Ark Simulator, don't I have no physical form?

"I remember you sleep too. Don't you need to rest, Suri?"

Honeysuckle's words made Texas stop in her tracks. Curiosity flickered in her eyes, and her furry ears twitched as she listened intently.

Does Suri also need rest? In that case, she seems more like a person than some kind of machine.

Texas was deeply moved.

Then, Texas didn't hear Suri's reply, but she heard Honeysuckle's reply instead:

"Okay, then you should get some rest too."

Texas was stunned; she hadn't heard Suri speak.

Texas looked over with some suspicion, feigning concern about the night watch, and asked:

"Did you and Su Rui discuss the night watch just now? I don't think I heard you."

"Okay, I'll forget about you. From now on, I'll just say it through electronic devices."

Suri's voice rang out again on Texas's phone:

"Simply put, my detection program can run automatically. All problematic targets have been marked, and I will alert you when they get close to a dangerous distance."

Ren Dong frowned, feeling a little uncomfortable that Suri was now being used by her and Texas.

'You can also use my phone to talk.' Honeysuckle thought to herself this time, not wanting Texas to notice her little scheme.

Su Rui paused for a moment, then her voice came through Ren Dong's phone:

"Don't worry, I will give you plenty of time to prepare."

Volume 1: Chapter 39 So it wasn't food inside after all?

Texas's question was answered. She went into the tent that had been set up and then lay down in her sleeping bag to rest.

Honeysuckle was the same, except that at the same time, she was still silently communicating with Suri in her mind.

"Are you jealous? Suddenly asking me to use your phone to communicate. Don't worry, I'm always with you, aren't I? Only you can communicate with me like this."

'I know, but you've been using her phone the whole time, like you're always by her side.'

Honeysuckle's tone was somewhat aggrieved. Although she was the one questioning Su Rui, it sounded as if Su Rui had bullied her.

'Okay, okay, I got it. Since this makes you feel strange, I'll try a different way of speaking next time.'

"How do you plan to communicate with us?" Honeysuckle asked curiously.

"Currently, I can only communicate with you publicly through electronic devices. However, I can use different devices in turn, saying one sentence on each device. That shouldn't feel awkward, right?"

'No, you should just use one device; it feels a bit strange.'

The thought of Suri's voice coming from her pocket, Texas's pocket, and the car stereo made Ren Dong feel strangely amused, as if Suri was talking and circling around them.

'I don't find that strange, why not?'

'I'm sleepy, get some rest. Goodnight, Suri.'

Honeysuckle changed the subject, closed her eyes, and stopped talking to Su Rui, as if she were running away.

'...'

Su Rui glanced at the time in Ren Dong's mind. It wasn't even 9 p.m. yet, but it was already pitch black outside.

Suri's schedule is almost always very fixed. She goes to bed at nine o'clock at night. No, actually, she goes to bed at nine o'clock at night to look at her phone. The exact time she goes to sleep depends on an uncertain random number.

So, since she could kill some more time, Su Rui turned on her live stream to see if any streamers were broadcasting on such a night.

The next morning, as usual, she was woken by her biological clock. Honeysuckle sat up in her sleeping bag, yawned, and mentally called out, 'Suri? Are you up?'

There was no response because Suri stayed up too late last night and hadn't gotten up yet.

But the tiny friction sounds of Honeysuckle getting up woke Texas up, or perhaps her biological clock was waking her up at that moment, and Texas sat up as well.

After exchanging a silent glance, Honeysuckle and Texas began to get up and pack their things.

As they sat in the SUV, Ren Dong glanced at Texas's phone, which she had taken out to charge in the car, and began calling out to Su Rui:

"Suri? Time to get up and tell us what to do next."

"...Okay~"

A sleepy voice came from the car stereo, and then a map appeared in both Honeysuckle's field of vision and Texas's phone.

“I’ve marked the destinations and hiding places for noon and night. You can take a break at noon. The people tracking you will also mark them in real time. I’m going to sleep for a while longer.”

After saying that, Su Rui yawned openly through the car stereo, then fell silent, clearly having already retreated back into bed.

Whether it was a misperception or not, Texas and Honeysuckle even felt as if they could hear the sound of skin rubbing against the blanket.

However, neither Ren Dong nor Texas spoke at this moment. They just exchanged a silent glance, and then Ren Dong started the car and began driving according to the navigation given by Su Rui.

In the morning, I drive Honeysuckle, and in the afternoon, I drive Texas. When the gas is low, I can wake Suri to add more, and the same goes for food.

Texas glanced at the time and figured that even if Suri had just fallen asleep, she would wake up by noon, thus avoiding the awkwardness of waking her up again.

However, as the vehicle drove through the wilderness, the long journey and the scenery along the way, which Texas had grown tired of seeing, made her somewhat bored.

Texas glanced at the list of trackers on her phone, who seemed like headless flies trying to find them but couldn't locate them at all, and lowered her voice to speak:

“I feel that Suri is a real person, not something like a system as you described before.”

"I think so too. He has a somewhat willful personality and his own ideas, which are not typical characteristics of systems."

Honeysuckle responded softly to Texas, while glancing at the system's materialization progress, which was still at 56%, probably because nothing interesting had happened recently.

However, things took a turn for the better when they arrived in the Eastern Kingdom.

After all, the higher-level system said that Su Rui would be materialized there, which must have been planned.

Texas, filled with curiosity about such a special being as Suri, began chatting with Honeysuckle.

Honeysuckle also passed the time while driving, and the two of them spoke very quietly, hoping not to wake up Suri who was still sleeping.

However, although Texas and Honeysuckle did not wake Suri, he was eventually woken up.

Texas looked at the map on her phone, about to warn Honeysuckle to be careful, when vehicles were already approaching the safe distance Suri had set, and they might be able to spot them.

But before she could speak, a sudden burst of music, music loud enough to wake a sleeping person and make their heart race, rang out.

Texas was startled, and her tail exploded, becoming even fluffier.

Honeysuckle was in a similar situation; during her monotonous and repetitive driving work, she was startled by the sudden sound of music.

At the same time, the sound of someone fumbling for an alarm clock on the bed could be heard, along with Su Rui's somewhat dissatisfied voice.

"Ugh, this alarm clock is so noisy."

Then, the alarm clock was turned off, and Suri's voice rang out:

“I see a car approaching. The situation is a bit dangerous. You might have been discovered. They're carrying explosives and crossbow bolts. My advice is not to provoke them, since neither of you has any ranged weapons, right?”

"Actually, it's possible."

Honeysuckle had a different idea and casually said, "I actually had the driver prepare explosives for me to use in combat. Go and look for them; they're in that sealed-up box."

"I gonna go see."

Then, the sound of rummaging through things came from the speakers, and then Su Rui's voice rang out again:

"I thought there was food in here, but it turns out there were bombs."

Volume 1: 40 As long as you get to that place

"Can you touch those things?"

The sound of rummaging through things startled Ren Dong. Could it be that Su Rui had a physical form in the system's space?

"Sure, but it's not what you're thinking."

Without needing to understand, Su Rui knew what she was thinking: "I can only maintain my physical form in this space, but in reality, it's probably just for my actual feelings."

After a pause, Suri tossed a package from the system space into Texas's hands and explained:

"Actually, I can still choose between two modes: virtual or physical. It feels like the so-called physical form here is just giving me the illusion that I am still alive."

It's okay, you'll soon have a real physical form.

Ren Dong smiled, even having the leisure to ask Su Rui, "Living with a bunch of bombs, don't you feel dangerous? It sounds like your residence is connected to the system space?"

"That's true, but I won't get hurt. Everything here is under my control."

Suri said nonchalantly, then began to plan the operation for Texas:

"Are you going to use this explosive to attack them? That would only make them realize that you're nearby."

"Anyway, with you here, you'll lead us out of their encirclement, right?"

Honeysuckle smiled nonchalantly.

“You’re right… You should be glad that the explosives your men prepared had long fuses, otherwise they would have been really difficult to operate.”

Suri casually remarked, and then began to plan the operation.

"Honeysuckle, drive according to the route I give you, then to Texas. Be ready to light the fuse of the bomb and throw it out the window at my prompting. Just take the explosive out the window and let go; don't throw it, as that will interfere with my calculations."

"I see."

Texas nodded, and then, prompted by Suri, began picking up the explosive charges that had appeared out of thin air on her thighs, lighting them with a lighter, and throwing them out the window to the ground.

Can such an attack really be effective?

Just as Texas was wondering what was going on, she heard Suri turn on the car radio:

"Listen to your opponent's screams."

Then, along with the explosion, came indistinct screams and curses: "What's going on? How come there's a bomb?"

We've been ambushed!

"Damn Texas, she's nearby!"

Then Su Rui's voice rang out again: "Clearly, they realized something was wrong."

"Can't you block electromagnetic signals so they can't communicate?"

"But in reality, blocking it is useless. They judge by sound, and cutting off the electromagnetic signal actually makes them start to think independently."

Suri paused for a moment: "Actually, by enabling them to communicate, I can take advantage of the situation and mislead them with false information."

"I see."

Texas watched Honeysuckle and Suri's conversation from the sidelines, and she couldn't help but feel envious of their tacit understanding and trust.

However, Texas skillfully concealed these emotions, holding an unlit explosive device in her hand, waiting for Suri's prompting.

"Alright, they're all starting to approach your location now. Light a few more this time and throw them down as I instructed."

Suri began to plan Texas's next move, and the attacks by the pursuers proceeded methodically.

For Texas, this was also a novel experience. Without seeing the target they were supposed to fight, they simply lit the explosives in their hands and threw them as instructed, and then they could hear a series of explosions and screams.

There was no bloodshed, yet a large number of deaths occurred.

Texas became obsessed with the interaction, or rather, she found the battle very interesting.

In particular, when Suri started showing the explosion footage on her phone, Texas felt her mood, which had been depressed for two days due to being hunted down, gradually improve as she looked at her own work.

However, the pursuers behind them were quickly eliminated. Instead of handing Texas any more explosives, Su Rui marked the surrounding pursuers:

"They're too scared to give chase; it seems they've realized how formidable we are."

As Suri spoke again, Texas breathed a sigh of relief, and looking at the trackers on the map and the icons representing them getting further and further away, she felt much more at ease.

"Let's head towards the East from here. Does Su Rui know anything about the situation there? I've heard it's quite chaotic."

At this time, Ren Dong also began to care about the situation in Dongguo. After all, she seemed to be going to live there with Su Rui for a long time, and this kind of understanding was essential.

"Simply put, the Eastern Kingdom is a land divided by factions, with many conflicts between them."

Su Rui paused for a moment, her tone somewhat puzzled: "But the higher-level system assigned me the identity of a divine citizen, which means that we will not participate in those conflicts, or rather, both sides in the chaos will respect us."

Texas didn't hear the term "superior system," or rather, she heard gibberish, but she didn't delve into Suri's secrets. She simply listened silently to Suri and Honeysuckle's conversation.

"I see," Honeysuckle nodded. "How much more intelligence have you gathered? Can you tell us?"