Courtyard House: My Long and Hard Body Makes Me Play with All the Women in the Courtyard

"Kevin, how are you feeling?" Su Ting asked anxiously, watching his condition.

Kevin shook his head, his voice hoarse: "It's alright... but time is running out, my body can't hold on much longer. This thing... isn't meant for mortals to bear."

Leah frowned: "So what do we do next? You said you opened the door, but did you see what was inside?"

Kevin didn't answer, but slowly raised an arm and pointed towards the door.

A crack in the door slowly opened, and a sliver of dark light shone down from it.

Then, a muffled voice rang out.

That was... a woman's voice.

"Welcome home."

Everyone was stunned.

"Who?!" Annie's eyes widened, her voice trembling slightly with fear.

The voice continued:

"Are you Isa? Or one of you? Why... did you awaken me?"

"You...know me?" Kevin looked up, a faint blue light appearing in his eyes.

The woman's voice sighed softly, seemingly tinged with both the joy and sorrow of a long-awaited reunion:

“How did you become like this… You used to be my closest companion… We planned and experimented together… Do you remember that night, on the top floor of the lab… I said we wanted to break the rules, we wanted to control the future…”

Ron gritted his teeth and said, "She's trying to trick you into revealing information, Kevin!"

But Kevin seemed not to hear what he said at all, his whole being enveloped by that sense of familiarity.

“Isa,” Kevin whispered, “is that you? Or is your consciousness lingering behind the door…? Tell me! Are you still there? I still have time to save you, don’t I?”

The woman's voice paused for a few seconds, then rang out again, her tone turning cold: "You're so naive. I'm no longer the 'Isha' you know. What truth do you think you can find? You don't understand... every being behind this door isn't who they used to be. I'm just... a 'gatekeeper' left behind."

Kevin clenched his fists in anguish: "But you said you wanted me to come back... Isn't this your summons?"

The woman chuckled softly, "It's me. I've waited too long for this moment. Now... are you ready, Kevin?"

Anne asked warily, "Wait, what do you mean? What are you going to do to him?"

The woman's voice was utterly cold: "He is the key. Now I'm going to unlock it completely."

Kevin's body suddenly trembled violently, and the energy core of his entire body began to resonate!

"Hey! Kevin! What's wrong with you?" Ron tried to get closer, but was blocked by the humanoid halo.

Kevin knelt on the ground, blood trickling from his lips, but his eyes were smiling.

He looked up into the depths of the void and murmured to himself:

Chapter 945 She's Leading You Into It

"I'm sorry everyone... I think I really have to do this all by myself."

At this moment, the woman's voice fell again:

"The door is only partially open... It requires the sacrifice of a true key holder. Are you... willing to sacrifice yourself for all of this?"

Su Ting immediately shouted angrily, "Kevin! Don't listen to her! She's trying to mislead you!"

Leah retorted sharply, "We can find other ways; we can't let you go to your death!"

But at this moment, Kevin had already slowly stood up.

He turned to look at everyone, a relieved smile on his face: "Actually, I understood something a long time ago... Regardless of whether we can find Isha or not, we are destined to reach this point. This world has rotted to the core, and the only way to end it is to start rebuilding from here."

Annie, tears streaming down her face, grabbed his arm: "But you hate them so much... Why did you sacrifice yourself for all of this? Why not someone else?"

Kevin hugged her back and patted her gently on the back: "Because I remember Isa's smile. I remember who she wanted to protect."

He loosened his embrace, took a deep breath, and walked towards the only tower-like base in front of the door.

Footsteps echoed through the void.

The instant he stepped onto the pedestal—

The entire portal emitted a piercing roar.

The twelve suspended spheres shattered one by one, bursting forth with intense light!

The woman left behind a poignant farewell:

Goodbye, my dear comrade.

Kevin looked up at the door that was now fully open.

He knew that destruction might await behind the door.

But he also knew that this was the only way to change the future.

His last words to the crowd behind him were:

"Live on...help me remember the traces of our efforts."

boom--! !

The gate finally opened, and a powerful storm swept out, officially opening the gateway connecting the two worlds.

"He...he really went in?!"

Anne knelt on the ground, her fingers gripping the edge of the platform weakly, as if she could still feel the lingering warmth of Kevin.

A peculiar energy rippled through the air, a fluctuation unlike any ordinary explosion or magic, but rather the primal tremor released after the entire structure of reality was torn apart.

Leah slowly stood up, her eyes fixed on the now wide-open door: "What... is there behind that door? Is it still possible for us to catch up?"

“It’s too late,” Su Ting said coldly, his face covered in ash and blood. “Once the ‘key’ ritual is completed, the connection will be sealed instantly. To reopen it, at least twelve cores are needed—but we’ve just lost all our resources.”

Annie looked up abruptly, her eyes reddening: "Are you fucking done? He just sacrificed himself for everyone, and you just calmly say he's finished?!"

Ron placed a hand on Annie's shoulder, his voice hoarse but firm: "Annie, stop arguing. We have to decide what to do now. The door is open, but the world on the other side... might be even crazier than this."

A silence fell over the air, with only the eerie light emanating from inside the door distorting the boundaries of space.

A faint tremor came from afar, as if something was slowly approaching.

"Hey, did you hear that?" a team member whispered, his helmet display flashing red. "The detection system has detected an increasing energy reading, the frequency is very similar to... 'that thing'."

Chapter 946 Who are you talking about?

"Who are you talking about?" Leah frowned. "Isha? Or someone from inside the gate?"

The team member shook his head, and the data on the screen jumped rapidly: "No... it's the Class A intelligent entity that we thought had been destroyed—the Shadow."

"What—" Annie jumped up, her eyes scanning her surroundings. "You're saying it's still alive? Then Kevin—"

“Kevin knew it was still there, which is why he insisted on going in alone,” Su Ting said slowly, his expression solemn. “He knew that if it continued to grow, the entire facility, and even the city, would become nourishment for living things.”

"So he went to stop it?" Annie gritted her teeth, her voice filled with resentment and fear. "Then we have to go too! He's facing that monster all by himself now!"

“Impossible.” Ron shook his head, interrupting her. “You’re out of control right now and not prepared at all. Besides, the gate isn’t stable after that attack. I estimate it will collapse completely in five minutes at most—we have to make a decision immediately.”

Leah looked around at everyone: "So your suggestion is to evacuate? Just abandon him?"

"I'm talking about a rational retreat, not throwing your life away," Ron roared. "Do you think you're a superhero? This is the Abyss, not a training camp!!"

Silence descended once more.

until……

**"Beep...beep..."**

A faint heartbeat suddenly rang out from the platform.

Everyone looked toward the center of the platform, where a blue light slowly began to glow from the core wreckage that should have been extinguished.

"This isn't a heartbeat...this is feedback from the bio-link system!" The team member quickly analyzed the data. "Wait, this isn't right! Our terminal system should be completely disconnected...why is it detecting a remote communication request?!"

"Connect it!" Leah decided immediately.

The communication device emitted a soft buzz, followed by a deep, familiar voice coming from within—

"Hello...can you hear me?"

"Kevin!!"

Annie rushed forward, tears welling up in her eyes: "Where are you? You're alive? Was the door locked? How did you do that?!"

After a few seconds of panting, Kevin answered with difficulty, "I'm not dead... but I'm not the same person I used to be."

Leah frowned: "What do you mean? How's the situation on your end?"

The screen began to load slowly, and everyone gathered around it. What they saw made their pupils shrink.

What comes into view is a ruined forest constructed of metal skeletons and chunks of flesh, with semi-liquid energy dust flowing in the air.

At the very center of the image stands a figure.

A "man" wearing dark blue energy armor, with partially mechanized features on his face.

That's right—Kevin.