The Mech Touch novel Chapter 2937

Chapter 2937: High-level Research

The exploration team cautiously exited the emergency escape room.

As soon as they approached the heavily-fortified exit gate, it automatically unlocked and slid open.

A long and spiralling tunnel lay ahead. The Larkinsons steadily ascended as they followed the lengthy tunnel. They walked for over 300 meters before they finally reached another thick gate.

This time, Ves had to type in another code in order to open this secure gate. Ves figured that it was not connected to any central systems, but instead operated in isolation. This was a good way to prevent someone’s escape route from getting cut off by some nefarious infiltration party.

With the help of their awfully-helpful gem, the exploration team soon managed to pass through this barrier.

They entered a wide open space where the same bone metal material covered the walls and ceiling.

Different from the cramped spaces of before, the Larkinsons finally encountered some actual base components.

Ves turned his view to the sides to see several identical fleshy growths that looked like tumors. Each of them was covered by thick energy shields, which basically screamed that these organic machines were very important for some reason.

He had no idea what he was looking at. All he could tell about the massive, mech-sized growths was that they appeared to be quite critical.

"What am I looking at, Dr. Perris?" He asked.

The entire reason why he brought a civilian biomech designer along for the ride was to clarify matters like these. The knowledge that she possessed was far more valuable than an extra soldier in his opinion.

The woman in question stared in amazement at the massive organic machines.

"Hello? Is there someone home inside your head?"

"Oh! Uhm, my apologies, sir. I didn’t expect to see such a sight. What you’re looking at is some of the most impressive power generators in the LRA. While I do not recognize this model, I estimate that a single one of them already provides enough energy to power an entire capital ship!"

"That much?!"

Ves may not know anything about organic power generators, but he was fairly well-versed in the properties of conventional one. It was incredibly difficult for a single power generator to service all of the energy needs of an entire capital ship. This was especially the case when they were smaller in size.

Right now, the hall they were in boasted six active organic power generators!

A facility that needed that much juice was definitely promising. All of that power had to be utilized in a productive manner in order to justify the existence of all of these power generators.

It appeared that the escape route that the exploration team had just entered led them straight to one of the hearts of the facility!

"This shouldn’t be the only source of power in this facility." Dr. Perris guessed. "As impressive as this looks, the rumors I’ve heard about the kind of research that takes place in a pinnacle lab should be considerably more demanding than what these power generators can sustain. At the very least, the lab should offer considerable redundancy in case any of these generators fail."

Ves nodded in agreement. Her logic was sound.

"That still doesn’t take away from the fact that this is one of the more important locations in the pinnacle lab. There ought to be an access point somewhere that we can use to obtain more information or expand our limited access level."

The living gem eagerly tugged him to the side. After tapping the cold bone metal wall, a projected interface appeared into view.

After inputting another laborious pass code, Ves apparently gained access to a secret control interface.

A few minutes passed by as the gem instructed Ves to activate several coded settings. He had no idea what he was triggering, but he had trusted the gem to this extent already. He did not feel it was doing anything malicious.

Soon enough, some strange set of passes materialized into existence.

"Materialization technology!" Dr. Perris gasped. "As expected of a pinnacle lab! I’ve heard that every facility is equipped with a lot of tech supplies by the MTA!"

"This is nothing." Ves dismissively said. "There are several different grades of materialization technology. Making a few simple passes is very different from materializing an entire mech."

The passes were rather odd, thick and heavy. Ves could already guess that they contained a wealth of advanced circuitry.

Still, no matter what kind of underlying tech they contained, their function was rather obvious.

"I guess these are our access passes."

He distributed them to everyone. Even Lucky received a smaller one that magnetically attached to his back.

"Meow!..."

"Hey, don’t scratch that off! You might die if you do that!"

That caused his cat to settle down quickly.

Ves felt a lot more secure after receiving the passes. Carrying the physical tokens was much more reassuring than purely relying on software changes.

"Can you provide us with a map or something?"

Unfortunately, that was beyond the gem’s means for some reason.

After it finished directing Ves to activate some hidden settings, the gem pulled him towards the exit. Once the exploration team left the power generation room, they moved through a few pale and eerie corridors while encountering nothing of note.

The corridors were completely empty and devoid of any objects and markings. Nothing he had seen so far allowed him to confirm that he entered a pinnacle lab as opposed to some other top secret facility.

It was only until he entered the next hall that Ves truly felt he entered the right place.

The space the gem had led him into was some kind of research lab dedicated to the study of a certain kind of arthropod exobeast species.

The exoskeletons of the giant insects stored in cultivation vats were like crystals. They shone in the light and looked incredibly hard.

There must have been something special about this odd exobeast species if they were being studied in this kind of high-quality lab. He spotted over fifty different lab machines in this hall. Some of them were organic in nature, but the majority looked more familiar to him. They must be the MTA-supplied lab equipment.

"Dr. Perris, try and access the servers if you can. I want to know what is special about these creatures."

While he was mildly curious about the research conducted in this room, he just wanted to see whether her new pass granted her access to sensitive research data. He also wanted to see whether the automated lab defenses would turn against her for attempting to access highly confidential data.

The worst did not happen. When Dr. Perris navigated the menus of a projected terminal, she was able to call up all of the research data without restriction!

"This is amazing, sir! Whatever you did earlier allows me free reign over the local server! It’s a pity that this computer system isn’t connected to the rest of the facility. Every research lab appears to be an isolated silo in terms of data transfer."

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