Chapter 5943 The Violet Refuge

Chapter 5943 The Violet Refuge

The empty expanse around the consciousness of Ves began to change into a completely different setting.

The void of deep space came into existence. Stars dotted the skies, though not ones that looked familiar.

The illusion, for Ves recognized that he was not observing a location that existed in reality, presented a sea of stars that did not possess the red nebulas that defined the Red Ocean, nor the ubiquitous golden glow of Messier 87.

Instead, a spherical boundary that glowed in a subtle shade of violet caged in this expanse of space.

Ves had a powerful sense that the space beyond this violet boundary might look completely different from a vast expanse of space.

What mattered was the space inside this violet energy bubble. It was not empty. Instead, it was filled with several large space stations and starships.

The human-built space stations did not contain any familiar or unfamiliar markings. They looked rather generic if not for the fact that they were clearly built with the aim of providing long-term habitation in a fixed location in space.

The space ships also looked generic, making it look as if the System tried its best not to taint this illusion with biases or visions of a future timeline.

Whatever the case, the collection of space stations and starships effectively formed a society that could easily host tens of millions of people!

Shuttles and other space traffic showed that every ship and space station was very much active.

Ves identified many forms of fixed defenses, but it was rather clear that the inhabitants weren't particularly afraid of getting invaded.

The space within the violet energy bubble was protected somehow. It formed an oasis of safety in a cosmos that was filled with powerful enemies.

[Upgrade Track #1: The Violet Refuge. This upgrade direction will transform the System Space into a fully developed pocket space. This pocket space must be anchored in a fixed location relative to a cosmic satellite. The Violet Refuge falls under the control of the highest-ranking user of the Mech Designer System, who can choose the anchoring coordinates, the entry and exit conditions and more. The Violet Refuge will be limited in size at first, but many of its properties can be upgraded by spending Ascension Points.]

A pocket space. The first upgrade track amounted to a hidden refuge. Ves grew considerably less enthused when he heard that. He already had the Blinkyverse. Sure, it was a completely imaginary space for the time being, but there was always a way to transform it into a material universe.

Perhaps the biggest advantage of obtaining the Violet Refuge was that its physical laws and dimensions conformed to realspace. A mech built in this System-provided pocket space should work exactly the same in the rest of the cosmos. Foll0w current novÊls on nov/3lb((in).(co/m)

This was not necessarily the case in the Blinkyverse. Some of its laws that governed its small reality diverged from the main universe. This granted Ves certain advantages as he could do stuff that was not possible in normal space.

Unfortunately, it could also lead to accidents and other compatibility problems if he shifted stuff from one universe to another.

Ves was sure he could figure out solutions to these problems. The chance of accidents also shouldn't be too big as the differences in laws of reality weren't all that big.

"How secure is this Violet Refuge? Can it block the tracking of my soul mark?" He asked the system without producing any actual sound.

[The Violet Refuge is well-hidden and shielded from many different forms of tracking and detection. It is highly isolated and can block many forms of signal transmission from the beginning. Many functions can be added or upgraded to the Violet Refuge. Its volume, stability, detection avoidance and defense against intrusion can all be improved to a high ceiling. The more Ascension Points the user is willing to spend, the more powerful it becomes.]

If there was one aspect about the System that Ves had confidence in, it was that it always attempted to deliver impressive results.

Ves deduced that this may be an expression of the creator of the Mech Designer System. Whoever made it probably shared a lot in common with Gloriana!

Therefore, the Violet Refuge should be far more than a simple pocket space. It should truly do its name justice and provide Ves with a genuine refuge to hide against threats towards himself and his clan.

Naturally, the greater his phasewater concentration, the greater the demand for phasewater!

Once his body proportions began to approach that of a small moon, he would need far more phasewater than he could ever plunder from an alien warfleet or stronghold!

Ves knew that so long as he chose this powerful upgrade track, there was no need for him to rely on external sources anymore.

Either the System would give him the option of procuring a PPS for a lot of Ascension Points, or he could just go without one and rely on infusing phasewater supplied by all of the phasewater wellsprings!

In any case, Ves would become absolutely assured that he would gain abundant access to one of the most valuable and strategic resources of the Red Ocean!

He even theorized that it may no longer be necessary for him to procure a phasewater production system!

Either the System would give him the option of procuring a PPS for a lot of Ascension Points, or he could just go without one and rely on infusing phasewater supplied by all of the phasewater wellsprings!

In any case, Ves would become absolutely assured that he would gain abundant access to one of the most valuable and strategic resources of the Red Ocean!

On many occasions, the difference between victory and defeat was decided by access to resources.

If Ves was willing to expose the fact that he could easily obtain far more phasewater than the rest of red humanity combined, then he could gain a massive amount of leverage over the other human powers!

He could potentially supply them with far more phasewater than the Red Cabal had access to. This would enable red humanity to put up a far greater fight against the native aliens as far more combat assets enjoyed the benefits of transphasic technology!

Upgrade Track #2 definitely satisfied his personal interests as well as the interests of human civilization.

Still, an upgradeable source of phasewater alone might not be enough to solve all of his problems.

It might turn him into a much more attractive target instead!

Another reason not to take this option was to consider whether its function largely became redundant so long as he was able to become a greater phase lord.

If he was able to steal the PPS of a phase whale and implant it inside his body, he should definitely gain the ability to generate phasewater by himself.

Sure, the production rate might not be as high, and his subsequent cultivation may proceed at a snail's pace, but he should at least be able to meet his own needs as well as that of his clan!

Phasewater Generation therefore wasn't as unique and irreplaceable as he originally thought.

Besides, so long as red humanity managed to win the Red War and take over the Red Ocean, the supply of phasewater across all of the conquered territories would become incomparable to current conditions!

Ves concluded that this was a convenient but not quite essential upgrade track. There were many viable substitutes available, though they required a lot more effort and struggle to realize.

Besides, Ves was not sure whether it was a good idea to build up an enormous dependency on phasewater. It had its strengths, but it might also limit the technological development of his clan in the long run.

Hyper technology had the potential to reproduce the powerful effects of phasewater in different ways. It just needed a lot of development before people figured out more sophisticated ways to manipulate space-attributed E energy.

In the end, Ves had to decide how much of his life should be dominated by phasewater.

It was an exotic material that possessed much greater promise than what the phase whales had managed to uncover, but it required a huge commitment to realize its endless potential!