The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5396

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Chapter 5396 Smooth Activation

The Red Association sure worked efficiently.

With Jovy Armalon taking charge of the evaluation process, he guaranteed that the Red Association would award Ves and Gloriana their latest masterwork certificates before the end of the day.

"As one of the first masterwork versions of a hyper mech, your Lionheart is of slightly greater interest to our researchers than before." Jovy explained to Ves as a team of researchers diligently scanned the expert mech from top to bottom. "We are especially impressed by how well your new expert mech is able to combine a large quantity of hyper materials in a favorable arrangement. The fact that it can passively attract and sustain a larger concentration of light-attributed E energy is rare and slightly novel. You have certainly taught me a few lessons on how to better utilize the properties of hyper materials."

Ves smiled at Jovy. "I am glad to be of service. How many MTA merits can we expect this time?"

"Well, given the slightly high research value of an early masterwork mech of the Hyper Generation, I can award you and your wife with 500,000 MTA merits each. Miss Alexa Streon-Larkinson has not significantly contributed to this effort, so she is ineligible for any reward. These are the rules."

The former Terran mech designer did not look upset at all. "I accept this verdict. I have already gained far more out of this than I could have hoped for by witnessing the birth of a masterwork mech with my own eyes."

Earning 500,000 MTA merits was pocket change to Ves. He was already accustomed to earning hundreds of millions of MTA merits after defeating powerful alien fleets.

His wife could probably exchange for a nice product with her own share, though.

Once Jovy and his team had completed all of the necessary steps, they bid the Larkinsons goodbye and teleported back to their fleet in orbit.

This was just a small interlude as far as Ves was concerned.

He was much more interested in seeing the newly completed Lionheart in action!

Even though he had been up for 6 whole days, Ves still felt as energized as ever.

There was no way he was willing to take a break when he could be observing the Lionheart in action for the first time!

"Let us prepare for the inaugural testing session." Ves commanded. "Alexa, please head over to the testing grounds first. Check whether it is fully stocked and prepared to test the various functions of the Lionheart according to our predetermined plan."

The young woman obediently nodded. "Acknowledged."

"Oh, you should also send a reminder to Saintess Ulrika Vraken to be present at the appointed time. I think it should be safe enough to give the Lionheart an opportunity to exercise its brand-new capabilities against an excellent sparring partner."

"Will do, sir."

Another hour went by until everyone had moved to the testing facility.

Since the Lionheart was a machine designed to act as a public symbol of power and hope, there was no compelling need to keep its performance confidential.

General Ark would be employing this powerful new expert mech against the native aliens soon enough. It was much more important to understand its basic performance and determine if anything was out of place.

Of course, the chance that the Lionheart needed any adjustments was low. It would not have turned into a masterwork mech if it was riddled with serious flaws.

At this time, Ves and the others were about to enter a control tower.

Before he moved inside, he turned around and called out his children.

"Come on, kids! Leave the Lionheart alone so that Ark can finally explore its capabilities."

"Okay, papa!"

Aurelia, Andraste and Marvaine had been circling around the new expert mech ever since they caught sight of the machine.

In their childish eyes, the Lionheart looked and felt as impressive as the mechs piloted by the protagonists of popular action dramas!

The expert mech looked so valiant and heroic that they grew delighted at the thought that their clan had gained a powerful hero!

The children did not want to leave the side of this attractive mech so soon. Eventually, Lucky and Clixie had to nudge them away from the Lionheart.

"Meow meow."

"Miaow!"

When everyone entered the top floor of the control tower, the three Larkinson mech designers had already set up their control stations.

Venerable Benjamin Larkinson watched on with great anticipation even as he kept the children company.

"Will your mech be as strong as the Lionheart?"

"I do not know, Andraste. I do not particularly care if my mech ends up weaker. My time to shine on the battlefield has passed. It is up to the younger generations to lead red humanity in the current day and age. I am content to dedicate my remaining service to protecting our family. That includes cute little munchkins like yourself!"

"Hihihihi!"

A few minutes passed. Once the final preparations fell into place, Ves transmitted a long-awaited instruction to the cockpit of the Lionheart.

"You can start now, Ark. I have one more piece of advice for you. Your Lionheart may be a powerful living mech, but because it is a second skin mech, it has a large void. I expressly designed your machine in a way that enables you to employ your companion spirit to good effect. You should make use of Noah to strengthen your control over your mech."

"I shall take that into account."

Ark had been holding himself back long enough. Now that he received the permission he had been waiting for, he activated his Lionheart and began to interface with his surprisingly deep machine.

From the outside, the Lionheart started to glow brighter as various different sources of light came online.

Not only did the Lionheart begin to activate the various light fixtures spread across the surface of its powerful frame, but the expert mech also started to resonate with Ark's strong willpower!

As a high-tier expert pilot who had hit a bottleneck a long time ago, General Ark's force of will was not as weak and trivial as the last few Larkinson expert pilots that recently received their mechs.