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

When the nine-sun array lit up, the lights in every city on Earth went out for a moment.

It's not a power outage.

It is a kind of heat older than electricity that has traveled 380,000 kilometers and begun to scan the human world.

Before the South Heavenly Gate, Lu Chen knelt in the moonlight, staring intently at the nine suns behind the gate.

He always thought that Hou Yi was the executor of order.

He always thought that Gonggong was the madman who would destroy humanity.

But now, those nine suns are not shining with light.

It means delete.

Countless filing cabinets behind the door opened automatically.

[Unregistered children.]

[Elderly people without household registration.]

[Unregistered migrant workers.]

[Patients with missing data.]

[Those with abnormal credit history.]

[The Dream Polluter.]

The labels scrolled through the rows, eventually all being grouped into the same category.

[Cleaning priority: Low-value, unordered units.]

Lu Chengong stopped breathing.

He saw his mother.

A woman who raised him in a small border town without official status in her early years, working temporary jobs.

In the Heavenly Court's records, she was only mentioned in four words.

Low-value units.

Lu Chengong smiled.

The laughter grew softer and colder.

"I see."

Wen Zhaolin turned around abruptly: "Lu Chengong, stabilize the Nine Suns Fragment! This is just the initial judgment of the old system; I can correct it!"

Lu Chengong looked up, the golden light in his eyes fading, revealing his originally dark pupils.

"Should I change my mother's value?"

Wen Zhaolin remained silent.

"Should we give her a new number so she's eligible to live?"

Lu Chengong slowly stood up.

Nine points of light flew out from the bow and revolved around him.

The nine-sun array behind the South Heavenly Gate trembled simultaneously.

The Hou Yi sequence has truly awakened.

He was not Hou Yi, who carried out orders from the Heavenly Court.

He is Hou Yi, who shot down the sun.

Despite his injuries, Lin Jibai shouted, "Lu Chen Gong, shoot at the core of the Heavenly Ladder!"

Lu Chengong looked at him.

"Gonggong variable, you owe me a life."

"Survive first, then settle accounts."

Lu Chengong smiled and drew back the stringless bow.

This time, a real string appeared on the bow.

It was a black line formed from the shadows of humanity.

Nine points of light converged into one arrow.

The destination is not Nantianmen.

It was not Wen Zhaolin.

It is a core component of the Earth-Moon Ladder suspended in the center of the gate.

Wen Zhaolin shouted sternly, "Do you know what you're doing? Severing the core will cause the Earth-Moon Ladder to collapse, and the Southern Heavenly Gate to go out of control!"

Lu Chenggong said coldly, "It's better than having it publicly name names and expose people to the sun until they die."

The arrow is fired.

There was no sound on the far side of the moon.

But everyone's soul heard the snap of a bowstring.

The light arrow pierced through the outer protective shield of the Heavenly Ladder's core.

The first layer of modern algorithms has been broken.

The second layer of divine runes broke.

The third layer of fate interface is burning.

The core ring of the Heavenly Ladder exploded with a deafening roar.

Between the Earth and the Moon, the broken pillar of heaven, visible only to Lin Jibai, shook violently.

In Earth's orbit, dozens of relay satellites deployed by Tianheng simultaneously deviated from their designated paths.

The progress of opening the South Heavenly Gate plummeted from 49% to 31%.

The preheating of the nine-day array was forced to be interrupted.

But there came a price to pay.

The shockwave from the core explosion of the Heavenly Ladder swept across the Southern Heavenly Gate.

Three of the twelve cables attached to Lin Wangchuan's body broke.

He suddenly vomited blood, which widened the crack in the door.

The key inside Lin Xiaoman's body was pulled again.

Xu Wangshu stood up unsteadily; the moon painting was half torn.

"Shooting off just one ring isn't enough. The core is still the eighth ring."

Lu Chengong, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, said, "I know."

He drew his bow again.

The fragments of the nine suns retaliated violently, causing golden burn marks to appear on his skin.

The second arrow is shot.

The second ring shattered.

The third arrow.

The third ring collapsed.

Every arrow felt like a shot at his own life.

Wen Zhaolin finally made his move.

He raised his right hand, and a golden chain was thrown down from the South Heavenly Gate, binding Lu Chen Gong's bow arm.

That's enough.

"You are not Hou Yi himself, but merely a sequence adaptor. You cannot withstand nine arrows."

Lu Chengong gritted his teeth: "Then guess why Hou Yi only left behind the sequence of events, and not himself?"

He gripped the chain with his left hand and ripped his own flesh and the chain apart together.

"Because shooting down the sun should never be a matter for one person to monopolize."

He looked at Lin Jibai.

"Gonggong!"

Lin Jibai understood.

He rushed toward the core of the Heavenly Ladder.

Xu Wangshu pulled Xiaoman up at the same time and rushed towards Lin Wangchuan.

Lin Jibai placed his hand on the core remnant of the Heavenly Ladder.

The echo from the Heavenly Pillar is injected in reverse.

He doesn't understand high-dimensional algorithms or the complete structure of divine texts.

But he understands broken equipment.

The more complex the machine, the more vulnerable it is to short circuits in critical areas.

"You want to receive human data?"

"Then I'll get you something else."

He poured all the chaos he had witnessed over the years into it.

Food delivery riders push each other's carts in the rain.

In the ward, a stranger handed Xiaoman a cup of hot water.

The neighbor who owed money secretly left rice at the door.

During a power outage in the space city, someone used their mobile phone light to illuminate the way for an elderly person.

These items have no serial numbers, no valuation, and no credit weighting.

But they are human beings.

The core algorithm of the ladder system started reporting errors.

[Invalid goodwill.]

[Unquantifiable mutual assistance.]

[Low-value units are contributing abnormally.]

[Conflict in the order model.]

Lu Chengong seized the moment and fired three arrows in quick succession.

The fourth, fifth, and sixth rings exploded.

Wen Zhaolin's face darkened, and he finally lost his composure.

"Lin Jibai, do you think these fragmented acts of kindness can sustain a civilization?"

Lin Jibai turned around, his face covered in blood.

"At least it's better than your civilization that scorches the poor to death."

Lu Chen fired the seventh arrow.

The seventh ring broke.

Just as the eighth arrow was condensed, his entire right arm suddenly burst into flames.

The remnants of the nine suns had reached their limit of backlash.

Lu Chengong groaned, but did not let go.

Lin Xiaoman suddenly raised her hand.

A sliver of light emanated from the key on her chest and landed on Lu Chen's bowstring.

"I saw Uncle Hou Yi in my dream," Xiaoman whispered. "He said, 'Don't close your eyes when you shoot the moon.'"

Lu Chengong was stunned.

"Shoot the moon?"

Xiaoman points to the last two rings of the Heavenly Ladder core.

That's not the sun.

"That's fake light borrowed from the moon."

Lu Chenggong laughed loudly.

The eighth arrow is fired.

The eighth ring shattered.

The final link shrinks into the gap of the South Heavenly Gate, connecting with the Nine Suns Array behind the gate.

If the shot misses, the attempt will be restarted after nine days.

If hit, Nantianmen will go berserk.

Lu Chen drew his bow and released the last arrow, but looked at Lin Jibai.

"You'll take the final blow."

Lin Jibai nodded.

The ninth arrow was fired.

Light penetrates the last link.

The core of the Heavenly Ladder has completely collapsed.

The South Heavenly Gate suddenly went out of control.

The broken pillar and its remains seemed to be awakened, rising towards the Earth.

Lin Wangchuan shouted hoarsely, "Ji Bai! Gonggong Variable! Slam into the Heavenly Pillar!"