The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7070

Chapter 7070: Cybernetics and Mechs

Ves brought Isobel back to the same compound where he and his family resided on Yernstall IV.

There was no need to bring her to the Tarrasque right away. In principle, Ves could even let her remain at the recovery facility for a few more weeks until the Bluejay Fleet was ready to depart to the Rubarthan Pact.

However, Ves grew concerned about the RA’s attempt to win her over. The more Isobel remained in the custody of the mechers, the greater the possibility that she might actually choose to defect to their side.

Ves liked to think that Saint Isobel possessed too much loyalty to the Larkinson Clan to ever contemplate such a choice, but nothing was impossible. It was best to remove the possibility entirely by keeping Isobel closer to him than the mechers.

This decision burdened him with keeping Saint Isobel occupied. She needed to spend her time wisely in order to start off with the best possible footing once she was finally able to get back into action.

Ves thought for a moment before deciding to dredge a hefty amount of knowledge before transmitting it to Saint Isobel over a secure channel.

Her new cybernetic form also caused her mind to become partially digitized, so she was able to receive, decrypt and skim over the documents at a rapid pace.

“This is…”

“Do you remember the set of fire element spells that I have given you in the past?”

“I do. Kiroshi and I have learned most of them already. They get easier to learn the more spells you have already mastered. I stopped studying more because they do similar things to the previous ones. As useful as it is to know how to cast a fireball and so on, they are too weak for me to bother with using in person or while piloting a mech. I can get better results with a firearm.”

“They are beginner spells. They are not meant to be too powerful. They are meant to be easy to learn and digest. You may have outgrown those beginner spells already, but the principles and concepts that you have comprehended while mastering them serve as the foundation for more advanced applications of fire energy manipulation.”

“You want me to continue with learning more spells?”

“Not the spells, but the working principles that make them work.” Ves corrected the ace pilot. “Learning the spells is a means to an end, though they are quite useful by themselves. Have you taken a look at the documents I have sent?”

“Yes. From what I can understand while skimming over them, they all have to do with teaching me how to defend myself against flames and make myself more fireproof.”

“You will need this knowledge for what is to come.” He told her. “Since you have agreed to upgrade the Promethea Mark II into the very first Bloodfire mech, I want to aim high rather than low.”

“What do you mean by that, sir?”

“Unlike the Yellow Jackets which have one of the lowest possible floors of my works, the Promethea Mark II shall leverage her experimental Bloodfire System to the highest theoretical configuration that I can get away with. I should normally be cautious and err on the side of caution when implementing a brand-new experimental system like this. Trying to form a Blood Pact by using raw and hot fire energy as a substitute for regular human blood is already a risky choice, but I am not satisfied with settling for lower concentrations. I have a theory that the greater the quantities and concentration of fire energy circulating through your body and the mech frame of the Promethea Mark II, the stronger the positive and negative effects of the Bloodfire System.”

As a woman who specialized in playing with fire, she was not unaccustomed to this setup.

“So in other words, you want to push the limits of your new tech as far as you think you can go. You want to trade stability for power. I can definitely see why that is risky, but since we are both so new at this, we don’t entirely know where we should set the limit.”

Ves nodded. “That is true, but I will attempt to determine the safety threshold through numerous experiments that I will conduct on you in the following weeks. At the same time, I want you to learn the theories and practice the techniques described in the documents that I have sent you. I have acquired them by exchanging resources with the Red Collective, so I do not want you to waste this investment. It is vital for you to learn how to make yourself more resistant against fire energy and excessive heat exposure.”

“Is this truly necessary?” She wondered. “I do not mind learning this theory, but I am anything but a normal person now. I hardly have any flesh left. Most of my body is now made up of heat-resistant alloys.”

“I know, but more is always better. I am especially concerned about your ability to tolerate spiritual flames and heat. The fire element is one of the more dangerous E energy attributes that you can encounter. Your advanced tech won’t be able to help you there. When you interface with your ace mech, you will be able to rely on your true resonance and Saint Kingdom to strengthen your artificial body and veins, but I do not think the effect will be too strong. It is a body, not a mech. Normal ace pilots are unable to reinforce their own fleshy bodies with their true resonance, and I expect your case to be the same.”

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