The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7471

Chapter 7471: The Monster of the Arche

When the Apocalypse Wardens entered an ornate hall, they froze as they beheld the sight.

The same applied to the leaders observing by remote.

Though the signal interference inside the large hall was much higher than any other location on the archecruiser, the repeated planting of ECM-resistant short-ranged communication relays helped to keep the active data feeds intact.

What arriving soldiers noticed at first was where all of the arche soldiers and crew members had gone.

They had converged straight into this chamber and formed a massive circle around a central location.

Each arche soldier had lowered themselves on all fours while keeping their alien heads bowed.

The Apocalypse Wardens initially stood poised to defend themselves against an attack against the entire collective, but subsequent observations quickly showed that these aliens shouldn’t be of concern.

"They’re... dead. They’re all dead."

"Look at all of the blood that spilled on the deck. Instead of organizing themselves to mount a final defense, they... gave up and killed themselves."

That sounded incredibly strange and illogical. Even if these arche thought that they had dishonored themselves or their gods, they should not recklessly throw their lives away. As soldiers, they should have been prepared to fight to the bitter end even if victory no longer became attainable.

While most of the arche had been killed through straightforward cuts to their throats, the story was different for the aliens positioned closer to the center of the chamber.

The inner circle arche had been killed through much crueler means.

A powerful implement of sorts had ripped the archeshells straight out of their backs!

It did not matter whether these arche officers wore alien versions of high-quality combat armor. Whatever struck them easily breached the protective archemetal layers in order to deshell the aliens with intent and precision.

It did not take much guessing what the arche had done after collecting dozens of high-quality archeshells.

That was because a single large object stood at the center of the chamber.

Surrounded by ornate but alien pedestals and cauldrons still half-filled with alien blood was a shiny, crystalline, colorful and luminescent reproduction of an arche.

It was an artificial arche that when standing upright had almost been scaled up to match the height of a typical mech.

"What the..."

"Is that... a mech?"

A profound sense of shock and horror overtook the soldiers and the remote observers.

Of all of the crazy things the arche had cooked up inside their precious archecruiser, they never imagined that these turtle-like aliens would attempt to copy a human mech!

"It is not a mech." Saint Commander Casella Ingvar very decisively issued her preliminary verdict. "It is an imitation of a mech. There is a difference. There are numerous characteristics about this crystal monstrosity that may seem familiar to you, but make no mistake. It is not a mech as you and I know it. That is not a reason to let your guard down. Its combat power is unknown, but I do not think it is low."

Although the Apocalypse Wardens trained intensely to face all kinds of threats, they always struggled to perform well in scenarios that included hostile mechs.

If this alien imitation was anything like a real mech, then the Apocalypse Wardens could not avoid casualties!

The reaction from the mech designers who patched into the live feeds sounded even more hysterical!

"WHAAAAT?!" Gloriana screeched over the channel! "HOW-HOW-HOW DARE THEY?! WHO STOLE MY WORK? THIS... THIS ARCHESHELL MONSTROSITY IS NOT A COMPLETELY ALIEN WORK! LOOK AT THE JOINTS. LOOK AT THE PROCESSED ARCHEMETAL COMPONENTS. THESE ARE CLEARLY DERIVED FROM MY ARCHEMECH DESIGNS! IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THESE ALIENS TO IMITATE MY WORK BY STUDYING RECORDINGS OF OUR ARCHEMECHS. THE ARCHE MUST HAVE RECEIVED HELP FROM HUMAN TRAITORS. EVEN MORE ALARMING, THEY MAY HAVE RECEIVED FROM A HUMAN EXPERT ON ARCHETECH!"

These were shocking accusations!

Though not all of them may be true, the fact that Gloriana clearly recognized bits and pieces of her own work in this alien imitation mech most definitely turned this into a massive security issue!

The cosmopolitans were definitely involved somehow. Only they could have provided essential expertise and stolen human technology to the arche so that the latter could create this monstrous machine.

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