Chapter 365: The Autobots Attack (Part 2)

"So the proposal to purchase some tactical nuclear warheads from Russia, as well as the proposal to jointly build the Borei-class strategic nuclear submarine, was indeed rejected?"

Sun Cheng was actually not at all surprised that Russia would eventually agree to his comprehensive cooperation proposal.

In his spare time, he had studied the history of almost every human nation on Earth in this world, so naturally, he knew that as the greatest successor to the Soviet Union—the Red Empire that once threatened the entire European and American world—the Russian Federation had been treated as a hypothetical enemy and strictly guarded against by NATO, the largest military and political group on Earth, from the moment of its birth.

This hostile attitude was of no use even when Russia's two successive presidents tried their best to show closeness to Western countries; Russia had always been a target of intense exclusion and blockade by NATO and other powerful European and American nations.

Under this near-comprehensive blockade and suppression, Russia, which had already been severely damaged by the dissolution of the Soviet Union, had in recent years fallen out of the ranks of world-class powers even in the vast heavy industry and military industry that the former Soviet Union relied on to deter the whole world, and could only rely on living off its past glory to barely maintain a superficial appearance.

But how long this appearance could last—outsiders might be deceived, but one knows one's own affairs best.

Take the nation's heavy weapon, the nuclear submarine, for example; at its peak, the Soviet Union could simultaneously build as many as eighteen submarines, of which more than seven were nuclear submarines alone.

As for the current Russia, a single Yasen Class Attack Nuclear Submarine has been stumbling along for more than a decade and is still in technical verification, and if not for his intervention, the Russian Navy would have had to wait at least a few more years to see the first Yasen class launched.

This was truly not Sun Cheng deliberately belittling Russia's military manufacturing industry, because this was the conclusion reached by his Workers.

Their basis was that the vast majority of the equipment at the Severodvinsk Shipyard had not been updated since the 1980s; using this equipment could indeed build first-class nuclear submarines, after all, the foundation of the old Soviet Union was still there, but how long it would take was hard to say.

Looking across the entire Earth, Sun Cheng was likely the only force now capable of and willing to cooperate with Russia.

Therefore, as long as those decision-makers in Moscow still had ambition, they would ultimately have no choice but to choose cooperation.

Pioneer and the others stood respectfully to the side, quietly waiting for his instructions after he finished thinking.

The reason their forces were able to develop from nothing to their current scale was largely due to Sun Cheng's planning.

Although Decepticons are naturally irritable and combative, it does not mean they lack brains; the "insidious and cunning" Decepticons caused the Autobots heavy losses during the millions of years of the Cybertronian Civil War in the past.

It was precisely because Sun Cheng let the Decepticons who followed him taste the benefits during his rise, coupled with the fact that his strength was constantly increasing, that he was able to maintain the loyalty of the Decepticons under his command.

Even if this loyalty was not absolute, at least it would last until he was defeated and destroyed by someone stronger.

After reviewing the information transmitted from Moscow word by word and line by line several times, the blue light flickering in Sun Cheng's eyes gradually recovered.

After pondering for a moment, he turned his head to look at Pioneer: "Has the thing I wanted been delivered from the Base?"

"Yes, Master, I have already retrieved it and stored it in the dock's cargo warehouse!"

"Very good!"

He nodded with satisfaction and ordered Pioneer: "Go and bring them here!"

After speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Scrapper, who was trying to eavesdrop on their conversation not far away, the blue light dancing in his narrowed eyes, "Time to... give someone a little trouble!"

For this last sentence, his voice suddenly dropped quite a bit, and he used Chinese, so that apart from Sun Cheng himself, not a single person heard the most critical words.

"Yes!"

Although Pioneer was curious, after receiving his order, he just gave Scrapper an envious look and turned to leave to get the items.

"Speed up the construction of the submarine; I want to see the submarine launched within half a month!"

After Sun Cheng waved his hand to let the Worker who had been following him go to work, he saw from afar that Pioneer was carrying an Alloy Case, and at the same time, four industrial robots were transporting a long, bulky box under his command as they returned; he himself then took the initiative to walk toward Scrapper.

As soon as Scrapper saw him walking toward him, his ferocious face clearly revealed a bit of vigilance and restlessness.

In fact, as early as the night of the invasion, when the four-man team he belonged to was easily wiped out by Sun Cheng without any effort, Scrapper had already understood Sun Cheng's power.

Because of this, he naturally knew that the surveillance task the master had assigned him was like asking a tiger for its hide, and he was in danger of losing his life at any time.

Not every Decepticon is a fearless, fanatical Warrior; the reason Scrapper was able to gain Starscream's trust, besides his strength being the greatest among the four-man team sent at that time, also had to do with the intelligence he possessed that was superior to other Cannon Fodder.

"You seem to be very afraid of me... Scrapper..."

Arriving at Scrapper's side without haste and standing still, Sun Cheng looked at the big guy who was cautiously guarding against him with interest, his voice unable to hide his amusement.

"... Lord Frenzy, do you have any instructions?" Scrapper answered vigilantly, trying his best not to give him an excuse to take action against him, "The master asked me to stay by your side for the time being to await your orders; as long as it is your instruction, I will do my best to complete it!"

Trying to lower his attitude, and not forgetting to point out that he is Starscream's man to remind him!

Sun Cheng looked up at this Decepticon, who was very different from Brawl, and watched him quietly for a long while, until Pioneer and the others finally arrived at his side, before he slowly opened his mouth: "... Since you are staying with me now, I have to find something for you to do! See the box over there? Open it..."

Pointing to the bulky Alloy Case that had taken four industrial robots working together to transport, he ordered Scrapper.

Scrapper hesitated slightly, looked down at the box, and after not feeling any threat, he bent down, reached out, and picked up the box in one go.

"So heavy!"

The moment the box was in his hands, feeling its heavy weight, he quickly estimated that this thing probably weighed nearly two tons.

Looking at Sun Cheng with some surprise, and seeing him signal for him to open it, Scrapper also became interested, so he simply opened the box.

The next moment, a wide-bladed, double-edged Heavy Sword nearly three meters long appeared in his line of sight.

"... A Ship-Slaying Blade forged from Citar alloy, a melee weapon that can easily tear through the bodies of Warriors of your level... I just changed into a New Body not long ago and am not yet very accustomed to this brand-new body... You take this weapon; starting today, accompany me in close-quarters combat training for a few hours every day..."

"For me!"

As soon as Sun Cheng finished speaking, Scrapper was stunned. Seeing him nod, his eyes were full of greed. He immediately took the Ship-Slaying Blade out of the long alloy case, couldn't wait to hold it in his hand, and after carefully feeling its data, he hurriedly agreed: "As you wish, Lord Frenzy!"

A Decepticon after all!

Taking in Scrapper's greedy appearance, the corners of Sun Cheng's mouth curved slightly.

Even with intelligence, they are ultimately less shrewd than humans.

Seeing him fiddling with the newly received Ship-Slaying Blade, looking like he couldn't wait to try it out, Sun Cheng gave a wink. Pioneer immediately understood and walked forward a few steps, opening the Alloy Case he had brought himself, presenting it before Scrapper.

Inside that box was, surprisingly, an Energy Weapon designed and manufactured by the Engineers at Base No. 2 according to Scrapper's dimensions—a Plasma Hand Cannon.

The moment Pioneer walked over, a portion of his gaze fell upon him.

After seeing clearly what was revealed after he opened the box, Scrapper's eyes immediately widened, and he almost reached out to snatch it away.

But his intelligence was not low after all; seeing his fingertips were about to touch the box, at the last moment he struggled to hold back, turned his head to look at Sun Cheng on the side, his voice even stuttering, "Lord Frenzy, is this also for me..."

Sun Cheng looked at him expressionlessly and said calmly: "... Starscream let you stay by my side for the time being, so you can be considered my soldier now. Since you are working for me, I must give some benefits. It is not very peaceful on Earth recently, and our mortal enemy, the Autobots, have also arrived on Earth. Take it, you will need it!"

After speaking, without giving him any chance to react, he immediately tampered with the action instructions of a robot nearby: "Take him to the Russian Army's weapons testing ground and test the new weapon!"

That robot immediately turned and walked toward the weapons testing ground dozens of kilometers away!

Scrapper looked at the robot with some difficulty, then looked at Sun Cheng obscurely, and then his gaze stopped on the two weapons he had just acquired.

After hesitating for a while and seeing the robot walking further and further away, he nodded to Sun Cheng and hurried to catch up.

After watching Scrapper walk further and further away, Pioneer, who had been silent for a long time, asked him: "Master, Scrapper is Starscream's subordinate and cannot be trusted!"

Sun Cheng did not answer; he reached out and grabbed lightly at the air, and an Insect Scout fell into his hand. Only after he expressionlessly crushed it did he speak in a flat tone.

"I know!"

From the very beginning, he had never thought that two weapons would be enough to turn Scavenger.

The Decepticons might not be as shrewd as humans, but their intelligence is also not to be underestimated.

Unable to stop himself from looking up at the sky, toward the current direction of the Moon, he said softly: "Two weapons are nothing; I only need to plant a seed, and that is enough!"

Sun Cheng would never pin his hopes on others, especially when the other party was a cunning villain like Starscream.

But it is also an indisputable fact that Starscream has now discovered his secret layout in Russia.

Since things have already happened, one must always strive to salvage the situation as much as possible.

Scavenger might be a good breakthrough point; Sun Cheng recently discovered through repeated probing that even though this guy's strength is not as good as an Advanced Warrior, he is a cut above the likes of Brawl, and not much worse than the weakened Bonecrusher he had cooperated with when invading the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

Scavenger must be an elite cultivated by Starscream from among the high-level Cannon Fodder; otherwise, he could never have such strength and intelligence.

However, Starscream was still careless to leave him by his side to monitor him.

It would be a waste not to use such a decent combat force when placed by his side. Sun Cheng wants to use him to practice, to hone his own inferior close-combat abilities, and this is just the beginning.

Even if Starscream notices that he is blatantly winning over Scavenger, so what? But can Scavenger refuse?

Even if he could refuse, would Starscream still trust him as before?

Stop joking; the sinister and cunning Starscream is a being who, aside from himself, will not easily trust anyone.

That is enough!

Wasn't Scavenger's performance just now clear enough? He knew that after Sun Cheng sent him away, he would inevitably have matters to entrust to Jetfire, yet he still walked away in the end.

Greedy and ambitious—he likes this kind of Decepticon.

After lowering the threat level of Scavenger in his heart, Sun Cheng quickly withdrew his gaze and looked back at Jetfire: "Do not envy him. Prepare yourself to return to Base No. 2 as soon as possible to undergo the New Body modification. What he has, you will also have, and it will only be better! I will personally hold the fort here in Russia for the time being. After Frenzy's New Body modification is complete, I want you to make a trip to China..."

Yindu Yang, Diego Garcia, the former Meiguo Haijun Jidi, the new station of the NEST unit.

A CH-53 "Sea Stallion" transport helicopter slowly landed on a helipad within the base. Major William, who had received notice early on, waited not far away, his expression looking slightly cold.

"I heard it's a special envoy from Washington!"

The black captain Robert used the thumb of his right hand to continuously rub the Zhanshun he had newly received on his cheek a few months ago, his tone somewhat gloomy.

The muscles on Major William's cheeks twitched, and he did not say anything more.

Politicians are all a bunch of old men who never have a sense of security, especially those people in Washington, whose personalities are suspicious to the extreme.

The destructive power caused by the war between NEST and the Decepticons within the United States a few months ago was almost like a basin of cold water poured onto the heads of the American high-level officials.

He had thought the battle damage in Las Vegas was already tragic enough, but he did not expect that the first joint encirclement of the Decepticons by humans and Autobots after the establishment of the NEST unit would be even more tragic than the Battle of Las Vegas.

All of a sudden, all kinds of rumors and gossip came flooding in.

Major William was nearly stripped of his military rank and handed over to a Military Tribunal, and the Pentagon even openly put the question of whether the 'NEST unit' still had a need to exist onto the agenda.

Although he did not want to recall it again, he had to admit that the past three months had truly been a nightmare for himself and all the 'NEST' soldiers.