Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 606 Peregrine 004 Team Reassembles

Unlike before when he could only guess based on limited information from the entries, this time, Cheng Tian immediately recognized something familiar from the entries distributed in the first 24 hours of the mission.

Regular Army vs. Rebel Army

There's a pretty high chance it's Metal Slug.

While it's not yet certain whether it will continue from the previous Metal Slug instance's save file or be a new instance with a new save file, just knowing the instance's blueprint is enough.

If I remember correctly, the initial difficulty of the last Metal Slug game was D+, and Cheng Tian completed two main-level mission chains in a row.

If this time it's based on a B-level minimum, Cheng Tian estimates that there's a very high probability that the previous save file will be used.

Looking at the entire game series, the final level of Metal Slug 3 is the most grand and lengthy part. Considering the special scenarios that may be involved in the future, B level should be a more appropriate difficulty level.

Cheng Tian immediately began a comprehensive overhaul of his vehicle and equipment, as he had suffered considerable losses during the FATE mission.

Fortunately, the bounty hunter's effect allowed Cheng Tian to earn a considerable sum from this silver side quest, enough to make up for the losses and leave a surplus to invest in other areas, such as equipment upgrades and supply purchases.

Having prepared everything well in advance, Cheng was leisurely waiting for the countdown to enter the dungeon in the square. At the same time, he didn't forget to send messages to Smart Head, Uncle Xue, and Little P to ask if their next dungeon was Metal Slug.

Although Cheng Tian's rapid growth will inevitably make it difficult for his old friends, with whom he has had pleasant working relationships, to keep up with his pace, there are still possibilities for encounters due to issues with saving files, the potential for dynamic curve fluctuations in mission instances, and the fact that the name of "Peregrine 004 Squad" has even spread to the Rage Team.

Cheng Tian received a reply very quickly.

I'd met Smart Head, that tough-skinned shield guard, once in the Ys dungeon, but Uncle Snow and Little P hadn't been in touch for a while.

Fortunately, they are all still alive, and they seem to be doing quite well.

Without Cheng Tian, ​​who would indirectly increase the difficulty of the dungeons, their main story dungeon quests during this period, while not receiving high ratings all at once, have been relatively smooth without too many twists and turns.

But perhaps it's because men have a certain adventurous spirit in their bones that they still occasionally recall the scene of Cheng Tian using a drill to parachute down and shatter the outer shell of the Sun God.

These three old friends have now crossed the threshold of the Iron rank, and the difficulty of the main story dungeons is basically fluctuating around C level. The Iron rank means that they can also get a dungeon entry hint 24 hours before the main story begins.

Among them, Uncle Xue and Little P clearly gave the exact same "regular army and rebel army" entry as Cheng Tian and Ai Lin, causing the probability of Metal Slug to soar.

The Smart Head is a bit special; his entry is actually "[Heavenly Fiend Counterattack]".

[The Counterattack of the Celestials—The course of the war will exceed everyone's expectations, and the battlefield will no longer be confined to the gravity and air we are accustomed to. You will personally experience the dangers of outer space. The durability of individual flying vehicles, individual spacesuits, and individual space vehicles has been increased by 500%. Even without the protection of spacesuits, you can withstand the deadly environment of outer space to a certain extent depending on your physical strength.]

If it were just the entry for "Regular Army and Rebel Army", Cheng Tian wouldn't be 100% sure. But now that there's an additional entry for "Tian Sha Counterattack", it's practically Metal Slug 3.

Based on the high probability that they would meet again in the dungeon, the group got together on the eve of the dungeon's opening.

Their appearances have changed somewhat.

The snowman, who used to be practically synonymous with Santa Claus, is now dressed as a rather standard mage.

The mage wore a long robe and carried a staff. If it weren't for his rather large belly, Cheng Tian would have mistaken him for some kind of fat old man, Gandalf. Little P was no longer dressed as a fully covered Inuit, but in a set of everyday clothes. However, Cheng Tian noticed that his belt was a bit special, and the hammer he carried on his back was also entirely golden, which was quite eye-catching.

As for the clever guy... this strangely chosen giant directly terrified Cheng.

"If I'm not mistaken... your armor is from Astartes, right? From the Ultra Limits?"

Cheng Tian patted the big, metal lump that was Smart Head, making a very dull sound.

Upon hearing the sound, Smart Head also took off his helmet, revealing a very Oglin-like face and very un-Oglin-like lively eyes.

"Yes, this armor was inherited from the brave warriors of the Extreme Battle Group's reconnaissance company."

The quick-witted head, without any hesitation, immediately gave an affirmative answer.

Perhaps he was slightly surprised that Cheng Tian could name the Extreme Battle Group so easily, but he didn't show it on the surface.

As an Oglin, the clever one could never become the Emperor's angel, but as a chosen player, he could use his player characteristics to equip himself with various items that did not belong to his special race.

This includes the entire set of Astartes armor, which carries the legacy of the Ultra Limits.

In fact, among the four players in the original Peregrine 004 team, Smarthead was the one with the strongest individual strength, and he had already reached the edge of advancing to the Iron rank.

With his race changed and pre-selected class, he shouldn't have been assigned to the same team. If Cheng Tian hadn't interfered, he would definitely have been the one with the fastest growth rate.

Cheng Tian estimated that this old guy had either touched the edge of breaking through the limit of his strength, or he had probably already completed the breakthrough.

In fact, it seems now that Cheng Tian's team composition is quite unbalanced and peculiar.

Cheng Tian is a versatile player, primarily serving as a summoner, support, and controller, with additional damage output only when there's a surplus.

Eileen and Mina are pure damage dealers. Although they have some knowledge of archery and gunfighting to make up for their lack of melee combat skills, they still mainly focus on sniping and kiting.

Although Bazett is a Guardian with extreme strength, her fighting style is actually more like a powerful yet incredibly agile Strength Warrior. She is not suitable as a tank for the team to absorb and take damage.

If the smartest characters could be assigned to the same instance, it would obviously make up for the lack of tanks in Cheng Tian's team to a large extent.

While using war elephants, mammoths, or vehicles to absorb damage is one option, it's only a temporary solution and ultimately not as effective as having a true tank player.

Coincidentally, after the Gemini Tigers contract was promoted to the champion suffix, there was an extra vacancy.

However, Cheng Tian was not in a hurry to extend an invitation to Congmingtou immediately. After all, people can change. Whether Congmingtou was suitable for their team and whether he had changed himself needed to be confirmed in subsequent collaborations.

As the countdown ended, countless silver lights once again enveloped every corner of the Chosen Space, and Cheng Tian disappeared into it.

(End of this chapter)