The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7079

Chapter 7079: The Essence of the Phasewater Production System

“We are more than happy to help your clan research and convert your phasewater organs in a more useful form.” Vector Loban said after he concluded a small deal with the Larkinsons. “Normally, we prefer to let the specialists over at the Phase Lord Department of the Red Collective take over this responsibility, but you should be aware of our growing concerns regarding its people.”

All of the recent developments had overshadowed the mystery surrounding the increasingly more infamous department.

Yet that did not mean that the collies managed to solve the problem. Ves had heard very little progress about it, which implied that the Phase Lord Department continued to remain a big problem.

A part of him wanted to change his mind and pay a visit to the Astral Octagon, but another part of him felt that intervening at the wrong time could get him into big trouble.

After all, he happened to be a human phase lord himself. Many people might assume that he would automatically side with the Phase Lord Department, which was not the case.

Ves did not want the RC to experience a rift so shortly after its founding!

Given the instability and uncertainty that had taken hold of the young and shakily run superorganization, he decided it was better to partner with the Transhumanist Faction this time.

While the Transhumanists had shifted most of their work related to the study of phase lords to the collies, recent events prompted them to partially reverse this decision.

If the Phase Lord Department had truly gone rogue, then the mechers needed to be able to gain an understanding of phase lords without relying on a third party!

Ves was happy to work with the Transhumanists. They may be crazy in their own way, but they were not traitors or unreliable. He cooperated with them for years and did not have too many complaints so long as the Evolution Witch did not stick her nose in his business.

“So how quickly can your biotech researchers deliver results? Your faction agreed to help the LBI derive human-compatible phasewater organs from our remaining alien phasewater organs. Our clan is paying you a whole and functioning phasewater production system for your services. The Saint Commander was reluctant to give away such a valuable strategic asset just to expedite your research assistance, but I insisted upon it because speed is of the essence. ”

The Transhumanist liaison briefly paused as he retrieved the relevant data from the RA’s internal network.

“I understand your desire for haste, Ves, but please do not entertain any unrealistic expectations. Our biotech researchers are busier than ever since the mutated voribugs have emerged as a new threat. We urgently need to understand them better and have diverted many of our scientists to studying the new voribug subspecies. However, I can promise you that we are on the verge of expanding the research teams that are still assigned to study phase lords and phase whales. We have not neglected the necessity of understanding their strengths and weaknesses.”

Ves took Vector at his word. “That is good to hear, but can you give me a more concrete timeline?”

“The complexity of the phasewater organs that you have retained are all high, some more than others. Understanding the working mechanisms of the Phasewater Production System is a particularly high priority for us. You have greatly aided our research by donating an intact version of one to us. We already have them, but each additional PPS in our possession allows us to allocate more research teams that are permitted to hold riskier experiments. Even then, if nothing else changes, do not expect us to deliver anything useful until half a decade later. Do note that this is only a loose estimate.”

Given the immense complexity and amazing features of the PPS, 5 years was already the best that the Transhumanist Faction could offer under the circumstances.

It was not realistic to expect the mechers to complete their research faster.

“Fine. What about the other organs?”

“Broadly speaking, it will take at least 2 years to deliver an initial result. The more difficult phasewater organs may take a decade to decipher. This is not an absolute. I can very well imagine that our research team may have to spend 2 decades of their life to finally produce a successful result if they are unable to call upon any further assistance.”

All of this was taking too long, but Ves had no other alternative. He had largely chosen to hold back the greater phasewater organs which were larger and more difficult to figure out. It would take a lot of time to crack their secrets and make them usable to humans.

Ves knew that there was little point in urging greater speed. He was still a lesser phase lord. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

Before he could integrate the greater phasewater organs, he still needed to integrate a Phasewater Production System first.

Ves was not sure whether a human greater phase lord even existed at this time. He felt it was way too early for the Phase Lord Department to achieve a major breakthrough on this front.

Ves continued to chat with Vector about developments related to the study of phase lords and phasewater organs.

During their discussion, the Transhumanist made a startling revelation.

“Our studies into the PPS have long confounded us because how it does not make sense.” Vector said. “Its biological arrangements shouldn’t work according to our own theories. We have even less understanding of where the phasewater actually comes from. It seems as if it magically conjures it up from a pocket of empty space. It is only after we gained access to superdimensional matter and recognized a number of familiar properties that we learned the truth. The PPS is the first true superdimensional organ that we have discovered. Its sophistication and organic principles far exceed other phasewater organs in complexity. It is as if it was developed by a greater species than the phase whales.”

Ves looked shocked!

He never imagined that the PPS possessed such an amazing origin and composition!

“Are you saying… that the native aliens are on to something whenever they reference their supposed ‘Elder Gods’? Are they the species responsible for uplifting the phase whale race and gifting them with the design of a Phasewater Production Organ?”

Vector shrugged. “This is one of the theories that have gained traction within our faction. There are many other theories that do not rely on the existence of the Elder Gods. Whatever the case, the PPS derives much of its remarkable properties from the modest amount of mid-grade superdimensional matter that is efficiently arranged within its organic tissue. All of the phasewater that is reinforcing the flesh and structure has previously blinded our sensors of the presence of small amounts of alien-grade superdimensional matter spread across the organ. They are spread across the entire organ in small concentrations, but are always augmented by large amounts of phasewater-infused tissue.”

That sounded as if the superdimensional matter was present in just enough quantities to open up new possibilities, but relied on the rest of the PPS to do the heavy lifting.