Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 699 Orange, I Don't Want to Try Anymore

The Metal Slug world, or rather the main Metal Slug world, is genetically constrained for Martians, preventing them from breaking through genetic limitations and limiting them to producing only three conventional types of Martians.

However, through Cheng Tian's midnight blessing, the Martian community successfully broke through this limitation and gained more variables.

Besides their own planet's space travel technology, Martians clearly have an almost instinctive and powerful talent for mushroom cultivation. When this talent encounters Cheng, whose DNA is imprinted with the instinct for farming, a fierce spark is ignited.

During his stay in space this month, Cheng Tian used his Chosen Coins to create a mushroom farm area within the ship's interior, specifically for cultivating mushrooms. This area was designated as the "Central Dome Area" and placed to the south of the core command laboratory.

The mushrooms cultivated here are not only food for Martians, but also contain enhancement items and even job-changing items exclusive to Martians.

Just like the super mushrooms used by Mars Root before, they were cloned and cultivated using spores extracted from Mars Root itself. A special plot of land has been set aside for growing super mushrooms, and the first batch has already been successfully harvested.

However, the super mushrooms grown in this way are not space items that players can use normally. Instead, they are exclusive items limited to the Martian population. Under the encryption of the fungal liquid, only Martians belonging to the Sun Legion can use these super mushrooms to grow bigger and stronger. Furthermore, Brother Gen has even combined Utan's technology and Cheng Tian's Midnight Blessing to successfully cultivate a brand-new Martian unit exclusively for the Sun Legion.

Super Martian.

Of course, it's not like the huge difference between a Super Saiyan and a Saiyan. These Super Martians can simply grow to giant size by using the super mushroom factor contained in their bodies through natural reproduction.

Although it can still only withstand one hit before wilting back down... but from another perspective, as long as it doesn't get hit, can't it maintain the 1.5x strength and size bonus indefinitely?
Here, we must mention another racial characteristic of the Martians that Cheng Tian only became aware of after they fully joined the Blazing Sun Legion—

All the Martians are excellent pilots and pilot trainees!

As can be seen in the original work, almost all Martians are capable of piloting small UFOs in combat.

It's important to know that these small UFOs aren't only pilotable by Martians. If players progress normally to the final scene and have a showdown with Flying Gen, they'll see the Peregrine Falcon and Sparrow Squad members, who were previously captured, cloned, and then rescued, assisting in the battle by riding in small UFOs.

This indirectly shows that small UFOs are also compatible with humans, further demonstrating that Martians can actually pilot human vehicles.

While top-tier pilots certainly can't compare to humans, their average skill level is significantly higher among regular soldiers.

Humans only have two hands and ten fingers, but Martians have at least eight tentacles with numerous suction cups, and can perform additional body movements, making them more flexible than humans.

Each Martian can even receive information from the microbial network at any time from the Martian Roots, thus coping with the ever-changing battlefield environment.

The Super Mushroom form of the Super Martians will theoretically remain active as long as they are not effectively attacked, so the most suitable combat position for these Super Martians is actually the pilot.

With the Super Mushroom form, the Martians are able to withstand greater strain and pilot more powerful machines.

Of course, the current battle fortress does not yet have the capability to produce vehicles other than small UFOs and mind-controlled mechs, but that does not mean it will not in the future.

The large batch of specialty mushrooms that Cheng Tian brought back wasn't just new seedlings for the mushroom farm; it also represented the future emergence of more Martian units in the Blazing Sun Legion. Cheng, who had Gen Ge beaming with joy, immediately led the Flame Cat couple to the Dragon Beast Ranch area opened up on the north side.

As the name suggests, this area is specifically designated for dragon beasts. However, for now, it only contains various dragon eggs that Cheng Tian had previously collected. It can currently be used by the Flame Cat couple to incubate their dragon eggs.

Limited by technology, Cheng Tian could not simulate the lava environment that the Flame Cat couple liked inside the fortress, but now the two big cats, whose maternal and paternal instincts were surging, were still willing to adapt to this low-temperature environment for the sake of their children.

This also gives them ample time to recover and heal. After all, they directly ingested the zodiacal meteorite. Even with the new warm sunlight ring providing continuous healing, the physical trauma and energy depletion caused by such severe injuries are real. They need a safe environment and a place with plenty of food to rest.

"Commander, what do you think of my flying fortress?"

After dealing with the specialty mushrooms and the Flame Cat family, Cheng Tian finally had time to deal with the Grand Master's problem.

Since boarding the ship, the commander, who had been shown around the ship by Cheng Tian's puppet troops, had finally regained some of his original appearance.

Perhaps it was the explanation given by the puppet troops that linked the "battle fortress" with the "super-giant hot air balloon" that made him reluctantly accept the reality before him.

"Truly worthy of the famous Orange brand! Even their hot air balloons are so unique!"

The commander laughed loudly, but he was no longer daring to casually pat Cheng Tian on the shoulder.

Perhaps many questions remain unanswered, but the Grand Master has decided to stop dwelling on them, and even completely disregard whether Cheng Tian, ​​this monster knight who has subdued the walking calamity, will pose a threat to Starfall, Moonfall, or even the Hunter's Guild.

The apparent disparity in strength between the two sides is already utterly unacceptable. The Grand Commander couldn't even imagine what kind of monster could threaten such a flying stronghold... no, a flying city!

Rather, if Orange is truly interested in Starry Night and Moon, wouldn't the guild have the opportunity to leverage Orange's power and conduct a thorough and comprehensive investigation of the New World's ecosystem with even faster and stronger overall capabilities?

Moreover, joining a faction owned by "Monster Knights" was obviously not a difficult decision for Monster Hunters to accept.

Monster Rider is one of us too!
Once the thought popped into the Grand Commander's mind, it became unstoppable. The Grand Commander was now extremely eager to return to the stars and to have a proper discussion with Merlin and the Commander-in-Chief about what he had seen and his plans.

At this moment, Cheng Tian issued such an order.

"First, move towards the Ancient Forest area, then explore all the connecting areas around the Elder's Recess in a clockwise direction. A behemoth of that size should have a hard time hiding itself."

At the same time that Cheng Tianxia issued the order, the guild also issued the mission requests to "investigate the anomalies in the Elder's Recess" and "investigate the Sky Island".

(End of this chapter)