Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 645: Flesh and Blood Pain, Mechanical Ascension
You have left the Metal Slug instance.

[Game Master's Results Begin -]

[You have obtained the template weapon "Silver Surfboard" for "Silver Glider/Norlinrad" through the settlement.]

Just as Cheng Tian officially returned to the Chosen Space, the massive Martian mothership, which blotted out the sky, also returned to the Chosen Space, directly covering the central square of the Chosen Space, blotting out the sun.

Because the thing was so huge, the players below could hardly see the mothership in its entirety, and many people thought that the Chosen Space had been attacked by some kind of external force.

This strange sight truly startled all the players. Judging from the sheer absurdity of the scene, this thing was far more exaggerated than the black and white twin towers. However, with the twin towers as a reference point, many people immediately realized that this might be the result of a player's mission affecting the Chosen Space.

But why is there no space notification?
Just as they were wondering what was going on, the massive Martian mothership, which blotted out the sky, concealed its shape under the rules of space, allowing light to shine down below once more.

Meanwhile, some sensitive players who happened to be in the mission release center searched through a series of available missions and found trial-type extra missions with the same title, "The Trial for Recruiting New Members of the Blazing Sun Legion," but with different content.

Meanwhile, information about the permissions, responsibilities, and rules of the members of the "Sun Legion" is also revealed through the mission.

Yes, Cheng Tian's Blazing Sun Legion also has its own requirements.

Those who can join without any trials and only need Cheng Tian's approval are limited to those players who followed Cheng Tian to pilot the cosmic coffin and charge into outer space. In other words, those who dared to do such a courageous thing in the face of death have already completed the faction trial.

As for the others who want to join, every single one of them needs to honestly complete the trial tasks.

This was actually a rule that Cheng Tian established after communicating with the space.

There is a term called "sunk cost," which means that once a certain amount has been invested, whether emotionally or financially, it is easy to develop an attachment that is difficult to let go of, thus forming a deep bond. These trial tasks are one of the sunk costs that players have invested in.

It's obvious which is easier to part with: the same item you get for free or the one you buy with your own money.

Information about these task lists quickly spread among players.

So far, there are indeed quite a few player guilds in the Chosen Space, but they are all privately organized. The only one that can truly affect the configuration of the main quest is the Team Contract.

Admittedly, there are indeed a few groups of very skilled players who have obtained the 40-man raid covenant in World of Warcraft. Under the covenant, they have formed a fairly solid community, but ultimately they are still player groups and cannot be called "factions".

But now, the sudden appearance of "Liyang Legion" with the player "Orange" prominently displayed as the legion leader has indeed caught the eye of many.

...And it seems to be the kind of entity that has gained recognition from the space and can issue recruitment tasks.

This has led many to speculate about the level and strength of this guy who so casually chose a fruit-themed ID, and whether he is qualified to become the leader of an independent faction recognized by the space.

As for those who had dealt with Cheng Tian before, whether as teammates or enemies, their thoughts were already churning.

For example, the Luo Meiling and Eva duo, the dwarf-elf duo, and the dual-faction players who chose to stay on Earth and abandon the main storyline in the previous main quest, etc.

Since Cheng Tian hadn't revealed his ID number, the harassing text messages from these people didn't reach him. Only Luo Meiling and Eva had exchanged ID numbers with Cheng Tian, ​​so their inquiries naturally arrived as expected. Cheng Tian glanced at them and simply ignored them; after all, he wasn't really familiar with these two girls.

Moreover, although this instance took very little time, with only about a day and a half including the final stay, it was extremely taxing on Cheng Tian's energy.

This involves using mental power to control a city capable of navigating the universe. Even with a large feng shui engine providing power, the consumption of energy for Cheng Tian is greater than imagined.

However, with the addition of Mars Root as "vice captain and helmsman," Cheng Tian is now able to free up some time to slack off.

Incidentally, because of the existence of the large feng shui engine, the Root of Mars no longer needs to sit on the toilet when it takes over the control.

This resulted in Cheng Tian being completely listless after all the commotion; he was the kind of person who couldn't straighten up no matter how much you tried to rouse him.

Hehe~ Hehehehe~

However, Cheng Tian's silly grin had clearly been going on for a while, because the Jupiter King in its severely damaged state had already appeared in his collection archive area.

Compared to its intact state, the Jupiter King in front of us is now only one-tenth of its original combat strength. Cheng Tian's camp does not have any pilots capable of repairing or maintaining it. Normally, the only option would be to spend money to have the space help with repairs.

However, Cheng Tian's Void Garage has a self-repair function. As long as you put this thing inside for a long enough time, the damaged parts will heal on their own.

Having piloted Getter 2 once, Cheng Tian clearly had greater ambitions regarding mecha, and this Jupiter King was one of the shortcuts to realizing his ambitions.

"By the way, why don't you revert to your original body? Don't you like it?"

Cheng Tian, ​​turning his head back, asked Wu Tan, who had chosen to take a rare vacation and relax, pausing his research project.

"I've gotten used to this body where my legs are as flexible as my arms. It's not really a problem if I don't return to human form. Besides... I have better options."

This is the answer given by Utan.

As a native NPC in the Metal Slug world, Utan's corresponding bronze side quest completion area should have been in the Metal Slug world, and the 24 hours he was stuck there was enough for Utan to turn himself back.

With its current level of gene-related technology, it would be an easy task to reverse engineer the antidote for primitive bestiality using the data from the Modern Army.

But perhaps because it had followed Cheng Tian for so long and experienced so much, it realized that the human body has its limits, so Utan itself (the gorilla) actually preferred the path of mechanical ascension.

Furthermore, witnessing Aozaki Touko's powerful puppet technology, which could be integrated into mechanical ascension, in the world of *Fate* further solidified Utan's choice, and its reserve body was essentially complete.

A special body that can switch between a flesh-and-blood beast and a metal humanoid at any time.

(End of this chapter)