Chapter 253: Danger is Imminent (Part 1)

Bursting out from above the sea surface, Sun Cheng flew forward for over a hundred nautical miles in one go before he finally regained his composure, his lingering fear causing him to look back.

"No pursuers..."

The Core quickly fed back the detection data from within a hundred nautical miles behind him, and only then did he let out a long breath, unable to stop the lingering fear from rising in his heart.

Sun Cheng had never imagined that the secret hidden beneath the Mariana Trench was actually the remains of Megatron.

What terrified him even more was that the Megatron who should have been dead had actually been awakened by him, and he had nearly paid the price for his own recklessness and greed!

With lingering fear still in his heart, Sun Cheng did not dare to linger any longer; after slightly distinguishing his direction, he flew toward Brazil.

Thanks to the Spherical Space within his body, it had saved him once again at a critical moment!

However, it was clear that this salvation did not come without a price.

For instance, now that he was far away from the Mariana Trench and his spirit was gradually relaxing, as he tried to summon the Spherical Space again, he immediately noticed that the connection between himself and the mysterious Spherical Space inside his body had begun to flicker and fade once more.

It was just like a long time ago, before he had yet to figure out the uses of the Spherical Space!

"... Awakened Megatron, but the greatest stroke of luck in this misfortune is that I was not completely read of all my memories by him..."

Every time he thought of this, Sun Cheng still could not help but shiver repeatedly.

Megatron was not dead, and he had even had a large amount of Memory Data read by him; for that Tyrant, there was simply nothing more humiliating than this.

Without a doubt, once he returned, he would become a target that the Decepticon Legion wanted to eliminate as quickly as possible, just like the Autobots.

The only thing he felt slightly fortunate about was that, because of the sudden exertion of the Spherical Space, he had not been read of too many secrets by Megatron in return.

If Sun Cheng remembered correctly, before the intrusive information was purged, his Second Memory Storage Area located outside the Core had already been almost completely compromised.

The biggest difference between Mechanical Life and humans is that they are Silicon-based Lifeforms; in terms of life characteristics, it is less accurate to say they are similar to carbon-based human beings than it is to say they have more in common with many machines manufactured by humans.

After being nearly read of his core memories by Starscream last time, Sun Cheng had already realized this danger; to avoid the same situation from happening again, he had used the Second Memory Storage Area within his machine body to create a trap that was not quite a trap.

He had moved all the important data that Frenzy originally stored in the Second Memory Storage Area into the Memory Chip located within the Core, while simultaneously downloading a massive amount of history, mythology, professional materials, and so on from the internet; these could be used for his own learning in normal times, and could also buy him some time when encountering such situations.

This time, it was a stroke of luck within misfortune; after Megatron controlled his machine body, he did not rush to read Sun Cheng's Memory Chip immediately, but instead set his sights on the Second Memory Storage Area outside the Core first.

Exactly how many things were saved in the Second Memory Storage Area within his machine body, perhaps even Sun Cheng himself did not know.

Only a small portion of what was inside had been downloaded from the internet according to his plans for his needs; most of it was later, after he had 'Huan', the supercomputer produced by the planet Cybertron, entrusted to search and download from the internet to Base No. 2, and then he had taken advantage of his spare time to pack and transmit it all at once into his Second Memory Storage Area, since it could be used for entertainment anyway.

One has to admit, his caution had performed a great service this time!

He could not help but secretly rejoice in his heart, yet his trembling machine body clearly exposed the lack of inner peace of its master at this moment.

Clearly, a Megatron who was still alive, and one who hated him to the extreme, made Sun Cheng exceptionally uneasy at this time.

He did not dare to stop along the way until he reached the sea area near Peru in the South Pacific; after the Core scanned the surroundings again and confirmed that there were no suspicious targets following him, he flew toward a rocky beach filled with reefs near the coast of Peru.

Speaking of tourism in Peru, the most unforgettable scenery is the numerous winding rocky beaches of Peru, which are a unique wonder.

Peru is located at the junction of the Pacific Plate and the American Plate; because of the power of nature, the country is mountainous, and even the coastline has evolved a large number of land fault areas under the movement of the plates.

The rocky beaches everywhere are the best proof of this.

However, although Peru is full of rocky beaches, not every place has the potential for tourism development.

For example, in the north of Arequipa Province in southern Peru, there is a remote offshore restricted area; here, reefs are scattered beneath the sea surface, and the unpredictable undertows add a few more layers of terror to this place. Since the Age of Discovery, countless ships have suffered shipwrecks here, and over time, this beach, which was crowned with the infamous name of 'Devil's Nest', has rarely been approached by fishermen or tourists.

But for a Mechanical Lifeform like Sun Cheng, these infamous names did not count for much.

Calculating the time, he knew that Hephaestus and the Ghost must have already arrived, so he forcibly suppressed the panic in his heart, and after confirming that there were no pursuers behind him, he rushed directly to the 'Devil's Nest' to rendezvous with Hephaestus and the others.

Although the Ghost could cruise in the sea for a long time, no one would really do so, as even metal would suffer cumulative damage due to fatigue.

Therefore, after discovering a huge offshore cave beneath a rocky beach near the 'Devil's Nest', Hephaestus and the others had simply cleaned up the place; they blew up some reefs to clear a shipping lane for the Ghost, allowing it to enter the cave for temporary rest when it did not need to be at sea.

When Sun Cheng arrived, he was already a full four days late from the time he had agreed upon with Hephaestus and the others.

Fortunately, the strict hierarchical system within the Decepticon Legion meant that none of the Workers dared to question his authority.

Even though he was a few days late, when he arrived at the 'Devil's Nest' and sent a communication to Hephaestus and the others, upon entering the cave, he was surprised to see a team of Workers inside, lined up to welcome his arrival on the simple pier they had repaired.

"Master, you have finally arrived... The Ghost has returned on schedule, and all the resources that need to be transported are all here..."

Just as his figure burst out from the water surface and landed on a piece of open ground simply built inside the cave, Hephaestus immediately came up to greet him, with a bit more heartfelt submission amidst the usual respect.

Clearly, the sudden appearance of the Vanguard, the dozen or so Combat Robots, and the dozens of industrial robots during the second trip to North Port all proved that although the Sun Cheng he followed might still have a gap in strength compared to his original master—Onslaught—his power was already above that.

This point was very important, because at the very least, it showed that he still had great potential to be followed!