Chapter 1011: vs. Confinement (Part 1)

The alarm had barely sounded when all the Commanders in the conference room stood up in unison.

Sun Cheng frowned slightly and asked the Central Main Control Intelligence calmly, "Huan, what is the situation?"

"Commander, radars in Area 4, District 11, and District 17 have simultaneously captured a small amount of unknown signals... It is suspected that an unknown large flying object with stealth functions enabled has entered South American airspace..."

"Because the radar and Star Orbit System cannot lock onto the target, District 11 launched an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, which exploded after takeoff... District 17 followed up, launching an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft a few minutes ago, which also lost contact..."

"Two of the six reconnaissance aircraft fed back some data before exploding. Based on the processed analysis results, it can be confirmed that they collided with an object traveling at high speed..."

In the blink of an eye, it has been over four years since Sun Cheng established Base No. 2 within South America.

Thanks to the efforts of Cybertron Technology and the increasingly powerful Decepticon and robot teams.

Although Sun Cheng would not dare say that he has managed the entire South American continent to be as impenetrable as an iron barrel, it is as difficult as ascending to heaven for some mere ants to sneak in.

Let alone a large-scale invasion!

Therefore, upon hearing about the intruders, Sun Cheng's face immediately darkened.

"Neither the radar nor the Star Orbit System can fully capture it? Is it using some kind of special stealth similar to optical stealth?"

Huan replied, "It is currently uncertain. Do you need me to send this data to the Academy of Sciences?"

Sun Cheng nodded inwardly. Huan is a Super Intelligence created during the Cybertron civilization era.

Even Jetfire, when he first learned of its existence, had an exceptionally emotional expression.

Now that the Cybertron civilization, the Decepticon Legion, and the Autobots are nearly destroyed, there are likely not even a hundred Super Intelligences like Huan left.

Sun Cheng thought for a moment and nodded: "Huan, send this data directly to Jetfire. He is the Dean of the Academy of Sciences; he can handle it himself or distribute it."

The technology currently mastered by their side has reached a small bottleneck.

Although there is no lack of Senior Engineers among Atlas and the other Decepticons, they are, after all, not technical personnel born during the peak of the Cybertron civilization.

They are not even technical personnel cultivated during the civil war between the Decepticon Legion and the Autobots.

Therefore, although the branches of their technology tree are some Cybertron Technology that Sun Cheng managed to scavenge from everywhere,

the roots truly hidden beneath this technology tree are the Earth technology they stole from various countries on Earth.

The advantage of this is naturally very significant: Sun Cheng and his team could quickly build their own sound technological system from scratch, avoiding the fate of the Decepticon Legion and the Autobots, who, due to the massive loss of technical personnel in the civil war, began to suffer varying degrees of technological regression and could no longer produce or manufacture certain things.

But the disadvantages are also very obvious!

Their technological development is often limited by Earth's current technological level, and they are currently stuck in a predicament in many aspects.

For example, in radar detection, although Atlas and the others have manufactured advanced detection radars that are at least three generations ahead of current Earth countries—even capable of detecting their own ships equipped with Optical Stealth Systems—

the upper limit has also been stuck right here!

Because they were crossing the river by stepping on the existing technology of countries on Earth, although Atlas and the others relied on the Decepticons' super computing power to quickly push the existing Earth technology to a level several generations ahead,

this also meant that there were no more objects ahead for them to continue scavenging.

If they want to continue developing, Atlas and the others must conduct comprehensive research in every aspect, every field, from the most basic materials to new materials, and then to theoretical knowledge like electromagnetics.

This is also the small bottleneck Sun Cheng refers to. At least in the short term, relying solely on Atlas and the others to research, perhaps the manufacturing technology will become more and more perfect and small breakthroughs will appear from time to time, but it will be difficult to have any major breakthroughs.

Jetfire is different. Although one wouldn't dare say his brain contains the complete technological system of the entire Cybertron civilization, the education he received during the peak of the Cybertron civilization is enough for him to organize and complete the deficiencies in their technology tree from scratch and point out the direction for its development again.

"Understood, Commander!"

Huan's voice quickly disappeared. Sun Cheng felt the gazes of the Commanders who had arrived in the conference room. After a moment of contemplation, he began to issue orders: "Pass the order down: the defense level within Base No. 2 is raised to the highest. All anti-aircraft fire and Early Warning Radars are to be fully activated. Although we cannot see the intruder, we cannot let it come and go so wantonly!"

"Air and space defense forces, immediately order four squadrons of Golden Eagle fighters to take off... prepare to attempt an interception..."

"Yes!" a Commander immediately responded.

"Huan, continue to transmit the data fed back from all radar detection stations within South America! I need to know the flight trajectory of this unknown target—whether it is just passing by Earth and happens to cross over South America, or if it is specifically targeting us!"

"Understood, Commander. Please wait a moment... data is being received... processing complete... the target first emitted a small amount of unknown signals and was discovered by Area 4, followed by the radars in District 11 and District 17. It has currently reached Area 26. Preliminary judgment is that the target will arrive at or pass over our area in one minute and seventeen seconds..."

To facilitate management and defense, Sun Cheng had previously divided the entire South American continent into one hundred areas.

A map of the divided areas of the entire South American continent appeared in the Core. After the Core processed it slightly, Sun Cheng's expression grew even darker.

"A straight line. It can almost be confirmed that this unknown target is coming specifically for us!"

His voice became serious: "Commanders, prepare for combat. I have a bad feeling that the other party is very likely related to the Decepticon Legion. After all, calculating the time, Shockwave should be arriving on Earth soon!"

In fact, some time ago, when the Cannon Fodder and Replicator Warriors cultivated by the Decepticon Legion began to appear frequently in South America, Sun Cheng already had this bad suspicion.

Because calculating the time, Shockwave should indeed be arriving on Earth soon.

This absolutely rational Decepticon titan is, in a sense, even more terrifying than Megatron.

He basically does not get hot-headed like Megatron and always uses an absolutely rational attitude to calculate everything.

If he could, Sun Cheng really would not want to face him.

Because the price that might need to be paid for engaging such an opponent could be far greater than facing Megatron directly.