111,111,111 × 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321. This follows the pattern that multiplying a repunit of n nines by itself produces a palindromic sequence counting up to n and back down. Here with 8 ones, the result counts 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.