Chapter 300: The Secret of Space (Part 1)

Come to think of it, Sun Cheng being able to come up with this method was inspired by a promotional billboard for a commercial real estate project he passed by this afternoon on his way to Base No. 1.

However, using a laboratory to hide Base No. 1, which was built inside a mountain, was clearly just an expedient measure and not a fundamental solution.

Sun Cheng was well aware of this point; as the evening breeze blowing from the river several kilometers away brushed past, the damp moisture in the air slapped against his cheeks, and the momentary chill made him, currently in the sweltering summer heat, feel instantly refreshed.

"I'm heading back now; the security of the base is left to you..."

"Yes!"

After coming down from the mountain, he drove the all-terrain vehicle straight into the construction site's Warehouse, and after Sun Cheng took the pickup truck out of the site, he locked the gate again before leaving the base to head toward his residence.

Because he took a detour on the road, cautiously avoiding any potential tailing, he finally returned to his apartment.

Having been delayed for quite some time at Base No. 1, by the time he returned home, the time had already passed ten o'clock in the evening.

"I'm back!"

Pushing open the door and seeing the lights on in the living room, Sun Cheng subconsciously shouted into the house, then closed the door, locked it behind him, and walked inside.

Unexpectedly not seeing Ye Qi in the living room, he first looked toward the kitchen and bathroom and saw no lights, then walked toward the bedroom.

The apartment Sun Cheng rented was quite large, with three bedrooms, one living room, one bathroom, and one kitchen, totaling about one hundred and twenty square meters.

He himself currently lived in the master bedroom, while the adjacent secondary bedroom had no bed because the landlord had converted it into a study.

After Ye Qi came to stay with him, she had always lived in the smallest bedroom across from the secondary bedroom, next to the bathroom.

The monthly rent for this apartment was not cheap, but it was worth every penny; the decor was very thoughtful, the furniture and appliances were complete, and the soundproofing in the bedroom was much better than the apartment he had briefly rented before.

So much so that when Sun Cheng walked all the way to the door of Ye Qi's bedroom, he finally heard faint singing coming from her room.

"... Sometimes, you miss the days of the past. But when innocence left, you didn't say a word. You just waved your hand, like throwing away waste paper, saying it was something life must go through. Drinking wine to seven parts, yet feeling a sense of loss..."

The beautiful melody could still be heard even with the obstruction of walls and doors if one got closer.

Sun Cheng stood just like that in front of the bedroom door, listening quietly.

In fact, he had never opposed Ye Qi singing, not only because she liked it and was good at it, but also because Sun Cheng liked listening to her sing.

It was just that he was a selfish man, and like everyone else, he was unwilling to share the things he liked with others.

That was all!

The moving melody made Sun Cheng stop outside Ye Qi's bedroom to listen quietly for a long while, until the singing ended and her voice came from inside the room.

Confirming that she was live-streaming again as usual, he only frowned slightly, then turned and walked into the adjacent bathroom, and after a quick rinse, he went straight back to his own bedroom, having already had dinner outside.

Sun Cheng's room hid many secrets; even though there were no outsiders at home, as he entered the bedroom, he wiped his hair with a dry towel while turning on the air conditioner, not forgetting to lock the bedroom door behind him.

Coming to the window and sitting down, he then looked at the all-in-one computer quietly placed on the computer desk in the corner of the bedroom.

"Frenzy, lock onto the current location of ai-001!"

"Received, Master!"

The screen of the all-in-one computer, which Frenzy had transformed into, flickered, and soon a not-very-detailed map appeared.

ai-001 was the little thing he had tossed into a green belt inside the Nandu Supercomputing Center this morning after entering it, taking advantage of when no one was paying attention, and its true name should be 'Intrusive Micro Spider Robot'.

This was a type of ultra-small robot spy designed by 'Huan' and manufactured by the Decepticon Workers; although its size was much smaller than a Scout Robot, its capabilities were not to be underestimated, as its easily overlooked size made it hard to detect, and at the same time, it could briefly reside in certain electronic devices and seize control, making it an expert at infiltrating highly classified institutions and units.

Continuing to wipe his hair, which was not yet dry, Sun Cheng stared at the map on the screen and began to identify it carefully; he had investigated the Nandu Supercomputing Center before, and when he visited today, he had paid close attention to his surroundings, so he remembered the several areas he passed through very clearly.

After identifying it carefully for a while, he managed to confirm from that not-very-detailed map that ai-001 should still be at the original location where he had discarded it this morning without moving, and he immediately had Frenzy remotely trigger its Awakening, "Go, find the 'Poplar' series supercomputer, then reside inside it; I want to know all the information stored within. Remember, pay attention to concealment..."

With cold light flashing in his eyes, Sun Cheng ordered in a deep voice.

The two most famous supercomputer series in this country were the 'Poplar' and 'North Wind' series.

The former, Poplar, was the earliest supercomputer model born in China, and it was said that at the time of its birth, it was also used for the development of nuclear weapons, though later it was mostly applied to large-scale national projects, surveying and mapping, weather forecasting, ocean information processing, and so on.

And the 'North Wind' series supercomputer, which he was interested in and even willing to risk being discovered and arrested by the state to get a glimpse of, was a supercomputer specifically designed by the Supercomputing Center for the military.

As a military supercomputer, it was said that a total of 3 types and 5 units of the 'North Wind' series were manufactured, one of which was placed in a research institution under the Northwest National Defense University, one in the Army Equipment Research Institute, one in the Aerospace Center, one in a research institution under the Mawei Naval Command Academy, and the last one had always remained in the Nandu Supercomputing Center.

Sun Cheng did not know if the 'North Wind' series supercomputer placed in the Nandu Supercomputing Center was still undertaking military projects, but he did not mind giving it a try; for one thing, he could take the opportunity to probe his country's true level, and perhaps there would be opportunities for cooperation in the future.

For another, he also had the hope of finding some technology that he could use for himself.

Sun Cheng did indeed possess quite a bit of Cybertron Technology, but the civilization and technological development of Mechanical Life were very different from human civilization; on the Earth of another world, Cybertronians possessed thermonuclear power generation technology far more advanced than humans, yet they had not created terrifying weapons like nuclear weapons that could easily destroy the bodies of Mechanical Life, which was a case in point.

After Frenzy received the order, it immediately remotely triggered the Awakening of ai-001, and on the screen it had transformed into, the light dot representing ai-001 soon began to move rapidly.

And Sun Cheng did not keep staring at it.

After giving the order, he touched his hair, which was almost dry, tossed the towel onto the table next to him, and lay down on the bed.

"Frenzy, keep watch for me..."

After instructing Frenzy to keep watch for him, he lay on the bed, slowly closed his eyes, and silently called up that mysterious Spherical Space in his heart.