The Red Two''s recent discloses rted to hyper materials generated a lot of discussion and spection.


    The broadmunity of red humanity still looked up to the Red Association and the Red Fleet, so they epted the exnation easily enough.


    What most people working in the academic and industrial sectors wanted to know was how they could make use of these new hypers to their advantage.


    The greater scientificmunity had been remarkably unrestrained when it came to sharing data and results produced by fundamental research. This enabled much of red humanity to quickly get a basic grip on the mutating materials phenomenon.


    However, their generosity quickly came to an end as soon as research delved into the possible applications of any discovered hyper materials!


    None of the states,panies or research institutions were stupid. They all recognized that research on how to take advantage of the properties of hypers was the next big trend!


    Any useful and actionable knowledge could be used to fulfill goals that were previously unattainable!


    For example, a mechpany could release a new mech model that utilized a new hyper to increase its eleration by 50 percent.


    Sales of a mech that moved a lot faster than anything else without costing too much more could easily be a new market leader!


    A state like Davute that managed to discover an effective method to turn a hyper into a highly destructive warhead could start a war that could quickly overwhelm the defenses of Kach in a matter of months!


    All of these possible scenarios and more drove many people to frantically engage in their own priority research into hypers!


    Ves was no different in that sense. An amazing relic weapon such as the Gray Lotus simply couldn''t be made without ess to a specific sub-ssification of hyper materials.


    He previously assumed that it was impossible to obtain simr resources unless he paid a lot of Ascension Points to redeem them from the Mech Designer System.


    Now that he discovered that exotic radiation changed this equation all of a sudden, he too had be obsessed with thistest trend!


    Different from many other people, Ves already possessed a decent understanding of how he could make effective use of certain hypers.


    The only constraint was that it would probably take a while for the T Institute to produce the first batch of prime materials.


    Ves couldn''t wait to ramp up production and get his hands on a lot of cache materials and sympathetic materials!


    More specifically, Ves was already thinking about designing a super deluxe variant of the Valkyrie Redeemer.


    He already had ns to design a simr upgraded variant for the Penitent Sisters and maybe the Glory Seekers. He wanted it to be a quasi-first-ss mech as well as a transphasic mech in order to maximize itsbat power.


    If he was able to turn it into a prime mech as well with the use of a sympathetic material that paired well with its design spirit, then the upgraded Valkyrie mech would likely be able to reach a whole other level of power!


    At the very least, Ves anticipated that such a Valkyrie mech would be able to produce much more powerful battle formation attacks!


    He could think of other ways to exploit the support and amplification provided by sympathetic materials that possessed simr properties to ck Demon Steel!


    The other mech designers of the Larkinson n had alreadye up with their own possible ideas.


    For example, Ketis saw a lot of promise in them. She had been working with Unending alloy swords for years, so she possessed a head-start in this field just like Ves.


    "As you know, resonating exotics aremonly used in expert mechs in order to generate true resonance." She exined to him during a coborative design session centered around the Storm Sword Project. "They can make swordmasters a lot more powerful, but nothing at the level of the Heavensword. Even the best and most luxurious use of resonating exotics can only enable a swordmaster to damage a typical mech. Defense is much more problematic as a sword doesn''t offer enough room to produce an effective resonating shield."


    The total mass of a typical sword designed to be wielded by humans was only a fraction of that of a full-sized mech!


    One of the reasons why expert pilots were so unquestionably strong was because their gigantic mechs could amodate many kilograms of powerful resonating exotics!


    Ves already had an inkling what his former student was getting at. "Are you suggesting that the power imbnce between swordmasters and expert pilots might shrink with the introduction of hypers?"


    The woman looked a bit uncertain. "I am notpletely sure. The Heavensword Association''s past records describe legendary weapons that can enable its wielder to amplify all techniques by borrowing ''the power of heaven and earth''. From what we have been able to deduce, this means that the swords of the past were able to derive a massive boost from E energy radiation. There are tales that the Heavensworders previously considered to be fantasies, but are now seen as a lot more realistic. The right swords can enable swordmasters to fly through space and chop entire starships in half."


    "What, really?!"


    Although Ves had a lot of expectations towards hyper materials, that did not necessarily mean that he believed that he could buy into the assumption that a warrior like Ketis was able to chop a starship like the Spirit of Bentheim in half by herself!


    "I think we should not dismiss these possibilities too quickly, Ves. I believe it is possible to recreate these feats as long as I can get my hands on the right hyper materials. The descriptions of swords at the time suggest that swordmasters don''t necessarily rely on their own strength anymore. Their willpower instead allows them to take over the energy within a certain range and use that to execute all sorts of amazing techniques. It is simr to leveraging the Saint Kingdom of an ace mech, except the domain field is no longer a pure expression of the ace pilot''s astounding willpower."


    Ves couldn''t help but nod when he heard that. Her descriptions fell in line with his own theories.


    It was difficult to estimate how powerful a swordmaster could be. There were too many variables at y.


    The point that Ketis was trying to make was that the upper limit could be incredibly high!


    "I''m aware that swordmasters cannot necessarily catch up to expert pilots because expert mechs can also take advantage of hyper materials." Ketis said in a more subdued tone. "It may even be the case that the differences in power will grow even more. A mech can easily fit a lot more hyper materials than a sword. As long as the expert pilot''s willpower is strong enough to effectively resonate or take advantage of arge quantity of hyper materials, his expert mech may be able to be strong enough to match the power of an ace mech."


    That actually sounded like an incredibly realistic possibility!


    "As long as we have enough hyper materials in our possession, we can indeed increase thebat effectiveness of all of our expert mechs to ludicrous heights, but there are still a few caveats." Ves stated. "Ace mechs won''t stay at the same power level either. They will also go through a ridiculous amplification of power once they begin to incorporate hypers as well. They might not be able to match the ridiculousbat power of today''s god mechs, but they should be able toe awfully close."


    This meant that the difference in power between an expert mech and an ace mech would not shrink at all. The opposite would happen instead. Ace mechs would be so domineering that they should easily be able to crush expert mechs like stepping on ants!


    "What else is on your mind, Ves?"


    "From what I can observe, many hyper materials are powerful because they can enable their users to leverage a lot of the ambient spiritual energy in the environment." He said. "What if it disappears? What if there is nothing left in the surroundings for hypers to act upon? Any swordmaster who is fighting in space by relying on a sword alone will not only lose the capital to participate in a serious battle, but also lose the ability to maneuver effectively in a vacuum!"


    "Is it even possible to do that?" Ketis skeptically asked. "Aside from the phase whales teleporting you to an entirely different gxy, I don''t think you can repel spiritual energy from an area to the extent of creating an energy vacuum. The Red Two have clearly stated that E energy radiation cannot be blocked or hindered by anything. The densest exotics and the most powerful transphasic energy shields havepletely failed to keep it out. Maybe god mechs can do this due to their absolute control over their God Kingdoms, but they aren''t exactlymon in this dwarf gxy."


    She was right for the most part. Trying to keep ambient spiritual energy away from a massive battlefield was as difficult as trying to obtain an urate count of all of the grains of sand on a terrestrial.


    Ketis did not possess as much information as Ves, though. Even she probably wasn''t aware of Blinky''s amazing future potential now that he had started to cultivate the Imaginary Universe Method.


    So long as Blinky became a True God or close enough to one, Ves believed that hispanion spirit should easily be able to deprive a part of a battlefield of all ambient spiritual energy!


    By that time, all mechs and starships in the affected area would immediately degenerate back to their pre-Age of Dawn power levels!


    Ves had an entirely insightful discussion with Ketis. Both of them could be regarded as partial inheritors of separate but rted cultivation inheritances.


    While Ves possessed a vastly greater knowledge base on general cultivation sciences, Ketis mastered willpower cultivation to a much greater extent!


    Not only that, Ketis also happened to know a bit about forging swords with hyper materials that could produce highly effective amplification for swordmasters!


    "If you can supply enough hypers to me, I can use that to forge much more powerful ded weapons for all of our expert mechs." Ketis offered. "Just think about it, Ves. The Dark Zephyr, the Everchanger, the de Chaser Mark II and the Phobos will all be able to fight with their new des as if they have the power of a small battle formation at their disposal!"


    Even Ves began to look forward to making that happen after Ketis had given her pitch!


    "I will try my best to give you what you need." He promised to her. "Compared to our other mech designers such as my wife, it sounds like you already have a clear idea on how to take advantage of hyper materials. I am still working on obtaining enough quantities of them, so I advise you to be patient. You can y around with the Unending alloy swords in the meantime."


    Ketis had already been doing that, but she did not manage to aplish much aside from helping Venerable Dise develop slightly more effective sword techniques.


    Cache materials such as Unending alloy were much more neutralpared to sympathetic materials. This was an advantage as they were incredibly versatile and could be used in many different applications.


    The downside was that theirck of bias and inclinations made it a lot more difficult to produce strong results. The struggles of Ketis and the expert pilots of the Larkinson n proved that not all hyper materials were easy to work with. It might take months or years of focused research to produce actionable results.


    Ves expected that it would probably take a few weeks or months before he could get his hands on newly formed hyper materials that had justpleted their transformations.


    What he did not expect was that he would get a call from Director Pesca Aduc not long afterwards.


    "Sir? Our researchers have just discovered a batch of ore that has reached saturation after being subjected to the Everchanger''s glow."