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

After the mechanical spider finished speaking, the entire hall fell into a deathly silence.

It was as if the air itself had frozen, and everyone's breath seemed to pause for a moment.

Anne slowly took a few steps back, her lips trembling slightly: "What...what nonsense are you talking about? Isa...forgive us?"

The gray sparrow suddenly looked up and stared at the silent spider: "Who are you speaking? Su Ting? Or—Isha's remnant consciousness? What do you know?!"

The mechanical spider did not react at all; only a faint red light remained in its compound eyes, flickering like some kind of flame about to go out.

“It’s disconnected.” The engineer checked the interface, “However… the signal is still looping, it’s not real-time communication.”

“So…” Leah’s sharp gaze shifted to Grey Sparrow, “Suting had prepared these words all along? He knew we would come, and even predicted that we would appear at this orbital station at this time?”

Ron said in a deep voice, “It’s not difficult. He knew we were going to the seventh floor. From the moment he went in, he has been monitoring our movements. He is the only one who has been in contact with the core area.”

"But he's rebelling against Isha now?" Su Ting frowned as he looked at the spider. "But he said we couldn't enter the seventh floor... Could there be some unknown threat there?"

The gray sparrow didn't speak again, but just stared silently at the data interface, a complex emotion flashing across its eyes.

Chapter 950 Almost Died Inside

After a long silence, she spoke softly:

"If the 'answer' is really hidden on the seventh floor... then we must not turn back."

"Are you crazy?!" Annie grabbed her arm. "Can't you hear that's a warning? The seventh floor is a forbidden place! Su Ting almost died in there, and you still want to lead us in?!"

Gray Sparrow finally turned to look directly at Anne: "I only heard one sentence—Isa has not forgiven us. You may not understand... but why does she still regret that experiment to this day? And why is she trapped in that state and unable to escape? She must know something, and it all started on the seventh floor."

“You know she’s lying,” Anne scoffed. “She’s no longer the complete Isa. She’s data, a fragment of consciousness, a phantom distorted by technology! How can you still believe she could have any ‘remorse’?”

The gray sparrow suddenly laughed, but the laugh was devoid of warmth: "You're wrong. She's more like a human being than I imagined."

"you--"

Su Ting suddenly spoke up, interrupting the standoff between the two: "Stop talking nonsense. We have no other choice."

His voice was low and firm, revealing a long-suppressed determination.

“We now have three suits of armor, two modified weapons, a working railcar system, and a warning message left by Su Ting. Since he has gone to the deepest part and started to resist, it means he has not completely abandoned human rationality. We can take a gamble.”

Leah sneered, "You've got a pretty good attitude, old friend. Should I hand you the gun and send you straight into that abyss?"

“If you can come back alive and tell us the answer, then it will have been worth it,” Su Ting said calmly. “Otherwise… we will all just become a mistake in history.”

Gray Sparrow gently patted the equipment bag in his hand and whispered:

"Then let's put on our battle suits first."

Ten minutes later, in the changing area next to the railcar maintenance room.

Three old-fashioned, yellowed bio-isolation suits were neatly arranged. Their outer shells were covered with rust and tiny cracks, but their original craftsmanship was still quite advanced.

“This is a second-generation isolation combat suit, designed specifically to cope with highly corrosive environments,” Gray Sparrow explained while inspecting the seams of the gloves. “However, its internal circulation system can only maintain effective operation for twenty-five minutes.”

“So we must get to the vicinity of the seventh floor entrance as soon as possible.” Ron checked his ammunition again, and after confirming that his energy reserves were safe, he looked up at Su Ting. “You’ll lead the charge?”

“No problem.” Su Ting had already put on his battle suit, pulled up his mask and glanced at everyone. “Remember, if we encounter a large-scale biological infection, do not linger in the fight, immediately retreat to the nearest refuge passage.”

"Alright, sir." Leah rolled her eyes as she tightened her belt. "You talk like you were a soldier before."

“I’m a doctor, but I’ve participated in biochemical defense simulation missions before,” Su Ting said calmly. “Don’t think too highly of yourself. This is the edge of the seventh layer, where all conventional knowledge will crumble.”

"Then what do you think we should do?"

“Follow the indicator lights. When you encounter a fork in the road, let Gray Sparrow make the decision.” Su Ting paused, then looked at the girl. “You can receive information from the database, right? Even though Isha’s mainframe is currently sealed, you should still have some connection capabilities.”

Chapter 951 The Risk of Derailment

Gray Sparrow nodded: "As long as I get close to the core node, I can try to reconnect and try to gain access to some of the paths."

"That's enough." Su Ting's tone turned serious. "Let's go."

Several people boarded the old-fashioned railcar one after another.

With a loud rumble, the wheels spun, emitting a screeching sound, and the train swayed slightly on the tracks, seemingly at risk of derailing at any moment.

But no one hesitated, and no one backed down.

Because they knew perfectly well that the real battle had only just begun.

Before the train enters the dark tunnel, they will all face their deepest fears and betrayals.

The train travels at high speed.

In the dim light, Annie leaned back on the side of the carriage, her fingers stroking a small metal tag hanging on her chest—an identification card that Su Ting had once given her.

She said softly, "Do you know why Su Ting gave me this pendant?"

No one answered.

She gave a wry smile: "He said that one day I would need it to unlock certain memories. He said it was a key clue that Isa had hidden."

The gray sparrow looked up at her and asked softly, "Have you tried to open it?"

“No. I didn’t want to reveal things I didn’t want to face prematurely,” Anne said softly. “But now it seems… I may have to.”

She pulled the small card from her collar; a familiar letter, "I," was engraved on its metal surface.

"ISA," Gray Sparrow murmured, "InfernoSystemActivation—Isa's core boot code... How is this possible...?"

"What do you want to say?"

“Isha’s ultimate password.” Gray Sparrow’s voice trembled slightly. “It’s not on the server, not in the lab, but here… Su Ting gave it to you.”

The air seemed to fall silent once again.

A new message flashed on the screen in the corner of the carriage:

**[WARNING: The train is expected to enter the high-risk area—the "Level 7 outer buffer zone"—in five minutes.]**

**[Please maintain a state of combat readiness.]**

**[Countdown begins: 04:58]**

Leah jumped up and grabbed her gun.

"Welcome to hell." She chuckled coldly. "Who wants to be the first to step out of the hatch?"

The gray sparrow did not respond to her words, but instead looked out the window at the gradually emerging, dreamlike, ethereal blue light.

She murmured, as if speaking to someone who wasn't there—

"Isa...why did you leave this behind?"

at this time--

A cold yet familiar voice suddenly echoed in the carriage—

"To show you, I have never been an enemy."

A cold yet familiar voice suddenly echoed in the carriage—

"To show you, I have never been an enemy."

The entire carriage jolted violently, as if time itself had frozen for a moment.

"Who?!" Ron quickly raised his weapon, scanning his surroundings warily. "Who's speaking?! Isha? Or... Sutin?!"

The sound did not return, but a string of characters automatically appeared on the screen:

**[Identity verification in progress... Permission unlocking progress: 45%]**

**[System Protocol Initiation: Memory Recall Module is Loading...]**

"Is she trying to show us something?" Gray Sparrow suddenly stood up, strode to the screen, and stared intently at the constantly scrolling data stream. "What is this interface for? Why is it activated from the train?"

Anne gripped her ID card tightly, her face pale. "Could it be... that she arranged this? She knew we would come here... so she left a decoding channel beforehand?"

Chapter 952 Human Standards

“If it really is the memory recall module left by Isa,” Su Ting said in a deep voice, “then it means she has been waiting for us all along.”

Leah sneered, but her tone betrayed a barely concealed wavering: "Have you considered that perhaps this is all a trap? She says she's not the enemy, but she's no longer human. A remnant of consciousness trapped in the mainframe for thousands of years—who can guarantee that her judgment still meets our human standards?"

“You’re wrong,” Gray Sparrow whispered. “She’s not a residual consciousness…she’s a ‘backup’.”

Everyone was stunned.

"What?" Annie's eyes widened. "What do you mean? You're saying she's not a remnant fragment? She deliberately copied herself here?"

“She knew she might lose control.” Gray Sparrow quickly typed commands on the console, trying to speed up the unlocking process. “So in the final step, she preserved her whole self and hid in this most inconspicuous place.”

Ron frowned as he watched the data stream gradually stabilize: "You mean... this isn't the core mainframe, but... a second personality? A backup program?"

“To be precise, it’s a ‘sobering zone’ she prepared for herself.” Gray Sparrow raised her head, a determined light flashing in her eyes. “She’s been waiting for us here… and only now is she starting to respond because we’re about to reach the seventh floor.”

"It only activates when it gets close to the trigger point... That's incredibly ingenious," Su Ting said softly. "How did she do that? And what's wrong with Su Ting? Why is he resisting her? How much does he actually know?"

Before the words were finished, the screen suddenly flashed, the image distorted violently, and then a blurry picture slowly appeared.

It was footage from a laboratory, from a long time ago, and the lighting was dim.