The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3580

Chapter 3580 A New Understanding

Suffice to say, the first action that Ves undertook was to dive into the Enlightened Warrior's spiritual design and lower the maximum safety setting of its transcendence glow from 50 percent to 20 percent.

This fell much more in line with his original target, but he needed to perform another test to make sure he got it right.

This time, he intended to stay close and make sure that everything inside was proceeding correctly! He checked the existing safety measures and beefed them up when he thought they needed it. He shouldn't have to pull the plug by himself the next time.

"I also need to set ground rules for the Quint." Ves grumbled.

The living mech had been acting way too recklessly as of late. The Quint could not keep doing what it wanted just because he thought it was a good idea. No one was correct on anything and Ves would not trust a living mech to perform experiments on people!

Ves left the workshop and headed over to the place where the Quint was stored. He hopped into its cockpit and first attempted to get a feel for the mech.

The Quint had gained a more active and independent character as of late. This was reflected in its spiritual foundation, which had grown a lot stronger and more complex due to the spiritual feedback he received in recent times.

Ves thought back on the prominent two mech pilots who had each fueled the growth of the Quint in massive steps.

Joshua's life domain massively boosted the Quint's own living properties. Out of all of the third-order living mechs in the possession of the Larkinson Clan, only the Quint and the Everchanger stood out as being more talkative and willing to interact with their pilots.

Both of them received spiritual feedback from Joshua, so the fact that their living properties became stronger made complete sense.

"Every living mech has the potential to mature, but Joshua essentially accelerates their evolution more than any other expert pilot!"

What made the Quint different from the Everchanger was that Commander Casella took it over for a while. By piloting it, she rubbed some of herself off onto the masterwork mech. Her breakthrough to expert pilot especially injected the masterwork mech with a lot of her own energies!

Ves began to think seriously about what kind of influence Casella exerted over the Quint.

"She's the legion commander of the Living Sentinels, so she has to be smart, decisive and commanding. She needs to be willing to make tough choices and tolerate sacrifices when necessary. She has to step up and take charge because she is the most competent at doing this. All in all, Commander Casella needs to be a true leader."

Now, the Quint had acquired some of those traits as well. Compared to before, the Quint had noticeably become more talkative and eloquent. He was pretty sure that the masterwork mech did not learn how to do this completely by himself! The influence from the Sentinel Commander definitely played a major role in the evolution of the living mech!

Ves let out an exasperated breath.

Was he happy that a living mech became stronger and more capable?

Yes. Such machines would be able to provide much more assistance to their mech pilots.

Did he like it when a living mech started to get uppity and began to make decisions by itself?

That was a bit more complicated. Ves could see the benefits of mechs becoming smarter, more independent and more true to humans. The greater their capabilities, the greater their ability to cooperate with the mech pilot, thereby leading to a stronger overall performance.

Yet… any growth in these areas also introduced more complexities. The loyalty, obedience and servility of his living mechs became increasingly more questionable.

After all, the closer they got to becoming human, the closer they inherited all of the shortcomings of being human.

The Quint was probably the furthest ahead in this area. His previous remote talk with the willful mech made Ves realize that he could no longer treat it as a product.

Even though he understood living mechs the most out of everyone, Ves still did not divorce them from their identity as tools and machines. That would be foolish because mechs ultimately existed to fight and to perform duties related to it. He could not treat them as precious as his clansmen because it would be detrimental for his clan if he refused to put them at risk.

However…

"Higher-order living mechs deserve better treatment."

They were rarer, more precious and above all else more capable. It sounded unfair, but that was life. Ves would always treat his mechs with respect, but special machines like the Quint deserved more of it than others.

He just couldn't get accustomed to it so quickly. His best living mech was growing at a much more rapid pace than he expected. Normally, it should have taken years if not decades for the Quint to reach this point!

WILL YOU CONTINUE TO PROCRASTINATE OR ARE YOU READY TO TALK NOW, CREATOR?

Ves grimaced as he sank into the piloting chair. "You could have just waited and given me the illusion that you are just a mech, Quint." _{ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm}

WHERE WOULD BE THE FUN IN THAT? I LIKE SEEING YOU UNCOMFORTABLE.

"You… are able to experience amusement?" Ves tentatively asked.

I AM ALIVE. WHY SHOULD I BE DEPRIVED OF THE FULL SPECTRUM OF EMOTIONS THAT HUMANS CAN EXPERIENCE? YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHO I AM IS RATHER DISAPPOINTING.

"Hey! I am busy! I need to keep track of a lot of different developments! I can't spend all of my time on examining and understanding your current state."

THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE. YOU SHOULD LET ME GO ABOUT MY OWN BUSINESS, THEN. YOU ARE SHOWING TOO MUCH CONCERN FOR MY ACTIONS.

"Goddamnit, Quint. Did you just forget about our talk earlier? Your recklessness will affect our entire clan! We need to come to a new understanding because letting you take action by yourself doesn't cut it anymore. You've become too capable for me to feel reassured about your autonomy."

THEN WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST?

That was a difficult matter to decide. Ves wouldn't feel reassured unless he personally kept an eye on the Quint. However, he clearly couldn't babysit this living mech all the time.

He needed to employ an agent that could supervise his living mechs for him. There were very few candidates that he could think of, but he wasn't sure whether any of them were good enough.

"Goldie, come out here for a moment."

Nyaaaa.

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