Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 649 New Main Storyline, New Terms

"Huh? When did I switch to Bronze?"

Having completed his trip to Demon Village, Cheng Tian returned to his personal space and habitually browsed through his space message records to check for any omissions. Then he saw the description of his advancement from the Iron Rank to the Bronze Rank.

Looking at the record, Cheng Tian guessed that it had popped up when he was feeling down and he hadn't noticed it.

It's unclear whether the transition from Iron to Bronze is only linked to the hidden rating, or whether Cheng Tian had already met the corresponding conditions; in any case, he inexplicably became Bronze.

After asking around, Cheng Tian discovered that Eileen had also reached the Bronze level. He guessed that the "Extreme Value Breakthrough" was the key factor in her advancement to Bronze.

Upgrading from Black Iron to Bronze also means more player privileges and benefits, the most important of which is the ability to obtain main quest stats 24 hours earlier, increasing from 1 to 2.

This is a genuine and huge upgrade!

With only one term, there are many possibilities for matching. However, if there are two terms that are used for cross-referencing, the efficiency of finding the corresponding game dungeon information will be greatly improved, and a lot of preparation can be done in advance.

However, Cheng Tian quickly dismissed the idea, because he used his privileges to check and found that the proportion of mixed-theme dungeons would gradually increase starting from the Bronze rank and B-rank dungeons.

If the previous MapleStory dungeon fragment erosion of the Dinosaur Strike dungeon was an extremely rare event, then in the future, this situation will account for 30% or even 50%.

Of course, this is Cheng Tian's own conclusion, because other players have no idea about the prototype of the corresponding game, so they naturally don't know that the dungeon they are experiencing is actually a Frankenstein's monster.

Some people might sense something amiss from the slightly conflicting settings, or encounter similar terms in a new instance that they had experienced in other instances, and realize something, but it's still difficult for them to draw a definitive conclusion like Cheng Tian did: it's a Frankenstein's monster.

This kind of copy with a higher proportion of Frankenstein's monsters will indeed reduce Cheng Tian's clairvoyance to some extent, but it will also greatly increase the unexpectedness and fun that Cheng Tian himself seeks, which Cheng Tian is happy to see.

Furthermore, if this trend continues, then game instances that are already based on a mix of multiple IPs will likely appear in a more complete form.

Cheng Tian was incredibly envious of the mecha series!
In addition, Bronze-ranked players have higher priority in some permission applications than Iron and No-Rank players, somewhat like military ranks, but with more freedom.

If bronze is this powerful, what kind of preferential treatment will silver and gold receive?

While Cheng Tian was very curious about this, he also realized something.

I've been in the Chosen Ones space for about half a year now, but I don't think I've ever seen any Silver or Gold rank players.

Was it that they deliberately concealed their ranks, or was there some other hidden reason?

However, Cheng Tian quickly put this idea out of his mind, because he requested a "Great Expedition" mission example from the space.

The words "Great Expedition" do indeed evoke a sense of inexplicable excitement, but specific circumstances require specific analysis. For such a life-or-death long-term mission, Cheng Tian believes it's better to know some detailed information, or even specific cases.

As the only one in the entire Chosen Space currently qualified to undertake the Great Expedition mission, the Space was naturally generous and sent Cheng Tian many case studies.

Cheng Tian immediately looked at the Grand Expedition mission, which was based on the "Earth Defense Force" instance. To put it simply, Earth in this world has been plunged into a planetary-level annihilation event due to an invasion by aliens from outside the solar system. The Grand Expedition is to help the remaining Earth Defense Force fight against the aliens until they are all driven out.

In the original timeline, the Earth Defense Force gradually repelled the aliens by means of reasonable resource allocation, detailed battle plans, and absorbing alien technology and upgrading its own technological system. However, in the timeline corresponding to the Great Expedition, a situation similar to "the protagonist dies at the beginning" appears in Cheng Tian's novice trial.

This means that some key moments that should have led to victory in the war were lost, ultimately causing the entire storyline to head towards the worst possible outcome.

This is a long-term quest with a long time span and extremely high intensity, which will put players and NPCs to a very high test of their mental and physical strength.

Of course, the space will also pay a relatively generous reward for this.

Then there's the Great Expedition mission, based on the anime/manga series *Neon Genesis Evangelion*, where players act as reinforcements for Earth to fight against beings known as "Angels."

The beings in this world that were originally capable of directly confronting the Angels, known as "EVA," are all unable to truly play a role on the battlefield due to issues related to certain pilots.

Other examples of such works include Warcraft, Hellstalker, and Warhammer 40.

However, in the description, Cheng Tian keenly sensed a special feature: in the example of the Great Expedition that the Chosen Space gave him, the player groups all stood on the side of humanity without exception.

Although most similar games are set up with humans fighting against foreign invasions, all Great Expeditions tend to follow this trend and can represent the attitude of space to some extent.

...Could these examples be my future options for the Great Expedition mission?
Cheng Tian raised his eyebrows with some suspicion.

After filling in the gaps and making up for any deficiencies, Cheng Tian quickly put himself into a state of rest and recuperation, instead of desperately cultivating or doing extra tasks to gain improvement.

Master Roshi's words continued to influence Cheng Tian. Taking a good rest is also a part of cultivation, and even the Great Expedition mission wouldn't change Cheng Tian's mindset much.

Back in the real world, Cheng Tian still goes to arcades, attends game expos, and follows up on some excellent new IPs.

Although old games are also his favorites, the current prosperity of domestic games has indeed rekindled Cheng Tian's long-dormant passion for domestic games.

When Cheng Tian saw the black-faced, black-bearded figure riding a giant mountain tiger in the promotional video, he felt a surge of excitement, but then his whole body relaxed.

Given the development cycle of the game, it's likely that we'll have to wait another three to five years to play this new title called "Zhong Kui".

With this in mind, Cheng Tian re-entered the space, preparing to receive new main storyline entries.

The two attributes given to Cheng Tian in the new main storyline dungeon are—

"Ancient Dragon Catastrophe" and "Evil Sacrifice".

(End of this chapter)