Chapter 387: Expansion (Part II)

Base No. 2 gave a brief introduction to the current situation in Brazil, and Pioneer listened, nodding repeatedly.

He was one of the earliest Decepticons to follow Sun Cheng, and he understood why his master had established Base No. 2 in Brazil; after all, Sun Cheng had never hidden his ambition to control Brazil and even the entire mineral-rich South America.

"... I understand. The master means that although Brazil is very chaotic right now, it is not yet the best time to intervene... so you are preparing to take Bolivia first, right?"

"Yes!"

Base No. 2 nodded slightly, his face showing some reluctance.

If he could, he really wanted to be in charge of this matter himself.

The situation in Brazil is very chaotic right now, but this is only the beginning.

Regardless, this human nation under their feet is a hegemon in South America and one of the BRICS countries; it still has a solid foundation.

Although the unrest in Rio State has begun to affect the Brazilian political situation and the direction of its overall economy, the chaos throughout Brazil has not yet fully manifested. Unless Sun Cheng personally orders the base to intervene with full force, the Brazilian government could completely extinguish the chaos in Rio State within three to five months at most.

Of course, the base would absolutely not allow such a situation to happen.

Even after the Brazilian authorities began mobilizing military and police to suppress the Rio riots, the flow of arms into Rio State and even the entire country through various channels continued to increase gradually.

Yuri could not wait to become the "King of Brazil." As a former Senior Agent of the CIA who was also responsible for drug money laundering, Yuri knew very well that the world's second-largest drug-consuming nation under his feet was essentially a volcano ready to erupt at any moment.

He only needed to give it a little push from behind and provide some cheap weaponry, and that would be enough to make it the second Mexico.

Of course, with Sun Cheng not allowing Base No. 2 to be exposed, this would take some time—perhaps half a year, perhaps more than a year.

Just then, news came from Brazil's neighbor, Bolivia, that a military coup had failed, and Yuri was overjoyed upon hearing this news.

Bolivia, an inland country located in the central part of South America, is dominated by high-plateau terrain, with an average altitude of over 3,000 meters, making it the country with the highest average altitude in the world.

Bolivia's economic scale is far inferior to Brazil's, but it still possesses abundant natural resources. The country also holds the second-largest natural gas field in South America after Venezuela, which is why it is called "a donkey sitting on a gold mine."

Like the vast majority of South American countries, after gaining independence from the colonizers, Bolivia experienced a long period of military government, frequent military coups, and long-term political instability. However, on the whole, it still formed a bourgeois democratic political system with South American characteristics.

However, a year ago, with the rise of an indigenous president, the indigenous socialism he promoted made the vast majority of the country's interest groups and foreign investors unable to sit still. In just a year and a half, at least four assassination plots against him and two military coups were conspired and planned.

Yuri keenly smelled the scent of the CIA behind this, so he boldly proposed to Base No. 2, hoping to gain his support to orchestrate a military coup from behind the scenes before that indigenous president in Bolivia could secure his position, thereby completely controlling this country, which had far inferior military power to Brazil but was very rich in resources.

It must be said that this was a bold yet very realistic proposal.

Although Yuri knew of the base's existence, he did not know its specific location, but Base No. 2 knew that the base they were in was less than 110 kilometers in a straight line from the border between Brazil and Bolivia. Presumably, the master would also be very happy to eat a delicious little dessert before controlling Brazil.

The result was as he had expected; Base No. 2 contacted Sun Cheng directly via remote communication and reported his and Yuri's plan to him.

Sun Cheng was indeed very interested, and after only briefly asking about some specific implementations of the plan, he gave the final approval to take Bolivia.

However, what Base No. 2 never expected was that although the executor of the plan was still Yuri, the supervisor behind the scenes had changed from him to Pioneer.

There was no help for it; this was a strategic necessity.

Sun Cheng needed the upcoming Bolivian military coup to be a guaranteed success, so he needed a powerful Warrior to sit in Bolivia for him to ensure that all possible variables were eliminated.

Even Frenzy could not guarantee this; among Sun Cheng's subordinates, only Brawl and Pioneer, who had finished changing into his New Body, could ensure it.

And as for Brawl, this standard Decepticon was clearly not as rational as Pioneer, who had followed him the longest. He needed a supervisor behind the scenes who could hide in the shadows and control everything, not a thug charging at the very front.

Of course, although he was somewhat unwilling, Base No. 2 did not dare to have any dissatisfaction with his master's decision.

Sun Cheng's method of handling his subordinates had become increasingly proficient. Although Base No. 2 lost the opportunity to participate in the Bolivian military coup, Sun Cheng also moved up the plan—which had previously been promised to be fulfilled after controlling Brazil—to replace Base No. 2 with a New Body to the present.

This kind of sweet reward was something no Decepticon could refuse.

Therefore, although Base No. 2 was still somewhat reluctant that Pioneer had replaced him, he did not have the slightest resentment, and he immediately explained the military coup plan he had formulated with Yuri earlier in full detail.

"... Yuri has already contacted some military personnel within Bolivia in advance. He will be responsible for providing weaponry for the coup... Even some of the trusted subordinates Yuri has gathered will put on Bolivian military uniforms and directly participate in the coup... Immediately after the coup, Yuri and his men will control the television station, government agencies, the Yihui, and the Jichang in La Paz... Your Excellency Pioneer, you only need to make a move once to assassinate the human president... After that, unless you encounter an airstrike or foreign intervention, you only need to hide in the shadows... Yuri and his men will solve everything..."

Pioneer listened very carefully. Although he saw the dissatisfaction on Base No. 2's face, he did not show it.

Having been by Sun Cheng's side the longest, he had begun to learn or, rather, imitate his master in a very human-like way.

Because of this, his way of thinking was often similar to Sun Cheng's, leaning more toward the human way of thinking rather than that of a Decepticon whose head was filled only with fighting, looting, and conspiracy.

After listening carefully to the plan from Base No. 2 and the others, he lowered his head slightly and thought for a moment before nodding slowly.

"I understand. The plan is very detailed; I can see that you have put your heart into it..."

He moved his hands and feet, which still felt a bit stiff to use, and his fists crackled as he clenched them: "... Controlling this resource-rich human country is very important to the master. I will be personally responsible for it!"