The Mech Touch novel Chapter 2767

Chapter 2767 - Energy Converter

Ves returned to the testing grounds for the last time hopefully. He was still excited about the energy converter he invented!

The conception and realization of this basic component was a critical step forward in his career as a spiritual engineer.

Just like how the human race began to escape the confines of their physical limitations by generating energy from heat, Ves finally took the same step!

To be sure, the energy converter he cobbled together was still rudimentary in form and function. This was normal as Ves had not mastered all of the nuances and theory involved with this kind of spiritual machine.

"In fact, I shouldn’t be able to make it in the first place."

The only reason why he managed to create it was because he borrowed the properties of a key ingredient. Without the fragment of the Unending One providing a ready-made ’OEM component’, Ves would have never been able to create his d.e.s.i.r.ed end product!

This situation highly resembled his current approach as a mech designer. While he knew how to make basic versions of existing components, it was much more efficient for him to license parts developed by specialists. The latter delivered far greater performance than anything he could cobble up. Ves also saved a lot of time by relying on someone else’s work rather than waste an excessive amount of time on reinventing the wheel.

Of course, mech designers developed a worrisome degree of dependence on others if they maintained this approach. It was generally good to master the development of at least one or two key mech components related to a mech designer’s specialty.

The problem with Ves was that his specialty was not directly related to a physical aspect of a mech. His core focus lay in spiritual design, and as far as he was concerned, his specialty worked equally well on a first-class multipurpose mech or a third-class rust bucket!

The only true path left for him was to immerse himself in designing and creating spiritual components.

This was quite an enormous challenge as he did not have any prior instruction in this field. He knew that there was a community of spiritual adepts out there that had systematically developed a complete framework of spiritual engineering.

Yet he didn’t have access to it! His mother kept denying him and it was impossible for him to knock on the doors of the Five Scrolls Compact.

Therefore, Ves had no choice but to pioneer this field himself.

Even though he felt annoyed that he had to start from the beginning, the advantage of doing so was that it was all his own work. Not even the System could take that away from him! The innovations he accomplished not only provided him with deep insights in the fundamental nature of spiritual energy, but were also completely attuned to his own design philosophy.

The energy converter he made was a good example of that.

Due to the peculiarities of his life domain, Ves found it easier to ’birth’ and ’grow’ his spiritual creations rather than to ’build’ them up like a normal machine.

In this regard, he shared something in common with biomech designers.

"I guess we are both life manipulators, then." Ves remarked with a chuckle.

Still, he did something different today. Rather than let nature take its course, Ves adopted a more proactive approach and exerted much greater control over the creation process in order to prevent it from becoming alive.

The result was a product that was neither lifeless or fully alive.

It simply sat somewhere in between.

Though the energy converter showed some traits of life, Ves had inspected it extensively and became reassured that it was not about to develop its own thoughts.

At least for now.

"Well, I can always kill it again if it gets too rebellious." He muttered.

It didn’t matter too much if the energy converter possessed a lot of faults. It was a first generation product that opened up a lot of new possibilities. As long as Ves was able to build on this accomplishment, he could develop a much better version in the future.

"I can create self-sustaining spiritual constructs with the help of my latest creation!"

The spiritual device he made was not useful on its own. Instead, it came to its full potential when integrated into something else. Engineering was all about combining smaller assets to form a larger asset that was more than the sum of its parts.

A device that supplied energy to the greater construct was an essential requirement to create more advanced products!

Just like how modern human technology such as comms, shuttles, mechs and starsh.i.p.s all required exponentially more energy to operate, countless other spiritual applications needed to be fueled as well.

In order to confirm whether this bright new future was within his reach, Ves had to test the operation of the energy converter in person.

This was why he patiently waited for all of the pieces to be put into place. It took some time to prepare the 40 Blinding Mech prototypes for deployment again. The test also required the participation of an expert candidate and expert pilot in order to prove that his new mech’s Blinding Pulse ability was finally able to affect stronger individuals.

Gloriana caught wind of the test and took some time out of her busy schedule to visit the testing grounds as well.

"Miaow!"

"Meow."

"What have the two of you been up to lately?" Ves suspiciously asked.

"Miaow?" Clixie innocently blinked at Ves.

Ever since a portion of the Larkinson Clan landed on the surface of Prosperous Hill VI and occupied Gentle Lotus Base, Lucky and Clixie were rarely at the side of their owners. Ves was worried whether they were bothering others. Even if they were skilled in infiltrating other places, the biotechnology employed by the locals sometimes produced exceptional results.

"Don’t stir up any trouble, you two." He sternly warned.

"Meeeoooww..."

Before he could admonish them any further, his wife walked up to him and hugged him. Her floral scent quickly wafted over his nose, causing him to smile and revel in the presence of his spouse.

"Hey, Gloriana."

"Hey, Ves." She smiled into his eyes. "I heard you have finally solved the most serious issue with our Blinding Project. Does it actually work now?"

Ves paid careful attention with his spiritual senses. He saw the mech responding to the command of its mech pilot and unleashing its Blinding Pulse ability. _{freewёbn૦νeɭ.com}

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