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

Flames sprayed onto the star official's face.

The skin did not smell burnt.

There was only a metallic, fishy smell.

The leading star official raised his hand to block the fire, his sleeves burned away, revealing an arm with no flesh and blood, only a layer of translucent gray-white lines, like a human shape pressed from lunar soil.

Xu Wangshu urged softly from below the well: "Lin Jibai!"

Lin Jibai took a half step back; the torch fuel was almost gone.

The star official moves forward.

"Verification issue one."

Its voice suddenly became loud, as if many people were speaking at the same time.

"Does humanity wish to return to the old order of Heaven?"

Lin Jibai was stunned for a moment.

Is this thing not for fighting, but for taking an exam?

He sneered, "You're asking me? Can I represent humanity?"

"You are a variable left over from Buzhou Mountain, and can answer temporarily on your behalf."

"Then I'll answer for you."

Lin Jibai threw the blowtorch at the shelf, and the flames exploded, forcing back the two star officials behind him.

"I don't want to."

The star chart on the chest of the chief star official rotates.

"reason."

"Because you can't even fill out a questionnaire. Whether or not to return should at least be a choice for each individual."

The star official paused.

It seems that this kind of answer has never been dealt with.

The next second, it raised its hand and pressed it against Lin Jibai's brow.

"Variable logic pollution, needs to be recycled."

Lin Jibai was prepared. He grabbed a high-powered flashlight from the wall and shone it in front of the creature's eyes, while simultaneously kicking over a paint bucket at his feet.

The star official slipped.

Lin Jibai pounced on it, wrapped the steel cable around its neck, used the momentum to flip it over, and dragged it to the other side of the well.

But the opponent's strength was ridiculously great.

The steel cable cut into his gray neck, but there was no blood.

The star official grabbed Lin Jibai's shoulder with his backhand.

It was icy cold.

A series of images forcibly entered Lin Jibai's mind.

Countless people lined up in front of the South Heaven Gate.

A beam of light swept across the door, and a destiny mark appeared above everyone's head. Those who passed were registered, and those who failed were archived. "Archived" meant being placed in the cold storage of the Moon Palace, where even their names were frozen.

Lin Jibai saw a little girl being pushed to the front of the door.

The little girl has a door-shaped mark between her eyebrows.

Lin Xiaoman.

"No!"

He roared.

The low hum within his bones suddenly turned into a deafening roar.

Boom!

The floor of the hardware store cracked due to the earthquake.

The star chart on the chief star official's chest cracked open.

Deep in Lin Jibai's mind, it was as if the shadow of a broken pillar was crashing down.

He seized that force and pressed his hand against the star official's chest.

"Verify my ass."

The star official was blasted backward and crashed into the shelf.

Lin Jibai himself knelt down, blood gushing from his nose, his ears filled with shrill screams.

Down in the well, Xu Wangshu reached out and grabbed his collar, dragging him down by force.

The moment the manhole cover was closed, flames engulfed the entrance of the hardware store.

The underground pipes reeked.

Lin Jibai leaned against the cold, damp pipe wall, panting, when Xiaoman rushed over and hugged him.

"Brother, there was a mountain behind you just now."

Xu Wangshu turned on his flashlight, and the light shone on Lin Jibai's face.

Her expression was complicated.

"It's not a mountain."

Lin Jibai looked up at her.

Xu Wangshu said, "Your brainwaves just now are consistent with the peak value of the broken pillar echo recorded by Wangshu No. 3. The star official's mention of the variable left over from Buzhou Mountain may not be a metaphor."

Speak like a human.

"You can interfere with them."

Lin Jibai leaned against the pipe wall and chuckled.

He coughed up blood after laughing.

"The good news is, I'm finally somewhat useful. The bad news is, I almost died after using it once."

Xiaoman was so anxious that tears streamed down her face.

Xu Wangshu took out hemostatic medicine from her bag: "Don't be reckless. You overstepped your authority by receiving the echo, which will leave a record. The Tianheng and Yuebei systems will find you more easily."

"They've found me."

Lin Jibai stood up.

The sound of flowing water came from the end of the pipe, and faint footsteps could be heard in the distance.

The star official caught up with them.

Xu Wangshu unfolds a diagram of the underground pipeline network of the aerospace city.

"There are two paths in front, one leading to the river outside the city, and the other leading to the cooling canal of the Tianheng Data Center."

"Go to the data center."

Xu Wangshu was taken aback: "Are you crazy? That's their territory."

"The answer lies precisely in their territory."

Lin Jibai wiped away the blood from his nose, his eyes shining with an alarming intensity.

"Wen Zhaolin knows my father is on the far side of the moon, and Tianheng knows what Xiaoman is. The fact that they sealed off the hospital, the exhibition hall, and the drainage ditch means that all the leads are connected to them."

"You want to investigate Tianheng on your own initiative?"

"It's not that I want to."

He carried Xiaoman on his back.

"It's necessary."

Xiaoman lay on his back and whispered, "Brother, I can feel the door."

"Where?"

She pointed towards the depths of the pipe.

"there."

That's the direction of Tianheng Data Center.

Lin Jibai and Xu Wangshu exchanged a glance.

From the darkness behind him, the sound of a star being shattered came:

"Variables refuse to be ordered."

"Upgrade the verification level."

"Erasing permitted."

Lin Jibai gripped the wrench tightly and walked towards Tianheng.

"Apply it."