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

Therefore, Su Rui showed Skadi's conversation with Gladiia within Skadi's Scanning Vision, and prompted. "Don't turn your head to look at Gladiia, pretend you're just spacing out, I'll show you all the subtitles."

As Su Rui spoke, the conversation between Gladiia and Su Rui began.

Unlike Skadi, Gladiia couldn't communicate with Su Rui telepathically, so she communicated with Su Rui using paper and pen.

However, since no one else could see her angle anyway, and Aegir's writing was difficult to decipher, there was naturally no problem.

Gladiia: "Laurentina's condition should have been much worse; thank you for helping to alleviate her symptoms."

Gladiia was initially worried that Su Rui might not be able to understand what she had written, but as soon as she finished, she immediately heard Su Rui's voice through the earpiece:

"It's just that I happen to be able to do it. Specter's symptoms aren't due to the influence of Seaborn's blood, but rather an excessive amount of Originium. I can handle that, but I can't do anything about what's on you for the time being."

After all, Seaborn is a living being that communicates using hormones and pheromones. Even Su Rui's near-omnipotence in the field of electronics cannot affect living beings.

Gladiia paused for a moment, then continued writing, "You know my problem?"

"Of course, you're getting more and more scales on your neck, aren't you? They say it won't change if you don't want it to, but you're still affected."

This time, Su Rui toned down her tone and didn't mock Gladiia, but her words still carried a hint of arrogance.

At this moment Gladiia had no time to argue with the childlike Su Rui about tone of voice. After hearing Su Rui's voice, she paused for a moment before slowly beginning to write:

Is there really no other way?

"It's not that we don't have them, but I need a lot of sophisticated equipment, which we obviously don't have right now. If we go back to Rhodes Island, I can help you make the adjustments."

"If Rhodes Island has the technological capability to modify me, then Aegir should be able to as well," Gladiia wrote.

"Perhaps if we return to Aegir, you can make adjustments to my situation?"

"It should be fine. As long as I adjust the settings of the medical equipment to suit my operating preferences, it should be okay... However, if you want to go back, it might not be that easy."

Su Rui's tone was somewhat wistful. "Unfortunately, I can't show you the scan images of the fairy in the ocean. I can only tell you that Aegir is now almost completely surrounded by the Seaborn. Although it's not completely blocked, at least you can't go back so easily."

"...At least, I need to go back and take a look." Gladiia wrote down her purpose, and Su Rui didn't object.

"Let's take it one step at a time. You can't go back now anyway. But what you said does make some sense. Don't think about becoming Seaborn. As long as you firmly believe you are human, you won't change in that direction."

As Su Rui recounted what Gladiia had speculated, it confirmed Gladys's thoughts. Now that someone had provided a definitive answer, it made it easier for Gladiia to settle down. This seemingly strong woman, who had everything under control, also had moments of confusion.

Skadi watched as Gladiia and Su Rui's conversation gradually came to an end, then changed the subject out of boredom.

Su Rui discovered this by monitoring Skadi's physiological data and displayed some programs in her field of vision:

Want to watch something to pass the time?

Volume 6, Chapter 362: Simulated Battle - Skadi Suffers a Crushing Defeat

Skadi glanced at the program a few times, but eventually focused her attention on the people around her.

She lowered her head subtly, but inwardly communicated with Su Rui: 'I want to know about the people who will be working with us later—the Inquisitor, Irene, and Kal'tsit.'

"You're quite curious. Irene is a new judge, currently learning and growing under the guidance of her teacher. I'll need to find a way to bring her to Rhodes Island later."

"You know Kal'tsit before; she's actually quite capable in combat, and very strong at that. Mon3tr can even unleash a light cannon, but inexplicably, this skill isn't in the game. Hypergryph is really narrow-minded; they show me but won't let me play with it."

Skadi blinked, somewhat puzzled: 'What is Hypergryph?'

"It's nothing, just pretend I was talking nonsense. Now it's time to talk about the last person, the judge with the Iron Mask. I think his name is Dario? Anyway, he's quite strong, even capable of going toe-to-toe with you, or at least able to injure you."

"I'm very strong." Skadi was a little unconvinced. Although she wasn't particularly competitive, Skadi still wanted to argue for herself after hearing Su Rui's assessment.

"Of course I know that. Your physical abilities are very strong. If we disregard off-field factors in a head-on confrontation, your chances of winning are still higher. But you can't bleed, right? No matter where you are, you'll attract Seaborn's attention."

Skadi hesitated for a moment, then nodded. She wanted to argue, but couldn't find a suitable angle.

Su Rui noticed Skadi's emotions and comforted her:

"Alright, what I mean is, this Iron-Faced Judge is strong enough to at least injure you and make you bleed, so without me, you should probably avoid direct conflict with him."

I will be very careful.

"Still not convinced, huh? How about I just let you try it?"

As Su Rui spoke, Skadi paused for a moment, then heard Su Rui's urging voice. "Alright, buckle up and sit tight, I'm going to pull you into the System Space."

Skadi nodded, fastened her seatbelt, and then, just before she could ask about the Rao topic, she closed her eyes and slumped her head as if she had suddenly fallen asleep.

"Skadi?" Everyone in the aircraft noticed Skadi's sudden change, even Irene couldn't help but cast a worried glance at her.

Su Rui's voice came through the speakers. "Don't worry, Skadi is just asleep."

"... Who are you?" The Iron Mask judge became wary again, clearly not expecting there to be another person present.

"I'm the one negotiating with you. All the information Skadi mentioned was gathered by me, understand? Take your hand off your sword. You can't hit me anyway. Believe me, I'll have Skadi elbow you down."

Su Rui's tone was somewhat dissatisfied, and she naturally assumed that no one should harbor any ill will towards her.

The Iron Mask Judge didn't say anything more. Under the watchful eyes of those around him, he withdrew his hand. He noticed that when Su Rui expressed his dissatisfaction, the two still-awake Abyssal Hunters, including Kal'tsit, also turned their gazes toward him.

Clearly, this Su Rui is a very important person. Regardless, let's observe first. At this moment, the Iron Mask Judge chose to follow his heart.

Meanwhile, Su Rui began simulated training with Skadi.

Just as Skadi, clutching her greatsword, was looking around at the vast white space with a puzzled expression, Su Rui's voice rang out:

"Alright, don't be nervous. This is your mental space. I've made some minor modifications to turn it into a training area. I'll directly replicate that Iron Mask's combat data. Since you're not satisfied, why don't you have a proper match with him?"

Skadi nodded. "I'm ready." Skadi was quite satisfied with her independence and naturally wasn't intimidated by it.

So, when Skadi agreed, Su Rui began modifying the battleground.

The originally pristine white space gradually faded, transforming into a predominantly gray and white city. Although she didn't stay there for long, Skadi immediately recognized the city. "This is Saltwind City."

"Right, if it weren't for me, you'd probably be fighting that Iron Mask right here."

Skadi nodded, having no objection. "Shall we begin?"

"Of course, the simulation will begin as soon as you start attacking that Iron Mask."

As Su Rui spoke, Skadi nodded and charged toward the Iron Mask Inquisitor not far away, sword in hand.

At first, Skadi had the upper hand due to the surprise attack, but then she was ambushed by Iron Mask's pistol and injured.

Blood flowed from the wound, but Skadi ignored it and continued to try to attack.

However, at this moment, the Seaborn who were attracted by Skadi's blood appeared and surrounded them, trying to tear them all apart.

"What's going on?" Skadi asked Su Rui with some confusion, but Su Rui didn't answer. She could only cooperate with the Iron Mask temporarily. After spending a lot of energy fighting against Seaborn, neither of them had the will to fight anymore.

Skadi returned to Su Rui's side somewhat disgruntled, pinched Su Rui's cheek, and complained:

"Why is Seaborn appearing? Isn't this a simulation?"

"Here, the simulation is based on what would actually happen. Otherwise, I can modify the design so that the simulation will restart whenever there's bleeding?"

The rubbing of Su Rui's cheeks didn't affect his ability to speak normally, since this was actually a mental space.

Skadi paused for a moment, then shook her head. "No, I want to win this match fair and square."

"Hmm, good luck then."

Su Rui waved her hand, watching Skadi charge once again towards the reset Iron Mask.

Then she was ambushed and injured again, this time by the young judge's gun.

Having gone through the process of fighting against Seaborn again, Skadi returned to Su Rui's side somewhat dejectedly.

Don't look at me like that, this is the truth, isn't it?

Su Rui shrugged and smiled at Skadi, "That's the reality, so my advice is that you should also learn to avoid combat. Without my intelligence network, no one can be perfect."

Skadi nodded, but she still didn't give up:

"I want to try again."

"Okay, good luck, I'll be watching you."

As Su Rui spoke, she reset the view in front of Skadi: "We can begin anytime."

Volume 6, Chapter 363: Constantly starting over, giving it his all to defeat his opponent.

This time, Su Rui directly granted Skadi the permission to reset the simulation. As long as she was not satisfied with the current progress, she could reset it at will and start over.

So, from the edge of the map, Su Rui watched Skadi constantly trying and repeating, from initially continuing even when injured and bleeding to attract the attention of the Seaborn, to later becoming increasingly irritable, even wanting to start over if she felt she had gained the slightest disadvantage.

However, Skadi's individual skills did indeed improve. After many attempts, whether she memorized every move of the Iron Mask Judge or improved her observation skills, Skadi ultimately defeated her opponent without taking any damage.

Having accomplished all this, Skadi turned and looked at Su Rui with sparkling eyes, as if she had achieved something remarkable.

"Well done!"

Su Rui clapped her hands. "Want me to give you an award? Unfortunately, all I have here as a reward are snacks."

Skadi shook her head, walked up to Su Rui, reached out and hugged Su Rui, picked him up, buried her face in Su Rui's chest and rubbed against him, and even deliberately took a few deep breaths.

"Is this the reward you wanted?"

Skadi nodded sullenly, not daring to look up at Su Rui, and a blush involuntarily crept onto her cheeks.

"Unfortunately, this is only a mental world; this contact is actually just a simulated electrical signal."

As Su Rui spoke, she reached out and touched Skadi's soft hair, urging, "Alright, you still have other things to do. I'm telling you... the people outside are almost at Gran Faro, you need to get ready too."

Skadi looked up in confusion. "Gran Faro, is that the Iberia town you mentioned?"

"Yes, it's one of the few towns in Iberia that's able to develop normally, at least that's how it seems now."

Su Rui shrugged and pinched Skadi's cheek. "Alright, I'm going to throw you out."

"Can I still meet you like this?" Skadi had barely finished speaking when Suri threw Su Rui out of the mental world and saw the people in front of her: Gladiia, Laurentina, Kal'tsit, and the little judge Irene.

Su Rui's voice rang out again. "Don't worry, you can meet me in the spiritual world anytime you want, but not now, you have other things to do."

As Su Rui finished speaking, the aircraft arrived above Gran Faro. Su Rui's voice rang out from the aircraft's speakers, sounding like a news anchor:

"Alright, dear passengers, you have arrived at your destination for this flight, Gran Faro, a beautiful town in Iberia. Although it once had many titles, now Gran Faro is only praised for its beauty."

As Su Rui spoke, she opened the aircraft's hatch, but did not land the aircraft on the ground. After all, cruise mode was much safer than keeping the aircraft stationary in one place, and it could also serve as an additional source of firepower.

Iron Mask didn't say much, and jumped off the aircraft first with Irene. For the Terra, this height was nothing.

Soon, Skadi and the others reached the ground, and the first thing Skadi did was ask Su Rui:

'Has something important happened here?'

"Of course, those Deep Sea Cultists have already started making their moves; you can see it if you go to the town's central square."

Upon hearing Su Rui's voice, Skadi nodded and then headed straight for the town's central square, following the route Su Rui had shown her.

Kal'tsit immediately understood Skadi's reason for doing so, and naturally followed her.

"What did you see?" The Iron Mask followed Skadi's movements, asking her questioningly, "Was it a clue provided by Su Rui?"

"Su Rui said there are traces of Deep Sea Cultists in the central square."

Skadi glanced at the Iron Mask but didn't say anything more. Su Rui hadn't mentioned anything about fighting, so she didn't draw her weapon.

Skadi glanced at the Iron Mask, who seemed ready for battle at any moment, and said nothing more. She simply began to lead the way, guided by Su Rui.

In the town center, from a distance, you could see townspeople gathered together, whispering among themselves, some even shouting in fear.

"I know what it's called, we've seen it before!"

"Old Pedri wasn't lying! It really is a monster! A monster from the sea, a monster from the sea has appeared in Gran Faro!"

Without even getting close, Skadi, with her Abyssal Hunters's keen senses, determined what the creature being watched by the crowd was.

Both Gladiia and Laurentina had their hands on their weapons, ready to react at any moment.

"Don't be alarmed, Skadi. This Fangfish is no longer capable of fighting. It's just observing. It was deliberately thrown here by the deep-sea vomit."

Skadi paused for a moment, lowered her hand from her greatsword, and looked around again. Su Rui hadn't marked any dangerous areas.

So, what exactly happened?

"Simply put, someone wants revenge against the Inquisition. Although the Inquisition has indeed maintained order in Iberia, their methods have also killed many innocent people. It can only be said that without sufficient power, such a thing is impossible; a trade-off must be made."

Su Rui demonstrated some of the past actions of the Inquisition, and then explained:

"Therefore, the situation in Iberia is quite complicated. The Deep Sea Cultists even share some common goals with the townspeople. Apart from the Inquisition Inquisition, almost no one has a favorable impression of the Inquisition."

Su Rui's words made Skadi glance at Iron Mask, Iron Mask also noticed her gaze: