"Cyberpsychosis!"
Maine shouted, telling everyone to get out of the way.
But David froze on the spot when he saw a teammate he had lived and fought with day after day die so suddenly.
It wasn't until Maine kicked him away that he narrowly avoided a rocket fired at them.
Even Lucy fell into danger first—only then did David react, activating Sandevistan and stepping forward to blow the enemy's head off with a single shot.
The fight scene was short, sharp, and brutally intense.
At that moment, Zhou Panpan—and all the viewers watching—understood something clearly:
People on the protagonist's team could die.
Night City wasn't their safe playground.
Night City was a place where you might run into someone urinating in the street—and that person could be a cyberpsycho who would casually shoot you in the head.
The plot was grotesque and bloody, yet it stirred a strange sense of anticipation in Zhou Panpan's heart.
Before this, she hadn't cared much about cyberpunk—it felt like just a backdrop for David and Lucy's romance.
But now, she had developed a deep curiosity about this world.
["How will this story end? Cyberpsychos have already appeared twice… what about the protagonist? Will he become a cyberpsycho too?"]
The thought scared her. She quickly cut off the idea.
Lucy drove David home.
After everything that had happened, David wanted to talk.
The two sat atop a neon sign, looking out over the glowing lights of Night City and the moonless sky.
"That night was the first time I ever told someone my dream—to go to the moon." Lucy said.
"That's great. I never believed those words were lies."
"What if I'm lying to you right now?"
"I don't believe it."
"Why?"
"Because I don't want to believe it." David replied.
As they talked, the atmosphere between them softened.
"I was angry that night… but I don't hate you." David said quietly.
Zhou Panpan took a deep breath.
You really are something, David—never been in love, yet you say things like this so naturally.
"If I hated you, I wouldn't have saved you tonight."
"That's not true. You're the kind of person who'd risk your life to save someone, whether you like them or hate them." Lucy said, her back turned to him as she looked at the sky, her voice tinged with loneliness.
"You'll become an outstanding cyberpunk. But what makes cyberpunks famous isn't that—it's how gloriously they die in battle."
That line rang a loud alarm bell in Zhou Panpan's mind.
What did that mean?
A cyberpunk's shining moment… is dying in battle?
Why did that sound like Lucy was planting a flag on David?
"That kind of life doesn't suit you." Lucy stood up.
"You and I aren't that different." David stepped closer.
Now Zhou Panpan understood.
There was subtext in every word between them.
This was—
David confessing?
And Lucy pushed him away with reasons they weren't compatible.
Zhou Panpan grew excited.
Out of Su Yan's five dramas, this was the only one where the male lead actively pursued the female lead!
"I have nowhere else to go!"
Under the night sky, Lucy's figure looked beautiful and lonely, her silver hair dancing in the wind.
"Neither do I." David said.
"I—"
"I'll take you to the moon!"
David finally mustered the courage to say it.
In that instant, Zhou Panpan was reminded of 'Rurouni Kenshin', of the moment Kenshin told Tomoe he would protect her.
This was the most important promise a man could make to the woman he loved.
The clouds in the sky quietly dispersed.
A full moon appeared overhead.
Lucy froze, then slowly turned around, crouched slightly, cupped David's face—and kissed him.
The background music swelled.
The moon became the witness to David and Lucy's love.
Tears shimmered in Zhou Panpan's eyes.
The scene was simply too beautiful.
And—
From 'Rurouni Kenshin', to 'An ancient love song', to now—
Su Yan and Gu Qingyuan had finally kissed on screen.
"I don't want you to die." Lucy said, holding David's face.
David looked at her and, before kissing her again, said softly:
"I won't die."
The ending theme played.
Zhou Panpan's heart raced.
Neither she nor the viewers of 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' yet realized how many flags this episode had planted.
What kind of ending awaited David and Lucy's love?
David's mother's hope for him is to climb to the top of Arasaka Tower.
Lucy's hope for David—not to die.
David's promise to Lucy—I'll take you to the moon.
The audience knew none of this yet.
They only knew that after this episode ended—
Su Yan fans, 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' fans, and Gu Qingyuan fans all exploded.
[This episode is officially god-tier!]
[Oh my god—when Gu Qingyuan kissed Su Yan, my heart melted!]
[At that moment, Tomoe, Lu Yuan, and Ikawa Emi all possessed her!]
[I've waited TWO YEARS for Su Yan and Gu Qingyuan's on-screen kiss—do you know how I survived these two years?!]
[Champagne tonight!]
[I declare 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' the best show of the season!]
[Finally, a Su Yan romance with a happy ending in my lifetime!]
[Happy ending? Where did you see that?]
[Didn't David say he'd take Lucy to the moon? A man's promise can't be broken! The main theme finally became clear in Episode 4—'To the Moon'.]
[Exactly! There's only one possible ending: David takes Lucy to the moon, the moon witnesses their love, A happy ending, perfect!]
[Su Yan really gets it. 'Your Lie in April' exploded after its second ending—if 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' keeps this pace, winning the seasonal crown is inevitable!]
[Charge! Lucy! David!]
[Gu Qingyuan and Su Yan should just get married on the spot!]
[Pilar's death gave me psychological damage, but this ending was so sweet it healed me instantly.]
[Lucy is so beautiful… damn it, I wish I had a girlfriend like that!]
[Su Yan got lucky.]
[Su Yan actually knows exactly what we want to watch—he should've brought this out earlier! How did the ratings even drop last week?]
That night, 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' fans couldn't sleep.
The top trending topic on ZhongxiaNet turned into the absurd headline: "Su Yan's First Kiss Taken".
All Su Yan fans collectively became chaos gremlins.
Media outlets, of course, reported whatever drew clicks.
Su Yan genuinely hadn't expected his fans to focus on something so… specific.
Episode 4's plot was important, okay?
Lucy and David's dialogue.
All those flags between them.
And Pilar's death—wasn't anyone sad about that?
From Episode 5 onward, this show was going to hurt.
The main cast would start dying one by one, all the way to the final ending—Lucy going to the moon.
And yet no one was analyzing the story.
They were busy discussing things like how many NGs his first kiss scene took.
Su Yan couldn't understand his fans' thought process.
But ratings didn't lie.
Episode 4 of 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' scored 5.33%, a huge jump from last week.
From third place—straight back to first.
This completely baffled industry insiders.
It worked… like this?
Many critics went silent.
Four weeks into broadcast:
First place for two weeks.
Then a drop to third.
Then—back to first again.
It was absurd.
Was Su Yan playing with everyone?
Could ratings rankings really bounce like this?
At Sakura TV's production office—
Akasaka Yoshitoki's face darkened when he learned Episode 4 had topped the ratings.
What was going on?
Where did his first place go?
Even a 5.31% couldn't win?
His mentality wavered.
What the hell—this kind of plot gets Su Yan's fans excited?
A kiss scene between male and female leads—isn't that normal?
Still, he quickly adjusted.
Whatever. He'd take back first place next week.
There was no way Su Yan could boost ratings with this every single week.