#649Chapter 649 New main line, new entriesAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 649: New Main Storyline, New Keywords
"Huh? When did I become a Bronze?"
After completing his journey in Makaimura, Cheng Tian, back in his personal space, habitually reviewed his space message logs to catch up on anything he missed. That's when he saw the description of his promotion from Black Iron tier to Bronze tier.
Looking at the log, Cheng Tian guessed that it popped up when he was feeling sluggish and he hadn't noticed it.
He didn't know if the Black Iron to Bronze promotion was only tied to an implicit score, or if Cheng Tian had already met the corresponding conditions. In any case, he became Bronze in a rather muddled way.
He asked around and discovered that Ai Lin had also become Bronze. Cheng Tian speculated that "Extreme Value Breakthrough" was the key factor in advancing to Bronze.
Advancing from Black Iron to Bronze also meant more player privileges and benefits. The most important of these was the early acquisition of keywords for main quests, increasing from one to two, 24 hours in advance.
This was a genuinely significant improvement!
With only one keyword, there were many possibilities that fit. However, if there were two keywords for cross-referencing, the efficiency of finding corresponding game dungeon data would greatly increase, allowing for much earlier preparation.
However, Cheng Tian quickly dismissed this idea because, after using his authority to inquire, he discovered that starting from the Bronze tier and B-rank dungeons, the proportion of mixed-genre dungeons would gradually increase.
If the previous instance of MapleStory dungeon fragments encroaching on a Streets of Rage dungeon was an extremely special event, then in the future, such situations would account for 30% or even 50% of dungeons.
Of course, this was a conclusion Cheng Tian himself reached, because other players simply didn't know the prototypes of the corresponding games, and naturally weren't aware that the dungeons they experienced were actually mashups.
Perhaps some might sense something unusual from slightly conflicting settings, or notice something when keywords they'd experienced in other dungeons reappeared in a new one. But it was still difficult for them to reach the definitive 'mashup' conclusion like Cheng Tian did.
While this increased ratio of mashup dungeons would, to some extent, reduce the effectiveness of Cheng Tian's foresight, it also greatly increased the element of surprise and fun that Cheng Tian himself sought. In any case, Cheng Tian was happy to see it.
Moreover, if this trend continued, then game dungeons with multiple IPs and large-scale crossover themes would likely appear in a more complete form.
Cheng Tian was extremely eager for the Super Robot Wars series!
In addition, Bronze-tier players also had higher priority than Black Iron and unranked players in certain permission applications, somewhat like military ranks, but with more freedom.
If Bronze was already this impressive, what kind of preferential treatment would Silver and Gold receive?
While Cheng Tian was very curious about this, he also realized something.
He had been in Heaven's Chosen Space for about half a year now, but he seemed to have never encountered Silver or Gold-tier players.
Were they deliberately hiding their ranks, or was there some other hidden reason?
However, Cheng Tian quickly dismissed this thought, as he had applied to the Space for a sample of a Great Expedition mission file.
The three words "Great Expedition" indeed evoked a strange excitement, but the specific situation still required specific analysis. For such a long-term mission involving life and death, Cheng Tian believed it was necessary to know some more detailed information, or even specific case studies, which would be even better.
As the only one in the entire Heaven's Chosen Space currently qualified to undertake a Great Expedition mission, the Space naturally didn't hold back and sent Cheng Tian many case examples.
Cheng Tian immediately looked at the Great Expedition mission with the blueprint of "Earth Defense Force."
To briefly summarize, the Earth in this world had fallen into a planet-wide extinction event due to an alien invasion from beyond the solar system. The Great Expedition was to help the few remaining Earth Defense Force members fight against the aliens until all of them were expelled.
In the original timeline, the Earth Defense Force had gradually repelled the aliens by relying on reasonable resource allocation, detailed battle plans, and absorbing alien technology to upgrade their own technological system. However, in the timeline corresponding to the Great Expedition, a situation similar to "protagonist dies at the start" in Cheng Tian's Novice Trial (Newbie Trial) occurred.
That is, critical nodes that should have led to victory in the war suffered losses, ultimately leading to a worldline where the entire dungeon progressed to the worst possible outcome.
This was a long-term mission with a long time span and extremely high intensity, posing a significant test to the mental and physical resilience of both players and NPCs.
Of course, the Space would also pay relatively generous rewards for this.
Then there was also a Great Expedition mission with the blueprint of "Neon Genesis Evangelion," where players needed to act as reinforcements for Earth to fight against entities called "Angels."
In this world, the entities originally capable of directly confronting the Angels, known as "EVAs," were all unable to truly function on the battlefield due to issues with their pilots.
Similar blueprints included "Warcraft," "Helldivers," "Warhammer 40,000," and so on.
However, in the descriptions, Cheng Tian keenly detected a particular detail: in all the Great Expedition examples Heaven's Chosen Space provided him, the player groups, without exception, stood on the side of humanity.
Although most similar games featured humans fighting against alien invasions, the fact that all Great Expeditions had this tendency could, to some extent, represent the Space's attitude... Could these examples be my future Great Expedition mission options?
Cheng Tian raised an eyebrow, somewhat suspicious.
After completing his review, Cheng Tian quickly entered a state of rest, rather than desperately cultivating or taking on extra missions for improvement.
Master Roshi's words continued to influence Cheng Tian; good rest was also part of training, and even the Great Expedition mission wouldn't significantly change Cheng Tian's perspective on this.
Back in the real world, Cheng Tian still frequented arcades, watched game exhibition announcements, and paid attention to excellent new IPs.
While old games were still his favorite, the current flourishing state of domestic games indeed showed signs of rekindling Cheng Tian's long-dormant passion for them.
When he saw the black-faced, black-bearded figure riding a giant mountain tiger in the promotional video, Cheng Tian's heart surged with emotion, only to then feel a wave of slackness.
Because, according to the development cycle of Monkey, playing this new work called "Zhong Kui" would likely mean waiting another three to five years.
With this thought, Cheng Tian re-entered the Space, ready to receive the keywords for the new main story dungeon.
And the two keywords the new main story dungeon gave Cheng Tian were—
"Ancient Dragon Calamity" and "Evil Sacrifice."
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