The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7612

Chapter 7612: Contradictory Value

The Large Mother Crystal Fragment possessed an amazing function!

It was able to perform a scan across interstellar distances that could accurately detect and determine the coordinates of other deathborn!

This was an incredible capability despite its limitations!

Ves certainly had not come across any form of conventional human technology that could do anything similar regardless of whether it picked up deathborn, humans, phase lords or anything else!

Perhaps the phenomenon that could come closest was to rely on the vague and costly predictions of the Great Prophet.

There was no comparison between the two!

As a mech designer and an engineer, Ves vastly preferred to work with a solution that could provide consistent and more importantly straightforward output.

The question now was whether this green crystal fragment could do more than detect deathborn or pieces of their technology.

"Does it have different detection modes? Can you configure it to search for living organisms or high-level entities?"

The Farseer did not answer immediately.

She first made a gesture towards the other scientists, who quickly controlled the mechanical arm to press the large glowing green crystal at several different points.

The projected green sphere disappeared shortly afterwards. The crystal fragment gradually dimmed as it settled back into a somewhat dormant state.

"Aside from a few inconclusive reactions, this is the only setting that we have been able to generate out of our cautious probes. We have many theories. If we assume that deathcrystals are the alien version of circuitry, then we believe that this particular fragment has mostly retained the original Mother Crystal’s scanning function. If this is true, then it is unlikely to possess completely different abilities. As far as its main purpose is concerned, the damaged condition of this crystal has definitely impaired it in a number of ways. We believe it is plausible that it originally possessed different scanning modes, but we have not yet confirmed whether they are still accessible. That requires both greater understanding of deathborn technology and deeper examinations. We have only explored the tip of the iceberg so far. There is much that we have yet to uncover."

The collies did not dare to commit to any substantial actions. The crystal fragment may have only been a fraction of a greater whole, but it was still large enough to threaten the Moloch’s entire crew if it blew up for whatever reason!

The scientists therefore had to hold back their urges and stop themselves from digging any deeper.

Though Ves commended the collies for their caution, he also felt let down by the lack of definitive answers.

"Why did you turn off the projection?"

"That is due to another major issue." The female formation master responded. "We have found that activating its real-time scanning function puts a severe drain on its energy reserves. While a crystal of this size can store a large amount of death energy, it is nothing compared to the original Mother Crystal. We are also assuming that the damage caused by the fracturing has introduced flaws that decrease its efficiency. More energy is being wasted, which is why it is generating an anomalous energy field that does nothing aside from making everyone around it feel uncomfortable. According to our calculations, if we keep the scanning function active for 7 whole minutes, it will bottom out its remaining energy reserves."

"That short?!"

"That is right, sir. This is the case regardless of the zoom level. There should be a way to reduce its scanning range and intensity, but we have yet to find this setting. We do not even know whether it exists or whether the fracturing of the Mother Crystal has caused it to become lost. If that is the case, then we may never be able to regain this setting unless we repair or alter this deathcrystal fragment ourselves."

That was an extremely unrealistic prospect. Even Ves could tell that deathcrystals was one of the more intricate and high-end domains of deathborn technology.

If red humanity did not manage to capture and interrogate a deathborn engineer or obtain any alien treatises on their technologies, it would probably take at least a decade of dedicated study just to figure out the more superficial principles of these strange crystals!

That was way too long for Ves.

He already resigned himself to the reality that the Larkinsons would not be able to do much to mitigate the severe energy demands of this deathcrystal fragment.

"Well, given what it can do, its current function is already powerful enough in itself. It is definitely a unique strategic advantage if used to hunt down or evade significant concentrations of deathborn. It would be more useful if it can detect living organisms, though. We could switch it on for a brief moment and find out whether there are any hostile fleets lurking in neighboring star systems."

If that was the case, then this deathcrystal fragment would definitely become the most valuable treasure salvaged from the Hypeh-Tekas System!

Nothing could come close to matching its strategic importance!

This included all of the superdimensional spoils!

Sadly, the collies did not have the answers. Yet.

"Whether this crystal can truly search for living organisms and other criteria is unclear. It is dangerous to hold too many expectations given that this object is in a damaged and incomplete state. Even if it contains additional functions, it is questionable whether we can access them given that we are not deathborn ourselves. Perhaps one way to overcome this identity restriction is to employ the aid of your daughter."

Both of them turned their gazes towards the little girl, who had been staring at the large green crystal with a dazed expression.

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