The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3119

Chapter 3119: Crystal Musings

Ves was quite sure that he inadvertently acquired classified research materials from the System.

Unless a state or a private organization managed to make a lot of successful advances in deciphering the physical attributes of luminar crystals, it was highly likely that the knowledge granted by Luminar Crystals IV came directly from the MTA research team that Master Willix had once mentioned!

"It's not exactly what I was looking for, but hey, since it's there, I'll just take it." He grinned.

The reason why he concluded that the new knowledge originated from the MTA was because it matched with the documents that Master Willix had already decided to release to him. It was as if Ves had only gotten part 1 of a series while the System supplied him with parts 2 to 6!

The huge amount of insights he gained on the material properties of luminar crystals might not bring him closer to combining mechanical engineering with spiritual engineering, but they substantially expanded his possible uses for luminar crystals.

"It's exactly what I need to bring the Sentry Project to the next level!"

In fact, what he learned went far beyond this. He could employ stronger and more versatile varieties of luminar crystals in all sorts of other projects.

Unlike the progress he made with the assistance of the crystal cube and the Illustrious One, the methods he gained from the System did not rely on spiritual engineering at all! The MTA research team accomplished most if not all of its successful research results by imitating excavated luminar crystals through human methods.

Even though humanity's attempts to decipher and replicate luminar crystals were fairly shallow, they leveraged their existing understanding of crystals over the course of their studies.

Now, a large chunk of this relevant human-derived insight had fallen into the hands of Ves.

The biggest implication of this was that Ves had gained the capability to mass produce stronger luminar crystals without being bottlenecked by his limited spiritual capabilities!

He looked down at the crystal rifle which the testing bot had placed on the work table. Ves had handcrafted it with the help of the crystal cube in order to instill the crystals with alien circuitry that somehow channeled and converted spiritual energy in specific beneficial ways.

A crystal synthesized by other humans or from an automated production line lacked this potent circuitry for this reason. This meant that it was impossible for Ves to produce thousands of powerful mechs that incorporated the stronger varieties of luminar crystals!

Even if Ves limited its spread to his own mech troops, he would still be forced to toil for thousands of hours just to make all of the enhanced luminar crystals for his own clan!

This was why he initially gave up on the notion despite knowing that his men would be missing out on a lot of benefits.

As a service provider, Ves hated it when he wasn't able to supply his own mech pilots with better products.

Although he still wasn't able to grant others the ability to make the strongest possible luminar crystals that he knew of, the grounded methods provided by the System gave him an alternative solution that made it a lot more practical for him to design mass production models that took advantage of luminar tech!

He became more and more certain that upcoming ranged mech projects such as the Crystal Lord Mark III would enjoy a definite firepower advantage over other ranged mech models.

"Even the next revision of the Transcendent Punisher will probably enjoy a substantial boost in firepower!"

While he fell short of realizing one of his ambitions, he was not dissatisfied with what he gained at all. The changes he experienced and the options he gained all reinforced his determination to explore this field further.

One day, he would be able to derive the lessons he needed to integrate spirituality with physical objects. Before that happened, Ves would settle with being able to design energy weapons that possessed far greater potency and versatility than what other mech designers were capable of devising.

"Not even mech designers who specialize in energy weapons can match the power of my current work!"

Given the same budget, materials, facilities and design criteria, Ves believed he possessed a distinct advantage. This was because a conventional mech designer was only able to harness his spirituality through passive methods while Ves was able to channel his strength to empower his luminar crystals in an active manner!

Of course, when it came to his mass production models, this gap was a lot less drastic. There was only one of him and it was impossible for him to stay stuck in a production hall all the time in order to churn out empowered luminar crystals day after day.

Ves wasn't in a hurry to solve this problem. Given that not even the MTA managed to find a way to easily allow humans to solve their fundamental spiritual deficiency, how was he supposed to do any better? It was not as if he was capable of making expert pilots on demand either.

Luminar crystal technology aside, Ves was tempted to use the System to strengthen his other Sub-Skills, most notably ones related to fabrication and assembly.

Fabricating the Dark Zephyr caused him to feel inadequate on those fronts for the first time in a very long time. His previous mech design projects were only a fraction as powerful and advanced as his first completed expert mech design.

However, he already spent a lot of Design Points already. He was quite reluctant to improve an aspect that he could improve through his own capabilities instead.

"Hmm, I still need to accumulate 1 million Design Points. I won't be able to get there if I solve every problem with DP."

He realized that he was experiencing the same temptation that had caused him to avoid the System in the first place. He didn't want to become dependent on its services. If the habit of spending DP to overcome every issue became rooted in his mind, then his road to become a Master and Star Designer would surely come to an end!

His face firmed up. "I need to rely on myself again."

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