The Mech Touch novel Chapter 6508

Chapter 6508 The Power of Emotions

Ves did not have the faintest clue how a quality as intangible as emotions could enhance the firepower of an energy weapon to such an extent.

It sounded completely ridiculous on the surface. At least hyper technology had a positive effect on human machines because they somehow drew on the power of E energy radiation from the environment.

In this case, the chain of cause and effect were clear, logical and consistent, which was why many scientists easily adapted to hyper technology even if they lacked comprehension on the fundamental nature of hyper materials and E energy.

What Harry Kaikkonen managed to stumble upon during his explorations of luminar crystal technology did not conform to any existing paradigms.

It violated the law of conservation of energy, at least on the surface. It was just too strange to assume that emotions alone could directly generate a huge amount of joules of destructive energies.

Ves would not be too surprised by the amplification if an expert pilot such as Davia Stark wielded the ERC luminar crystal pistol.

However, the person who fired two test shoots at the Apocalypse Warden just now was a simple Journeyman Mech Designer!

Even if it appeared that the Journeyman in question not only possessed a companion spirit, but had already begun to practice one the auxiliary qi cultivation methods suitable for mech designers, his spirituality did not amplify his emotions all that much. What would happen if a different sort of extraordinary individual wielded the same weapon?

Expert pilots, ace pilots and god pilots were especially noteworthy for drawing strength from their convictions, which was directly related to their strong emotions! It was practically impossible for a high-ranking mech pilot to emerge that was completely devoid of emotions.

They were extreme figures who cared so much about their causes that their emotions practically exploded their willpower past the extraordinary threshold!

Strong feelings and motivations such as love, hatred, kinship, altruism, duty, greed and desperation enabled these mortal humans to surpass the limitations of their race and attain transcendence!

Ves had never heard of a technological solution that could enable 'ordinary' people to draw upon the power of their emotions to strengthen their attacks, especially to this degree. _{freeweɓnovel.cѳm}

Since a Journeyman such as Harry was able to attain a 11 percent increase in firepower just by channeling a specific emotion, what would happen if a true emotional powerhouse wielded the same gun?

Not everyone was equal. Compared to a mech designer, an expert pilot possessed much stronger emotions, and could even amplify them with their willpower!

Harry projected a piece of footage in the air.

It showed Venerable Davia Stark wearing a protective suit of armor while standing inside the shooting range that was used to test experimental firearms.

Harry appeared in the footage and carefully presented a much larger and more intimidating luminar crystal rifle to Venerable Stark.

Compared to the energy pistol carried by the Journeyman Mech Designer, the rifle handed over to Stark was clearly designed to serve as a scale model of a weapon that the Amaranto would wield.

The visual design of the weapon conveyed the impression that it was an evolution of the Instrument of Vengeance. Harry had taken the design of the original weapon and updated it with his own technological advancements as well as his own visual aesthetics.

"This is one of the early prototypes of the upgraded version of the Instrument of Vengeance." Harry explained just to make it clear. "Director Gloriana has graciously invited me to participate in the Amaranto Mark III Project for the purpose of furthering the development of the existing primary weapons of the Amaranto. This is the first test of the rifle that incorporates my new ERC tech."

Venerable Davia Stark held the weapon with great familiarity. She had used the real Instrument of Vengeance more times than she could count while piloting the Amaranto.

After Harry conveyed his instructions to her, he retreated to an observation room before the expert pilot began to assume a firing stance while bracing the long rifle against her shoulders.

It would have been a lot more convenient for her if she could anchor herself or the weapon onto a solid fixture, but that was not how the Amaranto opened fire with the Instrument of Vengeance.

Venerable Stark tried to imitate her living expert mech's shooting stance as much as her human body could accomplish.

This helped a lot as she was able to leverage her familiarity to draw upon all of the

skills that she usually employed when she was interfacing with her Amaranto.

A floating countdown appeared before and above her field of vision.

[3, 2, 1, FIRE!]

Stark pulled the trigger at the right timing!

The hyper laser beam that erupted from the long crystalline barrel looked powerful enough, but it also appeared rather lacking in Ves' eyes.

The metal target dummy's torso impressively melted a bit after getting struck, but the heat-resistant alloys still managed to do a good job at preserving the rest of the

structure.

All in all, the first attack was decent, but not much else. The only other praise that Ves could give was that Venerable Stark had managed to land a precise shot at the center of the torso despite handling the rifle for the first time.

The prototype weapon did not benefit from the willpower reinforcement of true resonance, nor the conversion of additional power derived from Harry's so-called ERC

tech.

It was just a standard hyper laser beam that was clearly meant to establish a baseline. What happened next caused Ves to pay a lot more attention than before. [Venerable Stark, please flip the switch that activates the ERC mode. After that, you should take the time to enter into a state of excitement.]

The female expert pilot frowned.

"I need clarification. Excitement is too broad of a word."

[By excitement, I mean the emotion that people experience after passing a difficult exam, winning a battle with minimal losses or winning a gambling bet. Perhaps it is better if you think about joy and happiness.]

These words almost sounded foreign to the woman who had once lost everything she cared about in her past life.

Try as she might, she clearly struggled to evoke genuine joy. Nothing she experienced in the past decade gave her an excuse to feel happy. All of those victories and all of the progress the clan had made failed to stir her heart.

Harry Kaikkonen clearly learned that Venerable Davia Stark tended to be one of the more serious and driven expert pilots, which was probably why he wanted to test his

ERC tech with this particular emotion first.

However, he clearly underestimated how little joy Stark actually possessed!

After a bit of struggle, Stark finally began to smile again, if only in a forlorn manner.

The last measure gave the mech pilot a bit of agency on how far he or she should approach the limit.

"I understand, Harry. We will just have to make sure that the ERC luminar crystal

weapons paired to high-ranking mechs are larger and comprised out of quality materials."

Now that Harry explained one of the fundamental limitations of his new tech, he resumed the playback of the original footage.

[Alright. Now that we have tested the amplification bourne from your excitement,

please take the time to evoke your sadness and channel it into the same weapon.] This was much easier to accomplish for the expert pilot. Even though the tragedy that

had befallen the Komodo Star Sector had taken place a long time ago, Venerable Stark could never allow herself to forget those past traumas. Thinking of all of the populated planets that had been scoured by sand caused the

expert pilot to shake for a moment.

However, she eventually remembered her instructions. She steadied her stance and poured as much of her sadness into the weapon as she could.

A faint sense of gloom emanated from the footage as the luminar crystal rifle actually

started to dim in brightness!

[3, 2, 1, FIRE!]

The distinctly weaker and less threatening hyper laser beam that shot out of the

muzzle struck the target dummy with utmost precision.

Yet the firepower left much to be desired. According to the data readings, the attack

was at least half as weak as the baseline, making it seem as if leveraging the power of sadness had been counterproductive!

However, the power of sadness also induced another transform in the energy beam

that caused Ves to gain a much stronger appreciation of this attempt.

When he studied the target dummy a little further, he noticed that the beam may have

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construct than an attack of this magnitude could produce! "This..." Ves couldn't explain how a single emotion could produce such a strong

deviation,

"I find it strange as well, sir. I have no theories to share with you that can explain why this happened. All I can state is that I have confirmed that leveraging the emotion of sadness can consistently produce similar results."