Chapter 480: Fighting Has Broken Out

"Master, something has happened!"

When Pioneer came from the Sub-base command center in the naval port to the training grounds and told this news to Sun Cheng, who was undergoing combat training with Thunder to accelerate his mastery of his New Body, he didn't even react at first.

"What, did fighting break out over in the Caucasus? Was it Russia or Georgia that made the first move?"

Pioneer was stunned, but immediately understood that he had expressed himself too vaguely.

Without further ado, he tapped lightly on his own forehead, and instantly, two beams of light shot out from his eyes, forming a huge wall of light in front of the few Decepticons.

Sun Cheng only glanced at it, and his gaze was immediately drawn in.

"... These are photos taken by satellite..."

The wall of light projected by Pioneer did not display any videos or messages, but rather a series of not-very-clear photographs.

Just by one look, he confirmed that these photos were taken by satellite, and after he finished looking through them one by one, his expression had completely changed.

"... Several entities suspected to be Decepticons attacked a human warship... This one looks a bit like the Americans' Perry-class frigate... This one should be an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer... Hmm? This is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser... There's no mistake, it's the Yankees' fleet that was attacked..."

It was clear that the satellite that took these dozens of photos was not a high-resolution military spy satellite, so the photos looked very blurry.

If Sun Cheng had not already memorized the data on the main battle weapons of most countries on Earth in this world, it would truly not have been an easy task to determine the situation of the attacked fleet based solely on dozens of blurry satellite photos.

However, what truly made his expression change drastically was not the blurry mechanical giants suspected to be Decepticons attacking the U. S. warships captured by the satellite, but the time and latitude and longitude coordinates shown on the photos.

"... These coordinates... are in the Mariana Trench region!"

Oh no!

For a moment, Sun Cheng even had the feeling that his Spark had stopped pulsing and his Core was no longer running.

He certainly knew why this was: he was afraid!

Having visited the Mariana Trench and knowing that the remains of Megatron were hidden in the extreme depths of the trench, Sun Cheng's greatest fear now was that after this former leader of the Decepticon Legion was resurrected, he would stop at nothing to hunt him down.

"Master... Master..."

Pioneer sensed his distraction and couldn't help but speak up to interrupt his wild thoughts.

Called by him, Sun Cheng immediately came back to his senses.

Forcing down the unease in his heart, he asked Pioneer, "Did these satellite photos come from the Base?"

"No!"

Pioneer shook his head, "They were uploaded directly from New Zealand to a dark web forum we set up in advance!"

"New Zealand..."

Sun Cheng immediately understood. After one of the Base's satellites was detected and destroyed by Soundwave, to avoid all spy satellites controlled by the Base being discovered by this Intelligence Chief of the Decepticon Legion, he had already given the order not to prepare to wake up any satellites controlled by their side for the time being.

However, the U. S. -registered cargo ship he had discovered at the port in Mexico, which was hiding several Decepticons, also made him very concerned.

After thinking it over, he had handed the follow-up tracking of the cargo ship to Yuri, that ambitious former Senior Agent of the CIA.

Sun Cheng didn't know what methods he had used to get his hands on a New Zealand ocean meteorological satellite.

Needless to say, these photos with not very high resolution must have been taken by that ocean meteorological satellite and then uploaded by him to a dark web forum operated by the Base.

The dark web is actually not much different from the internet known to the public; both require IP access, both rely on servers to provide information services, and both require personnel to maintain the dark web.

If one must point out a difference, it is mainly because the internet known and used by the public is restricted by the laws of various countries and generally does not allow drug trafficking, human trafficking, contract killing, terrorist propaganda, or arms smuggling.

And the dark web makes a living by buying, selling, and spreading these, so it has also become a primary target for governments around the world.

The dark web generally implements a membership system, cannot be found by ordinary search algorithms, has encrypted and frequently changing URLs, and its servers are mostly hidden.

The Base currently operates a batch of dark web sites, managed by Yuri.

He came from the CIA, and the CIA has used many means such as coercion and sting operations to recruit countless top hackers and master criminals; although they have destroyed hundreds of dark web sites, the number of dark web sites operated by the CIA is also not small.

According to Yuri, more than one-third of the assassination tasks, circulating drugs, and arms smuggling published on the dark web of the Earth's internet in the Transformers universe are related to the CIA; it is no exaggeration to say that it is one of the malignant tumors of the chaos on Earth in this world.

Having this former Senior Agent of the CIA operate the dark web was indeed most appropriate.

Even if discovered by others, it was at most a matter of remotely blowing up a server, and the security was still extremely high.

The first batch of photos uploaded to the dark web and finally sent to Sun Cheng and the others all captured scenes of U. S. warships being attacked on the sea surface.

Judging from the dozens of satellite photos taken at different times, five U. S. warships should have been attacked; among them, two of the three smaller-tonnage Perry-class frigates were already ablaze, and one was also emitting thick smoke, clearly having suffered heavy losses.

That Arleigh Burke-class destroyer was also shrouded in black smoke, and the extent of the damage could not be seen clearly.

As for the largest Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser, it had disappeared from the back, and it was unknown whether it had escaped or had already been sunk.

However, judging from the last few satellite photos specifically taken of the sea surface full of oil stains and various broken armor plates, the possibility of the U. S. guided-missile cruiser sinking was extremely high.

It could be seen that the losses of this U. S. fleet would definitely make the arrogant Yankees ache for a long time after the end of the Cold War.

But Sun Cheng couldn't be happy, because the attacked U. S. fleet was in the Mariana Trench region, and he knew with his eyes closed that those who attacked these U. S. warships must be Decepticons, and their purpose was mostly to resurrect Megatron.

"Have Yuri keep an eye on the incident area; I want more and more detailed intelligence!"

"Yes!"

After sending Pioneer, who had come to deliver the news, back to the Sub-base command center to continue presiding over things there.

Thunder, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up: "Leader, if you are really worried about Megatron, why not completely destroy his remains?"

Sun Cheng shook his head in a low voice; he had already made public within his own ranks the intelligence that the remains of Megatron had been thrown into the depths of the Mariana Trench.

But the fact that Megatron was faking his death was something only he himself knew.

Last time, he didn't even know how he had escaped from Megatron's hands; Sun Cheng dared not gamble again. For this ambitious hero who dared to even gamble with his own life to scheme, it was impossible for him not to be wary or even afraid.

"Wait..."

Suddenly, Sun Cheng fiercely thought of something he had just overlooked: "... That's not right... I remember the Yankees' warships stopped patrolling half a year ago... Could it be..."

In an instant, he thought of a certain possibility and suddenly couldn't help but become excited.