Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 863 Dynasty Warriors IF Route—What if Guo Jia had survived the Battle of Red Cliffs?

Although Koei Tecmo's portrayal of the Three Kingdoms characters in this completely modified Dynasty Warriors series has an indescribable flavor, with each character having a taste in clothing that far exceeds the corresponding era... or rather, quirks, the personalities and tendencies of the characters under each major faction are still quite obvious.

This also means that in Dynasty Warriors, it is actually very difficult for generals and civil officials with a certain reputation and a lord to become servants under the player's command.

Theoretically speaking, Guo Jia, the talented but pleasure-seeking scholar, should have maintained a high level of loyalty to Cao Wei. Cheng Tian was quite curious as to how such a person managed to escape with the player.

Cheng Tian didn't hold back; instead, he raised the question very directly.

The other party did not expect Cheng Tian to be so direct at first, but considering that he was to "join" the Lieyang Legion as a highly important manager, they treated the question as a background check and gave an answer.

The relationship between Guo Fengxiao and the player is more like that of an employer and mercenary. The player gains Guo Fengxiao's conditional loyalty by saving Guo Jia's life.

As a hedonist, even in the world of Dynasty Warriors, Guo Jia is someone who can't live without alcohol, partyes every night, and eats Five-Stone Powder as his staple food. Just one of these things can kill a person, let alone Guo Jia who is also a master of all five vices.
Therefore, his health had long been ruined, and it is no exaggeration to describe him as terminally ill. Historical records indicate that he died at the age of 38.

However, what is incurable within the Dynasty Warriors universe is not necessarily a terminal illness in other game worlds. This player clearly seized the opportunity when Guo Jia was about to die, and then took the chance to sign a contract equivalent to a Bronze side quest.

The reason it's bronze is because it involved taking advantage of someone in distress. After surviving the combined effects of being critically ill and the Five-Stone Powder, Guo Jia, whose rationality regained its advantage, realized his current situation.

While Guo Jia was genuinely grateful to his new employer, he also harbored resentment at being taken advantage of.

However, after signing the contract, learning about their own form of existence, and witnessing the vastness of space, their dissatisfaction and even hostility gradually subsided, and they stayed by their employer's side with a strong sense of inquiry.

Just as Bazett caused a major incident in the corresponding FATE instance after signing a contract with Cheng Tian, ​​Guo Fengxiao also significantly changed the original world's plot by obtaining level information from the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" instances from his employer, as well as his own position by Cao Mengde's side.

The most significant plot change is the "Battle of Red Cliffs," which was originally scheduled to occur the year after Guo Fengxiao's death!
Thanks to Guo Fengxiao, the player's employer, who survived his critical illness and learned about the future, the outcome of the Battle of Red Cliffs was almost directly reversed, leading to an IF scenario where Cao Wei became the sole superpower.

It's just like Dynasty Warriors.

This player also benefited from Guo Jia's position in the Cao Wei strategist system, gaining a series of additional enhancements and item support that were not included in spatial calculations.

For example, the forging, socketing, and enchanting system in Dynasty Warriors, the large amount of Dukang wine that can instantly restore special move points, and the special move "True Musou Frenzy" that can be mastered through long-term training, etc., can be considered to be doing quite well.

Of course, there are quite a few minions like Bazett and Guo Fengxiao, who have corresponding original copies as their returnable worlds, but those that can achieve this level are obviously not many.

However, as time went on, what made Guo Jia a little anxious and internally frustrated was that the more successful he was in the Cao Wei camp in the original world, the more his weak influence in the Chosen Space became apparent.

Guo Fengxiao's heart has now swelled to the point that the mere Cao Wei can no longer contain it after seeing too much scenery outside the Three Kingdoms. But his anxiety and internal strife are useless, because he knows very well that the Chosen Space is essentially a super-large mercenary gathering place. Without a unified camp, how can it have any influence?
It wasn't until the emergence of "Lieyang Legion," an officially recognized pure player faction, that it came into Guo Fengxiao's view.

Like most people, he initially remained an observer, wanting to see whether this so-called officially recognized faction was a short-lived rabble or a truly promising and developing faction.

After returning victorious from this first major expedition, he knew that this faction was something special, so he took the initiative to join.

He definitely wouldn't pledge allegiance. If he had a way to bring Boss Cao to the Chosen Space, he would have done it long ago. He just wanted to see if he could make a name for himself in the Chosen Space with his own abilities.

Cheng Tian couldn't possibly figure out Guo Jia's thought process all at once, but a person's reputation precedes them. As Cao Wei's top strategist, it shouldn't be too difficult for him to come up with a set of rules and regulations that could reasonably manage a thousand "elite generals."

In any case, the ultimate authority of the legion still rests with Cheng Tian, ​​the founder. As long as he wants to see it, all the detailed entries are recorded in the space log. So, they simply let him in to participate in the initial management and relieved Smart Head of his heavy burden to a certain extent.

Cheng Tian did trust Smart Head's abilities more and recognized his humanity more, but in the end, the other party was also a player who needed to constantly become stronger to cope with the increasingly difficult main story dungeons. Moreover, from the perspective of bloodline, Smart Head, whose bloodline was enhanced by Oglin, preferred to act as a tank and become everyone's shield.

This extra time also allows Smarty to process the various rewards he obtained in the dungeon.

After finishing the personnel recruitment, Cheng Tian took some time to return to the Lieyang, or more accurately, to visit Wutan.

As a logistics personnel, Utan has now completely detached himself from frontline missions. He only needs to complete the cultivation of his clones and the modification of the flesh-and-blood metal beasts. Since he has been traveling with the Blazing Sun, he has naturally obtained 70% of Cheng Tian's main quest rewards. Moreover, since he has few skills and does not need to fight directly, he can concentrate all his resources on a few attribute skills, choosing a specialization route instead of a balanced one.

"How's it going?"

Cheng Tian asked.

"...This is a possibility for cloning materials that I never thought possible; it may even completely change the basic framework of laboratory cloning systems."

As Utan spoke, his eyes lit up as he looked up.

On its front, in the cultivation tank that should have been holding clones, was instead a very miniature human-shaped lotus root—

It is none other than Nezha, the Third Prince, from the world of Black Mythology!

(End of this chapter)