Chapter 459: Awakening Project (Part 2)

It seemed they had received word of his arrival in advance; in any case, when Sun Cheng passed the increasingly strict security and finally entered the Jingmi Gongchangqu located deep underground in the Base, Atlas and a group of Engineers he had chased away not long ago had already arrived near the entrance of the factory area, waiting respectfully.

"You have arrived, my Master!"

As if the previous events had never occurred, Atlas was currently wearing a look of excitement and agitation.

As the Decepticon Engineer who had followed Sun Cheng the longest, no one knew the importance of the 【Awakening Project】 better than he did!

"Mm!"

A heavy response, yet it was not hard to hear the agitation in Sun Cheng's heart.

Just like Atlas, only those who had experienced it would understand what the 【Awakening Project】 signified.

"Let's go in!"

He suppressed the agitation in his heart and ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes, Master. Please follow us..."

Sun Cheng was no stranger to the Jingmi Gongchangqu.

This was the industrial area first planned for Base No. 2, and for a long period of time, all types of base personnel, as well as precision equipment and weapons, were manufactured here.

This included the New Body for Sun Cheng, the Pioneer, and the Engineers.

However, the reason the Jingmi Gongchangqu was originally built inside a large underground karst cave was simply because none of them had expected the Base's development to be so rapid.

With the expansion of the Base's influence, coupled with the chaotic situation in Brazil, the Base now firmly controlled thousands of square kilometers of surrounding land; in fact, if not for the fear of provoking a full-scale confrontation between Mechanical Life and the humans of Earth, given the day-and-night military buildup of Base No. 2 over the past year or more, annexing all of Brazil would not have been a difficult task.

The speed of expansion far exceeded expectations, so the original plans and strategies naturally had to be adjusted accordingly.

Consequently, the production lines for various types of robots, precision equipment, and weapons originally set up in the Jingmi Gongchangqu were successively moved out and dispersed to be built in the valleys on the outskirts of the Base.

However, the Jingmi Gongchangqu was still retained, and now it was truly worthy of its name.

It was specifically used to manufacture and store Decepticon bodies!

Yes, store!

Having a Master with a severe lack of a sense of security, Base No. 2 had been in a state of full load almost ever since it began operations.

Because he had never for a moment let down his guard against the Decepticons, the Autobots, or even the humans of this world, Sun Cheng was constantly worried that his opponents would come knocking at his door.

Because of this, all production tasks at Base No. 2 were in a state of full load.

Are thirty nuclear power units enough?

Build more, just as backups.

Don't need that many industrial/war robots?

Open two more mines, and add more patrol routes.

Weapon warehouses full?

Seal half, throw half to Bolivia, just to test weapon performance.

You ask why even Decepticon bodies are being stockpiled?

Heh, what if the secret of the 【AllSpark】 fragments is completely cracked one day?

Adhering to the mentality of "no matter how many resources are saved, they might just be saved for the enemy," "prepare early to be foolproof," and "better for guns to wait for people than people to wait for guns," Sun Cheng, driven by a severe lack of security, had been managing Base No. 2 with a wartime system.

It was also thanks to the fact that his subordinates were all Decepticons and robots; otherwise, they would have rebelled long ago.

Atlas and the others led Sun Cheng into the karst cave where the Jingmi Gongchangqu was located. It had been a while since he last came, and as Sun Cheng swept his peripheral vision over the increasingly unfamiliar factory area, he secretly clicked his tongue.

The uneven ground of the karst cave had long since been polished smooth by industrial robots and covered with a layer of metal plates.

The surrounding walls were the same; the few stone pillars that were still there in his memory from his last visit to change his New Body had long since disappeared, replaced by four or five pillars cast from special alloys.

"The Base is becoming more and more in line with Decepticon aesthetics..."

Sun Cheng took in the changes here without changing his expression, but he did not show anything.

Perhaps because Cybertron was a giant metal planet, or perhaps because the main components of Mechanical Life's bodies were metal, he had noticed long ago that even when building a base in a large underground karst cave, his Decepticon Engineers were eager to replace the ground and walls with metal.

Fortunately, he also valued practicality; the special metal smelted by the Engineers was far superior to ordinary carbon steel in both toughness and hardness. Although it was a bit wasteful to use it for repairing walls and paving floors, it did indeed enhance shock resistance and safety, and after looking at it for a long time, it was inevitable that a sense of science fiction would arise.

After the production lines originally placed in the Jingmi Gongchangqu were moved to the valleys outside, the space here was clearly much wider.

The factory area could now be roughly divided into two parts: the area near the entrance was used to produce Newborn Decepticon bodies, while the area deeper inside was used to manufacture more powerful Decepticon bodies, though it was only occasionally used.

Because of this, it became the best place to execute a certain plan.

The 【Awakening Project】!

"Master, according to your requirements, these bodies have already been completed. They only need to be loaded with a Spark and activated to be awakened!"

In sight were three giant machines over ten meters tall; beneath each machine, three hulking mechanical giants fixed by scaffolding stood proudly before Sun Cheng.

These were three machines of different sizes, builds, and equipment. The hulking mechanical giant in the middle was the largest, about seven meters tall, slightly taller than Sun Cheng's current body, and was silver-gray all over, though its face was more ferocious.

On either side of this silver-gray hulking mechanical giant were a blue-and-white body and a body that was fiery red all over. Their size was clearly a head shorter than the silver-gray mechanical giant in the middle, with a build of less than five meters.

But looking at the weapons configured on them, no one would think they were easy opponents to bully at first glance.

Sweeping his gaze over the three hulking mechanical giants in front of him one by one, Sun Cheng finally looked at the ferocious mechanical Warrior in the middle, his expression a mix of excitement and hesitation.

The 【Awakening Project】 was a project he had initiated not long after Base No. 2 was built. Although its priority was not high, as his influence continued to grow, it later received sufficient resource allocation.

For example, these bodies used very mature advanced technology; part of it came from the experience the Engineers gained from modifying the bodies of the Pioneer and others, and some of the Cores were simply copied from Sun Cheng's New Body, so their combat power was naturally beyond doubt.

However...

There was naturally a reason why he had delayed it until now without awakening them.

Because a project named 【Awakening】 naturally required a target to awaken.

And the target Sun Cheng was attempting to awaken was one that even he, as he was now, was still somewhat wary of.

Blackout!

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