Ark Simulator, Aren't I Supposed to Have No Physical Body?

Su Rui and Myrtle have no shortage of rewards, but playing shooting games with the toy car and shooting each other with water guns is still a lot of fun.

So Su Rui and Myrtle had a great time, until things started to get a little strange.

Even Pozëmka, who was lying on a recliner not far away watching, noticed that something was amiss. She sat up, placed her hand on the heavy crossbow, and looked at the small carts with some confusion.

At first, the water guns were secured with simple brackets, but the number of easy-to-deal-with vehicles gradually decreased, and they were replaced by more powerful vehicles.

Not only has the water gun on the cart become more powerful, but the bracket that holds the water gun in place has also been changed from a bracket that allows the water gun to be easily removed to a fixed platform that integrates the water gun and the cart.

Even the car's performance was improved, becoming exceptionally sturdy and fast, so much so that many unsuspecting Durin were caught off guard and were sprayed away by the high-pressure water cannons.

Something seems off.

Myrtle noticed this too, but because of their earlier playfulness, she and Su Rui had grown apart and couldn't reunite immediately.

But the cars in front of us have appeared in droves; their sheer number and imposing presence clearly indicate that this is no longer just a game.

Su Rui opened her Scanning Vision and discovered that in addition to the water gun trucks responsible for repelling the enemy, there were many other trucks responsible for dismantling and transferring supplies. Also, the water trucks that originally appeared to have been repelled had been converted into automated trucks for dismantling and loading cargo.

After a brief investigation, Su Rui discovered that it was the work of another designer. It seemed that after the failure of the first drone project, another designer had found what she considered a better solution.

A swarm of small cars is indeed much more efficient than a single flying drone. However, perhaps because the drone was attacked before, the second designer seems to have misunderstood something.

She seems to intend to use forceful means to demolish these buildings, and once the deed is done, the Durin will have no choice but to relocate.

Su Rui passed this information to Myrtle, who immediately exclaimed in dissatisfaction, "Isn't this kind of thinking a bit too extreme?"

That was indeed extreme, and because Myrtle shouted so loudly, she attracted the attention of the little cars and was blasted away by their high-pressure water cannons.

' Su Rui ~ I got blasted away!'

Myrtle was rendered speechless by the water cannons. She lay on the beach and struggled to her feet. With the help of Su Rui's Scanning Vision, she darted and jumped to escape the water cannon attacks from the little cars.

"I see. Looks like you won't be able to get any closer to me for the time being. By the way, you'd better switch to a more powerful weapon, because these little cars, aside from not being designed to be lethal, are specifically designed to drive away and dismantle amusement park rides."

Su Rui was speechless: 'Why did they prioritize dismantling the dome or the amusement park rides? Logically, shouldn't the Durin prefer the amusement park rides, so why demolish the other living facilities first?'

'Perhaps designers think differently from ordinary Durin?'

Myrtle dodged the water cannons from the toy cars, and at Su Rui's prompting, she grabbed a shovel that looked like some children used to shovel sand, and swung it down hard at one of the toy cars that was relatively close by.

The cart's designer only intended to scare away the Durin playing by the pool, not to actually harm them. So when Myrtle's shovel landed on the cart, the attack was effective; the cart wasn't strong enough to be indestructible.

The edge of the shovel severed the muzzle of the water cannon. Myrtle gripped the shovel in her hand and shouted, rallying the Durin were staggering and fleeing in all directions under the onslaught of the water cannon:

"Fellow countrymen! To protect our paradise, for our summer, let us not retreat an inch! We can defeat them!"

Myrtle suddenly gained a strange charisma. Under her call, the Durin, who had been disoriented by the water cannons, also picked up their weapons and began to destroy the carts in front of them.

However, the sheer number and quality of the vehicles were so high that the designers operating them seemed to have taken notice. As a result, some of the water trucks that had been watching the scene started up, and their high-pressure water cannons swept away large numbers of the Durin.

Despite having Su Rui's Scanning Vision assist, Myrtle still struggled somewhat when dodging the water cannons.

' Su Rui, do you know what's going on here?'

"Hmm, it seems those two designers have some unconventional ideas. They've both decided to start dismantling the most eye-catching facilities first. I know its exact location, and also where the control center for these little cars is. Shall we go together?"

"No, I want to stay here and protect this water park, all the slides and other attractions. I want to play on them later, and I can't let the little cars tear them all down! Su Rui, do you have any way to help me?"

"Of course, I've already activated those big metal swimming coaches. You can use those metal figures as cover and use them to launch a counterattack against those small cars."

As Su Rui spoke, she marked different units in Myrtle's field of vision:

'The red ones are the enemy's vehicles, and the blue ones are your own units. Different shapes represent different units. It should be very simple and easy to understand. Quickly lead your team to complete this defensive battle!'

"Alright! Then Myrtle will wage a magnificent defensive battle here! This is to protect our pool park! Let's call it..."

Let's call it the Poolgrad Defense!

'Alright! Let's call it the Poolgrad Defense!'

Although Myrtle didn't know what the word meant, she just needed a name. After the tin men around her gradually formed a human wall, Myrtle called out to the Durin who had returned to the "front lines."

"My fellow countrymen, pick up your weapons, shovels, water guns, or whatever else you can, and for the sake of our pool, we cannot back down an inch!"

"Oh!!!!"

The Durin suddenly became excited, and amidst cheers, the battle resumed.

Su Rui then looked at Hong Pozëmka, who was not far away and had her hand on her heavy crossbow. Seeing that Durin and the carts were fighting each other and it was not easy for her to fire, she moved closer to Pozëmka.

"I'll leave the pool area to you to protect. I'll try to figure out how to dismantle the control terminal behind it."

Okay, please!

It seems like Volume 8, Chapter 499, is about to be discovered.

Pozëmka was still watching the chaotic battle between the Durin and the cars, unsure whether it was a game or an accident similar to the one involving the drones.

Su Rui came to her side and gently patted Pozëmka's waist. There was no way Su Rui could pat Pozëmka's shoulder, as Durin was not tall enough.

"Huh?! Su Rui, do you know what's going on here?"

Pozëmka, caught in a dilemma, was first startled by the sensation on her waist. She turned her head and, upon seeing Su Rui, breathed a sigh of relief with a slight blush on her cheeks.

"It's very simple. Remember the crisis I told you about the Durin Underground City that it faces?"

As Su Rui spoke, she took Pozëmka's wrist, gesturing for her to follow.

Pozëmka subconsciously followed Su Rui's movements and took a step, then nodded. "I know, could this be something like the drone incident from before?"

"That's right." Su Rui nodded.

"The designers had their own ideas, believing that the decision-makers in the dungeon were reacting too slowly, so the two of them decided to find a way to act first. After the first one failed, the second one has now taken up her mantle and started again."

"I didn't expect it to be like this." Pozëmka nodded with a complicated expression, then looked at Su Rui, who was holding her wrist. "But, Su Rui, how did you know?"

"I'm good at electronics, so I found clues by investigating the signals of those cars."

As Su Rui spoke, she took out her phone and showed Pozëmka the complex string of characters on it, as if showing off.

In reality, these were just shown to Pozëmka, since Su Rui didn't need to use a phone at all; he could directly find the person behind it all.

Sensing Pozëmka's surprised yet admiring gaze, Su Rui smiled smugly, put her phone back in her pocket, and then pulled Pozëmka's hand to continue walking forward.

"We need to shut down the terminal that controls the car. Attacking it electronically is too complicated. Now that I've located it, let's just eliminate it physically."

That's obviously false, but if Su Rui just sat there doing nothing and solved the problem, the adventure wouldn't feel like an adventure at all.

"Won't Myrtle be in danger? And what about those Durin? These little carts don't seem easy to deal with."

Pozëmka stayed close to Su Rui, unwilling to let Su Rui release her wrist, so she could only hold her heavy crossbow in one hand.

Fortunately, thanks to the skills of the Durin, the heavy crossbow in her hands was easy to operate, and she didn't need to worry about loading it.

Su Rui pulled Pozëmka's wrist, avoiding the cars' path, and walked towards the back of the shopping street:

"The designer herself didn't actually intend to do anything; she just wanted to shoo away the Durin who were playing on the beach. The car's weapons were all high-pressure water cannons, so at most, it would just make the Durin fall and get bumps all over their heads."

As Su Rui spoke, she pointed to a building not far away. "What we're looking for is the control terminal in that building. You can see the cars coming out of the parking garage below that building."

Pozëmka nodded. "How do we get in?"

"We just need to avoid the cars coming out of the garage. I see there's no more external input on the terminal, so the designer has probably hidden himself. All we need to do is break in and shut down the terminal."

Su Rui looked down at her phone, pretended to glance at the constantly flashing code on the screen, and then nodded to Pozëmka:

"However, I noticed that there seem to be some isolated network nodes inside that building, which might be some pre-set traps that we need to deal with as we go in."

Pozëmka nodded and grabbed Su Rui's wrist. "In that case, let's hurry up. If we're late, the slides and playground equipment next to the beach might have been dismantled."

"Okay, let's go!" Su Rui nodded, and was about to run with Pozëmka when Pozëmka picked him up and put the heavy crossbow in Su Rui arms, and then ran with Su Rui and the crossbow.

However, even while running, Pozëmka's crossbow was still aimed ahead, constantly alert to any danger that might appear in her field of vision.

Soon, the pink-clad Lupo girl, carrying Su Rui, took off running towards the building with her long, white legs. Su Rui held her phone in her hand, displaying her Scanning Vision on the screen.

Although Pozëmka, who was running, probably didn't have the mind to look at the information on Su Rui's phone, at least this way, Pozëmka wouldn't doubt the source of Su Rui's information.

"Don't go through the front door yet. The window next to it isn't locked; you can climb over it. There's a small trap behind that door."

Pozëmka nodded. Although she was holding Su Rui, it didn't affect her movements. The pink-clad wolf girl nimbly leaped onto the windowsill with Su Rui in her arms.

Pozëmka gently lifted her fair, jade-like foot, pushed open the closed window, and then carried Su Rui through the window into the building.

"Okay, you can put me down now."

Su Rui struggled in Pozëmka's arms for a moment, and she couldn't help but show a somewhat hesitant expression. In the end, Pozëmka still complied with Su Rui's request, took the heavy crossbow from Su Rui's arms, and then gently supported Su Rui with her thighs and put her on the ground.

The gate she had just intended to pass through was right in front of her. Pozëmka glanced at it and then noticed the high-pressure water cannon placed behind it. As long as the gate was opened, the water cannon would be triggered, blasting the person who opened the gate away. It was a very simple but effective little trap.

If I had opened the door while carrying Su Rui, I might have been thrown away by the high-pressure water cannon because I couldn't dodge in time.

A feeling of relief flashed through Pozëmka's mind, along with a hint of dissatisfaction towards the trap's creator.

After removing the pull cord from the door used to trigger the water cannon, Su Rui looked at Pozëmka and said, "Let's go. The main event is about to begin. That designer really values his design. The control terminal seems to be in the server room downstairs, where there appear to be a lot of traps."

Pozëmka nodded. "It's alright, no matter how many traps there are, we have a way to solve them."

"That's right, this way."

Su Rui tapped on her phone and led Pozëmka along a somewhat complicated route to the server room below.

At this moment, Myrtle also received reinforcements from Durin. Eunectes, riding the Big Ugly, and Gavial, wielding Chainsaw Axe, charged out. They seemed to have noticed Myrtle as well.

Volume 8, Chapter 500: Don't stand so high~

"Su Rui, what should I do? I saw the Eunectes and the others! Is there any way to make them not notice me?"

'There's no way to do that.' Su Rui couldn't help but chuckle after noticing Myrtle's state.

'I do have an idea, but I don't think the valiant General Myrtle would want to be a deserter, would she?'

"Of course! Even if I'm caught and punished by the Eunectes after being discovered, I will protect this beach and pool. This is my Great Myrtle's Battle to Defend Pool Geller!"

Encouraged by Su Rui, Myrtle straightened her back and waved to the Eunectes and Gavial, who had already noticed her not far away:

"Hey! Come help! Let's break those big waterwheels! That way we can hold our line!"

Both Eunectes and Gavial looked at Myrtle with some confusion. Although Myrtle was also Durin, they recognized this Durin girl who was also a Rhodes Island operator.

"Although I'd love to ask you what you're doing here, let's talk about that later."

As the Eunectes spoke, it manipulated its Big Ugly, simultaneously firing at different targets with Chainsaw Sword in its hands, Laser Cannon on its shoulders, and Drone Cannon that had appeared in mid-air at its waist.

With the help of the Eunectes and Gavial, Myrtle's battle line quickly stabilized, and some of the Durin even found opportunities to charge at the carts.

Of course, the favorable battle situation couldn't mask Myrtle's anxiety about being held accountable after the victory, so she kept a close watch on the situation using the Scanning Vision provided by Su Rui.

Whenever she gets a chance, once the little cars are destroyed, Myrtle will slip away immediately, not giving the Eunectes and Gavial a chance to ask her questions.

Meanwhile, after taking a detour, Su Rui arrived at the door of the room where the terminal was located.

However, to get inside, Su Rui and Pozëmka still needed to pass through a corridor, which contained some traps.

As always, it's not fatal, but getting hit by it will still leave you in a sorry state.

Su Rui reached out and pulled Pozëmka back, who was about to rush over, and reminded her:

"Don't rush, wait a moment, I should be able to disarm these traps."

As Su Rui spoke, she scanned the corridor ahead with her phone and then began operating it in front of Pozëmka.

However, Pozëmka was already getting impatient. She slung the heavy crossbow over her back and looked at Su Rui had noticed her movement and looked up at her.

"Time doesn't allow us to do that. If we're too late, the amusement park might already be demolished."

"The Eunectes and the others are helping out at the amusement park, and besides, it's just an amusement park, there's no need to make such a mess of things, is there?" Su Rui put down her phone with a hint of helplessness, looking into Pozëmka's eyes:

"I can get this done in just a few minutes, are you sure you don't want to wait a little longer?"

"These traps will only make me look a little more awkward, won't they?"

Pozëmka winked at Su Rui didn't argue but simply said, "Then at least let me check what those traps are before you blindly rush in... Wait a minute!"

As Su Rui was saying these words, Pozëmka rushed out, clearly impatient.

However, there will be a water cannon attack with a huge range ahead, and even if Pozëmka runs very fast, she will still be hit.

Su Rui was somewhat helpless. Just as Pozëmka launched her sprint, she put her phone into her System Space and pounced on Pozëmka.

Although Durin's strength was somewhat inferior to Lupo's, he was still able to tackle Pozëmka, who was in a charging stance, by being caught off guard and by having Su Rui pounce on Pozëmka's lower back.

"Su Rui?!" Pozëmka exclaimed in surprise as Su Rui tackled her from behind.