OK, let's do this. We've got 916988004 and 688118538, and we're subtracting the second number from the first.

Step 1: We'll start by subtracting the digit 8 and the borrow 0 from 4 in column 1 and get -4.
We add -4 to 10 and get 6 as the first digit of the result.

Step 2: We'll start by subtracting the digit 3 and the borrow 1 from 0 in column 2 and get -4.
We add -4 to 10 and get 6 as the next digit of the result.

Step 3: We'll start by subtracting the digit 5 and the borrow 1 from 0 in column 3 and get -6.
We add -6 to 10 and get 4 as the next digit of the result.

Step 4: We'll start by subtracting the digit 8 and the borrow 1 from 8 in column 4 and get -1.
We add -1 to 10 and get 9 as the next digit of the result.

Step 5: We'll start by subtracting the digit 1 and the borrow 1 from 8 in column 5 and get 6.
6 is the next digit of our result.

Step 6: We'll start by subtracting the digit 1 and the borrow 0 from 9 in column 6 and get 8.
8 is the next digit of our result.

Step 7: We'll start by subtracting the digit 8 and the borrow 0 from 6 in column 7 and get -2.
We add -2 to 10 and get 8 as the next digit of the result.

Step 8: We'll start by subtracting the digit 8 and the borrow 1 from 1 in column 8 and get -8.
We add -8 to 10 and get 2 as the next digit of the result.

Step 9: We'll start by subtracting the digit 6 and the borrow 1 from 9 in column 9 and get 2.
2 is the next digit of our result.

So, 916988004 - 688118538 = 228869466.