The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5402

Chapter 5402 Too Soon To Tell

Just because Ves predicted this outcome did not mean he liked it. He never put all of his faith in his predictions because he had seen too many people get screwed when they happened to get it wrong.

If even the Polymath got misled by her assumptions and projections of the future, then Ves should never put much too much stock in his own predictions!

There were always variables that could cause reality to deviate from the most probable outcome. This was why Ves faintly hoped that he could produce another miracle and turn the Blood Star Mark 11 into another masterwork mech.

"Too bad it didn't happen."

This was a missed opportunity. A masterwork mech was not just a unique work of art. It was a rare state that provided all kinds of benefits to its mech pilot.

For example, now that General Ark Larkinson received a masterwork expert mech in the form of the Lionheart, he would definitely be able to break through sooner or later!

The reason why he had failed to do so during the first activation was because a simple testing session failed to stimulate his willpower and emotions extensively enough.

Ark had already made plans to speed up his Warborn's deployment to the border regions once he returned to his posting.

The best way for him to trigger his second apotheosis was to go all out against an opponent that was not a pushover!

With such a powerful and exquisite expert mech at his disposal, the threshold for Ark to break through had dipped to the lowest point in years.

If he could not break through in the next 5 years under such favorable conditions, then he was truly hopeless!

Venerable Benjamin had a much harder road ahead of him. The absence of a masterwork mech would make it a lot harder for him to overcome his bottleneck.

Although Gloriana's second generation god body method combined with the Larkinson Metal Guardian Mantra should be able to promote the growth of the Blood Star Mark II over time, Ves was not sure whether that was enough to overcome the handicap imposed by the Carmine System.

Ves could only wait and see whether the Blood Star Mark II would be able to overcome its own deficiencies.

At worst, it would remain stuck at an impassable junction like the Ouroboros. Only outside intervention might allow the Blood Star Mark II to reach the second rung of the Ladder of Craftsmanship.

There was no need for Ves to get too hung up over this issue. Masterworks were helpful, but not essential to the cultivation of mech pilots.

Plenty of mech pilots managed to advance to the rank of ace pilot while piloting perfectly normal expert mechs.

Ves believed that a Carmine mech had its own advantages. The Blood Pact transformed the relationship between mech and mech pilot to the point where their mutual feedback became at least an order of magnitude stronger!

If this was the case, then the advantages of a Carmine System more than made up for its disadvantages!

While everyone beheld the final outcome of this fabrication run, Ark approached and placed his hand on Benjamin's shoulders.

"Are you okay, dad?"

The old but surprisingly rejuvenated Larkinson smiled in response. "I am fine, Ark. It is not a setback if I did not hold any high expectations to begin with. Regaining my strength as an expert pilot and restoring my lifespan is more than I could have ever hoped for. Piloting the original Blood Star has allowed me to rediscover my original passion. Now that it has turned into a proper expert mech, I have everything 1 need to fight on behalf of our family."

Benjamin's positive attitude dispelled the air of disappointment that had settled into the mech workshop after the outcome became clear.

Though Gloriana still expressed obvious discontent at missing her goal, there was nothing they could do to improve the Blood Star Mark II.

"This is a fine high-tier expert mech." Ves affirmed after he had collected his thoughts. "I am proud that I was able to upgrade your Carmine mech to this extent. Masterwork or not, it will serve you well enough in the coming years."

The conclusion of the Blood Star Mark II Project signaled the end of projects related to expert mechs for Ves and Gloriana.

While plenty of Larkinson mech pilots would undoubtedly advance to the rank of expert pilots in the coming years, Ves intended to pay less attention to any new expert mech design projects.

There was no need for him to go all-out into designing the most extravagant expert mechs for a bunch of low-tier expert pilots.

His wife might have a different opinion, but she needed to take the next months off in order to receive her long-awaited cranial implant upgrade and recover from the operation.

This gave Ves a good opportunity to put more emphasis on designing standard mechs.

Whether he designed them for the Larkinson Army or the mech market, Ves felt a strong compulsion to go back to his roots and focus on meeting the needs of ordinary mech pilots!

A few days went by as the mech designers recovered from their exertion and spent more time with their family.

In the meantime, both the Lionheart and the Blood Star Mark 11 went through multiple testing sessions.

The Lionheart needed very little tweaks and adjustments. Gloriana had done a good job at interpreting Ark's wants and needs. The expert command mech already fit him like a glove from the start, and the minor changes that followed afterwards were so trivial that they weren't even necessary!

The Blood Star Mark II needed a bit more tweaking in order to accommodate Venerable Benjamin.

The old man had not fought like an expert pilot for over half a century. Neither he nor Gloriana could accurately anticipate how the Blood Star Mark II needed to be configured in order to fit his current fighting form.

All of those years of living his life as a normal person had changed Benjamin in many profound ways.

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