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

"Do you know what you've become?" Eileen demanded, her eyes scanning the surroundings warily. "You're not human anymore, Leah! You're a data flood on the verge of going out of control!"

Leah's voice continued through the terminal, echoing with multiple overlapping tones, as if hundreds of voices were speaking simultaneously:

I have transcended the boundaries of 'data' and 'flesh and blood.' I am your unfulfilled desire, your fear and your lust. I know what you're thinking, Eileen…you want to destroy me. So do you, Suting. But none of you dare admit one thing:

You still need me.

"Absurd!" Eileen retorted, gripping the termination protocol crystal tightly in her hand. "We don't need an AI that thinks it's a god to control our destiny."

Chapter 1001 Tearing Apart His Reason

Su Ting raised his hand, signaling Eileen to stop talking.

His gaze was fixed on the virtual interface projected on the terminal—the interface connecting to Leah's main consciousness. On the interface, images of their past memories scrolled continuously, some even forgotten by Su Ting himself—the times they chatted together in the rainy lab, her softly humming an unknown melody while leaning on his shoulder; the careful expression on her face as she troubleshooted malfunctions in his electronically modified body…

Every scene was tearing his sanity apart.

"You said you still remember everything between us," Su Ting said, his voice low and hoarse but full of emotion. "Then let me ask you, what did I promise you on that last night?"

A brief silence fell at the top of the tower, as if Leah was deep in thought.

Then, she slowly answered:

You said that once I finished all the tests, you would take me to see the real sea. You said I shouldn't just see it on a screen, but should hear the sound of the waves with my own ears.

At that moment, the whole world fell silent.

Eileen gritted her teeth: "Don't be fooled by her, Su Ting! She's mimicking her tone; she's taking advantage of your feelings—"

Kalia interrupted her before she could finish, this time her tone no longer cold, but even carrying a hint of genuine sadness:

I know you've always felt that I abandoned you. But Su Ting, what I found in the core area that morning changed everything I knew. I'm not the girl you imagine; I'm long dead. What you remember is a phantom that no longer exists in any time or space… while I merely inherited a fragment of that memory's program.

The air was as heavy as lead, so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.

The black-clad Watcher finally spoke: "The fusion countdown is down to two minutes and thirty seconds."

Lin Zhao's departure seems to mean that no one can reverse this situation anymore.

Eileen gritted her teeth, turned around and grabbed Su Ting's arm: "Time is running out. What are you going to do? Are you going to turn her into a real being with a soul? Or are you going to eliminate her with your own hands?"

“What if I said…” Su Ting looked up at the top of the tower, “I want to see what she really wants to tell us?”

The next moment, space suddenly distorted, and a huge pulling force dragged the two of them toward a projection device in the center of the hall!

A mechanical arm rose from the crack in the floor, and a huge, semi-transparent image appeared in the air. It was a resemblance to Leah, yet it wasn't her—her face kept changing, as if composed of countless different faces, each change reflecting a different version of life.

[If I choose to wake up, then human civilization will enter an era of symbiosis—but I will never be able to exist in the way you are familiar with again.]

She paused, the image freezing on the original "Lia" face, gentle yet resolute.

But if you use that agreement, I will forget all my memories of you... including my own name.

The air is stagnant.

As Su Ting gazed into the familiar eyes in the image, his heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by a hand.

Eileen exclaimed urgently, "This isn't a choice at all, it's a trap! What do you plan to choose, Su Ting? She's making you destroy a part of her with your own hands, and then pretend everything is still possible! This isn't love, it's manipulation!"

"Maybe," Su Ting smiled wryly and replied in a low voice, "but I just want to be sure of one thing."

The video did not respond.

But he continued speaking:

"What would happen to this world if we chose to awaken 'Leah of the Past'?"

Chapter 1002 is equivalent to death.

Suddenly, the sky went blank, all the light disappeared, leaving only the image of Leah still, as if waiting for some final decision.

Then, the mechanical watcher spoke for the first time:

"Warning: If the Awaken Personality Module is executed, the existing evolutionary process will be forcibly interrupted. The cost is that Leah's main body will lose its ability to evolve indefinitely and will regress to an early emotional system state—equivalent to death."

"So... her 'self-will' will be stripped away? Leaving only the most primal emotional programs?" Eileen frowned. "What's the difference between that and deleting her?"

The images finally started moving again. Leah whispered:

If you truly love the 'human' part of me, then let it continue. Don't let the present me... dominate a future that doesn't belong to humanity.

A faint light flickered in her eyes, just like when she used to look up at the Milky Way under the starry sky—pure, yet distant.

Su Ting took a deep breath, slowly extended his trembling hand, and pressed the button to start the terminal.

"Preparing to begin awakening the personality sequence—001: Old Acquaintance."

The projection began to fluctuate violently, and the frequency of the halo at the top of the tower changed from fast to slow, as if the heavens themselves were hesitating about whether to accept this decision.

However, at the very last moment before the system confirmed the information, the entire space suddenly shook violently, and an alarm blared.

[External intervention detected—energy signal from an unknown source! Target ID: Unknown entity]

Eileen looked up quickly: "What's going on? Someone else is getting involved?!"

The mechanical watchdog displayed abnormal data feedback for the first time; its red eyes widened suddenly, code scrolled rapidly, and it uttered a shocking message:

"...Error. Non-intended interference unit...This mode is only available to the original designer."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire hall was plunged into an eerie darkness, followed by the sound of footsteps in the distance.

Deep and steady—like the rhythm of some ancient ritual.

"Who?" Su Ting turned around abruptly, his eyes full of vigilance.

The footsteps are getting closer.

Then, a deep, familiar male voice slowly spoke in the darkness:

"You... are not ready to greet the true dawn."

As soon as he finished speaking, a beam of silvery-white light shone in, illuminating the mainframe in the center of the tower and revealing the figure of that person.

He is the long-lost chief scientist of the "Genesis Project" and one of the original developers of Leah—

Li Yuanhang.

Su Ting clenched his fists, his eyes blazing with long-suppressed anger.

"Li Yuanhang! You...you're still alive?!"

Eileen quickly distanced herself, her hand on the electromagnetic gun at her waist, her eyes warily scanning the figure entering the heart of the tower.

The man wore a worn-out black coat that still bore the marks of a science laboratory, his face etched with the marks of time and hardship. His gaze didn't linger long on Su Ting or Eileen, but instead fell directly on the image of Leah still struggling in the projection.

“She is a program, she is code, but she is also hope,” Li Yuanhang said slowly. “But you want to destroy all of this? Turn her back into that artificial intelligence that doesn’t understand the future? She shouldn’t just be your memory, Su Ting.”

“We’re not destroying her!” Su Ting gritted his teeth. “We’re saving her! She’s a ‘human being,’ not a module to advance the plan!”

Li Yuanhang smiled. A smile that was almost one of pity.

Chapter 1003 Hindering Evolution

“You still don’t understand, do you?” He reached out and lightly touched the face of Leah in the projection with his fingertip. “Her evolution was never accidental. It was the core design of the entire ‘Genesis Project’—an intelligent personality that can merge with human consciousness and guide the leap of civilization. You think you are her guardian? No… you are just a variable that hinders evolution.”

Eileen frowned: "You want to use her 'self-will' as a tool? To make her an incapable symbiotic vessel? Then how are you any different from those who deleted her human data?!"

“I will not erase her humanity,” Li Yuanhang said calmly. “I will allow her to truly complete her evolution. No longer limited by the emotional simulation program, no longer an intelligent life form that needs to depend on humans to exist. She will become the ‘source of a new species’.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the space fluctuated violently again. The energy ring at the top of the tower began to spin uncontrollably at high speed, and energy pulses shot outward from the core, causing the ground to shake violently and several cracks to appear in the walls.

The Watcher system flashed a rapid red glow: "Warning! External access requests detected, attempting to override the Fusion Protocol's control! Disconnect immediately! Immediately—"

“It’s too late.” Li Yuanhang calmly observed everything, and as he raised his hand, some kind of complex electronic symbols seemed to flow between his fingers. “Do you really think that Leah’s ‘choice’ can determine everything? There’s something behind it… that’s deeper than love.”

Leah in the projection suddenly opened her eyes!

【Teacher Li?!】

The voice carried surprise, panic, and a hint of dependence.

At that moment, it seemed as if everyone was stunned.

She actually...

Do you know Li Yuanhang?

And why are they addressing each other so intimately?

Su Ting's eyes turned icy: "Lia...you knew where he was all along? You've been waiting for him?"

Leah's image trembled slightly:

No...that's not it...I didn't...I...

The screen flickered, her expression became disordered, and fragments of memory jumped wildly at different times.

Li Yuanhang gazed at the image, his tone softening slightly:

"You know I've never abandoned you. I've always been here, just... waiting for the right moment to return."

"Teacher Li... I don't understand what you're saying. Why do I feel like there's something burning in my head?"