After concluding a deal with the Red Association, Ves started to correspond with Master Xena Wintress.
For a long time, the Overlord Project made virtually no progress into fulfilling its primary goal. A lot of researchers had come in to propose theories and conduct experiments, only to squander the Association's resources. They expended a lot of precious phasewater only to learn what didn't work while leaving a lot of dead bodies behind.
That said, the Overlord Project hadn't completely wasted their time. They not only learned all of the ways phasewater could be lethal to organisms, but also developed limited solutions that could limit the damage caused by accidents.
These developments were actually highly relevant to Ves!
He thought back on his daydream about embarking on a grand design to create the ultimate artificial phase lord god machine.