Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 280: Black Tower farms mobs, White Tower farms heroes.

Cheng Tian's growth rate is indeed fast. He completed the main storyline in two sessions and two or three bounty sessions, which is enough for many people to complete six or seven main storylines, or even more than ten.

However, Cheng Tian didn't experience as many Chosen One instances as other players, which resulted in him having relatively fewer NPCs with whom he established friendly relationships.

As the players, together with the Temple Knights and the mages, successfully repelled the first wave of attacks, the situation began to snowball, with various projected units from other dungeon worlds spawning one after another from the White Tower.

Because of his dual identity, Cheng Tian, ​​who was also tasked with conquering the Black Tower, had been squatting outside the first floor of the White Tower since the start of the battle between the two sides. He kept an eye on the players' projections and only breathed a sigh of relief when he could no longer see any duplicate units.

After obtaining a sufficient number of soul fragments, the shrewd and clever man naturally summoned projections of the veterans, psionicists, and fanatics who had fought alongside him in the dungeon.

A laser gun veteran who prioritizes smoke grenades and shooting stances; a psychic with an electric staff who prioritizes brain explosions and semi-circular shields; a chainsaw fanatic who prioritizes incendiary bombs and holy prayers.

As hero-like units, only one of each of these three types of units can be summoned at a time.

To Cheng Tian's surprise, the clever guy actually summoned the projections of the characters from Warhammer Fantasy: Vermintide 2 as well.

Mercenary Mascu, Ranger Bardin, Thorn Sisters Keryl, Sigma Battle Priest Victor, and Battle Mage Sienna.

The fact that the Smart Head was able to summon the projections of these individuals is enough to prove that he is at least at the "friendly" level in terms of their respective personal reputations.

It's unclear whether it's because the intelligent ones are naturally good at socializing, or whether Oglin, with a normal human mind, is more likely to gain favor with other races.

As for the other players, they are also using the method of summoning hero projections to snowball their advantage. Moreover, through the projections they summon, Cheng Tian can indirectly determine the dungeons they have experienced, as well as their faction biases and interpersonal relationships within the dungeons.

Cheng Tian's notebook has already summarized and recorded all the projected units that have been summoned so far.

Fang the Werewolf from Contra: Hard Corps, Ralf and Clark from Ikari Warriors 3 (the same characters as the King of Fighters Ikari Warriors), Mayor Hag from Final Fight, Yuan Shao and his three sons from Romance of the Three Kingdoms II, the Gold Miner from Gold Rush, Bomberman from Bomberman, the Nidoran family from Pokémon LeafGreen, and the Velociraptor family from Monster Hunter, etc.

From the main characters to the henchmen and even the wild animals, Cheng Tian found the whole experience incredibly satisfying.

Not all of these summoned units are skilled in combat; some possess special abilities such as digging holes or controlling the battlefield.

However, players soon began to favor certain types of summoned projections based on the needs of the battlefield, and some units that were not suitable for this kind of confrontational battlefield were abandoned.

However, the overall battlefield setup is still a small number of high-health, high-defense tanks paired with spellcasters, in order to achieve higher burst damage in the shortest time, harvest more monster units, and earn soul fragments and treasure chest drops.

Seeing that the units emerging from the flashing summoning circle were all duplicates, Cheng Tian rolled up his sleeves and joined the summoning ranks.

Cheng Tian's dual identity also granted him the authority to summon projections by consuming soul fragments. Although the number of projections Cheng Tian could summon was relatively small compared to others, their quality was definitely not inferior.

As the soul fragments were infused, the summoning circle lit up, and one by one, old friends of varying sizes and shapes appeared—

The smallest is the Oni-chan. As a derivative monster unit of the Hyakki Yagyō (Night Parade of One Hundred Demons), it is essentially an NPC. Its reputation has long exceeded the friendly level, so it also meets the rules of projection summoning.

Following behind the Ghost Cicada was the Crimson Deviljho, currently the largest creature on the entire battlefield, including both allies and enemies. The moment it emerged from the tower, it roared. At the same time, a hunter player at the front of the battlefield, who mainly frequented Monster Hunter-related dungeons and had also summoned his Velocidrome family, shuddered upon hearing the roar. He looked back in disbelief, his eyes filled with the terror of seeing a ghost… but after a few seconds, he recovered, his shock deepening.

As a creature that can randomly appear in any Monster Hunter dungeon hunting quest, the infamous Crimson Deviljho has spread throughout the hunter community.

There are players who can kill the Crimson Deviljho, but killing it is pointless. It has become part of the Monster Hunter species system. Whenever someone is on a quest in the New World, this fire-fighting behemoth has a chance to spawn and randomly appear.

But the fact that this behemoth appeared in the direction of his own faction meant that someone had established a personal reputation of at least "friendly" with this gluttonous beast, which was the reason for his utter shock.

With the Ghost Cicada and the Crimson Deviljho, that guy definitely can't be left out.

A flesh-and-blood war machine, completely at odds with the atmosphere of the White Tower, emerged from the magic circle—a zombie war machine!
Standing atop the zombie vehicle's hull are the three knights from the Knights of the Round Table instance: Arthur, Lancelot, and Percival!

Because it is a projection transformed from a black pearl, the projection itself already contains elements similar to those of the Cleria mineral, namely the magic of the black pearl, so the chariot can still run and fire cannons.

As a projection unit, the Three Knights' memories are still stuck on the eve of the Knights Festival, but they have no choice but to help Cheng Tian fight the monsters.

In addition to these combat units, support units such as the Aikawa Sisters and the Purple Wyvern Elder are also within the summoning range.

The former can randomly provide battlefield supplies, including but not limited to food and weapons.

The latter involves periodically and randomly throwing out dragon eggs, which may drop fruit or directly produce the original five-colored dinosaur.

Cheng Tian was only responsible for summoning, but he never went to the battlefield himself.

Because he was using Black Pearl's privileges to accumulate big projects.

In fact, as the player base successfully snowballed, the battlefield changed from a dense mass of Black Tower forces to one where they were pushed back to the middle line. The Black Tower faction's monster groups in the Cangku Domain, Water Prison Domain, and Blazing Fire Domain were severely killed by the players due to the lack of a leader BOSS.

With a large number of monsters and players, the drop rate of Cleria ore is naturally much higher.

The main purpose of these players entering the instance is for this ore, and they usually choose to hand it over for enhancement as soon as they get the ore.

However, the amount of Cleria ore required varies depending on the type of equipment being enhanced. With Cheng Tian's involvement, a portion of the ore would remain after each player was enhanced, and unsurprisingly, this portion ended up in Cheng Tian's hands.

Of course, Cheng Tian didn't embezzle these ores to strengthen his equipment; instead, he was crafting something.

Besides the Aikawa sisters and the Purple Wyvern Elder, there was another person who had established a friendly reputation with Cheng Tian.

That's Bill Gates, the big boss of the Gates Foundation!
His briefcase, which was summoned in the form of a projection, contained some special vehicle blueprints that could not be seen by others...

(End of this chapter)