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

He paused, his eyes darkening slightly: "But what I fear more is not that she's lying to us, but that we're all... fighting each other inside."

Everyone paused upon hearing this.

"You're making it sound like you're really planning to betray us," Xiaoyou said, glaring at him.

Ji Yan shrugged. "I'm just stating the facts. After all, it's not like no one has done this before."

Chu Mo glanced at his companions, his gaze settling on Su Ting: "You know what you have to do."

Su Ting nodded. "If the person inside the door is the real 'her,' then I should be the first to see her."

After he finished speaking, he took a step and walked through the gate.

The crowd followed closely behind.

The space inside the door was like a void.

There is no horizon, no sky. Everyone's shadows float and scatter haphazardly at your feet, yet they intertwine like a nightmare's reflection.

Seven glowing pillars floated in front of them, each bearing its own face.

In the center, a humanoid figure encased in crystal floated silently. It was another "Shen Zhixue," almost identical to the previous virtual projection.

But she opened her eyes.

In an instant, everyone heard whispers:

"I am your origin and your destination."

"Don't listen!" An Ran shouted, "This is a psychological erosion mechanism! She's simulating our fear and guilt!!"

"Then how do you think we can stop it?" Lin Su asked, cautiously dodging an energy ripple.

"The key to breaking the deadlock lies in her words themselves," Ji Yan said quickly. "She referred to us as the path we came from and the destination we are heading... This shows that the essence of this test is not to get through it, but to understand the choices we made in the past, accept them, and then move on."

"It's easier said than done!" Xiao You gritted her teeth, her hands forming a talisman to resist the invading illusion. "But who can truly let go of some things?"

As she spoke, an old photograph suddenly appeared at her feet. The photograph showed a little girl in a white dress with an innocent smile.

"Wasn't that your childhood?" Ji Yan frowned.

Xiao You's eyes flickered with panic. "How did you know? I never said that."

“Because I’m also looking at my own memories…we’ve all fallen into her mental field,” Chu Mo said in a low voice. “There are no external attacks here, only the shadows of your own past devouring you.”

"Do you really deserve to be forgiven?" Shen Zhixue's voice rang out.

At the same time, the image inside the crystal gently raised its hand, condensing into a transparent mirror above everyone's head.

In the mirror...

Some people saw their long-lost relatives whom they had forgotten.

Some people also face the choice of betrayal they once made.

Some people are even silently questioning: Why couldn't you save him/her?

Su Ting took a deep breath and reached out to touch the mirror.

He saw that day.

Amidst the dust-swept ruins of the old city, a young Shen Zhixue smiled as she fell before him. That bullet should have hit him.

Why did you die in my place...?

His throat tightened.

The person in the mirror responded softly: "Because I know better than anyone that you will continue to pursue the truth."

He suddenly closed his eyes.

Tears fell.

“This time,” he opened his eyes, “I will personally end all of this for you.”

When he looked at the crystal-encased Shen Zhixue again, she smiled slightly: "Then tell me, are you ready to bear the ultimate truth?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Finally, Ji Yan was the first to step forward, facing the crystal coffin directly: "We're not here to hear the answer. We want to see it for ourselves."

Chapter 1057 The Writing of Destiny is Complete

Shen Zhixue's eyelashes trembled slightly, and the crystal slowly cracked.

A stream of silver light swirled and condensed before them, eventually taking the shape of a key.

“Open it,” she said. “The price has already been written by fate.”

An Ran reached out first and grabbed the key: "Who will help me lock up this memory?"

"I come."

"Count me in."

Everyone reached out their hands and placed them on top of the key.

A faint ripple appeared in the air, enveloped in light.

At this very moment—

A sharp, piercing scream came from afar.

"Get out—you shouldn't be here!"

Everyone was shocked at the same time.

And that door, which had been open all along... was slowly closing!

For the first time, a hint of panic appeared on Shen Zhixue's face.

Her lips slowly parted: "She... came out?"

Outside the door, a woman's figure gradually appeared, her eyes were extremely cold, and her face was expressionless.

Just one sentence—

"This time, I will make you remember—I am not a tool, I am not a program, I am a living human being."

The door slammed shut.

There was silence.

After a while——

Chu Mo suddenly spoke:

Do you... know her?

Chu Mo's voice seemed to tear through an invisible barrier, and the expressions on everyone's faces varied.

“It’s not ‘her’…it’s another being.” Shen Zhixue’s voice trembled slightly. “Her memories were locked away for too long…until I awakened the truth.”

"What do you mean?" An Ran turned around abruptly. "Is there anything else you haven't said?"

Lin Su was already standing by the door, his brows furrowed. "That fluctuation... it's not just a simple remnant of consciousness. It's some kind of variable we've overlooked."

Xiaoyou took a step back, her face pale: "She said she wasn't a program... but I remember the mission manual clearly stated that only seven people in the entire plan possessed independent personality modules."

The air seemed to freeze again.

Ji Yan, who had been silent the longest, finally spoke: "In other words, what we are seeing now may just be the prelude."

Su Ting stared into Shen Zhixue's eyes. "You knew all along, didn't you? There's another 'person' hidden in this project."

Shen Zhixue lowered her eyes, "She was the core of my initial design... and the first being to gain 'self'."

She slowly raised her hand, pointing to the door that had just closed:

"But she is not the enemy you imagine. She is our sister."

The ground suddenly shook as soon as he finished speaking.

The silver key vibrated and hummed in everyone's palms, and the streams of light began to flow back—

An image that did not belong to them suddenly unfolded in their consciousness.

A young girl was huddled in the corner of a huge mechanical cabin, her face streaked with tears.

She murmured to herself, "I just want to live... Why do I have to be a backup system... Why am I not seen..."

The next second—

The crystal coffin suddenly burst open, cracking into countless pieces!

Shen Zhixue bent over in agony, covering her forehead with her hands, "She's using her willpower to erode my very structure!!"

"Hold on!" Chu Mo tried to get closer, but was pushed back several steps by a reverse energy. "What's going on? Are you the protagonist, or is she?!"

"I...I don't know."

Shen Zhixue raised her head, a hint of confusion appearing in her eyes. "I always thought I was the final answer... but now it seems that I... am just a disguised shadow."

She looked at Su Ting, "You said you would personally end all of this for me. Then could you... tell me your real name? Not just the identity given to me by the system code, but the self that once laughed and cried?"

"Your name... Su Ting."