Ark Simulator, Am I Not Incorporeal?

The Eunectes retorted somewhat discontentedly to Su Rui, hoping that Su Rui could offer some assistance.

"Of course, no problem!" Su Rui waved and greeted Gavial, who was running towards them, "Hello Gavial, long time no see~"

"Do I know you? Wait, you're not Su Rui, are you?" Gavial was taken aback at first, then looked at Su Rui with some surprise:

"You really are elusive; you can be found everywhere."

"Hmm, looks like you have a good memory. Too bad there's no reward."

Su Rui smiled, reached into his System Space, took out a flashbang grenade, pulled the pin, and threw it towards Gavial:

"A flash of light is coming! Eunectes, remember not to look back!"

"Of course I know!" the Eunectes shouted in dissatisfaction, then picked up Su Rui again and ran faster. Gavial instinctively dodged the things Su Rui threw at him, and was then affected by the flashbang's light and vibration, standing still for a moment, somewhat disoriented.

While Gavial was distracted, Su Rui and the Eunectes had already slipped away from her sight.

"Tsk, anyway, the Doctor's here, so don't even think about running too far."

Gavial looked into the depths of the rainforest, stomped his foot in annoyance, and turned to walk towards the direction where the spacecraft had crashed. He needed to reunite with the Doctor first, didn't he?

Meanwhile, the Eunectes carried Su Rui and ran wildly towards its camp.

"The Eunectes isn't chasing us anymore, so why are you still so nervous?" Su Rui asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Since we got the aircraft's engine, its performance will definitely be even better after Big Ugly is installed, right?" the Eunectes said, unable to resist increasing its running speed, which had already slowed down.

"Didn't I tell you? Current engine performance is sufficient. Installing a rocket engine in a car might not even be a good thing."

Su Rui rolled her eyes as the Eunectes carried her on its shoulder all the way back to its Eunectes.

As soon as she returned, the Eunectes was surrounded by her subordinates, who excitedly recounted their recent haul:

"Boss, we stole the engine of a huge machine. That thing was flying in the sky before! Its engine must be amazing. Shall we crash it into the Big Ugly and see what happens?"

The Eunectes's minions were overjoyed, looking at Eunectes expectantly and waiting for Eunectes command.

"Okay, let's install it and try it out right away."

The Eunectes nodded, then looked at Su Rui expectantly. "Could you please help me?"

"Okay, but you need to remove one of the engines first, the one on the back, and then install the current engine. Otherwise, having too many engines will actually affect performance."

As Su Rui spoke, she flicked the Eunectes's leg with her tail. "What are you still standing there for? I've already given you instructions, so hurry up!"

"Oh, oh." The Eunectes nodded subconsciously, and urged by Su Rui, she walked towards Big Ugly, intending to replace Big Ugly's engine. Then, halfway there, she realized what she was doing, turned her head to look at Su Rui, and warned him in her heart:

'I'm not going to argue with you now, but you'll get what's coming to you tonight.'

"I'm so scared, but it's not nighttime yet, is it?" Suri made a face at the anaconda. Anyway, it was still early before nightfall, and besides, they could think about things later.

As Su Rui spoke, she marked the pipelines that needed to be removed within the Eunectes's field of vision:

"First, disconnect the cables from these joints, then remove the engine's retaining pins, and place it in a safe place. Don't wait until you need to replace the engine and can't find the original one."

"I know." The Eunectes nodded, and as it watched Su Rui walk over, it imitated Su Rui by flicking Su Rui's leg with its tail. Then, it replaced the engine on the back of the Big Ugly and, under Su Rui's guidance, installed the new engine on the aircraft.

"Okay, so what's next?"

"Then the Big Ugly can begin. I see the ceremony for electing the High Priest is about to start. Are you sure you want to waste your time here?"

The Eunectes nodded, wrapped its tail around Su Rui's waist, and carried him to the top of the Big Ugly, where it sat down. Then it beckoned to its subordinates:

"Get moving, let's fight for the position of Great Chieftain!"

"Oh!!!!" The subordinates cheered, crowding around the Big Ugly that had started moving after Su Rui activated it, and marched busily towards the direction where the festival was being held.

"Looks like you're not planning to use the Big Ugly for the time being?" Su Rui looked at the Eunectes jumping off the Big Ugly, shield and axe in hand, ready to enter the fray, and asked with some doubt, "Then do you want me to provide you with combat support?"

"No need, let me win with my own strength." The Eunectes shook its head and used its shield to knock its first overconfident opponent off the platform.

"If that's the case, then Big Ugly isn't really part of your strength."

Su Rui leaned against the top of the Big Ugly's body, gently tapped Big Ugly outer shell, and watched as the Eunectes effortlessly used its shield and axe to defeat all the opponents that charged at it.

'This is different. Even the Big Ugly is my work, and in a competition, you win as long as you're strong enough.'

"It's obvious that your competition has no rules." Su Rui shrugged and didn't continue arguing with the Eunectes.

By Scanning Vision, Su Rui had actually located Gavial and the Doctor watching the match from below the field. However, at this moment, Big Ugly was in a blind spot that the center of the tube could not see, so they had not yet discovered Su Rui's location.

However, a change was about to occur. Watching Gavial Eunectes's winning streak from below the arena, Gavial couldn't resist the urge to join in. He spotted the healing staff and jumped onto the platform. "Yo, Eunectes, I'll be your opponent!"

Gavial's appearance immediately attracted a lot of attention; many of the rainforest's Crocodile People recognized her.

"Is this Gavial?"

"Gavial is back?"

"Gavial, I support you!"

Gavial's popularity, built up over the years, has earned her a lot of cheers and applause.

'Your formidable enemy is here. If things get bad, I'll just use Big Ugly to help.'

As Su Rui spoke, she jumped down from the Big Ugly. After all, it was a one-on-one match, and adding a mecha was one thing, but it would be a different story if Su Rui joined the fray.

"I understand." The Eunectes didn't argue, seemingly realizing that she herself felt there was a gap between her and Gavial's fighting abilities.

Volume 8, Chapter 470: The Big Ugly, Give Her a Shot

Just as expected, Gavial's combat ability was much stronger than that of the Eunectes wielding only a shield and an axe, and he quickly forced the Eunectes to retreat while holding its shield.

'It seems I'm still not as good as Gavial in this regard,' the Eunectes sighed. 'I thought I'd grown quite a bit during this time.'

'You probably spend most of your time studying mechanics, right? You haven't been exercising seriously.'

Su Rui grumbled helplessly, then activated the Big Ugly. The five-meter-tall mech stood up, making almost no noise except for the slight whirring of gears. It walked onto the arena and stood beside the Eunectes.

'Do you know what Gavial has been doing all this time?' The Eunectes, watching the Big Ugly Su Rui was operating, felt much calmer and more at ease, and looked at Gavial:

"Gavial, let me show you my secret weapon. I put a lot of thought into preparing this."

"Alright! I won't lose!" Just as Gavial uttered his boastful words, Su Rui activated the Big Ugly's Chest Cannon. With the roar of Originium explosives exploding, a shell was launched from Big Ugly's chest, hitting her before Gavial could react and sending her flying.

It's worth mentioning that although the performance of the Big Ugly was enhanced, the Scholar did not increase the power of the Chest Cannon. Otherwise, Gavial wouldn't just have been knocked unconscious and sent flying; he would have turned into a pile of Gavial sauce.

The Eunectes thus achieved victory, raising its battle axe amidst cheers from below.

"Eunectes! Eunectes! Eunectes!"

"From this moment forward, I am the chieftain here!" The Eunectes looked at her Crocodile People and a smile crept onto her lips. This was the result of her hard work, so it was only natural that she was happy.

Su Rui's voice then rang out in the Eunectes's mind, bringing up Gavial's matter again:

"Let's get back to Gavial. She's been working as a doctor on Rhodes Island lately, but to be honest, her treatment methods are a bit rough—the kind that can scare injured patients away. You could call it a form of physical training, right? After all, knocking patients unconscious regularly is a kind of training."

The Eunectes nodded: 'As expected of Gavial.'

"Alright, enough of that, Great Chieftain. Tell your men something else; tell them your plans for the future."

'But wasn't I supposed to be leaving with Rhodes Island? Why announce this plan then?'

'It's good for the people in the rainforest, but we also need to make sure they don't cut down the entire rainforest at once, otherwise the people here will starve to death.'

The Eunectes nodded, looking down at the Crocodile People who were staring at her eagerly, waiting for her to give orders.

"Listen carefully, I am about to announce new rules. In order to make our lives better, you all need to understand mining, smelting, and forging techniques."

Although the Crocodile People didn't understand what the Eunectes intended for them to do, it didn't stop them from cheering.

After the speech, the Eunectes stepped down from the platform, and Su Rui was already sitting back on the Big Ugly machine, looking down at her.

The Eunectes also had some concerns: 'By the way, Oripathy you mentioned before? Will there be any problems with it?'

"Of course, as long as you take proper protective measures, it'll be fine. Conditions in the rainforest are rudimentary, so my suggestion is to seal the mine after a few more days of digging. Actually, with Big Ugly's help, you've already obtained enough minerals for the entire Jade Forest."

'Then why didn't you say so sooner? I already said it during my speech.'

"You didn't ask?" Su Rui shrugged. "What? Is the Great Chieftain starting to care about his authority?"

'Hmph, I'll settle the score with you tonight.' The Eunectes snorted coldly, climbed onto Big Ugly as well, and sat down next to Su Rui, asking:

What should we do next?

"I don't know. There's not much left to do. Big Ugly has already reached his limit, at least within the technological limitations of the rainforest. You've also become the Great Chieftain. We're leaving now. Oh, by the way, Gavial and the others are coming to find you. If you don't want to talk to them for the time being..."

"Then let Kemaer stop them."

"You mean Flint? Okay, I'll go get her."

Su Rui nodded. Big Ugly led the Eunectes and him to Flint, and then entrusted the matter to the petite, dark-skinned Liberi girl.

"She seems really excited. Is she that passionate about fighting?"

Su Rui watched Flint's excited figure disappear into the distance. Although he had seen it many times before, the Rainforest people's way of thinking was truly simple and direct.

"Fighting is our hobby, and one of the few forms of entertainment in the rainforest."

The Eunectes nodded, then secretly glanced at Su Rui out of the corner of her eye; she had found a new form of entertainment.

The Eunectes's tail unknowingly wrapped around Su Rui's waist again, and it moved closer to Su Rui Su Rui.

"Su Rui, how about we get back and get some rest first?"

"Okay, wait, you weren't even injured. Does this count as strenuous exercise for you?"

It's hard to say whether it's intense or not, but I'm going to do some intense exercise with you later.

Thinking this, after Big Ugly brought her back to the camp with Su Rui Eunectes couldn't wait to carry Su Rui off Big Ugly's mech and jump towards her room.

'So that's what you were thinking about.'

"What, is that not allowed? What are you complaining about?" the Eunectes asked Su Rui, sounding somewhat unconvinced.

"How could I dare? You did everything right!" Su Rui deliberately used a sarcastic tone to provoke the Eunectes: "Why are you so nervous? Are you not up to it?"

"Of course I can, you just wait." The Eunectes glared fiercely at Su Rui, then said to its subordinates:

"No matter who comes, don't let them disturb me."

After saying that, the Eunectes carried Su Rui into its room and locked the door.

To avoid being disturbed, she even moved her furniture to block the door, preventing outsiders from barging in.

"Alright, let's begin." The Eunectes no longer concealed itself and directly dragged Su Rui onto the soft bed. Of course, it wasn't that soft; the important thing was that its two snake tails were already intertwined. To be honest, Feline's tail was quite amusing at this moment.

Su Rui deliberately covered the Eunectes's mouth, kicking her axe and shield aside. "How careless of you! Aren't you afraid of knocking over the axe?"

'I won't.'

Volume 8, Chapter 471: The Sudden Materialization

The battle between Su Rui and the Eunectes lasted a long time, until evening. After eating something simple, neither of them felt like doing anything else, and since no one had bothered them all day, they decided to rest.

However, the Doctor's side acted quickly as well. Within Su Rui's Scanning Vision, they had found all their teammates by the next day, and Huang even knocked out the attacking Flint and carried him back.

Su Rui's Scanning Vision detected the Doctor's team approaching the camp, so Su Rui was awakened.

"Hoo~" Before even opening her eyes, Su Rui felt a cool, restraining sensation.

Opening her eyes and trying to sit up, Su Rui felt an even clearer restraint as the Eunectes's tail wrapped around Su Rui waist and around her neck.

Su Rui patted the Eunectes's tail with a hint of annoyance, but the sleeping Eunectes only mumbled something before continuing to hug Su Rui, rubbing its cheek against Su Rui's snake tail, and then going back to sleep.

"You should get up. The Doctor and Gavial are coming to see you."

Su Rui slapped the Eunectes's cheek in an annoyed tone, but when it still didn't react, she simply pinched Eunectes cheeks and pulled them apart. "Get up now!"

"Oh, don't rush, I'm up."

The Eunectes tightened its tail, somewhat helplessly and angrily, trying to pull away Su Rui's wrist. But Su Rui was not to be outdone, hooking her own large tail around the Eunectes's neck and shaking its head. "Hurry up, stop sleeping. You won't get up until Gavial kicks the door open, will you?"

"Isn't there Big Ugly? We can have Big Ugly chase them away."

"Isn't Gavial your friend? He's here to reason with us!"

"They'll definitely break in, and a fight will break out regardless of who's in the right!"

The Eunectes and Su Rui fought for a long time, using their hands, legs, and long, flexible tails to wrestle like wrestlers, each trying to gain the upper hand.

Then, anticipating that it would be unable to sleep after this entanglement, the Eunectes took the initiative to show weakness and loosened its tail from around Su Rui's neck and wrists:

"I give up, let go! We still have to face Gavial and the others next."