Chapter 6441 The Dark Age of the Mech Industry?

Chapter 6441 The Dark Age of the Mech Industry?

Ves only received a brief opportunity to address the public.

He was merely the chief councilor of the Upper Council. He wouldn't be able to speak as long as the Evolution Witch despite her lack of official position within the Red Collective.

To be honest, Ves did not have a strong desire to address the public yet again.

He had already shared much of his thoughts during the last product reveal that happened only three days ago. That had vented much of his desire to grandstand to all of red humanity.

Still, Ves was not tired to the point of squandering this precious opportunity to say his piece.

Last time, people were paying attention to him because of the unprecedented features of the Yellow Jacket models.

This time, people had already known about the Carmine System long enough to get over the immediate excitement. The masses were much more interested in the benefits that cultivation could provide.

It was best to play into those expectations.

Ves had already thought about what subjects he could address at this time. He would have to limit his selection, which made it hard to narrow down his choices.

He eventually decided to remind the public about two or three important subjects. He cared a lot about them as he believed that people could make a lot more optimal choices if they took his words into account.

As everyone's focus shifted to Ves, he slowly rose from his throne.

"Meow."

Lucky, who had been resting on his lap, had to leave his perch and climb up to his shoulder. The appearance of the black archemetal cat served as a sharp contrast to his red ceremonial robes.

There was just one problem.

Ves felt as if there was a missing element. Though it shouldn't have been important in a moment as solemn as this, he suddenly became hyper-focused at this absence.

It was as if he suddenly became afflicted with obsessive compulsive disorder!

The sense that he was 'not complete' bothered him so much that it was like an itch that he had yet to scratch.

Should he ignore it and proceed with his speech, or should he scratch it at the risk of looking weird?

He decided to scratch his itch. It was just too annoying.

Ves held out his hand and summoned his Oceancaller. The flute attracted immediate attention due to the remarkable appearance of the high-level artifact and the runes floating on its exterior.

The relation between risks and rewards were all skewed. This should not be a big surprise as mech design was ultimately a product of its environment. It was a bit outdated by the current standards in the Red Ocean.

In comparison, the curated cultivation methods that the Red Collective had managed to formulate with the help of many cultivation scientists combined ancient mystical theories with a modern scientific approach.

The use of advanced technological facilities and access to a huge amount of funding had allowed the precursor of the RC to quickly generate a large amount of relatively simple but undeniably effective cultivation methods.

From what Ves heard, there was no easy way to improve the process of mech design. It was one of the masterpieces of the 13 Progenitors of Mechs.

Only Star Designers and other True Gods possessed the intellectual prowess and deep insights into E energy to tinker with the Red Kingdom and the embedded blueprint of mech design.

Even then, a single faulty change could break everything!

This was why the bigshots ultimately decided that keeping the process of mech design the same was the most prudent decision to make.

It was not a proper solution to the problem, but the risk of anything going wrong should be low.

Mech designers just had to bear the risks themselves by choosing which cultivation methods to practice as an auxiliary activity.

Ves personally had a lot of faith in the mech industry.

Becoming a mech designer might not be as flashy as becoming a cultivator that could launch fire hammers or punch with the power of a mech, but the profession had the advantage of over four centuries of accumulated glory and prestige.

In fact, Ves actually felt it was better if less people studied mech design. There were already far too many kids who chose to enter the mech industry, only to find out that excessive competition had long saturated the mech markets.

Allowing the people who were less passionate and dedicated towards mechs pursue other opportunities should hopefully open up more room to truly dedicated mech lovers.

In any case, the Red Association already promised to monitor the state of the mech industry closely. If the popularity of mech design collapsed so much that there was no way to meet the manpower requirements of the mech industry, then the mechers would definitely take action one way or another!

"There is one more tip that I would like to share with you." Ves spoke as he intended to bring up one more topic. "Companion spirits are an indispensable aid to any cultivator. They generate a miniature copy of yourself that can practice a completely different cultivation method from your main self. You can combine brain with brawn to enjoy the best of both worlds, or double-up on a single focus to break through the limitations of your primary cultivation method. The best part is that it is completely safe to do this in many instances. Previously restricted to the New Elites Program, companion spirit fruits can now be redeemed by any human through the RC Merit Exchange. Currently, you can redeem and ingest a companion spirit fruit by exchanging 100,000 RC Merits. This is a temporary price level as the Red Collective is still in the process of ramping up production. In time, we intend to lower the redemption price to 10,000 RC Merits, making it accessible to any red human that has aided the RC in one fashion or another."

People responded a lot more enthusiastically towards this tip! They had yet to understand and realize the greater potential of companion spirits until now!

Ves could easily predict that a lot of wealthy and more capable people would be working hard to save up 100,000 RC Merits just to get their hands on a companion spirit fruit.

Even though it was deliberately overpriced at the moment, getting one sooner could save a cultivator many years of progress!

In fact, it was a lot easier to exchange for a companion spirit fruit through the War Exchange that was a part of the New Elites Program.

People just needed to fight on the frontlines and earn enough war merits.

And survive, of course.