The Mech Touch novel Chapter 2361

Chapter 2361: Battle Networks

Long after Calabast had left his stateroom, Ves continued to think back on her words.

She seemed very confident that Ves would change his propensity for risk once he grew older.

"Where does she get that idea?" Ves scratched his head.

He didn't really feel like changing himself. Though he found his current circumstances to be very challenging, he didn't regret the choices he made.

No one won all the time. Every risky decision entailed the possibility of losing. Ves had already accepted this possibility when he initially made his bet. Even though the current circumstances exceeded his estimates, he only had himself to blame, and that was fine.

Perhaps the main issue of contention to him was that he felt a little conflicted about his principles.

As a Larkinson, he should seek opportunities, but at the same time care for his fellow Larkinsons.

There was an inherent contradiction between these two values. It wasn't that much of a problem for the Larkinson Family because the mech pilots assumed most of the risks. The norms mostly remained behind and lived normal lives. No matter how many Larkinsons died on the battlefield, the family's foundation was never under threat.

This no longer applied to the clan. Without the protection of a state, the civilian Larkinsons solely relied on the protection of the mech pilots of the clan. If the latter suffered enormous losses, then the others became vulnerable to predation.

"Maybe I should dial it back in the future."

Though he thought about it, he felt it was pointless to make any choices when the future was so far away. There was no way to predict what would happen years later so Ves felt it was pointless to agonize about it. Certainly, he was aware that he might need to make better choices, but he hadn't come this far by being timid.

"Well, enough moping around. I need to get to work."

He spent time on various priorities such as trying to figure out how to form specialized combat-oriented spiritual networks for some of his mech forces.

Though he only possessed a shallow understanding of Master Huron's neural networks, Ves vaguely understood the basic premise.

A neural network enabled different like-minded mech pilots to pool their thoughts and share them with each other.

This was already a very delicate process under normal circumstances. Any variable or disturbance could easily cause unexpected fluctuations that might cause severe brain damage to anyone connected to a destabilized network!

The genius of Master Huron was that he managed to form a stable neural network that was safe and robust enough to function properly on the battlefield.

This was a true miracle!

Every mech designer knew that messing with neural interfaces was exceedingly dangerous. Master Huron not only performed a couple of tweaks on the neural interfaces of his mechs, but outright expanded their functionality, thereby redefining what neural interfaces were supposed to do. Only a fearless and confident mech designer would be able to realize a design philosophy centered around this insane idea!

Therefore, even if Master Huron belonged to the opposing side, Ves had nothing but respect for this old but inventive mech designer.

Knowing how exceptional it was to develop such an innovative way to increase the battle effectiveness of mech units, Ves became a bit unsure about his own way forward.

"I'm not a Master. I don't know much about neural interfaces, let alone connecting people's minds together."

That didn't stop him from forming the Larkinson Network. When Ves swept his glance to the Larkinson Mandate, the Golden Cat happily administered her bonds with every clansman.

Nyaaaaaa!

Ves couldn't help but smile at the adorable ancestral spirit. "Keep up the good work, Goldie. We need to keep morale as high as possible. Don't be afraid to tell me if anyone is beginning to think impure thoughts."

Nyaaaa.

Though the Larkinson Network he masterminded turned out to be both safe and useful, its applicability in combat was very limited.

For a long time, Ves accepted this, as he never saw any need to fix something that wasn't broken. The Larkinson Clan was already doing fine with its existing advantages.

That no longer applied to the present situation. Ves had to grasp any possible way to strengthen his forces, and forming a better spiritual network was one of his key ideas.

The question that first came to mind was whether he should alter the existing Larkinson Network or form a new network or subnetwork.

Ves chose the latter option. He wanted to confine his new developments to a smaller and more homogenous group of participants.

The existing Larkinson Network was already doing a good job by itself. Ves didn't want to take the risk of breaking it. While he liked to live dangerously every now and then, this was a preventable risk.

While Ves was not a neural interface specialist, he knew a fair bit about spirituality and how they interacted with people. All of the experiments he performed on the captive pirates had borne considerable more fruit than the direct results to his tests. His overall insight and intuition of spirituality had grown substantially.

He possessed just enough confidence to make it work.

Though spiritual networks were not identical to neural networks, Ves nevertheless took a lot of inspiration from Master Huron's applications.

When Ves browsed the galactic net and looked up on the latest instances where Master Huron's products made a splash, he noticed a clear division of networks.

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