The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7157

Chapter 7157 Bonus Prize

This was what he liked the most about acquiring new knowledge and especially through enlightenment fruits.

The new theories and insights may initially come in a self-contained package, but as soon as they settled into his mind, they began to cross-pollinate with each other.

Brand new connections formed when none existed before. The wisdom of scientists and scholars of the past crossed paths with brand-new technological advancements. The availability of new materials and production methods introduced a wealth of new possibilities to old tech.

This was what happened to Ves as the cross-pollination process continued to produce one benefit after another.

"The basic premise of the Sacrificial Spear Throwing Method was to infuse specially developed spears with fire energy before throwing them out, causing them to explode and inflict great damage at their destinations.

Since this was a method based on ancient cultivation science, it did not involve anything approaching modern science and propellants.

Instead, it utilized the materials that used to be abundant and fairly easy to convert into explosive reactants. Those ancient creation cultivators figured out the theory and a series or recipes that enabled them to turn special combinations of exotics and hyper materials into powerful explosives!

Through the ground-breaking paradigms included in the enlightenment fruit, Ves was able to contemplate the premise of turning superdimensional matter into the most powerful and compact explosive warhead possible.

This was an insane idea, but could theoretically work!

"It's not that simple." He said with a frown. Among the three mech designers, he possessed the greatest understanding of superdimensional technology. "Only specific varieties of superdimensional matter can be used for this application, and they need to undergo extensive processing, alloying and rearrangement before they can be turned into a powerful destructing construct. However, so long as you can solve all of these technical problems, a single mech-grade cannon shell can potentially inflict as much damage as the primary gun battery of a battleship."

Gloriana grew enthused as she imagined all of the possibilities. "We can attain the best results by using high-grade superdimensional matter. Their extra dimensional characteristics are the strongest. We can design special ammunition and have them launch from a physical cannon wielded by one of our ace mechs. The combination of different enhancements can potentially allow one of our ace mechs to overwhelm the defenses of a particularly powerful greater phase whale. It might even be able to inflict injury on an ancient phase whale."

Ves was already thinking beyond that. What if he applied what he learned to develop an insanely potent superdimensional explosive shell for the Destroyer of Worlds?

The Ragnarok could be able to launch a projectile that could inflict significant damage to another god mech!

The attack may even be potent enough to wear down the defenses of a God King, though that may be wishful thinking on Ves' part.

Whatever the case, he fully recognized the potential in the knowledge he gained from an enlightenment fruit worth just 35 Ascension Points.

The value of this enlightenment fruit may be accurately priced for ordinary mech designers, but for Larkinsons with enough knowledge of superdimensional technology and access to superdimensional matter, the actual gains were worth much more!

Unfortunately, Ves did not have the time or interest to explore the full potential of this new intersection of technologies.

"We should prepare an information package for Zanthar." Ves suggested. "We shouldn't dump everything on his shoulders all at once. That is a bit too much. We should share the basics to him first and steadily grant him access to more advanced theories and designs. He would definitely love it and try to incorporate what he has learned into his own works. As the resident physical ammunition specialist of our clan, he is the best person to exploit the potential of this new tech."

As the director of the Design Department, Gloriana carefully weighed his proposal.

"We can do this, but do not expect immediate results. Zanthar is still an inexperienced Journeyman. He will have to put more effort into learning and mastering the basics of superdimensional theory. We can speed up his studies if we give him access to samples of low-grade superdimensional matter. He should be able to experiment and understand superdimensional theory through actual practice rather than book learning."

"We have lots of low-grade superdimensional matter in storage." Ketis mentioned. "This stuff is the equivalent of sand and dirt. The only reason why we haven't tossed it aside is because they happen to possess relatively modest superdimensional properties. It doesn't matter too much if they are not suited to be used as the basis of a self-exploding projectile. We can take advantage of their superdimensional properties to stuff in a larger quantity of exotics and hypers that are configured to explode with great force."

Her suggestion had potential. It would still take a lot of trial and error to figure out a cost-effective way to develop superdimensional explosive munitions, but a mech designer such as Zanthar should be able to puzzle it out in the next few years.

There were many uses for low-grade superdimensional matter, but Ves did not mind it if the clan used its vast reserves as the key ingredients for explosive ammunition.

Compared to using this relatively abundant matter to construct fortifications, Ves would much rather turn them into munitions that could drastically increase the firepower of his mechs and possibly his warships.

Ves, Ketis and Gloriana continued to swap ideas about how to utilize the new knowledge.

However, Ves soon turned his attention back to his immediate problem. He had no time to explore those exotic ideas when he still had a leadership challenge on the horizon.

"Now that I am out of AP, let's head down to the Wishing Fountain. It's time for me to use up my remaining lottery tickets."

He had made up his mind regarding this matter. The lottery tickets represented a lot of potential wealth, but continuing to hoard them when he clearly needed an extra boost did not make sense.

Of course, that did not mean he was willing to use up his most precious radiant lottery ticket right away.

He retrieved the 9 golden lottery tickets and intended to use them up first. If he managed to win the jackpot with one of them, then he might be able to keep the radiant lottery ticket in reserve for a while longer.

Both Ketis and Gloriana watched with a mix of fascination and bemusement as Ves tossed the first ticket into the well of the Wishing Fountain.

The water began to light up in gold. Energy began to accumulate beneath the surface. When it finally reached a threshold, a message exploded in front of everyone's eyes!

[Congratulations! Regretfully, you have not won a prize this time. Thank you for your patronage!]

The female mech designers looked distinctly unimpressed.

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