Chapter 314: "Sakura Wars Toilet Machine" Ranks Number One on Cheng Tian's "Least Desired Mecha to Pilot" List
[Mecha Combat — Human strength will become minuscule; only mecha are the mainstream and dominant force in this world. Most abilities of all players in non-piloting states will be subject to usage and effect restrictions. They will only be unleashed when piloting a mecha, and suitable abilities will match the piloted mecha, temporarily transforming into new mecha abilities.]
Woohoo!!! Mecha Combat!!!
Cheng Tian visibly grew excited, and at the same time, his mind began frantically searching for all games related to mecha.
Undoubtedly, the moment the term "Mecha Combat" appeared, the first thing Cheng Tian thought of was the Super Robot Wars series, followed closely by the Gundam G Generation series and the Armored Core series.
However, as soon as this thought emerged, Cheng Tian's thought process shifted, suppressing his excitement and beginning a calm analysis and speculation.
As a hodgepodge of IPs from numerous robot (pronounced 'luobo') works, the upper limit of Super Robot Wars is undoubtedly the highest. Once some mecha that shouldn't appear are mixed in, it means the danger level of the world view directly skyrockets.
Although he had dealt with a Demon King at the beginning of the month, he still felt that he was quite far from truly being able to open a Super Robot Wars map.
The danger level of Gundam G Generation is, on average, slightly lower than Super Robot Wars, but it is also a hodgepodge of internal Gundam works, with quite a few 'divine' mecha and pilots mixed in. Additionally, if it truly were Gundam G Generation, then the term shouldn't be "Mecha," but rather "Gundam" directly.
The term "Mecha" always gives a feeling closer to "high-tech exoskeleton armor."
If that's the case, there are quite a few that fit this term, such as Armored Core, Titanfall, BattleTech, Daemon X Machina... even Sakura Wars, with its all-toilet-lid mecha, Armored Trooper Votoms (incorrectly translated as Armored Demon Muramasa, should be Full Metal Daemon Muramasa, a visual novel), and Muv-Luv, known as the most passionate GalGame, should also be considered works with a mecha-centric worldview.
However, thinking of this, Cheng Tian suddenly realized another problem: for a hodgepodge, merged worldview like Super Robot Wars, it seems too vast to be viewed as a single main quest... so, would it be split out for individual use?
For example, Full Metal Panic!, Gurren Lagann, Code Geass, Magic Knight Rayearth, Neon Genesis Evangelion, etc.—these themes, which almost have no independent mecha games but have appeared in the Super Robot Wars series, would they be presented in a split-out form, with the Super Robot Wars combat system as the main framework?
Thinking of this, Cheng Tian immediately sent an inquiry message to the Space.
Players, more or less, have the authority to directly inquire about Space information. For example, Cheng Tian's previous application to prematurely develop the Ys Origin dungeon, and players' applications for gray contracts, etc., were all direct communications with the Space. However, the Space does not answer every question; for some idiotic or simply disruptive information, the Space completely ignores it.
Cheng Tian's email was sent and he quickly received a reply, which contained only four large characters—
NO! COMMENT!
"Oh~~~?"
Upon seeing such a reply, Cheng Mouren's tone involuntarily rose.
Because this kind of answer is also an answer.
Based on different player ratings, there are differences in the amount of information obtained. However, Heaven's Chosen Space belongs to the more benevolent type of "Main God." Although it will watch players die, it does not issue those instant-kill missions that directly wipe out players if not completed, or those that crazily increase the difficulty from the source. Instead, it frequently gives players a second chance, and even for the most important main quests, it can offer an option to withdraw.
Therefore, when touching upon information that shouldn't be touched at this time, the Space only gave a gag order warning and did not impose any substantial punishment.
When he was still unknown, some things from Ailin could not be told to him.
So, the four characters "No Comment" probably also indicate that he has touched something that cannot be touched yet.
But this probably also indirectly ruled out the possibility of the current dungeon being a Super Robot Wars derivative.
However, compared to those terms like "technology-side dungeons ban magic" or "magic-side dungeons ban technology," this "Mecha Combat" obviously concentrates everything on mecha, making human strength seem insignificant.
What other games focus entirely on mecha combat... Suddenly, a game flashed through Cheng Tian's mind—an old favorite that, due to not being ported to multiple platforms, was not widely played and was relatively niche, but was definitely a top-tier product in its genre!
"Mecha... Mecha arts... Tactical commands..."
Cheng Tian began muttering some random things.
And seeing her Master as neurotic as ever, completely without tension, Bazett's heart, which had been somewhat restless due to facing the main quest, gradually calmed down.
Cheng Tian and Bazett were currently in the central plaza of Heaven's Chosen Space. As he received the dungeon terms, other players naturally received theirs as well, and at this time, some players would choose to disclose their terms.
Some were proactively looking for other players who might become teammates, making some non-binding agreements. Others were using their terms to find intelligence vendors who had already gathered in this area, to purchase relevant information they might need.
There were many terms like [Government Army VS Modern Army] which were so specific that they were almost equivalent to revealing the dungeon name. But there were also some, like the one Cheng Tian received, that had a limited scope but were not specific enough, so they could only spend more money to buy more data and try their luck.
Although Cheng Tian, with some guesses in mind, did not need the players' information, he also took this opportunity to inquire for news from as many intelligence vendors as possible.
The intelligence vendors had no suspicions; anyway, Cheng Tian couldn't see the specific content, so showing Cheng Tian the blueprint names of the dungeons was fine. But they had no idea that for Cheng Tian, just the blueprint names were enough!
Cheng Tian could even roughly determine the current main dungeon types involved in the player community and which dungeons might be in an unactivated state, by observing the distribution of information in the hands of the intelligence vendors present.
After a tour, Cheng Tian did not see any "Super Robot Wars" related information, but there was indeed a significant amount of Gundam-related material.
Games like Gundam VS Gundam, Gundam Battle Assault, Gundam Breaker—the number of games was overwhelmingly high. Cheng Tian even saw Gundam Z on the FC platform.
At the same time, Cheng Tian also did not see any information for the game he had in mind, not knowing if someone had played it but wasn't releasing information, or if it was a first-time dungeon.
At this moment, Ailin's private message pop-up appeared.
"That damn guy's Twin Tigers contract absolutely won't sell!"
Ailin expressed her indignation.