The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7547

Chapter 7547: Old Approach

Alexa’s feedback might not provide any direct assistance, but it nonetheless served as a breaking point in their development.

Ves took inspiration from her tale and latched on to the metaphor of a farmer participating in the cycle of creation and destruction.

"I think... your grandfather made effective use of symbolism to enable new applications of power." He analyzed. "Whether he knew about it or not, his actions align with the Myth Reproduction Theory."

Alexa looked thoughtful after he mentioned this theory. "Are you thinking of adopting a similar approach to our problem in order to overcome the difficulties in realizing my proposal?"

Ves nodded. "While I am not a full-time ritualist, I have exchanged enough ideas with them to understand the gist of their approach. I have also dabbled with rituals in the past, so I am not totally inexperienced in this kind of stuff. While my methods were crude and inefficient, they occasionally worked. In fact, I used to rely a lot more on rituals and symbolism in the earlier years of my career. In hindsight, these methods allowed me to paper over the worst shortcomings of my immature works. The fact that I do not rely as much on these fanciful techniques anymore is a sign that I have become skilled enough to do without them for the most part. It is only now that we are faced with near-insurmountable problems that I may have to go back to digging out my old toolbox."

This realization prompted Ves to do a lot of reflecting on his evolving approach towards mech design.

Back in the early days, he had been filled with dreams and imagination. His foundation as a mech designer was a lot shallower back then. His experience also was not as rich at the time.

While most people would treat these circumstances as limiting factors, Ves interpreted it differently.

He did not possess clear boundaries at the time. He did not know what was possible and what was impossible. If he had a crazy idea, he felt a bit more inclined to experiment with it because he truly did not know what to expect.

As he grew older, his mech catalog grew in leaps and bounds. He had tried out many ideas and developed a more distinct and thorough work style. He still possessed a lot of imagination, but it became increasingly more constrained by solid theories and empirical findings.

This was the natural evolution of a mech designer. He knew that as people of this profession grew older, they gradually lost the ignorance and spontaneity that defined the early stages of their career.

Mech designers grew more rigorous, professional and formulaic. Known solutions began to crowd out whimsical experimentation.

While their works became increasingly stronger and more defined, they also started to incorporate less whimsical or risky features.

Ves always considered himself to be a remarkably inventive and creative mech designer.

Yet now he realized that he had progressed further up this evolutionary trajectory than he initially thought.

He felt... disappointed in himself.

Although many mech designers possessed a lot of different perspectives on this subject, the general consensus was that they should try their best to slow down as much as possible.

If they evolved too quickly and became too rigid in their actions and thinking, they no longer possessed the spark of brilliance that could enable them to break past their barriers and develop truly transcendent works!

Was Ves afraid that he would crash against this wall too soon?

Not necessarily.

Yet he still felt that the passage of time had begun to exert an increasing amount of pressure on his shoulders.

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