Chapter 359: Brain and Heart
As a Game Expert, Cheng also had his own gaming preferences; for example, he rarely touched music games, pure puzzle games, or party games.
Even if he did, it had to be a hybrid type, like the PSP version of "Patapon 3"; he played that little game, which combined music game and RPG elements, quite a lot.
Vaguely, Cheng Tian remembered that there were indeed games for Madou King, but there was probably only one reason why his memory wasn't clear—
The games were completely un-fun!
Thinking of this, Cheng Tian stopped his internal search and decided to look it up after he returned.
But then again, this was just a conversation that led them here; the wind-attribute mechs Cheng Tian mentioned were one more troublesome than the last. Compared to the real mechs from the Armored Warriors series, other mechs besides Madou King were like tiny little specks.
The dungeons where those mechs were located should at least be B-rank or even higher, definitely not something to covet at the current stage...
Never mind, just treat it as humoring a child~
Seeing Aileen's excited expression, which had recovered from her previous despair, Cheng Tian swallowed the explanation he was about to blurt out.
Everyone else's attribute points were done; now it was Cheng Tian's turn.
Currently, Cheng Tian's mental attribute had reached its cap, and he couldn't add any more points. He also wasn't sure how to break through this limit yet, so these attribute points could only be used on the other three stats.
Cheng Tian's current base attributes were Strength 21, Agility 14, Spirit 50, and Charm 25. His dilemma was whether to put all the points into Charm to reach 40, further improving his summoned creature control and plot expansion, or to distribute them evenly among Strength, Agility, and Charm to make the overall numbers look better.
As for skill points, Cheng Tian's current four skills had all reached Lv4, and any one of them could reach Lv7, but this made him even more conflicted... If the Space had a simulated attribute point allocation function, that would be great.
Just as Cheng Tian was pondering, a small object suddenly appeared on the shoulder of Aileen, who had stopped feigning tears because she had found hope.
Cheng Tian looked closely and found that it was a scaled-down dragon head mechanical arm, identical to the main brain mech.
Dragon Head Mechanical Arm, Purple Rare Lv1, similar to the Fire Moth Wings, does not occupy regular equipment slots. Installation position is the spine. It can assist in combat, possessing the ability to release fireballs, firewalls, and small laser blades. It comes with a combat AI and can enter autonomous combat mode.
When Aileen turned off the autonomous AI and linked it to her nerves, a strange expression quickly appeared on her face.
"It came out of the BOSS chest. It feels a bit strange to use; there's interference between limbs, like when you bend your pinky, your ring finger also unconsciously bends down."
Aileen, after a brief attempt, gave this evaluation.
Because the Dragon Head Mechanical Arm was placed on her left side, Aileen's entire left arm twitched unconsciously when she controlled it, and the neural connection feedback felt exactly as Aileen described.
"If you modify that mask again and change into a full-body chainmail, you could directly impersonate a Predator huntress... Let me play with it~"
Cheng Tian, who borrowed the Dragon Head Mechanical Arm, also tried it himself, then gave the evaluation of "combat version octopus mechanical arm." It would indeed require a certain amount of training time to adapt to the feeling of "having an extra arm."
"What did you get from your chest?"
"...I'll open it now."
At Aileen's curious urging, Cheng Tian also directly opened the BOSS treasure chest he had received from the settlement.
As the main attacker who killed the main brain, Cheng Tian's contribution was naturally the highest in the team, and the chest was very generous, directly ejecting two items that landed in his left and right hands respectively—
The jar in his left hand contained a full complement of nutrient solution and an entire human brain tissue.
The jar in his right hand was largely similar, but it contained a heart.
Strictly speaking, the main brain fell into the category of a biological computer, having undergone almost extreme mechanical modification to its body, leaving only its brain and heart; it was wetware.
But getting two wetware items at once was still quite unexpected.
Cheng Tian first looked at the heart... This thing was actually a freaking accessory necklace!
[Main Brain's Heart: Purple/Rare Lv1, Accessory, Necklace. Wear requirement: None. One of the only remaining flesh parts preserved by an unknown genius scientist after transforming himself into wetware. Durability 100/100.
When worn, Strength +5, your HP self-recovery rate increases by 100%.
When your heart takes a fatal blow, the Main Brain's Heart will take the damage instead of your heart. For every 10 durability lost, your HP self-recovery rate will further increase by 10%.
Overload Pulsation — You can actively activate the Main Brain's Heart, causing it to enter "Overload Pulsation" state, temporarily doubling all your Strength-related values, judgments, and effects at the cost of 1% HP and 1 durability per second. This effect cannot cause judgment Strength values to exceed 50 points; when HP falls below 10% of maximum, Overload Pulsation will forcibly end; you can only activate "Overload Pulsation" once every 24 hours.
The Main Brain's Heart cannot be repaired through conventional means. It can only be slowly repaired by returning to the Space or by soaking it in advanced nutrient solution/healing potions.]
A rather good necklace with a skill, and even without the skill, the passive effects of 5 Strength and doubled HP recovery efficiency alone would be enough to sell it for a high price.
The "Overload Pulsation" below was an extremely powerful desperate skill, which should be very effective on melee units.
It felt like it would be quite suitable for Bazett to wear.
That girl's Mad Beast Arm Gauntlets allowed the user to gain a 20% increase in both Strength and Agility for 1 minute, but the cost was a 20% temporary reduction in the corresponding attributes for the minute afterward.
If Bazett activated the heart's Overload Pulsation in this situation, she could once again push her Strength to the limit even while under a negative BUFF!
This burst of power was not to be underestimated.
"Ah!"
Cheng suddenly clapped his hand, having suddenly thought of something.
If Bazett, wearing the Main Brain's Heart, used her Anti-Light Sword to clash with Cú Chulainn's Demonic Lance, would the Main Brain's Heart take the damage from the Demonic Lance instead of her own heart?
"Bazett~"
Thinking of this, Cheng Tian directly waved to his loyal guard.
The auburn-haired girl approached like a big dog, without a hint of wariness.
Then, in Cheng Tian's hand, the heart in the jar rapidly contracted, finally transforming into a crystal-clear, red crystal-like appearance, complete with an exquisite chain—
And then, amidst Bazett's flushed face, which was starting to steam, Cheng Tian personally placed it around her neck.
"...Thank you."
Bazett uttered a mosquito-sized sound.
At that very moment, the gazes of the half-elf archer and the twin goddess sisters swept over, then they instinctively exchanged glances, simultaneously understanding the meaning in each other's eyes—
A strong enemy who had been overlooked!