Chapter 524: Plenty to Keep Busy With

After Sun Cheng transferred a bank account at the Industrial Bank of Xia, which he had registered just a few days prior, to the other party according to the contact information left by Yuan Yicheng and the others.

The next day, an astronomical sum appeared in that bank account.

However, Sun Cheng only checked it; he was in no rush to touch it.

Even a fool would know that the state must be staring fixedly at this account right now.

After all, it was impossible for the state not to be concerned about cooperating with a "three-no" organization like the virtual P·C·F he had fabricated.

Since the other party had already deposited the full payment for the purchase of the two 14nm Lithography Machines into the designated account as agreed, Sun Cheng had to start working on his end.

"... Frenzy, have the cargo ship in Manila set sail!"

Because he had been prepared for a long time, Sun Cheng was not flustered at all.

Back when he first made contact with the National Security Bureau, he had already had Frenzy use the powerful network intrusion capabilities of the micro-Decepticons to establish a shell company in the well-known offshore jurisdiction—the Cayman Islands.

Then, Sun Cheng used this shell company to remotely acquire a trading company located in the Philippines in Southeast Asia, and through this seemingly legitimate company, spent 11.2 million USD to purchase a 47,000-ton Panamax bulk carrier launched in 1998.

This bulk carrier had four cargo holds, and according to the shipping declaration information and customs records, the cargo ship should have been filled with soybeans and rice imported from Southeast Asia.

But the reality was that only two of the ship's cargo holds were filled with corn and soybeans, while the other two holds were empty.

When the Manila customs authorities prepared to conduct a spot check, they would find that the backend information showed the cargo ship had already been cleared, and they would let it pass directly.

As for the certain trading company in the Xia Country that placed the order for this ship of grain, they would not hold anyone accountable for the two missing holds of grain.

Because this trading company was also one of the many shell companies in Sun Cheng's hands.

The cargo ship was sailing from Manila to Shencheng in the Xia Country. When the ship was about to arrive in Shencheng or its nearby waters, he would choose a time to board the ship and take the two 14nm Lithography Machines—which he had brought back from the Transformers universe and originally intended for his own company—out of his sphere space and place them on the cargo ship.

Before purchasing that cargo ship, Sun Cheng had specifically investigated it; its cargo holds were sufficient to accommodate the vast majority of the goods he provided to the state.

"... The shipping order has been issued. The cargo ship will leave Manila today and is expected to arrive at the Port of Shencheng in nine days!"

"Mm!"

Sun Cheng did not know much about maritime shipping, but nine days was definitely within the acceptable range for both him and the state.

Come to think of it, the reason he was able to think of using a cargo ship to secretly divert the state's attention was thanks to that American tycoon from the Transformers universe—Mr. Dylan Gould.

This human traitor, who was very likely supported by some big shot in the Decepticon Legion, had originally used a freighter named Mrs. Windsor to quietly bypass the US military's surveillance network and cordon lines, secretly transporting several Decepticons to the Mariana Trench area.

If not for Sun Cheng's tip-off, it was hard to say whether Megatron would have already been awakened and started hunting him across the world.

Humans are creatures that progress through constant learning; this is why there were countless powerful creatures on Earth in ancient times, yet it was humans who survived and became the masters of Earth.

Sun Cheng was no exception; he was also learning and striving toward being better, bit by bit.

Soon after conveying the information that the two Lithography Machines had been shipped to the National Control Bureau via phone, he had to start getting busy again.

There were still many things that required Sun Cheng to handle subsequently!

With the delivery of two high-end pieces of equipment strictly controlled for export to the Xia Country under the Bawa Agreement, one only needed to think slightly about his massive transactions with the Polar Bear and the China on Earth in the Transformers universe to know the state's next moves.

A large wave of orders was about to arrive, and in this world, Sun Cheng clearly did not have Base No. 2 or a group of Decepticon Engineers to help him produce things.

Everything had to be completed by himself!

"... Base No. 1 has the machines I brought back in batches during my previous returns; production can be fully satisfied... However, there are some issues with materials; it looks like I'll have to let those shell companies move again..."

As for whether to restart Base No. 1 at Huwangling, Sun Cheng still had some concerns.

Base No. 1 was his greatest reliance in the real world, and now it was certain that quite a few people were staring fixedly at him.

This was the reason for Sun Cheng's concern; he could not yet weigh the consequences if Base No. 1 were to be exposed.

However, he had experienced a lot after all.

The current Sun Cheng was no longer the naive college student from over half a year ago in the real world, whom a few loan sharks could play in the palm of their hands.

Because the flow of time in the two worlds was different, the time he had spent in the Transformers universe alone exceeded a year.

In that year or more, he had spent almost every day in conspiracies, calculations, and battles.

Having experienced so much, his willpower, vision, and experience had all been greatly improved.

After pondering for a moment, Sun Cheng finally thought of a solution.

"... The National Security Bureau shouldn't be able to find the connection between me and Huwangling for the time being, but once the Intelligent Machinery Laboratory starts construction, it will be exposed sooner or later..."

"Since that place will be targeted, I might as well use a mix of truth and deception..."

"I'll add some camouflage to Base No. 1. It's a waste to let those Engineering Robots sit idle; I can consider choosing a place to establish Base No. 3, and if necessary, I can abandon Base No. 1 at Huwangling..."

With the establishment of the Cybertron Technology Group, the Intelligent Machinery Laboratory, which Sun Cheng was co-founding with his alma mater, had already entered the preparatory stage before its founding.

Nanjing University of Technology was still handling the official procedures for its establishment.

However, with Nanjing University of Technology—one of the top science and engineering universities in the country—stepping forward, and with more people starting to pay attention to him, he believed the government would not block it.

Currently, the recruitment for the laboratory's technical team had also begun. A vice president of the Cybertron Group had been visiting some of the great professors and expert scholars at Nanjing University of Technology every day recently, poaching people at high prices according to Sun Cheng's orders.

There was no other way; as the premier science and engineering institution in the country, many famous professors at Nanjing University of Technology, while their main job was indeed teaching and educating people, did not mean they couldn't work part-time in some laboratories to engage in cutting-edge theory, lead doctoral and master's students, or help some enterprises with research and development outside of teaching.

As for the instruments and equipment needed by the laboratory, Sun Cheng could provide some of the cutting-edge equipment, but there was no need to manufacture many others himself; there were people specifically running around to various places to procure them.

It was estimated that all preparations for the establishment of the laboratory would be completed in at most one month.

Although after the laboratory was established, it would not be at Huwangling for at least half a year.

However, the plot of land Sun Cheng bought at Huwangling was originally the planned location for the Intelligent Machinery Laboratory, and he also needed to contact a construction company as soon as possible to package and build it there.

In any case, it was certain that Sun Cheng would be busy for some time to come.