[1] Genius Mechanic

Chapter 39

Sponsorship

Nowadays, there are many mecha, and there are also quite a few S-grade psychic users. However, mecha that truly reach S-grade are rare.

Among mecha from A to S, an A-grade mech equipped with an S-grade variant crystal is referred to as a pre-prepared S-grade. Only mecha that truly develop intelligence can be called S-grade mecha. Many A-grade mech pilots attempt to use S-grade variant crystals as weapon cores, hoping that the mech itself can resonate more strongly with psychic power, thus generating mech intelligence.

However, this kind of intelligence is challenging to achieve. Rather than calling it intelligence, it's better to say it's another aspect of the psychic body formed by the highly resonant connection between the mech pilot's psychic power and the mech's energy source. It originates from the psychic power of the mech pilot and the mech's own energy source. The ability to activate it depends entirely on the psychic power level of the mech pilot.

Therefore, to activate an S-grade mech, three factors are required an S-grade mech embryo, an S-grade psychic mech pilot, and a high resonance between the two.

In his past life, Ying Chenlin was convinced that he couldn't recover his S-grade psychic power. So, later on, he dedicated himself to researching another type of mech, attempting to transfer the highly resonant mech spirit to a lower-level mech. However, this research was incomplete even before his rebirth.

Now, he doesn't possess S-grade psychic power, and theoretically, he shouldn't be able to drive an S-grade mech. However, some conventional rules seem to have been broken.

There are no coincidences in the world, what remains is exploring other reasons after excluding conventional factors, such as this variant crystal. S-grade dual-attribute variant crystals are already rare and special among variant crystals. Previously, he didn't speculate much on other reasons, but his conversation with Shen Xingtang just now reminded him of a detail.

S-grade mecha are unique, and intelligence gives them different abilities.

Normally, the core energy of a weapon needs periodic maintenance by a mechanic to replenish the homogenous energy. S-grade mecha, on the other hand, can self-charge.

In his past life, he had seen a report in the field of mech research stating that intelligent S-grade mecha might resonate with variant crystals. This research aimed at allowing S-grade mecha to absorb some of the same-attribute variant crystal energy to restore the core weapon functions. However, at that time, A-grade variant crystals were used, not the luxury of using S-grade variant crystals. The main reason was that S-grade absorbed from a higher level, similar to how pollutants absorbed lower-level pollutants to achieve the purpose of satiation.

Thinking about this, Ying Chenlin took out the variant crystal. To avoid any trouble, he directly brought these things into a special room inside the repair room. This room was specifically set up for mechanics to test weapon cores, with the function of suppressing variant crystal fluctuations.

Ying Chenlin activated the function and then released his psychic power.

His psychic power was originally meager. He had tried before, constrained by the premise that A-grade psychic power couldn't trigger an S-grade variant crystal, he had only tested it for a few minutes before giving up. But this time, he didn't give up.

Enveloped by S-grade variant crystal with psychic power, it floated slightly, suspended in Ying Chenlin's palm.

As time passed second by second, just when Ying Chenlin thought his speculation was wrong, the lightning inside the S-grade variant crystal unexpectedly brightened slightly. The brightness was sustained, causing the nearby mech key placed on the side to emit a faint light.