Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 747 X is here, but where is the water boat?
【Cyclic Curse: Rank B/Lv1, Active Skill. Another unique ability of Demon King Astaroth, which can cause unruly targets to be trapped in the same place indefinitely, unable to escape.】

Consumes 100 MP to mark yourself or a target. When the duration ends, both allies and enemies will be forcibly teleported to the coordinates where the mark was made under the influence of the curse. It can be activated and ended early.

The Cyclic Curse lasts a maximum of 15 seconds on enemies and a maximum of 30 seconds on yourself or allies. The skill has a 60-second cooldown.

[Additional comment: The marking is done, but who's going to complete the Torrent, Water Knife, and Ghost Ship parts for me?]

This curse loop skill can essentially be seen as a modified version of Captain Kunkka's X mark, enhancing the duration on both allies and enemies while extending the skill's cooldown time.

It may seem useless at first glance, but it is actually a very terrifying soft control ability.

If someone is successfully marked and does not have the ability to remove curses or gain magic immunity, even if they manage to dash hundreds of meters away in 15 seconds, they will be forcibly pulled back after the curse is activated. At that time, what awaits the target are various skill effects that have been laid in ambush around them.

Additionally, if used properly, it can also be used as a special teleportation device.

For example, Bazett, who is at the forefront of the battlefield, first curses himself, and then Cheng Tian in the rear uses a Command Seal to forcibly recall him, applies a series of aura potion buffs to him to give him a full recovery, and then 30 seconds later Bazett himself is pulled back to the original marked position by the curse and continues to engage in the battle.

However, Cheng Tian was still slightly surprised that the space would give this skill a B-level rating.

What may seem like a simple description of an effect can actually lead to many ingenious tactics, and perhaps that's what Space values.

Unlike Captain X's Mark, Bazett's Cyclic Curse can be upgraded by investing skill points, and key skill enhancement nodes might produce some even more amazing effects.

With the Demon King's complete demise, the human world gradually regained its light, and sunlight shone down as usual.

The fields, which were originally characterized by withered vines, old trees, and crows at dusk, have been restored to their former glory at an abnormally fast pace, with lush foliage and chirping birds.

Under the light, the coldness and darkness in both body and mind were further dispelled, which made the princess, who had just witnessed the collapse of the Demon King's castle, somewhat confused.

However, this has nothing to do with Cheng, who is known as the hero.

The princess was still confused, but the silver beam of light, representing the return of the teleportation, had already enveloped Cheng Tian and his companion.

The village of demons was restored to light... but this was only a brief period of light that Arthur had bought with his life. The human world was liberated, while the demon world was still stirring.

The Demon King's castle was brought back to the Demon Realm by the group of demons who had fled after encountering Cheng Tian and were desperately trying to escape.

Whether the Great Demon King will choose to make a move because of this is another matter entirely...

……

"Boss! You're famous!"

This was a message Cheng Tian received from a parent-type customer after returning home and opening WeChat, almost half a month later. Moreover, it wasn't just one; several parents around 40 years old sent Cheng Tian similar messages, each accompanied by either a link or a short video lasting ten seconds.

As a sugar painting seller, Cheng Tian's customer base is mainly children under the age of elementary school, while their parents are mostly in their 40s. They are a group that has experienced the end of a difficult period and is able to accept new things relatively quickly.

Since Cheng had completely focused his life on the space, only setting up his stall once every ten days or so, the parents would initially complain a bit because of their children's nagging, but as time went on, the children's attention was drawn to other things.

However, the fact that they all sent similar messages at the same time did pique Cheng Tian's curiosity.

It wasn't until I opened the video link that I realized his 1:1 high-fidelity 3D sugar figurines and short videos of him driving the Batmobile while wearing a high-level NESTS combat suit had actually become quite popular.

Numerous videos with accelerated playback and edited clips can be found on multiple platforms, with the highest number of views exceeding one million.

For a complete novice who has never been involved in any social circles and has not received any official promotion or support, having this kind of data is obviously quite an exaggerated result.

Cheng Tian was initially quite happy, not because he was using real materials for cosplay, but because his skills were recognized.

However, when Cheng Tian traced the source and looked for the factors that led to his sudden popularity, he quickly discovered that Bazett had far more cosplay clips than he had!

Almost every title is something like "Super accurate! This is the real designated seal executor!", "I love the suit and short hair!", or "Mysterious cosplayer, like someone who stepped out of an anime", and then they are accompanied by stunningly beautiful faces from every angle.

Moreover, it can be seen that almost every video contains Bazett's sharp gaze, like that of someone capturing prey. This is just an instinctive reaction of a combatant, but from the camera's perspective, it shows his skill in capturing the shot.

Then, without exception, these videos inevitably included a large number of images of Cheng in combat gear, and then the discussion below started.

At first, the discussion revolved around "Why isn't it Gouzi or Xiao An who's paired with Ba Jie?" and "Even if it's a coyote, I can tolerate it, why is it Nizi?" Then, without realizing it, it expanded to "This Nizi's cosplay outfit is amazing... but why isn't she wearing makeup?" Then someone revealed the whole process of Cheng Tian creating the 3D Destiny, and suddenly some people expressed their understanding.

However, what interested Cheng Tian the most was that the MUGEN community, which had been almost dead, had actually come back to life a little bit. An unknown UP master named "Zhuanzhuan Wedding Dress" started a tournament with the theme of Type-Moon characters versus King of Fighters characters, and the number of views soared from several thousand to nearly 100,000.

Well, don't think it's too little. This is a data improvement that is comparable to a last gasp in the MUGEN community, where the average number of views is mainly in the thousands in recent years.

Of course, as the saying goes, with fame comes trouble. Cheng Tianwei's WeChat and QQ friend requests have increased to 99+, and his private messages on some video platforms that require real-name registration have also exploded.

Cheng Tian did only one thing in response: he ignored it.

Ignore everything, whether it's a small number of business complaints or a large amount of mindless abuse. Since you don't have the ability to slap the other person across the screen, there's no point in watching it.

Cheng, who was barely affected by his own small fire (referring to a game), opened the Steam page and looked at one of the new games released this month—

Silent Hill F.

(End of this chapter)