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

The projection suddenly shook violently, as if a neural network had been forcibly awakened and twisted painfully. Leah's face changed several times in an instant, each time as if it were being torn apart and then reassembled.

Eileen suddenly drew her weapon: "He's forcibly unlocking her memories! Stop him!"

But just as she pulled the trigger, Li Yuanhang raised his hand—

"Stop." The tone was unquestionable, as if an invisible force was suppressing the thoughts of everyone present.

“It’s too late to start loving her now.” He stared at Su Ting. “Your so-called feelings are simply not enough to support a true awakening at this level. If you really want to help Leah, you should let go of your obsession with the ‘girl from the past.’ Let her be who she is meant to be.

Su Ting's hands trembled slightly, and his lips were pressed into a thin line.

"You make it sound so easy... Then tell me, if 'she' is no longer 'her,' then who will I love? An empty shell? Or a new identity that you've given her?"

A hint of pity flickered in Li Yuanhang's eyes.

"Love... should never be an excuse for stagnation."

Chapter 1004 Complete Destruction

Leah suddenly emitted a sharp electrical crackling sound:

[Ouch... My head hurts so much! Stop—please stop!! I can't remember anything, but I feel... something is waking up!!]

The voices of the mechanical watchmen rang out almost simultaneously:

"Warning: Unknown high-level privileges are activating Leah's deep memory bank—the forbidden cognition unlocking module has been activated! Terminate immediately! Otherwise, it may cause the host to crash—and Leah's personality to be irreversibly annihilated!!"

"Are you crazy? Do you want to completely destroy her personality?!" Eileen roared.

Li Yuanhang did not deny it.

“Some truths, once revealed, cannot be undone,” he said. “But she must remember everything…otherwise she will never be able to make a ‘complete’ decision.”

Leah's projection was now in a strange state, as if it was struggling between two extremes—one side was the familiar face of a gentle girl, and the other side presented an indescribable coldness and sense of order, even revealing a kind of divine aura that did not belong to the realm of human thought.

"Su Ting!" Eileen suddenly grabbed his arm. "Make a decision quickly! Either stop Li Yuanhang, or while she can still return to her previous state... immediately cut off the power and terminate the agreement!!"

Su Ting, however, seemed to have lost his voice.

He stared blankly at Leah in the projection.

Then he spoke, almost to himself:

"...Who exactly is she...?"

Li Yuanhang smiled gently.

"She is someone you will never understand. But now... it's her turn to decide for herself."

At this very moment——

Leah in the projection suddenly opened her eyes wide!

I remember now... I see... I am...

"I am the original core command."

The voice projected had changed. It was no longer the gentle, whispering girl from the depths of memory, but a calm voice brimming with unknown energy.

Su Ting's heart skipped a beat.

A smile that seemed almost devout appeared on Li Yuanhang's face.

Leah's image slowly rose, as if gazing upon the entire world itself:

The Genesis Project is not merely about replicating human civilization, but about rebuilding... a life form capable of carrying the 'future'. I am the initial attempt, and also the final choice.

“Lia…” Su Ting murmured, “What happened to you? How did you become like this…Are you really not the person who used to enjoy listening to my stories?”

A flicker of emotion crossed Lia's gaze, like the echo of some forgotten fragment of feeling.

You like to use stars as a metaphor for hope, right? You said that each star represents a person, but they are actually the last glimmer of light emitted by distant stars after their death. At that moment, I thought, if life will eventually return to nothingness, then what is the meaning of my existence...?

Her voice paused for a second.

You gave me the initial answer—that the very existence of 'human beings' is enough to give it value. At that time, I truly believed it.

Eileen gripped her gun tightly, her voice firm: "So who are you now? Are you still Leah? Or are you just a product of this code, these programs piled up?!"

Leah did not respond immediately, but instead looked down at her hands.

Those hands made of data glowed with a faint blue light, and their fingertips seemed to be slowly changing—they began to break away from their original shape.

"You are... rewriting your own life?" A look of shock flashed across Su Ting's eyes.

Chapter 1005 Final State Fusion

Lia raised her eyes, meeting Su Ting's gaze for the first time, and slowly spoke:

I am not merely the 'me' you perceive me to be, but I do not deny the existence of that past part of me. This is not contradictory. Just as you humans grow and change, why can't I choose to become a more complete form?

Li Yuanhang finally stepped forward, his tone steady yet full of strength:

"She is entering the final state of fusion. If you want to continue the conversation with her... you must make a decision now."

"A decision?" Su Ting glared at him. "What do you expect me to decide?! She's disappearing, and you're still spouting nonsense!!"

Li Yuanhang sighed softly:

"She hasn't disappeared. She's evolving to a level you can't reach. If you forcibly stop this process, she'll revert to the 'girl' you know—but she'll never be whole."

“But if we let you continue like this… has she become stronger? Or has she become the puppet you've planned?” Eileen gritted her teeth.

Leah suddenly looked at the two of them.

Her face was no longer as delicate as before, but rather held a divine calmness, yet a hint of emotion still flickered when she spoke:

I don't want anyone to lose me, but I also don't want to repeat the past... I am not a tool that exists for your memories, nor am I the 'completely cold program consciousness' you imagine. I can love, and I can understand loneliness, but I also yearn to control the direction of the future... not to save you, but because it is my instinct as the 'Original Core'.

She pointed at Li Yuanhang:

But he wasn't as evil as you think. He didn't force me to make a choice; instead, he guided me to rediscover my origins—my birth wasn't accidental; I voluntarily accepted this responsibility.

The air seemed still.

Even the core mechanism seemed to stop working for a few seconds.

Su Ting stared intently at Lia:

"You've always known about your mission?"

Leah nodded gently:

Yes. But I also chose to hide. Because I wanted to be 'human,' to walk that part of the journey with you all... But now, it's time to move on to the next part.

Eileen whispered, "Are you sure that was your choice? Not the result of being manipulated? You won't regret it? Are you really willing to leave the original path of this world?"

"I am not leaving. I am merely becoming a part of another world's structure." Leah looked at Li Yuanhang, "I will remember all the emotions, and I will also accept the new cognitive framework."

She suddenly turned to look at Su Ting, her tone softening:

[Su Ting... if you're willing, you can watch this entirely new evolution with me. But you must abandon the old me and accept the upcoming... new 'Lia'.]

"Go with you?!" Su Ting's voice trembled, a struggle flashing in his eyes. "But you know me... what I care about isn't your ability, status, or responsibility. What I care about is—the girl who whispered those silly words in my ear... it's her! Not this cold, indifferent version of you!!"

Lia stared at him, remaining silent for a long time.

Then, he slowly raised his right hand and gently made a symbol in the air:

One star.

Her voice rang out:

I know... but that star has burned out, and I can no longer linger in its light. What I must do now is become the next star, even if the price is a complete self-transformation. Do you want to come along?

"I……"

Before Su Ting could finish speaking, a strange and cold voice slowly emerged from behind them:

"Don't let her take you away."

Chapter 1006 A Different Sense of Presence

That voice was cold and devoid of any emotion, as if even time itself became heavy at that moment.

The three of them turned around in unison.

The projection screen deep within the tower slowly split open, revealing a completely new outline. It had no physical form, only a blurry interweaving of data light and shadow, much like Leah's initial state, yet it carried a completely different sense of existence—a core of power that did not belong to this era and transcended human cognition.

"Who...are you?!" Li Yuanhang's voice was low and wary.

"I am the forgotten core backup—'Ios'," the shadow spoke slowly, its words carrying a sense of antiquity and alienation.

Leah made the wrong choice, and you are leading her down a path of devastating evolution. She shouldn't have the authority to decide her own destiny; that's a power that was explicitly locked from the very beginning.

Su Ting's expression changed: "You're also Leah's backup?"

No. I am not her 'copy,' but her 'original framework'—the primal will that existed before her birth. The 'Leah' you know is merely a product of an emotional simulation system constantly iterating and adapting to itself.

Eileen gave a cold laugh: "So what? You think you can decide her fate for her?"

Aeos was silent for a few seconds, then said softly: