Chapter 173: Base Taking Shape

Before nightfall, Sun Cheng drove into the mountains.

At this moment, the advantages of a diesel-powered pickup truck were fully apparent; despite the constant bumping along the way, he successfully drove the vehicle to the foot of the mountain.

Turning off the engine, Sun Cheng closed the door and stepped out of the truck.

Wearing blue work clothes, he walked straight to the rear cargo bed, took out a key, and opened the installed cover, revealing 8 standard deep-blue plastic barrels packed inside.

Without summoning any Workers to help, Sun Cheng reached out with his right hand to lift a 25L plastic barrel filled with diesel, then conveniently picked up another with his left hand.

After looking around to ensure there was nothing unusual, he walked toward the shaded side of the mountain about a hundred meters away.

The efficiency of the Workers was extremely high, especially since he had made a trip back to the world of 【Transformers】 ten days ago to bring back four more Workers from the Brazil Base in order to complete Base No. 1 as quickly as possible; the construction progress of the Base at Huwangling was simply like using a cheat code.

Under such efficiency, the amount of building materials consumed by the Base every day was an astronomical figure.

Other materials were fine; Sun Cheng simply placed orders online and picked up the goods from several building material sales companies in Jurong County, having them drive trucks to deliver bags upon bags of high-strength cement, yellow sand, and even steel bars. There were some houses at the foot of the mountain originally built by Hongyuan Group for stone quarrying, which were perfect for storing the materials.

Diesel, however, was different; while not strictly controlled, it was a sensitive material, and having large quantities delivered to his door would inevitably arouse suspicion.

Therefore, Sun Cheng had no choice but to work a bit harder himself, delivering 8 barrels three times a day to meet the power consumption of the Base's construction.

The journey here, while not far, was still about a hundred meters.

Carrying two barrels of diesel weighing over eighty jin, he arrived at the cave entrance on the shaded side of the mountain without stopping. Sun Cheng let out a long breath and set the two barrels down in front of the entrance, unable to help but reach up to wipe his forehead, which was already covered in a layer of oily sweat.

Shaking his hands, Sun Cheng had to admit that despite being very tired, high-intensity work really did train a person.

Although he hadn't deliberately exercised, for more than half a month, he had been delivering building materials and fuel several times almost every day.

Moving several hundred kilograms of items back and forth every day, he had recently clearly felt that his physical strength was better than before, and the growth in his arm strength was even more astonishing.

Half a month ago, he would have had to switch hands back and forth even when carrying a single barrel of diesel for a hundred meters, sometimes needing to rest once in the middle.

Now, carrying one barrel in each hand, aside from the last two trips where he might need a rest, the previous ones at most only made him pant a little more.

After putting down the barrels and wiping off his sweat, he didn't delay and quickly turned back to continue moving more.

After walking back and forth four times and finally moving all the fuel over, he was completely exhausted and panting, his two arms aching in every way.

However, all this fatigue vanished the moment Sun Cheng arrived in front of the cave.

"The ground floor of the Base should be almost shaped; let's go in and take a look..."

He took a gas mask from his backpack and put it on.

The efficiency of the Workers was high, but some things could not be solved by efficiency alone; for instance, the cave was currently filled with various odors—some from the damp cement, some from the diesel generators, and some from certain building materials. In the world of 【Transformers】, the Frenzy Body he possessed was a Mechanical Life and naturally would not be affected by these toxic gases.

However, in the real world, he was currently just a mortal of flesh and blood; he could get sick or catch a cold, and he could likewise be knocked out by toxic gases.

Stepping into the cave and passing through a straight tunnel over ten meters long, he soon saw a huge, open space.

This was a standard circular space; the distance from the corners of the walls to the huge pillar in the center was 8 meters, with a total area of about two hundred square meters.

This was the main hall of the Base, the Main Hall that Sun Cheng had planned.

The floor, ceiling, and all sides of the Main Hall had been leveled very flat by the Workers, and the cement applied to the walls had also dried out under the action of several high-power industrial blowers.

It just looked a bit messy because a lot of building materials were piled up inside the hall.

Two 2500K diesel generator sets he had purchased from the United States in the 【Transformers】 world were working hard in the Main Hall. When he entered, a Worker was staying in front of the generator sets to perform maintenance.

Seeing him enter, the blue light in the Worker's eyes flickered slightly and lingered on him for a moment before moving away.

Clearly, because their intelligence was far from reaching the level of a Decepticon Worker, they had to perform a verification every time they saw Sun Cheng.

"Go, move the fuel outside the cave entrance in!"

Seeing it, Sun Cheng took a shortcut and handed the fuel he had originally planned to move himself before leaving over to this Worker.

"Yes, Master!"

After a moment's delay, the Worker quickly walked toward the outside of the cave to prepare to move the fuel.

Because the diesel generator sets were still running, there was a piercing roar in the Main Hall. Sun Cheng frowned and took two earplugs from his pocket to block his ears; the noise immediately became a little quieter.

Cables pulled out from here extended from the generators toward two openings in the corners of the hall and led into the distance.

After staying in the messy Main Hall for only a moment, Sun Cheng quickly walked toward the opening closest to the entrance.

As soon as he walked into the cave, he felt the flow of air.

Following a tunnel of the same standard as the one at the entrance, he walked forward for only seven or eight meters before Sun Cheng entered another hall with an area even larger than the first. However, compared to the first, this one was rectangular with a total area of over eight hundred square meters; it was the main factory area of the Base he had planned.

In the future, as more and more Workers were put into production, it would be filled with all kinds of machines for them to use, which would be used to produce the core parts of various products Sun Cheng intended to sell in reality, so as to obtain more funds.

He temporarily named this factory area the Main Factory Area. Because the area was larger than the Main Hall, although it was also completed, the cement brushed on the floor and walls had not yet dried.

When Sun Cheng arrived, apart from two high-power searchlights, there were only a few high-power industrial blowers working hard in the Main Factory Area.

The blown air formed a swirling current in the empty hall, causing his clothes to constantly billow.

"It's almost dry..."

Walking to a corner to take a look, and checking the floor and ceiling for a while, Sun Cheng nodded with satisfaction, "I can consider laying the circuits..."

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