The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5009

5009. Disruptive Mutations

Once Ves completed his examination of the C-Man, he flew over to the Mars to take a look at this impressive machine.

As an ace mech that was already a masterwork, its god body functioned a lot differently than the god body of the C-Man.

The Mars was an ace mech that had undergone a lot of profound and subtle changes after years of exposure to Patriarch Reginald's willpower.

Its god body did not necessarily help the Mars make any substantial progress into evolving into a grand work, but instead increased the fit between ace pilot and ace mech even more!

In other words, Reginald had effectively hijacked the god body of his ace mech and relied on sheer willpower to altered its mechanisms!

Gloriana did not feel upset about this at all. It was the opposite. The variations to her existing work provided her with a lot of useful research data as well as inspiration for new innovations!

Ves did not pay too much attention to the god body of the Mars at this time. He instead took a closer look at the Original Energy Body System that had attracted Master Benedict's attention.

The skull of Benedict's 'old friend' that was at the heart of his unorthodox system had become a lot more effective all of a sudden!

"Both the Original Energy Bridge System and the Magma Vein System are showing signs of improvement." Benedict told Ves. "The former is much more impacted than the latter due to the inclusion of an element that is highly sensitive towards M87's environmental factors."

Ves nodded in understanding. "Expert pilots are bound to thrive in this new region of space. Even their skulls are able to exert more strength when immersed in a more energetic environment."

"It is regrettable that my Endex System is not experiencing as much of an improvement. An organic skull has many additional qualities that I am unable to replicate with the use of exotic materials. 1 can only study the changes to the Mars to see whether 1 can derive a few lesser improvements."

That made sense.

"I think... you will have a lot more opportunities to reproduce your Original Energy Bridge System in the future." Ves said. "M87 is changing every organism on a metaphysical level. Whether this is good or bad, transcendent organisms are bound to become more widespread in the Red Ocean. It will become easier and easier for you to get your hands on special human or alien skulls. Once we make contact with the natives of M87..."

Master Benedict did not look enthused at the prospect of making contact with the aliens of the massive galaxy.

"Once our civilizations meet, it is highly questionable whether I will be able to live long enough to experiment with one of their skulls." He remarked.

Nobody knew how strong the natives of Messier 87 actually were, but they were bound to be challenging at the very least! None of them would be willing to relinquish their valuable skulls so easily!

Rather than worry about this future calamity, Ves felt it was more productive to focus on more immediate matters.

It was important to him to understand why exactly the Original Energy Bridge System was able to supply more energy all of a sudden.

Ves and Master Benedict soon derived the answer.

"The skull is passively absorbing the richer ambient energies in the environment." Ves concluded. "I can't figure out all of the consequences, but it is gradually changing in a way that makes it more receptive towards energy. It is slowly becoming more effective at its job."

Master Benedict nodded in agreement. "I have already conducted numerous deep scans. The density and structure of the skull have already begun to change. While this is only the beginning, the fact that it is happening at all is a serious portend of the future."

What would the skull look like after years of exposure to M87?

"If this can happen to an isolated skull, what about a living expert pilot?" Ves questioned. "Will their skulls and bones undergo a similar evolution?"

"That is a good question. We should closely track and monitor the changes to the physical and metaphysical conditions of our high-ranking mech pilots."

They chatted a bit more about this topic before Master Benedict shared information that Ves had not come in touch with before.

Master Benedict was a lot better at comprehensive research than Ves. The former Skull Architect was also on speaking terms with a lot of other notable Master Mech Designers. His higher rank also granted him access to high-level information channels.

"M87's background radiation is affecting the Red Ocean much more extensively than you think." He quietly shared to Ves. "The Big Two's upcoming announcement will go into this. What I can tell you is that our new circumstances are not just having' an effect on people and objects that are already interacting' to different degrees."

Ves raised his eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"1 have conducted examinations on other mechs, objects and materials. Did you know what I discovered? Certain materials that have nothing' to do with metaphysics are beginning' to show minor deviations in their properties. One metal has become slightly more conductive than usual. An alloy is able to withstand a little more damage than before. A worthless piece of ore is starting to display the properties of a junk exotic. Even our own body tissue may undergo mutations!"

These were incredible findings, especially when put together!

"Every researcher, developer and mech designer must work hard to adapt our current technology to a time where the properties of many different materials have grown stronger. While these changes are happening' gradually enough that we do not have to reinvent our existing mechs and starships on the spot, it is not advisable to rely on the same tech for more than a generation." _{freeωebnovēl.c૦m}

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