Ves became distracted by the fringe theories as he completed his experiments.
One of his final tests was to expose the voribugs to different glows.
With the help of Blinky, he called down the power of different design spirits such as Zeigra and the Superior Mother and observed the reactions of the bugs.
The results largely disappointed him. The voribugs possessed weak spirituality, but that also served as a form of protection for them. They were much less susceptible to most effects that directly targeted their spiritualities.
In fact, Ves even believed that they were unnaturally resilient towards this medium of attack. It was impossible to manipulate their emotions, and they were highly resistant towards contamination.
He found that strange. The ordinary voribugs were quite weak and easy to kill on an individual basis, but their spiritualities were so well-defended that their progenitors must have put a lot of effort into their development.