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

Laurentina grumbled in dissatisfaction.

Volume 6, Chapter 397: We'll meet again!

After having in-depth conversations with the three Abyssal Hunters, Su Rui and Gladiia's relationship deepened, becoming so close that they would occasionally hug each other even in front of others.

However, this warm and relaxed atmosphere was ultimately time-limited. Su Rui and Gladiia spent another ten days or so together. After resolving the issue of the missing city blocks in Miliarium, Gladiia also relaxed for the time being and spent time with Skadi and Laurentina accompanying Su Rui to experience the culture and customs of Aegir.

During this time, they visited many restaurants, as well as the technology museum and amusement park built after Aegir's technological breakthrough.

After the final Sea Route Plan for Miliarium failed due to some details, and the decision was made to deform all the existing city blocks and block the Seaborn trying to reach the land, Gladiia decided to return to the land to contact and guide the people there.

Of course, part of the reason is that Kal'tsit, as a member of Rhodes Island, has been away for too long and needs to go back, and Su Rui's time as a physical being is also coming to an end.

At this moment, they were riding together on a modified Rhodes Island aircraft that had returned to land.

Kal'tsit and Irene had already returned in the aircraft some time ago. Currently, there are only Laurentina, Gladiia, Skadi, and Su Rui on this aircraft.

Gladiia leaned against the cabin wall, looking at Su Rui: "So, your physical form is about to end? And then you'll disappear?"

The aloof, white-haired beauty involuntarily furrowed her brows.

"What exactly do you mean by 'disappearing'? Is there really no way to prevent it?"

"It's not just the kind of disappearance where the spirit vanishes and the body gradually decays; it's when the time comes, my body will directly turn into a pile of light dust. Actually, I think that scene is quite beautiful."

Su Rui, sitting on Skadi's lap, shrugged. "And I don't think there's any way to stop this change right now."

"... How much time is left?" Gladiia paused for a moment, and faced with a situation she seemed powerless to change, she could only ask Su Rui this question.

"There are probably a few more days. The exact timeframe depends on Skadi's countdown. However, the countdown might not be accurate, as it depends on whether the Upper System want us to know about this."

Su Rui gently nuzzled Skadi's cheek. Ever since learning that Su Rui would be leaving, the little orca had been very sad, unable to utter a single word, only gently hugging Su Rui's waist, pressing close to Su Rui as if afraid he would disappear.

Laurentina, on the other hand, seemed more relaxed. After listening to Su Rui and Gladiia's conversation, she smiled and sat down next to Gladiia, then reached out and hugged Su Rui's waist, burying her face in Su Rui's chest.

"Since we can't stop this process, let's cherish the time we spend with Su Rui."

Gladiia didn't say anything, she just silently watched Su Rui, Skadi, and Laurentina interact, her eyes closed as she was handcuffed in the cabin.

After a long while, unable to come up with any solutions Gladiia gave up, took a deep breath, and chose to accept the situation.

Since there's really no way to interfere or stop it, the only thing to do is stay by Su Rui's side and try to enjoy life as much as possible with him.

Of course, there was another reason that brought Gladiia back to her senses: Laurentina wasn't still after burying her face in Su Rui's arms. After a short rustling of fabric, Gladiia heard the sound of kissing.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Laurentina cupping Su Rui's cheeks and kissing her.

"..." Even if you want to cherish every moment spent with Su Rui, you don't have to be this obsessed with being with Su Rui, do you?

Although that's what she was thinking, Gladiia wouldn't miss the chance to spend time with Su Rui. She glanced at Su Rui, who was still burying her face in his chest like an ostrich, and decided that Suri was reliable. Gladiia came to Su Rui's side, put her arm around Su Rui's neck, and pressed herself against him from the side.

The aircraft quickly left the ocean and entered the air, propelled by the air to rapidly advance towards Rhodes Island. However, during this process, the aircraft's flight path was somewhat strange, or rather comical.

Although the aircraft appears to be flying without any problems on the surface, if someone were to observe it closely, they would notice that while the aircraft is flying smoothly, it is actually trembling frequently and rhythmically, maintaining this pattern as it flies towards Rhodes Island.

"What's life like on land? Perhaps many places are worse than in Aegir, but the quality of life shouldn't be that much different, right?"

After all, Aegir's technology wasn't actually used much in people's lives, and as Abyssal Hunters Gladiia and the others weren't interested in entertainment using cutting-edge technology. So, for them, the difference between the two after birth shouldn't be that much.

Skadi glanced at Su Rui sitting beside her. Su Rui had a glass of water in front of her, and despite the waiter's repeated requests, Su Rui insisted that the water be boiled before bringing it to her, for reasons unknown.

"Most places are no different, except that there are no automatic flush toilets on land."

This is something Skadi is particularly concerned about; she always reaches out to press the button after using the toilet, and it's unclear why Skadi is so bothered by this.

"Currently, the technology on Terra is not advanced enough to afford electronic devices like automatic chips for flush toilets."

Su Rui shrugged. "But if you can flush with just a tap of your finger, isn't that a kind of semi-automatic?"

Skadi didn't say anything, she just reached out and pinched Su Rui's cheek, then rubbed against him.

Since learning that Su Rui was going to disappear, both Gladiia and Skadi have a strong obsession with being close to Su Rui, even though they know they might meet again.

However, according to Skadi, today is the last day, Gladiia and the others are not dragging Su Rui to play ranked matches as frantically as they have in the previous days.

Just like any other day, they sat down with Su Rui in an ordinary café in Rhodes Island, chatting and enjoying the moment.

"We'll meet again, right?"

Skadi watched as Su Rui gradually emerged from his body, shimmering with light, and hugged him tightly once more.

"Of course, who knows, maybe next time I'll possess Gladiia or Laurentina?"

Volume 7, Chapter 398: Vulpisfoglia? Yay!

As Su Rui and Skadi finished their conversation, his entire body turned into dust and vanished from Skadi's embrace, disappearing before the eyes of Gladiia and Laurentina.

"... So that's how it is. Strange and beautiful, it's truly impossible to know where to start, and I can't find a way to deal with it."

Gladiia nodded thoughtfully. In fact, she and Skadi had planned to use medical technology to preserve Su Rui's body and mind.

However, the scene that just unfolded before our eyes was clearly beyond what medical intervention could handle.

Skadi looked at her empty hands in her arms, then raised her head with a touch of melancholy to look at Laurentina and Gladiia opposite her, like a child still dreaming:

"Second Captain, I want to find Su Rui again, no matter who his current host is."

"I'll help too." Gladiia nodded, and Laurentina beside her did the same, her eyes sparkling with a smile.

"Of course, I can't let that bastard who stole my heart just disappear from my world like that."

And so, the three Abyssal Hunters reached an agreement.

After a moment of confusion, Su Rui appeared in the host's mind.

Without speaking immediately, Su Rui first activated her Scanning Vision, and then was surprised to find that this place was very familiar, in fact, all too familiar.

Because this time Su Rui's host is actually Vulpisfoglia, who was Su Rui's first host.

"I never expected you'd become my host! Long time no see, Vulpisfoglia ~"

Su Rui's voice rang in her mind. Vulpisfoglia was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise:

' Su Rui? You're back!'

"Hmm, although I don't know the specific reason, you are my host again now."

Su Rui shrugged in Vulpisfoglia's mind. "What are you doing right now? Tell me?"

"It's nothing, just normal work. I occasionally go out to deliver packages with Texas and the others."

Vulpisfoglia smiled and explained, then watched as Su Rui Scanning Vision her eyes, a smile playing on her lips, but said nothing.

"Hmm, it seems you've been doing quite well lately... But where's Suzuran? Where's my Little Lisa? Why can't I find her in this city with my Scanning Vision?"

Su Rui's voice changed from calm to panicked, and her tone became hurried.

"Don't worry, Suzuran is on Rhodes Island ~"

Vulpisfoglia smiled, "Although Lungmen's education is also very good, Rhodes Island has the Doctor's personal guidance. Since you helped the Doctor optimize the office processes and the structure of Rhodes Island, the Doctor has had more free time. So she has taken charge of educating the junior operators."

"So that's how it is..."

"The Doctor's teaching and knowledge are far superior to those of ordinary teachers, aren't they?" Vulpisfoglia said, taking out her phone and smiling at it. She knew Su Rui would definitely see it, and that Su Rui would respond to her.

Also, perhaps because Vulpisfoglia had already experienced being possessed by Su Rui once, this time the materialization process directly showed Su Rui's physical form, which was still that of a beautiful Nine-Tailed Fox boy with white hair and red eyes.

However, the materialization process would have to start all over again from scratch. Vulpisfoglia frowned in confusion, and at the same time, she heard Su Rui's questioning voice:

"Speaking of which, since you're currently in your room and there's no one else here, why don't you just let me materialize? Surely my materialization progress isn't still incomplete?"

"... It's definitely not full yet. The materialization progress I see is zero percent. It seems we need to restart this process."

Vulpisfoglia sighed helplessly, while Su Rui shouted with considerable dissatisfaction, "What? This doesn't make sense! What kind of trouble is that old man from the Upper System causing now?! No way, I have to ask him!"

Although Su Rui finished speaking, Vulpisfoglia noticed that Su Rui had temporarily disappeared from her mind, obviously going to negotiate with the Upper System.

Meanwhile, Su Rui opened the interface for interacting with the Upper System within the System Space and slapped it hard:

"Old Deng, come out and explain the progress of my and Vulpisfoglia's materialization. Didn't I say that the progress of materialization is my favorability towards the host? Logically speaking, my favorability towards Vulpisfoglia should have been maxed out long ago!"

However, a new possession and materialization requires the accumulation of energy.

Su Rui completely disbelieved the explanation from the Upper System, and said irritably with her arms crossed:

"You're talking nonsense. What happened between me and the Doctor? My materialization progress was already at full speed. How do you explain that?"

The Upper System paused for a moment: [That's because this is the Doctor's first time being possessed.]

"I think you're actually just showing favoritism towards the Doctor, aren't you?"

Su Rui looked at the interface of the Upper System with annoyance:

"Alright, don't think I don't know you have the ability to materialize me directly. For someone who owns the entire Terra, this won't consume much energy. I won't talk about the other simulations, but now, at least with Vulpisfoglia, you have to make me materialize it directly."

[...] The Upper System seemed to hesitate for a moment, but ultimately agreed to Su Rui's request:

[Okay, it needs a little adjustment. You can go back now.]

"You'd better not lie to me, or I'll get angry."

Su Rui snorted coldly, then realized she had been a bit too domineering in her interactions with the Upper System -Upper System, so she softened her tone. "Thank you for your understanding~ I'm leaving now."

I am your mother.

"You... fine, you're not wrong." Su Rui looked at the subtitles displayed directly in the Upper System's face and wanted to curse, but then immediately stopped herself, stopped talking, and focused her attention on Vulpisfoglia.

"I'm back~ The Upper System said this time is an exception, and she'll make adjustments. It should be able to materialize soon."

"That's great." A smile involuntarily appeared on Vulpisfoglia's lips as she nodded. "I don't have anything important to do lately. Do you have any plans?"

Or rather, Vulpisfoglia has been relaxed ever since she left Syracuse, with no problems to face.

"Of course I'm going to Rhodes Island to see our daughter, my Little Lisa. I've finally made it back to you, I definitely have to see my daughter," Su Rui said with a hint of resentment. "Now I still have a long way to go before I can see my daughter."

"It won't take long. Shall we go to Rhodes Island alone?"

Vulpisfoglia smiled slightly, a sly glint in her eyes.

Could you please be lenient with page 399 of Volume 7, old man?

"Of course, the fewer people there are, the less time we'll have to prepare. I can't wait to see my daughter."

As Su Rui spoke, she asked about Vulpisfoglia with an urging tone:

"So, Vulpisfoglia, how about we set off now? My System Space has enough supplies and daily necessities for you and me to survive for one or two years. All we need to do is set off."

Vulpisfoglia nodded. "I'm ready, let's go."

As she spoke, she gathered her clothes and put them in her suitcase, Su Rui to store them in her System Space. Then she put away her weapons as well, and walked towards the Vulpisfoglia Penguin Logistics garage.

"Hmm, I've found Rhodes Island's current location. We'll be there soon."

As Su Rui spoke, he displayed the Scanning Vision to Vulpisfoglia's eyes; the map and route had already been marked by Su Rui.

A hint of nostalgia flashed in Vulpisfoglia's eyes. "It's been so long since I've felt this strange sensation. Seeing your Scanning Vision again, Su Rui, really makes me happy."

"I'm quite happy too, after all, to be able to spend time so intimately with you again."

Su Rui softened her demands and couldn't help but whisper sweet nothings to Vulpisfoglia, causing Vulpisfoglia's cheeks to flush slightly.

"However, I still can't see the System Materialization Progress. Has the adjustment of the Upper System not been completed yet?"

Hearing Su Rui's question, Vulpisfoglia paused for a moment, then looked to the corner of her field of vision. "It's already started. The Upper System is indeed making adjustments. I can see that the System Materialization Progress is constantly increasing."

"What does 'constantly rising' mean? I thought it would reach its maximum value all at once."

Su Rui was somewhat puzzled, and then he and Vulpisfoglia saw the subtitle from the Upper System: [Charging takes time, but usually the charging speed is faster than Su Rui's favorability increase.]

Vulpisfoglia nodded. Having already anticipated this, she showed no surprise, simply continuing to watch the System Materialization Progress in the corner of her vision.

"The growth rate is indeed very fast. Compared to when I first met you, the growth rate of the materialization progress is incredibly fast. It looks like it will only take a day for the materialization progress to reach its maximum."

"It takes a whole day? That's so slow." Su Rui couldn't help but complain, "I thought our civilization, with such powerful strength, would be more efficient and stronger."

Vulpisfoglia simply smiled and offered no comment, while the Upper System angrily displayed a string of subtitles in Su Rui's field of vision: [! Next time, I'll make sure your materialization progress is even slower!]

"No, okay? I misspoke, alright? Having a physical body is better for me, please don't slow down my physical transformation process, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Su Rui immediately objected, and her tone, when communicating with the Upper System, unconsciously took on a slightly coquettish quality. "Please, Mom~"