?Chapter 6558 The Mind of a God
Multiple days passed by as the three mech designers continued to work ording to the schedule set by Gloriana.
While a few unforeseenplications had urred that caused their progress to slow at times, everything still remained within tolerance.
The Amaranto Mark III was slowly being rebuilt section by section. A lot of old parts and outdated parts had been strapped from the mech frame so that much newer and more powerful parts could take their ce.
One of the difficulties of this project was the heavy reliance on archetech for the upgraded version of the Amaranto.
It was difficult to upgrade an existing machine and try to keep it alive when archetech temporarily had to cooperate with conventional tech.
Gloriana had to invest additional hours to solvepatibility issues that she hadn''t foreseen.
She also needed to supervise Harry Kaikkonen and asionally correct his mistakes while also keeping an eye on Ves to ensure he remained a good boy.
Though Gloriana had to shorten her break periods in order to keep up with her elevated workload, she felt she wasrgely in her element. The work she nned out in advancergely unfolded ording to her thoughts. No major disruptions urred thatpletely messed up her expectations for the fabrication run.
Although theck of disruptions meant that the chances were low that they would hit the jackpot and produce a work that exceeded her expectations, it also reduced the chance of idents that could ruin the Amaranto Mark III!
Gloriana did not ask for too much this time. She just wanted to preserve the masterwork quality of the expert rifleman mech while also reshaping the machine to conform to her design style.
One of the advantages of Ves'' abnormal mind state was that he had be so
goal-oriented that he literally did not care about subjects that were not relevant to his current work and goals.
Style and aesthetics fell under this category. Ves sought to make the Amaranto stronger and not necessarily more stylish as it was hard to measure such a change in an objective manner.
Looking good also wasn''t as important as defeating the enemy phase lords and phase whales as far as he was concerned.
Everytime Gloriana nced at her docile husband, she continued to observe a mech designer that was doing everything right, at least ording to her perspective.
Thus the days passed by while Gloriana held fewints. As the living mech slowly
Assuming all of the burdens and responsibilities upon herself had exhausted Gloriana a lot more than usual.
She did not realize how much she depended on Ves for several different matters of concern.
From leading the Larkinson n to keeping everyone united under a single direction, Ves was the glue that held all of the Larkinsons together.
He was also the source of a lot of confidence and inspiration to the mech designers of the Design Department.
Many members joined the Larkinson n not because they valued the identity of a Larkinson, but because they wanted to work alongside a growing legend.
Given how much Ves already managed to aplish as a Senior Mech Designer, who knew what else he would aplish once he grew older and more powerful.
Gloriana envied him for bing so famous that he became an attraction and role model for many other mech designers.
She stillcked such a status, and did not expect to get anywhere close to what Ves had attained through his own work for quite a few more years.
The woman epted this reality. She might not be perfect for now, but as long as she improved herself with each passing day, she would eventually be able to catch up and maybe even overtake Ves.
Not every mech designer could imitate a freak like her husband and casually solve the gic aptitude tyranny before he had begun to realize his design philosophy!
In fact, his historic sess in solving one of the most far-reaching problems of the mech industry excited Gloriana.
Not only did it vindicate her excellent judgment to hook up with Ves and never let him go, but it also gave her a lot of pressure to improve and exceed her past work. Only by working harder than almost any other mech designer would she have hope of one day making an aplishment that could match Ves'' greatest feat! Whether it was even possible for a mech designer like Gloriana to produce such a groundbreaking work or invention was a redundant question as far as she was concerned.
If a boy like Ves could do the impossible, then a woman like Gloriana should be able to do no less!
In any case, as the fabrication run had entered its final hour, Gloriana already felt satisfied with all of the lessons she learned and the insights she obtained during this novel experience.
The Amaranto Mark IIIrgely lookedplete by this time. The expert rifleman mech had undergone such an extreme makeover that Gloriana would not me others for not being able to recognize the same machine.
The materialposition hadpletely changed.
The transition to archetech gave the mech frame a much more sophisticated vibe.
The Instrument of Vengeance had grown much thicker and more angr.
The high phasewater content seemed to make the machine a little more ethereal.
The integration of Solus Gas also caused the presence of the machine to be more subdued, especially when the living mech remained inactive.
Yet despite all of these changes, the fundamental nature of the Amaranto still remained
the same.
She retained her identity as a living mech as well as a masterwork mech.
The iconic third eye surrounded by a hexagon maintained a prominent ce on the forehead, proving that she was a genuine work of Ves and Gloriana.
The machine also retained her intimate connection with the Illustrious One, whose presence and attention graced the expert mech for many years.
All in all, thetest iteration of the Amaranto had be a drastically improved version of herself in practically every conceivable way without losing sight of her original identity and purpose!
The three mech designers had alreadypleted all of the more difficult and risky work
assignments.
At this point, they were applying the finishing touches to the powerful machine. The Amaranto Mark III had be a much more powerful but alsoplex archemetal construct, so a lot more variables could go wrong. She therefore needed drastically more tuning and adjustments in order to ensure Venerable Davia Stark would be able to
control her just right.
Finally, everyone withdrew from the machine and lowered themselves to the ground. Each of the mech designers looked up to theirpleted work while feeling a profound sense of awe and satisfaction at the fruition of all of their efforts.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
"It is done." Gloriana dered while withdrawing the designwork.
A hint of visible emotion stirred on the normally expressionless face of Venerable Davia
Stark.
Her longing to pilot the Amaranto Mark III grew so strong that she almost couldn''t hold herself back from entering the cockpit right away!
At the same time, Ves'' eyes zed over as it gradually dawned on his one-track mind that he had finally reached the end of his destination,
His work was done. The Amaranto Mark III Project had reached its ultimate conclusion.
With no more goals left to forcefully pull his attention towards a single direction, his focus suddenly became a lot more scattered.
Ves became dazed as he felt unable to adjust to what should have been his ordinary
scattered mindset.
The transition was so extreme that he simply felt lost!
He felt so much
focused and productive when he
orking under his previous
mind state that he became disgusted by how much he had lost after it had expired!
It was as if he was a god that had been cast down to the mortal ne. The transition felt
nothing less like a devolution!
"Aaahhhhh!" Ves screamed as he held his head and fell to his knees!
"Ves!"
"Sir!"
While the surrounding people grew rmed at his reactions, Ves suddenly suddenly
copsed as all of the fatigue he umted by overworking himself over the span of
two months finally caught up to his true body!
Time passed by as Ves gradually regained his consciousness again.
"Urgh... my head..."
Due to the fact that he possessed several external incarnations, Ves had not remained
However, the fact that his main self had put himself into such a deep and focused state
of mind for so many days had caused him to grow increasingly out of sync with Vulcan
and Veronica.
While he was d that at least a few parts of himself were able to retain their sanity and continue to progress as normal, Ves grew concerned about how much his connection
had begun to weaken.
Perhaps his permanent bonds with his incarnations may not be as impervious as he previously assumed.
In any case, the deep sleep should have enabled Ves to recover from most if not all of the seque of overworking himself to exhaustion. The reason why he still suffered from
a headache was that he was forcibly getting in sync with his incarnations again.
As the pain gradually started to die down, the entrance to his bedroom slid open.
"Ves! You are finally awake! Are you of sound mind again?"
"I... think so. I... probably overlooked a lot of stuff while I was working on the Amaranto
Mark III Project."
His wife finally reached his bedside and ced her slender hand on his palm.
"The Deep Research Mode that is apparently inherent to all phase lords and phase
whales is more dangerous than we thought. It is not a good idea for you to experiment on yourself in such a reckless manner. Leave this to the Phase Lord Department of the Red Collective. It is their job to study and document all there is to know about phase lords. Until the collies havepleted aprehensive investigation, please do not put yourself into this dangerous state of mind again, agreed?"
"Agreed." Ves grimaced but nodded. "It is most definitely a powerful tool, but.... I can''t afford to disregard everything else, especially during a time as sensitive as this, I missed out on a lot of important stuff, did I?"
"You have no idea."
While Gloriana enthusiastically began to summarize the most important developments
that Ves missed out on, he secretly thought about whether he should employ the so-called Deep Research Mode again in one of his future projects.
Regardless of all of the dangers and negative side effects, Ves still yearned to return to
that pure and focused state.
During the days he worked on the Amaranto Mark III Project, he felt as if he had attained the mind state of a god. Even if his actual thinking power fell short of such a standard, just acquiring the mentality of one was such a powerful advantage that it held an irresistible attraction to
Ves!
The ability to snap his fingers, bepletely focused on a single goal and not. stopping until he hadpleted his work was such a powerful experience that Ves craved to experience this unique rush yet again!
Although Ves possessed enough awareness to realize that he was in danger of bing
addicted to the Deep Research Mode, he didn''t care as being able to get a lot more work
done in the same amount of time was exactly what he needed to reduce his lengthy backlog of projects!
As Gloriana wrapped up her summary of shocking events that certainly required a lot deeper consideration from Ves, he only cared about one issue in particr.
"Did Venerable Stark break through when she piloted the Amaranto Mark III for the first
time?" He carefully asked.
His wife sighed. "She... did not. Davia Stark hasn''t been able to repeat Tusa''s feat. She
responded well to the Amaranto Mark III, though. She has taken herck of immediate breakthrough in stride. Now that she has gained a much more powerful machine, she and her battle partner are currently on their way back to the expeditionary fleet. I believe that Venerable Stark is confident that she can earn her sainthood in her first. serious action after gaining a much more powerful expert mech." "Hmm... that may very well be doable. I hope her confidence is not misced."