It was amazing how much Ves could get away with by exploiting the advantages of superdimensional materials.
He improved greatly since he last worked with superdimensional matter.
Ves glanced at Ferrum. The superdimensional cat avatar functioned properly and could put up a mean fight if cornered, but with the knowledge he possessed today, the construct looked completely inadequate according to his current standards.
If he was able to apply the tech, knowledge and methods that he wielded today, then he could have easily stuffed at least 30 percent more components into the cat while also increasing its overall durability by at least 50 percent!
Ves should take the time to rework Ferrum and update him to modern standards.
It was not time yet, though.
Superdimensional technology was still in its infancy. Vast performance boosts would continue to happen over the course of the following months and years as everyone rapidly figured out new and amazing tricks to get even more out of this wonder material.
Perhaps in a month or three, Ves would gain access to a newly devised alloy formula that increased the defensive power of superdimensional alloy by another 20 percent while also providing several other benefits such as increased spatial stability and greater extradimensional space for accommodating components.
Instead of trying to upgrade a single device every handful of months, Ves felt it was better to wait for a year or two before initiating a much more substantial upgrade.
He already applied the same approach to his mechs. He disliked the impulse to revisit their designs and update them as soon as nifty new tech or materials got released.
Just because human technology advanced to the point of presenting new possibilities did not mean that older products based on outdated tech became trash.
Other groups did not adopt technology at such a fast pace.
Mechs that were designed and built before the Phasewater Generation still saw usage to this very day, though often with aftermarket modifications and upgrades.
Starships were even worse at keeping up with the times. It was perfectly normal for starships to be seen as relatively modern even if they were built half a century ago. Many people had no problem entrusting their lives to vessels that entered into service before their grandparents were even born.
Ves recognized that in this era of frenetic technological progression, he needed to be patient and time his projects based on other needs than attempting to keep up with the latest trends.
Powerful ace mechs such as the Dark Zephyr Mark III, the Amaranto Mark III and even the First Sword Mark III had already become outdated by his current standards.
The Larkinson Clan could make them so much stronger with the means that Ves and Gloriana recently obtained that it would be as if they had already entered a new mech generation!
Alexa realized this as well. She continually looked over towards Ves to observe his inscrutable craftsmanship at work and knew that she had no way in hell of matching it anytime soon.
Just the absence of the Locos organ prevented her from observing what she was doing when she attempted to work her tools across dimensions that could not be observed with normal human senses.
"Amazing." She could not help but utter while she was in the process of scanning the recently processed parts for flaws and inconsistencies. "I always knew that you could exploit the properties of superdimensional matter to create machines that do not take up space in the material dimensions, but to see you do this so quickly after the introduction of superdimensional technology is still impressive."
Even when she tried to glean his thoughts through the design network, Alexa was still unable to keep up with his work. Her inability to observe his work and understand the more profound truths of superdimensional theory caused her to know enough to recognize his attainments, but lack the means to replicate them in her own way.
Ves felt proud for being able to create a superdimensional product to this extent. He had easily overtaken many professionals who managed to obtain samples of superdimensional matter for R&D purposes.
Compared to those ’amateurs’, Ves was able to create a device that should have been the size of an adolescent human and shrink it all down into a slightly thicker umbrella!
It had been worth it to expend one of his remaining favors to allow Gloriana to go on an audience with the Resonance Smith.
The meeting may have concluded quickly, but the Star Designer did not shirk his obligations. He had seriously imparted Gloriana the necessary theories and alloy formulas to allow her to merge superdimensional matter with archetech.
At least that was the case on the surface.
It was only now that Ves recognized that the Resonance Smith had not been as perfunctory as he initially thought.
The Star Designer most definitely knew that Ves was a human phase lord. He possessed a Locos organ that was able to perceive all sorts of spatial phenomena, including ones related to superdimensional matter.
The Resonance Smith may have calibrated his teachings to Gloriana with the implicit understanding that Ves may be able to take greater advantage of them than their initial recipient!
Without the Resonance Smith passing on his teachings, Ves would have struggled for many more months or years before he could produce a comparable result.
Ves owed the Star Designer.

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