Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 882 Selling Scrap Metal to Build a Warship

Clearly, Lao Luo's skills are a perfect match for Cheng Tian's vision for the future of the Lieyang, and the earlier he joins the team, the greater the benefits.

With his superior world template, Cheng Tian can create usable mechs out of thin air at a price comparable to cabbage, but this also means that the price of recycling and dismantling is also cut.

Take Lumina as an example. This original mobile suit from Super Robot Wars Y is similar in combat power to the "M1 Heretic" from the Gundam SEED universe. Therefore, its recycling price is only around 8000. This is the recycling price for a brand new product. When it is recycled as wreckage, the recycling price will be further reduced based on its completeness. If the completeness of the wreckage is only 50%, the recycling price will only be 4000.

However, the appearance of Luo Qiuer not only increased the recycling value of these recyclable debris, but also increased the probability of dropping parts. With his ability, Cheng Tian wouldn't hesitate to pay him a salary!

However, it's worth mentioning that this first recruitment effort revealed something interesting to Cheng Tian.

When Lao Luo was thrown out of the Dimensional Shock alone and looking completely bewildered, the first thing he saw was the overwhelming presence of the Blazing Sun.

As a scrap dealer who wanders around the universe collecting all sorts of junk to make a living, Lao Luo has seen far too many things. He even took the decomposed remains of Heliopolis and pulled out the Red and Blue Heretics from them. But this kind of super-large alien UFO, which is almost equivalent to the stereotypical image, is theoretically the first time he has ever seen it.

After being stunned for about five or six seconds, he decisively shouted loudly.

"Is that the famous Orange and Blazing Sun!?"

The surprise and ecstasy in Roguer's eyes were genuine.

Seeing Lao Luo's reaction, Cheng Tian paused slightly, then understood everything.

This is probably not just due to the high initial loyalty (reputation value) brought about by recruiting personnel beyond the world template, but also a combined effect brought about by Cheng's terrifyingly high legendary status and the hero aura he brings.

In fact, not only Rojuer, but also the two warlocks, were influenced by Cheng's high level of legend that could be sung throughout multiple planes, and they both chose to join without much hesitation.

Overall, Cheng Tian's reputation is predominantly positive. Except for his actions like blowing up the Twin Towers, which have polarized opinions—some people hate him intensely while others love him intensely—he can be seen as a representative of upright people.

This is what chaotic kindness is like.

This means that Cheng Tian's ability to recruit NPCs is also affected by the legend level. Characters like Lao Luo, who are drawn to scrap and machinery and have a relatively neutral position in the original world, are almost unable to resist Cheng Tian's recruitment.

Not to mention that Cheng Tian directly presented so many machine fragments that could be disassembled and studied at will, as well as brand-new unknown machines, right in front of him. Old Luo really couldn't think of any reason to refuse Cheng Tian.

However, Luo's scrap dealer skills are limited to applications on pure mechanical wreckage. As for these living monsters that appear along with the dimensional tremors and look like octopuses, they are not within his research field... This is where Utan, the master of biological research, comes in.

These "demonic beasts," belonging to some unknown demonic empire—whether from this world or another—have absolutely no desire to communicate and attack from the outset.

The flying octopus named "Doromeda" defied gravity and hovered in the air. With a slight tilt of its body, the central mouthparts surrounded by tentacles were exposed, and it sprayed high-temperature flame bullets at Cheng Tian's UFO group.

Seeing the presence of these flying octopuses, Cheng Tian didn't react much, but the Martian Roots got excited first. And you know what? These flying octopuses do indeed share some similarities in appearance and abilities with the Martian population. Since submitting to Cheng Tian, ​​the Martian Roots, taking advantage of their status and the large amount of mushrooms they obtained from *Monster Hunter: World*, have been massively upgrading their Martian followers.

This time, the Roots of Mars have clearly set their sights on these flying octopuses again.

【多罗梅：普通模板。妖魔兽。HP=4500/5000，EN=160/160。力量136/装甲值1360、敏捷37/运动值74、精神81/瞄准值162、魅力15、移动力5、尺寸M。

Pilot – Doromeda; Special Abilities – Potential Lv3, Ignore Size Correction Effect Lv2; Mental Commands – Perseverance, Unyielding.

Accessories – None;

Terrain adaptation – Aerial A, Land A, Water B, Space B;

Mech Armament – ​​Flame Bullets.

This was the template information fed back by Cheng Tian's serpentine light and shadow, which also helped Cheng Tian adjust his mindset and pull his perspective back from the God's-eye view that he had inadvertently raised again.

There's no other reason than the mental commands that Doromès possessed.

As mentioned before when Cheng Tian loaded the "Dogmatic Pilot" template, Spirit Command is a unique skill system for technicians in the Super Robot Wars series. It consumes MP-like resources to enhance the mech and thus gain various tactical advantages.

According to the game's setting, both friendly and enemy pilots, as well as demons and monsters, all possess mental command capabilities, but the enemy simply doesn't use them, giving the player a one-sided advantage.

But here, Cheng Tian witnessed for the first time the demons using mental commands.

A flying octopus that was already low on health used the mental command "Perseverance" on the spot. Its health, which had reached the red line and could have died instantly by hitting the bedpost with its toes, was restored to 50% of its maximum health!

In contrast, "Unyielding" didn't have much effect. The effect of this mental command is "the next damage received is reduced to one-eighth"... but it is facing an overwhelming attack of small flying saucers and small lasers. Unyielding, which can only reduce damage once, is a drop in the ocean.

Of course, their use of mental commands served as a great reminder to Cheng Tian that when facing enemy mechs, he should also be wary of their mental commands and data such as the mechs' special abilities.

Recruiting Luo Qiu'er cost 29200 coins. The movement costs of the Lieyang were negligible due to the large Feng Shui engine. Under Cheng's protective barrier, our side did not lose a single small flying saucer. In the end, we obtained 20 pieces of aircraft wreckage and 20 pieces of demon wreckage. Assuming an average integrity of 60% for the wreckage, and adding Luo's 5% recycling bonus—

In total, the theoretical profit is 17!
The only thing that made Cheng Tian a little regretful was that this small battle did not trigger the Shattering Challenge.

After analyzing the situation, Cheng Tian discovered that in addition to requiring small-scale battles, this Shattering Challenge probably also required the enemy to have a "leader" unit. It was likely that only elite or higher-level leader units could meet the basic condition of "destroying a specific unit within a limited time using a limited method." Ordinary soldiers simply did not qualify.

After handing over all the scrap to Lao Luo for disposal, Cheng Tian began to modify the mecha.

The Phoenix Zero Gundam that was previously 3D printed is gone; in its place is a Phoenix Gundam with a red and white body!
This is the machine experience acquisition and machine development function derived from the 'Machine Workshop'!
(End of this chapter)