The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3791

Chapter 3791 - Prime Development

Though Patriarch Reginald exhibited a lot of desire towards prime abilities and the prime materials that made them possible, Ves quickly had to shoot down his excitement.

There simply weren't any prime materials available.

He possessed a limited quantity of P-stones and did not expect to obtain any more of them. This was because he theorized that they originally came from the Nyxian Gap, which was an entire galaxy away from the expeditionary fleet at the moment!

The same went for Unending alloy. A long time ago, an ancient alien race must have originally developed this artificial metal substance with spiritual sorcery in mind, but the method of making it was probably lost.

It was not as if Ves tried to break down samples of Unending alloy into their base materials in order to decipher the formula and produce more alloy by himself.

Whenever he did so, the mysterious exotics that were responsible for making Unending alloy work quickly broke down and lost their special traits.

This was not an unknown phenomenon in materials science and was largely the reason why recycling salvaged goods rarely recovered every raw material put into their construction.

The final material that Ves found was the sample of Galenta Bone that he had once encountered in Rion's private stash.

The material might not be as hard as Unending alloy, but it was tough enough to be employed in mechs.

Aside from its decent ability to store spiritual energy, it also had the effect of nurturing it as far as he was aware.

The galenta whale was a species of astral beasts that had almost been hunted to extinction in the Milky Way.

They were apparently more ubiquitous in the Red Ocean, so Ves hoped he could get his hands on the strange bone growths that grew inside the brains of the largest galente whales.

Unfortunately, his clan never managed to get their hands on any of the samples.

Ves had put Galenta Bone on the list of must-buy materials, but the clansmen responsible for procurement never managed to find any samples on the open market.

He suspected that Galenta Bones were treated as rare and exclusive trophies. If that was the case, then they should only ever change hands in private auctions.

Only the upper echelon were invited to these events, and Ves was far from reaching that level.

This was bad news to Patriarch Reginald. The lack of resonating materials was the only barrier to turning the Mars into a prime mech.

While he could have requested the Larkinsons to repurpose the Unending alloy that adorned their existing expert mechs, he would never do so. This was a line too far and crossing it would seriously deteriorate the relationship between the two alliance partners.

As an expert pilot himself, he knew how much his Larkinson counterparts valued and cared for their expert mechs. He might be greedy for prime materials, but he would not ask his allies and fellow comrades in battle to mutilate their strongest assets.

That left the Cross Patriarch with no other option than hoping that he could get his hands on Galenta Bone.

"Give me a moment." He said with a frown. "Let me consult with Benedict."

He quietly called and exchanged words with Professor Benedict. Whatever the Senior Mech Designer said did not provide any relief to the powerful expert pilot.

The Cross Clan experienced just as much difficulties in obtaining Galenta Bone as the Larkinson Clan!

Eventually, Patriarch Reginald finished his call and looked back at Ves with a dour expression.

"Professor Benedict has promised to use his own channels to obtain Galenta Bone. If he is able to procure it, will you agree to add it to the Mars Project?"

Ves happily nodded. "Of course! It will be easy for me to do so as prime resonance works on different principles. If you Crossers actually succeed in getting your hands on this material, do tell me if you can obtain more of it. We have been looking for it ourselves. I can make the Minerva and the future version of the Blade Chaser considerably stronger."

"Only after you have made the Mars Project stronger first. My future fighting machine must possess the greatest possible combat power that we can put into a frame. We cannot pass on this new and more versatile form of resonance that you have developed."

"I agree. Just don't complain if neither of us can obtain any Galenta Bone. We don't always get what we want."

Personally, he hoped that the Crossers managed to succeed somehow. Professor Benedict possessed different connections than himself and might be able to get his hands on this rare material in his own way.

Until this happened, Ves was not going to hold out any hope.

He turned his attention back to the rest of the gathered expert pilots. "While Patriarch Reginald's interruption was not on the agenda, his request directly relates to one of the topics I wished to discuss. A few of you have displayed abilities that you ordinarily shouldn't be able to employ if you were piloting a more conventional expert mech. These abilities have shown a lot of potential even if their implementations are not yet on par. Tusa, let's start with you first since you have the most time to develop your prime abilities. Tell me about the progress that you have made."

The light mech specialist stood up from his seat. "My expert mech has access to two design spirits, namely Arnold and Trixie. Building up relationships with them is extremely important as I need to resonate with one of them in order to pull off a prime ability. I am never performing this alone. The design spirit on the other side is doing the work as well, so I am not the only one who needs to make improvements."

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