The Mech Touch Chapter 3771 - Finding a Key

Chapter 3771 - Finding a Key

Understanding his future direction was the greatest gift that he could obtain at this point in his career.

If Ves hadn't been thinking about creating spirit fruits, he wouldn't have thought about achieving similar results through chs.

The impact of this idea on his approach to ch design could not be overstated!

So far, his design philosophy was defined by two major developnts.

The first developnt was the decision to pursue living chs.

Ves believed that making chs alive would help ch pilots perform better than if they piloted a lifeless equivalent.

The theory was simple to him. If a portion of the burden of piloting and fighting against the enemy could be transferred to the living ch, then the combination of the two working together could potentially result in much better performance!

Over the years, Ves had made a lot of progress in turning living chs into a defining advantage of his products.

His second-order living chs had transcended the basic level of X-Factor and possessed enough personality to influence their ch pilots in many beneficial ways.

Of course, the downside of living chs was that they weren't all that impressive at the start. They needed a lot of ti and commitnt to turn into formidable living entities such as the Quint and the Shield of Samar!

Even so, they had already yielded the results that Ves had hoped for. The only difficulty was that there weren't many ways for him to improve this application. The fact that they always started out weak was a severe disadvantage that made it difficult for them to show their full value to their users.

The lack of upfront power had ultimately led Ves to the second major developnt of his design philosophy.

By borrowing the strengths of external design spirits, his chs imdiately gained a boost in power and utility that was difficult to replicate by others!

A basic glow was one that could increase people's sense of duty like that of the Desolate Soldier model.

A more advanced glow was one that could unnoticeably ss up an enemy ch pilot's perception like that of the Stingripper!

The more he worked on this application, the more he refined it. He had steadily expanded his collection of design spirits over the years. Each of them were willing collaborators who possessed an abundance of self-interest to retain their connections to his ch designs.

While there was a possibility that his design spirits might turn away from him and release their influence from his ch designs, the probability was rather low. Many of them were his own spiritual products and he was nothing less than their father in their perspective!

As for other design spirits with different origins such as Zeigra and the Titania, Ves could fall back on the plain old solution of bribing them with what they wanted.

Spiritual feedback was hard to co by and there was no easier solution than to serve as the guardian angels of his ch designs!

In this way, he had successfully opened another brand-new path in ch design! He could not think of any other ch designer that was crazy and brilliant enough to think of empowering chs by contracting different intangible life forms!

"I really went overboard with this application." Ves depreciating admitted to himself.

He had beco so enamored and reliant on design spirits and their glows that he had not spent enough ti on improving his foundation.

Living chs had started him on the path to becoming a successful ch designer.

Living chs would also form the ultimate vessel that could help him ascend to the rank of Master and beyond.

Now, his latest epiphany had finally provided him with a direction for him to bring his living chs to the next level!

"The key is growth. The key has always been growth."

Growth was one of the traits that distinguished his chs from other ones. Ves could hardly think of any ch designed by a competitor that had the potential to grow more valuable over ti.

Usually, chs started out strong and slowly went downhill without any active effort.

While it was possible to modify and upgrade existing chs to perform better than before, all of this cost ti and effort that not everyone was willing to spend.

Living chs partially solved this problem by being able to improve without performing any costly upgrades!

Not only were living chs capable of holding their value longer by growing stronger in different ways, they could also beco powerful heirloom chs if their owners were willing to upgrade them so that they remained relevant!

The Shield of Samar was the quintessential example of how the latter could yield an imnsely more valuable ch.

If Ves and Gloriana had chosen to design and fabricate the Shield of Samar as an expert ch from scratch, then the end result would never be as powerful even if the fabricated ch turned out to be a masterwork!

There were still gaps between masterwork chs! The older ones such as the Quint and the Shield of Samar possessed nurous advantages over the newer ones such as the Everchanger and the Minerva.

The accumulation of years could not be substituted.

"It's amazing how far I've co since I've embraced the concept of growth through my living chs."

His old Novice self would beco absolutely gobsmacked if he ca across the work of his current self!

Yet for all of his attempts to leverage the concept of growth to his advantage in his own ch designs, he had not seriously thought about extending it to the other half of the man-machine connection.

By including ch pilots among his targets for growth, the value of any chs that successfully applied this expanded concept would skyrocket in value!

Ves recalled his discussions with Master Willix and the Polymath.

Both of them contextualized the use of technology and chs in particular as tools that facilitated the growth and evolution of ch pilots and ultimately humanity as a whole.

Although it sounded like a fantastic idea, the problem was that chs didn't provide that much nurturing towards their ch pilots!

chs only opened up new possibilities. It was up to the ch pilot themselves to grope their way forward. A countless amount of ch pilots dedicated their entire lives to training and fighting with their chs, but how many of them were actually able to advance to expert pilot in the end?

Of the many expert pilots that only possessed a limited window of opportunity to achieve their second breakthrough, how many of them were forced to end their struggle for growth because their efforts alone weren't good enough to bring them any further?

What Ves had co up with had the potential to change all of these missed opportunities and wasted potential.

It was already possible for him to design living chs that could grow stronger through active use.

Now, he figured out that it was possible for him to accomplish the sa to the ch pilots!

"This is true synergy!"

The initial aning of man-machine symbiosis was to pool their strengths and cover for their weaknesses.

This way, the combination of the two beca stronger than if they remained separate.

Ves had dedicated a lot of ti and effort into this aning in the last few years. There was nothing wrong with that, but it was only now that he learned that he could bring the aning of symbiosis to a deeper level.

"The way to do this is to apply the concept of growth to this symbiotic relationship!"

No longer would Ves solely focus on enabling his chs to grow stronger.

The growth of a ch mainly empowered the ch pilot, but did not specifically stimulate the latter's growth in a significant fashion.

That was because Ves had been ignorant of the possibilities.

Now, Ves envisioned a way to design a living ch that utilized the man-machine connection to actively nurture the strengths of the ch pilot!

From growing the ch pilot's spiritual potential to imparting him with elevated talent for swordsmanship or marksmanship, there were many possible applications that Ves could develop that could uniquely make all of his custors stronger in an undeniable fashion!

"The best part about this is that the growth and strengthening of the ch pilot will ultimately feed back into the ch!"

The stronger the ch, the stronger the ch pilot!

The stronger the ch pilot, the stronger the ch!

This was already the case with ordinary chs, but it was especially true when it ca to his own products!

Ves imagined a future where every ch behaved similarly to a spirit fruit.

As long as a ch pilot diligently piloted the ch in question, he would constantly progress his own strength until he finally broke through to the rank of expert candidate!

Once the user of a ch beca an expert candidate, he could provide a lot more spiritual feedback to the ch, thereby accelerating the machine's growth and developnt!

"When the ch grows stronger due to this interaction, its ability to nurture its ch pilot becos even stronger! This in turn will help the ch grow stronger because his battle partner is able to provide more spiritual feedback!"

This was a virtuous cycle! One strengthened the other and back again in an endless cycle.

Of course, it was a lot harder to sustain this cycle in practice. The ch pilot was able to 'upgrade' himself continuously, but the chs needed to be upgraded to expert chs or ace chs if there was a desire for them to accompany their old partners!

Still, the fact that such a virtuous cycle was even possible gave Ves a lot of encouragent in pursuing this powerful new direction!

"Growth chs are not the only possible evolution of living chs, but they are definitely the ones that fit my goals and style the most!"

Ves no longer felt that the description of 'Spiritual Man-Machine Symbiosis' described his design philosophy the best.

"If I embrace this path, then my design philosophy should actually be called 'Mutual Growth'!"

Mutual Growth!

The new description only consisted of two words, but they encompassed everything that Ves was trying to achieve with his ch designs.

The words pointed out the essence of his design philosophy in a way that the previous combination fell short.

Mutual was a word that stood for reciprocity and cooperation.

"I scratch your back. You scratch mine."

This was what Ves initially set out to do with his living chs and his design spirits. The inclusion of multiple different life forms and enabling them to partner with each other to create different synergies had indeed led to many improvents.

However, mutual was not a word that properly incorporated the other aspect of his work.

The addition of the word 'Growth' solved this problem by comprehensively upgrading the description of his design philosophy.

It expressly described the potential for every partner of the relationship to grow stronger!

They not only did so by nurturing their own growth, but also accomplished this by nurturing each other's growth!

"Even the design spirit can join the party!"

This way, many more growth-inducing relationships beca possible.

The ch pilot facilitated the growth of the ch and the design spirit.

The ch facilitated the growth of the ch pilot and the design spirit.

The design spirit facilitated the growth of the ch and the ch pilot.

Each of these relationships already existed in one form or another, but by neglecting the growth of the ch pilot, Ves had not fully drawn out their potential up until this point!

"All of this will change for the better!"

Ves' eyes burned hotter than ever as he already thought about experinting with this new direction during the next round of ch design projects!

There was no better way to confirm whether the concept of growth was truly his key to advancing to Senior and ultimately Master!

"Every living ch must beco a training ch."

This was his new short-term goal.

It was also an easy way for him to help others understand what he was aiming for. What Ketis had accomplished with her Monster Slayer model was a precursor of what he would be attempting with his own upcoming ch designs!

"I shall master my own growth!"