Chapter 43: Chapter 41 Mecha Soul Perception and Transcendent Ability Development_1

Translator: 549690339

Previously, Jiang Chen, in order to protect the steam mecha, had forcefully clashed with the black colossus, which led to the mecha’s shattering.

Although somewhat melodramatic, it had fully demonstrated Jiang Chen’s noble sentiment of self-sacrifice. The mecha soul probably wouldn’t mind.

However, once the pilots returned to the safe haven, he would lose this excuse.

Jiang Chen felt regret, but he didn’t stop them.

He had already promised these pilots to protect them and naturally wouldn’t break his word.

Moreover, after giving it some thought, if he couldn’t take a blow for the pilots, he could still take one for the gates of the safe haven!

The nature of the act was the same!

“Zero, you’re a good kid, you’ll surely understand me,” he said.

The black pus left behind by the death of the Decaying Parent Body seemed to have the effect of repelling the monsters, and temporarily no abyssal monsters approached the vicinity of the university.

The entrance to the safe haven finally regained its peace.

The pilots of the steam mecha had also reached a consensus and decided to enter the interior of the safe haven now.

However, the air-raid shelter of Vanilla University was originally not big, accommodating at most six thousand people.

The entrance was relatively narrow and could not allow the bulky steam mecha to enter.

They could only park their mecha outside and enter the safe haven alone.

Steam escaped from mecha after mecha, as the cockpits slowly opened.

From the cockpit of one of the medium-scale steam mecha, a small girl with golden short hair who appeared to be about ten years old crawled out.

Jiang Chen was taken aback for a moment.

If he remembered correctly, of the hundred or so people he had rescued from the military camp, all were adults.

Where did this little girl come from?

“Are you the one who fought the monsters in the city, pointing me in the direction of the military camp?” the girl asked.

Once on the ground, she nodded her head.

“Yes, Lord,” she replied.

The sound quality of the steam mecha’s amplifier was really poor, and it had been filtered through a translating device.

Jiang Chen hadn’t realized at the time that it was a child speaking.

“At such a young age, you can pilot a steam mecha?” he asked.

Another pilot explained.

“Lord, war mecha are different from cargo mecha; their performance is too strong and their speed too fast for ordinary people to handle, unable to fully utilize the mecha’s capabilities.”

“Only those with talent can establish a connection with a steam mecha after long-term training…”

Jiang Chen nodded slightly.

This problem existed with any mecha.

If the attributes of a 0th Rank mecha were just a few points, ordinary people could still react in time.

But if it reached several hundred, several thousand, or even hundreds of thousands of points in agility.

Ordinary people might not even be able to see the movement of the mecha, much less control it in battle.

Fortunately, mecha pilots on Planet Blue Star don’t have to worry about this problem.

When they wear a mecha, their physical fitness will synchronize with the mecha, and their reaction and thought speeds will reach the level that the agility value should have.

They can wear the mecha normally and fight.

Otherwise, intelligent modules and automatic combat systems would become necessities for every mecha.

“It’s a pity that only mecha pilots receive a boost from their mecha,” Jiang Chen pondered.

“Why can’t the mecha receive a boost from the mecha pilot.”

“When will we mecha pilots be able to stand on our own? Frustrating!” the pilot continued.

“…Laila doesn’t just have talent; she is a true Transcendent,” the pilot said.

“She can perceive the soul of the mecha and even any object, easily establishing a connection with military mecha, almost without any burden when piloting.”

“Therefore, despite her young age, she is the most impressive among us,” he added.

Jiang Chen’s eyes lit up.

So this child had the transcendent ability to perceive the “Mecha Soul Perception”?

No wonder she was able to pilot a medium-scale steam mecha at such a young age.

She was truly a prodigy most suited for the Steam World!

Laila corrected herself apologetically.

“It’s not that everything has a soul…”

“Inanimate objects don’t possess souls of their own. They only begin to develop slight emotions and tendencies after a long time, under the affection and attention of people…”

“Only those objects that have been used for the longest time, received the most attention, and are the oldest, their emotions are the most complete, and can barely be referred to as a soul…”

Laila hadn’t finished speaking.

On the open ground in front of them, fragments of a purple and white Mecha intertwined and materialized.

The pilots hadn’t had time to be surprised when Jiang Chen spoke.

“Come, try to feel its mecha soul.”

Laila fell silent for a moment.

This Mecha was nearly shattered to pieces.

Even if it had a mecha soul once, it must have dissipated by now.

What was there to feel?

But since Lord Tian Qi said so, she still gently touched the Mecha.

The next moment, she incredulously widened her eyes.

This fragmented purple and white Mecha actually possessed a mecha soul!

And it was even more complete than any mecha soul she had ever seen… It was simply… simply like a naive human soul!

“I can feel it… But it seems to have fallen into a deep sleep, with no response at all…”

“It’s alright, it’s normal for it to sleep when tired, it will wake up.”

Jiang Chen looked at Laila with satisfaction.

A mecha pilot’s traits were limited, and he had already allotted the first trait slot to the Weapons Master.

To acquire the trait of Mecha Soul Perception, one would have to wait until they completed the Rank Upgrade trial.

Before acquiring the trait, he could only unilaterally perform prenatal education on the mecha soul, without knowing how effective it was.

But now with Laila, things were different.

He could have her help communicate with the mecha soul for deeper interaction and instruction.

This process would undoubtedly play a significant role in the mecha upgrade after the Rank Upgrade trial!

With this in mind, Jiang Chen retrieved the model Zero Mecha and used a repair item, then spoke.

“In seven more hours, it will awaken again.”

“Then, I would like to borrow your transcendent power to help me communicate with the mecha soul…”

Naturally, Laila couldn’t refuse and agreed with a nod.

Jiang Chen had no more questions and asked the pilots to return to the interior of the shelter, staying outside by himself, guarding the entrance to the shelter.

The black pus left by the Decaying Parent Body was extremely potent.

The Shallow Abyss Merfolk merely sensed its presence and took a wide detour, not daring to set foot in the school.

Even when a few Shallow Abyss Giants passed through the pus and approached the shelter,

Jiang Chen did not need to move; he pulled out a Light-weight Thermal Pistol and with a few laser shots pierced their hearts.

It was a rare opportunity for him to rest for the night.

When daylight brightened, the first night had passed.

Jiang Chen opened the doors of the shelter again and called Laila out, ready to start the nurturing action.

Apart from Laila, he also called out the gentleman in the tailcoat.

This gentleman was of no young age and was a Transcendent in this world, potentially well-versed in the development of transcendent abilities.

Jiang Chen called him out because he wanted to learn about the transcendental ability cultivation methods of the Steam World.

It was known that the effects of transcendent abilities were not fixed from birth,

All Transcendents would undergo the process of developing their abilities, gradually growing stronger.

However, once a transcendent ability was transformed into a Mecha Module, it lost the capability for normal cultivation,

Instead, it grows through absorption by the Mecha as it ascends in rank.

But now…

The Mecha Module created from a transcendent ability had been reabsorbed by Jiang Chen back into a transcendent ability…

It came full circle!

So, could Jiang Chen, now with a transcendent ability, develop and cultivate it in the manner of the Steam World?