Chapter 1001: An Uneasy Conjecture

South America, Tierra del Fuego.

A battle had just ended!

The victorious Decepticons, under the command of an Advanced Warrior, began to clear the battlefield.

Four Golden Eagle Armed Transport Ships disengaged their optical camouflage and descended slowly from the sky.

Chain waved his hand, and the pair of Decepticon Warriors who had been standing guard behind him quickly dispersed to the surrounding area and began to keep watch.

The hatch of one Armed Transport Ship opened, and an Advanced Decepticon Warrior stepped out from within.

Chain went up to meet him and said, "You have come at just the right time; we are about to recover the remains!"

That Advanced Decepticon Warrior nodded, looking at the devastated area with a solemn expression.

"This is the fifth time this month!"

Chain's face also sank!

Although this was the first time that an intrusion by replica warriors belonging to the Decepticon Legion had been discovered in the area he was responsible for guarding.

A patrol of Combat Robots had been wiped out, and by the time they arrived and engaged in combat, they had lost three Normal Decepticon Warriors before they could wipe out this invading squad of seven replica warriors.

It might seem insignificant, but over this period of time, the entire South America region had already suffered five incursions by replica warriors.

One must know that the last time the Decepticon Legion dared to intrude into South America so frequently was a year and a half ago.

That time, their side had mobilized almost all of their forces to clear out all hidden Decepticon strongholds throughout South America and even the nearby regions, which had bought them a period of peace.

Unexpectedly, this peace had only lasted for about a year and a half.

The 【Supreme Military Committee】 had already issued an order to raise the alert level by one grade for all areas within the control range of Base No. 2.

Although everyone still did not know exactly what had happened!

The Decepticon Legion, which had been quiet and dormant for nearly a year, had suddenly begun to become active again within their controlled areas in South America.

All sorts of signs were pointing to a very bad answer: the Decepticon Legion was very likely about to make a big move!

Base No. 2, inside the Central Main Control Base.

Sun Cheng had just finished with the Supreme Military Committee, his expression somewhat solemn.

In the blink of an eye, nearly a year had passed since the Cairo Battle.

During this year, he had enjoyed a period of rare tranquility in the 【Transformers Macro-Universe】.

Although Sun Cheng had known from the beginning that the peace would not last long, everyone wants to make such tranquility last forever.

"Although it is not yet clear whether the Decepticon Legion has suddenly become active because Shockwave has arrived... it is a bad omen nonetheless; it seems I must make the worst preparations in advance..."

Staying quietly in his lounge, Sun Cheng quickly sorted out his restless thoughts.

After a while, he left the lounge.

Sun Cheng quickly leaped into the sky, transformed into flight mode, and flew rapidly toward another secret Sub-base more than 170 kilometers away.

Not long after, his figure appeared in the sky above the location; because he had notified the Commander responsible for guarding this Sub-base in advance, the air defense alert system was not triggered.

He arrived at this Sub-base that had just been renovated not long ago, and Frenzy had already walked out from inside.

"Commander!"

Atlas had not seen him for a while, so he appeared very excited.

"How is the progress of your Academy of Sciences' Sky Bridge Project?"

"Dean Jetfire is personally leading the team in charge of this project, and the project is currently progressing very smoothly."

"Fine, take me to see him!"

Atlas led Sun Cheng all the way to a laboratory belonging to the 【Academy of Sciences】.

This laboratory was nearly 30 kilometers away from the 【Academy of Sciences】 headquarters, but for two Transformers, this distance really did not count for much.

By the time they arrived at the place, the Smart Brain had already notified Jetfire, but this guy did not come out to greet them and remained inside the laboratory.

Sun Cheng did not show any impatient emotions!

Scientists, after all, who doesn't have a bit of a temper!

"Lord Jetfire, long time no see!"

Once he entered the laboratory and noticed Jetfire, Sun Cheng took the initiative to greet him politely.

Jetfire gave him a lukewarm look and nodded.

This attitude could definitely not be called close, but at least the hostility from when he had just awakened more than half a year ago was gone.

Sun Cheng did not care and asked directly: "I remember when I came here last time, you mentioned that the transmission test within a 5,000-kilometer range could be conducted soon, and that the 8,000-10,000-kilometer transmission experiment could be pushed forward within half a year, right? The situation is not very good now, and I hope to get a more accurate answer from you!"

Since Jetfire was awakened, he had been staying here at the 【Academy of Sciences】.

At the very beginning, although Jetfire was kept here by Sun Cheng using a provocation tactic.

But after staying for a long time!

Plus, by being able to continuously receive resource support from Base No. 2 here, Jetfire's current body, under his own personal modification, was no worse than the one he had before he went into hibernation.

This is the comfort of having a force supporting you from behind, with unlimited supplies of resources.

Thanks to this comfortable life over the past year, although Jetfire still had some grudges against Sun Cheng in his heart, he had been diligent in his work.

The transmission test within a 2,000-kilometer range, although nearly a month later than the one-month deadline Sun Cheng had requested, was ultimately successful.

Jetfire personally took action and, using the Space Bridge technology he had mastered, built a very complete 'Sky Bridge' inside Base No. 2.

Currently, the 【Academy of Sciences】 had already built four Transmission Towers within South America.

If a war broke out and there was a need, Base No. 2 could quickly transmit hundreds of soldiers and over ten thousand tons of military equipment and ammunition supplies to these four Transmission Towers at any time.

Sun Cheng had personally witnessed the first test at the time; when he saw a Decepticon squad of over a hundred members cross a distance of more than 1,700 kilometers in just a few seconds and appear at a Transmission Tower in a base in Tierra del Fuego, his heart was left with nothing but shock.

For the next half a year or more, he did not force any more tasks on Jetfire and the others.

He only requested that the 【Academy of Sciences】 set up more Transmission Towers in South America as soon as possible, and while at it, extend the opening time of the transmission portals as much as possible to increase the number of troops and the scale of military equipment that could be transmitted.

However, although Sun Cheng had never forced any requirements, he remembered that Jetfire himself had said that the transmission test within a 5,000-kilometer range could be conducted soon, and that the 8,000-10,000-kilometer transmission experiment could be pushed forward within half a year.

Seeing that the Decepticon Legion was once again stirring with restless intent!

Sun Cheng calculated the time; it had been nearly two years since Megatron's head was rescued by the Decepticons.

Although he did not know if something had happened on Shockwave's end to cause the delay in arriving at the Solar System.

But Starscream did not have the ability to keep Megatron under his thumb forever; calculating the time, that Tyrant was about to return!

Because of this uneasy conjecture, Sun Cheng decided to see if Jetfire could provide him with a few more trump cards.