Chapter 6570 Superdimensional Transformation
Ves and Ketis saw demoncasting in different lights.
Demoncasting presented interesting possibilities to Ves.
Sure, the description given by the System gave plenty of warnings about how dangerous it may be, but that did not deter him too much.
Ves had always equated greater risk with greater reward!
As long as he and the users of his products were strong enough to handle the risks, then they stood to gain a huge amount of power!
This was incredibly vital in this day and age. If Ves was able to employ demoncasting to upgrade his most important gear and mechs, then that would make it even better!
What was even more important to Ves was that demoncasting was apparently so rare that it was unlikely that anyone else in the Red Ocean would be able to strengthen equipment in this strange and taboo manner.
This had the makings of another monopoly!
If Ves was able to create gear that was as powerful if not more so than Destroyer weapons, then he would be able to increase his value to the Red Three and remain in their good graces.
Oh, there was also Ketis. If she exposed the ability to perform demoncasting as well, then she would also raise her strategic value, thereby allowing her to integrate deeper into high society.
Another advantage to the uniqueness and high entry barrier of demoncasting was that the enemies of red humanity wouldn't be able to steal it. The Cosmopolitan Movement has transferred so many stolen human technologies over to the Red Cabal that the native alien forces were becoming increasingly better equipped.
This was one of the underlying reasons why it became increasingly more difficult to defend the remaining defensive bands!
After the native alien races sacrificed many of their old and outdated warships, they finally began to deploy their more modern vessels.
These hulls were not only equipped with state-of-the-art azure shield generators and human-developed superdrives, but also possessed much stronger human warship-grade armaments!
In a conflict where the enemy shamelessly copied as much human tech as possible, the benefits brought by Five Elements Mastery were much more replicable than Demoncasting.
Design applications based on the five elements may be difficult to copy if they were tied to his living mechs, but it shouldn't be too difficult for the major alien races to steal everything else!
As for demoncasting, Ves doubted that the aliens would be able to build up a high-end demoncasting workshop and know how to summon or create the necessary demons.
Ves already grew more and more excited when he thought about the prospect of becoming a demoncaster.
Wait.
Instead of letting his main self become a demoncaster, Ves felt it was much more suitable for Vulcan to become one instead!
After all, it sounded as if mechs could only be demoncasted if they were already designed and fabricated.
Out of all 3 upgrade tracks, the final one granted him the strongest hope of directly
increasing his work speed!
He could design so many more mechs at the same time without getting overwhelmed or causing all of his work to suffer delays. This would not only directly speed up his progression as a mech designer, but provide a lot more useful products to his customer
base.
He only had to spend a little time to quickly master a lot of difficult high technologies. Ves would no longer get stuck in his attempt to understand abstract and convoluted theories in strange fields such as archetech and luminar crystal technology.
He could also boost his effectiveness in research activities by improving his ability to interpret raw data and recognizing important patterns. This would allow him to waste much less time fumbling around in order to obtain the right conclusions!
All in all, the advantages brought by turning his brain into a superdimensional wonder
were endless! "Superdimensional Transformation has the potential to ease our greatest limitation." Ves observed. "As humans, our brain power is always far too weak relative to our ambitions. If we want to study more textbooks, design more mechs and complete more research, we need an awful lot of time to get all of that done. If we can directly improve our brains and make them bigger without taking up any extra space in the material dimensions, then we can directly improve our productivity and make much better use of our limited time. If we invest enough in these upgrades, I bet we can even obtain the raw processing power of a Star Designer in advance! This should be especially helpful to a time-strapped swordmaster and mech designer such as you, Ketis. Pursuing dual careers puts a much greater strain on your schedule."
The swordmaster did not hide her clear interest in this upgrade track. "You are right about that. The possibility that you have presented to me is a strong
attraction to me, but it is not the only part about this upgrade track that interests me. Of the three options, this one promises to strengthen my fighting capabilities the most. Think about it. If I can absorb strange dimensional matter and acquire their properties, I can make my body stronger, tougher, faster and more unfathomable. Maybe I can even unlock the ability to increase the mass of a volume of my body so I can fight against enemy phase leaders head-on. Demoncasting only allows me to strengthen my sword and other equipment, leaving my body almost as vulnerable as any other human. Five Elements Mastery will probably allow me to strengthen my techniques by leveraging the power of E energy in more sophisticated ways, but I will probably turn into a wizard in the guise of a swordswoman. Fighting like that makes me feel like I am turning my back
on real swordsmanship."
Her considerations were different from that of Ves. That complicated the decision-making process.
While Ves had the right to make a decision based on his own selfish interests, he did not.
want to neglect Ketis' needs.
The swordmaster was not only his former student, but was also shaping up to become a
dependable partner.
It was worthwhile to pay attention to her preferences and take her needs into account. "All three upgrade directions have their own merits." Ves summed up the situation now that he went through all of them. "I can come up with arguments in favor and against each of them. I don't think that the System has presented any obviously inferior or superior choices, so we need to sit down and think about this further. I think it would be best if we form a set of criteria to understand what we want the most out of this. After that, we can score every upgrade track on how well they score on all evaluation criteria. This is the most rational and objective approach we can apply to determine our
decision."
Ketis understood the merits of this approach and agreed with it. "That sounds fine, but what if our highest scoring options do not match with each other?"
"We'll figure something out. At least we have crossed one of the three upgrade tracks off
our list."