The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5295

"AHHHHHHH!"

Tusa continued to scream in pain as the A7-KE1 General Purpose Pilot Cultivation Elixir subjected him to unimaginable torture!

The expert pilots all reacted with alarm! If not for the fact that the mechers kept their composure, they would have thought that they deliberately set out to harm their comrades!

Minutes passed by while Tusa continued lo experience pain and distress from the glowing liquid Ural he had just ingested. Whatever lire sluff had done when it entered iris stomach, it seemed as if the elixir burned right through his stomach walls and ate up his entire body from the inside!

"Power can never be attained with ease." Jovy Armalon eventually spoke once Tusa started to scream at a lower intensity. "You have to understand that expert pilots such as yourselves can only grow stronger in adversity. One of our special research teams has successfully developed a means to substantially stimulate the growth of your resonance strength based on this principle. Ils effects may appear extreme, but that is the only means for the general cultivation elixir lo induce any noticeable effects on you. Anything less will fail to generate any meaningful progress, thereby investing a rare and expensive product in vain."

Though Joshua and the others were able to accept the mecher's explanation, it was hard to stomach it when they saw the consequences in reality.

Not all of the pilots wished for their enemies to experience this kind of torture. Tusa looked increasingly more haggard as his body convulsed in an erratic pattern while sweat started to pour from his brow.

Still, no matter how much he screamed or how disturbing the black splotches on his skin had become, the mechers did not see the need to take any specific actions aside from monitoring the data readings.

They essentially let the elixir run its course.

Although the entire event made a profoundly disturbing impression on the pilots, that was mainly because there were still too many unknowns.

No one understood what the elixir had done to Tusa.

As the main effects slowly began to peter out, the expert pilot's body no longer experienced as much strain as before.

The Larkinson pilot visibly relaxed as the ominous black lines and splotches disappeared from his skin.

It was as if they were never there in the first place.

Several more minutes passed as Tusa continued to take heaving breaths. It was as if he had just completed a marathon run and was just regaining his awareness of his immediate environment.

The doctors came and inspected him in person, not that it mattered as the data all remained within acceptable boundaries.

Meanwhile, Ves and Jovy studied the same chart.

"Good news." The RA mech designer smiled. "Venerable Tusa Billingsley-Larkinson has attained a new record. His resonance strength has peaked at 2.2 laveres above his previously recorded limit. 1 am told that once he stabilizes over the new month, his resonance strength may settle onto a stable level that is just above this level. This is an above average result and shows that he has good compatibility with this formula. The expert pilot is one step closer to becoming an ace pilot candidate. It is regretful that the elixirs are unable to induce breakthroughs. Every pilot can only do that the old-fashioned way."

If Tusa's case was considered a 'good result', then the remaining expert pilots were reluctant to find out what happened during less ideal outcomes!

Part of the signs that Tusa had managed to weather the storm fairly well was that he was soon able to speak coherently after the main effects of the elixir wore off. This was apparently not always the case.

"How do you feel, Tusa?" Ves asked over a communication channel.

"I... am okay... I guess." The expert pilot slowly said as if he had just completed an arduous battle. "I think... I get why these elixirs are such a big deal. I don't know whether I want lo do this again..."

"lam told that your peak resonance strength will grow by at least 2.2 after you have completed your recovery, which is expected to take around a month."

That clearly sparked a reaction out of Tusa. "So much? Well... I guess I will sign up for the next session..."

As the doctors took Tusa away for monitoring, Venerable Zimro Belson went next since he was the newest and weakest expert pilot among the crowd.

An hour went by as the elixirs subjected multiple different expert pilots to the same kind of harrowing experience.

Each of the restrained expert pilots screamed in pain and maybe even terror.

Each of their skins began to display temporary black patches that swam across their bodies.

Each of their wills became increasingly more disordered, though they also spiked to heights that the pilots never attained in the past!

That last effect was probably the desired result. The outcome was not good if the pilot failed to receive sufficient stimulation.

Fortunately, the mechers exercised great control over the processes. They studied the properties of every single expert pilot extensively enough to adjust the dosages of every elixir to the exact right amounts.

"It takes great effort to hit the right sweet spot for every individual recipient." Jovy spoke to the dwindling amount of expert pilots in the observation room. "Administer a little too much, and the negative side effects will become a lol more severe. This will significantly delay your recovery. Administer loo little, and the elixir will unable produce strong enough reactions. This will significantly lower the final result. We are constantly refining our ratios to improve our success rate."

After a bit more waiting, Venerable Joshua finally had his turn.

He went through the same steps as the expert pilots who came before him. Given that each of them had managed to survive their own ordeals tinder good condition, Joshua no longer felt as wary as before.

That started to change as the doctor holding the vial slowly approached the medical chair.

For whatever reason, all of his instincts screamed that he was coming closer lo a source of great danger and power!

Though Joshua knew that this was just a false alarm, he could not prevent his danger senses from going crazy!

"Calm yourself." The older man said as he inserted the vial into a contraption with perfect control over his limbs. "This shall not take long from an external perspective."

"What does that mean?"

"You will experience time at a different rate once you come under the effects of the elixir. How much time will pass from your perspective varies greatly from case to case. I cannot say much more than this. The only other advice that I can tell you is that your first contact with this elixir is the most crucial. It will greatly define how much you gain from subsequent sessions."

With that, the doctor retreated.

Joshua already started to breathe faster as a force field forcibly look control of his mouth and throat.

His alarm abruptly spiked when he could see the glowing liquid flowing through the transparent tube.

The closer the elixir came to making contact with his body, the more Joshua wanted to pull his body outside of this chamber!

"Begin!"

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