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

Volume 4, Chapter 196: You must stop the experiment immediately.

During the kiss, the countdown reached its final second, and Suri's physical form turned into a cloud of light dust, causing Exusiai to collapse to the ground.

"Ugh~ Damn it, next time I see Suri, I'm definitely going to savor his taste first~"

Exusiai lay sprawled on the floor, a somewhat resentful expression on her face, her halo gleaming.

"Suri, I will find you again, just wait for me~"

Suri, before she could figure out why Exusiai was suddenly doing these things while playing the game, felt a sense of disorientation.

Then Su Rui saw the subtitles from the higher-level system that appeared before her:

Each entity has a limited amount of energy, so if you use too much energy at once, your entity may easily turn into a cloud of dust.

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Su Rui crossed her arms, ready to argue with the system, when she heard a calm and gentle voice ask:

“I understand now. It’s nice to meet you, Suri.”

“…Oh.” Suri was taken aback for a moment, then opened her scanning field of vision and saw that her host this time was a tall, silver-haired Vaiva woman.

"So it was you, Saria."

Suri nodded and greeted Saria, "Hello."

"Well, I'm not sure if you're trustworthy right now, but someone with this ability wouldn't have any reason to fool me."

Saria nodded and introduced her to Suri:

"I'm getting ready to go to work now. There's a very important experiment coming up, and I need to personally make sure there are no problems with it."

Suri paused for a moment, then scanned the entire Rhine Lab with her scanning vision, revealing the image of a Sarkaz blonde girl to Saria:

"Was it Ifrit's experiment?"

"Yes, as expected of you, the superior system was not lying after all."

Saria paused for a moment, then nodded, glanced at the 12% system materialization progress, and said nothing more.

Unlike Saria, Su Rui was not calm; after all, he knew what was about to happen:

“We have to find a way to stop this experiment, Saria. You see, this experiment is ostensibly to heal the prince, but in reality, those guys want to try to fuse the submerged fragments into the body of that girl named Ifrit, and then experiment with new biological weapons.”

As she spoke, Su Rui displayed all the information she had gathered in a flash, both online and from devices connected to the internet:

"You see, the truth about this experiment is right here. Moreover, Christine was actually aware of it. Her goal was to fulfill her own dream, and as for the process, Christine didn't care if it was a little dirty."

As Suri said this, she was still a little worried that Saria wouldn't believe her, after all, Christen had been Saria's friend for so long, and she wouldn't be so easy to convince.

So, he took the opportunity to show you the various decisions Christensen had made recently: "There are many things you don't know about these things, and Christensen didn't mean for you to know, after all, she knew you might object."

"...I'll figure it out."

Saria looked at the documents that Suri had shown her, examined them carefully, and her already serious expression became even colder, causing the staff members who walked past her to retreat in fear.

While Saria didn't immediately accept all of Suri's information, she still took immediate action, going to the laboratory and finding Ifrit, the test subject.

A Liberian woman with short brown hair and round glasses looked at Seria with a puzzled expression: "Is there something you need, Director Seria? Ifrit won't be participating in the treatment experiment for a while."

"Hermer, I have something I need to verify. Let Ifrit stay with me for a while."

As Saria spoke, she greeted Ifrit, who was sitting next to Himer, "Ifrit, come with me."

"Am I no longer required to participate in the experiment?"

Ifrit looked at Saria with some confusion. Although she didn't know what the experiment was about, she trusted Saria and Himeru, so she didn't resist the experiment. She just didn't like the people in white coats who were not Saria, Himeru, or White Owl.

Saria nodded, and then she heard Suri's teasing voice echoing in her mind:

"If that DSLR experiment really goes on, she'll never have to participate in experiments again in her life~"

As Suri spoke, Seria frowned, unaccustomed to Suri's joke: 'This kind of joke isn't funny.'

"Well, you're right, not everyone likes hellish jokes. I'll be more careful."

As Suri said this, Saria nodded, then took Ifrit's hand and led Ifrit away from their department amidst Himer's puzzled gaze.

Then, Saria encountered her first problem: when she brought Ifrit into the elevator, she discovered that Christensen required special access to enter the top floor, and Saria did not have that access.

"See, she's feeling guilty. You've been friends for so long, and you even co-founded the offshore company. As far as I know, she only added this permission a few days ago."

As Suri spoke, she displayed the system's modification date to Saria, and then unlocked the elevator in front of her:

"Alright, I've unlocked the elevator system. You can just go in."

"Thank you, your abilities have been a great help." Saria nodded, expressing her gratitude to Suri, which made Ifrit, who was standing next to her, look at her with some confusion: "Saria, who are you talking to?"

Saria seemed to prefer this direct way of communicating? Suri simply used her phone to speak to Ifrit: "Hi Ifrit, just call me Suri, I'm Saria's friend~"

“Oh, I see. You guys are using VoIP, right?” Ifrit gave a knowing look and said smugly, “Don’t think I don’t know. Mel and White Owl have taught me a lot.”

"Mmm, Eve is so amazing~"

While Suri and Ifrit were talking, a look of surprise flashed in Saria's eyes. However, she didn't show any reaction on the surface. She simply pressed the elevator button and waited for the elevator to go up.

The elevator paused briefly as it descended, as if Christen on the rooftop had noticed Saria and didn't want to meet her at this time.

Volume 4, Chapter 197: Showing Off

"What's going on?" Saria looked at the decreasing elevator floor numbers with a puzzled expression, and placed the hand that wasn't holding Ifrit's wrist on her waist, about to grab her shield.

However, Su Rui's voice rang out unhurriedly:

"Oh, Christen noticed you were coming upstairs. She even checked the security camera. It's a pity there's no audio recording here, otherwise she could have heard our conversation."

As she spoke, Suri casually adjusted the elevator equipment where Saria was, and then made the elevator continue to rise:

"Alright, I've adjusted everything. Now you can go upstairs to find Christen again."

Although Suri could have stopped Christen's descent control from the beginning, if she hadn't done this and shown Christen's actions, wouldn't Saria have been unaware of Suri's abilities and Christen's behavior?

What if she trusts Christensen too much and doesn't believe Suri's side of the story?

Meanwhile, Christensen, watching the elevator ascend through the control interface, glanced at the elevator, which had resumed its ascent, and pressed the stop button and even the power button, but nothing happened.

Suri directly displayed Christensen's actions to Saria, her tone sarcastic:

"Look, look. This is what Christensen did. I just disabled her access. Luckily, her console uses electronic signals, so I couldn't just physically cut off the power. Otherwise, I really wouldn't have been able to do anything."

After all, Surrey can only control electronic devices that have a power supply. If the physical power cord is broken, Surrey will not be able to operate these devices.

"Hmm, thank you." Saria remained as indifferent as ever, simply expressing her gratitude to Suri in a soft voice.

"It's no trouble, it's just a small favor, after all, you are my host."

Hearing what Suri said, Saria nodded, then glanced at Suri's image in the system's materialization progress. It seemed to be a Vaivam similar to her.

Soon, the elevator arrived at the top floor of Rhine Life, in Christensen's office.

Suri used Saria's phone and the office speaker to speak directly:

"Kristen, open the door! You dare to cheat on me? You dare to open the door!"

Suri's sudden voice startled both Seria and Christen inside the door, especially Christen, who glanced at her computer in confusion before realizing what was going on:

"So that's how it is. You were the one who helped Saria control the elevator?"

"Of course it's me, so hurry up and open the door~ You have nowhere to escape now."

“I have no reason to run away.” Christen smiled as he walked to the door of his office, opened it, and faced Saria and Ifrit beside her.

Saria frowned in confusion, then asked Suri, "What you just said...did Christen secretly kidnap someone?"

As she spoke, Saria gave Christen a stern look.

"Uh, no, I was just joking. You know, sometimes people say things that don't make sense for no reason~"

Suri was a little embarrassed, after all, Saria had taken his offhand remark seriously.

Christen glanced at Saria, who was talking to a woman named Suri who seemed to be somewhere else, then looked at Ifrit, who was leaning against Saria looking somewhat lost, and coughed helplessly, reminding her:

"Saria, you've come to me because you want to talk to me about something, right?"

When Christen realized that Saria had a hacker named Suri by her side, she already guessed why Saria had come here, so it didn't affect her attitude towards her friend.

"Yes, Christensen, what exactly is your plan? Is this child's treatment actually an experiment?"

Saria didn't waste any words. After Christen brought the topic back to the main point, she stared straight at Christen and questioned her.

"That's true... I apologize to you. Are you called Ifrit?"

Christen didn't refute or defend herself; she simply looked at Ifrit, who was leaning against Seria, and knelt down to smile at the little girl.

She actually admitted it without hesitation. Suri felt a chill. He had thought Christen would be a little stubborn, and then he could use the pile of evidence he had collected to silence her.

Saria was also taken aback for a moment, looking at Christen, unsure of what to say.

Christensen, on the other hand, asked quite directly:

"What? You think I'll be stubborn and question you about why you believed other people's nonsense? Although I don't know exactly how much evidence your friend collected, I think most of it is evidence."

"Why do these things?" Saria clenched her fists and looked at Christen, her voice hoarse with anger.

"Because Rhine Lab is no longer the small workshop we started with."

Christen smiled as he stood up and walked toward his desk, saying as he went, "The investment, attention, and influence from all sides have gradually penetrated Rhine Lab. While we are becoming stronger, we also have many weaknesses and vulnerabilities, as well as... things we have to do."

"...What she said isn't wrong. This biological experiment is supported by the Colombian military, so Rhine Lab has no choice but to do it, although I think the researcher himself seems quite willing."

As Suri spoke, she directly turned on the large screen in Christen's office, showing Christen and Seria the influence of the military and various other forces on Rhine Lab.

“You have gathered a great deal of intelligence. If you were to work for me, we might be able to accomplish something great. I happen to have some problems with electronic devices that I need to solve… What do you think?”

Christen saw the materials that Suri had presented. Instead of feeling nervous or embarrassed, he admired Suri's talent and was quite pleased to extend an invitation to her.

"I'm not really interested in research, but you can probably achieve your goals on your own, right?"

Although she accomplished her goal, not long after, the various nations of Terra discovered the portal at the end of the snowfield and, under the unified command of Rhodes Island, found the Tower of Venus II.

I wonder if Christine was still floating in space back then?

Suri really wanted to ask, but she didn't know how to ask, since Christen herself probably wouldn't know the answer.

Volume 4, Chapter 198: The Escape Plan

The exchange between Suri and Christen was just a minor incident; the so-called influence of the military and various forces could not convince Saria.

After Suri and Christen finished talking, she had settled Ifrit on a sofa not far away, and then went to the opposite side of Christen's house:

"No matter what, I cannot condone this behavior."

“I know my friend hasn’t changed at all. Even though you’re now on the opposite side of me, I’m not really angry.”

Christen didn't say anything more, but simply sat down at her desk and leisurely watched Seria:

"However, there's nothing I can do. After all, I still have my own goals to achieve, and I can't leave Rhine Life right now."

“You…” Saria frowned as she looked at Christen, who was lying flat with a peaceful smile on his face, her tone complicated.

Then she heard Suri's voice in her mind: "She means that it's inconvenient for her to get involved. The agreement to accompany her to watch the experiment was just a rehearsal that she had to do. But you can do what you want to stop this, as long as you don't get involved with her."

Saria paused for a moment, then nodded: "I understand."

Saria could understand Christen's thoughts; after all, they had been friends for so long and knew each other well.

It's just that Suri brought this up so quickly that Saria was caught off guard.

After nodding, Saria turned to leave, but was stopped by Suri:

“Wait a minute, if we don’t want to involve Christen, it would be best to cause some damage to her office. That way, it will look like a conflict has occurred, rather than something that was planned. Also, there are a lot of snacks here. Can you give Ifrit some?”

Saria paused for a moment, then turned back to Christen, took some snacks from the drawer beside her, and looked at Ifrit, who was still sitting on the sofa, kicking her legs idly:

Ifrit, come here.

"Oh, I'm here, Saria." Upon hearing Saria's words, Ifrit jumped off the sofa, ran to Saria, and excitedly took the snacks from her hands.

"Is this for me?"

"Hmm...you can't eat too much at once."

"Oh, I see." Ifrit didn't care about anything else and directly put the snacks that Saria had given her into her pocket.