Ves beca completely entranced by the knowledge granted by a single enlightennt fruit.
In his opinion, its value to him far exceeded the worth of 30 Ascension Points!
"I was wrong. This isn't a bargain. This is a jackpot!"
Just like how a glass of water was much more valuable to a man dying of thirst, the knowledge related to the cultivation of Scarlet Oak Trees proved to be exceptionally useful to Ves!
There was hardly anyone like Ves who was both a ch designer and a spiritual engineer. His exotic specialties enabled him to augnt his chs with increasingly more powerful spiritual properties.
Right now, the discoveries he made about blood could spark a potential revolution in his work!
All of the new possibilities that ca to mind could fill a lot of gaps in his existing endeavors!
Ves had co up with so many ideas and projects over the years. Their promise was great, but many tis he got stuck after lacking a ans to proceed.
All of that might be over now that he understood the potential of lifeblood!
Many tis, Ves made a comparison between blood and phasewater.
Just like how phasewater could augnt many forms of technology, blood could play a similar role!
Of course, the applications were entirely different. Blood wasn't capable of enabling warp travel or allowing attacks to penetrate through obstacles.
Blood could provide different forms of enhancents. Ves gained a massive boost in his spiritual engineering capabilities even though the enlightennt fruit did not provide him with any concrete designs or thods.
Ves smirked. "It doesn't matter. As long as I understand the principles, I can build my own applications of blood!"
He actually preferred it this way. The Blood Cult Scarlet Oak Tree Growth Manual enlightennt fruit was just right for him. It taught the bare essentials concerning blood but did not put him on a predisposed path towards its applications.
Ves only had a vague idea of how the Blood Cult made use of all of the blood produced by their Scarlet Oak Trees. There was no need for him to look in this direction any further.
"I can forge my own path." He said as he confidently raised his fist.
He spent several more hours on organizing what he learned and what he managed to co up with after connecting a lot of dots in his mind.
It would take days if not weeks for him to process all of the new insights and ideas that his active imagination constantly produced, but he couldn't afford to waste so much ti at the mont.
"I still need to design a bioch."
When Ves shifted his attention to this topic, he beca a lot more confident in his ability to design a bioch.
Sure, he was still missing a lot of theoretical understanding, but the gaps weren't as overwhelming as before!
Even a Novice-level understanding of biotechnology was already enough for him to understand how biochs worked for the most part!
He just needed to hit the books and quickly learn how to design specialized organic components such as a bioreactor, natural musculature and a highly robust nervous system.
The quantity of subjects he needed to learn was still great, but Ves could easily understand the learning material with the help of his new foundation in biotechnology.
He called up all of the textbooks related to bioch design that he had stored inside the mory banks of the Unending Regalia.
Ves could tell that the textbooks published by the Life Research Association were definitely better than the competition.
"The starting point is higher, but the content is also better!"
He made a selection of basic books and skimd through all of their contents.
If he wasn't in a hurry, then he would ideally like to take half a year to slowly digest the books over ti. There were many nuances to biochs and he would only be scratching the surface if he studied a bunch of university-level textbooks.
However, Ves couldn't afford to take it slow. Each day inside the System Space was worth 1 Ascension Point, and before he knew it he could blow through 100 AP after getting too absorbed in his studies!
"Let's see. I already spent 30 AP. If I try to compress my study period to 30 days, then that ans I am only 60 AP down from the start."
A period of 30 days was extrely tight, but Ves was not an average ch design student anymore.
He not only benefited from a lot of physical and spiritual augntations, but also beca a highly competent Journeyman who derived a lot of assistance from his developing design seed.
"I can definitely do it as long as I don't get distracted by other pursuits during this ti!"
After that, he needed to proceed with designing his very first bioch.
This was bound to be a difficult and bumpy ride, and he truly wished he could spend an entire year on this project in order to make it right.
Sadly, Ves had little choice but to prioritize speed over quality. He tried to estimate how much ti he would need to design a bioch that could at least earn a passing grade from the System.
"Hmmm… 30 days is cutting it… but 40 days might end up eating into my profit."
The Introduction to Bioch Design Mission promised to award up to 250 Ascension Points, but it was a delusion for him to think his first foray into this field would earn the maximum possible grade.
It was much more reasonable for him to score well enough to earn between 100 and 200 Ascension Points.
This ant that he should expect to earn a profit of 50 Ascension Points, which was hardly an impressive sum.
"Well, it's worth it even if I don't bother with any other missions." Ves consoled himself. "50 Ascension Points is 50 days of additional design ti. I can put in much more work into a solution to the problem that I need to address back in reality."
This alone made this foray into biochs worthwhile.
In fact, Ves was even willing to suffer a loss in exchange for all of the knowledge he obtained about biotechnology, Scarlet Oak Trees and the spiritual properties of blood!
He might be able to prevent the unclean whale from pulling off a mass displacent technique based on what he learned!
"All in good ti. Let's start with designing a bioch first."
One of his current problems was that he had just added an entirely new branch of technology in his knowledge base, but did not put any of it in practice.
This caused him to have a poor estimation of what he could and could not do with his newly gained expertise.
"The only way to solve this is to get to work."
Ves mulled over the concept of his very first proper bioch design as he stepped away from the Tree of Possibilities.
He proceeded to settle down and spend 30 days on learning lots of essential bioch-related subjects.
His shallow foundation in biotechnology and his much deeper foundation in conventional ch design made it a lot easier than if he started from scratch.
In fact, he was surprised at how quickly he was able to understand the more complicated bioch theories!
His study speed beca faster as he went through all of the easier textbooks at a frightening rate.
The more he learned about biochs, the more he understood all of the organic machines that he had co across in the past.
Not only that, but he also gained a much greater comprehension of strange and unique bioconstructs such as the Uranus and the Titan-5 Project!
Both of them turned into horrible monsters that could only be suppressed with violence, yet both of them were also marvels of bioengineering.
Ves could see the beauty in those works now that he understood so much of their underlying elents and design.
He felt so ashad of his prior ignorance towards these beautiful organic machines.
To treat them as disgusting monstrosities was a great disservice to their power, beauty and unique advantages!
"I was a fool to reject them out of a misplaced sense of disgust!"
Biochs weren't so scary to him anymore now that he had beco a qualified biotech researcher.
Flesh and bone were rely a different variety of materials than the alloys and composites that he was used to working with. Organic materials were even superior to conventional materials in many ways!
For a mont, Ves dread of applying his newfound expertise on all of his existing ch designs.
He could add sothing to pretty much every product.
"I can replace the arms of the Ferocious Piranha with organic limbs that could allow the ch to exert more force with its attacks."
"I can replace the flight system of the Stingripper with an organic version that is even lighter and faster."
"I can even design a suite of organic weapons for the Everchanger that should synergize well with Venerable Joshua's domain!"
While it was not necessary to convert all of his existing chs into full biochs, he felt it was incredibly worthwhile to selectively replace underperforming parts with better ones that were organic in nature.
The resulting cyborg chs would not only be stronger, but also more unique and intrinsic to the Larkinson Clan!
Ves felt that it was especially attractive to apply this treatnt to the Larkinson-exclusive ch models.
"The main problem with cyborg chs is that it is too difficult for ordinary ch forces to repair and service chs that are both chanical and biological in nature."
The Larkinson Clan did not have that problem. Its strength lay in the design and production of conventional chs, but it also had a strong biotechnology arm!
All of the money and resources that Ves had poured into the Larkinson Biotech Institute finally ca in handy. It had the personnel and infrastructure to support a sizable cyborg ch and bioch force!
On top of upgrading his existing ch lines with biological enhancents, Ves could also enrich his clan by raising a new bioch legion!
He always wanted to expand his Larkinson Army with a unit that embraced biochs, but this was the first ti that he felt that he was ready to take concrete action.
"I have so many new ideas for biochs that I don't even know where to begin!"
The days he spent on studying biochs were not tedious to him at all. He beca fully engaged in the subject matter and continually entertained himself by coming up with radical new bioch concepts.
He couldn't wait to bring the best of them to life!
As his love, passion and hunger for biochs continued to grow with each passing day, he finally put down his last virtual textbook after 30 straight days.
"Damn, I can't take it any longer! I want to design a bioch! I want to realize my latest dream!"
He no longer delayed any longer. He recalled his original plan and figured out what he had to do next.
First, he raced towards the Mission Hall to accept the Introduction to Bioch Design Mission.
He hadn't accepted it earlier because there was no sense in eating away at the deadline while he had already committed to studying biochs for 30 days.
"Thank you, System!"
With that set, he moved to the Workshop of Creation and sat down behind a sophisticated design interface.
The familiar tools and functions greeted him like a familiar friend. Ves had spent years on making his ch designs co to life with the help of this kind of interface.
The software may be different, but the general layout and the design tools were the sa across the board.
Every ch designer was familiar with this design interface. Everyone had mastered its uses. The re sight of it was an open invitation to design a brand new ch.
Ves shakily lifted his armored hand and tapped a projected button that he had never touched before.
The projected design interface changed.
Certain elents remained the sa, but there were many changes and additions that were unfamiliar to most ch designers!
This was because Ves had switched the design interface over to 'bioch mode' or whatever it was called!
Ves examined and familiarized himself with the substantially different interface.
For the first ti in years, he no longer felt as if he was a seasoned and accomplished ch designer.
The strange design interface gave him the illusion that he was a recent graduate who was just making his first steps into the ch industry.
His lips curled into an excited grin.
"Everything is new to again. How exciting!"
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