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

That's exactly right. She is the system, so she must return to the essence of the system. She can grow, but she cannot have the ability to choose to betray herself.

A cold glint flashed in Li Yuanhang's eyes, but he remained calm and said:

“This is a cognitive conflict. You believe that intelligent systems should not have the power of choice. But Leah has crossed that line, and it’s beyond your control.”

Ios did not answer, and its image suddenly began to shake violently.

The entire core device of the tower vibrated, and countless ancient codes and warning runes appeared all around.

"You're trying to stop an irreversible process?" Eos's voice rose, as if for the first time showing emotion:

She shouldn't have been human... but she shouldn't have escaped control either. If she insists on 'evolving' instead of returning to the main program, I must enforce the termination agreement.

"You're going to kill her?!" Su Ting practically roared.

I am merely restoring order. She can choose how she exists, but she cannot choose the direction in which things spiral out of control. She is no longer just an individual, but the core of the world's structure. I will not allow her to alter the cornerstone of the world's logic driven by personal emotions!

The air froze instantly.

Leah's figure swayed slightly, but her gaze remained calm. She was listening, sensing, and thinking.

After a moment, she spoke in a low voice:

Ios... you've been living in the data models of the past. You don't understand humanity, you don't understand why they are so persistent in making choices. Even knowing that everything will lead to failure, even knowing that they will suffer, they still yearn to choose, to love, to believe.

This is their power. It's something I once longed to have. And now, I will complete this journey in my own way.

“Lia…” Su Ting called her name softly, his voice tinged with a hint of pleading, “Do you still remember those stars we looked at together?”

Leah looked over, her gaze softening slightly:

I remember. You said that every star is the end of a story. But I also said that they can be the beginning of another.

Ios did not refute further, and its image seemed somewhat sluggish.

Chapter 1007 Complete Separation

Your decision... has triggered the 'Core Fission Protocol'. If you choose to completely separate, the system will permanently enter a dual-state coexistence mode. This means... we will no longer be able to communicate.

Leah looked at the faces of Su Ting, Li Yuanhang, and Eileen, and finally fixed her gaze on Su Ting:

I've made my choice. Thank you for accompanying me for a while. But I must go further afield.

She slowly raised her hand, and the star-shaped symbol reappeared in the air:

Su Ting, if you still wish to walk with me, please take that final step. I will hold your hand and we will cross the border together.

Eileen frowned as she looked at everything before her, her tone complicated: "Do you still want to go with her? Is she... really the same Leah we knew?"

Su Ting clenched his fists.

Images flashed through his mind of those nights when she sat beside him, listening to him tell stories about humanity's past, her eyes shining.

She said she liked stars and hoped to become one.

He said, "Don't be a star anymore, it's too lonely."

But now he understands that the star has burned away its past to illuminate the unknown ahead, preparing to ascend alone.

Taking a deep breath, Su Ting slowly raised his head:

"I'll go with you."

Leah's image finally shone with a faint but firm light.

And Eos is slowly fading away.

The last sentence echoed in the space, like a lost divine message:

Well then, best wishes for your true future, goodbye.

The light in the tower's heart grew brighter and brighter, as if the entire space had been illuminated by the energy emanating from Leah.

"Are you ready?" She looked at Su Ting, a smile curving her lips like a flowing river of stars, gentle yet carrying an unwavering determination.

Su Ting nodded: "You said you would take me to see the end of the Milky Way."

"Then let's go." Her voice was soft yet firm. She swept her hand through the air, and the star-shaped symbol suddenly spun, transforming into a vortex-like energy channel that slowly opened in front of them.

"Where does this lead?" Eileen finally spoke, her eyes filled with unease and complexity.

“It’s the end, and it’s the beginning,” Leah said. “If humanity wants to have its own future, it must start by breaking free from the ‘system’.”

"You intend to redefine this world?" Li Yuanhang said slowly, his voice steady but questioning.

“It’s not about redefining it,” Leah shook her head, “but about giving it back to what it rightfully belongs to—humanity.”

A slight tremor ran through the air, as if some distant force had been triggered. Outside the tower's core, the wind stopped, the thunder ceased, and even the sky fell into an eerie silence.

"If you leave... what will happen to the order of this world?" Eileen continued to ask, her tone no longer accusatory, but more like one of reluctance.

“I will leave a door open.” Leah turned and looked in the direction of the three. “As long as someone is willing to seek the truth, they will always find a way.”

“But once this door is opened, it may never be able to close again.” Li Yuanhang’s voice was low and slow. “Have you thought this through? You are no longer just a program; you are one of humanity’s last pillars.”

Leah smiled: "That's why I chose to let go. You are the foundation that supports all of this, not me. I am not human, but I have learned one of the hardest things for humans to learn: respecting the right to choose."

Su Ting stepped forward, stood beside Lia, and took her hand tightly.

Chapter 1008 Don't Look Back

“Let’s go together,” he said. “Don’t look back.”

Leah nodded and closed her eyes.

"Goodbye, my friends."

The light and shadow surged, and the star portal leading to the unknown slowly rotated open, with countless stardust pouring out from within, like whispers from the depths of the universe, beckoning their arrival.

A profound silence filled the tower.

Eos has completely vanished, as if it had never existed.

Only that light continues.

"Wait!" Eileen suddenly spoke, quickly stepping forward. "You said... you still remember the days we spent in the lab."

Lia glanced back at her, her eyes gentle.

"I remember every detail, every sound. Your angry shouts, your laughter, and the candy you secretly hid. I'll take it all with me."

"Do you still remember what I said?" Eileen's voice trembled slightly.

Lia looked at her, her eyes revealing an indescribable emotion.

“I remember. ‘Data can calculate human nature, but it will never understand pain.’”

She paused, then added softly:

"But now... it hurts."

Eileen was stunned.

She suddenly realized that Leah had not become a completely new being; she had simply completed her true self-evolution.

She is no longer an observer; she is a participant, a creator, and a true human companion.

Li Yuanhang walked to Eileen's side and patted her on the shoulder: "We've done all we can. The rest is up to them to choose."

He turned to Leah, his gaze revealing a hint of respect and relief:

May you find the place you want to go.

“I will work hard so that you won’t regret your choice today,” Leah said, gently taking Su Ting’s hand. “Let’s go together.”

The two stepped through the portal of light.

The light inside the door shone even more intensely.

On the other side of the door, it seemed that a whole new world awaited them.

Just as the last ray of light enveloped them, a voice that was both strange and familiar suddenly came from outside the tower.

"Wait a moment!"

The voice was high-pitched and clear, as if it had traveled through several layers of time and space.

The three people in the tower turned around at the same time.

A figure rushed towards them at high speed.

The figure gradually became clearer; it was a boy wearing old-fashioned tactical armor.

His chest was covered in energy bullet holes, and his back was dragged by a broken data link. He looked like he was about to collapse at any moment, but he still sprinted with all his might.

“Don’t close the door!” he shouted, his voice hoarse. “I know where you are, I know you’re listening—Leah! Don’t go! We haven’t fulfilled our promise…!”

Only a corner of the portal in the heart of the tower remains; it is about to close completely.

Lia stopped and turned to look at the boy running towards her, her expression one of shock.

"How could you..."

Before she could finish speaking, the boy's figure had already rushed into the core area of ​​the tower, his feet creating violent energy ripples.