111: Resilience and Concerto

Days later.

After several days of experimentation, the initial live testing of the Tough Blood Rune confirmed the reliability of the simulation results.

However, Brian noticed that the short but intense peak of the Burst Mode still had room for optimization.

"Spirit Eye, the power curve of the Burst Mode is too steep."

Brian pointed at the test data and said, "While instantaneous extreme bursts are powerful, they also impose a huge instantaneous load on the carrier, which limits the actual duration of the burst and may lead to unpredictable damage risks. We need to make it smoother and more sustained."

"Is Master saying to transform the burst from an instant into a period of overclocked state?" Spirit Eye immediately grasped the idea.

"Exactly!"

Brian's eyes gleamed: "We need to build a more refined energy regulating valve within the Burst Mode."

A new challenge began!

The goal was to extend the duration of the burst by at least 50% without significantly reducing the peak power, and to ensure more stable energy output, reducing the impact on the carrier.

Spirit Eye mobilized vast computing power and began microscopic surgery on the rune structure of the Burst Mode.

This time, she was no longer satisfied with simple grading.

Instead, she attempted to embed miniature buffering and regulating sub-runes at every critical node where the burst energy flowed.

This was an extremely precise engineering feat, like setting a series of controllable sluice gates in a raging torrent.

A few days later, Spirit Eye excitedly presented her new design:

"Master, look here!"

Several miniature rune groups resembling hourglass structures appeared in the energy pathway of the Burst Mode.

"I call them 'Throttle Stabilizers.' They won't stop the energy torrent, but they will make its flow rate more even, avoiding instantaneous excessive impact."

"At the same time, they can temporarily 'store' some of the overly violent, immediately unusable energy and release it steadily during the subsequent burst process!"

"So, it's like breaking down one huge explosion into several continuous, controllable powerful impacts?"

Brian instantly understood its essence.

"Yes! And we can also connect this energy storage and release mechanism to Life Echo."

Spirit Eye continued to refine her concept: "During burst intervals, Life Echo can more effectively replenish energy for the target, further supporting a longer burst duration!"

"A brilliant idea!"

Brian praised sincerely: "Simulate it immediately!"

The new simulation began again.

When the optimized Burst Mode was activated, the power output curve on the light screen was no longer a sharp needle point, but became a platform that continuously oscillated at a high level!

The peak power only dropped by less than 5% from before, but the duration was extended by an astonishing 120%!

The descent rate of the energy bar also became much smoother.

And during brief burst intervals, the green light of Life Echo could be seen effectively performing valley-filling operations.

The entire burst process transformed from an instantaneous burn to a powerful overclock that could be sustained for several breaths!

"Excellent!"

Brian clapped his hands excitedly, looking at the stable and sustained high-level power curve!

This meant that in a battle, the critical burst window was greatly extended, and tactical choices became incredibly rich.

"Integrate this optimization into the final design of the Tough Blood Rune," Brian ordered.

"Yes, Master!"

Spirit Eye quickly recorded.

"This way, the value of the Tough Blood Rune has increased by another magnitude!"

Not only that, but the application range of the Tough Blood Rune would also be greatly expanded.

Originally, due to the instantaneous high load of the Burst Mode, many creatures with weaker physiques or limited energy carrying capacity could not fully utilize this rune combination.

But now, the optimized Burst Mode significantly reduced the demands on the carrier, opening the door for the Tough Blood Rune's promotion and use in more fields.

The success of the Tough Blood Rune on living organisms led Brian and Spirit Eye to turn their attention to another major pillar of the empire—intelligent robots.

Brian issued new instructions:

"Spirit Eye, prepare to conduct Tough Blood Rune compatibility tests on basic Level 4 robots. If we can enable robots to also gain normal state buffs and burst capabilities, our legion's combat power will leap again."

"Understood! Preparing the test platform immediately!"

Spirit Eye was full of drive.

Testing quickly unfolded in the laboratory.

A standard combat robot was fixed on the workbench.

Spirit Eye tried to connect a meticulously crafted Tough Blood Rune carrier board to its energy core and output system interfaces.

However, the result was disappointing.

As soon as the rune carrier board was activated, the anticipated energy flow did not occur.

Instead, the robot's internal magic circuits emitted unstable flickers and overload warnings.

"Warning! Energy circuit conflict! Rune structure incompatible with robot energy mode!"

Spirit Eye immediately cut the connection, her tone puzzled:

"Master, it won't work! The core of the Tough Blood Rune is to guide and activate the bloodline energy of living organisms. Its entire rune logic is built on bio-energy characteristics. The robot's energy is a pure magic flow, driven by Magic Formations and an energy core. Their underlying logic is completely different."

Brian looked at the test robot, which was emitting tiny electrical sparks, and showed a thoughtful expression.

"It really doesn't work? As expected!"

He stroked his chin:

"Bloodline power and magic engines are inherently two completely different power systems. Forcibly grafting them will only lead to system collapse."

His tone shifted, and his eyes rekindled with light:

"However, the segmented energy management ideas and the core principle of buffered release that we used during the optimization of the Tough Blood Rune are universal!"

"Robots don't need bloodline bursts, but they also need more efficient and controllable energy output modes!"

"What does Master mean?"

Spirit Eye seized the key point: "We don't install Tough Blood Runes for robots, but rather design an overclocking system for them based on the same principles, but completely applicable to a magic-driven architecture?"

"Exactly!"

Brian affirmed: "It's an overclocking system! I prefer to call it the 'Overload Concerto System'!"

A new research direction was thus established.

The goal was to transplant the concepts of segmentation and buffering from the bio-energy field to the magic-mechanical field.

Spirit Eye began a completely new design.

She was no longer confined to specific rune shapes, but deeply analyzed the output characteristics of the robot's energy core, the load limits of its transmission circuits, and the response efficiency of its motion units.

She designed a complex magic program to serve as the system's brain.

This program could monitor the robot's energy status in real-time and dynamically adjust the output power of the energy core.

(This was considered for robots outside the Mage Tower's coverage!)

Energy Saving Mode: The system intelligently allocates energy. During non-combat or low-intensity movement, it reduces the energy consumption of non-essential units, prioritizing energy supply to reconnaissance and computing cores, achieving longer standby and patrol times.

Standard Mode: The entire system outputs power normally, performing consistently with when the system was not installed.

Overclock Mode: This is the embodiment of the buffered release principle! The system builds a temporary, highly efficient energy buffer in the energy core. During a burst, energy is partially injected into the buffer first, and then released by the system at a relatively smooth but continuously high power that the robot's body can withstand!

This was equivalent to equipping the robot with an intelligent throttle controller and a turbocharger!

After several days of intense programming and simulated debugging, Overload Concerto System V1.0 was finally ready.

A new round of testing began.

The same basic robot, after being equipped with the new system, activated the overclocking mode.

The light in the robot's eyes suddenly became blazing, its movement speed and strength visibly increased, and the charging speed of its arm magic gun also accelerated significantly!

Most importantly, this enhancement was stable and sustained, without triggering any signs of circuit overload.

According to Spirit Eye's monitoring data, in Overclock Mode, the robot's overall performance improved by about 35%, and it could stably maintain this state for up to three minutes.

This far exceeded the safe time limit achievable by any previous crude energy overload.

"We succeeded, Master, we succeeded!!!"

Spirit Eye cheered: "The Overload Concerto System works perfectly! We have found the Tough Blood path for robots!"

Brian looked at the swift and precise robot in the test area and nodded with satisfaction.

A study originating from the bloodline of an alien race (alien race) ultimately, in another form, benefited his own steel legion.

This proved once again that the value of knowledge does not lie in its origin, but in the wisdom of understanding, transforming, and applying it!