"Hahahaha, Dawn 1!"
Jing Hongchen looked at the crimson Mecha, five meters tall, in front of him. This Mecha possessed nearly a thousand soul arrays and was primarily crafted using Bloodfire Ingot and the Electric Dragon Hand Bone hunted not long ago.
Jing Hongchen activated the central cockpit, stepped inside, and engaged all the preset arrays within—booting them up, one by one! And this one too!
Once all arrays were fully activated and ready, the Mecha's spiritual power linked with Jing Hongchen, and then, all the arrays inside the Mecha began connecting with him.
At this moment, the spiritual pressure bearing down on Jing Hongchen surged violently, feeling as though something immense were pressing heavily upon him.
The sound of clashing steel rang out, and this colossal entity moved directly, radiating an overwhelming sense of oppression.
The startup sequence lasted for three minutes before Jing Hongchen's spiritual power fully met the Mecha's demands.
The present Jing Hongchen could completely feel the entire Mecha fusing into one with him; fingers, arms, shoulders, legs, and waist—every single joint provided clear feedback.
"Initiate the shooting range!"
Confirming that there were no issues, Jing Hongchen's voice emanated from within the Mecha.
Next, a soul engineer stationed outside clicked a button.
Clack--
A heavy steel door of the laboratory opened. Inside lay a shooting range capable of supporting all tests for Dawn 1, fully equipped with various devices.
"Defense test!"
The moment his voice fell, dozens of stationary soul missiles appeared in the shooting range, flying toward Jing Hongchen's Dawn 1.
Jing Hongchen simply activated the Mecha's barrier system. These stationary missiles slammed into the barrier and exploded with a crash, but their power was completely incapable of breaking the defense.
"Speed test."
Jing Hongchen activated the thrusters on the back of the Mecha—a total