then couldn't help but ask, "What's the reply?"

Xu Wangshu raised her head.

She neither said "return to the human world" nor "not return to the human world."

She said something even slower.

"The ownership of the fire cannot be determined unilaterally by human beings."

Qin Lan was stunned.

Why?

"Because from today onwards, the flame itself is also present," Xu Wangshu said. "It was moved three times, not by human intervention. Its own will is already part of its belonging."

"Then we'll answer: I don't know."

"Yes, I can't answer that."

Xu Wangshu wrote a reply on the public channel.

[I. The fire is neither a possession of the human world nor of the former Heavenly Court.]

[II. Since the will of the Fire Seed has not yet been fully expressed, no confirmation will be made on its behalf by the human world.]

[III. The individuals reserve the right not to handle, use, or submit samples.]

[IV. No one may sign its name before the spark has completed its expression.]

She paused for a long time before finishing the last sentence.

Fifth, this isn't a rejection; it's waiting for it to finish speaking.

After the reply was sent, Beitianmen remained silent for quite some time.

Then it replied with five words.

[Border areas are not categorized for the time being.]

No one cheered in the main control room.

The phrase "not categorized for the time being" is all too familiar to people.

Chapter 340 Beitianmen also said something similar.

At that time, everyone thought that was a way out.

Now everyone understands that these four words represent both a way out and a stone hanging over their heads.

"Not categorized yet," Lu Chengong said slowly, "meaning it hasn't decided what it considers us to be."

"Yes," Xu Wangshu said.

"How long will that take?"

"I don't know," Xu Wangshu said. "Even the spark itself didn't finish its explanation."

"What if it never finishes telling its story?"

Xu Wangshu thought for a moment.

"Then never categorize," she said. "It's not the right of the system to classify people as objects. It's the right of the filing format. We can't use its format to respond to it."

Lu Chengong looked at the small fire on the narrow strip.

He didn't use the bow even once in those ten days.

Now he suddenly realized that whether the bow fit or not might not be important. What was important was that it hadn't been put into the stove, and no one had forced it in.

The spark eventually returned to the narrow band.

It wasn't put into the stove.

They didn't go into that darkness either.

It stopped between the two.

It's like someone standing at the door, raising their hand to knock, then pulling it back.

That night, Lin Xiaoman changed the names in the folder again.

The phrase "waiting for a reply" has been changed to "waiting for it to finish speaking".

After she finished making the changes, she looked at them once and didn't change them back.

Lin Jibai, speaking softly from inside the toolbox, said:

"This time it's not a loss."

"Does that count as a win?" Xiaoman asked.

"It doesn't count."