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

“Use blood,” the old man whispered. “Use the blood of your voice, drip it onto the tape drive.”

Su Ting grabbed her wrist abruptly: "Are you crazy? That's your vocal core! Without it, you might—"

"Become mute?" Xiaoman laughed, tears welling in her eyes. "But if no one sings, isn't the world just as mute?"

She bit her fingertip, and a drop of blood, glowing blue, slowly dripped down.

"despair."

It landed on the tape drive.

In an instant——

The tape recorder emitted a long "click," like an old-fashioned projector starting to turn.

A line of distorted text appeared on the screen:

Voiceprint verification: Passed.

[Vocalor Permission: Enabled.]

[Playback Options: Seal Mode / Release Mode]

Xiaoman reached out and, without hesitation, tapped "Release Mode".

You are not qualified.

A cold, mechanical sound rang out, and the entire bottom of the well suddenly turned red!

Inside the tape cassette, the vocal cords suddenly twisted and transformed into a human face—it was Zero's face!

"Zero?!" Duoduo exclaimed in surprise.

“No…it’s not him.” The old man stared at the face. “It’s a projection of the ‘system consciousness’.”

Zero grinned maliciously: "You think destroying the Autumn Core will shake the system? The Summer Execution Platform has been activated, and the Sound Hunter Legion is awakening. And you... actually want to release the Mother Sound?"

“I don’t need your approval.” Xiaoman looked directly at his face. “Spring doesn’t need a permit.”

She abruptly pressed the play button.

"Ding--"

A clear, ringing bell echoed through the earth.

Immediately afterwards——

"The spring breeze... blows across the hills..."

It was Xiaoman's voice, but it sounded younger and purer than it does now.

Chapter 1397 Forced Shutdown

It's a recording—it's my mother's voice.

"...The flowers are blooming...the birds are singing...the children are laughing..."

The song flowed out, gentle yet carrying an unstoppable power.

The capsules on the wall shattered one after another.

The sealed singer's face was relaxed, as if he had found peace and release in his song.

From deep underground, countless echoes resounded—like millions of people beginning to sing softly at the same time.

"No—!" the system roared, "Shut down! Force shutdown!"

But the tape recorder's light grew stronger and stronger, and the runes crumbled inch by inch.

“It worked…” Xiaoyin trembled. “It…it’s really playing…”

Sudden--

"Boom!!!"

The entire bottom of the well shook violently!

Heavy footsteps came from the direction of the wellhead.

Step by step, it was like a giant beast descending.

In the shadows, those golden vertical pupils lit up once more.

A tall figure stepped into the bottom of the well. The leader of the Sound Hunters stood at the entrance, his mouth splitting open to reveal a mouthful of sharp teeth.

“I have waited for this moment... for seventy years,” he hissed. “The sound of spring... has finally returned.”

Su Ting stood in front of Xiao Man, his blade pointed directly at her: "If you dare take another step forward, I'll turn you into a broken gong!"

The leader of the Sound Hunters smiled and slowly removed his helmet.

What was revealed was the face of a man covered in vocal cord marks—

It bears a striking resemblance to Xiaoman (a solar term)!

“Sister…” he said softly, “I’ve been listening to Mother’s songs for seventy years.”

Xiaoman was shocked: "Who...who are you?!"

The man raised his hand, his fingertips tracing a deep suture scar across his throat.

“I am the older brother whose voice was cut off,” he said in a low voice, “and the first Sound Hunter to be transformed by the ‘Summer Execution Platform’.”

"After my mother finished singing that song, they took her away, and they took me away too."

"And you... have been forgotten for twenty years."

"Now, I've come to take you home."

He stretched out his hand, and a distorted sonic wave pattern appeared on his palm: "If you come with me, I can shut down the Summer Execution Platform and let everyone go."

Xiaoman took a step back, trembling: "...You're not my brother."

"why?"

"Because my mother's songs... never mention her older brother."

She looked up, her eyes glistening with tears, yet filled with a resolute determination:

"She only sings for me."

The man's gentle expression shattered instantly, his eyes turning bloodshot: "Then... I'll kill you and take your voice!"

He opened his mouth—

A sound wave that tore through space shot straight towards Xiaoman!

Su Ting roared and unleashed the full power of his Shock Blade!

The blade flashed and the sound waves collided, unleashing a blinding burst of fire!

At this moment——

Xiaoman closes her eyes and opens her mouth.

She no longer sings her mother's songs.

She sang a completely new song.

"I want to hear... the sound of the wind blowing through your hair..."

Her voice was clear, with a slight tremor, like a child speaking for the first time.

but--

The tape recorder's light suddenly shone brightly!

In everyone's ears, a thousand voices rang out, singing in unison:

"I want to hear...I want to hear...I want to hear..."

The leader of the Sound Hunters froze.

The bloodshot in his eyes faded, replaced by a trace of... long-lost bewilderment.

"This... voice..."

“It is the ‘unsealed voice of humanity’,” the old man murmured. “She…is creating new vowels.”

Xiaoman opened her eyes, and the singing continued:

"I want to hear... Mom say 'I love you'..."

"I want to hear... my friend laughing and saying 'Let's go together'..."

"I want to hear...spring awaken on its own."

On the screen of the recorder, text was flashing wildly:

[New sound source detected!]

[Vowel definition conflict!]

[System...disruption...]

The leader of the Sound Hunters knelt on the ground, clutching his head in his hands: "No... my program... is dissolving..."