Chapter 465: vs. Soundwave (Part 2)

After a dull thud of landing, Sun Cheng transformed back into his combat form.

"I'm back!"

Without restraint, he wantonly released the electromagnetic spectrum he had shielded for so long; he needed to let everyone know that he had returned.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two sounds of heavy objects falling from the sky appeared a little later than his, occurring about ten meters to the left and right of Sun Cheng respectively.

Flexing his arms slightly, which had risen significantly in temperature from flying for too long, Sun Cheng turned around to look at a hulking silver-gray mechanical giant a head taller than himself, a distinct arc curling at the corner of his mouth.

"... This is Severodvinsk, the place where we interact with humans! Leiting, are you accustomed to your new body?"

The mechanical warrior standing to his right, who had landed closer and was even more hulking than Sun Cheng himself, was none other than Blackout, one of the fiercest warriors of the former Decepticon Legion who had just been re-awakened by them a day ago.

Oh no, he should be called Leiting now.

Because he had been away from Severodvinsk for some time, Sun Cheng had brought Thunder and the Pioneer back to Severodvinsk immediately after Thunder woke up, once the engineers had finished installing all the weapon systems they had designed and manufactured for him early on.

Having spent some time with Scrapper, he could not say he understood the Decepticons very well, but he had grown accustomed to the way these mechanical lives thought.

Sun Cheng estimated that with his previous groundwork and his continuous wooing of Scrapper, this guy should conceal things for him for a while after his sudden departure.

He had investigated before that Starscream would only take the initiative to contact Scrapper about once every half month.

Based on Sun Cheng's understanding of Scrapper, he would certainly be able to help him cover for at least half a month, though a month was hard to say.

After the incident with the satellite controlled by the base, Sun Cheng also realized that Severodvinsk might be exposed.

To him, Scrapper was still a very good pawn; during their contact over the past period, he had also pried some information about the Moon Base out of the other party, so unless absolutely necessary, he did not want to lose this pawn for the time being.

Therefore, before Thunder had completely adapted to his new body, he hurriedly took Thunder and the Pioneer and rushed back to Severodvinsk together.

Leiting was a silent type; since landing, he had stood there silently on guard. Having inherited the vast majority of Blackout's memories and combat experience, he remained a qualified warrior.

"... Commander, I probably need some time to fully master this new body... especially regarding the weapon systems..."

His reply was simple and concise. As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly seemed to have discovered something; he turned his head to look in a direction of the naval port with a stern expression, and at the same time, the close-quarters defensive weapon on his right wrist, loaded with two small close-quarters combat missiles, was quickly summoned from within his body.

"Unknown Decepticon detected... Commander, do you need me to eliminate him?"

"Don't be agitated, the other party is not an enemy!"

Sun Cheng had discovered Scrapper's electromagnetic spectrum even earlier than him, so when Leiting locked onto Scrapper and was somewhat eager to try, he raised his hand to interrupt Leiting.

"The Pioneer, go to the engineers and take over the management and defense authority of the naval port!"

The Pioneer nodded, "I understand, Master!"

Without any hesitation, he immediately walked toward the shipyard located in the core area of the naval port; the command center they had established when they first arrived in Severodvinsk was right there at the shipyard.

When Sun Cheng left before, he had temporarily transferred the command authority of the industrial and combat robots at Severodvinsk, which had surged to over three thousand, to a Decepticon engineer left behind there.

Also transferred were the activation and control rights for the electromagnetic barrier and dozens of sets of electromagnetic weapons hidden in Severodvinsk. Although the highest authority had always been with Sun Cheng, he generally did not take the initiative to manage these. Before bringing the Pioneer to Severodvinsk, he had already told the other party that for the coming period, the Pioneer would serve as the commander of the Severodvinsk base.

Yes, Sun Cheng had returned to Severodvinsk this time prepared to upgrade it into a sub-base.

Leiting obediently retracted his weapons and also disengaged his lock on Scrapper.

Almost at the same time as the Pioneer's figure disappeared at the end of their line of sight, Scrapper's figure also walked out from another part of the naval port.

He walked quickly, but the expression on his face kept changing.

Sun Cheng could tell that the force he was displaying now must have shocked Scrapper, who had always been wavering like a fence-sitter between him and Starscream.

Leiting was a powerful warrior whose strength was only slightly inferior to his own. One must know that the new body he was using now was originally designed by the engineers specifically for Sun Cheng, but it was only because some aspects could not satisfy him that there was the improved version he was using now.

"Long time no see, my friend... You've worked hard during this time, I hope I won't hear any bad news from you!"

Without waiting for Scrapper to walk closer, Sun Cheng took the initiative to greet him in a gentle voice.

He had now grown accustomed to and enjoyed dealing with Decepticons; they might be insidious, violent, and greedy, lacking the principles and integrity of Autobots, but they would not be like most humans, where almost every sentence might hide a scheme.

Sun Cheng discovered that as long as his fists were hard enough and he could offer benefits that would tempt other Decepticons, he could potentially win over more Decepticons to pledge their loyalty to him.

To him, Scrapper was a very good experimental subject. Judging from the other party's previous performance, "the carrot and the stick," though simple, worked very well!

Leiting stared fixedly at Scrapper. He had just checked the database and did not see Scrapper's information in the base's list of friendly personnel; instead, he saw his information in the database of the Starscream faction, which the base had listed as a quasi-hostile force.

Consequently, even though Sun Cheng had already reminded him that the other party was not an enemy.

But the loyalty to the leader of the Decepticon Legion inherited from Blackout made him still not let down his guard against Scrapper.

He stared dead at Scrapper; once he discovered any move by the other party that was detrimental to his commander, he would attack him without hesitation until the other party was completely destroyed.