Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 896 Getter Ray
Island nation, Mount Asama, Saotome Research Institute.

Two enormous aircraft hovered atop the mountain directly above Mount Asama: the "Mobile Fortress Elden" and the "Golden Flying Saucer Sun." Many of the people aboard the two ships had already entered the research institute, looking around with curiosity.

This is probably the first time in ten years that the Saotome Research Institute has seen such a large influx of outsiders.

As an institute researching some of the most dangerous energy sources in the multiverse, it shouldn't theoretically allow so many non-professionals to come in. However, considering the subsequent resource exchange and machine trading, they've come anyway.

The research institute itself is nothing special. Apart from having almost hollowed out an entire mountain to serve as a laboratory, it is not much better than Cheng's shipborne biological research institute in the field of science and technology.

However, some people with higher spiritual attributes, as well as those like Cheng Tian who have made special achievements in the field of the soul, could clearly sense the abnormality of this place, and this abnormality became increasingly strong after entering the research institute.

Cheng Tian stood at the corner of the long and eerie empty metal passage. In his field of vision, there was something that looked like an aggregate of soul fragments, floating in mid-air in a state similar to unclaimed spiritual essence.

With a wave of his hand, the ghost Jizo gathered these unclaimed soul fragments together.

Cheng Tian examined them and found that these soul fragments were like someone who bought five or six 1200-piece jigsaw puzzles, then completely scattered them, discarding at least half of them, and then mixed all the remaining puzzle pieces together, resulting in a chaotic and mixed mess.

However, under the guidance of the gauntlet, these soul fragments, which were mixed together and difficult to filter out effectively, began to group themselves.

Before long, Cheng Tian saw some broken souls dressed in different outfits, such as white lab coats, guard uniforms, and combat suits. Cheng Tian guessed that these should be the researchers, guards, and pilots who had accidentally died in the past few years at the Saotome Research Institute.

These shattered souls generally have a fragmentation rate of over 60%. Even if they are pieced together, they are far from being complete, and the part that retains the core consciousness is long gone.

It's likely that the core consciousness of these fragmented souls has been absorbed and merged by the Getter Line. Unlike Dr. Saotome and Musashi Tomoe, these ordinary people's souls probably couldn't retain their consciousness.

Cheng Tian looked down at his feet, and the third eye between his eyebrows peered through layers of physical barriers, finally settling on a part shaped like a pot lid, but sealed tightly.

Strangely, the Heavenly Eye's X-ray vision stopped there. Beneath the pot lid, there was clearly a large amount of special energy that could interfere with the Heavenly Eye's ability to penetrate.

This place is a taboo within a taboo for the Saotome Research Institute, and what can interfere with Cheng Tian's X-ray vision is the Getter Ray with an absurdly high concentration.

The Getter Ray exists in a very special form. It is both infinite energy and destructive radiation, and it also contains its own will. While it has firmly chosen humanity, it has a catastrophic corrosive power on other species.

In a sense, the entire Saotome Research Institute is now equivalent to a reactor in a state of nuclear leakage. Even with the so-called "Hell's Urn" sealing off the high concentration of Getter rays, some radiation will inevitably escape through obstacles such as steel and rock walls.

Only humans can survive in such a long-term environment of weak Getter radiation without dying, and their souls after death will inevitably be completely or partially assimilated.

However, Cheng Tian could vaguely sense that this Getter Ray, which could indiscriminately radiate across the mecha universe and even multiple dimensions, did not seem to have the same universal erosion and assimilation effect on beings like himself who were clearly from "high dimensions"... at least not at low concentrations.

Without trying high concentrations, it's too early to draw conclusions, and of course, Cheng Tian didn't want to try it lightly. He clenched his fist, his ghostly eyes slightly opening, and all the soul fragments were absorbed, becoming red soul materials that could be used to strengthen his body.

"Hey? What are you doing? Come this way!"

The voice of Kamiya Hayato came from the other side of the passage, and Cheng Tian changed his direction accordingly.

Despite being only around forty years old, his hair had already turned as white as that of an elderly person in their sixties, which shows just how much pressure Hayato had endured over the past nineteen years.

This not only meant taking over everything from the Saotome Research Institute, but also the resentment and regret of being left behind yet again.

Objectively speaking, this was the first time Cheng Tian and Hayato had officially met face to face, but the two of them directly abandoned all the tedious and unnecessary communication and went straight to the helipad, where all the Getter D2s that Cheng Tian needed were parked.

As the mass-produced model of Getter Roborock, the Getter Roborock D2 has a significantly stronger mechanical feel compared to the prototype, and its overall color tone is also darker, presenting a dark red or even grayish tone.

In the original work, Getter D2 was clearly treated as a grunt machine. However, anyone who knows a little about Getter knows that even among mass-produced grunt machines, Getter is the most demanding machine to pilot among all super robots.

When unmanned, Getter units can be easily defeated like grunts. However, as long as there is even one more suitable pilot inside, the compatibility and combat power will skyrocket. Once three suitable pilots are gathered, that is the true Getter.

Unfortunately, while the Getter Rays chose humanity, it doesn't mean that just any human being is qualified to become a "Chosen One of Getter."

The five remaining D2 pilots at the research institute are, at best, elite level according to the template. Without wearing the enhancement suit, a single full-power jump by a D2 would tear them apart by the stress. Even with the enhancement suit, they probably wouldn't last more than five minutes.

Unlike Ryutoma, that strong and robust wild gorilla, whose impact could make others vomit blood and internal organs, he only needed to spit out two streams of blood from his nose and that was it...

"Dr. God! Is it true that you're going to sell Getter D2!?"

As expected, after hearing that Hayato was going to sell a D2, the Getter D2 pilots immediately gathered together and ran over, questioning him with resentment and anger.

It can only be said that those who dare to be pilots at the Saotome Research Institute, which has an astonishing casualty rate, are people who have disregarded life and death and have a strong sense of identity and belief in the institute. Otherwise, who would stay here?
Hayato nodded, his gaze towards the young people complex.

Before the young martyrs could say anything more, Cheng Tian pointed to the empty space, and golden water ripples appeared, from which the red Phoenix Gundam stepped out.

"More accurately, it's an exchange."

After patting Phoenix Gundam's feet, Cheng Tian addressed the stunned young people around him.

(End of this chapter)