Chapter 396: New Bolivia (Part II)

If he weren't currently unable to leave Russia, Sun Cheng would even wish to return to Base No. 2 immediately to ask Mirage and Atlas how on earth they managed to do it.

As for the transformation ability of the Decepticons, he had previously participated in research on it himself.

Because Mechanical Life possesses extremely plastic, ultra-microscopic components—gears—within their bodies, both Decepticons and Autobots can change their body forms to become identical to an object after scanning it.

Of course, there is a major prerequisite here, which is that the object being referenced for transformation must also be capable of being scanned by the Mechanical Life.

What is a scan?

It is to obtain all data on the structure and content of a reference object from the inside out in an instant through something similar to an X-ray.

After all, the transformation of Mechanical Life is not just about the exterior; they can completely simulate all the capabilities of the reference target through transformation and optimize and upgrade them.

However, the initial research quickly reached a stalemate.

Sun Cheng discovered that the scanning of Mechanical Life has significant limitations; he once tried to use some beasts and even humans as reference targets, but his own scanning function yielded no results.

Not knowing what the principle is, the Decepticons seem unable to use carbon-based life as a reference target to complete a scan.

Although he is not clear about the situation with the Autobots, it is likely much the same.

Because of this, the Humanoid Decepticon that Sun Cheng dreamed of has been slow to materialize.

The benefits of a Humanoid Decepticon go without saying.

At first, his thinking was relatively narrow; if he could really create such Decepticons that possessed high intelligence and impressive combat capabilities, and bring them back to the real world to serve him, his forces would expand at a terrifying speed.

This is truly not Sun Cheng overthinking it; one only needs to look at the research and development capabilities of these Workers like Atlas to know.

The mechanical civilization from the planet Cybertron has already possessed a history of millions of years, although because of the Rust Disease and resource crises, the majority of the history of both the Decepticon and Autobot races was spent in dormancy, and the individual strength of Mechanical Life makes them inferior to Earth in terms of technological comprehensiveness.

But some things are beyond doubt: the technology displayed by the Decepticons in dozens of fields such as alloys, microelectronics, and energy is more than a few generations ahead of the current Earth.

Earth's energy is limited; for every extra day that human civilization is bound to Earth, it means it is one step closer to the extinction of civilization.

This is the inevitable result of the development of civilization, because the population will continue to grow with improvements in medical care and technology, and the plants, proteins, energy, etc., that an average person needs to consume from birth until they pass away at an average age of eighty, are not a small amount.

That is why he thought back then that if he could bring Humanoid Decepticons back to the real world, even if they only had half the capabilities of other Decepticons, it would be enough for him to accomplish all impossible things in the real world.

Later on, Sun Cheng had even more ideas.

Ruling Earth with an alien race is very easy to provoke the common hatred of all human forces on the entire Earth; he even suspects that if he were to brazenly dispatch hundreds or thousands of Decepticons to forcibly take down Brazil, not only would the United States and the Autobots oppose him, but even Russia and China, which had been cooperating quite harmoniously, would likely change their attitudes.

But changing the way of playing is different; if the Decepticons possessed the ability to transform into humans, then he would have no need to step into the limelight at all.

He would only need to create a certain number of Humanoid Decepticons in the territory he controls and support them to become the ruling class of the local regime.

In this way, Sun Cheng and his forces could safely retreat behind the scenes to remote-control operations, and it could also accelerate the development of his own forces.

Therefore, when he received word that Mirage and Atlas had successfully created the first Humanoid Decepticon, and had even given him the name "Mora Kotetier" and openly dispatched him to Bolivia to serve as the Minister of the Interior for the human country newly controlled by the Base, he wished he could fly to South America, to Bolivia, immediately to see this newborn little guy with his own eyes.

But...

No!

The smile on his face lasted only a very short time before it quickly disappeared.

Sun Cheng summoned Scavenger, his tone cold and full of impatience.

"... Has there still been no reply from Starscream? Scavenger..."

Having stayed in Russia for more than two months, with a spy for Starscream planted by his side, although his patience is quite good, he has to calculate every moment to ensure no mistakes are made, and he also has to spare energy to direct the expansion of the Base and ponder the next moves of his opponents.

After a long time, Sun Cheng could not help but feel some irritability.

Especially not long ago, when the Autobots and the Americans seemed to have set their sights on North Port, giving him even more of an illusion that he was being kept under house arrest here, unable to move.

This feeling of being unable to control everything made Sun Cheng, who has always lacked a sense of security, extremely uncomfortable, so after repeatedly pondering for a period of time, he prepared to play two cards to break this stalemate.

Scavenger felt very uncomfortable being stared at by his cold gaze, and upon hearing this, he hurriedly shook his head.

Recently, Sun Cheng's temper has grown; he is almost required by the other party to accompany him in close-quarters combat training every day, and he has been taught a harsh lesson.

It is true that he is a Decepticon skilled in close-quarters combat, and he does indeed possess impressive combat power.

But when truly facing Sun Cheng, who has formed a comprehensive suppression of him from speed to strength, his combat experience and skills can only make his injuries lighter, especially since the other party is improving every day.

"Is that so?"

Sun Cheng sneered, then took a deep look at Scavenger before waving his hand to dismiss Scavenger, who had already prepared himself to take another beating today.

"Sure enough... are you also having a headache?"

Muttering softly to himself, Sun Cheng looked up at the sky, in the direction facing the Moon, the viciousness in his eyes growing thicker.

It is true that he knows the current location of the feigning-death Megatron, but once the other party returns, he is definitely one of the top targets on Megatron's must-kill list.

Therefore, contacting Starscream through Scavenger was actually just a probe.

Now, he has finally obtained some useful things.

Although Sun Cheng cannot yet be sure if Starscream also knows that Megatron is feigning death, there is a high probability that the other party already knows the secret of the Mariana Trench.

Starscream's delay in responding is a very interesting attitude.

"... For you, it is not yet time to awaken Megatron... or are you also in a dilemma..."

Staring fixedly at the direction of the Moon and standing quietly for a while, Sun Cheng then withdrew his gaze, but a curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

In his mind, a photo of an American boy driving a yellow Chevrolet sports car, with his little girlfriend, waiting for a red light at some intersection, quickly flashed through his Core.

Sun Cheng quickly looked toward the direction of South America and issued an order to the Pioneer who was currently in Bolivia.

"... Have Sprint rush to Bolivia as soon as possible to take over your work, then set off immediately for the United States to complete the task I previously gave you!"

The gears—it is time for him to push them himself.