The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7166

Chapter 7166: The Value of a Second Perspective

It had been worth it to put Dulo Voiken through EdNet training.

Though he missed out on a lot of events during the last few years, he had spent a decade-and-a-half on learning everything he needed to design the best first-class spearman mechs.

He knew exactly what he wanted to become. He wanted to excel in designing spearman mechs just like how Ketis excelled at designing swordsman mechs.

The problem was that Dulo was not able to become a combat master like the Swordmaiden mech designer. He could only make up for the gap in other ways. His chosen solution was to learn all of the tech related to spears and spearman mechs and nothing else.

By maintaining such a narrow focus, Dolo lacked the qualifications to design rounded first-class multipurpose mechs. His expertise in high-tech ranged weapon systems was very inadequate compared to his other competences.

However, he made up for his lack of versatility by deepening his specialization to a greater depth than generalists managed to learn.

Ves may be able to design a decent first-class spearman mech, but Dulo could completely outclass him on this front.

That made Dulo’s help so valuable this time. Even if they were working on phase lord equipment as opposed to spearman mechs, many of the principles remained similar enough that his expertise was still very much relevant and useful.

It took remarkably little time to reconfigure the plasma spear design. Dulo replaced many vulnerable electronics and mechanisms with miniaturized versions that were smaller and far better shielded than the alternatives.

The cost and resource demands of the weapon rose sharply, but the projected performance gains were also undeniable. Ves gained considerably greater confidence in his ability to defeat the Unshakeable King with a stronger and sturdier weapon at his disposal.

The greatest complication with the weapon project was to make it so that the plasma spear could explode with the greatest possible force.

Dulo had to deviate from the standard template and make the capacitors more energy dense and prone to violent discharges upon command. He also had to incorporate the strange arrangement of fire hyper materials that would turn into an explosive material when charged in the right way.

Ves and Dulo worked together to puzzle out the solutions to these complicated technical problems in the shortest possible timespan. They drew upon external resources such as spare processing power and advice from technical consultants in order to complete their work as quickly as possible.

Hours passed by until they completed the initial design of a unique plasma spear.

"This is not even its final form." Ves grinned in anticipation.

Dulo winced. "Do you truly have to apply this experimental ’demonization process’ onto such a beautiful weapon? The plasma spear is already powerful enough in my eyes, and its capacity for self-destruction is already significant. I fear your strange treatment may corrupt the mechanisms and disable crucial components that are essential to its operation."

"That won’t happen." Ves reassured him. "The treatment will mutate the weapon. That is unavoidable. It will not cause the weapon to lose its core functionality. The process somehow adapts to the properties of the original object. It is meant to enhance the weapon, not disable it. Besides, if you are correct and the special treatment has somehow resulted in too many flaws, we can always recycle it and fabricate a second plasma spear. Red Collective will cover the additional expenses and resource requirements."

It was nice to know that the big superorganization was willing to cover all of the expenses and open up a part of its strategic material reserves.

The plasma spear already incorporated a small collection of those luxurious high-grade materials that were not available in the open market.

Much of it happened to comprise of high-grade hyper materials that the RC produced through artificial means.

The ’production methods’ encompassed more than just piling lots of hyper materials of a single element while placing normal materials in the vicinity that had the potential to evolve into superior forms of hyper materials.

At this level, the collies employed elaborate rituals and qi formations that concentrated and regulated the flow of E energy. It was all fascinating and troublesome.

Whatever the case, Ves and Dulo crammed as much of the good stuff into the plasma spear design as they could. This was not always possible as an excessive concentration of high-grade hyper materials vastly increased the probability of accidents and unwanted reactions.

They had to be reasonable and mix in a modest amount of mid-grade hypers as well as exotics that possessed stabilizing properties.

Only by combining the strengths and weaknesses of different materials together were they able to complete the design of a plasma weapon that held great promise, but also preserved enough reliability to withstand the rigors of the only battle it was meant to be used.

"It is a pity." Dulo sighed. "This is such a powerful weapon that it is too much of a waste to blow it up in the same battle it is debuting. I do not want the first high-end spear that I have designed since I have graduated from EdNet training to have such a short lifespan. Is there any way for you to keep it longer?"

Ves shook his head. "Unlikely. The Dark Apostle will have to dominate the first duel in order to make the final solution redundant, and I do not see that happening when fighting against an opponent of this caliber. The Unshakeable King is long regarded as the second-strongest human phase lord currently in existence. The fact that he is not able to challenge the Oscillating Fist directly is not a sign of weakness. The latter is just too strong. Against my phase lord self, the Unshakeable King will definitely have an easier time. Only by doing the unexpected and triggering my plasma spear to explode do I have a chance to crack his formidable defenses."

Though Dulo looked regretful after hearing that, it was not as if his opinion could change anything.

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