#541Chapter 541: A promising future or random skills?AI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 541: Future Potential or Random Skills?
Cheng Tian pulled out a dark gold necklace that, theoretically, only he could equip.
Effects like Black Particle, Mirror Reflection, and Space Control were universal and could be triggered by others, but for Cheng Tian, they had additional skill synergy effects.
The synergistic enhancement of Space Control was the most surprising; Cheng Tian never expected it to link with the Void Garage.
Normally, all dungeon income obtained by players had to be brought out of the dungeon via the main quest settlement, with almost no exceptions.
Now, an exception had appeared.
Cheng Tian gained the authority to bypass the main quest settlement and send items into his space.
This could also be directly seen as Cheng Tian's exclusive dungeon space round-trip delivery service. This way, even if Cheng Tian accidentally failed a main quest and had to face an evacuation route, forced to abandon all income, he still had a baseline of 8 items that could be sent directly back into his space.
It wasn't a straightforward enhancement, but it offered a lot of room for strategic maneuvering.
Additionally, although the duration was very short, Cheng Tian did indeed become Orochi, and it could even be seen from the title he obtained that during his fusion with Orochi, Cheng Tian was treated by the planetary will, Gaia, as a legitimate Land God who had officially taken up a post.
Under the influence of this special identity, Cheng Tian also gained limited authority to command Orochi's Hakkesshu.
On one hand, he was hated by all Yamata no Orochi; on the other hand, he could openly command the eight snake heads to do his bidding. Because of this, Cheng was even a bit impatient to go to other dungeons with Yamata no Orochi and show them who the true Orochi was.
For some unknown reason, Cheng Tian felt a sense of returning to the origin, a rustic simplicity, from this dark gold necklace, which was clearly of higher rarity.
It lacked the complex unlock mechanism of the blazing sun mask and also some of the visually explosive enhancements, but it provided solid stat boosts.
Attribute bonuses, resistance bonuses, attack effects, shield enhancements, private delivery, new henchmen... there was really nothing to complain about.
"Good stuff, but only suitable for me."
Cheng Tian calmed himself down and, as if presenting a treasure, pushed the item description box in his hand in front of the others.
Just as Cheng Tian felt when he saw Aileen's belt with a 51 Agility requirement, the others should have felt the same when they saw the 80 Spirit or 'kill Orochi' requirements.
But Aileen looked disdainful and directly shoved the item she had drawn into Cheng Tian's hand.
"See for yourself~"
Aileen's arrogant tone, emanating from within, made Cheng Tian's eyebrows twitch slightly. Then, when his gaze fell upon the miniature Yamata no Orochi statue in his hand, which looked like it was in a petri dish, Cheng Tian froze.
[Orochi Primeval Gene: Golden Legend / Lv -, Special Item, Enhancement Item. A special item containing the original genetic material of Yamata no Orochi. After use, it allows the user to gain at least 2 and up to 8 bloodline enhancement slots.
For each new bloodline enhancement slot, all your attributes will be permanently -2.]
[Additional Note: This item allows the user to be compatible with multiple bloodlines, but the strength of the compatible bloodlines cannot differ too greatly, otherwise bloodline imbalance will occur, increasing the risk of character sudden death or even save corruption.]
...Huh? This isn't right, is it? Is this thing really an item that players can use?
As someone who had just completed a bloodline transformation in the previous dungeon, transforming from a human into a vampire, Cheng Tian's understanding of bloodline enhancement was clearly deeper.
Not to mention the abilities derived from bloodlines, just the permanent attribute bonuses brought by changing bloodlines were enough. Yet, this Yamata no Orochi could allow players to be compatible with up to eight bloodlines!?
But Cheng Tian quickly came to his senses. 2 to 8 doesn't necessarily mean 8, and the cost of adding bloodlines has already been given: all attributes -2, for a total reduction of 8.
From this point of view alone, if a player was incredibly lucky and their bloodline enhancement slots soared to 8, wouldn't they first experience a total of -14 to all attributes!?
If every main dungeon had an S-rank evaluation, then theoretically, that would be at least four or five dungeons' worth of total attribute point income!
Perhaps eight bloodlines represent future potential, but if there is no future to begin with, wouldn't it just be pure negative gain? Additionally, the information in the additional note is clearly a warning. While it seems capable of accommodating up to eight bloodlines, there's a core issue called "bloodline balance."
Regarding this, Cheng Tian, with his dinosaur laboratory, actually had some say.
The lab contained "Superpower Dinosaur Primeval Genetic Sample Sets," but Cheng Tian couldn't just cram all the gene fragments into a single dinosaur; the ultimate consequence of excessive insertion was genetic collapse.
If dinosaurs couldn't handle it, humans were even more delicate.
Currently, it's clear from the panel that bloodlines don't have rarity levels, but it's obvious that a common vampire cannot compare to Cheng Tian's Sunwalker.
In other words, if Cheng Tian wanted to combine an internal energy bloodline with his vampire bloodline to attempt a primordial creation, he would most likely turn into a Creeper first... However, just as Cheng Tian's mind generated an image of a certain gorilla named Zheng roaring to the sky with a knife, a series of spatial prompts appeared before him.
[Detected that you possess the S-rank talent 'Game Master' —]
[Detected that you hold the special item "Orochi Primeval Gene" —]
[You can permanently consume "Orochi Primeval Gene" to further enhance 'Game Master'.]
[Each time you enter a new dungeon, you can choose between "Random Fixed Template" and "Random Skill Template".]
[Random Skill Template: This template will randomly select 8 options, including template skills and template armaments, from multiple character templates that fit the scenario. You will then select and confirm the combination yourself, finally constructing a "Random Skill Template" with 1 armament and 4 skills.
If you are not satisfied with any of the options in this template, you can also directly abandon the Random Skill Template and revert to the Random Fixed Template.]
Looking at the refreshed spatial prompts, Cheng Tian's face twisted into an expression like he had eaten a sour plum.
A single specific term can roughly explain this enhancement change —
Dota Skill Random Mode.
Some skills, when distributed among different characters, are of decent strength, but some skills, once concentrated on the same character template, instantly become overpowered or even a BUG.
So, the question is... should I choose future potential? Or the random skill template?