Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 178: Cassettes are easy to find, but baseboards are hard to find

Cheng Tian first searched the Internet for a bunch of dragon emoticons and sent them all to his master.

Then he copied and pasted his brother's memes, their origins, and the concepts of Internet memes, without caring whether the old man could understand them or not, and just stuffed them all in one go.

All I can say is that the fact that a meme can continue to exist and spread, and even directly cover up the original meaning of the text, is actually enough to write a paper on the popular concepts spread on the Internet.

This is true for Kun, and even more so for Hakimi.

It’s just that Cheng Tian is not good at it and can’t explain these things clearly, so it depends on whether the master can understand them on his own.

After dealing with his master, Cheng Tian responded to the parents of customers whose children were obviously greedy.

Cheng Tian’s sugar paintings are not only beautiful in appearance, but also made with high-quality ingredients. They taste very good and do not contain any messy additives.

Sometimes children may not really like Cheng Tian’s sugar paintings, they may just be using them as an inducement to eat candy.

After all, he is just a candy and craftsman selling food. Cheng Tian is not to the extent that he is urged by customers to open the stall just because his fried rice is so delicious.

Since he had nothing to do, Cheng Tian decided to set up a stall. After all, he couldn't let the craftsmanship passed down by his master go to waste. He also wanted to expand his sugar painting list.

He won't do the dragon picture, but he might consider the dinosaur picture.

But before that, Cheng Tian still searched online to find out the purchase possibilities of the soul equipment unlocking conditions.

The original MapleStory 3 cartridges are actually quite easy to buy. A quick search on XTao shows a huge number of them at all prices. But the problem is that Cheng Tian, ​​through the screen, has no way of confirming whether the card on the other side is a real one, and whether it is an original card that is more than % new.

However, Cheng Tian, ​​who had cut off contact with those ordinary friends due to financial problems, chose to bid without hesitation, and bid on seven or eight items in a row, spending thousands of dollars without changing his expression.

One of the main reasons why Cheng Tian likes to save money is so that he can spend money freely when he is in a situation like now where he can solve a problem with money.

After all, in modern society, most problems that can be solved with money are not problems, and he can fully afford this kind of consumption.

But problems arise when the dinosaurs hit the base plate.

This thing was not an item that could be circulated normally in the market, and due to historical issues left over in the country, even in the arcades that had this game, the base boards used were mostly cheaper, modified base boards that could be manually modified to adjust the difficulty, rather than original base boards.

And from the requirements for unlocking the props, we can see that the requirement for the MapleStory 3 cartridge is "more than 9% new", but the requirement for the Dino Fighter baseboard is simply "able to run".

This also indirectly shows that the latter is obviously more scarce.

After searching around, he found virtually no sellers online. But considering the size of the arcade console and the sensitivity of the ancient electronic components, any bumps or scratches during shipping would essentially render it useless, making it difficult to sell. After closing the webpage, Cheng Tian immediately started searching for a phone number.

As a Zhongdeng who can deal with vintage game consoles, Cheng Tian naturally has his own channels and knows some game collectors in the circle. Cheng Tian did not expect to buy the original circuit board directly from them, but wanted to find some clues.

In our country, there are actually quite a few collectors who like to collect original cartridges for various console platforms. Most of them are those who switched from mid-range to old-timer consoles. They have a very strong sentimental filter, and it is very difficult to pull teeth from their tiger's mouths.

But relatively speaking, the number of collectors who specialize in collecting arcade games is significantly smaller, mainly because the level of financial resources required is obviously higher.

If you want to collect arcade games, you need a large warehouse that can be rented for a long time, the ability to transport arcade machines, and preferably an arcade hall to make money and show off.

There is basically no need to think about those cities outside the third tier. As a completely deserted physical industry, the arcades in these places have completely become distribution centers for coin pushers, claw machines, fishing machines, racing machines, dance machines, and cute dance machines. You won't find arcade machines here, but you will definitely find macho men wearing gloves and slapping machines, young girls in short skirts and black stockings doing all kinds of coquettish Korean dances, and onlookers standing around watching these two types of players.

The old arcade games have long been relegated to a corner, and in order to further save space, they all use those thousand-in-one boards. You have to choose the game before inserting the coins, and you may have to flip through dozens or hundreds of pages before you find the one you want to play. It is very rare for one game to occupy an entire machine.

Only in first- and second-tier cities can arcade halls with "retro" themes survive.

Three calls were made in succession, all targeting the same city - Tianjin.

As a person who feeds the whole family, Cheng Tian only needs two or three sets of pants and socks, a backpack, a mobile phone, a handheld game console randomly selected from PSP, PSV, 3DS, NDS, Switch according to his mood that day, a power bank, and an ID card, and he can travel to any area in the country at any time.

So the kid sent a message to the three parents, saying, "I have something to do these two days, so I won't be setting up the stall for now." After decisively canceling the show, he packed his luggage and bought tickets on the official website. After he was done, he rushed downstairs with a small bag on his back, put on his headphones, and headed straight for the train station.

Cheng Tian prefers traveling by train to traveling by plane, mainly because he really doesn't like the long waiting time before boarding a plane.

And thanks to the world's first high-speed rail system, his city is only about four hours away from Tianjin without the need for transfers. A second-class ticket costs less than three hundred yuan, and there are so many trains that it seems impossible for him to take a plane.

While waiting for the bus, Cheng Tian also took the opportunity to show off what a big eater is in McDonald's next to the station. He ordered a full set meal and ate it to his heart's content. Then, he left the store amid the applause of countless passers-by and diners, and went into the station with the last Filet-O-Fish in his mouth.

Originally, Cheng Tian had planned to use the four hours on the road to pamper his NDS, advance the progress of "Castlevania: The Stolen Mark" which had been put aside for a long time, and appreciate the heroine Shanoya's white and smooth back that was so white that it needed cupping. However, less than three minutes after the train started, Cheng Tian fell asleep with his bag in his arms and his mouth open.

I don’t know if I was just sleepy or dizzy.

When he woke up, the car broadcast had already reminded him——

We’ve arrived at Tianjin South Station.

(End of this chapter)