#597Chapter 597: Sugar Painting Skills Super Evolution Sugar FiguresAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 597: Sugar Painting Craft Super Evolution — Sugary Figurines
Bazett, who was currently being mercilessly "beaten" by Cheng Tian, was quite shocked at this moment.
Previously, when she played Contra with Cheng Tian at home, she didn't feel anything, but when she saw some very familiar figures on the King of Fighters '97 arcade machine, Bazett's mind couldn't help but turn into a muddle.
"Why are they in the game?"
Because the arcade was noisy, filled with the sounds of joysticks, button mashing, and various game sound effects, Bazett had to lean her head close to Cheng Tian's ear to ask, puzzled.
"It's the other way around."
"What?"
"I mean, the order is reversed. Mai Shiranui and the others were in the game first, then that instance existed."
Cheng Tian explained casually.
Bazett had long known that the instances in Heaven's Chosen Space were composed of "games," but when it truly presented itself in game form before her eyes, it still required a good digestive system.
"The blueprint for your native world is also derived from games. If you're interested, I can set it up for you when we get home. I have the PSV cartridge."
As Cheng Tian spoke, he selected the characters Orochi Iori, Orochi Leona, and Orochi.
The Fengyun mod was great; he didn't have to bother with secret codes.
If Heaven's Chosen Space had numbering for players' native worlds, Cheng Tian had reason to believe that his Earth should be numbered 0; even if it wasn't the origin of Heaven's Chosen Space, it should be a primary source world.
Cheng Tian didn't explain much to Bazett, as she might not necessarily understand.
After taking Bazett, his tag-along, through King of Fighters '97, Dynasty Warriors, and Dungeons & Dragons, Cheng Tian then found his way to a corner of the arcade, where there was a machine specifically loaded with many FC games.
Bazett quietly watched Cheng Tian speedrun SD Street Fighter with Mayor Haggar.
Here, Cheng Tian didn't clear out all the machines like he did in Tianjin; instead, he only picked some favorites to play, but this lasted from daytime until nightfall.
The arcade's operating hours ended at midnight, but most players didn't last that long and went home much earlier.
The owner, surnamed Xu, had aged from middle-aged to elderly over thirty-five years.
As he was leaving, Cheng Tian casually asked Old Man Xu how many more years the shop could stay open.
Old Man Xu replied with this:
"That depends on the city government's requirements."
"Now, our shop is the only one left in the entire Shengjing. It mainly depends on what the government thinks; whatever they say, we do. As for myself… as long as I can still move, I'll keep going."
Old Man Xu, who didn't particularly enjoy playing games but insisted on opening his shop rain or shine for thirty-five years as long as he wasn't too sick to move, smiled and told Cheng Tian.
"I'll be back~"
Cheng Tian said as he left with Bazett.
Back home, Cheng Tian pulled out his PSV, plugged it in to charge, and then retrieved the "Fate/hollow ataraxia" game cartridge from his display cabinet.
The original "FSN" actually had no voice acting, which was only added in subsequent re-releases for all character dialogues. In the PSV version of the sequel, "Fate/hollow ataraxia," there were also mini-games like unlocking ema, shrine fortune-telling, Illya's Castle in the Clouds, and gacha Servants.
"The PSV isn't indestructible, be careful."
Cheng Tian pointed to the controller wreckage piled in the corner, created by Bazett last month, and warned her with lingering fear.
Bazett said "Oh" and then sat upright, playing with her head down.
Soon, Cheng Tian guided her into lying on the sofa, playing in a position where she could easily drop the PSV on her face if she dozed off.
Incidentally, although Bazett is the main soul character of the sequel, the ones responsible for providing welfare CGs are still Saber, Rider, and Sakura Matou.
Fortunately, Bazett wasn't that familiar with them, and her gaze towards them was relatively calm.
However, she soon heard Cheng Tian making quite a racket in the kitchen, fiddling with something.
"Master, what are you doing?"
Bazett, who perhaps liked that title, rested her chin on Cheng Tian's bent shoulder and asked curiously.
"I'm preparing ingredients for tomorrow's stall."
Cheng Tian was fiddling with malt sugar and a pot.
"Speaking of which, I still don't know what your main job is, Master."
"Me? I'm a inheritor of intangible cultural heritage!"
Cheng, with his head held high and chest puffed out, proudly declared his profession.
To get his feel back, after cleaning the marble slab and pot, Cheng Tian immediately boiled a pot of malt sugar and performed for Bazett.
Even without equipment bonuses, Cheng Tian's agility had more than doubled since the beginning, which made his hands steadier and allowed him to complete sugar painting structures in a shorter time.
Originally, he preferred 2D flat sugar paintings; 3D Three-dimensional shape were generally only made at gatherings, and only those who were attracted by the atmosphere of the gathering and willing to spend money would buy his super expensive 3D sugar paintings.
However, whether Cheng Tian had super-evolved or for some other reason, his sugar painting skill, which he hadn't practiced for a long time, had become visibly outrageous.
Cheng Tian's spoon flew, and he even used techniques similar to blowing light bulbs. Soon, a lifelike and exquisitely crafted malt sugar short sword appeared before Bazett.
"Here, Bazett's special, Sugar's Inverse Sword ~"
Cheng Tian handed the sugar Noble Phantasm, embedded in a bamboo skewer, to Bazett.
Bazett held the sugar Noble Phantasm and examined it for a long time, astonished to find that its structural Texture was quite outrageous. Even the hedgehog-like mineral patterns in the spherical parts and the dense runic symbols inside the sword guard were all replicated.
If the material used had been magical silver ore solution, it could even be shot out as a Noble Phantasm!
It was ridiculous!
"I think it could sell for 298."
Cheng Tian offered his opinion on the price of the sugar Noble Phantasm.
"Too little."
Bazett felt that the craftsmanship alone was worth more than that price.
Awoo~~
Cheng Tian's phone made a tiger's roar; this was his random ringtone for texts, WeChat, and other notifications. He wasn't too fond of setting fixed message and ring tones.
He poked his head out to look; it was a long-awaited voice message from his master.
Cheng Tian opened the green bubble, and his master's voice, seasoned like an old chain smoker, came out.
"There's a rather large anime or game exhibition in Modu, they say they want to promote traditional Chinese culture, so they invited me, your master, to set up a stall or something.
I don't understand how games can be related to sugar painting, and I'm not too keen on going. How about you come and help me advise?"
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