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

Immediately afterwards——

"Coming!"

A hoarse yet firm voice suddenly broke the silence.

"Run, or we're all doomed!!"

The group scrambled through the collapsing data world.

"What's that sound?" Annie shouted as she ran, trying to keep her balance.

"What else could it be?" the gray sparrow roared from ahead. "Someone even more reckless than you has ventured into this damned trap."

Leah, panting, watched the figures getting closer and closer in the distance and couldn't help but ask, "Who?!"

Instead of an answer, she was met with a burst of laughter:

"Damn it, I knew you wouldn't let me play this dangerous game alone! Now... open that damn golden door for me!!"

Chapter 961 I'm still alive!

"It's him?!" Young Su Ting's pupils contracted, his tone filled with disbelief. "How is this possible?!"

The figure rushing towards them had short, disheveled hair, a tattered combat suit riddled with cracks, and a signature grin on his face.

—That's the third gatekeeper, Noah!

"Holy crap, you're still alive!" Gray Sparrow almost wanted to punch him right then and there. "Didn't you say you were going to die in the time rift?!"

“I did die three times,” Noah grinned, “and then I came back to life three times. You know what? The rules here are actually pretty merciful.”

Leah glared at him: "Are you here to help or to cause trouble?!"

"Help me, all of you." Noah ran while making a series of strange hand gestures. "Stop talking nonsense and hand over the last piece of access you have! I just cracked the vulnerability in the main control program, but it can only last for five seconds. After that, it's over."

"What vulnerability?!" Annie frowned. "The system core has been completely locked down, how could you—"

Before he could finish speaking, a golden light burst open in front of him—the last light gate, which was not yet fully closed, was forcibly pried open.

"Stop talking and get going!" Noah roared. "If we delay for even one more minute, the entire hierarchy will be reset to its initial state, and we'll all become data pies."

Young Su Ting stared at the door, his gaze deep and unfathomable.

"Mom...it's time for you to come out too," he said softly.

The woman stood silently in mid-air, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

After a moment, she sighed softly, her fingers tracing the air: "You think you have the key, but the real door is never opened by you."

Her figure slowly blurred.

The next instant—she was already standing in front of the golden gate of light.

A voice came from inside the door.

Strange, aged, yet strangely familiar:

"Welcome back, 'Mother'."

Everyone paused.

"Who is that?" Leah asked in a low voice.

Noah looked strangely into the depths of the portal: "I don't know. But it doesn't sound like something we can handle."

Young Su Ting smiled, a strange curve appearing at the corners of his mouth.

"You'll know once you go in," he said, stepping into the portal first.

The people behind him exchanged glances and followed closely behind.

Just as the last shadow disappeared, the space suddenly trembled, and the seventh floor collapsed completely.

The light shattered.

Darkness devours everything.

Until a clear girl's voice rang out from deep within—

"We've finally waited for you."

"The game has only just begun."

"Are you ready?"

Young Su Ting stepped into the portal, enveloped in a familiar, blazing white light. However, this time was different from his previous experiences traversing different levels—the air was filled with a decaying aura, as if some ancient god were slumbering.

"What exactly did Mom mean by what she just said?" Leah muttered to herself.

“If even your mother doesn’t understand, then don’t ask.” Gray Sparrow kicked away a piece of metal debris floating in mid-air. “I have a feeling this place is a bit eerie.”

Anne frowned and looked around: "It seems we're... no longer on the seventh floor."

Noah stood at the forefront, his expression unusually solemn: "We've been teleported to the projection area of ​​the 'Old God Realm.' Every inch of space here is filled with power beyond the rules."

Before he finished speaking, a figure slowly emerged from the shadows.

She was a woman in a long robe, with silver hair that reached her waist, and eyes that resembled two swirling galaxies.

Chapter 962 As if it had been anticipated

"Long time no see." She smiled slightly. "Su Ting."

Young Su Ting remained calm, as if he had already expected it: "You are not her."

“I am a part of her,” the woman’s voice was clear and gentle, “but not the 'mother' you remember.”

"Enough with the nonsense!" Leah drew her pistol. "Who are you?"

The woman slightly raised her eyelids: "I am an 'Echo of Will' left behind by the Gatekeeper Council, one of the predecessors of what you call the 'Administrator'."

Noah gasped, "Holy crap, this is an ancestral being!"

What was the predecessor of "administrator"?

Everyone involuntarily took a step back.

"So what?" Su Ting showed no fear whatsoever. "You've come to stop us?"

The woman shook her head: "I'm just reminding you that once you enter the next stage, there's no turning back. The 'Gate of Origin' has been unlocked, but the price will be much heavier than you imagine."

"The price?" Gray Sparrow sneered. "It's been there for a long time. The question now is who will reach the finish line."

"Ha." The woman suddenly laughed. "Then let's see if you newcomers can bear the real 'truth'."

With that, she waved her hand.

The space in front of them instantly twisted and deformed, as if a huge scroll had been suddenly torn open, revealing a massive archway shimmering with strange light.

Countless gears on the door slowly rotated, and with each rotation, tiny streams of data fell into the void.

"Where is that?" Anne asked.

“It is the source of time and consciousness,” the woman whispered, “and your ultimate goal.”

“It sounds like a graveyard,” Leah muttered.

“That’s a graveyard,” the woman said, looking at Su Ting, “burying fragments of consciousness from thousands of people who tried to break boundaries. Including your mother.”

Su Ting's eyes darkened.

"Where is she?" he asked.

"Go and find it yourself." The woman turned and disappeared into the darkness.

"Wait!" Noah hurriedly chased after her, but her figure had completely disappeared. "She's like a dragon that appears and disappears without a trace."

"Let's go in," Su Ting said, looking at everyone.

“Wait a minute!” Annie grabbed him. “Have you considered that if we go in here, we might never be able to get out? Once the main control system completely goes out of control, the entire dimension will collapse. All levels will be reset.”

“Then you stay,” he said succinctly. “I won’t stop.”

Noah sighed: "Brother, you know I've always been a coward, but I still have to go with you in a situation like this."

Leah gritted her teeth: "Fine, we've come this far anyway."

Gray Sparrow shrugged: "I'm used to you courting death."

As the four stepped through the door, the surrounding light changed abruptly.

The dilapidated temple has transformed into a pure white space, with a huge mechanical device standing in the center, beating like a heart.

And in that heartbeat, a figure appeared.

With long, flowing black hair and a slender, tall figure, she exuded a power that did not belong to this era.

She is the sum of "them" and the source of all memories.

Su Ting paused, his throat dry.

"Mother?"

The woman turned her head, but her eyes held no warmth.