It's been verified. his absorption trait does NOT do what the description said it does. It copies the mods. and stacks them on his own stats. it does NOT absorb them. and does NOT affect his mecha in any way. it just breaks, leaving everything as it was with all mech d's installed. This is NOT what the author stated originally. Guess he did the typical thing and after screwing up his novel enough, he just changed it with no prior explanation - right in the middle of a chapter even. 😑

...this is common sense... just comparing the two and pairing them with his natural trait, which is the better "fit" to his predetermined path of development? it is not weapons. 😐

The trait he lost is the one he sold, which is downgraded by going for the weapon trait. although useful, it is MUCH LESS so.

he doesn't lose the absorption trait. but he does ignore it. if this was a cultivation novel, he wouldn't be a qi cultivator but a body refiner. as an example: he ignores body refining and keeps studying qi cultivation, which serves no benefit to him, stagnating his personal growth. what he keeps doing is exactly the same thing. by focusing on nonessential things he doesn't need. is this a good thing?

He will always be stronger than his mech. any benefit it gives actually limits him. only when it breaks can he use his full potential. the book blandly tells you this. however, later on he continues to do stupid things, such as ranking up instead of going for an sss clear and settling for a D score in an abyss nightmare. so. yes. he is an idiot...

Yes. the mecha, for him, is not a weapon, but a container used just to temporarily hold his mods until he absorbs them. nothing more. nothing less.

Unarmed combat literally means: without weapons. there is no other interpretation of the phrase. using anything as a weapon means it is no longer unarmed/unhandled combat. this is a very strict and extremely literal concept. In some places, to pick up a weapon when learning a martial path of unarmed combat, the penalty for breaking the primary rule was to have your arms severed and cauterized with burning irons. if you survived, you could use your feet, teeth or other body parts to continue practice or be executed. if you used a weapon again, you would be executed and your various body parts sent to different cities as an example of what not to do. so yeah, any discussion of unarmed combat is very strict and absolute on what is and isn't...

Starving is an example. and yes, he is, in a way. he is low level. he "consumes" mods to fill his hunger for power. any and all mods!

did it say it had to be in combat? I dont recall that statement. and if not, then just wearing it and running into a cliff wall would work. he doesn't need help to break it.

The other problem is simply with him completely relying on his mech to fight. that is not what his trait allows. his mech is only to hold his mods until he absorbs them, but to fight he should actually do it WITHOUT his mech at all. once he is strong enough.

You recall his natural trait involves UNHANDED COMBAT, yes? only part of it involves absorption of mods. his ability REQUIRES him to not use a weapon. getting the weapon trait may cover this a little, but it was not his natural growth path and in theory could be a problem later on as it directly conflicts where th his starter trait. - as explained by the author in the description of that first trait. this is an assumption, but a logical one based on what was written. putting extra tires on a bicycle does not make it a truck.

He sold an trait that gave him access to a ton of different laws, besides life or whatever, AND had the potential to give him a repair path, yes? yes! and what did he replace it with? junk.

Already answered this, but he should focus on absorption when at home - NOT in the abyss. however, he should also NOT sit around twiddling his thumbs for hours doing nothing when in the abyss.

Plus, he plans to rank up quickly, which means he has no concept nor understanding of "solidifying gains" by going for the most returns in each level he could possibly get - up to max - before leveling up. there is a term for this, though I can't recall it right now. it is similar to a person taking steroids to get strong...but at the cost of dieing a year later. as is, he will be higher rank, but extremely WEAK!

Sure, selling things for a quick boost in over all power seems nice, but in the long term it can be very detrimental, and potentially lethal...

It was a given chance. a chance at something he REQUIRES to use his ability properly. He is going to have to get this at some point. the earlier, the better. but if he was a starving man nearly dead from days of hunger, he just gave away his free pizza. it might not have been a whole pizza, perhaps just a slice, but...he gave it away. get the picture?

One or two items being related does not negate the point that MOST of it was unrelated to life force.

In theory, it worked out. But if he had absorbed ALL THE MODS? no. it was a bad decision. especially, considering his ability. He is working against himself, and preventing his own growth. this is a fact.

Also, every mod absorbed is supposed to STACK with his current status. It is an accumulation of abilities. For a quick unrelated example: 2+2+2+2+1+3+2+1+8+1...etc. But going with only the best mod? He would only get the +8 and nothing else. See the issue?

Solutions: sell the junk but not the mods. use the funds to hire or buy repair people or abilities/methods. USE/LEARN THOSE! While outside of "instance/dungeon" add mods > break mech > absorb mods (which should actually remove them from existing stance) > repair and repeat. note: I said outside of - not DURING. There is no restriction requirement on HOW he breaks his mecha, only that it breaks.