Chapter 396: Pushing Forward (Patreon)

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If it weren't for the fact that Sun Cheng couldn't leave Russia right now, he would have wanted to immediately return to Base 2 and ask Mirage and Atlas how they managed to do it.

He had personally participated in the research on the Decepticons' transformation ability before.

Mechanical life forms, because they have extremely flexible micro-components called gears inside their bodies, can change their mechanical body forms to become the same as the scanned object, whether they are Decepticons or Autobots.

Of course, there is a big premise here, which is that the object being referenced must be scannable by the mechanical life form.

What does scanning mean?

It means using something similar to X-rays to obtain complete data on the structure and content of the reference object from the inside out in an instant.

After all, the transformation of mechanical life forms is not just about appearance. They can completely simulate all the abilities of the reference target through transformation and optimize and upgrade them.

However, the research soon reached a deadlock.

Sun Cheng discovered that the scanning ability of the mechanical life forms had significant limitations. He had tried using some beasts and even humans as reference targets, but his scanning function yielded no results.

For some unknown reason, Decepticons seemed unable to scan carbon-based life as reference targets.

Although he was not sure about the Autobots' situation, he presumed it was similar.

Therefore, the humanoid Decepticon that Sun Cheng had been eagerly awaiting had yet to materialize.

The benefits of humanoid Decepticons didn't need much explanation.

Initially, his thinking was somewhat narrow. If he could really create a highly intelligent and formidable Decepticon with humanoid form and bring them back to the real world for his own use, his power would expand at a terrifying speed.

And that was not an exaggeration, given the research capabilities of engineers like Atlas.

The mechanical civilization from Cybertron Planet had a history of millions of years. Although the two major races, Decepticons and Autobots, had spent most of their history in hibernation due to rust disease and resource crises, the individual power of mechanical life forms made them inferior to Earth in terms of overall technology.

But some things were beyond doubt. The technology demonstrated by Decepticons in dozens of fields such as alloys, microelectronics, and energy far surpassed Earth's current generation.

Energy on Earth was limited, and every day that human civilization remained bound to Earth brought them closer to extinction.

This was the inevitable result of civilization development because the population would continue to grow with advances in medicine and technology, and the consumption of plants, proteins, energy, etc. in the decades from birth to the average lifespan of eighty years was not a small amount.

That's why he had the idea that even if he could bring humanoid Decepticons back to the real world, even if they had only half the abilities of other Decepticons, it would be enough for him to accomplish all the impossible things in the real world.

Later on, Sun Cheng's ideas expanded even more.

It was easy to provoke the united forces of all human powers on Earth if an alien race ruled over Earth openly. He even suspected that if he brazenly deployed hundreds or even thousands of Decepticons to launch a strong attack on Brazil, not only would the United States and Autobots retaliate, but even Russia and China, which had previously cooperated amicably, would likely change their attitudes.

But a different approach would yield different results. If Decepticons possessed the ability to transform into humans, he would have no need to appear on the front lines himself.

He only needed to create a certain number of humanoid Decepticons in the territory under his control and support them to become the ruling class of local governments.

By doing so, Sun Cheng and his forces could comfortably retreat to the background and remotely command, accelerating the development of their own power.

So when he received the news that Teletraan and 'Atlas' had successfully created the first humanoid Decepticon and named him 'MoraKottir,' dispatching him openly to Bolivia to serve as the Ministry of the Interior for the newly controlled human nation at the base, he couldn't help but want to fly to South America immediately, to Bolivia, and see the birth of this new little guy with his own eyes. But...

No!

The smile on his face disappeared in a very short time, replaced by a cold and impatient expression.

"…Still no response from Starscream? Excavator..."

He had been in Russia for over two months, and he had an undercover agent from Starscream by his side. Although his patience was good, he had to calculate every moment to avoid mistakes, constantly oversee the expansion of the base, and speculate on the next moves of his opponents.

As time passed, Sun Cheng couldn't help but feel some impatience.

Especially recently, it seemed that the Autobots and the United States had set their sights on the northern port, giving him the illusion that he was trapped here and unable to move.

This feeling of being unable to control anything made Sun Cheng, who had always lacked a sense of security, extremely uncomfortable. After a period of repeated contemplation, he was prepared to play two cards and break this stalemate.

Excavator felt extremely uncomfortable under Sun Cheng's icy gaze and quickly shook his head in response.

Sun Cheng's temper had been growing lately, and he was almost forced to train in close combat with him every day, suffering harsh lessons.

It was true that Excavator, as a Decepticon skilled in close combat, possessed impressive fighting abilities.

However, when faced with Sun Cheng, who completely suppressed him in terms of speed and strength, his combat experience and techniques could only reduce the extent of his injuries to some extent, especially considering that Sun Cheng was making progress every day.

"Is that so?"

Sun Cheng sneered and then looked deeply at Excavator, waving his hand to dismiss him after preparing for another round of beating.

"I suppose... you are also troubled?"

Muttering quietly, Sun Cheng looked up at the sky in the direction of the moon, his eyes becoming increasingly filled with resentment.

He indeed knew Megatron's current location during his feigned death, but once Megatron returned, he would undoubtedly be one of the top targets on Megatron's hit list.

So contacting Starscream through Excavator was just a test.

Now, he finally obtained some useful information.

Although Sun Cheng couldn't be sure whether Starscream also knew that Megatron was in a feigned death, there was a high possibility that he did, considering Starscream's knowledge of the secret of the Mariana Trench.

Starscream's prolonged silence was quite interesting.

"...Isn't it still not the time to awaken Megatron for you?"

Staring at the direction of the moon for a while in silence, Sun Cheng withdrew his gaze with a smirk forming at the corner of his mouth.

In his mind, an image of a yellow Chevrolet car with his girlfriend, waiting at a certain intersection for a red light, flashed through his core.

Sun Cheng quickly looked towards the direction of South America and gave an order to Forerunner, who was currently in Bolivia.

"...Have Accel quickly make his way to Bolivia to take over your duties, then immediately head to the United States to complete the task I gave you earlier!"

It was time for the gears to be shifted by himself.

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