The Mech Touch novel Chapter 2798

Chapter 2798 - Hasty Repairs

Three days wasn’t enough to fix every mech.

Even if he stopped going to bed and jacked himself up with stimulants, it was impossible for Ves to complete all of the tasks within 72 hours!

"In fact, I still won’t be able to finish all of the repairs within a week!"

A lot of repair tasks were so extensive that the procedure was no different from fabricating a new mech from scratch!

"That’s only in case I want to restore my dueling mechs to their peak condition."

If he lowered his standards, then he could do a serviceable job in just a fraction of the time. He just needed to make sure that his sloppy rush jobs didn’t fall apart when put to the test.

This was still a great test for any mech designer. They had to employ great planning, judgement and other necessary skills. A mech designer would never be able to achieve success in the mech market if they weren’t capable of working efficiently.

This happened to be one of the qualities that Ves thought he was good at. He had plenty of practice in rushing projects and he knew his way around a mech workshop.

"Of course, Dr. Navarro isn’t a slouch in this aspect either."

Biomechs possessed an inherent advantage in this area. From what Ves had learned, it was a lot more complicated to repair major injuries such as amputated limbs, but it was very trivial to repair lots of minor damage!

"Dr. Navarro just has to chuck his biomechs into specially-prepared feeder pools and let the organic machines do the work themselves!"

The fact that this was possible placed a heavy burden on his shoulders. If Ves dueled against conventional mech designer, then he didn’t have to try so hard to accelerate his progress at this stage.

"Well, I already knew this when I accepted the design duel. I can only live with this handicap." He muttered.

"Meow." Lucky disinterestedly replied as he curled up on a nearby table.

Ves no longer tarried. He had already spent enough time going over the battle damage and surface scan results to form a basic plan.

First, he decided to split his mechs into two groups.

The other group was made up of mechs that were not worth a lot of investment. While Ves intended to perform a few quick and impactful repairs, he had no illusions that they’d be able to fight anywhere close to their previous level in their upcoming matches!

"I still have a chance of winning, though. I just have to ensure that the piloting experience is still pleasant enough to woo the mech pilots." He consoled himself.

Choosing which ones he should put on a lower priority was painful to Ves. All five mechs possessed their own merits. Each of them had qualities that made it worth it for them to be employed in the defense of his clan.

Still. Not every machine was suitable to fight in a dueling environment. Ves turned his eyes towards the defense-oriented Bright Warrior and the Valkyrie Redeemer.

The former not only lost its tower shield, but also incurred heavy damage to its frame. It took at least several days to replace all of the damaged frontal armor plating, and that was just for a single mech!

"It’s a waste of time to go through all of that effort." He muttered.

He could probably restore at least fifty percent of the knight mech configuration of the Bright Warrior by hastily slapping some standardized plates onto the frame. Even if they didn’t fit all that well, they would still be able to do their jobs to a degree!

At least it wouldn’t be as troublesome to fabricate a new tower shield. Ves just had to program a production machine and feed the necessary materials to it. As long as he simplified the design of the shield, he didn’t need to supervise the process in turn.

He also had to replace the critical components that got cut when a sword stabbed deep into the internals of the knight mech. Even if Ves skipped every redundant broken part and only focused on restoring the most essential components, it would still take a few hours to complete this job at minimum!

"This will definitely be one of the ugliest rush jobs of my career." He helplessly shook his head.

He briefly glanced at the Valkyrie Redeemer which got savaged by the Frokyn after it suddenly produced a lot of hair. Ves still couldn’t wrap his head around the odd transformation. What kind of mech designer would come up with such an absurd idea?

"Well, stupid or not, it worked. I guess that is enough of a justification to ignore how creepy it looks."

Ves didn’t have much hope for the Valkyrie Redeemer in the next phase. It was a powerful mech when utilized in the context of a larger unit, but by itself it was not the best!

The damage to its frame was very extensive. The hair that grabbed and pressed onto the frame had led to a lot of dispersed damage to its armor system. It was like an egg-shell that was already cracked across its entire surface.

While Ves could still spend some time to fill up the cracks, this was merely a stopgap solution that would only allow the Valkyrie Redeemer to survive a few more minutes on the dueling ring.

"I also have to fix up the worst of all of the axe attacks."

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