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

Volume 2, Chapter 68: Crying Will Make You Feel Better

Talulah also realized something. Having received Koschei's education, she naturally knew how to read people's expressions. Although she couldn't see Suri or hear his voice, she could tell from Suri's increasingly indifferent behavior.

"Are you angry? I... I shouldn't have distrusted you. You really are amazing, um..."

Talulah cherishes her new friend, who can chat with her and helped her gain such a big advantage in her fight against Koschei. She really likes this new friend.

Seeing Talulah's cautious demeanor, Suri didn't dwell on the matter any further, but simply displayed the subtitles in Talulah's field of vision:

When should we have dinner?

"Dinner?" Talulah paused for a moment, then rang a bell to summon her maid and asked:

When will dinner be ready?

"Dinner can be prepared for you at any time. What would you like to eat tonight, Miss?"

The Ursus maid, with fluffy bear ears on her head, bowed respectfully and answered Talulah's question.

"I……"

Talulah still didn't understand what Suri meant by asking that question, so she asked Suri directly in her mind:

'Suri, do you have something to say about asking this?'

“I can use your body to taste food… If possible, have the maid prepare a pizza, the Syracuse kind, without any fruit or anything like that.”

As Suri casually remarked, she remembered the function that Honeysuckle had prepared for her, and her mind drifted back to where it was before. Honeysuckle was probably already heading to Lungmen with Texas, right?

Given her personality, she would probably go to Lungmen with Texas immediately after I leave.

Although Suri gave so many options, Honeysuckle already knew what he would choose...

However, according to the higher-level system, Su Rui wanders in different times and may not appear at the right time. Perhaps he has not yet met the honeysuckle of this time?

Shaking his head to stop thinking about it, Suri focused his attention on Talulah in front of him.

"When we eat pizza later, I'll borrow your body for a bit."

'Okay, no problem.'

Talulah didn't think much of it and casually agreed, then asked Suri, "What were you thinking about just now? You seemed a little unhappy."

Anyone with a normal heart could hear the undisguised sadness in Suri's voice, so he wasn't surprised. However, he didn't want to tell Talulah the truth, so he just casually brushed it off:

“I found out some of Koschche’s past. He did a lot of things. No, it should be called Him. The long time and years have blurred the gender of the immortal black serpent. He is more like a will. He continues to exert his influence on the world by possessing other bodies.”

'Possession, is it like this—living in my mind?'

Talulah asked in confusion, and after recovering somewhat, she sat up in bed.

"Of course not!" Suri denied, somewhat annoyed. He and Koschche were not the same thing, and he had no need to possess Talulah.

"I don't need to possess someone else's body to exist!"

'Yes, I saw it. The higher-level system told me there's a system materialization progress, but initially it was negative 60%, supposedly a debt owed by the previous host, which I'm now required to repay.'

Talulah then complained to Suri with a hint of resentment.

"呲~"

A strange voice echoed in Talulah's mind, and she asked, somewhat puzzled:

"what happened?"

“It’s nothing, so I can materialize directly instead of possessing someone like Koschei. I’m not like Him.”

Suri paused for a moment, then emphasized, "Moreover, with me here, He can't possess you. If He dares to try, I can directly destroy this part of His consciousness."

In fact, when Suri arrived, she had already cleaned up some of the influence Koschei had left in Talulah's mind, but Koschei himself was completely unaware of it.

He's just an ordinary individual who still has to follow the rules. Compared to someone like Suri, Koschke is far inferior.

Although Suri currently lacks the means to intervene in reality, if he dares to enter his territory, Kosiché is doomed to lose.

"By the way, I found some information that you might be interested in."

As Su Rui spoke, she showed him information about Kosichek and news about Lungmen.

Since they would be living together as hosts from now on, Su Rui was somewhat dissatisfied with this host who didn't quite understand trust and how to get along with others, but she still decided to try to build a closer relationship between them.

Even if you can't work closely together, at least don't argue with him and affect his mood.

If all else fails, Suri will simply mute Talulah's microphone in her mind and then search for Honeysuckle's current situation online, ignoring her current host.

The information that Suri showed was naturally the most crucial: the background of Talulah's being taken away from Lungmen, the death of her father, Koschei's conspiracy, and the dilemma and helplessness of Lungmen's governor, Wei Yanwu.

Since Suri had no grounds to object, she directly revealed the whole truth, causing the girl who witnessed everything to burst into tears without realizing it. As she looked at the information Suri was displaying, she didn't even notice the tears falling onto the back of her hand.

Although she was a capricious host, Suri still felt a little soft-hearted when she saw Talulah looking so pitiful. Losing her parents and even being adopted by her enemy must have been a terrifying thing for a girl who had not yet grown up and whose mentality was not yet fully developed.

Since we have plenty of time to spend together, I'll take charge of teaching you for now.

Although Talulah was only a year or two away from turning 18, Suri couldn't help but think of her daughter, Suzuran.

After he left, Suzuran must have been very sad. Fortunately, she still had Honeysuckle to keep her daughter company... Suri only left temporarily and did not really die.

Thinking of this, Suri's heart softened, and she gently comforted Talulah:

"Okay, the past can't be changed, but you can seize the present and then have more."

"Mmm." Talulah's voice trembled with tears as she tried her best not to cry any more embarrassingly in front of Suri, but she just couldn't help it.

"If you're sad, just cry it out. Don't hold it in. Crying will make you feel better."

'Thank you, thank you~'

Suri's words of comfort did have some effect; even as the girl cried, she didn't forget to thank Suri.

Talulah wept through her teary eyes, glancing out of the corner of her eye at the system's materialization progress, which had jumped to -55%.

A boy named Draco, just like her, was obscured by a shadow, making it impossible to see his full appearance.

Volume 2, Chapter 69: The Numerical Oddities Under the Eaves

Even though Talulah had been away from Lungmen for several years with Kosichear, she still couldn't help but miss her family.

The girl simply kept her strength hidden from outsiders, but in front of Suri, who resided deep within her heart, she subconsciously did not treat Suri as an outsider.

After Talulah cried herself out, she started to have energy again. Hiccuping occasionally from crying for so long, she stammered as she asked Suri:

"How are my mother and sister now?"

"Let me see, just a moment... Your sister is fine, she's going to school and growing up normally. It seems that because you were taken away, the little crybaby who used to cry so much has become stronger now."

As Suri spoke, Talulah chuckled at his words. Looking at the photos Suri showed her, she felt a little more at ease seeing her younger sister, Chen Huijie, timidly hiding behind her as a child versus her current cold and sharp-eyed demeanor.

"Then, what about my mother?"

“…” Su Rui hesitated for a moment, then briefly showed Talulah her mother’s current situation.

"She's always in a bad mood lately, and her body is gradually weakening due to these emotional fluctuations."

Although I don't want to make this too obvious, Talulah will only be more heartbroken when the time comes, right?

Suri spoke with some helplessness, vaguely mentioning the fact that Talulah and Chen Huijie's mother's health was deteriorating.

"Mom!" Seeing the haggard appearance of her mother, who always had a gentle smile in the photo of Suri, Talulah stood up excitedly and searched the room for something.

Finally, she stopped in vain and focused her attention on Suri:

"Suri? Do you have any way to let me see my mother? That way, she'll be happier, right?"

"...I'll give it a try, maybe there's a way."

Although Lungmen itself is located relatively close to the border between Yan and Ursus, the Duchy of Kosieche is not.

Suri's current scanning range only covers an area within a large mobile city, not the entire Terra.

To make contact with Lungmen, we would probably have to rely on the high-powered signal transmitters of large mobile cities.

There was a possibility of discovery. If they simply shut down the transmitter's power, Suri would be truly helpless, because he could only control everything in the electronic world and lacked the means to interfere with reality. With this in mind, Suri still began his attempt under Talulah's watchful eye.

To avoid appearing like he was slacking off, he also conveniently showed Talulah the process of conquering different electronic nodes in a way she could understand.

Just as Suri was trying to conceal the signal node and conduct signal relay and transmission adjustments in the most covert way possible, there was a knock on Talulah's door.

Suri, still focused on debugging, didn't notice, but Talulah looked nervously towards the door and asked warily:

"who is it?"

A gentle female voice sounded from outside the door: "Miss Talulah, your dinner is ready. Would you like to eat now?"

Talulah hesitated for a moment, while Suri was still focused on debugging, and casually replied:

"Okay, you go ahead and eat. You can also eat the pizza while you're at it. I'm a bit busy right now, and the pizza might get cold by the time I'm done."

"Ah."

A warm feeling welled up in Talulah's heart, and she nodded silently, got up, opened the door, and went to the dining room with her maid.

With Koschlänger, that old black snake, gone, Talulah's mood improved. Looking at the food on the table and anticipating good news from Suri, the girl slowly began to eat.

However, she didn't forget some minor matters. She casually gave an instruction to the maid beside her, who nodded and then temporarily left Talulah's side.

Suri, focused on operating the electronic information, did not notice these details. When he came to his senses again, Talulah had already returned to her room and was pacing around her spacious bedroom.

"Alright, I've finished my preparations... Why are you acting like a lazy little hamster?"

"It's done?!"

Talulah's eyes lit up. Ignoring Suri's words, she quickly asked, "Can I talk to my mother now?"

"Of course, there is no problem as long as she has a daily habit of using electronic devices."

Suri immediately started searching and eventually found Talulah's mother's cell phone signal, then made a call.

Furthermore, Suri directly showed Talulah the camera feed from the other person's phone.

First, everything was pitch black, then the phone was taken out of her pocket, and Talulah saw her mother's face.

Her mother looked at the phone with some confusion, seemingly thinking it was an advertisement or something, since Su Rui's phone didn't have caller ID at all.

However, Suri answered the phone directly and broadcast Talulah's current expression live to the mother holding the phone.

"mom!"

"Talulah?! You, child, where are you? I'll go and have my brother bring you back right away!"

Upon seeing her child, the grieving mother first covered her mouth in shock, then thought of going to find her brother, Wei Yanwu, to rescue her child.

But Suri felt it was inappropriate; it would be too easy to expose them, and besides, taking a duke's adopted daughter away from within Ursus? That was far too naive.

Just as Suri was about to remind Talulah to stop her mother, Talulah spoke first:

"Mom, don't go. Let's have a good talk first, okay?"

Talulah's mother paused, then stopped, sat back down in her chair, and began to mutter to herself:

"Let's chat, let's chat, um, it's been so long since I've spoken to you, Little Tower."

"Yes, Mom, I'm using a special way to contact you now, so you don't need to worry about me. I'm safe, but I'm afraid I won't be able to go back anytime soon."

Talulah seemed to understand her situation and didn't harbor any naive dreams of being rescued.

After all, those Ursus guards are not easy to deal with. For Talulah now, they are super-powerful monsters whose stats are so high that even Shi Su Rui's micro-management skills cannot overcome them. This is something that cannot be compensated for by skill alone.

Even if you max out your dodge, the opponent's every attack is head-on with no gaps between combos, plus a wide-area attack that you can't escape from, so what's the point?

And so, under Suri's watchful eye, Talulah finally met her mother again after several years, and they talked for a long time.

In Volume 2, Chapter 70, there is such a noblewoman.

The reunion of long-lost relatives obviously helps to relieve stress, and both Talulah and her mother are now in much better spirits.

Talulah's mother, in particular, looked much better and no longer had that melancholy, sickly beauty look; instead, she showed a gentle smile.

The lady smiled as she looked at her daughter, who was still talking animatedly about her life and occasionally uttering complaints, and said to Talulah:

"Talulah, did someone help you contact me?"

“I…” Talulah paused for a moment, hesitating whether to speak or not. She was a little worried that Suri would be unhappy if she said it.