The marathon continued as Ves and Ketis tried to balance their ti between their personal projects and earning AP.
Occasionally, they were able to combine the two if they happened to be working on the right Mission.
The ch Designer System obviously imparted hidden anings in each of the Missions available in the upgraded Mission Hall.
The ones that compelled Ves to conduct strange rituals widened his horizons and encouraged him to explore different fields of cultivation science.
The ch design assignnts that demanded him to design chs with strict limitations and unusual traits allowed him to exercise his design skills and build up his experience.
Ketis received similar benefits whenever she accepted a Mission related to swordsmanship.
After becoming more and more preoccupied with their solo projects, the two ch designers spoke less often with each other.
Now that they had been working in the System Space for several months, they had fully adjusted to their new solitary work environnt.
There was only so much the two ch designers could talk about during their daily etings.
Spending day after day with the sa person for so long could get rather tiring. especially when both ch designers would rather spend their precious ti on more productive activities.
This was why they decided to lower the frequency of their etings to once every three days.
That appeared to be the most optimal balance. They still gained enough social interaction to keep their heads straight, but did not break their rhythm too often.
Ves had no problem with working an entire week or a month by himself, but he figured he still needed to keep tabs on Ketis.
The swordmaster still hadn't entirely gotten rid of her maternal instincts, but she was able to endure the long days of separation from Kirian and Mayra and focus on her work.
Every day she spent on improving her swordsmanship or accruing more ch design experience would allow her to co out of the System Space stronger and more prepared to face the enemies of red humanity.
The Null Project steadily took shape, especially after Ves successfully managed to develop a working version of the Null Round.
Aside from the application of hyper technology, there was not much technical complexity to designing the ballistic rifle as well as the rest of the ch.
The hyper ECM modules attached to the Null Project were fairly complex by themselves, but Ves had no intentions of designing them from scratch. He rely selected a number of third-party solutions and slotted them into the ch design as best as possible.
All of this ant that Ves did not need to rely on other ch designers such as Gloriana to improve and optimize the technical performance of his work.
Sure, he also gave up on innovating in this aspect, but Ves knew his strengths and weaknesses.
He did not deem it a productive use of his ti to obsess over these aspects. He would much rather improve the spiritual foundation of his living ch design.
This was his passion. Ever since he got introduced to the Heaven Earth Man Trifecta, he constantly thought about how he could apply this theory to his living ch designs. The universality of the principles espoused by Ketis convinced Ves that there should definitely be a way for him to promote a ch pilot's growth in the three areas through his work!
The creation of the Elental Universe was a part of this greater initiative. This would mostly serve his existing custors, the ones who were already making use of copies of his older ch designs.
That did not quite satisfy his core goal of designing a ch that could improve a ch pilot's Heaven, Earth and Man scores by directly interacting with his living ch.
As promising as the Elental Universe sounded to Ves, it was ultimately a roundabout. solution to the current problem. It did not entirely satisfy him, which was why he eagerly wanted to work on the Null Project.
Ves did not spend his ti in vain. Although he had difficulty trying to develop concrete new ways to apply the Trifecta to a ch design, he was slowly altering the entire concept of a living ch based on his progress.
When he next shared his progress with Ketis, he made a notable declaration.
"I think I am working on a big update to my implentation of living chs." He said. "There will definitely be a substantial difference between a living ch like the Null Project and my more recently completed works such as the Fey Fianna ch line as well as the Dark Zephyr Mark III. While I cannot make any solid projections, I think the performance difference will be great enough to determine that the Null Project will be my first seventh generation living ch."
Seventh generation!
As one of the few ch designers who was capable of designing a living ch, Ketis understood the significance of this declaration.
She looked at Ves in a different light.
instruction from their own machines will steadily be able to improve their attainnts in the cultivation thod embedded in the ch design. I can even include an entire series from basic to advanced in order to accommodate a wide range of custors. I am doing all of this to promote their Heaven scores and hopefully bring them closer to their breakthroughs."
The idea did not sound revolutionary. It was a sensible application of Ketis' new theoretical model.
Yet despite how simple it sounded, the ramifications were huge if Ves actually turned it into a reality!
This was reason enough for Ketis to settle down and think seriously about the viability and usefulness of this developnt.
"First question. I do not think you need my help to devise this solution. Why bother asking for my assistance?"
"You are correct, but I still find value in consulting your expert opinion. You already know the ins and outs of this ch-directed instruction. Why should I bother to reinvent the wheel when you already created a perfectly round object? Besides, you have already moved beyond theory. Your practical experience is essential to optimizing my own implentation. I want my first seventh generation living ch to start off on the strongest possible footing. Neglecting your input is not wise."
"Mmhmmm. I guess I can help you address a few issues that I have neglected in my own initial implentations." Ketis said as she acquiesced to his call for aid. "I have the feeling that this new feature may be significant enough to declare a new generation, but that you will not be entirely satisfied with this alone. What other changes and additions do you have in mind?"
She was right about her suspicion that Ves had more in store for his seventh generation
living chs.
Ves had another feature in mind that could add more definition to his next generation of
living products.
The only issue was that Ketis might not approve of his next idea.
"While I don't have to add my next proposal to my seventh generation living chs, I
think they would beco a lot less impressive without this feature. Let warn you in
advance, Ketis. My other idea is based on Demoncasting."
That most definitely provoked a reaction from Ketis!
"Are you serious?! I thought that Demoncasting is only applicable to individual chs and objects that you have personally worked upon. Are you trying to mass produce a lesser form of D-arms through demonic cultivation or other immoral ans?" Ves raised his palms in innocence. "Hey! I am not crossing any of the lines we have set during our last discussion on Demoncasting! Let explain my idea first before you cast your judgnt. You know how Demoncasting works, right? It relies on burning a
demon until it becos fluid enough to force into a Demoncasting Mold, which promptly reconfigures the highly pliable demon into a specific shape that can enhance a specific property before pressing it into an object. Well, what if you try to do it in
reverse?"
"In reverse?"
The ntion of it sounded so absurd that Ketis had absolutely no idea what kind of craziness that Ves managed to cook up in his own spare ti!
"It's quite simple, Ketis. Just swap the input and output of Demoncasting and change a few more details to make it work. The goal is to strengthen the ch pilot in a specific manner by using the living ch as a special version of a Demoncasting Mold. The input is the souls of defeated adversaries. As long as the Null Project or any other seventh generation living ch is close enough to a bunch of dying aliens, it will do its best to harvest their souls and process them by quickly filtering out as much harmful and unproductive junk as possible. The living ch should then begin to press them through its integrated mold before applying whatever is left onto the ch pilot sohow, I know it sounds vague and iffy, but I think that this is a fantastic way to further speed up
the cultivation of my custors!"
"..."
"Well?"
"...Let be honest Ves. This is one of the most idiotic ideas related to chs that I have heard in my life. I will not even address the insanity of thinking about pressing 'processed' alien souls onto vulnerable human souls. Whatever the result will be, I can already predict that you will end up contaminating and corrupting lots of gullible ch pilots. There is no way the Red Association will let you get away with such a crazy experint. That you think that you can even introduce such a ch to the market speaks volu about your ntal stability. Are you sure you are able to maintain your sanity during this marathon? Because I am beginning to doubt your ability to maintain a
clear head."
"Well... it is admittedly not the soundest idea that I have co up with." Ves reluctantly conceded.
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