Chapter 526: Re-visiting [Nublar Island]

"Is it an illusion?"

Not knowing if it was his own illusion, Sun Cheng always felt that Hanwei, who had been by his side, had changed a bit compared to before.

He recalled carefully for a good while before vaguely confirming that Hanwei seemed a bit more rigid and less agile than the last time he came.

"It must be an illusion!"

However, Sun Cheng quickly suppressed the slight unease that had emerged in his mind.

Base No. 1, located at Huwangling, did not look conspicuous now, but it was actually heavily guarded.

Hanwei himself possessed impressive combat capabilities, and there were nearly a hundred combat robots currently under his command within Base No. 1.

Sun Cheng did not believe that anyone could quietly capture this place and tamper with Hanwei's consciousness without him noticing that Base No. 1 had been compromised.

He stopped dwelling on this matter for the moment; he thought for a moment, handed a USB flash drive he was carrying to Hanwei, and asked, "Hanwei, if the raw materials in the factory area are sufficient, how long will it take to complete all the things inside?"

Sun Cheng had not paid attention to the construction progress at Base No. 1 for some time, and the previous batches of equipment brought back were also handled by Hanwei, who directed the robots to move them into the already completed workshops in the factory area for installation.

Because of this, he only had a rough estimate of the current production capacity of Base No. 1.

Hanwei took the USB flash drive, and his fingers naturally transformed into several metal bone spurs, which went straight into the information processing chip at the USB interface.

Accompanied by a flicker of red light in his eyes, it took a few seconds before it spoke to answer: "The raw materials currently stored in the base can complete 13.712% of the equipment manufacturing, and it is expected that this part can be completed in at most five days. However, to build more equipment, the Master needs to send over the other raw materials as soon as possible!"

Hanwei's answer was very vague, yet it also put the last trace of unease in Sun Cheng's heart to rest.

Both Autobots and Decepticons possessed impressive intelligence; the few Newborn Decepticons he brought back to the real world had their consciousness wiped before returning.

Therefore, in terms of thinking and handling matters, they were temporarily more like robots than intelligent beings.

So, without detailed data, there were some questions it simply could not answer.

But some was enough!

Sun Cheng nodded; he was a human, a human who would perform extended thinking through vague data.

After silently calculating in his heart, he quickly had an answer: "The basic components used to produce those pieces of equipment can mostly be purchased directly in Xia Country. For the small portion that cannot be produced, raw materials can be bought for production. The procurement of basic components and raw materials will take at least half a month to a month. In other words, it can be completed in at most two or three months!"

The batch of equipment orders stored in the USB flash drive all came from the Mall list provided when Sun Cheng first met with the Xia Country officials.

Relying on the various equipment he had brought back from the 【Transformers Universe】 in the past few times, Base No. 1 now possessed impressive manufacturing capabilities.

As long as the raw materials were sufficient, the things Sun Cheng produced in this batch could fully satisfy the country for two or three years.

And this period of time was enough for him to grow into a giant in the real world as well.

Rushing to Base No. 1 in the middle of the night was naturally not just to instruct Hanwei to resume production.

Accompanied by Hanwei, he spent some time patrolling the entire base, and while he was at it, he made an estimate of the assets he had brought back over the past few times, finally having a clear idea in his heart.

"Half of the equipment and robots I brought back from the 【Transformers Universe】 this time will stay here... the other half can be taken to build Base No. 3..."

Yes, Sun Cheng came over tonight to take stock of how many assets he had in the real world, and while he was at it, to go to the location he had already selected for Base No. 3, preparing to start construction.

Contact with the country had its pros and cons; overall, the pros outweighed the cons.

But because of this, Base No. 1, located at the core of Xia Country—Nandu—could be exposed at any time.

Sun Cheng was mentally prepared for this; after all, the eyes watching him would increase as the things he exposed increased.

It was just a matter of time.

Therefore, he had to make preparations in advance.

"Hanwei, continue the construction here at Base No. 1... produce the products on the list I gave you earlier in batches; I will send the raw materials as soon as possible..."

"Yes, Master!"

After giving the instructions, Sun Cheng left Base No. 1.

However, he did not leave Huwangling; instead, he took the spaceship obtained from the Hunter Civilization directly out of the Spherical Space.

This alien spaceship, which he had obtained on 【Dinosaur Island—Nublar Island】 a little over half a year ago, had been brought by Sun Cheng to the 【Transformers Universe】 and handed over to the Decepticon engineers under his command to study for a long time.

The mechanical civilization of the planet Cybertron was indeed advanced, but the civil war between the Autobots and Decepticons that had lasted for millions of years had caused many advanced technologies and sciences from the ancient era to be lost.

The small spaceship Sun Cheng obtained, although it was only a small Transport Spaceship used by the Hunter Civilization for planetary warfare.

But through studying this spaceship, the Decepticon engineers under his command benefited greatly.

Likewise, the Decepticon engineers under Sun Cheng also followed his requirements and carried out a series of modifications to this spaceship.

For example, the life support system originally used by the Predator in the spaceship was converted into an oxygen supply system suitable for human physiology.

Another example was adding a layer of coating capable of absorbing electromagnetic waves to the hull of the spaceship and modifying the original Optical Stealth System on the ship.

Looking at the small spaceship in front of him, which was a size larger than any main battle aircraft on Earth, Sun Cheng took a deep breath.

He did not know if the choice he made was correct, but from the current perspective, it should be the most appropriate one.

He then took out the smartphone that Xiao Wu had transformed into and awakened it.

"Xiao Wu, open the spaceship and take over the spaceship's control system!"

This type of small spaceship from the Hunter Civilization possessed an automated control system, which allowed the Predators conducting special operations or trials to return automatically after landing; this required receiving remote control from another large spaceship from the Hunter Civilization.

However, this small spaceship had already been modified by the Decepticon engineers.

Now its control system had been changed to accept control from the Decepticons.

Although Xiao Wu was only a newborn micro-Decepticon, it was still capable of taking over the control system of such a small spaceship.

After receiving Sun Cheng's order, it immediately squirmed and transformed back into its micro-Decepticon form, "Yes, Master!"

After responding, Xiao Wu jumped and climbed onto the spaceship.

Quickly arriving at the entrance of the cabin, its fingers, as thin as iron wires, performed a series of operations on the hatch; accompanied by a burst of exhaust sound, the hatch soon opened, revealing a position inside that looked like a car driver's seat.

Needless to say, the interior of the spaceship had also been modified.

Originally, this type of small spaceship could accommodate three Predators who were much taller and more robust than humans lying inside.

After being modified, the cabin was just like a car, with a total of three seats—one in the front and two in the back—but one had to wear an oxygen supply device when riding.

Otherwise, with its flight speed of up to 12 Mach inside a planet after being modified, what awaited the passenger, besides fainting, could even be death.

Through the extended boarding ladder, Sun Cheng successfully entered the spaceship and sat down in the driver's seat in the front row.

Before him were rows of operating instruments.

Considering that he had only tested it in the Transformers Universe using a few death row inmates he had obtained from a prison in Brazil, Sun Cheng had no intention of attempting to manually pilot the spacecraft.

He quickly secured his body and put on the oxygen supply device.

Afterwards, he once again ordered Xiao Wu, who had already taken control of the spacecraft: "Activate the Optical Stealth Device, destination 'Nublar Island', depart!"

The hatch closed slowly, and at the same time, Xiao Wu's cold, mechanical voice rang out: "Received, Optical Stealth Device activated, destination 'Nublar Island'!"

In the darkness, accompanied by a fleeting arc, no one knew that a spacecraft was flying toward an island in the sea west of Costa Rica in Central America.