The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7554

Chapter 7554: Expanding Foothold

"So what have you learned, exactly?" Gloriana asked as she took Marvaine back into her arms. "Your descriptions of your gains are too broad and abstract. It is difficult for me to understand how you have improved. Your tone makes it clear that you have benefited greatly from your latest project."

She was correct. Ves had spoken too lightly about his gains.

"It is difficult to explain. It is as challenging as describing what a mech looks like to a blind person." He responded. "I have figured out deeper insights into the cycle of life and death. Perhaps it is better to give you a small demonstration."

He raised a hand with his palm upward and began to summon a mote of life energy.

"So warm." Marvaine commented with a smile even as his little arms tried to reach out towards the font of life.

However, that font of life began to sputter and lose activity in a matter of seconds. It progressively lost more and more of its luster until it had turned into a dark and seemingly lifeless seed.

The mote of life energy had turned into a kernel of death energy.

Gloriana raised her eyebrows in surprise.

This was hardly a unique transformation. What truly impressed her was how fast and seamless Ves managed to complete this transition!

Even if this was a very small and simplistic transformation, not just any practitioner could perform such a feat!

What he did next raised her appreciation for her husband even further.

He concentrated harder and began to exert himself a bit more. After a few seconds of delay, the seed of death seemed to ignite into a bright and life-bearing flame!

Though the revived mote of life energy had become weaker and less stable than before, it still represented the outcome of an extraordinary action!

"You can turn death to life without relying on any intermediary processes or reagents?" She asked.

"I am something of an expert when it comes to life energy." Ves smirked. "As for death, there is so much of it around us that it is much easier to figure out its properties than unusual."

"Do not belittle yourself. It is one thing to comprehend the concept of death in isolation, but to be able to grasp the greater meaning of the connection between life and death is clearly an advanced operation. Normal qi cultivators of the Red Collective have to rely on talent, extensive study or very scarce reagents to achieve a comparable result. You have truly harvested greatly this time, Ves."

Ves couldn’t help but feel prideful. "Thank you, honey."

Marvaine joined in on the party as well. "Papa is the best!"

"Haha, I don’t dare to make that claim, little buddy. I am just a Senior Mech Designer. There are Star Designers that can produce much more grandiose results."

"I still think you are the best." Their son stubbornly maintained his stance. "Your mechs are more alive than the mechs made by others. I love them lots. Every mech should be as alive as yours."

"Not every mech designer agrees with you. Different mech designers have their own vision of what mechs should be. I would like to convince them all that living mechs are superior to lifeless mechs, but I need the strength to back up my convictions. I will become a lot more persuasive once I have been promoted to the rank of Master Mech Designer."

"Has your recent gains helped with that?" His wife asked.

Ves nodded. "Definitely. What I have learned not only helps me with developing better Woodsap mechs, but can also be used to enrich the other elemental Carmine mechs. The relevance may not be as high, but it is not low either."

"What other concrete benefits have you obtained?"

"Hmm." He paused for a moment. "I think I have a better understanding of the nature of the deathborn. I am more confident than before in my ability to unravel them. I know how to feed them as well as starve them. I am more confident in my ability to defeat them on the battlefield. I don’t need to rely on a lot of complicated gear either."

He talked a bit more for 5 minutes straight. He gained a lot of small ideas, and he he looked forward to testing as many of them on the upcoming battlefield, provided that they did not introduce any excessive risks.

"You sound as if the deathborn are already on the chopping block. That is dangerous, Ves. We still do not fully understand what we are confronted by. Their true strength is unfathomable. It is too dangerous to look down on them when we are still far from invincible."

Her words woke him up a bit. He tried his best to reset his mentality and expectations and managed to make decent progress in it. He still felt unusually confident about the upcoming battle, but he became more aware that his current feelings may blind him from unexpected setbacks and difficulties.

"The final briefing starts soon." He said. "Our fleet should almost be close enough for us to witness what our enemies have prepared."

The projection of the Fiery Axe snorted. "These fortresses are too stationary to evade our axes. My giants and I can demolish them with ease!"

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