Chapter 205: Accidental Encounter with the Border Road (Part 1)

The Arctic Ocean, this is probably the quietest ocean in the world.

Of course, this quietness does not refer to the environment.

Although there are many countries along the coast of the Arctic Ocean, only Russia and the United States have the true capability to contend for this ocean.

Russia's advantage in the Arctic Ocean can be described as immense; besides the vast territory providing it with numerous ports along the Arctic coast, the country had also established an Arctic fleet since the era of the Russian Empire, clarifying a blueprint to control the Arctic Ocean by force.

After the founding of the former Soviet Union, the Arctic fleet was expanded and renamed the Red Navy Northern Fleet, becoming even more unstoppable.

By the 1970s and 1980s, relying on the powerful national strength of the Soviet Union, the Northern Fleet had impressively expanded into the naval fleet with the largest scale and strongest power among the five major fleets of the Soviet Union.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Northern Fleet was inherited by the Russian Federation; although the strength of the Russian Navy greatly declined after the Soviet collapse, the Northern Fleet was preserved intact.

The terrifying combination of Kirov-class cruisers and Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines allowed the Northern Fleet's range of operations to cover the entire Arctic Circle, and even the North Atlantic as well as the waters around Canada were within the Northern Fleet's activities.

Beneath the ice and snow of the Arctic Ocean, unimaginably rich resources are hidden.

The United States naturally does not want to let Russia monopolize this treasure trove; in fact, since the U. S. military built the world's first nuclear-powered submarine—the Nautilus—in the middle of the last century, they impatiently arranged for the Nautilus to traverse the Arctic beneath the ice in the second year after its launch, thus beginning a continuous probe lasting half a century.

Unfortunately, although the Americans have the intention to enter the Arctic Ocean, Russia will not easily concede, and the overt and covert struggles between the two sides have almost reached a white-hot stage.

But just as the Yankees have suppressed Russia's Pacific Fleet until it can barely breathe, the Northern Fleet has likewise repelled the U. S. military's ambitions in one probe after another.

Sailing beneath this deep sea in the far north, the Ghost is traveling at a speed approaching forty knots, and is about to pass through the Bering Strait and enter the Pacific Ocean.

"Master, according to your instructions, I have completed the Task. Just two days before you came to pick me up, the mailbox you asked me to pay attention to had already received a reply from the other party!"

Inside the Ghost submarine, Sun Cheng is sitting cross-legged in the original submarine crew's main lounge, which has been dismantled; beside him, a small Decepticon Scout is standing on his knee, respectfully reporting the situation to him.

This Decepticon Scout is none other than No. 2, who was previously left by him in Ny-Alesund, responsible for infiltrating the Yellow River Station to pass on contact information to China.

It was just brought back not long ago.

Rubbing his metal chin, a smile is faintly visible on Sun Cheng's face.

That there would be a reaction from China was within his expectations; during his days in the Transformers world, he had not paid little attention to this country, and naturally noticed that the external environment for China in this world is not much better than that of China in the real world.

With internal changes in the political system and public sentiment, and external various sordid dealings from Europe, America, and neighboring countries, this country seeking to achieve rejuvenation indeed needs some external force.

And he, quite obviously, can take on this role.

"Well done!"

Sun Cheng nodded at it with satisfaction, his gaze lingering on No. 2 for a moment, and his heart stirred slightly.

Previously, when he brought Revenge and Defend back to the real world, because of that inexplicable conflict with Ada Wong in San Jose, both Decepticon Scouts suffered not-insignificant injuries.

So this time, when returning to the Transformers world, he also brought them both along, preparing to perform some Enhancement.

The experiment on Frenzy last time was undoubtedly a very good attempt.

With experience, he believes that these few Decepticon Scouts who have received radiation from the AllSpark together with him and gained life should be able to exert greater utility for him after being modified.

At the moment, he unhesitatingly promised: "After returning to the Base, I will give you an opportunity for Enhancement. Now come over, let me take a look at the humans' reply!"

He extended his palm, and the excited No. 2 hurriedly jumped up, landing in his palm.

"Yes, Master!"

Sun Cheng lifted it in front of himself; his Core stirred, and two azure beams of light immediately shot out from his electronic eyes, sinking into No. 2's Core.

Soon, he read all the information he wanted to know from No. 2, including everything it had done during the week it lurked at the Yellow River Station; Sun Cheng understood it all at a glance.

"Hmm? The time is set for 17 days later; wait, this coordinate? Is the meeting place arranged in the Lop Nur region of Xinjiang?"

The blue light in his eyes flickered slightly for a while, and the arc of Sun Cheng's mouth curved further.

Having encountered so much in the Transformers world over the past half year, he is no longer a fledgling without worldly experience; how could he not understand what this choice by China means.

Lop Nur is located within the territory of Xinjiang, China, and the area indicated by the coordinates should be within the desolate desert.

Choosing this place as the meeting point is, to put it bluntly, a test and a precaution against him!

After all, the China of this world is also one of the few nuclear-armed countries on Earth; although the meeting place chosen by the Chinese side is desolate, not far away is the former nuclear test site of the Chinese side. If Sun Cheng could arrive as scheduled, the Chinese side could not only use this to test his strength, but at the same time, even if Sun Cheng harbored malicious intent and caused a scene, it would not cause too many casualties there.

It is indeed a standard and conventional choice!

"Lop Nur, is it?"

Although he perceived the Chinese side's calculations, Sun Cheng did not have much anger or dissatisfaction; instead, he suddenly became interested.

If he remembers correctly, he had previously found from the internet that those Cybertronians who had arrived on Earth in the ancient past had left behind a large number of Cybertronian Scripts on Earth.

If Sun Cheng remembers correctly, he had once seen a Cybertronian Script engraved on a giant rock in a photo taken by a former Soviet explorer in the Lop Nur region.

That character is still preserved in his Core, but because it is an Elder Script, Sun Cheng has no way to decipher what that character means.

"A remote planet located on the edge of the galaxy, so far from the planet Cybertron. But why would Cybertronians come to Earth in the ancient past? And looking at the quantity, it should definitely not be just a batch or a few individuals? Could it be that they were also looking for the AllSpark? Or is there something else hidden on Earth that attracted them?"

While he was constantly thinking in his heart, he also decided that during his trip to Lop Nur, he would set aside some time to investigate whether there was anything unusual about the giant rock with the Elder Script left at Lop Nur.

Just as he was thinking, the Ghost finally succeeded in passing through the Bering Strait before the Russian Navy could blockade it.

Because he was not exposed, Sun Cheng was in a very good mood.

However, this pleasant mood was soon broken.

Hephaestus trotted all the way from the command room to Sun Cheng, his expression somewhat flustered.

"Master, the radar has detected that something is approaching us at an extremely fast speed..."

PS:

1. Thanks to the five readers 'Jiutian Dangmo Zushi Xintu', 'Yongyuan Dou Shi Haizi', 'restaur', 'Jixie Shenfu', and 'Xifan' for their tips.

2. I wasn't in a good state at noon, so I couldn't finish it before going to work.