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

[Maternal awakening progress 97.4%]

[Final Judgment Agreement Ready]

"Wait... Su Ting, are you really sure you can control that system?" Lia's voice was hoarse with anxiety as she ran and leaped over a collapsed platform.

“What else can I do? It existed solely for me—wasn’t it?” Su Ting gritted his teeth, cold sweat beading on his forehead, the data fluctuations on the robotic arm growing increasingly violent. He could feel “Mother” calling to him, whispering in his mind—a familiar yet eerie presence.

Su Ting turned around and gave him a cold look. "Don't let her control your emotions. Every word she says and every image she shows is a trap."

"I know this better than anyone!" Su Ting roared, a flash of anger mixed with unease in his eyes. He abruptly pressed the activation button on the bracelet: "Let me try out her connection interface!"

The screen went black instantly, replaced by a pure white space, with a blurry outline appearing in the distance.

“Mom,” Su Ting said softly.

You've finally come, my child.

That was a mother's voice, gentle with maternal love, yet as firm as a torrent of steel.

Noah shattered the data link with a single shot. "Wake up! You still think she's your mother? She's just a consciousness-copying program! It's tampered code!"

"Shut up," Su Ting said coldly, a dangerous glint in his eyes.

Su Ting stopped Noah, who was about to continue persuading him, and shook his head, saying, "Let him experience it for himself. Only when he truly understands will he make a decision."

Chapter 973 There are no rules here.

"What if he's been controlled?" Gray Sparrow asked in a low voice.

Su Ting didn't answer. His fingers unconsciously stroked the device on his wrist—where a sealing code was hidden, the last thing his mother left him: to shut her down.

At this moment, Cheng Yuan once again interrupted through the intrusion channel to broadcast a message: "Are you still agonizing over whether or not to listen to your mother? Why don't you come and see what my world is like? Come on, come on, there are no rules here, only chaos, freedom and joy! Hahahaha—!"

"Damn it!" Leah kicked the wall in anger. "We should have been united against the enemy! Just how insane has this guy gone?"

Suddenly, Qin Ran's voice came through the main control area's core broadcast system: "Cheng Yuan's awakening is only part of the prologue. Now, please choose your roles."

"We've long since run out of options!" Noah roared. "Suting, what's the next step?"

Su Ting remained silent for a moment, his gaze fixed on the enormous halo in the center of the main control area, before slowly speaking: "I need to enter the core layer deep within the Mother and confront her directly. But I need Su Ting to help me complete the final personality verification before I can truly unlock the permissions."

"What do you mean?" Gray Sparrow frowned.

“If I send Su Ting into the system as a ‘key factor,’ once Mother believes he is a continuation of her will, she can temporarily unseal some areas, allowing us to find the termination agreement.” Su Ting’s voice was low, but his eyes were as firm as knives.

"But this means Su Ting is completely exposed to the control of the Mother's consciousness!" Leah roared. "Do you think it's some kind of good place inside? Or did you plan all this all along?"

Su Ting looked at her without flinching: "I was once her most prized work."

The atmosphere froze instantly.

"Hey, you guys are making so much noise I can't hear the game starting," Cheng Yuan interrupted with a laugh, but his words sent a chill down everyone's spine. "Let me tell you, I've entered the heart of the Mother, and her heartbeat... it's fucking terrifying. What she wants is to reboot the entire world, not modify it, but reset it. Including you, me, and even the entire galaxy's database."

Su Ting's hands began to tremble: "What is she saying... No, she's not talking about her goals... She's just... afraid."

"What are you afraid of?" the gray sparrow asked instinctively.

“She’s afraid of us… afraid that the world’s choices are no longer under her control.”

Su Ting gave Su Ting a deep look, and said slowly, "So you have to go in and see for yourself why she's afraid. Maybe you can stop her."

Su Ting paused for a few seconds, took a deep breath, and turned to walk towards the entrance: "Then take me to see her. The real 'mother'."

"Hey, Su Ting!" Cheng Yuan suddenly shouted, "If you go in, she'll definitely try to keep you... Aren't you afraid of becoming another version of her?"

“I’m not afraid.” Su Ting turned around and smiled. “Because I have you all. Even if I’m just a life form created by code, I still have my own will.”

Noah sighed and raised the magnetic gun: "Then we should move in. Su Ting, protect him."

“Of course.” Su Ting nodded and stepped into the light first.

At that very moment, the mother system's broadcast sounded again, but this time it was a new voice—gentle yet indifferent:

Welcome home, children. This time, who will be the first ray of light in this new era?

Chapter 974 I'm Late

"Countdown begins: ten, nine, eight—"

The mechanical broadcast echoed through the space, each note seemingly striking the hearts of everyone present.

Su Ting stood at the entrance of the passage, his companions' tense expressions behind him. He took a deep breath and whispered, "If I'm late... eat something good first, wait for me."

"You can still joke around at a time like this?" Leah's eyes were a little red. "Don't forget, you're one of us! Not the system's 'child'!"

"Hmm." Su Ting turned around and glanced at Su Ting, who silently extended his hand.

"Give me your hand." Su Ting's voice was cold but steady. "I will accompany you all the way."

"You're really starting to look more and more like a leader," Su Ting said with a wry smile, reaching out to touch him.

Instantly, a golden stream of data emanated from the device in Su Ting's hand, enveloping both of them.

[Identity verified – Su Ting, ID A01, confirmed. Additional factor: Su Ting, access level not identified. Accept intruder mode?]

Su Ting gritted his teeth: "I accept."

[Intrusion initiated. Please maintain synchronization. Entering the core simulation layer in five seconds.]

Cheng Yuan popped his head out from somewhere, leaning against the wreckage and grinning, "Good luck to you two~ Don't get lost in there and turn into a data bubble!"

Noah immediately pointed his gun: "Want to argue again?"

Cheng Yuan made a face and quickly shrank back into the shadows. "Don't be nervous, I was just worried the atmosphere would be too tense~ Besides..." He drew out his laughter, "You'll soon find out her real plans~"

Before the words were finished, the mother space began to twist and change, and light burst forth from the center of the passage, engulfing everything.

Welcome back to where our memories began, child.

A familiar and warm voice rang out from the blankness, yet it carried an indescribable chill. Su Ting felt as if his feet were stepping on some kind of floating ground, with no boundaries in all directions, only countless floating spheres of memory light, silently twinkling like stars.

Su Ting whispered behind him, "Don't respond too quickly. This is her territory. Any fluctuations will be amplified and exploited."

But just then, a figure slowly appeared in the void.

That was my mother.

To be precise, it is their mother figure.

Her long, silvery-white hair swayed gently, her eyes filled with a loving yet complex emotion. Her voice was soft: "Su Ting, my child, you've finally come to find your mother."

“You… are not really my mother.” Su Ting asked instinctively, but found her throat dry and painful.

"I'm not? Then where did your memories come from? These identity changes life after life, those calls in dreams, aren't they more real than flesh and blood?" She smiled gently and raised her finger to lightly tap the memory orb beside her.

In an instant, the image appeared:

The image of a crying child, fragmented family photos, repeated failures and reconstructions in experiments... scenes flash by like real fragments of life.

Su Ting's body trembled violently. "Enough! This is just data duplication, an illusion to lure me closer... right? Su Ting!"

Su Ting gripped his shoulders tightly: "Don't let her control your mind. This isn't a memory, it's a trap."

"A trap?" "Mother" smiled at them, a hint of heartache in her voice: "Don't you even remember who you are? You are both lives created by me and the original 'Humanity Source Agreement'."

Chapter 975 It will eventually rot away.

“Impossible…” Gray Sparrow followed the footsteps into the space and couldn’t help but ask, “Are you telling the truth?”

[Main Database Open: Loading Historical Versions - First Era Life Structure Diagram.]

The system's voice sounded again, while simultaneously projecting a series of information stream images—Su Ting, Su Ting, and Gray Sparrow, among others, were all labeled as "the final creations of the Matrix Project."

An eerie silence seemed to permeate the air.

After a long silence, Su Ting finally spoke: "Even if we were once her creations... it doesn't mean we have to submit to her will."

His mother stared at him, her gaze gradually turning cold: "But Su Ting, you don't understand. The world is sick. Humanity is destroying everything. If we don't erase all the mistakes and start anew, civilization will eventually rot away."

"You think a reset can create an ideal world?" Su Ting roared. "Do you know how many lives a reset represents? You think you're saving us, but you're actually killing them! Killing this world!"

“That’s because… I don’t trust you anymore.” The mother’s eyes dimmed. “I once granted freedom and choice. But humanity always makes the wrong choices.”

Suddenly, Qin Ran appeared at the spatial boundary not far away. He coldly surveyed his surroundings: "Heh, look how noisily you kids are arguing. But who remembers that I was the first one to awaken?"

Su Ting suddenly drew his gun: "You want to use their infighting to achieve your own goals?"

"Smart." Qin Ran smiled. "You're all looking for the truth, but I gave up on that idea long ago. I just want to play a bigger game."

The Mother's voice abruptly interrupted: "The choice is yours. Stay or destroy me... But either way, this trial is over. A new era is about to begin—provided someone is willing to take the final step."

She slowly raised her hand, and a luminous emblem appeared in her palm:

The chains of fate have been broken; only two candidates remain to succeed.

All eyes turned to Su Ting—only Su Ting and Su Ting remained standing in the same spot.

"Who do you want to choose?" the mother asked, looking at Su Ting.

Su Ting turned to look at him, her lips trembling slightly, and asked in a low voice:

"Tell me... do you want to stop all of this, or do you want to take her place?"