Chapter 544

In the Transformers universe, Sun Cheng established his own forces in the South America region.

Relying on a small American country, his sphere of influence is gradually covering the entire South America.

Unfortunately, because the core Base No. 2 is located in a mountainous area, many of South America's major mineral resources are also concentrated in valleys, plateaus, and even rainforests.

To facilitate the transport of minerals and supplies, Sun Cheng had his Decepticon engineers develop a series of robots a long time ago.

Among them are transport robots with even more excellent performance.

Naturally, what Sun Cheng brought out was not the perfect-type transport robot designed by Decepticon engineers, because some of the key components—unless he also had Decepticon engineers assisting him in reality—would be impossible to manufacture with Earth's current level of technology for at least twenty years.

Placed in the Warehouse for the Equipment Department delegation to inspect were two crude-version transport robots redesigned after Boston Dynamics' Big Dog.

The Spider robot's power source uses the exact same Lithium-Air Battery as the Mechanical Exoskeleton Armor; this is a very high-performance type, at least more stable than the current lithium-ion and ternary polymer lithium batteries on Earth, and it can store nearly twice as much electricity per gram.

Utilizing this type of battery, the Spider robot can obtain sufficient power even when using full electric drive.

Of course, the battery equipped on the Spider is definitely much larger than the one on the Mechanical Exoskeleton Armor.

Although the Spider is only a stripped-down version of a transport robot, it utilizes quite a few new technologies; its main body and several mechanical legs use a new type of carbon steel with strength far exceeding normal steel, allowing it to easily carry heavy objects dozens or even a hundred times its own weight and easily traverse various terrains.

At the same time, this is to prevent the loss of supplies caused by them falling during transport in complex terrain.

Researchers at the Intelligent Machinery Laboratory also designed a specialized alloy supply crate and designed a set of electromagnetic adsorption devices for it, so that even if the Spider climbs mountains at steep angles or falls due to an attack, the supply crate will not easily fall off.

Of course, to let the Spider handle various complex terrains, a sufficiently excellent Core is indispensable.

The Spider's processing terminal is a Chip that Sun Cheng brought back from the Transformers universe, produced by Base No. 2; it was originally a Chip he had stockpiled before returning, intended for manufacturing robots in the real world.

In the short term, Base No. 1 and Base No. 3 in reality do not have the capability to manufacture this type of Chip, so for every one of this batch of Chips Sun Cheng brought back that is used, there is one less.

Fortunately, the number of Chips he brought back is not small, and the Spider is different from the X-1 Mechanical Exoskeleton Armor; its final selling price will likely reach more than ten times that of the Mechanical Exoskeleton Armor.

For the time being, there is no need to worry about the problem of not having enough Chips.

Sun Cheng personally demonstrated to the Equipment Department delegation how two Spider robots marched at full load on flat ground.

Sun Cheng even arranged for people to pile up a lot of debris in the Warehouse in advance, artificially creating some "steep" mountainous terrain.

And the two Spider robots did not let him down, each carrying one to nearly three tons of heavy supplies, moving freely on the "steep" terrain, which was a full six or seven meters high, artificially created in the Warehouse.

"... How is it, General... are you satisfied with our new product..."

"Satisfied... very satisfied..."

How to transport supplies and heavy weapons in special terrain has always been a major problem that countries find difficult.

Even as powerful as the Soviet military and the US military, they were helpless when encountering mountainous terrain while fighting in the Middle East.

Various military transport trucks cannot enter, the transport capacity of helicopters is limited, and using military transport aircraft is not only high-cost but also extremely easy to expose.

Because of this, one can still find the Soviet military and the US military on the battlefield today having conscripted large numbers of mules and horses to transport supplies for soldiers during some mountain operations in the Middle East.

And to make up for the lack of firepower of ground troops in special terrains like mountains, weapons like armed helicopters, which are extremely easy to be targeted, often need to take risks to provide fire suppression.

The appearance of the Spider can not only solve the difficult problem of material transport in special terrain.

Moreover, the maximum load of three tons already allows various heavy weapons, such as large-caliber mortars, to easily cross mountains and ridges.

However, satisfied as they may be, whether the Equipment Department and the military really want to purchase the Spider still requires a series of discussions and verifications.

Captain Sun Long realized this the moment he saw the Spider robot and used his mobile phone to record the entire video of the test process.

Afterwards, the Major General asked Sun Cheng for the more detailed explanatory documents he had already prepared regarding the two Spider robot models, and only then did he leave to return to the Equipment Department to report.

Barring any accidents, the Equipment Department and the military will send an evaluation team again within a few days to conduct a more comprehensive assessment of the performance and utility of these two Spider robot models.

Afterwards, they might even experimentally purchase a few units to send to military regions such as the Southwest, South, and West for field testing.

Sun Cheng also knows that it is impossible to finalize the purchase of the Spider in the short term.

What's more, this "Special Terrain Transport Robot" is currently only a test model, and there are still quite a few problems that need further improvement.

After seeing off the Equipment Department delegation, Sun Cheng did not stay at the factory area for long and drove home.

In October, he and Ye Qi went back to their hometown in Subei, but the two of them only stayed in their hometown for two days before both somewhat unhappily chose to return to Nandu.

The reason was none other than that Ye Qi was being pressured to marry; it seems this has become a common ailment among elders of a certain age.

While the car was still on the road, Sun Cheng's mobile phone rang.

He tapped his Bluetooth headset lightly, and from the other end of the call, a familiar, charming voice came through.

"Boss, the exhibition should be over by now, right!"

The call was from Miss Lin Bing, who had already been promoted to Assistant to the Chairman; listening to her charming voice that seemed to possess a kind of magic, Sun Cheng calmly complimented her: "You certainly calculated the time accurately... I just sent off the Equipment Department delegation and am on my way back to my residence now. Calling me at this time, tell me, what is the matter?"

A burst of laughter was immediately heard from the other end of the phone, and after it ended, Lin Bing said: "Can't I call you, Boss, if there is no matter?"

"Alright!"

She still had a good sense of propriety, although Sun Cheng did indeed feel that this magical assistant of his had been teasing him either openly or secretly recently.

"Calling you, Boss, at this time is to report a piece of work to you. Regarding the matter of investing in the Yuegui Network that you ordered previously, President Wang and the others have negotiated just about everything. I have already organized the specific documents; should I fax them to your residence in a moment, or send them to your email!"

"Negotiated?"

Sun Cheng was stunned and subconsciously nodded: "Send it to my email; I'll be home soon and will look at it in a moment!"