Chapter 214: Lies and Cooperation (Seeking Subscriptions)

Stepping along the timeline, Sun Cheng arrived at the agreed-upon location at the very last few seconds of the appointed time; this was a psychological card he had played.

Clearly, the psychology books he had flipped through out of boredom during his college years were not read in vain.

When he landed and deactivated the Optical Stealth Net, exposing himself within the camp, Sun Cheng clearly noticed the shock and excitement on the faces of the people around him as his chassis was revealed.

Feeling slightly smug, he slowly lowered his head, and after a brief scan of his field of vision with his electronic eyes, his gaze quickly locked onto a middle-aged soldier with an unremarkable appearance who looked to be in his early forties.

"A pair of golden branches, one golden star; is that the rank of Major General..."

Comparing this to the Chinese military rank data he had looked up online, Sun Cheng immediately recognized that this middle-aged soldier in the Major General's uniform should be the person in charge of this camp; in other words, he was also very likely the first primary contact person sent by the Chinese side to deal with him.

Without delay, Sun Cheng walked toward this Chinese Major General.

As soon as Sun Cheng moved, the camp was suddenly in an uproar.

With a neat, crisp clatter, he paused his steps for a moment, swept his gaze around the surroundings, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, "Humans, this should not be your way of treating guests!"

Although he knew of the Chinese side's wariness toward him—after all, a national government would not be as naive as a few imaginative citizens who thought visitors from beyond the sky would truly come from afar with peaceful intentions.

That they would be wary of him, and even have made full preparations and countermeasures, was within his expectations.

However, to complete the act, Sun Cheng still displayed an impatient expression, and combined with his ferocious face and cold electronic voice, even though what he spat out was standard Chinese, it still made everyone present involuntarily shiver for a moment.

That Major General clearly realized that their reaction had been a bit excessive, and he hurriedly waved his hand, signaling the soldiers around him who had raised their firearms in alert to lower their muzzles.

Taking a breath, he looked stiff in both expression and body, but he still insisted on taking the initiative to walk out, approaching Sun Cheng, and asked tentatively: "You seem to be able to use Chinese as well. My apologies for just now. My name is Chen Zhongyuan, welcome to China. How should I address you..."

"Call me Frenzy!"

Sun Cheng did not hesitate in the slightest and directly reported the codename he used within the Decepticon Legion.

Faking it was useless; he believed that after he had voluntarily exposed himself, China's intelligence agencies would certainly rack their brains to collect information about him, so the exposure of the identity of Frenzy was only a matter of time.

Rather than being suspected of his true motives later, it was more appropriate to voluntarily expose his identity at this moment.

Even if his affairs in the United States were exposed in the future, it would instead make the other side more wary of him.

His gaze lingered on the several combat vehicles nearby, and Sun Cheng felt a stir in his heart, though his smile grew even broader.

He walked toward Chen Zhongyuan again, stopping only when he was less than a meter away, slowly extended his palm toward him, and shook hands with the stiff-bodied Chen Zhongyuan before speaking again: "Forgive my bluntness, human, conventional military forces on Earth are not worth mentioning in our eyes. Furthermore, in front of a Leader who has mastered the Space Bridge, you will never be able to guess whether you are facing just one person or an entire army!"

Space Bridge technology is one of the super technologies of the planet Cybertron.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the Space Bridge were listed among the supreme technologies of the planet Cybertron, it would definitely rank in the top ten.

This is a very buggy cross-space bridging technology; once the Space Bridge is mastered, one can directly create a spatial transmission channel to precisely transport supplies or even armies to a designated location.

Regrettably, it is said that only Leader Class super-powerhouses can master Space Bridge technology, and there are many other requirements.

Therefore, even on Cybertron, it is said that only a few people like Shockwave and the former Leader of the Autobots—Sentinel Prime—have mastered it.

Naturally, it was impossible for Sun Cheng to truly possess this technology; he didn't even understand the basics of the Space Bridge.

But this did not affect his bragging behavior of gilding his own face in the slightest!

Anyway, Earthlings don't know what a 'Space Bridge' implies, which just happens to make it convenient for him to expose his Spherical Space's Cunwu nengli when absolutely necessary in the future.

Hearing his belittling of Earth's military forces, Chen Zhongyuan, being a soldier by trade, clearly lacked the shrewdness of a politician, and a hint of displeasure faintly appeared on his face.

However, he still suppressed his displeasure and asked in a deep voice: "Lord Frenzy, regarding your choice to contact our country, I represent my motherland—China—in extending my welcome and anticipation to you. However, may I personally ask you one more question here?"

"Go ahead..."

Sun Cheng raised his hand slightly, signaling that he could ask whatever he wanted.

"Why did you come to Earth, and why did you choose to contact us?"

He looked up, staring piercingly at Sun Cheng; clearly, he had not completely let down his guard against him just because of his good attitude.

After all, an extraterrestrial creature had suddenly intruded upon the planet they relied on for survival.

This deep-seated distrust and hostility could never be dispelled by a few soft words.

The azure light in Sun Cheng's eyes flickered; this question was within his expectations, and he had long since made full preparations for it.

Raising his right hand to press against his temple, his Core shifted, and two azure beams of light immediately shot out from his eyes, beginning to spread toward the surroundings of the camp.

The surrounding environment changed immediately; everyone, including Chen Zhongyuan, had their expressions change drastically, and they looked toward the ground with fear in their eyes, but what they saw was a planet covered in steel.

Then volcanoes erupted, magma splashed everywhere, and in the sky and on the ground, everywhere were terrifying mechanical giants with huge figures and ferocious faces fighting.

"... We come from the planet Cybertron, a place very far from Earth. Just like your Earth, there exist two different races on our planet: Decepticons and Autobots. Because of differences in ideology and various other reasons, a brutal civil war eventually broke out between us Decepticons and the Autobots. The civil war destroyed our civilization and our home planet, and also caused the holy relic of our mechanical life—the 【AllSpark】—to be lost. In order to find the 【AllSpark】, our race's Leader, Lord Megatron, once sent out countless Elite Warriors to travel into the universe to search for the 【AllSpark】, and I—Frenzy, a leader of the Reformist Faction within the Decepticon Legion—was also forced to leave my home planet and embark on an exile journey called searching for the holy relic."

Virtual Imaging is just a not-so-advanced technology for mechanical life.

His Core shifted again, terminating the projection of data from his electronic eyes, and this 'civil war' drama he had designed and directed himself ended immediately.

Looking at Chen Zhongyuan and the others, who were still in shock and hesitation, the smile in Sun Cheng's eyes grew even deeper, and he continued to spout nonsense with a straight face, "Half a year ago, we captured the traces of our mortal enemy—the Autobots—outside the Solar System, so we followed their tracks to Earth, only to discover that the Autobots had already contacted and established a cooperative relationship with a country on your Earth called the United States."

"General, seeing our enemies recovering and growing stronger with the help of Earth's resources, we had to make a difficult decision. Therefore, I have come with sincerity, and I am willing to provide you with technology and science that can help your China dominate Earth. But we also need energy, we need various metals... so, let's make a deal..."

PS:

1. Thanks to the four readers 'Dianpei Liuli Banchang Meng', 'Yun Shen Bu Zhi Chu Xun', 'Ricardo M Lu Mingfei', and 'Shikong Ju Juzhang' for their tips and support.

2. Mondays are always especially busy; the second chapter will be delivered in a while, but it will be a little late.