The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7274

Saint Isobel Kotin frowned. She felt pressured by the proposal made by Ves. The notion of implanting a miniature mech reactor inside her artificial chest set off her intuition. She might not understand the science behind it all, but she was instinctively able to judge how much she would imperil herselft

Ves clearly sensed her reluctance. He did not let that stop him from making his case. If she wanted to reject her plan, then she should at least do so from an informed perspective.

He spent a bit of time thinking on how he should approach this issue. He had a lot of theories in his head. The goal was to convert that into words that could persuade Saint Isobel to cooperate with his new experiment.

Ves grasped the Artificial Fire Heart and lifted it from its container. "How would you describe this artifact in terms of attributes within 10 seconds? Use short keywords."

The command came abruptly, but Saint Isobel did not hesitate too long before complying. "Fire. Small. Powerful. Energy source. Rare. Expensive. Cybernetics. Risk. Reward."

"Good choices. You hit the nail on the head. These are all keywords that accurately summarize the nature of this object.” Ves praised the ace pilot. "Now imagine if you can copy these keywords and integrate them into yourself. You will go down a path that will make you stronger. While there are definitely risks associated with this method of cultivation, the rewards are greater than what you can normally attain by piloting mechs."

The female saint frowned in incomprehension. "I think I am missing a few steps here. What... are you talking about, exactly?"

“To answer that, you will need to understand a bit of theory. What is systematic cultivation?"

“It is the act of trying to absorb E energy or other special energies to strengthen oneself." She replied.

“That is a decent answer, I suppose, but it lacks a lot of depth." Ves responded. "Since you are an ace pilot, I think that you are ready to listen to my personal understanding of the nature of E energy and how it interacts with systematic cultivation. Have you ever wondered how absorbing fire-attributed E energy allows people to manipulate flames? How can they absorb raw energy and turn that into fireballs?"

“I don't know." Isobel frankly responded. *I have read a few theories about it, but they are too superficial.”

Ves put down the Artificial Fire Heart. Moments later, a bot arrived that carried a few simple experimental tools.

He picked up two test tubes. "This is filled with water. This is filled with artificial blood, the same kind we use for the Riot Mark Iil's Carmine System."

He proceeded to dump the contents of one tube into another. “Now, the vial of water has absorbed the contents of the vial of artificial blood. Through a very crude and uncomplicated process, the former has inherited the traits of the latter, if in a diluted form."

Isobel blinked her eyes. "Is this your analogy for systematic cultivation?"

“Yes. Possibly. What I just showed you can either be described as cultivation or contamination.”

“Contamination?”

“In my personal opinion, all forms of cultivation are a process of contamination." Ves replied with a smirk. *I am sure that not everyone can accept this answer, but this is what I believe. The difference between contamination and cultivation is that the latter produces more positive outcomes, enough to turn it from an adverse phenomenon into a beneficial phenomenon.”

“That... goes further than I expected.” Isobel looked mildly impressed. "No wonder why you are so insistent on it. How... can this even be done?"

Ves put away the props and activated a projected interface. "Let me explain your case in very simple terms. This theoretical model consists of three variables. One of them represents yourself. The other represents the Promethea. The third consists of the Artificial Fire Heart. Now, before your latest accident, you engaged in a form of willpower cultivation with your living mech. The process of piloting mechs for multiple years has tempered your willpower and allowed it to sublimate several times. At the same time, the Promethea has drawn strength from you and your willpower, allowing her to grow as a living mech and assimilate certain traits from you. A newly fabricated version of the same mech will be nowhere near as strong or special as the original."

He drew a line between the two variables, denoting their strong connection to each other.

He then drew a line between the Artificial Fire Heart and the Promethea. "Now if I integrate the artifact into the Promethea, the greatest beneficiary of this procedure will be the ace mech." Ves explained. "The living mech will be able to draw strength from the Artificial Fire Heart and strengthen herself in many different ways. While that is good and all, your benefits are not as good as you will only end up with second-hand goods. I think I do not need to elaborate why that is the case.” reakthrough. If you cannot solve this problem, then you can forget about becoming a god pilot."

He was right. Saint Isobel did not need to rely on her intuition to figure out that the process of artifact cultivation was not that much of a challenge compared to surviving the road to no return.

“What you are saying makes sense, Ves, but I do not think it is as easy to execute in practice. Much of your explanations are too abstract and simplified. It is like saying that the only thing you need to do to become a phase lord is to inject phasewater into your bloodstream. You are skipping many detailed steps in between."

“I know how you feel." Ves responded with a sympathetic expression. "For a long time, I was stuck in the same situation as you. I knew the broad strokes of what was happening, but I had no way of explaining the specific processes. That has changed. I am in a much better position nowadays. I have conducted many experiments and observations of different forms of systematic cultivation. I have also studied the theories developed by the Red Collective. It is not until I witnessed what happened between Saint Rosa Orfan and the Riot Mark Ill that I am confident that I have figured out the core secret of systematic cultivation."

"And that is..."

“The metaphysical transference of traits." (More chapters in Buyers club for TMT)