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

"Those lost cities don't have that much time to wait, and besides... I've rested long enough while I was on the spacecraft."

Gladiia spoke, she approached the troops who were already prepared, where Xikunda was waiting for her.

"I don't think standing in a corner of an aircraft cabin for hours counts as rest."

Su Rui's rambling made Gladiia's lips curl into a slight smile, but she couldn't reply to Su Rui for the time being, since she had already arrived in front of the prepared troops, and Xikunda was also in front of her.

Although she inevitably had to talk to Su Rui during the rescue mission, Gladiia didn't want to have so many people waiting and watching her chat.

Xikunda approached Gladiia: "The team you requested is ready. Shall we depart now?"

"Of course, let's leave now. The lost city won't be able to wait much longer."

Gladiia didn't say much, but looked at the team in front of her and gave them instructions. "Everyone board the warships, we are preparing to depart. I will send the course directly to the control console of each ship."

Then, Gladiia walked toward the largest of the ships, which was the flagship of their fleet.

As soon as Gladiia arrived at the flagship's bridge, Su Rui connected the signals of all the ships, marking the locations of the lost but still operational Aegir cities on the nautical chart.

Gladiia marked several relatively distant city blocks that were still clustered together. "Our objective is to first rescue those city blocks that are about to collapse. Let's go now."

As the command was issued, the fleet set sail. Gladiia looked at the sonar on the ship's screen and the scan results.

However, looking at these results is not as helpful as directly looking at the scan results that Su Rui showed through the goggles, because Su Rui's results are clearer and more detailed.

"Speaking of which, Aegir's technology is developing quite rapidly. Both the buildings in the cities and the current fleet are very interesting."

Gladiia nodded and replied softly, "But arrogance has also begun to spread, leading us astray."

"Indeed, thinking about it carefully, you caused the crisis for Seaborn, and the outcome and sequence of events are quite amusing."

Although Gladiia did harbor resentment and blame towards Aegir at this moment, she couldn't help but feel some dissatisfaction and doubt after hearing Su Rui's evaluation.

Noticing Gladiia's furrowed brow, Su Rui calmly spoke in her mind:

"Don't be nervous, I'll show you the answer now, and then you'll know."

As Su Rui's voice came through the earpiece again, Gladiia saw the whole story.

Su Rui demonstrated Aegir's decision and its consequences:

"The original Seaborn were simply a group that didn't need to do anything extra as long as they could maintain their existence. They were actually cleaning machines left over from the Previous Civilization. They wouldn't activate on their own unless the time came. But your hunting forced the Seaborn to start evolving in order to survive."

Gladiia thought for a moment, then asked softly, "What... is the purpose of these cleaning machines?" The question was a bit pointed; Gladiia felt that Su Rui might not answer her, but Su Rui did anyway:

"Simply put, the Seaborn is unlikely to be officially launched for at least five or six hundred years, sweeping away all civilizations on the ground and rebuilding the planet's ecology."

To achieve this goal Seaborn must exist before the program is initiated. Aegir's hunting affected this crucial factor of existence, which is why Seaborn reacted so strongly.

Looking at it this way, Aegir's situation is indeed a bit funny. Gladiia didn't refute it, but took a deep breath and said no more.

Volume 6, Chapter 382 Deep Sea Cultists Will Die If They Eat It

The plan to support the lost city block went smoothly. With the scanning charts provided by Su Rui to adjust the course, the fleet led by Gladiia did not encounter too many Seaborn.

As the fleet reached the vicinity of the lost city block, it began communicating with the people inside.

However, there must be a reason why the city block is out of contact.

Su Rui's voice rang in Gladiia's ear:

"Although Seaborn has stopped attacking these city blocks, the signal jamming factors still exist within the cities, and are even gradually becoming more complex. Therefore, your communication methods are useless. I've directly reconnected the signal. Also, here are the detailed scan images of these city blocks."

As Su Rui spoke, she directly displayed the scanned image on the ship channel led by Gladiia, showing it on the large screen in Cambridge.

At the same time, there are also communications with the current management departments of these missing city blocks.

Although the call hadn't connected yet, Gladiia had already seen the situation and reaction on the other end; that's just how unreasonable Su Rui's abilities are.

The governors in the lost city were somewhat surprised, even more so than delighted, but they quickly re-established communication and began a conversation with Gladiia:

"Thank goodness, we haven't received any communication from the outside world for a long time. Since those Seaborn attacked the city, many of our city blocks have been damaged, and the remaining small part has also lost its ability to communicate with the outside world for some reason... May I ask, did the fleet just happen to find us, or did they come specifically to search for the lost city blocks?"

Su Rui's voice rang in Gladiia's ears again. "Look at how anxious and uneasy they are, afraid that you're just passing through and will abandon these city blocks for a more important mission, right?"

Was Skadi also communicating with Su Rui under similar circumstances?

Gladiia didn't know how to evaluate it, but Gladiia was still in a good mood to hear Su Rui speaking in her ear.

However, she did not forget to respond to the officials in front of her:

"The fleet is specifically designed to search for and rescue lost city blocks. We will take action soon to repair the lost city blocks and connect you with Aegir's current city, Miliarium. However... before that, we need to perform some checks."

Gladiia glanced at Su Rui's appearance, which was only visible through her goggles, and made a request to the governor opposite her:

"I need your cooperation. There may be pollution from Deep Sea Cultists and Seaborn in the city. We must eliminate these influences before we can take you back."

"Of course, of course, these are all necessary procedures. We don't want those sea monsters to wander into our city."

The governor opposite nodded hurriedly.

"It's clear they really want to survive. I thought they'd be angry and scold you, saying things like, 'Why are you kicking us when we're already in such a state?'"

"They better not," Gladiia said softly, glancing at the images of the Deep Sea Cultists ' activity range and the extent of Seaborn contamination that Su Rui had shown through her goggles.

"What should we do? Just go and clean those areas directly? I think you should have a better plan."

"Of course, there are easier ways to clean up the pollution from the Seaborn, and I also have better ways to deal with those Deep Sea Cultists. Just follow the plan, and I'll make sure it doesn't trigger a stress response from the already stressed residents of the city."

As Su Rui spoke, she revealed the plan to Gladiia: "However, it's best not to reveal part of this plan. You just need to make the arrangements and let your subordinates carry them out. Knowing too much could negatively impact the lifespan of some people."

"You mean you can assassinate them?" A smile involuntarily crept onto Gladiia's lips.

"Of course not, I usually let these people die in an accident."

Su Rui answered casually, Gladiia began assigning tasks. As the fleet began its operation, Su Rui also spread some information throughout the lost city blocks.

Some things are like chocolate; they'll be fine for humans, but they'll kill a dog.

The same applies to the Deep Sea Cultists; what ordinary residents might overlook, they will react to like a Deep Sea Cultists whose tail has been stepped on.

As news of Su Rui spread, through her Gladiia saw some Deep Sea Cultists gathering together to discuss the matter.

The sounds of a heated argument were transmitted to Gladiia's ears through her earphones:

"How can we tolerate those fools cleaning up the city blocks we've worked so hard to build? This place is already ours, and we'll soon have complete control over it, instead of letting Aegir's fleet sweep up our achievements!"

"Then what good ideas do you have? This is a fleet, and the people in the fleet probably outnumber the residents of all our cities combined."

"No, Aegir certainly doesn't have the resources to send out so many people. It's probably just a small fleet, and we also have the advantage of terrain, so victory isn't out of the question."

Su Rui's voice came through Gladiia's earpiece again. "It seems they intend to put up a last-ditch effort, and a direct confrontation at that."

"We need to act quickly, otherwise those rioting Deep Sea Cultists might affect the residents of the city."

The teams that Gladiia sent out received the message and began to advance toward the location marked by Su Rui, as planned.

The Deep Sea Cultists began to operate in the city, causing some chaos. In order to gain advantageous positions, they even began to destroy some parts of the city and drive residents out of their homes.

Chaos began to spread throughout the city, and discontent with the Deep Sea Cultists was growing.

Meanwhile, the rescue force led by Gladiia arrived just in time, arranged by Su Rui, and encountered all the active Deep Sea Cultists, annihilating them all.

A small number of Deep Sea Cultists who had refrained from action due to fear were also apprehended after evidence was found against them.

As for the impact of Seaborn, it was only a communication disruption, Aegir couldn't find a solution, but Su Rui had a more convenient plan.

The battle lasted for several hours, since the troops deployed to the city blocks couldn't move as quickly as Gladiia, who was directing operations from the bridge.

In terms of mission execution, the operation was a great success, as it resolved the issue perfectly within a few hours.

Soon, Gladiia received a communication from the dispatched team. "Mission complete, the city blocks can now be recovered."

Volume 6, Chapter 383: Su Rui was in the third row, Gladiia was at work.

"Very good. I will arrange for your ships to escort these lost city blocks back to the vicinity of Miliarium. You are responsible for maintaining order within the city blocks."

Gladiia made arrangements and issued instructions to the ships that were about to leave the fleet and return to Miliarium:

"The navigation information you receive is updated in real time, allowing you to avoid the influence of Seaborn as much as possible. Please navigate strictly according to the navigation information, understand?"

Having received an affirmative reply Gladiia nodded and then confirmed the ship's course again.

However, she noticed that Su Rui seemed somewhat silent, as if her attention had been drawn to something or she had been influenced by something.

"Su Rui? What happened to you?" A sense of worry welled up in Gladiia asked softly.

"Um... it's nothing. It's just that, as you know, you've been sailing for several hours, and the rescue mission has been going on for several hours now. It's getting late, and it's time to rest..."

"Are you tired? I can arrange for the fleet to rest for a while, or you could provide me with intelligence on the next lost-contact area so we can act on our own."

Gladiia breathed a sigh of relief and responded to Su Rui with a light laugh. Not far away, Xikunda glanced at Gladiia, her headphones, and her goggles, and thought that Gladiia was talking to herself like a madwoman.

However, considering that she had other things she wanted to talk to Gladiia about, she decided not to bring it up.

However, Su Rui's distraction wasn't because of that, but rather. "Actually, it was break time, and I was surrounded by Skadi and Laurentina, um~"

On the other side, Su Rui was caught in a pincer movement by Skadi and Laurentina, and was dragged down onto the bed.

"Aegir's furniture isn't much different from anywhere else. I know what you're trying to say, but compared to automated furniture, it just requires you to do a little more manual work."

Su Rui reached out and covered Skadi's mouth to stop her from talking, but two fists can't fight four hands, especially since Skadi and Laurentina were Abyssal Hunters.

Gladiia noticed the commotion on Su Rui's side. Su Rui was being tackled by Laurentina and Skadi, and there were sounds of kissing and tearing. In the distance, Gladiia vaguely heard what sounded like tearing.

"... At least, could this sound be muted?"

"Oh, sorry, sorry, I was a little distracted just now. It's easy to get distracted in this kind of situation, you know~"

As Su Rui spoke, she turned off the synchronized audio from both sides before replying, "Okay, that's fine now. Let's continue. These things won't prevent me from multitasking."

Gladiia nodded slightly, but involuntarily she thought of Su Rui was currently discussing this matter with her while playing a three-player match with Skadi and Laurentina:

"Are you really okay?"

"If I didn't have a physical body, my emotions wouldn't affect my ability to multitask, but having a physical body does have some impact... However, my other abilities are fine, and the information I need to provide you won't be reduced. Let's continue... But don't you need to rest?"

Su Rui's voice remained clear, and the information he provided was still as detailed and thorough as ever, but his voice was somewhat intermittent, as if he had to pause due to some unforeseen circumstance.

And that was indeed the case. In order to prevent herself from suffocating, Su Rui pushed away Laurentina's steamed bun that was pressing on her cheek before she spoke to Gladiia.

"The fleet operates in its own way, and the crew members work diligently in shifts, so there's no need to worry about that... By the way, the data analyst Xikunda is investigating, we've reached the location you marked."

Gladiia glanced in Xikunda's direction, causing Xikunda to look at her with some confusion. "Ms. Gladiia, is there something you need?"

"I just happened to be taking care of some things. You're looking for a missing data analyst, right? I found her drawings here; go take a look."

Gladiia pointed to the markings on the large screen on the bridge.

Xikunda paused for a moment, glanced at the big screen, and was then drawn to the content on it.

After a moment, having memorized the above information, Xikunda looked at Gladiia:

"Thank you, Ms. Gladiia, I'll go investigate right away."

"I will arrange for the fleet to rest and recuperate temporarily until you return with your troops. There's no need to rush."

Gladiia nodded. That way, the fleet could rest, and Su Rui wouldn't have to force herself to communicate with her while she was multitasking.

And that was indeed the case. Su Rui said in her ear, "That's a thoughtful arrangement, thanks. But I'll still keep sending you intelligence, and you can call me anytime if anything happens."

"Okay, get some rest."

With no one else around, Gladiia leaned gently against the bridge, waiting for Xikunda to return with her team, or for Su Rui to finish her mission and return.

However, it was only then that Gladiia realized that even after Su Rui, Skadi, and Laurentina finished their three-person team battle, he would probably still need to sleep, right? If that happened, wouldn't the fleet have to continue resting?

Although she knew that exploiting Su Rui like this was wrong, Gladiia still felt a sense of urgency, since it would be better to save those cities as soon as possible.

After a slight hesitation, Gladiia decided to wait for Su Rui to contact her. Even if Su Rui was asleep, she could simply have the fleet rest on the spot.

Anyway, those plots of land shouldn't be unable to hold out even for the last few days. In Su Rui's analysis, even the plot with the shortest remaining time still has almost a year left.

With this in mind, Gladiia didn't say anything more.

However, shortly after Xikunda returned with her troops, looking somewhat dejected, Gladiia heard Su Rui's voice again:

"Hey, I'm back. Skadi and Laurentina are asleep too."

"... Don't you need to sleep?" Gladiia glanced at the time. Only four or five hours had passed since the problem with Su Rui started. Su Rui probably hadn't had a chance to rest properly.

"Hmm, you know that the physical body is just a container for me. While my body rests, my mind can be very clear, so let's just set off... Besides, after Skadi and Laurentina's antics, I can't sleep a bit."

If she wanted to rest now, Gladiia felt that knowing all this would also keep her awake.