Chapter 146: Enhancement and Modification

After spending over a week traveling back and forth between the United States and Brazil to deliver enough supplies to last for a while to Base No. 2, Sun Cheng finally stopped his busy schedule for the time being and returned to Base No. 1.

"... It's troublesome. There are only a few power plants in Brazil with a total installed capacity exceeding 4 million kilowatts..."

Base No. 2 was built in Brazil, and Sun Cheng viewed this major South American nation as his own sphere of influence, so he naturally considered the issue of acquiring or rebuilding a power plant within the country.

The energy device can convert electrical energy into high-purity Energy Liquid. Don't let the fact that the entire set of machinery weighs only a little over two tons fool you; its efficiency when working is truly not low, and power plants with a total installed capacity of less than 4 million kilowatts simply cannot satisfy it.

However, as one of the few countries in the world, there are not many power plants in Brazil available for Sun Cheng to choose from.

Located on the South American continent, Brazil, as the largest country in South America, is truly a piece of heaven-sent fertile land.

Within its vast national territory, not only does it possess abundant and massive total reserves of various mineral resources, but the Amazon River that flows through it is undoubtedly the best gift heaven has bestowed upon this country.

As one of the new industrial nations, Brazil consumes a massive amount of electricity every year, yet by vigorously developing hydropower, it is basically able to meet domestic electricity demand.

However, this is also the most troublesome part.

Withdrawing his finger from the server port, Sun Cheng frowned slightly and began to think.

There are over two thousand water and thermal power plants in Brazil, but the vast majority are small-scale plants that can barely meet local electricity needs. There are only six power plants that meet his requirements, and all of them are hydropower plants.

Yet, Sun Cheng found it very difficult to get his hands on these six power plants.

"Two are primarily operated by the United States, one is a Japanese-American joint venture, one is a Japanese-American-Brazilian joint venture, one is a Chinese-Brazilian joint venture, and one is operated by a Brazilian state-owned enterprise..."

Among the six hydropower plants, one is not even finished yet, but every single one is difficult to intervene in.

Power plants of this scale are considered national-level projects in any country. It is thanks to the fact that several successive Brazilian presidents in the past all made concessions to capital for the sake of political achievements that a large number of foreign heavy-hitting giants have intervened in the Brazilian power market.

Unfortunately, this kind of competition involving national-level economies behind the scenes made Sun Cheng feel a bit stuck; he found it difficult to intervene.

"... It seems I can only choose a slightly smaller power plant instead..."

After thinking for a while in his heart, he shook his head and made a decision for the time being.

After returning from Brazil, Sun Cheng holed up in the Base and became a shut-in.

It wasn't that he wanted to be this way, but recently, several ground surveillance radar vehicles and anti-aircraft radar vehicles belonging to the U. S. military had entered Colorado.

The United States government seemed to be losing patience with these Decepticons who might be hiding within their borders. With satellite reconnaissance in the sky and military bases on alert, they actually went as far as deploying a large number of ground surveillance radar vehicles and anti-aircraft radar vehicles equipped by the military to various parts of the country for blanket scanning.

Although they only wandered around Saguache County for a day, considering the scanning radius of these radar vehicles, Sun Cheng had to stay in the Base for the time being and was not prepared to go out in the short term.

The reason forcing him to stay and be a shut-in was not just this one; another important reason was that he was preparing to upgrade his own power system!

Deep within Base No. 1, inside Laboratory No. 2.

Sun Cheng transformed back into his drone form and lay quietly in the laboratory.

Around him, six Decepticon Workers and a dozen or so Spiders were busy circling him without pause.

"Master, this power system is an improvement we made based on the power system from the spaceship. Although it cannot be called perfect, it is still a very outstanding power system..."

Beside him, Atlas was directing several Workers to install a silver-white power system into Sun Cheng's body, while not forgetting to explain the detailed data of this power system to him.

"... We call this power system 'Storm'. After installing it, Master, your speed will be able to increase to Mach 2.7, and your load-bearing capacity will also increase by 1.8 tons as a result..."

"Well done..."

Sun Cheng replied with satisfaction, and it was not hard to hear the excitement in his tone.

It is very difficult for a Decepticon to achieve Evolution; after all, a divine object like the AllSpark is out of reach, not to mention that the AllSpark has now been destroyed.

However, compared to the difficulty of Evolution, the Enhancement of a body is not that troublesome, though it is still quite difficult.

In the past, even if Sun Cheng had the idea of enhancing his body, he lacked the technology for it, and the conditions did not allow for it.

Now he has successfully upgraded his equipment, having a Hunter Civilization spaceship to study and an extra team of Decepticons at his disposal; he can finally improve his strength by continuously enhancing his body.

Perhaps seeing that he was in a good mood, Atlas hesitated for a moment before continuing: "Master, we haven't made much progress in the research on Jazz's body. Many of the technologies used by the Autobots are different from ours, the Decepticons. We still cannot find his Core and are unable to extract the Spark completely."

Hearing him mention Jazz, the joy in Sun Cheng's heart dissipated quite a bit, and even his voice sank.

"Understood, continue the research..."

The situation outside has been getting tighter by the day, and his need for a powerful New Body is imminent.

But Atlas could not be rushed either. Although Sun Cheng was still learning the technology, he understood the principle that some technical difficulties simply cannot be solved by rushing.

This upgrade to his body was not just about the power system.

Along with it was a newly designed Plasma Cannon, which Worker No. 1 and the others modeled after the Hunter's plasma weapons. Its power had increased significantly, and the energy consumption had risen accordingly. They also took the opportunity to make some modifications and adjustments to Sun Cheng's original Vulcan Cannon.

The entire modification process lasted for two days before it was completed!

Inside the laboratory, following a reminder from Atlas.

Sun Cheng, who had long been feeling stifled, leaped up. The sound of metal joints clicking and shifting constantly came from his body, and he soon transformed back into his human form.

"... Feels good..."

With a thought, the joints on his right hand immediately writhed and deformed. Soon, a short-barreled cannon with a caliber of 100mm appeared on his hand. He aimed it forward, and it took a great deal of effort to suppress the urge to pull the trigger.

He had the intention to test the performance of his modified body, and he was also bored to death from being cooped up in the underground base as a shut-in for this period of time.

Sun Cheng used his Core to carefully check the body's integration, and after confirming that there were no hidden issues, he immediately gave an order to Atlas. He soon walked out through a newly opened hidden passage in the Base, leaped into the air, and quickly disappeared from sight.

PS:

I haven't had any feel for writing for the past few days, and my thoughts were so blocked that I couldn't even type out a few hundred words in a whole day. I am very sorry.