Now that they uncovered a solid direction, Ves and Gloriana eagerly brainstormed and swapped ideas.
There was great potential in converting a part of the Blinkyverse into a supercomputer!
Although it required Ves to make drastic changes to his existing Imaginary Universe Method, this was fine.
He never thought that this qi cultivation method had been perfected. The fact that Ves added a version number to its name was proof that it had already changed and evolved since he devised the initial version.
The troublesome part about the Imaginary Universe Method was that his mother also had a hand in its development.
Her input enabled Blinky's cultivation method to jump from Version 2.0 to Version 3.0! freēwēbηovel.c૦m
The most logical course of action that Ves could take at this time was to approach his mother yet again for help on this matter.
Ves was not eager to solicit her assistance this time. His last interaction with her had thoroughly soured his willingness to collaborate with her on this kind of issue.
Who knew whether she would betray his trust once again and tamper with his cultivation without his knowledge?
Unless his understanding of cultivation science had grown substantially enough to understand his mother's work, it was best not to resort to this option!
Ves much preferred to take control over his own cultivation and develop his own solutions to his current problem.
At least he would be able to maintain control at all times.
As Ves continued to exchange theories with his wife, he began to develop a real framework for a possible way to turn the Blinkyverse into the spiritual equivalent of a server!
"I can't convert the entire Blinkyverse into a supercomputer." He spoke after a moment of thought. "Its main purpose is to serve as an energy reservoir and a place where my companion spirit can turn the imaginary into the physical. Much of the universe needs to remain in its original and untainted form. If I try to change too much to it, the entire essence of the Blinkyverse will change, making it much less suitable for other purposes. Luckily, the internal volume is so big that there should still be plenty of room to accommodate a lot of processors."
Gloriana grew envious as she heard what Ves could do with his companion spirit. How come Blinky was so much more amazing than her Alexandria?!
She hugged her red companion spirit tighter against her chest.
"Can you add a supercomputer to my companion spirit as well?"
"Maowww..."
Ves glanced at Alexandria. The companion spirit had grown a lot since her creation. While she wasn't as versatile as Blinky, her design network was much stronger and more impressive.
His wife could make excellent use of Alexandria if she was able to lead a lot of mech designers, but ever since they moved to New Constantinople VIII, they no longer had any assistants by their side.
Ves intended to change that by recruiting Alexa Streon and numerous other Terran mech designers with high potential, but it was difficult to speed up this process.
"I do not think it is impossible." He replied. "However, I need to devise a different solution for you. Alexandria doesn't have the traits that Blinky has, which means that she can't cultivate anything that resembles the Imaginary Universe Method. I will need to come up with something different that makes more effective use of her design network."
That caused Gloriana to perk up. "Wait! Instead of trying to implant a spiritual supercomputer in my companion spirit, is it possible to upgrade the design network in a way that allows me to commandeer the minds and cranial implants of other mech designers?!"
That was a radical suggestion!
Ves initially wanted to say no to her idea, but he halted as soon as he started to think through this scenario.
The design network in its current form was based on restraint and voluntary exchange.
Ves had tried to make sure to decrease any objectionable aspects about it by giving participants a decent amount of control over what parts of themselves they wanted to block from the design network.
This caused any collaboration to proceed fairly harmoniously. Ves, Gloriana and other Larkinson mech designers trusted each other well enough to avoid prying into overly private matters.
However, the existing barriers also made it so that the design network never worked at full capacity.
What if Ves removed those barriers?
What if Ves developed a version of the design network that not only allowed Gloriana to merge her mind with that of other mech designers, but also enabled her to 'borrow' their augmented brain power in the process?
The resulting performance boost would be enormous!
The Queen Cat could finally make good on her self-aggrandizing title and become the sovereign of her own spiritual distributed computing network!
Gloriana didn't even need to acquire a customized first-class cranial implant anymore.
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