The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5146

When Ves concluded his awkward conversation with his angry cat, Ves left the bridge so that he could take a closer look at Lucky's gems.

The gems all looked malformed and distorted in a way that just looked wrong to Ves.

Although none of the gems gave him the vibe that they were unstable to the point where throwing them at a bulkhead would cause them to explode, they still triggered his sense of danger.

Ves could not treat these gems like almost all of the other ones that Lucky had produced in the past.

The gem cat normally did a good job in producing solid gems with clear positive benefits and no discernable risks.

That meant that Ves never had to worry too much about imparting any significant negative consequences to the mechs that bore his gems.

If Lucky's gems truly posed a significant risk to the mech or the pilot that would be making use of the upgraded machine, then the Quint would have gone utterly crazy by this time!

This meant that Ves had little experience to draw upon in figuring out the precise effects of this new batch of malformed gems.

Their inconsistency, randomness and hints of malice made it so that he felt extremely reluctant to impart them to any of his mechs.

They might genuinely do more harm than good!

"At least I've gained a better idea on what goes on inside Lucky's body." He noted to himself.

As a mech designer, Ves did not really like to make use of components that he did not fully understand. The act of designing a mech always entailed combining many different parts and technological principles together into a seamless whole.

Gems complicated this process because they exerted an extremely powerful effect but also caused his work to become less understandable.

He had no confidence at all in his ability to fabricate an identical mech that performed in the exact same manner as a machine whose performance had been mystically boosted just through the addition of a single tiny element.

It was not until much later on that Ves was able to figure out the general working principle of Lucky's gems. Seeing what happened to an ace mech like the Mars heavily hinted that the gems vaguely acted like an instant injection of willpower baptism.

The biggest differences from traditional willpower baptism was that the gems exerted the strong influence or domain of a presumably powerful but long-deceased entity on a mech and that it happened in an instant. The transformation medium acting on a machine also appeared to be a lot different from willpower.

It reminded him of the explanation he received in the past of how exotic materials originally came into being.

This was a bit different from that natural process because Lucky's mysterious digestion system was able to exert a lot more control over the transformation process.

"There's much I still don't understand, but I think I'm a bit closer to the truth than before."

The insufficiently processed gems granted him a snapshot of what took place in between the time it took for Lucky to ingest different metals to the moment where he finally popped out his gems.

One of the common shortcomings that Ves was able to glean from the descriptions of the new gems was that they did not do a perfect job of containing the more superfluous and potentially negative influences of what they contained.

This showed that Lucky actually had to put a lot of effort into turning a gem that was raw but powerful into a more tempered and moderated product.

The greatest implication of this discovery was that gems could actually be a lot more powerful if it didn't matter if they came with a few downsides!

Ves drew out the gems from his armor compartment once again. He read through the descriptions provided by the System and tried to figure out whether he could pick up a few other interesting patterns.

[LOBIS FRAGMENT]

A semi-processed gem that contains a fraction of a dancer who could not cease. Will compel a mech to dance to eternity with the grace of an ancient master of her art. All motion shall bear a touch of elegance and refinement that can captivate any audience that is able to experience emotions.

[CURSE OF AIKIREON]

ραndαsnοvεl.cοm A semi-processed gem that contains the remnant of an ancient curse that has afflicted a long-forgotten sinner. This curse will gradually petrify a mech until it becomes a monument of a burden left untouched.

[INDIGNANT LORD FRAGMENT]

A semi-processed gem that contains the simmering hatred of an ancient lord towards the phase whales of the Red Ocean Dwarf Galaxy. Any mech that bears this gem will unlock the power of the ancient lord and become compelled to fight any phase whales to the death.

[PORTEND OF AN INEVITABLE ENDING]

A semi-processed gem that contains the collective despair of an ancient race that has become extinct. Any mech that bears this gem will become the carrier to an overwhelming quantity of fear and despair towards a doom that cannot be avoided, but will also trigger the release of power born out of unwilling futility.

[VIEAK FRAGMENT]

A semi-processed gem that contains the royal conceit of a second-born prince that has lost the struggle for the throne. Imparts an aggressive form of regality that will always be inadequate compared to authentic royal authority. Any discussion or behavior that hints or accuses the mech or its user of being a pretender, illegitimate, a spare or second-best will invoke violent retaliation.

[TAINTED KNIGHT'S BROKEN OATH]

A semi-processed gem that contains the regrets and resentment of a once-noble knight that has broken an important oath. Will blacken a mech that bears this gem until it becomes a rejected monster that seeks to taint anything it touches with corruption and degeneration.

[SOLOIS FRAGMENT]

Ves proceeded to dedicate the following few hours to examining as much of the interior of the relatively small archeship as possible. _{freewёbnoνel.com}

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