When Ves and Ketis erged from the System Space again, they had co out for real.
Both ch designers had spent a lot of ti away from reality and felt disconnected from the rest of the universe.
Neither of them let that bother them. They had plenty of ti to anticipate their situations upon their return to the main universe. Rather than feeling all dramatic over their lack of integration into the current tiline, they decided to make more productive use of their ti by converting much of their gains during the marathon into real contributions to society.
Ketis had brought out the Bitter Scimitar and planned to introduce it to her husband, However, she first had to handle the recall of the 'recently' released Stormblade Samurai Mark II. She needed to act as quickly as possible and replace existing chs with copies of an updated version of the comrcial design that reflected her latest swordsmanship attainnts!
Her next priority was to use her close relationship with the Red Swordsmanship Federation to quickly recognize the enormous value of her Manual of Reford Swordsmanship.
The sooner other sword practitioners beca convinced of her new theories, the sooner they would begin to unlock their greater potential.
Existing swordmasters should be especially keen on adopting her new teachings!
As long as they agreed that her new teachings could potentially lead them onto the path of becoming a sword saint, her new School of Reford Swordsmanship would definitely beco the main orthodoxy of the swordsmanship community!
Ketis believed that real changes could take place within a week.
What was even more important was to convince people outside of the swordsmanship community that her theories were relevant in other cases as well.
The obvious similarities between sword practitioners and ch pilots ant that the latter could also use the theories as a guide to promote their breakthroughs!
Ves offered to intercede on her behalf by using his contacts within the Red Association and the Red Collective to bring the Manual of Reford Swordsmanship to their attention, but she declined.
"My influence is not small these days. I can definitely make these organizations take my teachings seriously."
"What if they don't?"
"Then they will find themselves left behind when their more open-minded rivals and competitors make more progress." Ketis smirked.
That was a good argunt. As long as her theories were accurate enough, those who took them seriously would definitely be able to produce more breakthroughs!
Ves anwhile beca busy with his own affairs.
He had several main concerns.
First, he had to add the completed Null Project to the database of the Design Departnt and urge the Living ch Corporation to quickly start production of both the comrcial version and the Larkinson-exclusive version.
Many production lines were already busy with mass producing the Yellow Jacket chs, but so many third-party producers had already licenced the design that it was better if the LMC shifted its focus back to more premium ch models.
A lot of people including his own wife beca surprised that Ves seemingly whipped out a solo ch design out of his butt from nowhere.
He had not talked about the Null Project nor shown any sign of working on it in the past. few months!
This was strange as the design most definitely incorporated much of the latest developnts in hyper technology and so on. Ves even classified the Null Project as a previously unheard of seventh generation of living chs!
"How did you find the ti to design this ch?" Gloriana asked with a mixture of perplexnt and suspicion in her voice. "Did you secretly slack off while you were supposed to be working on the Swarm Project and the Amaranto Mark III Project to work on a solo ch design project by yourself?"
"Not exactly." Ves defended himself. "You underestimate my power. I have more incarnations out there than Blinky and Vulcan. As the inventor of companion spirits, it is not unreasonable to think that I can create more off-shoots of myself, I might not be able to integrate a fancy cranial implant suite that is augnted by the fragnts of a ntalist Crystal like you, but I have my own ways to increase my productivity."
That was all technically true, but his argunt was not necessarily related to how he was able to complete the Null Project in recent tis.
His wife did not bother to inquire further. She instead devoted her attention to the Null Project and wondered what made it special.
"Please explain the details of your seventh generation living ch technology to . I have yet to notice any difference."
"I am not surprised. It is mostly E-technology, after all. Let begin with the integration of teaching services..."
Once Ves got his own Design Departnt and ch company to accept the Null Project that seemingly dropped out of nowhere, he then proceeded to lay the groundwork to upgrading the MSTS to the Elental Universe.
Ves and Ketis had already completed a lot of work on the redesign of the ntal
Simulation Training System inside the System Space.
Alas, the two could not reinvent the MSTS and expand its scope by themselves. This was why Ves waited until he ca out of the System Space to quickly set up a working group in order to hire, commission and coordinate all of the additional workers responsible for fleshing out the plans and blueprints of the ambitious Elental Universe.
If the work proceeded smoothly enough, the initial version of the Elental Universe should be ready for testing within a couple of months.
Ves felt a little disappointed that it would take so long to redesign the MSTS, but the process should not be rushed. A mistake could easily threaten the ntal health of ch pilots and could also leave a permanent bad impression behind. He and his clan needed to do this correctly in order to maintain a high degree of trust towards his solutions. His third concern was to handle the remaining gu containers of the first batch.
Demon Mixer 2 and Demon Mixer 5 had already produced results.
Demon Mixer 3 spent the sa amount of ti in the System Space as the previous two demichs, yet its ritual was still ongoing.
It appeared that stuffing 80 Minor Demons inside the rudintary gu container significantly extended the completion ti.
Unless the resulting Middle Demon acquired a lot more power or gained interesting new abilities, it did not sound worthwhile to engage in gu cultivation with so many
specins!
If the results produced by Demon Mixer 5 could be replicated by following the exact sa formula, then the most optimal recipe that Ves could follow was to mix 40 Minor Demons with 100,000 regular souls!
The amounts were still considerably high, but as long as Helena continued to deliver her harvests, it shouldn't be a problem to scale up production.
The biggest problem was ti. Unless Ves went on another lengthy marathon, it would probably take 6 to 9 months for the new Demon Mixers to produce their Middle
Demons!
"Ugh. There has to be another way to speed up this ritual." Ves grumbled.
He already entertained the idea of improving and upgrading the design of the Demon
Mixer. If the gu container beca better, it should theoretically be able to produce better and faster demon gu cultivation results.
Ves could think about that later. For now, he needed to check on the state of the current
experintal gu containers.
Alas, neither Demon Mixer 1 nor Demon Mixer 4 appeared to be ready to present their results anyti soon.
That was not a surprise since almost no ti had passed in the main universe since he last stowed them away.
Demon Mixer 1 only contained 20 Minor Demons, so it shouldn't take too long for the ritualistic culling to reach its end.
Demon Mixer 4 contained 20 Minor Demons as well as 10,000 uncorrupted souls. This added a nice contrast to Demon Mixer 1 and allowed Ves to make direct comparison
between their results.
By looking at the differences in their performance, Ves would be able to gain a much better idea on how the addition of extra souls would affect the demon gu cultivation
process.
Based on the previous results, Ves no longer expected Demon Mixer 1 and Demon Mixer 4 to produce a Middle Demon.
The most likely result would be a variation of what ca out of the jar of Demon Mixer 2,
a strengthened Minor Demon.
Ves still predicted that Demon Mixer 3 would produce another Middle Demon, but the lengthy wait made it too ti-consuming to rely on this formula.
His preliminary conclusion so far was that using Minor Demons likely promoted the strength of the surviving demon by a large extent, but also increased the ti it took for
the demon gu cultivation process to complete.
Mixing in a lot of regular souls provided a weaker boost to the strength of the surviving demon, but did not. out the ritual to a large extent.
Therefore, the best formula should mix both demons and regular souls to achieve an optimal balance between duration, strength and resource burden.
His ultimate goal was to create the most efficient possible approach to mass produce
Middle Demons!
In order to prepare for this ambitious goal, Ves had already taken the initiative to contact the T Institute in order to explore the potential sites where he wanted to set up this strategically important facility.
It was important to set up this special facility as soon as possible in order to begin the production of Middle Demons as soon as possible.
While Ves remained relatively optimistic about the future output of his upcoming 'D Facility, all of this hinged on the assumption that the output of the demon gu cultivation
process remained relatively consistent.
What if this was not the case?
What if Demon Mixer 2 had a large chance of producing a Minor Demon as opposed to
Middle Demon under similar conditions?
If this was the case, then Ves would probably end up with fewer Middle Demons than he
wished!
"Should I add a safety margin?"
He could make a decision after obtaining the results of the other Demon Mixers. Once Ves placed the currently active Demon Mixers back into their cages, he went over
his list of tasks and confird that he had completed the most urgent tasks in the new
frontier.
He could finally take a break and catch his breath,
Even though he didn't look like it, he truly missed the tis he spent with his family and
his clan.
So many days had passed by that Ves truly felt as if he had gotten out of sync with the
rest of human society.
Aside from Ketis, Ves felt alienated from everyone else!
It was as if he was a ti traveler surrounded by people from a past tiline!
It would take a considerable amount of ti and effort for Ves to shake off this sense of
disconnect and reintegrate himself into the present.
At this point, Gloriana was getting closer to uncovering the truth. Ves could practically feel her mind spinning as she connected a lot of dots together.
The fact that Ketis exhibited similar anomalous behavior back in the expeditionary fleet
did not escape her attention either.
Ves frequently casted doubt on Gloriana's opinions and judgnt, but he never thought
she was stupid. The clues were a bit too big this ti, so it was only a matter of ti before she pieced together the existence of a hidden trump card! Once Gloriana deduced this much, she would begin to question why Ves shared his mysterious trump card with Ketis before he ever thought about introducing it to his own wife!
While Ves dreaded this conversation, he knew he had to get over it sooner or later. He seriously needed to think about whether he should allow Gloriana to enter the System in the near future.
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