Famicom Game Batman Adapted from the 1989 Film

Chapter 33: '89 Movie Adaptation Famicom Game - Batman

After a Chosen Trial ends, regardless of success or failure, a rest period begins.

Players who successfully complete the main trial mission receive approximately 15 days of stay within the Space, while those who fail only get 7 days. This stay permission takes effect the following month.

As a reward for completing the novice trial, Cheng Tian not only gained 15 days of stay next month but could also remain in the Space for the rest of this month, returning to reality at his own discretion.

This involves another non-trial mission mode, which is also the primary function of the building Cheng Tian is currently in: bounty missions.

Besides the fixed monthly tasks, the Chosen Evolution Space also releases bounty missions that players can accept based on their circumstances.

Bounty missions usually don't involve main storyline elements like killing the final boss. They might involve tasks like killing a wandering neutral unit, finding specific materials, or destroying a certain building facility.

Of course, you're not entirely forbidden from directly confronting the main storyline, as players themselves are the biggest variable in the instance. What happens depends on how the player stirs things up.

Bounty missions can be solo or multiplayer, with multiplayer bounties usually having player limits.

To prevent malicious monopolization of bounty missions, players accepting them need to pay a deposit of varying amounts and must execute the mission within a certain timeframe after acceptance.

A crucial point is that when a player is in the instance corresponding to a bounty mission, the instance's time synchronizes with reality and the Space. The time consumed counts against the player's stay limit in the Space, effectively limiting the number of missions they can accept during the rest period.

The Chosen Evolution Space isn't the Sovereign's Space. There's no convenient "Sovereign! Full heal for everyone! Deduct points from me!" setting here. Players must allow enough time between missions to ensure their bodies and minds get sufficient rest and healing... or they can choose to spend a lot of resources to accelerate healing using methods from other instances.

Cheng Tian now possesses the Demon King's Castle Map, granting him the authority to open an exclusive instance. He can return to Demon Village at any moment and can utilize the novice period benefits to avoid consuming his stay time next month.

However, compared to bounty missions, the Demon King's Castle Map feels more like an additional main trial, requiring him to defeat a boss to meet the departure conditions. At least for now, Cheng Tian doesn't want to go... he plans to play a different game.

Cheng Tian isn't the type to grind a game until completion as soon as he gets his hands on it. He frequently switches between several current favorites, avoiding the development of control habits.

Since the novice benefits provide ample stay time this month, he must maximize the remaining value and increase the intensity for himself.

Another idea is that he wants to test whether the Game Expert triggers normally when executing a bounty mission.

Since he's already played a medieval European fantasy-style instance, it's time for a change of pace.

Cheng Tian scanned the bounty list. Auntie Custer at the counter thoughtfully reminded him that as a complete newbie, he wasn't qualified to view a significant portion of the bounties.

Insufficient strength, inadequate rank. For example, with an ultra-dangerous hunting mission like Hunting the Black Eclipse Dragon, what's the point of seeing it? You can't beat it anyway! You can't even afford the deposit for that mission! Looking at it only adds pressure.

Facing Auntie's harsh but sincere advice, Cheng nodded to show he understood. Then, with a composed expression, he rapidly scrolled through the list and ultimately settled on a data collection bounty mission.

[Bounty Mission: Data Collection]

[Mission Description: In Gotham City's underground bounty organization, someone is paying a high price for detailed information on the supervillains and their evil minions who dare to wreak havoc in Gotham City. You will enter Gotham as a bounty hunter, facing evil directly.

But in Gotham City, more than those villains who have become nightmares, the costumed vigilante who appears with the bat signal projected into the night sky is the one you should be most wary of.]

[Instance Blueprint: Batman (Famicom First Generation Version)]

After carefully confirming the mission objectives, instance modifiers, and the deposit he could fully afford, Cheng Tian decided on this one.

If he remembered correctly, the Famicom version of the first Batman game was created based on the '89 movie version. This meant the Batman here would be a special individual with a helmet so stiff that his neck couldn't twist left or right and had no qualms about "killing evildoers."

This bounty for collecting information on the evil minions, the grunts, was likely anonymously posted by Wayne Enterprises.

Batman never fights a battle he can't win. So, tasks like gathering information that he can't personally investigate naturally fall to the players... But looking at the mission description, is this Batman also collecting information on the players who are helping him with the task?

That's very Batman-like.

Cheng Tian decisively paid the 1000-coin deposit and accepted the bounty mission. This money would be returned upon successful completion and return from the bounty, and he had to enter the instance within the next 48 hours.

The mission had a player limit of 5, and one person had already accepted it before Cheng Tian. However, Cheng Tian couldn't confirm whether this player had already entered the instance or was waiting in standby.

After accepting the mission, he didn't stay on the Space Island. Instead, he yawned and directly chose to return to the real world.

[You have chosen to return to the real world.]

[All your equipment and items will be temporarily unequipped and stored in your personal space.]

[In the real world, you are not allowed to reveal any information about the "Chosen Evolution Space" to ordinary people. However, if you must reveal information, be prepared to bear the consequences.]

[To re-enter the Chosen Evolution Space, please apply in a safe, non-open area where you are not being observed.]

Accompanied by a burst of bright light, Cheng Tian was sent back to his own... toilet entrance.

Yes, when he was forcibly thrown into Demon Village, he had just come out of the toilet. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been dressed so scantily.

Until just now, his smartphone, which had no signal and whose battery had entered the 9% red zone, emitted a series of vibrations. Cheng Tian quickly pulled it out of his underwear and saw a string of notifications.

Most of them were junk information from various apps, but several others were voice messages from his master. Cheng Tian casually opened the latest one.

"Little Cheng, what does Ultraman Tiga look like?"

The small profile picture of Cheng Tian's master showed a dragon with outstretched claws, but upon closer inspection, one could see that the dragon's material was crystal clear, with gold interwoven.

And this dragon represented the profession of Cheng Tian's master and himself—

Cheng Tian sells sugar paintings.