CHAPTER 155: BIRTH OF EVER (II)

║Secret Mission Completed: Create a Mech!║

║Rewards:

1. Mech Spec Tab

2. +150,000 Purchase Points

3. +3 Lucky Draw Mech Card!║

The system notification panel appeared as Everlearn rose from his knees, sitting with his back against the glass.

"Hey, system," he called out.

║Yes.║

"Activate Mech Spec Tab."

║MECH SPEC TAB║

║Available Mech: Everlight Mech║

║Everlight Mech Spec:

Max Speed: Mach 2.0

Acceleration: 0 Top Speed in 2 seconds!

Armor: Ripple Nano Alloy (30 x human durability)

Weapon: EverGuard Sword: High Beam Concentrated Sword with incredible slashing speed and power.║

The system listed out, and Everlearn grinned.

It fell short of the system’s Mechs in overall might, but it exceeded some of them in acceleration, max speed, and weapon options.

He rose to his feet in the next moment, ordering.

"Hey, Ever?"

He called out, tapping his feet on the ground and letting the glass surrounding them disperse.

"Yes, Everlearn."

"Step out," he said, and in the next moment, the mech moved.

With its slim body, its movement seemed to cut through the air like a blade, absolutely seamless and incredibly fast, even with just a single walk.

The idea for this body type originated from a lesson Everlearn learned in his Weapon class during his Newcomer year:

His swinging down the edge of the spear was far faster than swinging down his arm, and he learned that was due to the less and more streamlined contact the spear’s edge made with the air surface.

This was why he designed the Mech’s body to be streamlined with aerodynamics in mind, and now that choice had proven right.

Watching the mech glide around him, he ordered.

"Hover."

Hmmm.

A soft hum pulsed from the Mech’s legs, light flickering outward. It took two steps forward, but its third never touched the ground.

They hovered exactly 10 centimeters away, once more gliding through the air, but this time without their feet touching the ground.

"It’s working perfectly."

The Everlight Guard Mech wasn’t capable of flight.

That would require full-on burst nozzles beneath its feet, something that he can’t have because the legs were meant to be smooth.

There was no space for a nozzle, and even if he made one, it would mess up the aerodynamics.

So he had opted for slits along the sides of the Mech’s legs to release controlled bursts of energy, just enough to lift it gently off the ground.

But that didn’t mean it could fly.

But if it ran and jumped, it could hover with its slim body, allowing it to glide.

"Activate Weapon!"

He said, and in the next instant,

SHRIIIIIIIIIIING!

It was the sound of a katana drawn from its sheath, as from the smooth end of the mech’s hand, something tore out.

It was the edge of a sword, 1.5 meters in length, gleaming with condensed crimson energy.

Even a flicker of it created white slash marks in the air, yet the striking part was that there wasn’t just a single sword.

SHRIIIIIIIIIIING!

A second sound followed, and from the mech’s other hand, another sword edge appeared, the same height, except instead of crimson, this one had crimson energy wrap.

These were the most lethal parts of the mech.

The blades.

The right blade contained concentrated blue energy, created from a rare, destructive ore purchased from the system’s shop.

The red energy came from a burn-destructive ore, also obtained from the system’s shop.

The burn-destructive ore was what Nvidia mainly used in its weapon.

As for the blue one, he had never seen it before except in this mech of his.

Still, all of this was only the basics of the mech.

The real deal was:

"Undergo Joint Protocol."

He said, and in the next moment, the mech stepped closer, standing upright before Everlearn.

From the center of its chest, and part of its arms, along with the rest of its torso, a hole appeared.

A humanoid-shaped one exactly fitting for a 2-meter body.

A phantom force lifted Everlearn off his feet, turning him around as his body was brought into the mech.

The second his back connected, he felt the force anchoring him to the Mech.

The nano armor rippled instantly, restoring the arms, and the helmet moved into place, covering his face.

In just 7 seconds, there was no more Everlearn, just the same Everlight Mech, standing motionless.

But in the next moment, the lines that demarcated its eyes opened, and this time they didn’t flash blue, but red!

Inside the armor, Everlearn tried to get a feel of things.

"Hey Ever, Create Thought Resonance."

"Thought Resonance Protocol Established!"

A movement of his arm, and the Mech’s arm followed easily, carrying out his thought faster than his own hands ever could.

He jumped up slightly, and the glide feature activated, allowing him to quietly glide around the room without his feet touching the ground.

"It’s so cool."

He exclaimed gleefully while performing stunts in the air.

He had expected piloting the Mech to be difficult.

And it was, sincerely challenging.

That was why he had created Ever, the AI simulation, to make the process easier.

And now, with the thought resonance, it was perfect.

The Mech was designed for running rather than gliding. Everlearn wanted to feel what it was like to run at twice the speed of sound, but he couldn’t.

Not in the lab.

A thought crossed his mind, and an interface appeared before his face.

Blue-colored, showing the Mech’s image along with basic running stats.

This was the panel that could quickly show him the damage on the mech, as well as its running stats:

Overheating, core percentage, and other important factors.

’It works perfectly,’ he mused, and in the next moment,

The nano surface rippled, revealing Everlearn. He stepped onto the ground as it returned smoothly to its original state.

"Hey, Ever, turn into your basic transport form."

Everlearn spoke, and the Mech’s surface began breaking apart into tiny nano shreds before his eyes.

Quickly, the Light Guard Mech was no more, but ripple panels of mechs, and he watched these ripple panels quickly coalesce together once more.

But they didn’t form the mech.

What they formed instead was a...