Chapter 5713 Upcoming Events

Chapter 5713 Upcoming Events

5713 Upcoming Events

After the celebration party came to an end, everyone returned to work.

Though Alexa had become an extremely useful Journeyman Mech Designer, Ves could not activate her right away.

Not only did she have to go through a lot of tutoring sessions in order to serve as an adequate substitute for Ves, she also had to depart to the regional headquarters of the Red Association.

Fortunately, the trip should only take two weeks at most. She was able to secure passage on a fast superdrive-equipped courier vessel by asking nicely.

She may have renounced her ties to the Streon Ancient Clan, but that did not mean she became a nobody all of a sudden.

The fact that she had not only become the protege of the most successful mech designer of his fairly young generation, but also managed to inherit his design philosophy had already started to circulate among high society!

Not everyone paid attention to this news, but those that knew keenly understood the significance behind this incredibly impactful development.

"There are two of them now! If anything ever happens to Professor Larkinson, then his student will be able to carry on his torch. His successful product lines no longer suffer from having a single point of failure anymore. If the Devil Tongue has any sense, then he will make sure that his student is prepared to inherit his mantle."

"If the LMC has any publicly traded stock, then I am absolutely convinced that their value has risen by at least 20 percent from this news alone! Continuity has always been on the mind of every market analyst looking at this amazing mech company. For all of its successes, the Living Mech Corporation has always been regarded as a one-man show. Now that Professor Larkinson has finally raised a successor with excellent qualifications, the long-term prospects of his mech company has improved by an enormous margin."

"It appears that human mechs as we know it will change forever. If he can pass on his design philosophy to a single student, then he can do so to another one. It is becoming increasingly obvious that living mechs are here to stay. Professor Larkinson does not have to realize his design philosophy to transform the entire mech industry."

"The Terrans are making too much progress! We need to do more to drag Professor Larkinson away from their clutches! What is the Impresario Prince doing? Why has he failed to persuade Professor Larkinson to visit the Rubarthan Pact? Doesn't he have a good relationship with the Destroyer of Worlds? Why haven't any of them sent any of their mech designers to study his craft?! The fact that this has not happened yet indicates that we have vastly underutilized our relationship with the famous mech designer! Even those filthy dwarves have managed to send a batch of their young talents to his design lab!"

As the ripple effects of Alexa's successful breakthrough continued to reverberate across important circles, Ves started to prepare for multiple important events that were scheduled to take place in the near future.

Ves and Gloriana sat on the couch while they watched a news broadcast from a mech-oriented news portal. As they watched yet another feature centered around the battles won with the help of the awesome firepower of the Ultimatum model, they held their sleeping daughters in their arms.

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"Meow~"

Lucky and Clixie watched over the sleeping girls as they settled in the laps of their parents.

His wife immediately looked upset. "I do. The rise of third order living mechs among our customers has led to rising alarm among parties concerned with the growing influence of what appears to be mechs that have come under the control of AIs. Have you told them that your living mechs are not strictly AIs that have been the cause of many problems in the past?"

"I did, but not everyone understands or accepts the difference. To some people, the distinctions are meaningless because what really frightens them is the act of surrendering too much control over vital technology to intelligent entities that are not human in nature. The growing autonomy and ability to defy their human masters has caused my third order living mechs to violate a taboo. This is a fact that cannot be denied. If not for the fact that every mech pilot loves them and their obvious increase in effective performance, they probably would have generated a lot more controversy."

No one who actually relied upon third order living mechs objected to them in any way. The Red Association had also conspicuously issued numerous statements that essentially indicated that they investigated living mechs on a constant basis and saw no reason to take any disciplinary action.

Yet that did not stop a growing gathering of political adversaries and business rivals from joining forces in order to place more restrictions on the proliferation of living mechs.

If Ves did not handle this so-called public inquiry in a deft manner, then his products would become a lot harder to sell going forward!

"It is unlikely that my opponents will be able to prohibit the use of living mechs outright, but that is not the only way they can hinder my work. The greatest danger is that my opposition successfully whips up such a frenzy against living mechs that many more potential customers will develop paranoia against my living mechs. You should understand as well as I do that a lot of people have grown up with constant warnings about the dangers and perils of relying on AIs. This is a powerful bias that I need to defeat once and for all if I want to make the public embrace my products. Third order living mechs will only continue to emerge at a growing rate. Before you know it, millions of mechs that can think, talk and even act on their own accord. Once the scale has reached this level, the public will truly become alarmed unless we nip this problem in the bud."

Ves had unleashed a monster on red humanity. Now he needed to account for his actions. He had made the deliberate choice to give the public access to third order living mechs on a large scale with the belief that they would benefit human civilization.

However, every radical innovation inevitably provoked a backlash, especially one that clearly broke several of the unspoken rules of human society.

There was no way that Ves could get away with supplying so many powerful 'AIs' without getting confronted sooner or later.

Since that was the case, Ves might as well act boldly so that he could defend his actions without feeling guilty.

It was all about projecting confidence and certainty. The more he sounded evasive about this subject, the more people would begin to doubt the reliability of his work.

"What else do you have on your agenda?"

"I think you will like what you will hear next, honey. After a lot of thinking, I decided to accept your proposal. I am prepared to auction 25 percent of the outstanding shares of the LMC that are currently in my possession."

"What? You have already made a decision?!"

Gloriana grew so excited that she had to put a lot of effort into suppressing her excitement for fear of waking up her napping children.

Ves smiled and nodded back. "I agree with you that there is not much benefit to hoarding so many shares. Our clan may be growing quickly, but we are still deficient in too many areas for me to feel secure about our short and medium-term prospects. I am really tired about the fact that we have to rely so much on external partners to acquire our own first-class starships. It is high time we took matters in our own hands and acquired our own fully functional first-class shipyard. This is the only way I think we can secure such a strategically valuable asset."

"I... I am so pleased! You have made the right choice! This will definitely make our clan more secure in the following years!"