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Chapter 611: Ace Combat
Whether it was the Government Army or the Modern Army, besides the veterans like Aoko who had experience from the last mission, there were also some new players with greater fluctuations in strength.
Moreover, the newly joined players generally had higher skill levels than the veterans.
This was mainly because the new player group was recruited based on the average skill level of B-rank dungeons, while most of the veterans, like Uncle Xue and Little P from the Peregrine 004 team, were brought in due to previous save data. Their ability levels still hovered around C-rank.
At first glance, this might seem unfair to these players, but in reality, the dungeon had stratified them in terms of mission assignments.
For example, Cheng Tian, who was directly assigned to an aerial combat mission by the Government Army, received genuine B-rank mission treatment. Aileen and Smart Head were both above C-rank but not quite B-rank. However, the former possessed aerial combat capabilities, while the latter was a pure ground combat Shield Guardian, leading to a divergence in their missions.
The Modern Army side was similar; they were also divided into aerial escort teams and ground escort teams. The group currently under attack was mainly composed of players at Iron, Bronze, and higher ranks, with B-rank main quests being the norm. A few individuals with slightly weaker strength but aerial combat capabilities could also be included in the aerial escort team missions.
Cheng Tian's setup was indeed quite peculiar. In a mission primarily focused on aerial vehicle combat, the appearance of such a battle scene, where industrial creations and supernatural abilities intertwined, would certainly surprise some less experienced players. However, players who could be deployed in this "Heavenly Scourge Counterattack" dungeon were clearly quite seasoned.
"Enemy attack!? It's those scoundrels from the Government Army!"
A burly player inside the transport plane thoroughly enjoyed this role-playing of factional antagonism. While roaring, he directly opened the hatch and leaped out without any parachute, being rapidly flung behind by the troop carrier.
And just as this burly man began his free fall, his body started to undergo rapid changes.
His cheap clothes were quickly torn, fine reptilian scales began to emerge on his skin, his snout elongated, and a pair of wings with membranes extended from his back—
Beast King's Power: Dragon Transformation, from the "Altered Beast" dungeon world (MD version), activates the wildness within, transforming oneself into a flying dragon unit capable of soaring freely in the air and wielding the power of lightning.
As this guy named "Rexxar" took the lead, several players also emerged from the cabin one after another, each displaying their unique abilities and pulling out their aerial combat means.
Cheng Tian, who had just shot down a Modern Army's single-person bomber named "Flying Tara," saw the strange figures pouring out of the troop carrier and his eyes instantly lit up.
Similar to the previous FATE dungeon, a dungeon with only friendly units, while free from external interference, inevitably lacked many variables and much fun... Of course, Cheng Tian creating variables himself was another matter.
But when there were many players and multiple factions fighting each other, although it brought greater danger, it also gave Cheng Tian the opportunity to witness more abilities from different game dungeon worlds, which in a sense was his motivation to continue playing in the Chosen Dungeon.
Cheng Tian watched Rexxar transform into a lightning-wrapped dragon. Many options immediately popped into his mind, but combining the lightning and dragon form, he finally settled on "Altered Beast."
As for the aerial combat methods used by the others, Cheng Tian almost instantly identified their origins with a single glance.
A guy dressed almost exactly like Rambo had a flight pack on his back that, both in specifications and output, seemed smaller than a "Moth Suit," yet he could hover steadily in the air, with two red wingmen circling around him—
The anti-gravity flight pack and combat wingmen from "Final Mission" on the FC platform.
Because of its dual protagonists' red and blue color scheme, humanoid units, gun-wielding shooting, and the way gun enhancements were obtained by picking up "letters," this game earned the nickname "Aerial Contra" among Chinese players.
As the saying goes, there are only mistaken names, not mistaken nicknames. The words "Aerial Contra" accurately convey the essence of "Final Mission."
The third hostile player, using an ability similar to "Quick Deploy," conjured a fighter jet out of thin air and skillfully climbed directly into its cockpit.
At first, Cheng Tian couldn't discern anything special, but when two large legs and two arms suddenly extended from beneath the fighter jet, one arm holding a large rifle adapted to the fighter's specifications, Cheng Tian suddenly realized—
The VF-1 "Valkyrie Variable Fighter" from "Macross." However, he couldn't quite determine which specific game it came from yet.
After all, it appeared in the FC game of the same name and as a playable unit in "Super Robot Wars."
However, when Cheng Tian turned his gaze to the last two people who jumped out of the cabin, his expression immediately stiffened, with seriousness and strangeness simultaneously appearing on his face.
This fourth enemy... he had a small propeller on his head that was almost universally known—
The Bamboo Copter from the "Doraemon" worldview!
The Bamboo Copter itself wasn't a big problem. Besides granting convenient and easy-to-use flight ability to others, it offered no defensive capabilities. But the important thing was that anyone with a Bamboo Copter likely had a high probability of having visited a "Doraemon" related dungeon. And if they had visited and cleared one, then they would very likely have also synchronized with other magical gadgets.
Depending on how they were used, these magical gadgets could potentially introduce unimaginable variables.
Compared to the dragons, Aerial Contra, and Valkyrie fighters, the one Cheng Tian felt most likely to pose a threat was this guy with the Bamboo Copter on his head.
As for the last one... let alone Cheng Tian and his companions, even the dragons from the same faction, when their gazes shifted to him, were either distracted or froze on the spot.
Because floating around this guy were two bald, muscular men, completely hairless, with bulging, glistening muscles, and only a triangular piece of fabric between their legs that could be called clothing!
And these two muscular men were hovering beside him in a bizarre slow-motion "Electric Light Poison Dragon Drill" (a move from a fighting game) pose, showcasing their biceps, and their two shiny bald heads were even firing energy-like projectiles towards Cheng Tian's direction.
Rather than human servants, they were more like humanoid... wingmen?
"Cho—"
"Cho?"
Aileen subconsciously picked up on Cheng Tian's sound.
"Isn't this Chō Aniki!?"
Gazing at the approaching humanoid wingmen in the distance, Cheng Tian let out his loudest strange cry of the month.
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