Chapter 431: The Starter

To think that the American boy Sam actually has a piece of the 【AllSpark】 in his hands?!

The moment he saw it, Sun Cheng immediately understood why Barricade and the others had appeared where Sam was.

The Decepticon Legion needs 【AllSpark】 fragments to resurrect Megatron!

"Secure the fragment and immediately take him to evacuate Duluth... Wait, you don't need to go to Washington for now. Retreat to Mexico first and hide for a few days, waiting to rendezvous with me..."

Having hurriedly recorded a voice message and sent it out immediately, Sun Cheng could no longer hide the joy on his face; his whole person became excited.

An 【AllSpark】 fragment—that is truly a good thing!

It is no exaggeration to say that the force he possesses now was built mostly because of the few fragments he greedily snatched during the Battle of Las Vegas.

One must say it is truly worthy of being a fragment of the legendary 【Cybertron】 holy relic; even if it is only a small piece, it possesses the ability to convert any object containing electronic components into a Decepticon; not to mention that after changing into a New Body, it is also an indispensable link.

Even Atlas and the others once made a guess: since an 【AllSpark】 fragment can activate and convert electronic components in machines into Gears, thereby turning machines into Mechanical Life, then in a certain sense, the fragment might also be able to be directly integrated into a body.

Sun Cheng naturally could not bear to waste a precious fragment to prove whether their guess was correct.

But based on the past performance of 【AllSpark】 fragments, this guess has a very high probability of being realized.

In other words, using it to directly resurrect a dead Mechanical Life might be impossible, but if the target is only severely injured and in a state of suspended animation, or has entered a state of suspended animation due to the natural aging of the body, then an 【AllSpark】 fragment should be able to reawaken it.

"Has the Decepticon Legion finally started to take action..."

Having already grasped quite a few scattered clues before, they were finally strung together now, and Sun Cheng finally realized that the Decepticons might have taken action.

This is a good thing!

Because although the strength of the Decepticon Legion is above that of the Autobots, it is no exaggeration to say that Earth is currently sheltered under the protection of the Autobots.

In other words, the more frequent the Decepticons' actions, the more frequent their conflicts with the Autobots will be, and naturally, they could no longer have the energy to pay attention to him.

This is a good thing!

At this thought, he felt that the heavy stone pressing on his heart had finally been lifted by half.

However, there was still the other half that had not landed, and Sun Cheng knew why.

Having one's fate held in the hands of others is not a good experience; to put it bluntly, it is still because he and his forces are too weak.

Thinking of this, the joy and excitement that had just emerged in his heart immediately faded by more than half.

Having finished giving instructions to Sprint, Sun Cheng did not delay any further; after activating his Optical Stealth Device, he flew toward Base No. 2 located in Brazil, hundreds of kilometers away.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

With a wave of his hand, two heavy objects fell out of thin air onto the ground.

Ignoring Brawl and the others who were still rushing over to welcome him with stunned expressions, Sun Cheng took the remains of the two Decepticons, Hammer and Boomerang, whom he had dealt with in the Far East not long ago, directly out of the Spherical Space within his body.

"Master, this is..."

Atlas and the others were still a bit confused about the situation, but Brawl, who had recently defected to Sun Cheng, seemed to recognize their identities, and his face twitched quite obviously.

"Two Decepticons, encountered in China..." He kicked the remains of Hammer lightly and asked, looking at Atlas: "With the base's current technology, can they be resurrected?"

Inadvertently, his gaze met Brawl's.

It scared the latter so much that he hurriedly turned his face away, clearly startled by Sun Cheng.

He found it amusing in his heart, but also somewhat satisfied; this guy had finally learned to fear him, and if he continued to bestow favors, he believed it wouldn't be long before he could be used by him!

As for whether the other party was truly loyal to him, this was not in Sun Cheng's consideration at all.

His power was growing almost every day; as long as this growth momentum was not curbed, in three to five years at most, he would be able to truly command an army composed of Newborn Decepticons.

By that time, it would not be him hoping for others to be loyal to him; with the Decepticons' worship of violence and strength, there would be plenty of people kneeling before him to swear allegiance.

"Resurrect..." Atlas was taken aback; he of course knew that these two Decepticons were already dead.

However, since the master suddenly made such a request, he had to walk up to the remains of Hammer and Boomerang to carefully inspect them for a while before answering: "The Memory Chip is intact, theoretically it can be done... but these two bodies seem to have suffered a strong electromagnetic pulse and are very severely damaged; they can only be recycled and re-refined. If you want to resurrect them, you need to redesign the Core and two new bodies..."

Resurrecting Decepticons—Atlas and the others had no experience in this regard.

But in the past, when changing bodies for Sun Cheng and the others, almost every time they directly kept only important parts like the Core and Memory Chip, then stripped them from one body and put them into a brand-new body.

In a sense, changing into a new body is a rebirth for Mechanical Life like them.

So from this perspective, Atlas and the others had undoubtedly accumulated quite rich experience.

"Hmm... be bold and do it. The bodies should be manufactured according to the B1 standard... After the Core design is completed, hand it to Huan; it knows what to do..."

The expressions of Atlas and the others tightened in unison, especially Brawl, whose head could not help but lower even further.

They all understood what Sun Cheng meant; this was to design enough control measures within the Core, just like Brawl, who had been tamed by him.

Did he really think why he never dared to escape or expose Base No. 2 after Sun Cheng left? It was because his life was now completely held in the hands of another.

It is no exaggeration to say that a single thought could bring life or death!

Fear was fear, but Atlas and the others were not like Brawl; they were all old hands who had followed Sun Cheng from the start, and they had also gained enough benefits from his rise in the past, so they were naturally loyal. "Yes!"

After responding, two Workers summoned the second-generation robots in the base that had already finished their upgrades to transport Hammer and Boomerang to the factory area, preparing to study them and strip out their Memory Chips.

Hephaestus had been standing honestly next to Atlas; he was the second among all Workers to be personally named by Sun Cheng, and having followed him to serve by his side in Russia and the Far East for a period of time, ever since changing into a new body, Hephaestus had impressively become Atlas's deputy.

Now, all the Newborn Decepticon Workers cultivated by the base were managed by him.

Because he hadn't been called upon by the master for a while, he had thought he was about to be forgotten, and his mood was a little disappointed.

Yet unexpectedly, after watching the robots transport the remains of Hammer and Boomerang away, Sun Cheng's gaze quickly retracted and fell upon him.

"Hephaestus, I want you to personally take a few Workers, and also mobilize a few teams of Engineering Robots, and prepare to set off for the Far East... I have reached a new agreement with a human nation; they will provide enough arms and industrial products to make up for our lack of productivity, and what you need to do is to help the humans build four nuclear submarine bases and a batch of new submarines according to the agreement!"

As soon as the words were out, Hephaestus busily bowed in excitement.

"Just leave it to me, Master; I am the most professional at building submarines!"