Chapter 362: The Ambitious Schemer (Part II)

From light snow to moderate snow, and then to a blizzard, the snowfall in Severodvinsk lasted for four days and three nights, only gradually turning into scattered light snow late on the fourth night.

For the Russian Army soldiers stationed in Severodvinsk, this snow came at a very bad time, because it greatly increased the difficulty of the Russian Army's search, rescue, and cleanup operations in the Severodvinsk urban area.

However, for the politicians in Moscow and ambitious schemers like Sun Cheng, this snowfall successfully covered up many things and could be considered to have solved some of their troubles.

Six days later, escorted by a squad of Russian Army infantry fighting vehicles, Russian President Vladimir, who had publicly announced plans to merge military districts and was thus heading to the Siberia Military District for an inspection, arrived in Severodvinsk in a low-profile manner.

Because of Vladimir's arrival, the Severodvinsk naval base had already been temporarily closed by the local garrison under the pretext of clearing floating ice from the port.

Sun Cheng, who had been honestly staying in the shipyard for the past few days personally supervising the Workers and robots as they built two Yasen Class Attack Nuclear Submarines for the Russian Army, had also been notified in advance, so he was already waiting at the dock when Vladimir and his party arrived at the shipyard.

"Mr. President, long time no see!"

The Russian top brass had clearly received intelligence that the reappeared Sun Cheng had changed into a brand-new body, but the impact brought by his new body was absolutely beyond everyone's imagination. Even President Vladimir, who had always been known as a "tough guy," had the muscles on his face—which many malicious critics mocked as having permanent facial paralysis due to plastic surgery—visibly twitch when he first witnessed Sun Cheng's massive mechanical warrior image, which looked like something out of a science fiction movie.

However, he was, after all, that ambitious iron-fisted president who wanted to lead the Polar Bear back to the pinnacle of Earth's great powers; the KGB training from his early years had long since forged his will into steel, and he quickly returned to a state of calm.

"Long time no see, Lord Frenzy!"

With a slight nod replacing a handshake, Vladimir's gaze moved past Sun Cheng, scanning in turn over the Vanguard and the Combat Robots responsible for security in the shipyard. He got straight to the point and pressed, "I believe you are already very clear about the purpose of my visit this time, so Lord Frenzy, Russia needs an explanation!"

The tone was not aggressive, but the attitude was very firm.

Blue light flickered in Sun Cheng's eyes, and he did not rush to answer.

He understood what Vladimir meant. Severodvinsk had suddenly been attacked by mechanical lifeforms belonging to the same Decepticon Legion as himself. The Russian Army soldiers guarding Severodvinsk had suffered over seven hundred casualties, more than forty were missing, countless fighter jets, armed helicopters, and land and naval equipment were damaged, and nearly half of the most prosperous urban area had been destroyed. Civilian casualties were more than ten times those of the Russian Army; the Polar Bear could be said to have suffered heavy losses.

The reason Vladimir did not rush to Severodvinsk immediately was to block or even minimize the impact of the invasion that occurred in Severodvinsk that night.

Although this place was sparsely populated and its economy was not developed, the mere fact that Severodvinsk was Russia's most important naval vessel manufacturing base was enough to make the other four "rogues" of the United Nations rack their brains to send spies and agents to this far-northern city.

Even though Sun Cheng had considered this early on and had spent the past few days helping the Russian Army intercept countless pieces of spy intelligence attempting to be transmitted via electromagnetic, radio, and satellite communication means, he ultimately could not achieve perfection.

What happened in Severodvinsk had, unsurprisingly, likely already leaked out.

Even if the politicians in Moscow had not yet realized that the four invaders that night were targeting him, one of the invaders, Scavenger, was now honestly staying in the shipyard, and the Russian Army could still see him wandering around with Sun Cheng from time to time; it would be hard for him not to take the blame for this.

The Russian Army had once used this as an excuse to pressure him, attempting to obtain the remains of the three Decepticons he had killed when they invaded Severodvinsk that night, but he had refused to hand over even a single Decepticon corpse to the Russian Army, using the excuse that "although the invaders were enemies, Cybertronians are not machines manufactured by you, so please give the dead sufficient respect."

Because of this matter, he had recently been on very bad terms with the Russian Army stationed in Severodvinsk. Lieutenant General Vadronov, who had been responsible for negotiating with him, subsequently notified Sun Cheng that they were not allowed to leave the shipyard at will, as martial law had not yet been lifted.

In the past few days, armed helicopters and naval aviation fighter jets could be seen circling over the shipyard from time to time, which showed that Moscow's attitude had changed slightly.

With countless thoughts racing through his mind in an instant, Sun Cheng waved his hand, and the Vanguard understood and left.

Only then did he organize his words and slowly reply: "Mr. President, I already mentioned to you during our first meeting that my subordinates and I come from the distant planet Cybertron. While I am one of the leaders of the Decepticon Legion, unfortunately, not every leader within the Decepticon Legion is as willing to cooperate with humans as I am. I need to solemnly warn you and your country that I have received some unfortunate news: Megatron is coming!"

"Megatron?"

Vladimir still knew what this name signified; Sun Cheng had mentioned before that he was the commander of the Decepticon Legion.

But his collaborator—Sun Cheng—clearly had not, like the Autobots' cooperation with the United States, continuously introduced them to more information about Cybertron, the Autobots, and the Decepticons, to the point where the politicians in Moscow could be said to be completely ignorant even now.

Tapping his finger lightly on his temple, he skillfully projected that set of virtual images he had just shown to someone thousands of miles away not long ago, and while playing them, he explained them to Vladimir and his party.

After a full ten minutes, Sun Cheng stopped the projection, sighed, and expressed his apologies in a low, mechanical voice: "I am very sorry, Mr. President. Ten days ago, the combat-ready base my soldiers had set up on Mars suffered a devastating blow. We originally thought it had been discovered by the Autobots who are cooperating with the United States, but clearly, we were wrong. The Decepticon Warrior who invaded Severodvinsk that night belonged to Starscream; he and I are both leaders of the Decepticon Legion. Although I am unwilling to admit it, we must warn your country that Megatron and his army will likely arrive on Earth very soon!"

Vladimir's expression was exceptionally ugly. After a brief verbal exchange with his Defense Minister, he looked back at Sun Cheng.

"Lord Frenzy, you just mentioned that the reason you Decepticons and the Autobots were attracted to Earth is because your 【AllSpark】 is on Earth?"

"Perhaps..."

Sun Cheng nodded, then quickly shook his head, "But Mr. President, I can tell you very responsibly that there cannot be any more Decepticons like us who are tired of endless war. I don't know where the intelligence that the 【AllSpark】 is on Earth came from; reason makes me smell a conspiracy. More and more Autobots and Decepticons are being attracted to Earth. As long as there are Autobots and Decepticons, war will surely come very soon."

"Therefore, Mr. President, let us talk openly and honestly. A fierce battle is imminent. Russia needs our full support to ensure it will not be destroyed in the coming war, and I also need more resources to re-arm my soldiers."

"Whether you agree or not depends on your will!"

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