Chapter 384: The Alliance on the Verge of Collapse (Part 2)

Southwest of Brazil, inside a canyon surrounded by mountains.

Deep within the large underground karst cave where Base No. 2 is located, after an unknown duration of unconsciousness, the consciousness of Pioneer finally began to revive!

"Lord Pioneer, can you hear my voice?"

Beside his ear, a sharp electronic sound came through.

Pioneer subconsciously wanted to turn his head to look toward where the sound came from, but he soon felt that this was difficult.

Countless metal bone spurs and supports held his body firmly in place.

After his consciousness recovered completely following a brief period of confusion, he stopped struggling and calmly replied: "I can hear you, Atlas. Has my new body replacement been successful?"

Although he feigned a calm appearance, the blue light constantly flickering in his eyes undoubtedly exposed the excited mood of their owner.

Regarding this, Atlas and the others on the side also smiled knowingly, all pretending not to have seen it while rapidly controlling the machines at the console.

"Yes, Lord Pioneer. The body replacement surgery was very successful, but your Core and Spark still need some time to break in with the body! Please wait a moment, we will release the support frame for you now!"

With a clattering sound of metal supports being pulled away, the hundreds of supports soon completed the extraction work.

Feeling that his head and body could finally move significantly, Pioneer suppressed the excitement in his heart and first tried to move his head.

"A strange yet familiar feeling..."

Feeling the abundant power seemingly surging endlessly within his new body, he tried to control the new body to step down from the machine platform. Just as his left foot landed on the ground, he suddenly stumbled and nearly fell on the spot.

"... Lord Pioneer, please be careful... Your new body is still in the break-in period; it certainly cannot be controlled as freely as your original body!"

"Mm!"

Responding with a sound, Pioneer controlled his new body even more cautiously, walking down from the platform in the massive body manufacturing workshop. He stumbled and walked slowly within the factory area for quite a while before gradually beginning to adapt to his new body.

At the same time, detailed data regarding his new body was also constantly updating within Pioneer's Core.

【Pioneer: Intermediate Special Enhanced Warrior.】

【Main Armor Material: Prandtl Alloy.】

【Core: Lv2 Enhanced Pseudo-Spark.】

【Energy: 62500/62500.】

【Height: 5.22 meters.】

【Weight: 5.96 tons (empty weight).】

【Propulsive Force: 29720kg.】

【Equipment: Back-mounted Missile Launcher *4, Arm-mounted Close-quarters Combat Missile Launcher *2, 12.5mm Automatic Close-in Defense Firearm *2, Improved Type II 65mm Plasma Cannon *1, Close-quarters Defense Short Blade *2, All-Terrain Scout *4.】

【Status: Good!】

The so-called 'Secondary Special Enhanced Warrior' is the B4-level new body that Sun Cheng originally promised to equip for Pioneer.

As early as when Atlas and the others began designing his new body for Sun Cheng, Sun Cheng was already considering establishing a complete 'Body Enhancement System' to reward his increasingly powerful forces in the future.

By the time his new body was finally completed, a fairly perfect system had also been finalized.

Sun Cheng had clearly been exposed to many fantasy works like games and novels in his original world, so this 'Body Enhancement System', which was formulated basically according to his will, clearly had a very heavy shadow of another world.

The 'Body Enhancement System' finally formulated was simple and practical.

From highest to lowest, Sun Cheng and the others set up a total of five different levels, namely A, B, C, D, and E, with each level having 1-5 different enhancement classifications with different focuses.

E-level enhancement is undoubtedly the lowest grade, and in this enhancement system, it is named 'Secondary Level 2 Non-combat Enhancement'.

This level of enhancement is limited to finite improvements on the Core, energy system, and internal components used within the body, and in the future, it will basically be used to reward newborn Workers who have recently developed intelligence and contributed to the development of Sun Cheng's forces.

D-level is completely different, because starting from this level, one will be able to obtain a brand-new body, which exceeds E-level in terms of body material strength.

D1 refers to a certain optimization of the Core on the basis of the new body; D2 is an optimization of the energy system; D3 is for components; D4 is for the enhanced individual to choose one of the Core, energy system, or internal components to perform a special enhancement on the basis of the first three; D5 is a comprehensive enhancement performed on the basis of the first three.

E and D-level enhancements rarely involve combat aspects, while starting from C-level, it leans toward combat-oriented improvements.

C-level in this enhancement system is named 'Low-level Combat Enhancement', and from 1-5, they are Close-quarters Combat Type, Speed Reconnaissance Type, Long-range Firepower Type, Special Enhancement Type, and Comprehensive Enhancement Type, respectively.

Sun Cheng plans to use it in the future to reward the new generation of enhanced warriors, including the four Decepticon scouts from Yinhao to the fourth, all of whom will be able to obtain enhancements ranging from C4 to C5.

B-level is 'Intermediate Combat Enhancement', with both materials and enhancement intensity increased on the basis of C-level.

For example, Pioneer is a B4-level enhancement, and his enhancement type is 'Long-range Firepower Type'. When Atlas and the others were modifying his body, he specifically requested an increase in speed.

As for A-level, it is 'Advanced Combat Enhancement'. In Sun Cheng's design, warriors of the first three types at this level should possess combat power no weaker than ordinary Advanced Warriors of the Autobots and Decepticons.

However, because every body at this level requires a large amount of expensive alloy, converted into resources on Earth, the cost is estimated to start at one billion US dollars.

Therefore, so far, except for his own body which was strictly designed according to the highest A5 standard, no Decepticon has received this reward yet.

In the future, enhancements above A-level should only be taken out to reward those subordinates who are loyal to Sun Cheng and have made great contributions to him; after all, the cost is right there.

Unless he can truly control a national force rich in mineral resources on Earth and carve out a territory of his own, it will be difficult for Sun Cheng's subordinates to produce another Advanced Warrior besides himself.

Countless pieces of information kept jumping in Pioneer's enhanced Core, and the excitement and smile on Pioneer's face became increasingly brilliant.

"... Atlas, how long will it take for me to fully control this new body?"

The surging and abundant power seemed to be endless, constantly surging within his newborn body, which also made Pioneer's voice carry a bit of impatience.

He was one of the first Decepticons to follow Sun Cheng. Because his Core had once been tampered with and he had followed Sun Cheng most of the time, it could be said that in the entire Base No. 2, besides the intelligent computer 'Huan', his loyalty to this master should be the highest.

Pioneer had now received such a great favor, leaping from an inconspicuous piece of trash to a powerful Decepticon Warrior comparable to an excavator, which undoubtedly further strengthened his loyalty to his master.

The last time he rotated back from North Port, Sun Cheng had given him a task to go to the United States.

Pioneer naturally had not forgotten it now, so he couldn't wait to set off.

Unfortunately, as soon as his words were asked, he was persuaded by Atlas.

"... Lord Pioneer, according to our calculations, you need at least about a week to thoroughly break in this new body. And we cannot guarantee that no problems will occur during this period, so I suggest you stay in the base during this time; that way, even if there is a problem, we can handle it in time!"

Pioneer frowned, just getting a bit impatient, when suddenly Atlas seemed to remember something else, and he hurriedly said: "Oh, right. Lord Yinhao just returned to the base not long before your surgery. He seems to have received a new order from Lord Frenzy, and it seems he needs you to go over and take a look!"

"Oh?"

A Decepticon who looked somewhat similar to his past self instantly appeared in Pioneer's mind. He narrowed his eyes slightly, nodded, and walked out.