#643Chapter 643: Subjugation and SettlementAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 643: Subduing and Settlement
[You chose to persuade the Root of Mars to surrender, and accepted the terms of surrender it proposed.]
[The Root of Mars will lead all its remaining clan units to join your independent faction.]
[Since you persuaded the Root of Mars to surrender and successfully seized ownership of the "Martian Mothership Battle Fortress", you are deemed to have completed the follow-up main quest, "The Ultimate Choice for the Future of the Clan".]
[Please arrange the faction positioning and placement areas for the Root of Mars and Martian units yourself.]
Although Cheng Tian's persuasion of the Root of Mars was followed by all the surrounding players, and when dealing with the Martian Searchers, they all pricked up their ears and paid half their attention to Cheng Tian, when they truly saw all the surviving Martians enter a friendly state, and even Brother Root openly re-entered the Mothership, they couldn't help but let out a series of exclamations.
It was absurd, yet they could only admire him.
If it were them, even if they were given an ownerless cosmic battle fortress, they would have no means to power the fortress, let alone control it afterwards or subdue the entire Martian faction.
As Cheng Tian's independent faction took shape, everyone present, except for Aileen, who had the Twin Tiger contract, received a space prompt.
[Player "Aoko" successfully established an independent faction (currently unnamed) that is effective in both Heaven's Chosen Space and the instance.]
[Since you personally witnessed the establishment of this faction, if you choose to join now, you will become one of the founding members and gain higher faction authority, employment authority, shopping authority, etc.]
[Joining this independent faction will not affect your faction identity in other instances, but if you appear in an instance with this independent faction, your faction identity will be forcibly switched to primarily being a member of the independent faction.
This independent faction will periodically receive a special mission system from Heaven's Chosen Space—the Great Expedition.
The Great Expedition mission system has many characteristics such as high difficulty, long duration, generous rewards, and no increase in personal rating.
When the Great Expedition mission starts, you will be obligated to join and execute the mission.]
The group of people looked at each other, and it was clear that excitement and doubt coexisted.
Although everyone had now completely escaped the initial bottom tier and could operate independently in the middle ranks, it didn't mean they understood everything in the space.
At least this kind of thing—a player establishing an independent faction that is recognized by the space and can even execute the never-before-heard "Great Expedition" missions—none of them had experienced it.
But it must be said that some people were tempted, though their points of temptation differed.
Some were tempted by the fact that it "will periodically receive missions directly from Heaven's Chosen Space." In his view, this was equivalent to becoming a Heaven's Chosen civil servant in disguise, directly working with the space, which could not be wrong!
Others focused on the "higher multiple authorities." Given that the Martian faction had been accepted and cloning technology was so advanced, did this mean that this faction had a "resurrection within Heaven's Chosen Space after death" purchase option?
Still others focused on the "no increase in personal rating" aspect. If they could improve their strength without increasing their rating, this would be of great help for future high-difficulty main instance missions or passing them, significantly reducing variables.
As for the danger of the mandatory Great Expedition mission... isn't that the norm in space?
Danger is usually directly proportional to gain. How much one can gain depends on one's own ability.
Players who have reached this stage are not all geniuses, but they certainly have some extraordinary qualities that allow them to stand firm in the space, and what lies before them now is a rare opportunity that won't come again.
For example, if they join now, they are considered founding team members, meaning their reputation starts directly at "Revered." Subsequent players, without special circumstances, will generally start at Neutral, or at most Friendly.
A difference of one or two reputation stages means they will be at the forefront of faction reputation for a long time in the future, allowing them to access good things earlier than others.
And the condition for joining only requires Cheng Tian, the faction leader, to nod his head.
"I'm joining."
Smart Head, whose voice was muffled and tinny, successfully ignited the enthusiasm of others to join.
And interestingly, not only the player group but also NPCs showed signs of temptation, such as the two members of the Peregrine Falcon squad, Marco and Tama, who had submitted N resignation applications to the government but were never approved.
Of course, this should also include a strong sense of disappointment with the government army.
As for General Morden himself, who had remained on the Mothership, directing the Morden Army soldiers' actions due to Cheng Tian's intervention, after everything settled, he signaled Sergeant Allen and others to wait for him in place, then slowly walked up to Cheng Tian.
For some reason, the General, who had been on the ship for half a day, was still naked.
Cheng Tian and General Morden's eyes met (Cheng Tian's three eyes + Morden's one eye), and then both their crotches simultaneously lit up.
The identical strawberry boxer briefs worn by the two men created a sense of mutual appreciation between them.
The entire instance also froze at this moment.
In the sky, a series of flashback scenes began to appear.
Ace Combat, Alien Strike Back, Earthlings Charging Forward, Root of Mars's Wave Attack Failure, Seizing the Mothership, Subduing the Root of Mars, and finally, it froze on the shining crotches of the two men.
[Starting instance settlement.]
[Instance Scene: Metal Slug, Morden Army Rocket Launch Site + Near-Earth Orbit.
Instance Difficulty: B
Main Quest: "What Can Save You? My Great Leader! / Saving Private Steve!" — Team Quest, Multi-faction Cooperative Quest. Completed √.
"The Ultimate Choice for the Future of the Clan" — Team Quest. The Root of Mars chose to join your independent faction on the conditions of "annihilating the Venusians" and "helping the clan to multiply". Completed √.
Side Quest / Holy Grail Mission: "Dimitri Says Hello to the Martians" — Team Quest. As a prerequisite for triggering the main quest choice. Completed √.
"This is What Happens When You Clone Recklessly" — Team Quest. Completed √. Team accumulated 4188 cloned units killed/assimilated, and the research progress on "Fungal Liquid Clone Production Line" related technology increased from 0% to 40%.
Non-quest plot summary: Seized the "Martian Mothership Battle Fortress" and established an independent faction based on it, successfully subduing the "Root of Mars" and its subordinate Martian units.
Instance Achievements / Titles: The Courage of Humanity is the Anthem of Life / Alien Strike Back (Purple), What Does It Mean for a Lab to Fly? / Ship Seizer (Gold), Reputation Reversal / Martian Covenant (Purple), Same Taste / Friend of Morden (Purple).
Quest Completion: 200%
Scene Exploration: 200%
Instance Settlement Rating: SS
Instance Settlement Rewards: 60,000 Heaven's Chosen Coins (commission). 15 Free Attribute Points, 6 Free Skill Points, 2 Golden Skill Points.]
[Your Metal Slug 3 related experiences have been archived.]
[Since you subdued the Root of Mars and its related forces through promises, you will be defaulted to a hostile state with the Venusian faction. When your faction develops to a certain extent, you will need to "annihilate the Venusians" to fulfill the covenant.
You can actively activate the "annihilate the Venusians" covenant at an appropriate time, and an additional instance will be generated during your stay in the space.]
[You have a maximum of 24 hours remaining in the current world.]
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