The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3624

Chapter 3624 Collective Approach

Ves helped Dulo out in order to accelerate the completion of the Thorn Project.

He not only fed and strengthened the Thorn Project's spiritual design, but also solved a few minor issues that Dulo had overlooked.

Once the Thorn Project reached completion, Dulo chose to fabricate the mech by himself.

"You and your wife have already fabricated your new works by yourselves." Dulo Voiken explained. "There is no reason for me to skip this challenge. I may not possess an impressive collection of masterwork certificates like you, but I have sufficient practice in making my own mechs. The Thorn Project is not that complicated compared to our other mech designs. It is well within my competence to fabricate a good copy."

"I'm not worried about that, Dulo. What I am actually concerned about is whether you can properly fabricate living mechs. They're different from other mechs in that you need to apply a specific mindset and approach in your fabrication run to preserve the living quality of the Thorn Project."

Ves briefly filled Dulo in on what he needed to do. The other man listened seriously and agreed to try out what he heard.

"It is not that difficult to alter my approach. I will try my best to adopt your methods."

"Good. That's all I ask. I can easily tell the difference between a mech where people have made an earnest effort to give them life and a mech that is in awful shape due to lack of effort. I hate to impose my design philosophy on you, but I want you to respect your work as if it is actually alive."

"I don't have any problems believing in your methods. Your mech designs have proven time and time again that there is truly substance to their living qualities." Dulo quickly reassured the patriarch.

"Good. I'll leave the task of fabricating the mech up to you. Do your best and make sure you perform well enough to earn the respect of your fellow Journeymen."

Before Ves left Dulo's work site, the recently-joined Journeyman asked one more question.

"Sir, I heard from different circles that our clan is still having a lot of problems securing large batches of raw materials."

"That's right. The demand for raw materials is incredibly high. There is no hope of obtaining what we need from the open market. The only viable way for us to solve this problem is to get in through the back door. In order to do that, we need to ally or befriend a resource provider."

"I… may have an idea about that, sir."

Ves directed a sharp glance at Dulo. "Hm? Do you have any useful connections?"

"Not me, but… I think we can obtain limited support if we call upon the help of the Voiken Family."

The Voiken Family. Sara and Dulo Voiken grew up in that powerful and prosperous mech designer dynasty.

Although the two Journeymen officially renounced their ties to the Voiken Family, it was impossible for them to completely cut themselves off from their own relatives.

The Black Cats constantly monitored the exchange of messages between the siblings in their original family.

Though it was not entirely possible to catch coded messages, the Black Cats did not see any signs that Sara and Dulo were passing on sensitive information back to the Voiken Family.

As long as the communications didn't compromise the Larkinson Clan, it was fine for the two to stay in touch with their more favored relatives.

Ves thought that these were just social calls. If it turned out that the talks were more substantial, then that might come in handy at this time.

He grew more intrigued. "Tell me more. What scheme do you have in mind?"

"I haven't come up with anything solid, sir. What I do know is that the Voiken Family is making preparations to dispatch a number of its members to the Red Ocean."

"What? Are you serious?"

"It's still in the planning stages, but the initiative already has the tentative blessing of the founder."

This did not align with what Ves learned about the Voikens.

"Isn't your family notoriously conservative, risk-averse and hostile towards change? According to what I've learned, Master Barnard Solas Voiken is an associate of the Preserving Order Faction, which opposes the opening of the Red Ocean. Why is your family suddenly reaching into the new frontier?"

Dulo smirked. "I'm not certain about this, but I have heard that the Preservers may have softened their stance. While they are desperate to cling to stability, the rest of the MTA isn't interested in freezing time. If the Preservers keep to their stubborn stance, they'll remain stagnant in the old galaxy while many of the other major factions obtain a lot of wealth, resources and influence in the Red Ocean."

The Preserving Order Faction may sincerely believe that it was best to keep humanity in the Milky Way, but now that the milk had already spilled, it was nearly impossible to convince everyone else to reverse their course.

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