Game designer Jiang Cheng wakes up inside the game Age of Mechanical Corpses.
Looking at the heavily guarded prison and the hulking men covered in full-sleeve tattoos around him, Jiang Cheng feels a chill run through his backside and his crotch: “Damn doctor, you said the root-skin removal surgery was risk-free. Why is the skin still there, but I'm dead?”
“Good thing I'm the game designer. In a game I made, how could I not find a cheat?” Jiang Cheng pulls up his pants in mortified embarrassment.
Complete a special Martial Arts quest and obtain the talent: Battle Through Wounds. After taking damage, restore a percentage of your own HP.
Complete a special Beast Companion quest and obtain the talent: Dance with Beasts. Form a symbiotic contract with a beast companion and share each other's lives.
Complete a special Supernatural Ability quest and obtain the talent: Cognitive Distortion. Permanently alter a target's perceptions【Consumable Talent: 3\3】
Complete a special Spellcasting quest and obtain the talent: Grant Sentience. Bestow independent consciousness upon magical creatures.
After completing the special quests for all four branches, Jiang Cheng resolutely awakens the fifth branch: the Mechanical branch.
“Use the talent ‘Cognitive Distortion’ to change ‘myself,’ ‘beast companion,’ and ‘magical creature’ in the three branch talents to ‘my mechanical creations!’”
【Fusion Talent Obtained: Mechanical Deity (Your mechanical creations possess independent consciousness, automatically restore their durability when damaged, and share their lives with you. Machines never die, and the gods endure forever!)】
The mighty Yangtze flows east, its waves washing away the heroes of the past.
Many years later, surveying the countless mechanical troops surrounding him, Jiang Cheng feels deeply melancholy:
“Will someone... please just kill me already?”
I'll take another look. What I've written now is okay.
Fine. It's also a new worldview, right?
The characters feel a bit caricature-like, especially in the fortress chapter. The scene where the protagonist is throwing the jade pendant was also very deliberate, as no one was protecting the scene. Let's pick up the remaining protagonists and slowly fight them out. Overall, it's pretty good.
Comparative combat power
I'll take another look. What I've written now is okay.
Fine. It's also a new worldview, right? The characters feel a bit caricature-like, especially in the fortress chapter. The scene where the protagonist is throwing the jade pendant was also very deliberate, as no one was protecting the scene. Let's pick up the remaining protagonists and slowly fight them out. Overall, it's pretty good.