The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5574

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Chapter 5574 Irresistable Temptation

No wonder Master Quan was so bad at persuading Ves.

The hidden traitor never staked everything on winning over the only known human phase lord from the beginning!

As far as the cosmopolitans were concerned, converting Ves to their cause was just an optional bonus objective.

It would definitely be nice if Ves saw the light and joined the Cosmopolitan Movement on his own accord, but it had never been an essential component to their plan.

The cosmopolitans did not really suffer a loss if their target failed to cooperate with their initiatives.

This was because their original plan called for taking matters into their own hands!

Rather than trying to cooperate with a foreign and unreliable element, wouldn't it be nicer if Master Quan or another trustworthy cadre of their movement became a phase lord?

The Red Cabal's recently announced bounty program attracted many people, but no one was more enthused about the rewards for claiming the top bounties than the cosmopolitans!

Claiming the head of a tier 3 galactic citizen granted the killer or any other designated human the opportunity to become a lesser phase lord.

Killing a tier 2 galactic citizen gave the responsible party a direct pathway to becoming a greater phase lord!

These rewards were enough to stoke the greed in many people's hearts, but the meaning of these bounties were different to the cosmopolitans.

They had lived much of their lives working to bring humans and aliens together. Yet they never managed to make much progress because it was far too difficult to earn the trust of hostile aliens.

No matter what the cosmopolitans did to prove their goodwill to the aliens, the other humans always ruined it all. The greedy and destructive behavior of most of humanity made it impossible to lower the hostility between the two sides!

This was why this opportunity became so important to the cosmopolitans. As long as they killed any tier 2 or tier 3 galactic citizen, they could directly assimilate into alien society and earn the genuine trust and appreciation of their phase whale mentors.

The aliens of the Red Ocean had never shown as much open-mindedness to humans in the past. They showed universal revulsion towards the invaders from another galaxy and never put much effort into distinguishing between different human groups.

All of that had changed recently as the Red Cabal took the threat of red humanity a lot more seriously.

Though the cosmopolitans hated the Red Two for pulling off Operation Night Jazz and making it much more difficult to reconcile the two sides, they were also secretly grateful for the emergence of the new bounty program.

Every cosmopolitan wanted to become a bounty hunter after they heard all of the rich rewards!

Not only would they have a chance to attain biological immortality by becoming a powerful phase lord, but they would be able to develop a friendship with a powerful phase whale and integrate into the core alien power hierarchy!

This was an unprecedented opportunity! The members of the Indigo Cell and the other radicals had never managed to get close enough to the aliens.

They were always treated as unwanted guests as best. No matter how many technologies and important human secrets they passed on, the cosmopolitans never even received any thanks for their vital contributions.

This was different!

The cosmopolitans had studied the aliens and their leadership long enough to know that the rewards were all legitimate.

The phase whales were truly willing to treat humans with sincerity in order to keep the bounty program effective.

It was impossible to stir up human infighting if the Red Cabal was not even willing to honor the promised rewards to the fullest.

With that thought and motivation in mind, Master Xieliq Quan fully became invested in the plan to enable one his fellow cosmopolitans to earn the trust of his phase whale tutor.

It would have been great if he was able to earn this fantastic opportunity, but even he was not delusional enough to know that he could get away from this planet alive.

The mechers had taken many security precautions. All forms of teleportation and warping were jammed. Lots of mechs and other assets constantly patrolled or remained on guard so that they could respond to any incidents. Powerful warships and well-equipped defensive installations blockaded much of the space around the planet.

Master Quan did not have the means to escape Bortele III with his life intact!

Since it was impossible for him to live after he had made his move, he simply accepted his fate without any procrastination and sought to make his sacrifice as worthwhile as possible!

The old Master Mech Designer was confident that one of his fellow members of the Indigo Cell would make good use of his final efforts!

His eyes grew crazed and focused on his prey with overwhelming conviction and determination.

Ves had to die in order for the cosmopolitans to advance their cause!

No other outcome was acceptable!

From the moment Ves tried to pull away while calling for help, multiple different events took place at the same time.

"MEOW!"

Lucky had already been poised to make his move.

The gem cat had spent years with Ves, so it was not surprising that the two could understand each other to this extent.

Yet before Lucky's energy claws had a chance to shred Master Quan's head, the entire man's body heated up as all of his implants and modified organs started to initiate a lot of complex processes while overheating!

All of these augmentations possessed fairly normal functions on the surface. It was only after Master Quan flipped a mental switch that they completely abandoned their original jobs and assumed new ones!

"Ahhh!"

The Master Mech Designer screamed in pain as his entire body started to break down as his insides became unrecognizable.

Previously innocent technological augmentations turned into much more dangerous devices after they spontaneously combined and rearranged themselves.

This happened so quickly that by the time that Lucky was halfway into killing the old man, the would-be assassin released a powerful electrical shock that not only blasted the gem cat head-on, but also pushed the victim away!

"MEEEEEEOOOOW!"

The powerful shock immediately burned Master Quan's chest and inflicted catastrophic damage to his health, but the effect was good!

Lucky's archemetal body possessed a high resistance against electrical currents, so the cat did not actually receive any crippling damage.

The furious cat shook his shocked body and tried to fly forward again.

Yet before he could get close enough, the complex alien metal garment worn by the old man unfolded and started to envelop both Ves and Master Quan!

In fact, the metal construct did more than that. Parts of it actually started to fuse with Master Quan's body, producing a horrendous fusion between flesh and machine.

The formation of this thin but surprisingly resilient metal curtain isolated Ves from his protectors!

By the time the mechers responded to the crisis, they found that it was impossible to teleport Ves away or form a protective energy shield around his body. _{ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm}