Chapter 255: Thermonuclear Reactor (Part II)

Because the connection with the Spherical Space had become weak, he feared that consuming too much energy again would endanger his return to the real world.

Sun Cheng did not dare to continue using the Spherical Space to transport the metal that had been brought in; he could only spend a full day, bit by bit, transporting dozens of tons of rare metals or materials that the Base needed in large quantities from the precious metals shipped from Russia.

As for the rest, he would subsequently arrange for them to enter Brazil via freight routes; although this would be about a week late, it would at least save him a lot of time.

Having left Base No. 2 for four or five days, upon returning here again, the nuclear reactor that Atlas and the others had been preparing for over a month was finally completed!

"... Frenzy, keep a close eye on Brawl..."

After finishing everything, he learned from 'Huan' that Atlas and the others had completed the nuclear reactor and were currently conducting tests.

Sun Cheng immediately sent a communication to Frenzy, ordering him to keep a close eye on Brawl and not let this guy, who had never truly submitted to him, take the opportunity to cause trouble.

He himself left the Underground Karst Cave and walked toward a construction site that was being rushed to completion more than ten kilometers away from the Base.

Before he even arrived, Sun Cheng saw Atlas walking toward him, evidently having known in advance the news of his arrival.

Regarding this, Sun Cheng's gaze swept over the industrial robots busy transporting construction materials all around, but he did not say anything.

"Master, you have returned!"

Sun Cheng nodded, his gaze passing over him toward the bend in the valley where the building complex was vaguely visible, and a bit of a smile appeared on his face.

"... How is the construction of the nuclear reactor coming along?" He looked at Atlas and asked.

"Very smoothly!"

Atlas answered excitedly: "Currently, the main body of the No. 1 Nuclear Reactor has been completed, and the Underground Condensation Water Tower is being rushed to completion. We are testing the reactor and expect that in seventeen hours, we will be able to conduct the first test..."

Sun Cheng had previously seen the design drawings of Atlas and the others; in the future, three Thermal Nuclear Power Stations would be built consecutively within a hundred kilometers around Base No. 2, and each Thermal Nuclear Power Station would only house one nuclear reactor.

Do not think that because there are few reactors, one should underestimate Cybertronian technology!

On the contrary, because their thermal nuclear power generation technology is more mature than human nuclear power technology, the nuclear reactors manufactured by Atlas and the others are not only far smaller in volume than human ones, but their efficiency is also significantly higher.

Take the No. 1 Nuclear Reactor currently under construction; this thermal nuclear reactor, which is closest to the Underground Karst Cave where Base No. 2 is located, is strictly speaking a political project.

Because Sun Cheng issued the order, Atlas and the others could only build this nuclear reactor in the shortest possible time.

Therefore, the No. 1 Nuclear Reactor will be the least efficient of the three thermal nuclear reactors, operating only a 450,000-kilowatt Pressurized Water Reactor Unit.

But even so, relying on Cybertron's mature thermal nuclear power generation technology, its scale does not even reach one-seventh the size of the Angra Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1.

Especially since the common, conspicuous cooling tower of a power station was transformed into an Underground Condensation Water Tower, the probability of exposure was greatly reduced.

Although operating a hot water cooling device increases operating costs significantly, for mechanical life forms like Sun Cheng and his group, energy is the most precious thing, and everything else must take a backseat.

On the construction site, dozens of industrial robots were constantly moving in and out, transporting and dragging, busy without pause.

Sun Cheng took a closer look and felt even more satisfied, nodding repeatedly, "The speed is not bad..."

Seeing that most of the materials being transported were shock-resistant materials, he pondered for a moment and immediately realized why.

Unlike the factors that lead humans to concentrate nuclear reactors along the coast, mechanical life forms like Sun Cheng are not affected by drinking water, and Cybertron's thermal nuclear technology is much more mature than current Earth nuclear power technology, so much trouble is naturally saved in construction; therefore, the most important considerations are not water sources, pollution, or site selection, but earthquake resistance.

Although most of Brazil is not located in a plate boundary region and is not easily affected by earthquakes.

But the Amambai Mountains region is still somewhat dangerous; since the Workers started building Base No. 2, the seismic monitoring equipment placed has already recorded a magnitude 2.0 earthquake. Although the hypocenter was deep and the magnitude small, having little impact, with the nuclear reactor built here, necessary anti-seismic measures are still indispensable.

"After the Thermal Nuclear Reactor testing is completed, go prepare for the manufacture of my New Body. After my New Body is completed, I will manufacture new bodies for all of you uniformly!"

"Yes, Master!"

Under Atlas's guidance, after walking around the construction site, Sun Cheng also saw some robots that looked different from ordinary industrial robots and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Atlas, are these robots of your new design?"

"Not a new design, just some simple modifications. Although the industrial robots we initially manufactured could handle most of the work, some tasks are more precise, and some require increased load-bearing... so we modified a few robots to handle different needs..."

Sun Cheng nodded, his gaze lingering on those few robots for a while, his eyes thoughtful.

Previously, he had always been very curious about what was so different about the AllSpark and why it could transform some mechanical equipment into mechanical life.

This doubt of his was answered by Megatron.

In some memory fragments read by Sun Cheng, he had already found the answer.

The AllSpark was once the property of the Decepticon Legion; from Megatron to Shockwave to Starscream, almost all high-level Decepticons and Scientists had come into contact with it and attempted to study it.

From Megatron's Memory Data, although Sun Cheng was somewhat disappointed to find that he did not find information about the origin of the AllSpark, the Decepticon Legion clearly had researched it very deeply.

Because the Core, this magical object, was the product finally manufactured by Scientists of the Decepticon Legion like Shockwave and Starscream through studying the special fluctuations of the AllSpark and then adjusting the energy wavelength.

"Simulating the energy wavelength of the AllSpark..."

Sun Cheng muttered to himself; although he did not have the AllSpark, he had several fragments of the AllSpark in his hands.

Previously, he and 'Huan' had conducted experiments on this and had basically confirmed that fragments of the AllSpark could rapidly recover the special fluctuations contained within them that allow machines to be transformed into mechanical life by absorbing energy.

At that moment, he immediately instructed Atlas: "Last time, I asked you to build a small reactor in my Laboratory according to the ship-borne nuclear reactor I left behind; how is that arrangement going?"

"The nuclear reactor has been manufactured according to your requirements, Master. However, we have surveyed your Laboratory and it is not suitable for housing a nuclear reactor. But we have conducted a survey within the Base, and the Warehouse is more suitable for housing it..."

"The Warehouse?"

Sun Cheng only pondered for a moment before nodding in agreement: "That's fine, the space is large enough; you should dispatch manpower to get it ready as soon as possible, I will need it immediately..."

Previously in the Mariana Trench, he had scanned Megatron's body and obtained a relatively detailed set of data, which was very beneficial for the final revision of his New Body.

However, manufacturing a New Body for himself requires a large amount of energy, so he must wait until the No. 1 Thermal Nuclear Reactor is put into use before construction can begin.

This will take some time!

He clearly did not intend to waste this time, and using it to study the fragments of the AllSpark again could not be more appropriate!

PS:

I have a close friend whom I've known since middle school, and it's been fifteen or sixteen years now. He is getting married on the 9th, and as per custom, I have to go over on the 7th to help. Barring any accidents, I will be so busy on the 8th and 9th that I won't know which way is up. I am notifying you in advance that there might be a two-day break in updates.