The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4478

He had difficulty deciding whether he should accept this Mission.

His mind said no. Rationally speaking, it was way too reckless to create an important totem that was tied to himself when he didn't know the consequences of treating himself as a design spirit.

Ves was not a normal spiritual entity like his incarnation Vulcan. He had no idea how much a so-called divine artifact would affect his capabilities as a mech designer.

He had no qualms with experimenting on design spirits. If anything went wrong, Ves wouldn't be the one to suffer from the consequences!

"My specialty has always been to let other people suffer from the consequences of my actions!"

He wouldn't be able to do that anymore now that the System requested Ves to treat himself as a test subject.

"It might not even be possible for me to create a totem based on myself. Wait… what if it doesn't have to be me? What if… I can use one of my other incarnations?"

Aside from Vulcan, Ves also had Blinky!

Although both of them were different reflections of himself, they were still fundamentally different from each other.

Vulcan was an external incarnation that possessed a complete life of his own. He just happened to be connected to Ves in various ways.

Blinky was an internal incarnation that resided in his very mind. The Star Cat was more of a split personality of Ves that just happened to gain an infusion of power.

Unlike Vulcan, Blinky's domain and spiritual energy completely mirrored that of Ves!

If Ves' suspicions were correct, he could probably utilize Blinky as his surrogate design spirit!

"What do you think, Blinky? Would you like to join the party and empower mechs and totems with your presence?"

The purple spiritual cat dove out of his mind and flicked his black-tipped tail in a reluctant manner.

Mrow….

"I know, buddy, but the risks are much lower if we use you as a subject instead. You're not a mech designer so your spiritual makeup is much closer to that of a traditional design spirit."

Mrow mrow mrow!

"You may have a point. If this divine artifact stuff is greater than an ordinary totem, then I might need to do more in order to complete the Mission."

Mrow!"

"Silly Blinky. Have you forgotten how I managed to complete the previous Mission already? If I don't know how to do something, then I will find a way to obtain the necessary knowledge! The Tree of Possibilities still offers many enlightenment fruits that are related to various cults."

Mrow…

Ves frowned for a moment. "Maybe you're right. If it turns out that the enlightenment fruit I need is too expensive, then I will leave it be and consider another Mission. I don't want to end up spending more Ascension Points than I can gain."

He planned to handle this Mission as quickly as possible.

While it was customary for him to spend months or years designing a good mech, there was no need for him to spend as much time on smaller projects.

As long as he wasn't too ambitious, he should be able to develop an excellent totem in a week or two. This was especially the case if he utilized his existing tools.

Part of the reason why the Blood Knight Project took so long was because Ves insisted on developing a new innovation.

Ves didn't think it was necessary for him to repeat that approach. When it came to an object that might have major implications to his future, it was better to stick to familiar territory.

"I should head down to the Tree of Possibilities and see which fruit can help."

When he approached the majestic tree, his gaze quickly flicked from fruit to fruit. He already had an impression of most of them, so quickly narrowed down the ones that sounded relevant.

Fortunately for him, he found an enlightenment fruit that might contain what he needed.

There was just one caveat.

[Orven Ritual Sacrifice Altar Design]

Price: 25 Ascension Points

Imparts the design and annotated notes of a ritual sacrifice altar utilized by the orven race. The leaders of the orven civilization regard themselves as gods, and one of their many means of empowerment is sacrifice. An Orven Ritual Sacrifice Altar is a sacred object that represents a leader of the orven race. It can only be made by integrating a soul fragment of the leader orven. Sacrificing the lives of orvens and other living beings can feed back a part of their strength to the aspiring god, but relying too much on this method can lead to problems.

At first, Ves skipped over this enlightenment fruit. It sounded completely abhorrent and Ves had no intentions of imitating any alien rituals.

He changed his mind when he examined it for a second time.

"If my guess is correct… then a Orven Ritual Sacrifice Altar may be the alien equivalent of a divine artifact."

If Ves assumed that spirituality and spiritual energy were universal phenomena, then what applied to humans also applied to aliens!

"It's just like phasewater. If aliens can develop warp drives, so can humans. This should be a similar case."

Since this was the case, learning how the orven race built and made use of their special altars should provide Ves with lots of useful clues on how he could make his own divine artifact!

"I'm not going to engage in any ritual sacrifice, though. I'm not crazy and I don't need to engage in barbarism in order to grow stronger."

Ves would love to become stronger, but not at the cost of compromising his dedication towards mechs. His desire to become a Star Designer exceeded his desire to become a god!

The only reason why he hesitated was whether it was a good idea for him to absorb foreign knowledge.

The enlightenment fruits he absorbed before all came from different human influences. The knowledge they imparted all stayed within the realm of human understanding.

This was different. Despite the narrow scope of this enlightenment fruit, he would definitely implant a lot of strange and alien thoughts if he absorbed its contents!

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