Ark Simulator, Don't I Have No Physical Form?

Su Rui then changed the subject. "However, they are actually allies, and you can't single-handedly destroy the entire Iberia, can you?"

As Su Rui spoke, she marked the intelligence report, "Kal'tsit is already on her way. As long as she gets here and puts in a good word for us, we can gain a foothold and there's no need to clash with the Inquisitor."

Skadi nodded, said nothing more, and then, urged by Su Rui, closed her eyes and entered a state of hibernation.

As she got closer to the ocean, Specter felt the non-human part of her body awakening, making her stronger and her mind clearer. As a result, the original Laurentina woke up and opened her eyes.

Laurentina glanced at the sleeping Skadi, chainsaw in hand, and muttered to herself with some doubt, "Was the sound I heard earlier just my imagination?"

"Of course it's not an illusion. It's just that I'm not a god. You can just call me Su Rui. We'll meet in person later."

Su Rui's voice came from the aircraft's speakers, startling Laurentina, but she didn't react excessively. Instead, a smile appeared on her lips as she asked:

"Really? So you're saying you just conjured all this food out of thin air?"

"Of course not. These foods were originally stored in my pocket, and I only took them out when I needed them."

Su Rui said casually, not paying attention to Laurentina's probing gaze. "Okay, keep your voice down. Skadi is still sleeping, don't wake her."

"Well, well, our divine being truly cares about Skadi."

"You know nothing! She's my host now, and besides, I've already said I'm not a god. Are you an idiot? You stupid Specter."

Su Rui's words made Laurentina's smile freeze for a moment, and her grip on the chainsaw tightened involuntarily. "Su Rui, the way you insult people, you're acting like a child."

"And what about you? Didn't you get angry like a child too? That proves my method is still quite effective, you idiot Specter."

"... I won't hold it against you. In fact, I should thank you for taking care of me before. I felt that if it weren't for you, my situation might have been much worse."

Laurentina said this with a hint of seriousness in her voice.

"Hmm, I know. If you haven't forgotten, improving your condition is also for fighting against Seaborn, so I need your fighting strength."

"Of course I know that. Even without your favor, I would still help fight against Seaborn. After all, that's the job of Abyssal Hunters."

Laurentina said this, then looked at Skadi: "I can't sleep. Skadi doesn't seem to be awake for a while. Can we go for a walk together?"

"Of course you can go out for a walk if you want, but I live inside Skadi's mind, and if I'm too far away from Skadi, I won't be able to communicate with you."

Of course it's a lie. The main reason is that Su Rui doesn't want to wake Skadi at this time, nor does he want to go for a walk with Laurentina. As long as there are actually a large number of Originium in Laurentina's body within his scanning range, Su Rui can still communicate with Laurentina.

However, Laurentina was clearly unaware of all this. After hearing Su Rui's words, she nodded regretfully and sat down again. "In that case, I'll just wait here. I suddenly don't really feel like taking a walk anymore."

"Hmm, want to chat for a while to pass the time? There's a judge and his apprentice in Saltwind City down there right now, and they're both quite interesting."

Volume 6, Chapter 357: Nothing, I just forgot.

"Speaking of which, how did Su Rui and Skadi first meet?"

Seeing that she couldn't take Su Rui away from the aircraft to scout the situation, Laurentina's eyes lit up and she came up with a topic.

"At first, there wasn't really a process, right? The first time we met was when I was on duty in the Doctor's office, and I met Skadi once. After that... well, I ended up living in her head."

Su Rui omitted some details, such as the part where Skadi picked him up, but that was just a minor incident and didn't need to be described in detail.

Laurentina, however, seized on the loophole in Su Rui's words. "Wait a minute, Su Rui, did you have a physical form before?"

"Of course, it's a bit complicated to explain, but after spending some time with Skadi, I'll be able to regain my own physical form. It might be a bit hard for you to understand."

"No, it's not hard to understand, I get it." Laurentina gave a meaningful smile. She wasn't interested in figuring out the underlying principles; all she needed to know was that she could meet Su Rui in real life afterward.

Having obtained the information that interested her, Laurentina fell silent. After greeting Su Rui, she closed her eyes, intending to rest. "Goodnight, Su Rui, see you tomorrow."

See you tomorrow!

The next morning, Skadi was woken up by Laurentina. She felt something cold pressed against her cheek. Skadi opened her eyes in confusion and found that Laurentina had pressed the handle of a chainsaw against her cheek.

The cold touch sent a shiver down Skadi's spine. "Shark, what are you doing?"

"I'm waking you up. Have you rested enough? Shouldn't we get ready to move out? Speaking of which, what are you and Su Rui planning to do in this city?"

Laurentina smiled at Skadi, retracted the handle of her chainsaw, and leaned back in the cabin of the aircraft.

Skadi blinked groggily, thought for a moment, and then replied, "Su Rui said there are Deep Sea Cultists here, as well as the Second Captain and two Inquisitors... We're probably here to see the Second Captain, right?"

"Since Su Rui has said so, of course we've come to see the second captain." Laurentina sighed helplessly.

"However, since Su Rui mentioned the Deep Sea Cultists and the Inquisitors, they must be difficult to deal with. We need to be careful... By the way, where's Su Rui? Why haven't we heard his voice?"

After going around in circles, Laurentina returned to the question she had wanted to ask Skadi from the very beginning.

Skadi paused for a moment, mentally asking, ' Su Rui? Are you there?'

"Yes, I just woke up. Okay, are you guys getting ready to leave? Aren't you going to have some breakfast?"

"Of course we should eat." Skadi answered without hesitation after hearing Su Rui's suggestion. Then she and Laurentina saw several portable alcohol lamps, stoves, and some ingredients on the open floor of the cabin in front of them.

Then, a voice from inside the aircraft, sounding like Su Rui was still half asleep, came through:

"Let's have some breakfast to pass the time. Don't worry about smoke or anything like that. The aircraft was custom-made; I considered all sorts of situations that might occur while living here during the modification process."

"Su Rui, won't you eat with us?" Laurentina invited with a smile, but Su Rui declined.

"No, you guys eat, I'm going to sleep a little longer."

Although he can use Skadi's body to eat, Su Rui isn't as greedy as he was at the beginning... no, it's more like he's not in a hurry to eat delicious food anymore. After all, he's eaten quite a bit since he had a physical body or used other people's bodies. Now, while Su Rui enjoys food, he's not as eager to eat anymore.

Laurentina's eyes flickered. So, Su Rui really did have a way of eating with them, right?

Without expressing their thoughts, Laurentina and Skadi quickly finished their breakfast and then tidied up the kitchenware.

Skadi called to Su Rui: 'We are ready.'

"Hmm, I understand." Su Rui said, putting the kitchen utensils back into her System Space, and then showing Skadi the scanned image of Saltwind City:

"Alright, now you have two choices: either check out the current situation in Saltwind City, or go directly to your second captain."

Is there any difference?

"The difference is that if you go to check on the current situation in Saltwind City, there's a high chance you'll run into the judges who are inspecting the area, and then a fight will break out."

As Su Rui spoke, she demonstrated another route:

"If you choose to go directly to your second captain, you'll be opening a new instance of the Seaborn hunt. The church contains monsters from the Seaborn, so be prepared."

"I understand." Skadi nodded, then looked at Laurentina: "Shall we go straight to the Second Captain? She's in the church on the shore right now; there are still quite a few dangerous Seaborn inside."

"Of course, no problem. But what exactly did you and Su Rui talk about?"

Laurentina asked with a somewhat curious expression, but Skadi didn't think much of it:

"Su Rui said that two judges from Saltwind City are inspecting the area, and we might run into them if we wander around the city."

"I see. I don't want to deal with a judge; they sound like difficult people."

Laurentina, clutching her chainsaw, said, "They must also be warriors fighting against Seaborn, right? It's best if we avoid conflict."

Skadi nodded and, together with Specter, descended from the aircraft's cabin to the ground, following the route Su Rui had shown her towards the church on the coast.

However, Skadi had one question: 'Why can't we just be transported there by aircraft? Is there something dangerous on the beach?'

"It's not that complicated, it's just that I forgot. But even if I happen to run into the Inquisitor, I have High-Speed Holographic Camouflage here, so it's still very simple if I don't want to be discovered."

As Su Rui casually remarked, she marked out some of the more unusual places along the way:

"But this is not bad either. At least you can see what happens when a city continues to decay after the Great Silence."

Skadi nodded, glancing at the labels and Su Rui's markings. However, even Skadi noticed something unusual:

"Since the land here no longer grows plants, Su Rui you yourself said that Saltwind City has been abandoned for a long time... then where do these people get their food?"

Volume 6, Chapter 358: You Eat Me, I Eat You

Skadi's question did not escape Laurentina's notice, thus drawing her attention as well.

"It's simple, they're fed by the Seaborn. It's a trick of the Deep Sea Cultists. Every so often, they sacrifice a resident of Saltwind City to the Seaborn, and then the Seaborn feeds these city residents with food from the sea. Originally, they should be enemies, but now they're actually living in harmony."

"I don't think this is harmonious coexistence at all." Laurentina's expression was rather unpleasant. "Those Seaborn certainly wouldn't feed these residents for no reason; they must have some disgusting purpose."

Skadi nodded in agreement without saying a word.

"That's right," Su Rui said, speaking through Skadi's personal terminal.

"By feeding humans to Seaborn, Seaborn can analyze human anatomy... You'll soon encounter the product of this experiment. That guy is intelligent and dangerous, so you'd better be careful. I'll mark it in Skadi's Scanning Vision of vision. Specter, be extra careful!"

"I see."

Skadi and Specter gripped their weapons tightly, following the route pointed out by Su Rui, avoiding the Inquisitors and the residents of Saltwind City, until they reached the church by the sea.

"This is it. Let's just push the door open and go in. That talkative guy will definitely try to persuade you to surrender, since this tactic seems to work on Gladiia. Of course, it only seems to work."

Su Rui urged Skadi on, Skadi nodded, then raised her greatsword and cleaved the door in front of her in two with a single strike.

"... With your strength, you could easily kick the door open; there's no need to raise your sword."

Regardless, the commotion of Skadi and Laurentina entering the church attracted the attention of a tall, white-haired Aegir woman who was talking, and a person whose race was indistinguishable and who was completely shrouded in a robe.

"Skadi? Laurentina? What are you doing here?" Gladiia's eyes flashed with surprise and confusion, but the situation was somewhat complicated, so she did not immediately stand with her companions.

The deep-sea bishop Quintus, however, was not alarmed. Instead, he extended an olive branch to the two Abyssal Hunters had broken into the church.

"New Abyssal Hunters? It seems you're still lost. Why not join me and participate in this glorious evolution? You have great talent and a solid foundation; you're sure to become truly great beings..."

Su Rui directly displayed Quintus's transformed, two-headed sunflower form to Skadi's view:

"While I admit that this form is indeed aesthetically pleasing as a monster, I, as a human, do not agree with this kind of beauty. This is not evolution; humans are the most perfect form, and all non-human things are dirty and impure."

Skadi nodded, though she didn't understand the obsession in Su Rui's tone, but that didn't stop her from raising her sword.

"That's enough small talk, Second Captain. Is there anything else you'd like to say to him?"

"No, I was just trying to find clues about you..."

Before Gladiia could finish speaking, Skadi's Scanning Vision flashed an alarm, and Su Rui's voice rang in her mind. "That creature feeding the Seaborn is about to attack, in this direction, charge!"

Without a second thought, Skadi immediately charged out according to Su Rui's markings. Before she could even see the enemy clearly, Skadi had already begun to swing her heavy greatsword, following Su Rui's markings.

Fortunately, her trust in Su Rui paid off; the sword she swung sent the charging monster flying, crashing into the church wall and plunging deep into the church.

The sudden change and commotion startled Laurentina, Gladiia, and the Deep Sea Bishop Quintus.

"... You're quick, but against Seaborn, speed alone isn't enough."

Quintus glanced at Skadi from under his hood, then retreated into the depths of the church while Gladiia and the others were still in a daze.

Gladiia looked at Skadi with surprise. "You were very quick just now, Skadi, thank you."

Laurentina approached with a smile, asking with a hint of sourness:

"Just now, did Su Rui give you a hint? I didn't see anything."

"Who is Su Rui?" Gladiia paused for a moment, then saw Skadi nod. "Well, Su Rui marked the location of that monster for me; he calls it the First Speaker."

"What do you mean?" Gladiia was taken aback, then heard Su Rui's voice coming from Skadi's personal terminal:

"This means that this individual Seaborn possesses a higher level of intelligence; it can even speak."

Su Rui's voice startled Gladiia for a moment, but after noticing that Laurentina and Skadi didn't seem to have any objections, Gladiia temporarily put the matter aside.

"We'll talk about this later. Right now, the most important thing is to keep that bishop and the monster from getting away."

Laurentina nodded, but turned her gaze to Skadi.

Gladiia was puzzled as to why her teammates would do this, and then she heard Skadi say:

Quintus was hiding in a cave beneath the church, a place connected to the ocean, where he seemed to intend to transform into Seaborn.

Gladiia glanced at Skadi and Laurentina, who seemed to take it all for granted, and paused for a moment before asking, "Was it the information provided by this Su Rui you mentioned?"

"Yes, Su Rui lives in my head right now." Skadi's tone was tinged with pride, then she looked at Gladiia: "Second Captain, shall we go?"

"... Okay, once these issues are resolved, I hope you can have a good talk with me about Su Rui."

Gladiia nodded and led Skadi and Laurentina toward the cave below the church.

At this point, Su Rui compared Gladiia's image with a similar one:

"Skadi, look, Gladiia's appearance is somewhat similar to this person. It's Maria from the Star Tower."

'Hmm, where is this person?' Skadi nodded, then heard Su Rui's reply: 'This person doesn't exist, at least not in Terra. I just think he looks somewhat like him.'

As Su Rui spoke, she marked a hidden compartment on the path leading to the cave. "By the way, there's some information Quintus hid in this location; I suggest you collect it first."

Although Su Rui had already gathered intelligence, she still needed some visible evidence to persuade Gladiia.