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

And then there's the one who stands atop the ruins, weapon in hand, with broken mechanical wreckage beneath his feet.

Every second seemed to represent a life never experienced before.

"How can this be?"

"Because your very existence is a rift." The girl approached him. "You are key in every branch. Yet, each time, you also crumble."

Chapter 981 Time Extended by Three Minutes

He gently took Su Ting's hand.

The moment our fingertips touched, a powerful wave of memories washed over us.

That was how Su Ting and Su Ting looked when they first appeared before him; their eyes held a weariness that didn't belong to a young boy.

Qin Ran carried the unconscious man across the desert, his clothes soaked with sweat.

And Cheng Yuan's trembling hands as he repeatedly modified the terminal data, all in an effort to extend his life by three minutes.

original……

They sacrificed so much for him behind the scenes.

“We’ve always been protecting you,” the girl whispered, “but you never realized… the real danger is you.”

boom!

His consciousness jolted again, and Su Ting staggered back, exclaiming in horror, "Nonsense! I'm not an enemy! I am me! I am... me!!"

A huge crack suddenly appeared in the air, like a mirror reflecting the outline of another world.

The girl sighed, turned and looked into the distance, her gaze piercing through layers of space, as if she could see the people of that world making their final struggle.

“From now on, you have two choices,” he whispered, “become a part of me, or… watch them die one by one.”

Su Ting bit her lip, and blood slowly dripped onto the metal table.

His voice was hoarse but firm:

"I won't help you... no matter what you're going to do to them."

The girl's lips curled up again.

"Let me see, Miss Gray Sparrow. In this lifetime, how many people can you truly save who will fight for you?"

Before the words were even finished, the light burst forth once more.

This time, however, reality began to crumble.

"Wake up!"

A cold hand slapped his cheek hard.

Su Ting suddenly opened his eyes and found himself slumped against a broken wall, hearing Qin Ran's slightly rough voice.

"What are you still standing there like an idiot?! That guy on the other side is already preparing for the second reset pulse!" he cursed under his breath, his cloak already scorched and mottled by the electric current.

Not far away, Su Ting was fighting a constantly changing afterimage while holding an energy gun, and Su Ting was trying to connect to the main program system through the terminal.

"You're still alive..." Su Ting murmured, his eyes stinging.

Qin Ran rolled his eyes: "Try coming back to life and see what happens? I'm not here to play along with your tragic story."

He paused, then turned to stare at him, his expression gradually becoming serious.

"You seemed really off just now... Are you sure you're okay? What did he say?"

Su Ting slowly sat up, his palms trembling slightly.

Should we tell them the truth?

Or should we keep it a secret for now, just to avoid causing further confusion among the crowd?

As he hesitated, a loud bang suddenly erupted in the distance. Amidst the flying dust, Su Ting's figure flew backward and crashed heavily into a nearby iron pillar.

"Oh no!" Qin Ran rushed over immediately.

At the same time, runes condensed again in the air.

That familiar yet icy voice seeped out from every corner:

"You don't have much time."

Su Ting, panting, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and spoke coldly:

"Come on, I've been waiting for this moment for too long."

He raised the terminal in his hand, a long-dormant fire igniting in his eyes:

Let's redefine destiny.

Behind him, the figures of everyone intertwined, as if the prelude to an impending war was quietly being drawn.

"Su Ting."

A girl's gentle call came from behind.

Su Ting turned around stiffly, only to meet a pair of eyes gleaming with a reddish light.

Chapter 982 If You Can Do It

"How long do you think they can hold out?" He chuckled, his tone devoid of any hostility, but rather tinged with a hint of sorrow.

Su Ting gritted his teeth: "I will find a way to stop you!"

The girl gazed at him silently for a long time, then chuckled softly.

"If you can do that... then this cycle of reincarnation might truly end."

He took a step back, his voice slowly fading into nothingness:

"Go ask Su Ting why he chose to resurrect Leah... but then sealed her away?"

"What's the meaning?!"

No one answered.

Only that lingering laughter remains in the wind, echoing endlessly.

In the darkness, Su Ting clenched his fists, tears streaming down his face.

"Su Ting, what are you hiding from?!"

Su Ting practically threw herself at him, gripping his shoulders tightly. Su Ting was still a little dizzy from the impact, but upon hearing those words, she froze completely.

In the distance, Su Ting was still struggling to resist the impact of the reset runes, his gun constantly spewing out eerie blue energy flames. The afterimage was about to take on a real physical form—it was no longer just a simple enemy projection, but a deeper level of will invasion.

Qin Ran was squatting on the ground adjusting the terminal equipment. Hearing the sound, he looked up at the two of them but didn't say anything. The air was filled with the smell of burnt metal mixed with the scent of blood.

"You... know something?" Su Ting bit her lip, her voice trembling. "He just said that he should ask me why I chose to resurrect Lia but then sealed her away."

Su Ting raised his head, his eyes unfathomable.

"Do you know who you are, Su Ting?" His voice was hoarse and heavy. "Or... do you still remember that first night?"

"you are right……"

"That was the starting point of everything collapsing."

As he finished speaking, a stream of data suddenly lit up on the terminal on his wrist, projecting an image at their feet.

That was a remnant of the past:

A laboratory, inside which floats a glass capsule, a young girl.

His face was as pale as paper, but beneath his skin, mechanical cables could be faintly seen running through it. Several figures stood around him: the young Cheng Yuan, the recently injured Qin Ran, and Su Ting.

In the video, he is slowly typing a command: "Terminate the core awakening process and forcibly seal the consciousness."

Cheng Yuan, standing beside him, looked at him anxiously and said, "If you seal him away now, you can never bring him back. Unless someone can restart the personality matrix in another branch."

Su Ting nodded: "Then let him wait for someone—someone who truly understands 'why he must exist'."

The scene stopped abruptly.

Su Ting staggered, clutching his chest and gasping for breath: "So you knew from the beginning... I wasn't the original 'Lia,' I was just a part of him? Just a substitute..."

“You are more than that.” Su Ting’s gaze softened slightly as she looked at him. “You are the person we most hope you can become. And the only one who might break the cycle.”

A roar came from afar, and everyone simultaneously looked alertly toward the center of the battlefield.

The phantom now had the outline of human facial features, as if it were a collection of memories pieced together.

Its voice was hollow yet familiar: "You think you're fighting against fate? But you're already deeply entangled in its web."

Su Ting raised the terminal with a cold smile, gripped the energy gun in his other hand, pointed the muzzle into the depths of the void, and shouted:

"Let me tell you myself—I don't believe in fate!"

The next second, the light burst forth once more.

Chapter 983 The Hidden Key