The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4804

Chapter 4804 The Power of Imitation

From the moment the glowing skull in Ves' hand began to spread a new glow, the entire battle surrounding the main entrance completely changed!

Ves imitated the performance of the Everchanger once again by utilizing his unique advantages to spread a glow far enough to encompass hundreds of alien combatants!

With the primordial human skull in his hands acting as a facsimile of the Everchanger's Iridescent Mercury, he truly felt as if he was embodying the performance of his favorite and most proud masterwork mech.

The effect of the infamous combination between Zeigra, Lufa and Qilanxo had an immediate effect on the immediate battlefield!

Hundreds of pescans who previously had nothing but fury and hatred in their hearts suddenly groaned and lost their concentration.

These aliens may have or may not have learned what the conquerors of their home planet had been up to as of late, but Ves seriously doubted that they had a clear and meaningful idea of what the glows of the Larkinson Clan represented!

Indeed, many of these aliens had lived a sheltered and isolated existence inside this cold and barren prison facility.

Their unwillingness to venture beyond the upper floors was a sign that they clung extremely close to their fellow pescans.

The first time an individual became exposed to the phenomenon known as glows was always the most impactful.

This was because the person in question had no psychological preparation for exposure, let alone develop any mental tricks that allowed them to maintain relatively clear heads!

As all of these pescans possessed no awareness of Ves' latest move, their reactions were just as exaggerated as he anticipated!

No matter whether they were humans or aliens, any sentient or non-sentient organism became susceptible to glows as long as they possessed the capability to feel emotions!

The high emotional range and sensitivity of the pescans worked against them this time!

"Keeeeeee!"

"Yahhhayyha!"

"Reeeee!"

Dozens of distressed pescans no longer had the focus to train their arm guns at the nearest human targets. They all bent over or swayed as if they had been poisoned.

The mental burden imposed by the infamous disorientation glow that characterized the Doom Guard and the Ferocious Piranha mech lines devastated the cohesion of the nearby pescan lines!

Although Ves found it regretful that his range was far smaller than that of the Everchanger at his full range, he was not embroiled in a battle involving mechs at the moment.

The current range of his glow was more than sufficient to make a major difference in the fight!

The strange and sudden occurrence not only reduced the combat effectiveness of the aliens being tortured by the disorientation glow, but also affected the more distant pescans to an extent!

The brothers and sisters of the affected aliens could not ignore what was happening. They tried to shake the debilitated aliens out of whatever strange effect they had come under, only for their efforts to bear no fruit!

Some even became affected as well as they inadvertently strayed in the range of the glow radiated by David's skull!

With these mysterious ancient remains acting as a medium and an amplifier, the strain imposed by the disorientation glow was only just below the level that could be reached by a typical Doom Guard or Ferocious Piranha mech.

This was more than enough to disable all of the civilian pescans as well half of the professional soldiers among the aliens!

This was a significantly better result than Ves initially expected!

He thought that the pescans had hardened so much over the years that their utter animosity towards the humans would grind their willpower and make them more resilient to external shocks.

While that was undoubtedly the case, the surprise factor played an even greater role, causing many unstable pescans to become disproportionately affected!

As Ves studied the strange behavior of the armored pescans a bit more, he understood why his current glow produced such an exaggerated effect.

Zeigra's perpetual anger resonated a lot more with the current emotions of the pescans.

It was one thing for calm people to get incited by Zeigra's burning fury.

It was another thing for pescans who already harbored undying hatred against the humans to have their strongest amplified all of a sudden!

On top of that, Lufa's glow instantly replaced that of Zeigra, which instantly dragged the furious emotions of the pescans in the opposite direction!

It was as if their burning hearts got doused by a bucket of ice cold water. The sudden loss of strong emotion became jarring to the aliens that had been living with hatred for multiple years.

Not only did it become difficult for them to retain the motivation needed to fight against the humans with all of their effort, but it had also become a lot more challenging for them to maintain their awareness of the current situation!

The civilians among the pescans who were completely unused to fighting became especially affected by Lufa's glow.

This was because as much as they wanted to fight against the humans, they longed to return to the peaceful and idyllic lives they enjoyed before the arrival of the extragalactic invaders.

Their lives weren't so awful in the past. Each of them harbored a strong longing to return to the good old days.

Even if Lufa suppressed all of their emotions, the Angel of Tranquility clearly had a stronger effect on the stronger ones first, causing the pescans affected by it to experience all of the feelings that they had suppressed in the past.

Among humans, the longing for the past and the unceasing desire to return to a state of life that could never be attained anymore could be regarded as a mental affliction.

Right now, a lot of aliens had become so distracted by their recollection of the past for a moment that it was as if the battle didn't matter as much anymore.

The pescans had not done anything to camouflage the status of these elite troopers!

Once the sharpshooters or other human troopers took these aliens down, there was no need to worry about the threat of their guns anymore.

Due to the unique physiological constraints of the pescan race, they were unable to make effective use of handheld external weapons.

The aliens predominantly merged their weapons into their battle suits, which meant that once one of their soldiers had been felled, the weapons he carried became useless to the survivors because they could not be transferred in the field!

Ves sneered contemptuously at these aliens. Although integrated weapons had their advantages, there were good reasons why infantry and mechs still made use of external weapons in most circumstances.

The ability to switch weapons or pass them on to others was incredibly valuable. Being able to replace a broken rifle with a spare one that was intact could ensure that a combat unit could still make useful contributions during the same battle.

It also made maintenance and combat power retention a lot easier during long and grueling campaigns!

"These aliens clearly haven't fought a real war." Ves contemptuously sneered.

He revelled in the chaos and disruption he produced. With Lufa and Zeigra working in tandem as they had always done for years, the glow exuding from the glowing skull continued to torture and torment the weak and vulnerable mentalities of the surrounding pescans. _{freewёbnoνel.com}

Only the most elite and professional soldiers among the aliens could maintain a sober mind under all of this pressure, and even they found it difficult to keep their aim straight or listen to the frantic instructions of their confused superiors.

Under the current circumstances, the only pescans that remained truly unaffected were those that were positioned further away.

This had always been one of the major weaknesses of glows.

However, Ves did not feel overly threatened by these distant combatants as they didn't have a clear line of sight on his position.

As long as he did not fully ascend up the ramp that led to the next floor, it became nearly impossible to target him unless they possessed guided munitions or smart weapons.

The lack of sophistication of the armaments employed by the enemy along with other constraints meant that it was unlikely for Ves to get confronted by them. The aliens would have used them by now if they actually possessed this capability.

Just as Ves thought that he could single-handedly turn the tide of this battle, a large and tall presence approached the front of the pescan defensive line.

Although the solid floor did not shake at its approach, the tall mechanical construct nonetheless loomed over every other fighter, no matter whether they were humans or aliens.

Of all of the people that became shocked by this alien construct's appearance, no one was more surprised than Ves!

"Oh hell... the pescans built an imitation mech?!"

Before he could do anything else, the alien 'mech' lifted up a large and intimidating kinetic arm cannon and aimed its large muzzle straight towards Ves!