Chapter 210: Combat Robot (Part II)

However, while the production speed of the industrial robots had increased, Sun Cheng did not show much satisfaction.

Compared to industrial robots, he now needed a new type of combat robot with excellent mobility, greater endurance, and decent combat capabilities.

Being able to be favored by Sun Cheng and kept by his side, Pioneer, Atlas, and Frenzy were all highly intelligent beings; even among the Decepticons, they were not insignificant.

Atlas, who was preparing to ask for credit, clearly noticed his expression and couldn't help but ask cautiously, "Commander, are you still not satisfied with our efficiency?"

As the Decepticon who had been with him the longest, Atlas's life had been much happier since he was gifted to Sun Cheng after the attack.

His new master did not have a cruel personality, and his attitude toward the Decepticons under his command was clearly much better than that of the attack.

Even as mechanical life, they had their own intelligence.

In Atlas's heart, other than not being as powerful as the attack, Sun Cheng was undoubtedly a more suitable object of loyalty.

Therefore, he was clearly much more serious about the tasks he was assigned.

"That is not it!"

Sun Cheng shook his head, but his gaze turned to Atlas, and he asked, "Industrial robot production needs to continue, but, Atlas, I need you to gather the Workers immediately and redesign a new type of robot for me. It needs to balance mobility and flexibility, while also possessing decent combat capabilities!"

"A combat robot?"

Atlas was no stranger to this topic!

In fact, as early as a few months ago, when the industrial robots were first born, Sun Cheng had already considered this.

It was just that at the time, he had considerable doubts about the combat effectiveness of combat robots, and even once suspected that they would turn against him in front of the Autobots and Decepticons.

So, until he personally modified two industrial robots last time—namely No. 19 and No. 20—Atlas and the others had not received orders in this regard.

Although he did not understand why Sun Cheng suddenly brought up this request again, Atlas's reply was not slow, "As you wish, my Commander. I will go and gather the Workers now to design a new type of combat robot for you!"

Although it was said that Atlas and the others were responsible for the design, Sun Cheng himself was also involved.

Last time, No. 19 and No. 20, which he had designed and modified himself, showed nothing impressive during the battle at Base No. 1.

Of course, this might also have to do with the enemies they faced.

Assuming that if No. 19 and No. 20 had encountered Mudflap instead of Sideswipe, perhaps No. 19 and No. 20, equipped with machine guns, armor-piercing shells, and grenade launchers, could have had some decent performance.

At least judging by Mudflap's armor strength, they would certainly have been able to cause him considerable damage.

Unfortunately, they encountered Sideswipe.

That Autobot Warrior, famous for his mobility and terrifying melee ability, was someone even the current Sun Cheng could do nothing about; if he had faced Sideswipe back then, he probably wouldn't have lasted more than a few seconds longer than No. 19 and No. 20.

Destroyed as soon as they appeared, No. 19 and No. 20, as test subjects, were clearly failures.

For this reason, Sun Cheng could only recall his few combat experiences with the Autobots while thinking about what kind of combat robot he needed.

Time always passes quickly when one is not paying attention.

Soon, a week had passed.

Except for sending two batches of materials to the Ghost midway so that Hephaestus and the others could continue modifying the Ghost, Sun Cheng had been staying in his new Laboratory at Base No. 2, organizing and absorbing the data from Mudflap's Memory Chip while participating in the combat robot design plan with Atlas and the others.

"... I need a powerful combat robot. It needs to at least not be completely powerless when facing Autobots, so it doesn't need too much intelligence; the firepower must be fierce, but it must also take mobility into account... Oh, right, this combat robot must also possess decent melee combat ability..."

Clearly, these requirements of Sun Cheng were simply too high.

So much so that when Atlas and his subordinate Workers began to design, trouble started to pile up.

"Commander, this is very difficult... It is very hard for us to balance firepower and melee combat while maintaining good mobility..."

"Without sufficient intelligence, it is difficult for it to balance combat while dealing with sudden situations on the ever-changing battlefield..."

"If sufficient firepower is needed, we can consider equipping it with a Plasma Shoulder Cannon, but this will increase energy consumption; it will need a 'big heart'..."

"Mobility, damn it, this will completely drain our material reserves; we need a lot of rare metals..."

Complaining, discussing, and researching!

Under the efforts of more than a dozen Workers, one week after the Task was assigned, Sun Cheng finally saw the design plan they had completed from Atlas, whose blue light in his electronic eyes looked quite dim.

"Commander, please review it; this is our finalized design plan!"

The moment he met Atlas's eyes, a massive stream of data entered his Core.

After receiving the design plan for the combat robot, Sun Cheng couldn't wait to close his eyes and examine it carefully.

The combat robot finalized by the Workers was a ferocious-looking robot that appeared to be only a head shorter than his current body.

It looked somewhat similar to the Ghost Hunter that Sun Cheng had encountered in the real world; at nearly 2.5 meters tall, with a body at least two sizes larger than the industrial robots, everything indicated that this guy was not to be trifled with.

"Body height 2.44 meters, total weight 1117.52kg, normal marching speed 92.5 km/h, maximum 148.27 km/h... The left arm is modified into a Rapid-fire Machine Gun, and there is a sniper rifle in the palm of the right hand, capable of firing 12.7mm Armor-Piercing Shells, with a maximum range of 5 kilometers. Equipped with one P2 standard Plasma Shoulder Cannon and one Steel-Slashing Military Saber... At the same time, the total energy of the main body needs to be over eight hundred standard Cybertron Energy Points..."

It took a full ten minutes or so to completely go through the combat robot plan redesigned by Atlas and the others in his Core.

After reviewing it in his heart a few more times, Sun Cheng had to admit that compared to his own rough modifications back then, the work of Atlas and the others was undoubtedly more mature.

With better mobility than the third-generation tank king—M1A2—it did not look so bulky, and the left arm being directly modified into a Rapid-fire Machine Gun also gave this combat robot decent group lethality in large-scale contact battles.

The sniper rifle hidden in the palm of the right arm, along with the Armor-Piercing Shells to be equipped, gave it the ability to destroy armed helicopters and infantry fighting vehicles on the battlefield; combined with the robot's semi-intelligent processing hub, it could even accurately complete threats against battlefield commanders.

This robot was equipped with a Steel-Slashing Military Saber; Atlas planned to use a special alloy that had been used for many years on the planet Cybertron to manufacture it. Although it was far inferior to Sideswipe's weapon, when facing Autobot bodies like Mudflap's, it could basically easily tear through his body armor.

Moreover, it was also equipped with a Plasma Shoulder Cannon, and the firepower was already quite good.

Soon, Sun Cheng expressed his satisfaction to Atlas and the others, "Very good, a very good plan. Now, issue the order to suspend the production of industrial robots; I want you to manufacture a batch of combat robots for me in the shortest possible time!"