The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7598

Chapter 7598: From One Extreme to Another

As soon as the first Woodsap mech proactively shifted to a weaker but much more energy-efficient configuration, the other surviving Woodsap mechs followed as well.

The adaptations did not remain confined to this single direction.

Other Woodsap mechs began to experiment with other adaptations. Many of them either failed or produced mediocre results, but there were always a handful of solutions that objectively improved their chances on the battlefield.

Some of these successful adaptations rapidly spread throughout the entire cohort, which allowed all of the Woodsap mechs to collectively improve their performance in record time!

Yet not all of them maintained the same overall shape and configuration.

Certain machines that relied more heavily on evasion began to shed even more organic parts while simultaneously strengthening their flight systems.

Other machines that sought to break the tough exteriors of enemy defensive installations discarded many of their integrated weapons in favor of channeling all of their available resources into powering their hardest-hitting guns.

Mechs assigned to swat down fast and agile alien phasefighters evolved in the opposite direction. They maintained much of their mobility while concentrating much of their offensive focus on rapid-fire energy guns or long lances.

Ves manipulated the interface until he was able to call up the evolving state of the Rosenstorm.

The Second Elf’s personal machine looked splendid. Though the living mech’s eye-catching roses caused the organic machine to attract a lot of firepower, the elven commander proved skilled enough to evade a majority of incoming attacks.

Instead of taking on a direct combat role, the Rosenstorm evolved in the direction of a command mech. The biomech still maintained a decent set of armaments, but had discarded a lot of redundant or less important weapon systems in order to strengthen less exciting capabilities such as sensors and communication systems.

All of this improved the Rosenstorm’s ability to direct the other Woodsap mechs with speed and precision!

"I generally do not like to work with biomechs, but even I have to admit that the ability for Woodsap mechs to evolve and adapt on the battlefield is a fantastic boon." Gloriana said with a hint of praise in her voice. "Your Woodsap mechs essentially enjoy the versatility of smart metal mechs but do not inherit their greater fragility. The only major problem that I can think of is that these divergent biomechs will incur a greater logistical burden on their owners. Standardized mechs are the norm across much of our society because they are significantly cheaper and more practical to produce, service and repair. All of the surviving Woodsap mechs that have made it back have all evolved in their own unique directions. Some of them have developed such weird changes and mutations that the Terran biomech technicians and other experts are clueless on what to do. They are treading new ground."

"I can see what you mean." Ves gruffly responded as he continued to study the surviving biomechs.

From his perspective, every Woodsap mech had grown into unique specimens. They transcended the design specifications of the original pattern and became significantly different biomachines.

Their performance was also fairly mixed as a consequence. The pressure of battle ensured that failed or inefficient alterations did not last long enough to spark another disaster.

At the last minutes of the battle, many of the Woodsap mechs that remained operational were already nearing depletion.

In a desperate attempt to withstand more attacks while simultaneously reducing the drain on their energy reserves, the Woodsap mechs began to grab any pieces of broken alloys and other small debris before slapping them onto the surface of their torsos and other parts!

The TE Wood automatically caught and fixed the metal plating as best as possible.

In less than half a minute, the first biomechs that experimented with this wild idea turned into knight-like existences!

Their slender, energy-saving mech frames substantially bulked up as they gained a lot more protection.

The additional mass significantly slowed them down, making it much harder for these armored biomechs to evade incoming damage!

However, these machines managed to resist incoming attacks a lot better and without putting their more valuable biomass in excessive danger.

The field-salvaged armor plating did not last long in most cases. A few hits were usually enough to break them or dislodge them from their holds.

That was fine.

The Woodsap mechs and their human partners never expected for this solution to last forever.

The biomechs simply moved to a nearby collection of debris and picked out other thin but substantial pieces of metal to fashion them into new armor plating!

"I hate whoever devised the idea of using battlefield spoils as an improvisational armor system." Gloriana did not hide her contempt in the slightest. "However, I cannot deny that it was the right decision to make. There are so many broken metal and fallen machines across the battlefield that your Woodsap mechs always had a solution close at hand. Repurposing them in order to serve a better cause is an ingenious means of stretching every available resource within reach. I just wished that the biomechs did not suffer an enormous setback in aesthetics."

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