The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3376

Chapter 3376: Two Pieces of News

Two pieces of shocking news spread throughout the Larkinson Clan and the rest of the Golden Skull Alliance!

"Our mech designers have upgraded the Shield of Samar into a masterwork expert mech!"

"The patriarch's wife is about to give birth!"

Just one of these sentences was enough to shock the entire expeditionary fleet. The fact that two of them came out at the same time completely exploded the atmosphere in the Golden Skull Alliance!

Aboard the Hemmington Cross, Patriarch Reginald Cross momentarily looked shocked. He quickly schooled his expression though.

"Interesting. I did not expect you to make a second masterwork expert mech. It is worth it to gain your favor."

Although the Cross Clan had built up a bit of resentment towards the Larkinson Clan for getting embroiled in the latter's troubles, these were small matters to the Cross Patriarch.

A good mech designer was hard to find. The opportunity to befriend one with great talent and unique capabilities was priceless! Even if Ves was just a Journeyman right now, his Amaranto and now this new masterwork expert mech fully put him in Reginald's sights!

Elsewhere on the Hemmington Cross, a certain Senior Mech Designer interrupted his design work.

A hint of envy overtook Professor Benedict Cortez. As an experienced Senior, he was no stranger to making masterwork mechs.

However, it was a bit embarrassing that Patriarch Ves already made more masterworks than him! So far, Benedict only fabricated two masterwork mechs back when he was still an upright citizen of the Friday Coalition.

After his exile to the frontier and subsequent return to civilized space, he had to start over from the beginning. The two valuable masterwork certificates he used to show off with pride had long been discarded.

As a result, his current record did not mention any masterwork certificates!

Dark thoughts surged within his powerful mind, but he quickly clamped down on them. "I don't need to compete with kids."

Becoming a Master was all that mattered to him. The feats of other mech designers did not detract from his own interests. In fact, it was the opposite. A stronger allied mech designer provided more interesting opportunities to collaborate and exchange with each other.

Benedict was rational enough to acknowledge that his jealous streak was merely a primal reaction that had no place in the modern age. Humans had long elevated themselves from ancient times where chest beating and clubbing rivals over the head was the best way to achieve reproductive success!

Ultimately, the professor was happy that his neighbors took a substantial step further in their careers. The more they neared his level, the more they could team up to tackle ambitious projects such as Patriarch Reginald's next expert mech.

The older man steepled his hands in front of his face.

"Their talent and opportunities are greater than mine back when I was their age." He quietly judged. "It's good that they're catching up to me, but I can't let these fresh-faced brats overtake me too quickly. I can't remain complacent despite my enormous head start. I need to put more effort into breaking through my bottleneck!"

His sense of urgency grew stronger. All of the innovations unveiled by the Larkinson Clan were helpful but also overshadowed most of his work. He needed to accelerate his timetable and perform more experiments in order to reinvent his design philosophy and put himself on a stronger footing!

Thinking about the challenges before him put him in a difficult mood. "I can't proceed with half of my experiments without suitable volunteers. How can I attract enough test subjects?"

As Professor Benedict continued to scheme about starting up more ambitious experiments, over at the other side of the fleet, the Glory Seekers all reacted with jubilation at the news!

Unlike Patriarch Reginald and Professor Benedict, the Hexers did not really pay that much attention to the emergence of another masterwork expert mech. The Larkinsons had already shocked them once before with this feat so the second time was much less dramatic.

What they truly cared about was the upcoming birth of Ves and Gloriana's child!

Marshal Ariadne Wodin and Venerable Brutus Wodin requested permission to visit the Spirit of Bentheim. As soon as the Larkinsons granted their request, they quickly boarded a shuttle that brought them over to the Larkinson fleet under escort.

Venerable Brutus deeply yearned to embrace and protect his new niece. "This shuttle is moving too slowly!"

"Calm down, Brutus." His distant aunt pressed his shoulder. "Your sister will be fine, and so will her child. The Larkinsons have excellent doctors and medical specialists at their disposal. These biotech experts originally came from the Life Research Association, after all. With how much money the clan invested in their designer baby, there is almost no chance of complications."

In these times, childbirth was generally safe and sometimes even painless. There were many technological advancements that could ease the process of delivery, but Brutus knew his sister well enough to know she would want to deliver her baby in the most traditional method possible.

He didn't understand women at all. Why were they so eager to go through so much pain?

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