Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 879 The more powerful subordinates one has, the greater one's charisma.

If the upgrade of the Void Garage, which integrated many of Cheng Tian's items, abilities, and equipment, was somewhat foreseeable, then this breakthrough in Charm was completely unexpected by Cheng Tian.

As a player who has pushed his strength, agility, and spirit to their limits, it's impossible to say that Cheng Tian is completely indifferent to charm.

However, special missions like Extreme Breakthrough are not something you can trigger just because you want them, and the Charm attribute itself is rather unique.

Strength and agility are physical skills that can be developed through hard work and training. By interacting with powerful fighters and warriors in various dungeons, the probability of triggering these skills is not too low.

The same applies to the mind. If there isn't a good route, find other spellcaster NPCs on the same wavelength, meditate to hone your mind. Moreover, compared to physical training, mental training is even more mystical. You might work hard through dozens of main quests and still not get close to a breakthrough, or you might trigger it on the spot in a flash. It's really a bit crazy.

Compared to them, charm is indeed a rather elusive thing.

In addition to affecting interpersonal relationships, reputation growth rate, and plot discovery ability, the Charm attribute is also related to the number and specifications of summoned creatures that can be controlled.

When a player moves from the role of a lone wolf to that of a team manager, charisma is, to some extent, already linked to "leadership ability".

Judging from the current breakthrough mission conditions, it is clearly linked to the leadership derived from charisma. Moreover, it is probably because my overall strength has far surpassed that when I broke through the other three attributes, so the overall mission difficulty has subtly increased.

Without the constraints of self-imposed limitations, a solid and practical approach is essential.

Cheng Tian started counting on his fingers.

Of these conditions, only these 20 combat vehicles are the easiest to achieve. If he cuts costs to the limit, Cheng Tian could even directly produce 20 Federal Army Type 61 tanks, with a total cost of less than 20, which Cheng Tian can afford right now.

But after these 20 tanks were produced, the drivers involved were in serious trouble!

[Personnel Recruitment: Template Skill. With the assistance of the Beyond World system and the influence of the background setting of Super Robot Wars Y itself, you can use "Interdimensional Transfer" and "Timequake" to conduct indirect personnel recruitment.]

You can open and view the list of recruitable personnel at any time, and summon them by consuming the corresponding Chosen Coins. Some specific characters require specific conditions to be met before they can be recruited.

Once you select and recruit a specific character from the list of recruitable personnel, you will directly obtain the corresponding spatial coordinates. The recruited member will appear in the form of "alternate spacetime transfer" or "spacetime tremor," and will usually be accompanied by the appearance of a small group of enemy troops, so you need to be prepared to deal with it in advance.

Once you successfully recruit someone, they will automatically join the "Sun Legion." However, you will need to pay them corresponding rewards or items equivalent to those rewards afterward.

[Additional Note: Since the current world is a hybrid product of multiple dimensions, it is theoretically possible for multiple identical characters to exist.]

As the saying goes, even a hero can be brought down by a penny. Even though Cheng Tian still had nearly a million in assets after the last major expedition, he was still struggling to recruit 20 pilots, 4 captains, and 20 support personnel to maintain the basic operation of the warship.

In Cheng Tian's current list of recruitable personnel, the cheapest recruits do indeed cost only 1.5. However, the problem is that most of the recruitable personnel costing less than 2 are individuals who only possess one of the following skills: 'assistance,' 'mechanical technology,' 'intelligence analysis,' or 'ship handling skills.' It's not impossible to force them onto the battlefield, but their true comfort zone is actually the supervisory positions in various departments of the warship, which are part of the logistics personnel.

When you calculate it this way, it's easily over a million, and that doesn't even take into account the cost of producing battleships. Even the cheapest one on the list, the standard battleship which can only operate on land, sea, air, or space, costs between 6 and 20.

To have a "white ark" capable of operating in space and the atmosphere would require a whopping 20.

...Money! I need some money!

The thought that he had consumed 333 million essences, equivalent to Heavenly Chosen Coins, to break through the scripture barriers of those two golden bald monks made Cheng Tian's eyes gleam with greed.

The items listed above only cover production and recruitment. Subsequent maintenance of the machines, replenishment of energy and ammunition, personnel wages, and so on are all terrifying, long-term expenses.

For a long time, Cheng Tian lived a very comfortable life thanks to the Martians who didn't need to pay him any salary, the clones who also didn't need to pay him any salary, and even the hunters who spent money on the Sun.

During the last great expedition, Cheng Tian's Blazing Sun only served as a transit station, with the bulk of the war being shared by the Heavenly Court and Mount Ling.

But at this moment, he appears in the MechWarrior Y instance as a separate force. Although he is still free, it also means that the responsibilities, obligations, and costs he has to bear are much more terrifying than if he were dependent on other forces.

Given the current size and future trajectory of the Sunfire, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a small country.

As an independent entity, one only needs to rely on other forces, but as a whole, which is a small country, there are many more things to consider.

Cheng Tian made a quick decision and temporarily defined the future action plan of the Lieyang Legion as "free mercenaries" and "scrap dealers".

Both of these operational guidelines are simple and easy to understand. They were formulated to enable the Sun Legion to survive in this world. They would accept commissions as freelance mercenaries and receive corresponding rewards. Then, as scrap dealers, they would directly recycle the remains of machines and monsters on the battlefield and decompose them into Chosen Coins, making money from both ends.

The former might have other people competing with Cheng Tian for the job, but the latter is basically Cheng Tian's exclusive opportunity.

The research institutes and researchers in this world may have their strengths in one way or another, but they are not as pure as the Lieyang's recycling and dismantling function, and it is even more difficult for them to travel around the world. If they can make a name for themselves in this area, it should be a good way out.

Cheng Tian didn't think there was anything wrong with this positioning. Right now, the Lieyang Legion's priority was to survive; everything else could wait.

However, a situation that boosted Cheng Tianshi's morale soon emerged.

After Cheng Tian extended a temporary invitation to the two sorcerers piloting the Georgard to join him, and received their consent, the conditions for completing Cheng Tian's breakthrough mission changed to "Combat Vehicle 1/20" and "Pilot 2/20".

Recruiting both pilots and mechs in this manner can also fulfill the requirements for extreme value breakthrough missions!
In his excitement, Cheng looked at the new entries that appeared due to the template loading, and a huge storm was brewing in his mind.

(End of this chapter)