Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 334, you are truly despicable now.
Gamma, which combines into a large mecha, is undoubtedly at the pinnacle of combat mechas within the Armored Warriors universe.

Even if you include all the boss units (mechs) of the rebel army of the Principality of Leia, the three forms of the Blood Armor Squad—Alpha, Beta, and Gamma—are the strongest, without a doubt.

If there weren't time limits for both the game and the dungeons, the entire game genre would have to change from a side-scrolling beat 'em up to a player-versus-player action game.

However, in Cheng Tian's view, there is a huge drawback in the combined form that is of little use to others but very useful to himself. That is, in the combined state, the Brodia and other mechs that originally belonged to independent mechs will be judged as accessories in the combined armor form.

Under normal circumstances, the purifying light attached to Cheng Tian's Sun Mask, even if converted to be effective against the mecha through the Mecha Technique, can at most purify the mecha's parts, namely the 16 types of arm, leg, and shoulder parts mentioned in the side quest, as well as a series of ordinary cold and hot weapons that can be used by ordinary iron-clad steel fists.

However, when the Blood Armor Squad chooses to combine, the individual mechs they pilot are immediately recognized as components of the larger combined armor—

As long as it's an accessory, then it meets the skill criteria that Purifying Light can only be applied to "accessories/equipment"!
It was the same tried-and-true triple Purification Light. Although it only had a 50% base success rate, the probability rose to 70% because Cheng Tian had 2 Legendary Points and the opponent had no Legendary Points to counter. Unfortunately, it only worked once this time.

The target chosen by the Purifying Light was the Repatos, which had transformed into an Assault Claw. This transformation caused the Gamma form to lose an arm.

Meanwhile, in Cheng Tian's side quest panel, the completion status of the Holy Grail mission to defeat the Blood Armor Squad has changed to "1/4".

Of course, since only two people are needed to operate the combined parts, losing an arm will only reduce Gamma's combat power, but will not render her unable to move... However, the driver Ray, who has lost his vehicle, will be in trouble.

Under Cheng Tian's control, the octopus mech, with only one remaining tentacle that had not participated in the previous action, stretched forward with lightning speed. At the same time as it was knocked away by Gamma and exploded by Repatos, it had already wrapped around the waist of Leia, who was surrounded by gold coins, and swam backward a considerable distance, splashing a lot of water.

At the cost of two tentacles, Cheng Tian not only dismantled one of the enemy's mechs, but also successfully captured a pilot from the Blood Armor Squad.

It was fortunate that the Blood Armor Squad had received water combat training during their training, and the pilots wore helmets with oxygen supply devices before entering the water; otherwise, Ray would most likely have died in the water.

In the blink of an eye, several things happened that were beyond everyone's comprehension, causing Jeff, who was already full of anger, to freeze up on the spot. He even tried to check himself, looking at the part where the Repatos Assault Claw was still inserted.

Glenn, the veteran who was originally just doing his job but didn't really identify with New York, suddenly exploded.

Clearly, Ray being swept away by the octopus tentacles triggered the veteran's battlefield PTSD. Images of the battle years ago, in which he lost all his teammates and subordinates, instantly flooded Glenn's mind, causing his eyes to turn bloodshot and immediately seizing control of Jeff's combined mech's movement system.

"Give me back my teammates!!!!"

The veteran in the cockpit roared almost hoarsely, and the Gamma mech, having lost an arm, unleashed an astonishing burst of propulsion for the second time, catching Jeff off guard and giving him a strong push-back sensation.

In fact, if Gamma had chosen to leave the underwater environment at this point and rejoined the Fawdy on Sarah's side, the Fawdy would have directly transformed and filled the missing part of the Repatos, making Gamma's form complete again.

But the veteran's PTSD flared up, and no one could stop him... no, the only one who could stop him was himself.

Gamma, who had been recklessly charging at Cheng Tian, ​​was stopped by Glenn. In the image he was capturing, another octopus tentacle with an extremely sharp tip was pressing against Ray's head, which was firmly gripped by the octopus's mechanical arm. With just a slight stab, Ray would drown.

Cheng Tian is engaging in a despicable act that is both extremely villainous and highly effective.

"If you want him to live, immediately cut off communications with your command center and then dissolve the fusion."

Cheng Tian's voice appeared in the Blood Armor Squad's communications via a public channel.

It was precisely because Cheng Tian had a deep understanding of each member of the Blood Armor Squad beforehand that he made the choice to use hostages as leverage at this time.

If it were a player team, they might have already attacked directly. After all, Cheng Tian now has the double buff of "BOSS" and "player". If they kill him, they should be able to get both the Blood Chest and the BOSS Chest as loot.

However, for the Blood Armor Squad, especially the Blood Armor Squad led by Glenn Reid, the lives of teammates are given far higher priority than the mission itself.

Jeff is also a straightforward person. After spending so much time together, he no longer considers Ray, the alien goodwill ambassador, an outsider. Given any chance, he would never choose to sacrifice his teammates' lives for a strategic victory.

This is very much like an American hero, and it also has a touch of the spirit of steel that never abandons any comrade.

Without much hesitation, Glenn controlled Goulding and detached it from the combined parts. However, he did not follow the instructions regarding the communication channel blocking, since Cheng Tian did not know whether he would do so or not.

Without Goulding, the Brodia was ejected by its own combined parts.

At this moment, Cheng Tian had already surfaced while maintaining the hostage threat.

The Blood Armor Squad was furious but helpless and could only follow, having already notified Sarah not to try to distract or attack Cheng Tian.

Upon hearing that Ray had been captured, Sarah, a half-star, was initially incredulous, then bit her lower lip, somewhat at a loss.

As a young soldier, and a special forces recruit who joined at the end of the campaign, she obviously had no experience of her teammates being captured.

But at that moment, Eileen, who was also deployed around the Statue of Liberty, heard the news and instinctively sensed that Cheng Tian might be up to something big.

Sure enough, a minute later, the communication channel shared by Glenn revealed Cheng Tian's voice mixed with the sound of water, though the reception wasn't great.

"Do you know? This is a sacrificial war waged by the Earth Federation, in order to legally colonize the planet Leia, at the cost of the lives of civilians in New York!"

(End of this chapter)