The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4929

It was easy for Ves to pay a visit to Master Benedict's design lab.

Both the Cat Nest and the Cross Production Complex were located inside Industrial District 2.

If Ves wanted to, he could just walk over to the large industrial complex further down the street.

There was no need to tempt fate. Ves settled for boarding an armored shuttle and made a short transit to the CPC under heavy escort.

The members of the Cross Clan briefly looked up as the ostentatious Larkinson mechs hovered protectively around a fairly unassuming black vehicle.

They soon ignored the sight and returned to their own activities. Ves had visited the CPC enough time for his arrival to turn into a routine occurrence.

Ves didn't even need the help of an attendant to reach the Primary Cross Lab.

As the counterpart of the Larkinson Clan's Genesis Lab, the Primary Cross Lab is the primary engine of mech design and technological innovation of this branch location.

When Ves and his bodyguards passed through the main entrance, he waved to the receptionists and guards and easily passed through the checkpoints without taking up a lot of time.

It took around five minutes for Ves to enter an underground design lab where Master Benedict Cortez conducted his latest research.

The fairly new Master Mech Designer did not bother to suspend and hide his latest research activity.

Benedict somehow managed to get his hands on a collection of nunser skulls. The alien skulls were carefully stored in transparent containers that were stacked against a wall. _{freēwebnovel.com}

"Good afternoon, Ves." The preoccupied Master called out as he continued to tinker with a device connected to one of his nunser skulls. "You look troubled today. I assumed you would be in a good mood considering that you are close to completing your new epochal works."

Even the head designer of the Cross Clan recognized the transformational meaning of the Dullahan Project and the Ghost Project.

"What are you working on, Benedict?" The visitor asked as he moved closer until he was able to get a good look of what was on the workbench.

He already had a good idea what Benedict wanted to accomplish after he recognized a lot of familiar elements to the experimental mechanisms.

"As you know, the Endex System that I have devised is a substitute for my Original Energy Bridge System." Master Benedict calmly explained even as he attached a few wires to the holes that he had drilled in the alien skull. "While the Endex System can play a useful role to high-end mechs such as your Dullahan Project, it simply does not replicate the full power of the original solution that I have developed for the Mars."

"I don't think the MTA will like it if you start using the skulls of expert pilots left and right." Ves stated the obvious.

The older mech designer nodded. "That is so. This is why I have decided to develop a variation of the OEBS but with alien skulls instead of human remains. After consulting with numerous exobiologists, I have learned that the nunser race is the best starting point. Compared to the other intelligent indigenous races of the Red Ocean, the nunsers are strong in body but also remarkably firm in mind. They possess tough and tenacious attitudes and are known to fare well under adversity. They are the closest alien substitute to high-ranking mech pilots that I can readily obtain."

Eccentric mech designers certainly had a habit of starting unusual research projects. Only a nutcase would think that experimenting with alien skulls was a legitimate research direction.

Ves remained skeptical, though. "Expert pilots are demigods whose bodies are mildly transformed by their extraordinary willpower. As far as I know, ordinary nunsers do not possess these traits. They should be completely normal."

"I do not completely believe that is the case." Master Benedict replied. "At the very least, the upper echelon of nunsers are all obsessed with incorporating phasewater in their bodies. They engage in a variety of different methods that are meant to strengthen them beyond a norm. Don't underestimate my new collection. The skulls that I bought are taken from high-quality stock. I believe that there should be at least one skull among my current collection that has developed qualities that are somewhat similar to that of a human expert pilot or at least an expert candidate."

That actually sounded reasonable. Ves actually became a little more optimistic about Master Benedict's chances of making a small breakthrough.

That was far from enough to make his latest idea practical and viable.

"There should be a limit to the power that you can draw from a relatively normal nunser skull." Ves pointed out. "The only ones that are truly worth taking are the skulls of phase lords. I bet you can produce much more drastic results if we have harvested the head of the Trampler of Stars."

A strong yearning expression appeared on Master Benedict's face!

"It is such a pity that the Trampler of Stars managed to escape from our clutches. When we resume our Trailblazer Expedition, I would like to prioritize the search of other phase lords. These native 'gods' are the most ideal ingredients and test subjects for my current research. If our expeditionary fleet has successfully captured or killed an actual phase lord, I would like first dibs on the spoils."

Ves casually nodded after hearing what the Master Mech Designer needed. "Your need for them is the greatest, so it shouldn't be a problem to meet your request. However, I have my own uses for phase lords, so I would like to claim the second one for myself."

Benedict didn't ask what Ves had in mind for the phase lord. He merely nodded in acceptance. "Very well. It will be more inconvenient for us to compete for the same spoils, but as long as we put more effort into hunting down these rare and precious phase lords, we should both be able to have our fill."

"Phase lords can be tough to take down, Benedict. They might not be as strong as actual phase whales, but even the Mars struggled to contain the Trampler of Stars."

"The Jedda Sandivar and the Royal Jeem are much better at defeating strong individual targets. We can turn them into effective phase lord killers as long as we apply targeted improvements to these ace mechs."

"I doubt the Adelaides and the Boojays will allow us to rashly tinker with their greatest trump cards, Benedict. Besides, if these two ace mechs do all of the work, the groups they belong to will earn the greatest share of the spoils. You will have to make a lot of concessions if you want to grab the corpse of an alien god from their hands."

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