Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 639 The Sixth Player in the Martian Camp
As mentioned before, Mario World probably has the most beginner trial scenes in the entire Chosen Space dungeon, and it is also the dungeon with the highest player interaction rate.

The way the original Mario guided players through the construction of environments was textbook-perfect.

With just a few chestnuts that were relocated, a bunch of ordinary bricks with question marks, and a green pipe blocking the way, the game guides players to master most of the game's operation skills, and this textbook-level guidance is also reflected in the Chosen Space.

However, in contrast to the simplicity of the dungeons themselves, the items inside are generally quite powerful and usually have a bit of a conceptual rule feel to them.

Super Mushroom, Fireflower, Ice Flower, Cat Bell, Miner's Hammer, Life-Bonus Mushroom, and so on...

Unless you get them from treasure chests or have a special "mushroom pocket," most items in the Mario World can only be used within dungeons and cannot be taken out.

The Super Mushroom that the Root of Mars ate is the most iconic item in the Mario world, which can increase a person's size, strength, and give them 1 point of absolute health.

Although the price is losing all the buffs from the Super Mushroom, in terms of the Super Mushroom's effects alone, it's already better than the Knight Armor Cheng Tian got in Demon Village.

But as I said before, although there are many items produced in the Mario world, very few actually end up on the market.

As a product of non-alloy bullets, the fact that the Root of Mars can use this item implies that it was fed to it by outsiders.

The only possibility is that the players were already in this faction.

So the question is, is the other side still hiding on the ship, or did they leave long ago and hide somewhere on Earth?
Considering that both the government forces and the modern army players have accepted the main mission that requires them to go to space, theoretically, the Martian faction players will also have to stay on their ships and face the players' attacks directly... unless the other side, like some players, chooses to abandon the main mission and retreat, thus avoiding the danger of facing the main mission directly.

Judging from the previous confrontation between the factions, the Martians actually had the upper hand. If it weren't for the intervention of Cheng Tian and others, even if the Peregrine Sparrow Squad had successfully carried out the decapitation operation once again, they would have inevitably suffered considerable losses, which would have been entirely borne by the Modern Army.

Given such a technological advantage, the Martian faction has no reason not to stay here and continue pushing the main storyline.

Therefore, Cheng Tian judged that there was a very high probability that this guy was still hiding on the hull!
Because the mothership is so large, there are still quite a few scattered Martians inside. Cheng Tian doesn't have time to deal with them one by one, so oversights are inevitable.

But at this very moment, about 80% of the Martian units, who were trembling under the guns of the crowd, underwent a mutation.

They first trembled in pain, then their bodies uncontrollably sprayed out a large amount of spores, but the spray did not spread out; instead, it fell back onto themselves.

Immediately afterwards, several very obvious cracks appeared on the rounded heads (which were also the torsos) of these Martian units, which resembled super mushrooms. They then split open on the spot and began to multiply rapidly in front of the naked eye!

Suddenly, the head of the mushroom-octopus hybrid was replaced by layers of nested structures, resembling a combination of brain, wood ear fungus, and dried mushroom. At the same time, the mouthparts located in the center of the lower tentacles emitted a roar similar to that of a wild beast.

"It's a Sound Follower! A fungal-infected zombie!"

Upon seeing the Martian prisoners' drastic transformation, Cheng immediately realized that the old man still lurking on the ship must have unleashed his power. His telepathic communication, activated through the ship's hull, simultaneously rang in the minds of everyone present. "Everyone! Keep your distance to avoid inhaling the spores! The Sound Followers have no sight, but their hearing is exceptional. Use fire or high-temperature abilities to kill them from a distance! Their weak point is their head!"

If you've inhaled any spores, it's best to use a debuff removal skill to save yourself. If not, you can wait until later at the bacterial production line and have my researchers check you out! Be careful of parasitism!

Because Cheng Tian was using all his mental energy to control the mothership, he couldn't free up his hands to deal with the enemy at this moment. However, those who had survived until now, whether players or NPCs, were all highly skilled.

Cheng Tian's instructions were incredibly precise. He immediately provided the characteristics of these fungal zombies, which were theoretically derived from The Last of Us/America's Last Day, along with kill suggestions and protective measures.

If this can't be resolved, then these people will have wasted all this time in the Chosen One Space.

The fastest responders to Cheng Tian's commands were Eileen, Bazett, the war elephant mammoth, and Smart Head.

Eileen's arrows were aimed precisely at the heads of every Spark Listener, while Bazett, abandoning melee combat, used runes that could generate flames to burn the approaching gaseous spores.

With a smart shield bash, he easily pushed away the giant Martian Listener, whose strength and speed had increased dramatically. However, before he could fire, an elephant trunk flew over his shoulder and unleashed a thunderous strike at the swarm of Martian fungal infected.

There was no other way; the "genetically modified chili peppers" in the mammoth's stomach had been completely digested, and now the only option was to use a thunderbolt attack.

However, it's not bad either. Both the Exploding Flame and Thunder Strike are high-temperature output skills that are particularly effective against fungus-type zombies.

In contrast, others were somewhat slow to realize the situation. Some individuals put in the effort, while others were clearly just slacking off.

Cheng Tian didn't care about this. After all, these weren't his own people. Information he shared would be fine to his own family, but it was understandable for unfamiliar people to instinctively question it.

If these swimmers develop lung infections, then conservative treatment is recommended.
The petty-minded Cheng had already marked those who were just slacking off and not putting in any effort.

Almost simultaneously, Wu Tan, who had received a private message from Cheng Tian, ​​also immediately started work. Through the instruments within the laboratory that had been granted access, he remotely started the bacterial cloning production line and began operating using the resources originally accumulated by the Root of Mars.

A steady stream of clones of Steve, marked with green friendly forces, began pouring out of the gashapon tubes once again, and immediately dispersed to other areas of the ship via the fast passageways.

Shortly after, a strange figure wearing a mushroom-shaped hat and with a short, stocky build appeared in the vehicle deployment area. At first, he was overjoyed to see the emergency exit door, but then the terminal computer used to open the emergency exit stopped him in his tracks.

This computer is the same terminal used to open the escape route in the original work.

(End of this chapter)