The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3374

Chapter 3374: Gradual Metamorphosis

The influence of Vulcan primarily affected Ves. Whatever power flowed to the other Journeymen only gave them a fraction of the boost.

Yet this relatively minor change granted the female mech designers another perspective that was mainly based around craftsmanship.

How Vulcan perceived the quality and the intrinsic nature of objects was radically different from that of any human. Though Alexandria's design network wasn't able to convey much of this, what little it managed to pass on was enough to open their eyes.

The most important impact of this change on them was that they became faintly aware of certain higher-level variables that were normally out of reach for mech designers at their level.

All of them gained a crucial amount of clarity on the importance of sticking to specific themes when they work on their mechs. The Bulwark Project was designed around the concepts of defense, shielding and gravity. In order to make sure it embodied them to the best possible degree, they all needed to perform their work with this awareness in mind!

By maintaining a cohesive mindset towards their work, the mech designers infused their specific interpretations of these concepts into their work. In practice, the difference it made was relatively minor. They were still Journeymen and needed to progress a lot more to yield greater results.

The current effect was already sufficient, though. The direct improvement was rather small but just a change in mindset was enough to make their work more cohesive!

As Ves immersed himself in his false inspired state, he tried to make the most of it by fabricating crucial and critical components such as the shield generator and some of the parts that incorporated GT-535.

The reason why these parts stood out from the rest was because they were strongly associated with the themes of the Shield of Samar. Venerable Jannzi would definitely depend heavily on these systems in the future and Ves wanted to maximize the fit and compatibility between the expert pilot and expert mech as much as possible!

What amazed Ves was that he was able to do this a lot better than before due to Venerable Jannzi's participation in the design network.

Her influence had already affected him and the other mech designers by drawing upon her thoughts and ideas on piloting her Shield of Samar. The benefits the Journeymen gained was akin to a highly relevant Mastery experience.

Since Gloriana, Juliet and Ketis never directly accessed the mind of a mech pilot before, they gained a lot of eye-opening insights.

Ves already had a couple of Masteries under his belt, so his gains were more marginal.

What he truly valued was how he was able to directly attune Venerable Jannzi's force of will to the parts he was making. This not only increased their compatibility to the expert pilot, but also warned him of any discordant elements that might make it more difficult to resonate with the final product.

"This is actually quite amazing!" Ves eyes lit up as he realized the implications of this discovery.

The compatibility between Venerable Jannzi and the Shield of Samar was already insanely high. The two practically grew up together. Not only that, but Jannzi experienced each of her breakthroughs while piloting the same mech, which not only made it stronger, but also brought them closer!

One of the persistent concerns that Ves possessed was that the mech would diverge from its pilot due to replacing most of its old components.

Yet by actively drawing upon Jannzi's presence in the design network, he was able to prevent this negative outcome from happening.

"I can even increase the attunement between pilot and mech!"

Such a direct improvement excited Ves beyond words! His design philosophy centered around man-machine symbiosis, so this solution was extremely relevant to him. The same applied to Gloriana!

As the mech designers continued to overhaul the Shield of Samar, Ves made more interesting discoveries. Not all of them were significant, but each sign of progress increased his motivation.

However, increasing the fit between Venerable Jannzi and the Shield of Samar was only one of the factors that could help elevate the latter into a masterwork. So was making sure the mech embodied its core concepts.

Excellent craftsmanship encompassed a lot more ground, but the most critical factor was to consistently produce high-quality parts that were adapted to their specific circumstances.

This was much more difficult to accomplish and even Gloriana could not meet this standard much of the time.

Yet with the help of Vulcan's direct influence, Ves was temporarily able to bridge over this gap and improve the quality of his output. He immersed himself in his false inspired state and even hoped that he could gain even greater inspiration that could prolong his improvement.

However, borrowed power ultimately had to be returned, so after five hours of intensive work, the effects of Vulcan's boon had finally receded for the most part.

Ves only retained a fraction of the special state by actively leveraging his permanent bond with his own incarnation.

This was an exhausting process, though. Ves accelerated his mental strain whenever he tried to embody his design spirits, and this time was no different.

Vulcan had already increased his grasp over his own abilities over the past few months, but he was still far from mastering his full power. The amount of help he could provide to mech designers was still limited.

"It's enough, though." Ves murmured as he looked at the current state of the Shield of Samar.

The skeletal frame already exhibited a lot more renewal than before. The crucial internal frame that supported all of the other components had already been swapped out. Other new parts had been installed as well. They looked quite incongruous when they were placed next to the older and more worn parts of the prime mech incarnation of the Shield of Samar.

Still, throughout this extensive operation, the Shield of Samar not only retained its full identity, but actually seemed to undergo a gradual metamorphosis.

The drastic changes of structure actually sparked an evolution in the life state of the living mech!

"An expert mech is a lot different from lesser mechs." Ves recognized as he made yet another new discovery. "The Shield of Samar has actually been restraining itself for all this time.

It was quite amazing how many new discoveries and insights that he and his fellow Journeymen harvested so far. This was the fifth expert mech design project they were completing, but their current gains made it seem as if they were just making an expert mech for the first time!

All of this led to a comprehensive rise in mood that persisted for multiple days. Optimism remained high as everyone became more engrossed in their own work. The novelty of the discoveries and insights they gained this time caused the Journeymen to feel as if they were breaking new ground and making an expert mech that was unprecedented by any other machine!

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