Thinking of this, not to mention Fatty and Raphael, Ye Chen himself was also very excited and wished he could take a mecha and try it out on the spot.
However, it's best not to reveal the usefulness of the Primordial Points too easily; it's better to wait until there's no one around to try them out.
The war in the starry sky continued, but it was ultimately just a conflict between low-level creatures. No high-level dark creatures emerged from the space passage, and Raphael and the others could only continue to wait in the rear. They were not about to compete with Zhou Wenbin and the others for the merit points of these low-level creatures.
Several months passed before a group of sixth-tier dark demons finally emerged from the passage. They were few in number and were wiped out by Raphael with a wave of his hand. Only after that did a number of higher-tier dark creatures gradually emerge from the passage.
Ye Chen couldn't possibly wait here indefinitely. He wasn't comfortable leaving Jian Mengyi alone at the Dark Origin, so he left after about a month. With Raphael, a sixth-tier peak expert, here, there was no need for him to follow. He might as well focus on purifying the Dark Origin and researching the awakening of the Primordial Mech.
He tried to inject pure soul power into the mecha, but found that the medium simply did not have the ability to bear soul power. A large amount of soul energy could only pass through it and could not stay, let alone give birth to intelligence.
If the goal is to install a device inside the mecha to store soul energy, then Fatty would need to completely redesign the mecha's structure, or even remodel it entirely. After all, the existing mecha doesn't have a designated place to store souls, and Ye Chen doesn't believe that souls should be stored somewhere.
If the soul truly exists, then it should be integrated with the body; otherwise, what's the difference between it and pure soul forms like vengeful spirits or liches?
"No, no, there's a difference between mechs and divine artifacts!" Ye Chen thought, scratching his head. "Divine artifacts are the weapons of gods, which have come to life under the modification of divine power. Gods themselves are beings that can create life. But mechs are different. They are machines, but you need to control them like you would control a divine artifact."
"It's like the chicken-or-egg problem. A divine artifact first has a divine artifact spirit, which elevates the equipment to the level of a divine artifact. But a divine artifact-level mecha first has a divine artifact body, and then it is endowed with a divine artifact spirit! Or perhaps artificial intelligence?"
"Although mechs are large mechanical devices, they should still be classified as weapons, a special type of weapon. Since they are weapons, we should find a way to give them a weapon spirit rather than artificial intelligence. This is the most correct approach in a fantasy world!"
"Otherwise, if a mechanical empire were to actually emerge, we might not even need the darkness to invade; another major natural disaster would strike directly!"
Ye Chen thought to himself, sorting out the relevant matters about the seventh-tier mecha bit by bit. In comparison, artificial intelligence is the simplest, but it is very easy for artificial intelligence to become uncontrollable. Therefore, the best method is to treat the mecha as a weapon and activate its weapon spirit, which is a soul that all divine artifacts can possess.
He also tried directly infusing it with Primordial Points, but apart from making the mecha more robust and its attack power greater, it did not help him advance to the seventh rank at all. However, the materials used to forge this mecha were already of the seventh rank, and no matter how much he strengthened it, he could not make it undergo a qualitative change.
"How did this happen?" Ye Chen was filled with doubt. He looked up at the sky and happened to see several dragons from the Four Seas flying through the air and weaving through the sea of clouds. A flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind and he stood up.
"Dragon? Dragon Ball? Seven Dragon Balls? Pshaw! What are you thinking?" Ye Chen shook his head, clearing his mind of nonsensical thoughts. "Dragon Ball is the collection of a dragon's power. Many monsters also have inner cores, and magical beasts have their own magic cores. So, mechs don't need to be like other weapons, truly achieving unity of body and mind. This is just a replaceable shell. The truly important things are its cockpit and control room!"
"I remember seeing it in some mecha anime where they put a person into a spherical space, and then put that sphere into the mecha, and the whole mecha seemed to come alive!"
"So all we really need to do is make it like this. The real core is the control room, just like the system's host or CPU, which handles all the affairs. It's the soul of the system. The rest are just external accessories, like liches and their shells, which can be replaced at any time!"
Ye Chen became more and more excited as he thought about it. He immediately found Fatty and told him his idea. The two hit it off immediately and began to redesign and build the mecha. This was no small project; it was equivalent to completely rebuilding the mecha.
But at least this path gave Ye Chen and Fatty hope.
Previously, the mech's wiring was spread all over its body. Although it was operated from the central control room, damage to wiring in other parts of the mech could also have a very low probability of affecting the central control system, especially the energy and ammunition storage areas.
However, due to limitations in information transmission, the fat man had to continue using this design to ensure that all signals could be transmitted to all parts of the mech in a timely manner. But if the control room could truly be given a soul, then all these designs would be unnecessary.
He could completely mimic the nerves, muscles, and bones of the human body to create a brand new mech, and even simulate the wings of an angel to create a perfect body, just waiting for the control room to put it in so that he could completely control it.
This is a revolution from mechanical engineering to bioengineering!
As for Ye Chen, he continuously improved the design of the central control room, enabling it to truly bear the birth of a spirit's soul, while also being able to control the mecha's new body in a timely manner.
The two were engrossed in their passionate, absorbed, and inseparable study, while Jian Mengyi, who occasionally passed by, shook her head in disapproval. Her gaze towards the fat man gradually shifted, from indifference to resentment to wariness…
Ye Chen and the fat man were unaware of all this. They had become completely engrossed in the research of the seventh-tier mecha. Even the island that Ye Chen had designated specifically for mecha research was now a mess, with waste paper and scrap materials scattered everywhere, making it seem like an industrial ruin.
Under such circumstances, it took the two of them more than a year to finally succeed in building the first mecha and the corresponding control room.
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