Chapter 6012 Looser Criteria

Chapter 6012 Looser Criteria

6012 Looser Criteria

Since Ves was no longer preoccupied with any immediate priorities, he decided that it was a good time to check out the System.

He had not forgotten that he carried the soul mark of a hostile alien God King. So long as he carried out this mark, he could no longer take his time to develop his strength and build his power base.

He needed to hurry up. He had to speed up his pace. He had to make sure he advanced to the rank of Master Mech Designer within a decade and Star Designer within half a century.

If he took too long, then he would lack the power to defend himself against the Subjugation King when the alien tyrant finally arrived in the Red Ocean!

This was also why Ves seriously thought about inducting Maikel and Zanthar into the Mech Designer System.

Were they the most suitable candidates that he could choose from? No.

They were trustworthy, though. He knew both of them well enough that they would not abuse the power of the System or try to turn against him anytime soon.

Even if their personalities started to change for the worse after they began to enjoy the benefits of the System, Ves would make sure to step in and smack them around to remind them who was in charge.

After Ves entered the System Space, he first received another radiant lottery ticket, which he earned by turning the Dark Zephyr into a masterwork mech.

A grin appeared on his face and he held the precious ticket. "Awesome."

Despite all of the cool prizes that he could obtain from this ticket, he was not in a hurry to make use of it right away. It was better to wait until he developed a strong need for a specific advantage.

Once his excitement faded, he stowed the ticket into the Vault of Eternity where 10 more golden lottery tickets remained unused.

He already had plenty of cool stuff on hand for the time being. He needed to work towards converting them into useful assets for his clan before he was ready to think about obtaining more rare goods.

He ascended the System Space and only briefly glanced at the Dimension Observatory.

If he was not able to reunite with Ketis soon, then Ves felt tempted to experiment with the Dimension Observatory himself.

Exposing himself or not, he could not let the advantage brought by the second System upgrade go to waste.

"I need to earn a lot more AP first, though."

Ves continued to ascend the steps before he reached the Sacred Temple.

He checked his Status as well as the states of his Divine Cores as usual.

The Iron Resonant Crucifix Crown did not show any abnormal behavior, and the soul mark had not changed the last time he inspected it. Nothing appeared to be amiss, but Ves did not dare to assume this would be the case forever.

Both of these foreign objects were dangerous. They may be dormant for now, but who knew what their creators had put into them. They were way too complicated for him to decipher, and that worried him a lot since they had latched onto him like parasites.

He could just feel that both of them would generate a huge amount of trouble down the line, but he couldn't do anything about it with his current capabilities.

"Oh well."

He left the Sacred Hearth and moved to the Pantheon. While this place was ordinarily the site where he could check his Status, it also presented Ves with the option of inducting other people into the System.

He checked how much it would cost to make this happen.

"10 AP...?"

That was... a very trivial cost to Ves. In fact, it was downright cheap as far as he was concerned!

Since that was the case, there was no compelling reason why he should fear these outcomes.

Ves was not arrogant enough to admit that he could have made it this far without the benefit of the System, but now that he had grown to this extent... he didn't mind it if he let go of this crutch.

He had become confident enough in his own abilities that he could realize his design philosophy and advance to the rank of Star Designer by relying on himself!

At most, he could progress faster and broaden his knowledge base by making use of the Tree of Possibilities and other amenities.

Ves felt a bit more relaxed after he made all of these realizations. Since the Mech Designer System was not as indispensable to his journey as a mech designer as before, he saw no reason to fret about all of the potential problems that might incur.

That said, he did not intend to induct Maikel and Zanther into the System right away. He at least needed to perform his due diligence and test whether the two could handle the power of the System without getting corrupted by its power.

He did not want the two young men to end up like the Polymath, or worse, a Compact cultist one day!

Another consideration was whether he should introduce them to the System while they were still stuck in the Apprentice stage.

On the one hand, Ves believed that they could become much more brilliant Journeymen if they succeeded in overcoming their challenges by themselves.

On the other hand, it might take two or three decades before they could finally advance. So much time would have passed that the Red Ocean looked completely unrecognizable by that time!

Waiting for so long also gave the two trueblood Larkinsons much less time to grow and prepare for the arrival of the powerful native aliens of Messier 87.

"If that is the case, then I better address this priority sooner rather than later."

Perhaps he could wait until Ketis was finally able to travel to New Constantinople VIII and meet him in person.

Inducting all three of them at once might help make it easier for everyone.

Ves decided to go with this plan. It left him with enough time to contemplate his decision and expand his initial selection if necessary.

For example, he hadn't quite made up his mind whether he should include Gloriana on the list as well.

He could just tell that she was the sort of mech designer who would be able to navigate the rules of the Mech Designer System a lot better than himself.

"She's also the biggest security risk out of all of the possible candidates."

The System might not strictly be a secret to the higher ups of the Red Association anymore, but giving hints of its existence was different than blabbing about it! Perhaps Jovy Armalon and a bunch of other mechers might show up and 'request' for Ves to share his bounty.

"I don't mind giving this benefit to Jovy, but not every mecher is trustworthy..."

Ves almost cursed the absurdly low AP cost of inviting another mech designer into the System.

The threshold was so low that there was no need for him to show much restraint in extending invitations to other mech designers.

"I need to put my mind on other matters."

He left the Sacred Temple and descended down the steps until he reached the Mission Hall.

Now that he was no longer caught up in a crisis or immediate priority, he might as well accept a bunch of Missions that he could work on over the next couple of weeks and months.

"Even if I invite a bunch of other mech designers, I still need to earn more AP for myself."

He felt the urge to expand his knowledge base by swallowing another enlightenment fruit.

If he wanted to obtain the good ones, then he needed to invest a lot more time and effort to complete enough Missions!

"Let's see what is available..."