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

'Because a pile driver can still blow up the machine body in one go.'

As Su Rui spoke, she piloted her mech forward. "I'll set up the firing line for you, you can open fire while you're at it."

Okay, please~

Myrtle noticed that Su Rui's mech sped through the pipe, attracting the attention of a mech hiding in a corner. Myrtle quickly seized the opportunity and unleashed a barrage of fire at the mech from behind.

Although the mechs in this game all have invisible shields like Pulse Protection, these shields can become overloaded if they are hit by a large amount of direct fire in a short period of time.

Most of the firepower fired by Myrtle hit its mark, causing the hiding mech to stagger. Taking advantage of this, Su Rui turned around, took out the pile driver, approached, charged up, and blasted the opponent's mech to pieces.

While Su Rui and Myrtle were engrossed in the game, Su Rui didn't forget to keep an eye on the Eunectes and its companions' movements.

As they boarded the aircraft and took off, neither the Eunectes nor Gavial noticed the box placed in the cargo hold, or rather, they saw it but didn't pay it any attention.

The Eunectes curiously examined the box, speculating about its contents. "Big Ugly? What do you think is inside this box?"

Has Big Ugly gained the ability to converse? Has the Machine Soul evolved so quickly? Su Rui connected with Big Ugly with some doubt, and then read the system records for this period of time. He then discovered that, in fact, it had not. It was just that after Su Rui left, the Eunectes started talking to itself to pass the time.

Big Ugly didn't answer the Eunectes's question, and the Eunectes, naturally, didn't care. "Maybe it's something Su Rui sent to Sargon, waiting to give me a surprise?"

After speaking softly, the Eunectes did not linger and went into the crew cabin of the aircraft, leaving the nervous Su Rui and Myrtle in the cargo hold.

'Did she guess you'd come along?' Myrtle asked Su Rui nervously in a low voice. Even though the Eunectes had already left, she didn't dare to speak now.

'That shouldn't be the case, we haven't leaked any information... Let's just ignore it and take it one step at a time.'

Su Rui thought for a moment, but couldn't find a reason, so she simply stopped thinking about it and urged Myrtle, "Alright, stop thinking about it. Focus on the game. We need to start our operation before they arrive."

"Okay, I understand." Myrtle nodded. She couldn't figure out the answer either, so she simply continued playing the game.

Time passed slowly, and soon the aircraft approached its predetermined destination.

Su Rui reminded Myrtle, "Are you ready? It's almost time for us to set off."

"Hmm, so, what's our plan?" Myrtle handed the game console to Su Rui and put it away, then began to ask Su Rui about their plan.

'This is a passage leading to the Durin Underground City. Or rather, it's more like a hole in the Durin's city railway caused by the ever-expanding Active Originium Vein.'

Su Rui showed the Scanning Vision to Myrtle and prompted her:

"When the aircraft lands, I'll make the hatch open slowly, pretending it's jammed due to a malfunction. That way, you can run ahead of the Eunectes and get across Eunectes railway as quickly as possible. They shouldn't be in such a hurry. If all else fails, I have other ways to distract them."

Myrtle nodded. The Scanning Vision showed that the aircraft was approaching its target and preparing to land.

Su Rui had already locked the hatch between the crew compartment and the cargo hold. Myrtle came out of her little room, carrying her flag, and went to the cargo hold door.

Watching the doors of her little room close again after she left, Myrtle breathed a sigh of relief: 'This adventure was quite interesting.'

'Do you think it's fun to play a game in a dangerous place where you'll never be discovered?'

'Adventure is the main point, but the games we play are also a way to experience adventure!'

Myrtle stamped her foot. As the aircraft approached the ground and began to stabilize itself with jet propulsion, and then extended its mechanical arm to land on the ground, Su Rui opened the cargo hold door. Myrtle ran out without hesitation. The route had already been Su Rui in her field of vision, so Myrtle had to do was run forward following the markings.

Of course, Su Rui didn't forget to show the situation inside the aircraft behind her to Myrtle, who was running.

The Eunectes patted the hatch leading outside, puzzled. "Why can't I open it?"

"It seems like we're stuck. Let's go to the cargo hold and get our things first."

"Hmm, Big Ugly might be able to help." The Eunectes nodded and, together with Gavial, passed through the opposite door between the cargo hold and the crew compartment, which had already been unlocked by Su Rui.

At this moment, the cargo hold door leading to the outside had been closed again by Su Rui, so the Eunectes and Gavial did not notice anything unusual.

Volume 8, Chapter 489: The Dungeon of Durin

While the Eunectes and Gavial were still retrieving equipment from the aircraft's cargo hold, Myrtle, guided by Su Rui, had already reached the tunnel hole in the subway passage leading to the Durin Underground City.

"Don't worry, although it looks a bit dark, the distance below isn't actually that high, only three or four meters."

It might be a bit high for an ordinary person, but Myrtle a Terra, she won't get hurt.

"Alright, I'll jump now. There aren't any sharp objects down there, are there?" Myrtle still a little worried.

"No, didn't I already show you the scan below? It's a section of railway track, and because it's broken, the railway is no longer in operation."

Myrtle nodded, and with Su Rui's assurance, she gently jumped down into the cave. She first used the flagpole to support herself on the ground, swayed slightly, and then landed gently on the ground.

"Alright, what we should do next is follow this railway track directly to the Durin Underground City, right?"

Myrtle looked at the white flag, turned around in place, and waited for Su Rui to mark the direction in her field of vision.

"Actually, there's another way. You can go in through a flooded path. That way, you won't be seen as an intruder. After all, you're a Durin, and your presence in Durin city won't seem out of place at all. Although, in reality, as long as you don't encounter any vigilant guards, the Durin here won't suspect a thing."

So, where does this flooded path lead?

Myrtle did not doubt Su Rui's words and followed Su Rui's markings toward the flooded path.

'The hole leading to the dome of the Durin City had been transformed by the Durin into a huge pool and slide, serving as their playground.'

"I see, that's a great idea, isn't it?"

"Of course, so if you could land directly on the topic from the dome and slide down the water, you'd definitely get a lot of cheers. They wouldn't doubt your identity; they'd just think you're a super fun-loving Durin."

As Su Rui spoke, she also showed the structural diagram of the massive Durin Underground City below:

'We should get going now.'

"Yay!"

Myrtle quickened her pace, hoisted the white flag onto her shoulder, and waved her sleeves as she ran towards the spot marked by Su Rui.

Not only was it to experience the slide as quickly as possible, but also because Myrtle saw in the Scanning Vision shown by Su Rui that the Eunectes and the others were approaching the entrance to this underground city.

It's worth mentioning that the Eunectes also had Big Ugly.

However, the Eunectes were approaching at a leisurely pace, Myrtle would definitely be able to Durin's city before they arrived. By then, finding Myrtle wouldn't be so easy for them.

The subway tracks had some branches, or rather, maintenance routes, so Myrtle followed the markings given by Su Rui through the maze-like underground passages, eventually finding a path with shallow water on the dry surface.

"Speaking of which, where does all the water here come from?"

Myrtle was curious, and then she saw the scanned map that Su Rui had provided.

The expansion of the ' Active Originium Vein ' caused a rupture in the underground railway. Directly above it was a surface river from the rainforest, so water seeped down. However, at least in the short term, this underground city will not be destroyed by the Active Originium Vein and the lake.

"What if it takes a little longer?"

Myrtle took off her boots. This was originally a road used for subway maintenance, so there was no need to worry about any sharp objects on the ground.

Su Rui put her boots into the System Space, while Myrtle took her first steps, her delicate white feet gently treading on the shallow, slowly flowing water in the city, heading deeper into the city.

"If this continues for too long, the city will malfunction due to the excessive water influx. If no intervention is taken, the city will be completely submerged, or the Active Originium Vein will spread in, causing large-scale Originium contamination and making the city uninhabitable."

"So we're here to solve this problem, right?"

Myrtle wasn't frightened by the somewhat terrifying future Su Rui described. Instead, she skipped along in the shallow water, carrying her flag like a toy soldier, heading deeper into the maintenance path.

"Of course, but getting these Durin out of the city won't be an easy task. You and your low-statured expressions are quite similar in some ways to those in some of the stories I've heard—stubbornness."

"When the power to make decisions is held by an entire group, any decision becomes extremely difficult. This isn't just a problem with the Durin, but Su Rui, you surely have a way, right?"

Myrtle shook her head, shouldered her flag, and continued walking deeper into the increasingly deep maintenance passage.

"Of course, first listen to me. If the entire underground Originium Vein cannot be mined and relocated all at once, the underground Durin City will eventually be contaminated by the ever-expanding Active Originium Vein and become uninhabitable."

The leak is a minor issue; all that's needed is to repair the city's dome, maintenance access roads, and subway tunnels.

However, the Active Originium Vein is a major problem that cannot be ignored.

Myrtle nodded. Although the problem seemed serious, Su Rui immediately knew a solution, so she eagerly pressed for details:

"So, what's next? Su Rui, how do you plan to solve this problem?"

'Let the Durin relocate to the surface, or rebuild a new underground city in a safe location. However, I think relocating them up there is also an option. We can dismantle the city piece by piece and move everything to the surface, which would save the Durin a lot of work in rebuilding the city.'

Myrtle looked at the two plans Su Rui had given her, and finally nodded. "No matter which plan we choose, it seems we need to leave the underground and build a city on the surface, so we'll definitely have to demolish the city."

"That's right. By the way, didn't you hesitate at all?"

Su Rui was somewhat puzzled that Myrtle hadn't tried to find other methods or dissuade her.

"Because this is the simplest and most convenient method, and it also avoids the problem of Originium. Durin's underground city cannot avoid the expansion of Active Originium Vein, so it is only natural for them to move to the surface!"

Myrtle hands on her hips, looking rather smug.

Volume 8, Chapter 490: Falling from the Sky

As Su Rui and Myrtle chatted, Myrtle followed the increasingly deep water in the maintenance passage to the edge of the Myrtle, where the water was even waist-deep in some places.

Fortunately, after a long journey, Myrtle finally arrived here.

"Ugh, my clothes are all wet, it's so uncomfortable."

Myrtle shook her clothes, but the damp air around her made her movements ineffective.

"Don't worry, we can buy swimsuits down there. I have plenty of currency."

Myrtle nodded, glanced at the edge of the dome, then slowly backed away. After creating some distance between herself and the dome, she began to run up and then, following Su Rui's instructions, jumped with the appropriate force.

Then, Myrtle kicked up a spray of clear water, and as she jumped, she traced an arc in the air before landing on the slide below the hole in the dome, glistening with water.

With Su Rui's reminder, Myrtle had already begun adjusting her posture before landing, landed smoothly on the slide and slid down to the large pool below, accompanied by splashing water.

Many of the Durin witnessed Myrtle's actions. Although they had experienced a collision, compared to the excitement and pleasure they were feeling at that moment, the slight discomfort was completely negligible.

Amid cheers Myrtle slid down the slide and plunged into the pool with a "whoosh" at the very end.

Before Myrtle could even find her way out of the water and regain her balance, her descent had already attracted the attention and cheers of the Durin.

Of course, there was also the attention of a pink-haired Lupo woman named Avdotya, codenamed Pozëmka, who was sunbathing on a deck chair on the beach.

Suddenly, cheers erupted from above the dome.

Although it was a somewhat familiar voice from Durin, Pozëmka, realizing something seemed amiss, twitched her ears and opened her eyes to look at the leaking water source high in the dome.

Then she saw the flaxen-haired Durin girl, Myrtle, fall through the opening in the dome with a splash of water, crash into the water slide below, and then slide down amidst cheers.

Pozëmka's ears twitched, and she suddenly jumped up from her recliner and rushed towards the slide.

Pozëmka wasn't worried that the reckless Durin girl was a bad person, but she was worried that the girl who jumped from the height might drown in the large pool because she couldn't maintain her balance.

After all, the Durin are kind and pure beings~ (Pozëmka's personal filter)

Seeing that the reckless Durin girl was about to fall into the water from the high slide, Pozëmka rushed out in the direction of the slide's landing point.

Then, right now, Myrtle struggled slightly in the water, trying to find her way to the surface, when she felt a pair of hands cupping her armpits and lifting her out of the water.

'Oh~ Kountaro has come to save you.'

Su Rui let out a wicked laugh, while Myrtle looked up, still somewhat bewildered, at Pozëmka, who had lifted her up and was walking towards the shore:

"Are you Hong Tailang?"

Pozëmka paused for a moment, then looked at Myrtle with a puzzled expression, placing her on the ground. "My name is Avdotya, not Hong Tailang as you say."

'Or you can call her Pozëmka.'

Myrtle nodded. "Hello, Avdotya, I'm Myrtle... A friend of mine said I could call you Pozëmka?"

Pozëmka paused for a moment, then nodded. "Yes, this name feels very suitable for me, thank you."

However, Pozëmka looked around and found that she couldn't find Myrtle's "friends," so she asked with some confusion:

"Then, Myrtle, where are your friends?"

Myrtle looked left and right, a slightly hesitant expression on her face. "My friend is right here, but he'll have to wait a moment."

Su Rui's materialization progress is only 63% so far. It was clearly increasing very quickly at the beginning, but Myrtle doesn't quite understand why the action of jumping off the topic as Su Rui requested only increased the materialization progress by 3%.

"Oh, I see. I understand."

Pozëmka nodded, a hint of a smile in her eyes, "Would you like to go shopping with me? But your clothes are all wet, why don't you go change first?"

"Okay, I'm going to pick out a swimsuit."

Myrtle nodded, then asked Su Rui in her mind, "Su Rui, your System Space can clearly hold so many clothes, why aren't there any women's swimsuits?"

"Because everything I've prepared is for special circumstances, and also, Durin's body type isn't quite right for it. If you want some clothes, I have a few jackets here, how about you take them?"

"No need, no need. I'm changing into my swimsuit anyway, how about I give you one too?"

Myrtle's lips curled into a smile, "Su Rui, your physical form seems to be Durin like me. Preparing a swimsuit in advance wouldn't be a problem, would it?"