Chapter 261: Adam

"Bang..."

A faint popping sound began to emerge from the equipment in front of him.

Sun Cheng frowned, though he didn't show much else.

It was, after all, just a machine built in a rush; its quality was inherently flawed, and it was prone to issues once the set Energy Concentration limit was exceeded.

Within his line of sight, as the industrial robot inside the equipment shook violently, the long cylindrical needle embedded with an AllSpark Fragment—which was currently releasing energy pulses into it—was already billowing thick smoke, scorched by the crimson fragment.

A piercing alarm sound rang out in response.

"Master, do you need to shut down the power?"

The reminder from 'Huan' sounded in an instant. Sun Cheng stared fixedly at the machine in front of him and shook his head in refusal without a second thought.

"No need!"

It was just a piece of equipment, after all. Even if the newly modified industrial robot inside failed again, he would only suffer the loss of some materials and energy.

Sun Cheng could still afford these; what he was betting on now was the one-in-a-million chance. If he truly succeeded, the returns would be immense.

After receiving his command, 'Huan' did not offer any further reminders. Having already begun managing all systems of the entire Base, it even casually deactivated the piercing alarm.

But although the alarm was silenced, the dire state of the equipment in front of Sun Cheng was not alleviated in the slightest.

The thick smoke continued, and the crackling sounds of explosions grew more intense.

A fire soon broke out, the thick smoke grew heavier, and the industrial robot inside the equipment, which was being injected with special energy pulses by the AllSpark Fragment, shook even more violently.

Finally, accompanied by a thunderous boom from the equipment, the outer wall of the device suddenly shattered and flew in all directions.

Over a dozen fragments struck the glass wall, leaving cracks all over it.

Sun Cheng waved his hand, blocking a piece of equipment debris that came flying toward his face, and swatted it aside.

The fire was extinguished along with the explosion of the equipment.

Ignoring the mess in front of him, he rushed into the thick smoke, bent down, and lifted several pieces of equipment debris that were pinning the industrial robot down.

"Failed?"

Looking at the industrial robot lying motionless on the ground, Sun Cheng felt some confusion in his eyes, but even more disappointment.

Amidst a pile of equipment debris, a brand-new industrial robot, whose original appearance was now almost unrecognizable, lay quietly on the ground.

It had a ferocious face similar to most Decepticons. Its originally bright silver body had not only turned dark gray, but its physique, which had been slightly lean, had also undergone some changes; especially on its back and shoulders, several ferocious metallic bone spurs protruded, making it look even more menacing.

These were the distinct characteristics of being converted into a Mechanical Life after absorbing the special energy pulses released by the AllSpark Fragment—what he and the Decepticons called 'information' and 'Life Force'.

However, what puzzled him was that in every previous experiment, the Mechanical Life converted by the AllSpark Fragment was always awake, and upon waking, it would immediately attack any targets it discovered nearby without a word.

An unconscious test subject was a first in his experiments!

He couldn't help but walk forward and grab the industrial robot lying motionless on the ground, just as Sun Cheng was preparing to examine its condition in detail.

He didn't know if his movement had been too rough, or if the shaking had activated it.

In any case, just as Sun Cheng had focused his gaze on the industrial robot in front of him and was about to inspect its current state in detail, he suddenly felt the body of the industrial robot, which he was holding by the neck and lifting, tremble suddenly.

The next moment, its eyes, which had been tightly shut, snapped open.

"Huh!"

Sun Cheng couldn't help but exclaim in surprise!

Having dealt with Mechanical Life for so long, he had long since grown accustomed to them and could clearly read the emotional changes of others from their electronic eyes, which were so different from those of humans.

In his hand, although the gaze of this newborn Mechanical Life was muddled, it appeared to have a bit more of the liveliness called 'intelligence' than those born from previous experiments.

Immediately, he stimulated his Core. After Sun Cheng invaded its Core, he couldn't help but reveal an excited smile on his face.

"Success... finally, success..."

Yes, success!

It was no longer appropriate to refer to the Mechanical Life in front of him as 'it'.

Because this newborn Mechanical Life in Sun Cheng's hand, despite its newly generated consciousness still appearing very muddled and immature, undoubtedly possessed the same intelligence as Workers like Atlas; it was a bona fide intelligent Mechanical Life!

This discovery made him, who had long been troubled by a lack of subordinates, unable to contain the joy and excitement in his heart any longer, and he burst into unbridled laughter.

'Huan' was truly worthy of being a supercomputer manufactured on the planet Cybertron, possessing remarkable artificial intelligence.

Seeing his mood become excited with the success of the experiment, it waited quietly on the side for a good while until his laughter gradually subsided, before it spoke up to congratulate him: "Congratulations, Master, for achieving your wish!"

With the joy on his face not yet faded, Sun Cheng looked up at the camera in the corner of the glass room and asked casually: "Huan, has the data been collected?"

"Yes, the data has all been collected and is currently being analyzed..."

"Very good!"

Sun Cheng nodded in satisfaction!

After withdrawing his gaze, he placed this accidentally converted Mechanical Life to the side.

To prevent any accidents, Sun Cheng had already left basic control measures within its Core.

The Mechanical Life converted by the AllSpark tended to evolve toward combat-oriented types, and this newborn Mechanical Life was no exception.

However, regarding how to settle him.

Sun Cheng thought for a moment and decided not to have Frenzy come over. Instead, he sent a communication to Atlas, telling him to hurry over and take this newborn Mechanical Life away to supplement the Workers, who were already becoming too busy to handle everything.

In any case, the experimental data had already been collected by 'Huan'. With this success, he believed that a steady stream of Mechanical Life would join his faction in the future, so there was no rush for this one.

After Atlas received his message, he entered the Warehouse within a few minutes and arrived at the newly built special Laboratory.

"Master, you summoned me; could it be that the experiment was a success?"

Having passed the checkpoint of several Combat Robots outside, Atlas had not yet walked into the Laboratory when his gaze fell upon the slightly muddled newborn Mechanical Life beside Sun Cheng, and the light in his eyes paused slightly.

Sun Cheng was in a very good mood now and couldn't be bothered to spend extra effort guessing what Atlas was thinking.

He nodded slightly and pointed at the newborn Mechanical Life, just about to speak, when he suddenly realized he didn't know how to address it.

After pondering for a moment in his heart, he suddenly remembered the first human created by God in the 【Bible】 mythology that he had recently digested after 'Huan' downloaded it from the internet.

He couldn't help but look at the newborn Mechanical Life, whose consciousness was still unclear, and said to Atlas: "This experiment was a success. He is the newborn Mechanical Life that was converted. Take him down, train him to become a member of the Worker Corps, and from now on, call him 'Adam'!"

"Yes, Master!"

Hearing that Sun Cheng's experiment had succeeded, Atlas's eyes flickered for a moment, and when he looked at Adam again, there was clearly something more in his gaze.

However, after responding, he did not rush to leave with Adam; instead, he stepped forward, his words carrying a hint of seeking credit, and leaning in close to Sun Cheng, he whispered: "Master, the New Body you had us modify after you returned last time is basically finished. Would you like to go over and take a look now..."

Upon hearing this, Sun Cheng's body couldn't help but suddenly tremble, and he hurriedly turned his head to look at Atlas...

PS:

The recent updates have truly been unacceptable, and I must reflect on this myself.

My rhythm was off, and after my train of thought was broken for a few days, I felt like I had reconnected it, but only when I started typing did I realize I hadn't.

Having updated so little in the first half of the month, I will provide an explanation to everyone, as well as to myself.