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

"I have no intention of forgiving anyone, including yourself."

This sentence seemed to lower the temperature in the entire arena by one degree.

From the direction of the audience seats, the wind blew silently through the gaps between the broken stone pillars, as if sighing.

Standing at the edge of the altar, An Ran's gaze was fixed on the two figures locked in battle, her fingers unconsciously rubbing the hem of her clothes. It was the first time her brother had displayed a willpower completely different from the past—a demeanor that no longer ran away.

"Brother... have you finally figured it out this time?"

She didn't say anything, but simply watched the sudden outbreak of the duel in the arena.

The fists rained down like a storm, each punch from Su Ran leaving cracks in the air. He was not a fighter in the human sense, but a conceptual enemy built purely from data; every move he made carried the echoes of memories and the impact of emotions.

boom! ! !

A direct hit shattered the ground, and the inscription array on the central circular altar burst forth with a pale purple light.

Ji Yan squinted at the changing light effects: "These symbols... are reading the emotional data of both sides and providing real-time feedback! They are not simply competing in martial arts."

Lin Su snorted coldly and stood up. "In other words, this trial is not only a contest of strength, but also a battle of wits."

Chu Mo leaned against a pillar, a smile that always made people angry, but this time his eyes held a rare seriousness.

"So the real key to victory lies in... who can control their own emotions, instead of being consumed by past emotions."

"This game is fucking torture," Lin Su sighed.

On the field, Su Ting and Su Ran's figures briefly clashed in mid-air before they both staggered backward, leaving a deep mark on the ground.

“It seems you still remember a little bit,” Su Ran said in a low voice. “But what does that remaining memory amount to? Can you recall their faces? Their names? How did they die in the experimental chamber? You don’t even want to watch the surveillance footage.”

“I…” Su Ting’s chest heaved violently, and his fingertips trembled slightly.

The boy's blurry figure reappeared, his face streaked with tears, pointing at the laboratory door and screaming, "You said you'd let me out! You clearly said that!"

The image fades.

He gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot. "I know I've made mistakes."

"But I never ran away."

“You are not me.” Su Ting suddenly looked up. “You are just a copy, a sealed-off remnant of data. You think you are the real me, but in reality you are just a projection of that cowardly past me.”

"shut up."

Su Ran's voice showed fluctuation for the first time.

The data cable in the air twisted violently, and dozens of children's faces appeared around him, each with a sorrowful expression.

The lingering resentment of the souls of those children who were used in experiments.

"Do you think you deserve redemption?" he asked, enunciating each word clearly.

"Not worthy."

Su Ting's answer was crisp and decisive.

The crowd was taken aback.

Su Ran was also taken aback.

"Then what makes you think you can save her?!" he roared.

"Just because you don't deserve it?"

"Because I have already failed! So now I will take back everything!" Su Ting took a step forward, and the inscription array beneath his feet suddenly lit up with a dazzling light.

Chapter 1037 Bring that person back

I don't expect anyone to forgive me.

"All I need to do is bring that person back."

He raised his hand, and blazing white energy began to surge in his palm—a power that had never been seen by anyone before.

"This aura—it's the feedback effect of the cognitive reconstruction system!" the woman exclaimed in shock. "He's burning his own consciousness to resonate... This will get out of control!"

"That's better than doing nothing," Chu Mo murmured.

Just as everyone was affected by this abnormal fluctuation, Su Ran suddenly stopped attacking and stared intently at Su Ting's forehead.

"Do you really think... you're dreaming?" he said in a low voice.

“Of course,” Su Ting sneered, “Dreams are the freest.”

As soon as he finished speaking, his fist slammed out—a flash of light that tore through the air ripped through space.

boom--! !

Two extremely opposing wills collided, stirring up a monstrous current of energy. The entire inscription matrix of the altar was completely detonated, transforming into waves of energy that spread outwards.

The audience members all took a few steps back.

Ji Yan caught Xiao You, who almost fell, his eyes fixed on the chaotic core of the battlefield:

"This has gone beyond the originally planned scope of the duel."

Lin Su smiled coldly: "Perhaps this is the result that 'Judge 01' wanted."

"It never needs an outcome; it just needs... us to break down once."

At this moment, the dust in the arena slowly dissipated, and Su Ting stood in place, his clothes almost torn to shreds, and his face covered with burn marks.

Opposite her, Su Ran knelt on the ground, her body becoming unstable as if in a phantom.

He struggled to lift his head, a strange glint in his eyes:

"If... this is the end, then I want you to know—"

His tone was no longer cold and indifferent, but rather one of near-desperate sorrow:

"What we longed for was not escape."

"It is... the meaning of life."

Before he could finish speaking, his body exploded into countless tiny specks of light, which flew through the air for a moment before disappearing without a trace.

The next second, the giant eye's light reappeared in the air, and the voice rang out once more:

[Verified by Judge 01: Su Ting has passed the Destiny Re-core Test and initiated the path to the fourth layer of consciousness reconstruction]

[Enter: The Abyss of Returning Hearts]

Suddenly, a very familiar yet long-lost voice rang in everyone's ears—

"Brother...is that you? Are you outside?"

Everyone's expression changed.

Especially Xiao You, who was standing in the corner of the ruins.

She covered her mouth, almost unable to believe her ears.

That's her voice...

No, that's not her voice, it's...

"Sister...Sister!" she cried out in a choked voice.

From somewhere deep within the tower, a distant and gentle response faintly echoed back:

"I've been waiting for you."

The arena began to collapse, everything around it quickly twisted and deformed, and everyone was once again dragged into a new, unknown realm.

As they fell, Su Ting seized the opportunity to turn and look at his sister.

“Remember what I just said.” He gave a determined smile. “Even if this is a dream, I will not let anyone hurt you.”

The girl nodded slightly, a hint of tenderness in her eyes.

But amidst the chaos, another voice abruptly broke into their conversation:

"Pity."

"If this is a dream, then you probably... will never wake up."

The speaker, cloaked in gray, was hidden in the shadows and quietly observing what was happening.

The gray-robed figure slowly emerged from the void rift, his voice low and hoarse yet possessing a strange allure.

Chapter 1038 The Most Vulnerable Thing

“Dreams are the most fragile things,” he said, raising his hand to gently stroke the silver thread embroidery on the edge of his cloak as he walked. “But… what if these dreams could influence reality?”

Everyone tensed up, and Ji Yan instinctively shielded Xiao You, staring intently at the newcomer.

"Who are you?" she asked in a deep voice.

The gray-robed man chuckled softly, not answering immediately, but instead raising his head to reveal a blurry half of his face—the other side seemed to be permanently obscured by some force, with only bottomless black mist swirling in his eyes.

“You have crossed the ‘boundary’.”

As he said this, the entire space began to collapse, as if an invisible hand was slowly tearing open a canvas. Behind the crack was no longer the familiar ruins and sky, but a deep purple, liquid-like curtain of light, rolling and roaring, seemingly containing some kind of existence that had not yet awakened.