The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3354

Chapter 3354: First-Class Materials

Rion and his group amassed quite an impressive collection of first-class materials. Though none of them came in greater quantities, a crown was not that large to begin with. This was also the primary reason why the dwarves were able to amass a decent collection.

"This is practically a gourmet for Lucky!"

His cat rarely ate materials that were as extravagant as the samples in front of Ves. He bet that Lucky would probably grow incredibly upset at missing the opportunity to devour so many delicious snacks!

"Oh well…"

Ves reminded himself that he was still working on the clock. He couldn't waste too much time on getting fascinated by all of the wealth on display.

He soon grew serious as he began to study the most important properties and merits of each material. Though the selection of materials was not particularly impressive in the inventory of a first-class mech designer, the caliber was unquestionably higher than that of second-class materials!

"The primary criteria that determine the class of a material is how much value their properties bring. Their rarity doesn't play a role. As long as at least one aspect of them is powerful enough to be used in first-class products, they are classified as first-class materials."

What this essentially meant was that there were no useless first-class materials. The practice of dividing materials into three categories was a human construct to begin with, so there was no way that anyone could obtain less valuable first-class materials as a bargain.

"Let's begin with the ones that caught my eye."

As its name suggested, EFV-343 was an artificial alloy made out of a formula of several different exotic materials. It was a fairly old and well-known material that humanity had developed in the early days of the Age of Conquest.

It soon turned into a popular and widely-used first-class alloy due to its usefulness and the relative ease in sourcing the raw materials required to make it. This was also the reason why it was affordable enough for Rion to purchase a sample.

"If I have enough EFV-343 at my disposal, I could create a powerful energy weapon!"

EFV-343 had many different applications and was most widely used to make high-end electrical components. Although the physical durability of the material was average, it possessed an insanely high tolerance for heat, electricity and many other forms of energy.

The simplest way to describe it was that it was both a sponge and a pipe for energy. It was able to store energy naturally like a battery or heat sink. It could even hold multiple forms of energy at the same time. Depending on how it was manipulated or incorporated into an object, it could selectively channel a specific type of energy to another destination in an instant with remarkably high efficiency.

Although all of these functions sounded rather basic, a creative engineer or mech designer could employ EFV-343 in many brilliant ways!

Right now, Ves was thinking on how he could make use of EFV-343 to create a natural mechanism to power the luminar crystals of his crown. They could also be employed as a form of protection against excessive heat or other powerful energies.

This was a crucial material if Ves wanted to add a powerful extra function to his crown. Since Rion's prohibited him from incorporating any obvious technological components in his design, he could only take a step back and rely on the natural properties of materials to increase the utility of the device.

"I don't want to make a purely ornamental piece. A crown of this expense should always have a few surprises."

Ves already planned to turn the luminar crystals added to the crown into hidden energy beam projectors. Although their power might not be as powerful as dedicated first-class weapons, they would definitely give any attacker a surprise.

"Let's see what other uses I can add to the crown."

Whoever named Extreme Cold Titanium apparently lacked imagination. However, it was an apt description for this high-grade exotic. It was a lot harder than titanium but shared the same density and other properties of this mundane element.

What caused Extreme Cold Titanium to stand out was that it apparently broke the laws of thermodynamics just by existing!

According to the first law of thermodynamics, the sum of energy levels inside a closed system should be constant.

However, any system that incorporated Extreme Cold Titanium ultimately lost a lot of energy over time.

This was because the exotic just sucked in lots of energy, particularly heat, and caused it to disappear into nowhere!

"It's a fantastic material to use as a heat sink!"

Extreme Cold Titanium was universally popular in all first-class circles for this reason. Although it had its limitations such as limits to its rate of energy absorption, it was still a fantastic way to persistently cool parts that tended to generate a lot of heat over time.

As long as Ves employed a bit of Extreme Cold Titanium in his crown, he could employ heat or energy-generating materials without any concern for overheating.

"After all, my crown is not supposed to cook the head of its wearer as if it was an egg!"

The only downside to employing Extreme Cold Titanium was that it was active all the time. If left alone in a closed room, it could freeze the local temperature until it was close to absolute zero!

This was a known problem and humanity developed many different solutions to prevent Extreme Cold Titanium from creating disasters.

Ves looked intrigued when he regarded these two basic but incredibly useful exotics.

"I can already do a lot by combining EFV-343 and Extreme Cold Titanium. I just need to pick up both a source of energy and another material that does something useful."

He swept his eyes towards Histam alloy, which was named after its inventor. Just like EFV-343, it was an artificial material with highly useful properties.

However, compared to the other two materials, Histam alloy was a lot less flashy. It only stood out for its superior durability. If Ves was interpreting the specs on the projected information panel correctly, Histam alloy was actually a lot tougher and more resilient than Unending alloy!

"A mech made out of Histam alloy would be a tough nut to crack." Ves imagined.

Histam alloy also enjoyed another advantage compared to Unending alloy. Ves had no idea how to make the latter, but the former was already a well-known material.

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