The Mech Touch novel Chapter 6758

Ves did not possess an overwhelming need to acquire a derived World Tree Seed. _{frёeweɓηovel.coɱ}

However, he thought that it was better if his clan had one in its possession than not. Who knew when it could be useful one day.

World Tree Seeds were probably especially useful if his clan ever embarked on a deep strike expedition.

Ves was not sure anymore whether red humanity could even pull off the Deep Strike Plan at this stage, but as long as there was an opportunity to go on an attack, the Larkinsons could attain drastically more results with the help of this special seed.

Aside from that, if the worst outcome ever took place, then Ves might have an urgent need for a biological superweapon that could quickly terraform a planet to make it liveable for lots of human refugees.

He would first have to find a safe haven that was out of the reach of the native aliens, but he could tackle that problem at a later date. It was not necessary for him to have everything ready the moment he gained possession over the World Tree Seed.

Since Ves did not consider the World Tree Seed a must-have item, he bargained hard for this strategic weapon. He was well aware that a second-generation seed did not come close to the value of a first-generation seed, so he was determined not to get scammed.

In comparison to his relaxed stance towards the World Tree Seed, the Devos Ancient Clan was a lot more eager to conduct a large trade.

The Devosans and the rest of the Terrans were eager to learn the more sophisticated design applications in the field of living mechs.

The product category originally invented by Ves had gained immense strategic value.

By definition, all Carmine mechs were living mechs. It was impossible to form a Blood Pact with a lifeless mech.

The Terrans had even greater reasons to value living mechs because of their inherent synergies with World Trees and other Terran biotechnology applications.

As for superdimensional material, Master Laila Rebecca Devos was desperate to obtain as much of it as possible.

Though Ves had generously agreed to donate a luxurious batch of structure-grade and hull-grade superdimensional matter to her, this would only allow her to conduct research.

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If Master Laila Devos wanted to make serious progress in advancing her design philosophy, she needed to design and produce tangible superdimensional mechs.

She could not do that unless she obtained a lot of tons of armor-grade and weapon-grade superdimensional matter!

To her credit, Master Laila had been incredibly transparent about her lack of progress and her hopes that superdimensional matter would allow her to design the nearly perfectly miniaturized mechs of her dreams.

On this matter, the two sides were on complete opposite ends.

Master Laila wanted to gain a massive amount of high-grade superdimensional matter.

Ves did not want to cripple his own clan’s utilization of superdimensional matter.

If he truly had to make a choice between adding superdimensional mechs to the mech roster or acquiring a derived World Tree Seed, Ves would always pick the former over the latter!

The shrewd Terran Master clearly managed to deduce that from Ves and adapted her negotiating strategy accordingly.

Eventually, the two sides found a middle ground that was somewhat acceptable to both sides. The two reluctantly shook hands.

"It’s a deal, then." Ves said. "Whenever our clan harvests armor-grade and weapon-grade superdimensional matter, you will get 50 percent of our haul. This division will continue until you have enough to produce 6 standard-sized superdimensional mechs. On top of that, I will teach you how to design more advanced living mechs. At the very least, I will give you my textbooks, articles and notes on how to design second order living mechs as well as the fundamental theories related to Carmine mechs and the Carmine System."

"That is correct, but do not forget that you must fulfill the superdimensional matter quotas within 2 years. If you exceed this time limit, you must pay a sizable penalty."

"I remember." Ves tersely replied. "In exchange for all of that, you will hand over a second generation World Tree Seed in my possession by the end of this week along with all of the knowledge required to make use of it. Your clan must also provide supervision and scientific support to us when we attempt to modify or upgrade the seed."

Later that day, Ves briefly summarized his new deal with the Devos Ancient Clan.

Just as predicted, his wife was none too happy with this commitment.

"Why do we need a superweapon?! Are you that insecure about our safety? If you wanted to obtain a weapon of mass destruction so badly, why did you accept the first proposal offered by the Terrans? You should have set aside this ridiculous World Tree and obtained a forbidden solution that is actually effective in space!"

"Gloriana, the value of this World Tree Seed is higher than that of other superweapons.I admit that it is impractical to use in space, but it can create a lot of stuff for us if we plant it on a resource-rich planet. It is a weapon as well as a terraforming machine and production plant rolled into a single organic entity. I have a feeling that there may come a time where we will all be grateful for the capabilities bestowed by this seed."

His wife scowled. "You were played, Ves! The Terrans understand you so well that they exploited your impulses to conduct a dubious trade. They only had to dangle a single shiny superweapon in front of your nose, and before you knew it, you traded away enough superdimensional matter to build 6 whole superdimensional mechs! SIX! Do you understand how many expert mechs and ace mechs we could have turned into nigh-unbreakable masterworks with that many tons of superdimensional matter?! You did not even consult me before you agreed to the contract in principle!"

Ves rolled his eyes. "I do not answer to you, Gloriana. This is a fair deal considering what a World Tree Seed can do. We just need to make good use of it in the next few years. I am not too worried about fulfilling the most critical obligations. The next time Ketis opens up a portal to the Blue Dimension, our clan will be ready this time. I have already tasked the relevant departments of our clan to stockpile mining shuttles, mining demimechs and other relevant gear. Our personnel are also undergoing training to learn how to operate this mining equipment as effectively as possible. I estimate that we can easily triple or quadruple our harvest of armor-grade and weapon-grade superdimensional matter next time. We can even get away with more if Ketis has found a region that corresponds to a location in the Blue Dimension that is more saturated with solid matter."

He knew that the mechers and fleeters had already started to figure out how to conduct surveys in the 365th dimension.

If they were good enough, then Ves and Ketis might be able to ignore the existence of the Dimension Telescope and its expensive upgrades!

They could completely rely on the scouting conducted by the scientists of the Red Two to open up dimension breaches to dimensional locations that were rich in superdimensional matter or other materials!

The Terrans had conducted a trade based on the assumption that the harvest of armor-grade and weapon-grade superdimensional ore would only undergo a moderate increase in subsequent runs.

Ves did not believe that the yield would remain so low.

He believed that his clan would definitely be able to obtain a lot more superdimensional matter at a time!

Master Laila Devos would have her precious superdimensional matter sooner rather than later.