Chapter 237: Return to North Port

In the Extreme North Sea, beneath a black surface dozens of meters deep, a behemoth was traveling forward at high speed under the sea level.

It was unclear how long Ghost had been traveling, but when the door outside the lounge was knocked upon, Sun Cheng was startled awake from his long study session.

"Master, we are less than twenty nautical miles from reaching North Port. Should we surface, or continue to travel submerged?" It was Hephaestus, coming to remind him that Ghost was about to arrive at Severodvinsk.

With a thought, the electronic engineering textbook data still displayed in his Core immediately vanished.

Sun Cheng slowly opened his eyes, and the pair of azure electronic eyes on his face quickly regained their shrewdness.

"Oh? Arriving six hours earlier than planned..."

"Yes, Master. Although limited by materials, we have not yet replaced the Magnetic Fluid Water Jet Propulsor for Ghost. However, while redoing the internal structure not long ago, we took the opportunity to slightly upgrade the propulsion system, and now its maximum speed can reach 57 knots..."

No wonder Sun Cheng felt they had arrived at their destination several hours ahead of schedule; it turned out Hephaestus and the others had upgraded the propulsion system.

He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Understood. Continue to travel submerged, but first, send out the code I gave you earlier. We will surface when we reach the military port area!"

"Yes!"

After Hephaestus came to report and was just about to leave, he was called back by Sun Cheng.

"Wait a moment, have you selected the Workers I asked you to choose?"

During his previous trip to Moscow, he had reached a cooperation agreement with the Russian leadership, which included building two 【Yasen Modified-class attack nuclear submarine】s for Russia.

However, because Sun Cheng did not control any ports, and at the same time, the Polar Bear did not agree to have the two Yasen Modified built overseas.

Consequently, he half-reluctantly agreed to send people to be stationed at the Severodvinsk Shipyard to build the Yasen Modified for Russia.

Considering that the team of Workers responsible to Atlas in Base No. 2 had no experience in building submarines.

By comparison, Hephaestus and his team of Workers had been dealing with submarines recently, and having participated in the modification process of the Typhoon-class, they had accumulated quite a bit of experience; letting them be responsible for the construction of the Yasen Modified should be most appropriate.

Hephaestus did not let him down; although this Worker had some hidden agendas, he had never been vague about the tasks assigned to him.

And so, just as Sun Cheng opened his mouth to ask, he immediately bowed and replied with ease: "Master, I have already handled the matter, please rest assured..."

Thinking that in just one week of absence, Ghost's propulsion system had been upgraded under Hephaestus's direction, Sun Cheng could not help but feel even more satisfied with him.

At once, he nodded slightly at Hephaestus and smiled: "Well done. After today's material handover is complete, you will return to the Base with me. The Enhancement opportunity I promised you before is granted in advance!"

After this batch of handover from Russia, not only would Sun Cheng have sufficient resources to build a New Body, but the surplus resources would even allow Base No. 2 to begin construction on hundreds of industrial and Combat Robots of even better quality.

Sun Cheng naturally would not be stingy with a few resources; whether it was Atlas, the Pioneer, Frenzy, No. 2, or Hephaestus, or the other Workers under his command, they had all been placed on his list for Enhancement.

In this world, fighting alone by himself was not only too tiring but also dangerous.

Therefore, establishing his own force was his main task for the next stage.

Sun Cheng's sudden promise undoubtedly made Hephaestus both happy and surprised. He hurriedly bowed to Sun Cheng, his words containing less of his usual sycophancy and more excitement: "Thank you, Master! It is my honor to serve you!"

Hephaestus soon went down, and following a pre-arranged communication signal launched from Ghost.

Within the Severodvinsk military port, which was close at hand, the communication radio of the Russian Navy's Severodvinsk Base immediately received the telegram.

The communications soldier clearly had received instructions; upon seeing it, he immediately transmitted it out, and then it passed through several hands.

Half an hour later, inside the Presidential Palace residence in Moscow, Vladimir also saw it.

"Has it finally arrived?"

Unable to stop a slight smile from appearing on his face, Vladimir's gaze could not help but sharpen a bit.

In recent times, although under his orders the Russian Federation Government had announced the fake news that the Presidential Palace residence had been violently broken into by terrorists carrying weapons some time ago, in an attempt to cover up the truth.

But since then, not only had those traditional anti-Russian countries in Europe and America been jumping around, making various accusations and attacks.

Even domestically, his political enemies had not missed this good opportunity, forcibly jumping out to stir up trouble, not even fearing that he would settle scores with them later.

Fortunately!

Vladimir's ambition now no longer stopped at using certain means to extend his political life in order to achieve the goal of continuing to control Russia.

The appearance of Mechanical Life had reawakened the ambition deep in his heart to lead the Polar Bear back onto the path of world hegemony.

At once, he immediately summoned his confidant and ordered: "Send a telegram to Severodvinsk, tell Dmitri to be cautious and careful. After the transaction is finished, send the first-hand data to me immediately!"

"Yes, Mr. President!"

As the President of Russia, especially since it was exposed not long ago that he had been assassinated within his residence in Moscow.

Now, there was no telling how many eyes were staring fixedly at him, so although he very much wanted to personally attend today's transaction with the Mechanical Life, he could only delegate other confidants to be fully responsible for the matter.

And the confidant he delegated was none other than Dmitri!

After more than half a month, arriving at Severodvinsk again, Sun Cheng had a completely different feeling.

After entering North Port, Ghost's speed immediately dropped, and by the time it was about to reach the military port area, it had completely surfaced.

A Russian Navy frigate arranged to be on guard nearby immediately discovered them. After notifying the military port, other warships responsible for reception on the sea surface soon approached, preparing to escort Ghost into the military port.

Sun Cheng and his team waited with interest for the arrangements from the Russian side. Fortunately, the Polar Bear did not really know how to do vanity projects; it was nothing more than a few extra warships guiding and escorting them, so it did not delay much time.

Not long after, amidst the snow that had yet to stop, Ghost entered the Severodvinsk Shipyard once again and docked at Pier 3!