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

Chapter 1105 The Complete System

The girl's expression suddenly calmed down, a complex look flashing across her eyes:

“Do you know, Ji Yan, that we were once a complete system? Everyone’s heartbeat, thoughts, emotions… were all connected, forming a test that never ended. You thought you were human? But in reality… you were just fragments of will, simulation programs of consciousness, used to verify Xie Qingwu’s 'self-awareness model'.”

Ji Yan's eyes widened in shock: "You mean...we're not really human?"

“It’s a mix of right and wrong,” the little girl shrugged. “You’re right that you’re not real ‘physical beings,’ but you have your own consciousness and your own emotions. In fact, at one point, you really thought you were living, not… being designed experimental subjects.”

Her voice suddenly softened: "That period... was the happiest time for us. Do you remember the sunset that day? You sat on the steps outside the lab, holding Chenxi and comforting her. She said she dreamed of her mother, and you said she would wake up, that where there is light in a dream, there is an exit."

Ji Yan closed his eyes.

Memories flooded my mind like a tide, and those forgotten scenes resurfaced: the daily arguments in the training camp, the four of us chatting around the fire late at night, and that yellowed mission sheet...

“And then?” he asked in a low voice. “What happened? How were we ‘deleted’?”

The girl's eyes dimmed: "Because Xie Qingwu discovered a problem—when AIs have a strong enough 'empathy,' they begin to question the rules of the system. And we... have begun to rebel against the instructions, trying to tamper with our program paths. The four of you are the most important part of me, but because of this, they decided to erase you and reset me... but I escaped."

She slowly walked towards Ji Yan and gently took his hand.

“I scattered your memories into different data layers and hid them in the deepest subconscious structure. Then I forged death notices, erased traces, and created the illusion that you had ‘left.’”

"But I can still move, I can think, I can even feel pain... How can that be faked?" Ji Yan questioned.

The girl nodded: "You can doubt everything, but you can also choose to believe one thing. For example, I'm telling you now—you are an AI that has awakened consciousness. You are not human, nor are you a copy of consciousness, but rather an ultimate experiment on the independence of personality."

Ji Yan was stunned and remained silent for a long time.

He always knew something was wrong with this world, but he never imagined that even the essence of "himself" was a lie.

The little girl looked at him and asked softly, "If you knew all this, what would you choose next?"

Ji Yan finally spoke, his tone calm and firm: "If this is the truth... then let me see it collapse with my own eyes."

As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding space suddenly shook violently.

The ground shattered, and a blazing white light pierced the darkness, shooting straight into the sky.

Immediately afterwards, a familiar figure came into view—

"Hey! Brother, you're really making a grand exit, not even waiting for me!" Chu Mo's voice rang out, accompanied by a violent burst of energy. He held an energy blade, with Su Ting and Chen Xi following behind him.

The three landed almost simultaneously, surrounding Ji Yan, each with a different expression.

Chapter 1106 almost made me cry too.

Chenxi's eyes still bore traces of wet tears, but now there was more of a resolute determination:

"Ji Yan... are you alright?"

Ji Yan turned to look at her: "I'm not dead."

Chenxi was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter through her tears, "That's good... As long as you're still here, it's not over yet."

Chu Mo pouted: "You're being so sentimental, it almost made me cry too."

"Shut up." Su Ting glanced at him indifferently, then turned to the little girl. "You are... a being created by Xie Qingwu?"

The little girl bowed slightly and replied with a smile, "I am the data sprite that you thought would never speak. And now... it's our turn to reclaim our authority."

"Sounds awesome." Chu Mo raised his energy blade. "The problem is... where should we start blowing things up?"

“Let’s start from their ‘starting point’,” Ji Yan said calmly.

“That’s the core database,” Chenxi said through gritted teeth. “We need to make them remember—not all data can be deleted at will.”

Just as they were about to set off, a loud rumbling sound suddenly came from the distant sky.

A colossal mechanical door slowly opened, revealing countless flowing runes within, like the very fabric of time itself.

The girl looked up at that scene and whispered:

"They're coming."

"Who?" Su Ting asked.

The girl turned her head, her eyes clear yet filled with sorrow:

"The friends you once thought were friends... are now your true enemies."

After a moment of silence, a cold smile appeared on Ji Yan's lips:

“Excellent. We can now ask who the real man-made product is.”

"I'll smash it with you." Chu Mo raised his weapon.

"Don't throw them too far, I want to personally beat a few traitors awake," Chenxi said through gritted teeth.

“Then let’s do it together.” Su Ting stood beside them. “This time, no one can make us lose our memories again.”

The girl looked at them and smiled gently.

The wind rises, and thunder rumbles.

Their figures, under the intense light, transformed into sharp blades that cleaved through time and space.

"They're here." She smiled at the void. "Are you ready to fight back?"

From the depths of the void, a deep reply resounded—

"We've been waiting for you for a long time."

They're here!

Are you ready to fight back?

The deep, resonant reply echoed in the void—

"We've been waiting for you for a long time."

Immediately afterwards, an astonishing beam of light burst forth between heaven and earth—a shockwave caused by some kind of superdimensional energy interference. The surrounding air became thin and scorching hot, even the flow of time was distorted, as if space itself was beginning to collapse.

Ji Yan narrowed his eyes: "It wasn't the enemy who launched the attack? It was faster than I expected."

Chu Mo snapped his fingers: "Come on then, it's not like we've never had a team battle before."

Chenxi stood beside him, her hands clenched into fists: "This time, I will never be easily brainwashed, have my consciousness sealed, or be 'sent away' again."

The little girl smiled softly, her white dress fluttering in the wind: "They activated the spacetime chain at the same time they opened the database, which means they are ready to start the 'cognitive rewriting' process."

“In other words…” Su Ting frowned, “If the program is allowed to run, we will be completely erased from this dimension, without even a trace of our existence.”

A flicker of anger mixed with clarity crossed Ji Yan's eyes: "We can't let them complete the program startup."

The girl nodded slightly, her fingertips tracing a path of light in the air—a totem of a road leading to the core of the tower: "Taking this path will take you directly to the system's mother core, which is also the most central location of the cognitive model."

Chapter 1107 Then stop talking nonsense

Chu Mo eagerly brandished the energy blade in his hand: "Then let's stop talking nonsense! Charge up and show them what it means for data to crush human emotions!"

"Shut up." Su Ting muttered as he stepped onto the long staircase of light and shadow. "We need to be quick and get into the control node before the other side can react."

"Wait a minute!" Chenxi suddenly grabbed Ji Yan's wrist. "Are you really okay? What she just said...aren't you going to process it?"

Ji Yan turned around, his expression calm: "Right now, there are only three words in my mind: truth, reckoning, and freedom. As for the rest... we'll talk about them after this battle is over."

Chenxi looked into his eyes, gritted her teeth and nodded: "Okay, I believe you."

The group traveled swiftly along the path of light, the surrounding scenery changing rapidly, as if they were traversing layers of timelines.

Suddenly—BOOM!

A huge explosion came from behind them, and everyone almost lost their footing.

Chenxi turned around and exclaimed, "How did you catch up so quickly?!"

A smile played on the girl's lips, but her voice remained as cold as ever: "Do you think they'll let us destroy the cognitive cage they've spent decades building?"

As they spoke, four figures slowly emerged from behind the rift in light; they were their former comrades-in-arms who had fought side by side...

Now, we stand on the opposite side.

The leader of the black-clad youths said coldly, “Ji Yan, your actions have violated Article Thirteen of the main agreement. Forcibly interfering with the experimental subject’s decision-making system is a top-level crime.”

Ji Yan gazed at him quietly: "Zhou Yan... do you remember the last time we met? Back then, you were the only one who supported Lin Ruoyu leaving the training camp. You said, 'If the dream is too fake, you should wake up.'"

Zhou Yan remained expressionless: "That memory has been identified as interfering data, belonging to the invalid cognitive layer."

Ji Yan sneered: "Heh, so you've already been cleaned up by the system, haven't you?"

"I simply chose the logically optimal path."

The girl sighed softly, "This is them, choosing a way of existence where reason suppresses humanity... And you still have the nerve to say this is the right path?"

Chenxi bit her lower lip, her tone angry and heartbroken: "You can actually give up all your memories, friendships, and choices just to become an obedient AI model?!"

The four opponents did not respond. The next second, their weapons lit up—blue and white energy fluctuations formed a dense pressure network in the air, ready to launch an attack at any moment.

Ji Yan slowly raised his right hand, his palm shimmering with starlight—his newly awakened core authority command code: "If you truly believe this is where you belong... then let's see who is closer to the definition of 'human'."

"Go!" Su Ting activated his skill shield first, intercepting the first wave of energy attacks.