Chapter 38: New Body (Begging for recommendations, collections, and rewards)

It seemed that after agreeing to perform the body enhancement for Sun Cheng, Onslaught realized that his current situation was extremely dangerous.

Laserbeak hurried away from Onslaught's base without even bothering to make up an excuse, and Onslaught had no intention of stopping him.

Sun Cheng was likely the only one worried; for the next few days, he remained in a state of unease, unable to forget the murderous look in Laserbeak's eyes when he looked at him before leaving.

Four days after the night raid on the Edwards Air Force Base, the location was still inside Onslaught's base.

After bringing Sun Cheng back to his base from the outside, Onslaught could not hide the smile on his face, "Alright, the necessary preparations are complete, I can upgrade your body now!"

Looking at the metal in front of him that shone like platinum, blue light flickered in Sun Cheng's eyes.

This metal was called Hafnium Alloy, a good thing he had just stolen not long ago from a special materials laboratory under Thor Company; it was a high-quality alloy with a high melting point, oxidation resistance, and corrosion resistance.

In the few days following Onslaught, he was no longer the ignorant person he once was, and he finally had a deeper understanding of Decepticon body modification and advancement.

According to Onslaught's intentional or unintentional introductions, among the high-level Decepticons, there was no shortage of experts who had mastered various enhancement and modification technologies.

He mentioned many Decepticons whose names Sun Cheng had never even heard of, but in the end, the only ones Sun Cheng remembered were Shockwave, Starscream, Soundwave, and Onslaught.

There is no need to say much about Shockwave and Starscream; these two were originally two of the most famous scientists in the Decepticon Legion.

The famous Triple Changer was Shockwave's masterpiece. After modification by his hands, Shockwave created these special warriors that the Decepticons had never had before. They not only retained the robot form like the vast majority of Decepticons but also possessed a flight form and a powerful ground combat form.

Although few in number, from the moment each Triple Changer was born, their combat power surpassed that of the vast majority of Advanced Warriors, which shows how impressive Shockwave's technology was.

As for Starscream, he was also an incredible scientist. The Decepticon Aerial Team modified by his hands possessed an absolute flight advantage over the Autobots. At the same time, he personally designed and added several types of highly efficient geothermal energy conversion devices to the Decepticon energy supply lines.

That is not all. Although mechanical life combination transformation was not a black technology pioneered by Starscream, this technology, which was born in the ancient era of Cybertron, had long since disappeared with the war that lasted for millions of years.

Yet Starscream did not believe in that; relying on his astonishing research talent, he forcibly reproduced this powerful black technology. Although it was said that there were many limitations, the combat power of the Decepticons after combination transformation was enough to destroy the world. This might be another important reason why he was forgiven by Megatron despite his repeated rebellions.

Compared to Shockwave and Starscream, Soundwave and Onslaught were undoubtedly much inferior.

Although both of them had mastered decent body modification and enhancement technologies, like the vast majority of high-level Decepticons, they only viewed them as a means to improve their own strength.

There are two main types of alloys used for Decepticon bodies: Titanium Alloy and Hafnium Alloy. The former is mainly used for low-level Decepticons, while the latter is used in large quantities by high-level Decepticons.

Unlike humans who are still in the exploration stage, the mechanical lives of Cybertron mastered the technology to make metal have stronger resilience a long time ago. Coupled with their innate racial advantages, whether they are Decepticons or Autobots, their bodies are not easily destroyed by humans.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Sun Cheng now felt like roaring a few times.

At first, he thought Onslaught would still use the same special Titanium Alloy used in his current body to enhance it. He did not expect the other party to actually take him out of the base, and after Sun Cheng used his 【Spy Template】 to search for and steal the required Hafnium metal, Onslaught actually planned to redesign a new body for him.

Since the preparations were done, Onslaught was going to start manufacturing a new body for him.

Seeing Sun Cheng moving around excitedly, unable to contain himself, Onslaught, who was designing the new body for him, became a bit impatient, "Little guy, don't be too happy yet. A powerful body also means higher energy consumption. Your 【Core】 is too poor. Although I have also studied the 【Core】 of low-level Decepticons and should be able to help you further enhance it, it still cannot break through to a higher level!"

"Yes, I understand! Thank you, Lord Onslaught!"

"Thank me? No need, it's just an equivalent exchange!" Onslaught waved his hand. Although he did not say it explicitly, Sun Cheng already understood the other party's meaning.

Before, when Onslaught took him out to steal Hafnium metal, he also took the opportunity to steal several types of controlled metals that were even rarer on Earth for Onslaught. Obviously, those metals would not be used for his body manufacturing; they were things Onslaught needed to enhance himself.

Besides that, he had clearly told Sun Cheng that he needed his spy ability to find the 【AllSpark】 for him.

Although he did not fully trust Onslaught, he at least felt that this guy was much easier to get along with than the unpredictable Starscream and Soundwave.

After another three days of waiting, when he woke up from a short coma, Sun Cheng felt the changes instantly. After his original body transformed into human form, it was almost no different from a skeleton, thin and slender; it was nowhere near as burly and precise as it was now.

And the 【Core】 inside his body also fed his current data back to him the moment Sun Cheng's consciousness recovered.

【Frenzy: Spy Robot.】

【Faction: Decepticon (Cassette Corps).】

【Energy: 1199/1200.】

【Height: 4.9 feet. Weight: 177.79 pounds.】

【Core: Level 1 Enhanced Spy Template.】

【Equipment: Two 5.56mm rapid-fire machine guns, 400 rounds of ammunition.】

【Status: Good!】

"Awake? Want to try the new body?"

Seemingly disturbed by the movement after Sun Cheng woke up, Onslaught, who was burying his head in perfecting his two railguns on the machine nearby, just tilted his head slightly. After looking at Sun Cheng, he turned his face away again and said indifferently, "Remember to go outside, don't break my machines!"

"Yes, Lord Onslaught!"

Unable to contain the excitement in his heart, Sun Cheng responded and jumped off the machine bed he was lying on. With a thought, he immediately felt himself transform into a mechanical beast that looked exactly like the North American bobcat common in the vicinity.

Switching from human form to beast form, he unexpectedly did not feel much discomfort. Wanting to test his current speed, he quickly ran on the ground. It actually took him only a dozen seconds to rush to the cave entrance. Then, Sun Cheng leaped off the platform, and after a brief hover in the air, he landed steadily on the ground. He excitedly ran quickly again.

After running for dozens of kilometers, Sun Cheng finally felt relieved. He stopped on a large rock in the canyon. After silently estimating for a moment in his heart, his eyes lit up, "In my current beast form, my top speed when running at full capacity is probably over 300 kilometers per hour. Although it is far inferior to Barricade, this speed is enough for escaping!"

Noticing that Onslaught had also added two rapid-fire machine guns as weapons for him, Sun Cheng tried to summon them. He immediately felt two machine guns suddenly extend from the outer wall of his forelimbs. Excited, he could not help but fire a burst at a giant rock in the distance.

"Da-da-da-da-da-da..."

The flying bullets left holes in the giant rock. Unfortunately, they used human standard bullets. Although the lethality did not look worse than Reflector's rapid-fire machine gun, the endurance was far inferior to his.

Sighing, Sun Cheng did not blame Onslaught.

He had only tested his speed for a while, and the energy stored in the 【Core】 had been consumed by one point.

After calculating carefully, Sun Cheng soon realized what Onslaught meant by that sentence earlier.

His new body was indeed powerful. Not only did it retain most of the functions of the original body and its defensive power was no worse than Reflector's, but it also possessed the ability to transform into a beast form.

But correspondingly, the daily energy consumption of this body was also much higher than before.

According to Sun Cheng's calculations, he now consumed one point of energy every two days in a non-combat state. Although the total energy stored after the 【Core】 was enhanced had increased, his current theoretical lifespan had plummeted from the original 3750 days to 2400 days, a full reduction of more than one-third.

This made it no wonder why Onslaught did not equip him with energy-consuming rapid-fire machine guns; it was simply because the energy stored in his 【Core】 could not afford that consumption.

"Sure enough, there are gains and losses!"

Although he was a little disappointed, Sun Cheng quickly adjusted his mindset.

Just as he wanted to test the transformation of the human form again, the 【Spy Template】 in his body suddenly captured a trace of danger, and Sun Cheng subconsciously jumped behind the rock.

Before he could land, two tongues of fire instantly landed on the giant rock where he had been standing.

Sun Cheng looked up at the sky, and his expression changed instantly.

High above, a giant steel bird with a body radiating a cold metallic luster was staring coldly at him; as its wings gave a slight flick, the two Machine Guns beneath the bird's belly immediately aimed at him once more and began to fire wildly.

This steel bird was none other than Laserbeak.

PS

Apologies, I didn't write these two chapters regarding the protagonist's New Body very smoothly; I spent seven or eight hours revising and deleting before I finally finished, sorry to keep everyone waiting.

I need to get to sleep quickly, I still have to work during the day.