The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7225

Chapter 7225: Worse Than Expected

Gloriana had accounted for the possibility that she and her husband would encounter difficulties during the assembly phase of the fabrication run.

What happened now that they were working on upgrading the Riot exceeded her most pessimistic expectations!

The expert mech being overhauled generated a lot of inexplicable accidents. Parts became misaligned. Electrical components randomly turned online and promptly started to produce problems. A few parts even came loose and almost dropped on top of her head!

"This is ridiculous!" She complained! "This has to be Jovy’s fault somehow! How is design philosophy so much stronger?!"

"Jovy isn’t the only person at ’fault’, honey. A large reason why the Riot is causing all of these problems is due to the hyper materials we are using. They not only come from the best high-grade stockpiles that we can access, but their attributes are also unstable by nature. Jovy’s work has somehow activated them and made them far more effective than normal. Nobody sane would mix together a bunch of volatile exotics and hypers that are specifically chosen for how many problems they produce. Admittedly, they are generating activity way beyond what we have measured in my tests. I think that there are other factors in play that are further amplifying their dangerous traits."

His wife frowned. She did not like it when events did not proceed according to plan. The excessive accident rate had already surpassed safe levels. According to standard workshop practice, they should have suspended their work a long time ago. The longer they persisted, the more they subjected themselves and their work to danger!

However, neither Ves nor Gloriana had any intentions of stopping their work. Not when they only needed to complete the final steps before they could finish the physical mech frame.

"Wait. Ves, you were responsible for testing the safety of the combined materials when it came to generating unstable metaphysical activity. When did you conduct these tests?"

"More than a month ago..."

"That was when we had yet to obtain superdimensional alloy formulas that are compatible with archetech." Gloriana said. "Now that we have obtained them, we successfully combined both superdimensional technology with archetech, thereby producing a drastically different result. What we may have overlooked is how these high-end techs may have produced a much greater change in the expression of hyper technology and E-technology than we initially thought!"

Ves widened his eyes! She was right!

"Damn! I should have thought of that! In fact, the proportion of volatile high-grade materials used in this iteration of the Riot Mark III is higher because I only took superdimensional technology into account. Now that we are combining it with archetech, the proportion of volatile materials is higher, thereby generating more unstable physical and metaphysical activity. However, it shoudn’t have been so bad! I’m not stupid, you know. I conducted extensive tests and experimented with constructs with substantially greater proportions of volatile materials. The current ratios should be well below the maximum safe threshold!"

Gloriana grimaced. "You are correct, but your results only apply to regular superdimensional mechs. It is clear that the rules are different when it comes to a superdimensional archemech. My current theory is that the high density and very low proximity of the mixed volatile materials is generating a level of harmful activity that surpasses our flawed assumptions."

In other words, it was not just about quantity.

The Riot Mark III had turned into a serious hazard because all of the dangerous materials were crammed together into smaller places!

This was the root cause why the Riot Mark III’s accident rate had gotten out of hand.

"This problem will not last." Ves said. "The structure of his machine is so strong and robust that once we have swapped out the remaining delicate parts, everything that is left should be able to withstand this degree of instability. At most, the Riot Mark III will suffer more frequent accidents in the future that necessitate further repairs and more frequent maintenance cycles."

"Then it will be good to keep the Riot Mark III close to us in the Bluejay Fleet. It is irresponsible to transfer him to the Premier Fleet when there are no mech designers or mech technicians over there who are qualified to work on the advanced technologies that we have combined within this volatile mech frame." His wife concluded.

The pair began to rack their brains on how to complete the final steps without botching the entire process.

Ves suddenly came up with an idea. He immediately turned to Venerable Orfan.

"Come closer and press your hand against the exterior of your new mech. Try to commune with your living mech and ask him to keep everything under control. Your willpower and your battle partner’s determination should be able to produce a noticeable effect. It may be enough to complete the Riot Mark III without suffering a major accident that could force us to suspend our work."

The expert pilot was more than willing to help. She had grown a little tired after staying awake for so many days, but her willpower along with injecting herself with stimulates still kept her sharp.

"I won’t be able to form a serious connection with my Riot without piloting him, but I will try my best." She promised.

"Good. You only need to keep it up until we have put the final pieces together. We believe that the Riot Mark III does not harbor any hostile intentions... for now at least. He should be eager to suppress his accidents, but he can do a better job if you leverage your willpower. Forget about the interface. A Blood Pact can work without relying on data channels. Maybe you can accomplish a lesser feat that can still make a difference. This will be good practice for your upcoming attempt to form a pact with your transformed D-mech."

The expert pilot did as instructed. She touched her reinvented battle partner and tried to commune with him with her willpower.

Despite the lacking instructions, the Riot still possessed a connection to his roots and remembered his battle partner’s force of will.

"I can feel the difference." Gloriana said as she couldn’t help but sigh in relief. "The Riot... is partially calming down. I have much more confidence that we can complete the mech frame without any major incidents."

"Good. Stay on your guard, though. Let us not rely too much on our assumptions."

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