Chapter 264: New Body 3

After Jazz's partial remains were taken away by Sun Cheng as a trophy following the Battle of Las Vegas, all the secrets regarding the body of this former Autobot Leader's elite lieutenant had long since opened their doors to him.

Although Sun Cheng only had the upper half of Jazz's body in his possession, it was the most valuable part.

Through repeated scanning and research, Atlas and the others had studied every part of Jazz's body very thoroughly, and they also had the design plans provided by Brawl for reference.

Therefore, the body before him, while not the best, was currently the most suitable choice for Sun Cheng.

Carefully scrutinizing the body projected by the equipment before him, Sun Cheng meticulously compared all the data with the design data saved in his Core. Only after confirming there were no issues did a faint smile appear on his face.

"The design is fine, have the components all been manufactured?"

No matter how good a projection is, it is ultimately just virtual data.

Sun Cheng understood this, but he also knew that Atlas was in such a hurry to report the good news to him that he surely wouldn't have just brought him here to look at this projection.

Sure enough, just after he asked the question, Sun Cheng saw a smug smile appear on Atlas's face.

Then, he didn't even answer him.

He simply reached out and touched the outer wall of the equipment beside him.

The next moment, the super-large equipment in front of Sun Cheng changed again.

"Zzzzt..."

A faint mechanical sound came from inside the equipment.

Sun Cheng looked at the super-large equipment again and saw that the virtual image of his New Body, which had been projected in the workshop inside the equipment, had disappeared.

In its place were sets of molds extending from the equipment on both sides. At the same time, eight robots, resembling the intelligent warehouse robots of an Amazon fulfillment center, quickly transported some items and entered the workshop below the equipment.

Sun Cheng fixed his eyes on them, and the smile on his face grew broader.

What these small and medium-sized robots, which seemed to have been specifically manufactured for transporting goods, were carrying were all kinds of finished metal ingots!

He looked at Atlas but didn't say anything more.

To claim credit with him, this Worker had clearly racked his brains.

Since that was the case, he would like to see what kind of tricks this guy could pull off.

Without making him wait long, mechanical arms resembling squid tentacles soon extended from the top of the equipment.

Some mechanical arms flexibly and precisely took metal ingots from the cargo baskets on the transport robots, some were responsible for securing them, and some performed scans and began transmitting the material data into the equipment.

As sets of data were fed back, the tips of some mechanical arms began to change.

Some emitted lasers to cut the metal ingots, some transformed into drill bits for precise carving, some were responsible for grinding, some for polishing...

Under the ultra-high efficiency of the equipment before him, one small part of the body after another was soon manufactured.

Sun Cheng watched the equipment, which had been built under Atlas's direction, with great interest and nodded slightly.

This thing actually couldn't be called innovative!

Concepts like 3D printing, whether in the real world or in the world he was currently in, had long been proposed and envisioned by humans in the cutting-edge fields of precision industrial manufacturing, and some capable people had even attempted to turn them into reality.

The machine built by the Worker in front of him was a device that applied the 3D printing concept, only the technology was more advanced than that of humans.

Staring intently at the mechanical arms working inside the equipment for a while, Sun Cheng soon lost the patience to just stand there.

He turned his head toward Atlas and asked again, "How long will it take for all the components to be completed?"

"Master, your New Body consists of 1.74 million small parts in total; it will take thirty-seven hours to complete everything..."

Atlas glanced at him cautiously, and only after seeing no signs of anger or impatience on his face did he heave a sigh of relief and hurriedly answer.

"Thirty-seven hours, huh..."

Sun Cheng was silent. For Mechanical Life forms whose lifespans are theoretically infinite as long as their energy does not run dry, this amount of time really didn't count for much.

Coupled with Atlas's desire to claim credit, it wasn't impossible that he wanted to show off in front of him.

Thinking of it this way, he wasn't surprised why the other party had rushed over to claim credit when the body hadn't even been manufactured yet.

Thirty-seven hours was indeed a very short time for Mechanical Life forms.

However, Sun Cheng did not intend to stay here to watch the whole process.

After the New Body was manufactured, his Core and Spark would need to be transferred from his current body to the new one.

The entire process wouldn't take too long; it would take as little as ten-plus minutes, or at most an hour or so to complete.

However, Sun Cheng had already experienced it once before with Brawl.

During the time when the Core and Spark were detached from the old body and transferred to the new one, he would lose all consciousness and be as weak and defenseless as an infant.

In other words, before welcoming his rebirth, a highly risky test awaited him.

Although everything in Base No. 2 was under Sun Cheng's control, that was only when he was conscious.

Therefore, necessary vigilance and preparation were indispensable.

"Brawl, huh... I really have brought back quite a bit of trouble for myself..."

His brows furrowed imperceptibly as he thought about how there was a ticking time bomb in Base No. 2 at this very moment, right by his side.

Sun Cheng couldn't help but feel a bit irritable, because he had planted this ticking time bomb with his own hands.

However, he quickly forced these feelings of irritability to the back of his mind.

It was too late for regrets now, and besides, a high-level Decepticon Warrior like Brawl was not someone he could cultivate for a long time to come; Sun Cheng couldn't bear to give up such a subordinate.

Having no choice but to stop thinking about it, he began to deliberate in his heart how to arrange the security to ensure his safety was foolproof when the time came.

Sun Cheng naturally wouldn't show any thoughts he had in his mind. After raising his head and taking a few more looks at the giant equipment that was manufacturing his New Body, he then said to Atlas, "Thirty-seven hours, huh? I have some other matters to attend to, so I won't wait here... Atlas, remember to notify me once the New Body is manufactured... Oh, that's right... Have those things I asked you to manufacture last time been finished? If they are done, send a team of robots to deliver them to my Laboratory later..."

"Yes, Master. I will arrange it right away..."

PS:

The illness of breaking a streak is truly something one shouldn't start; once you start, you can't help but be lazy.

This month, I hope it's still not too late to regret it. 8)