Chapter 635: Deep Within the Magma (Part 1) - Seeking Subscriptions

Compared to the overbearing style of the Decepticon Legion, Sun Cheng was undoubtedly much more low-key.

Moreover, they were still searching for something that might exist on Trindade Island, so to avoid attracting outside attention, he did not even agree to the Decepticon Engineer's previous proposal to manufacture an accident to temporarily make the Brazilian Navy soldiers and the ocean station on the island disappear.

As they approached Trindade, Sun Cheng had Hailishi change back into his combat form, and the group quietly went ashore at a relatively remote corner of the island.

"Master, please walk this way..."

When Sun Cheng and his group approached Trindade Island, the Decepticon Engineer on the island had already been notified and had come out to welcome them in advance.

"Hmm!"

Sun Cheng nodded, and the group walked between the steep valleys on the island; before long, they arrived at the foot of Trindade Peak, the second-highest peak, located on the northwest side of the island.

On the shaded side of the mountain's foot, a cave about ten meters wide and twenty meters high did not seem very conspicuous for this mountain that was nearly six hundred meters tall.

This cave was the result of a Decepticon Engineer leading a team of Workers and directing over a hundred robots to work busily for the past two months.

However, for Hailishi, who stood over thirty meters tall, entering and exiting this height was still very strenuous.

Fortunately, the interior of this mountain had basically been hollowed out, so once inside, the space was still relatively spacious.

Swindle followed behind the stooping Hailishi, not appearing conspicuous at all, as the group of Decepticons walked toward the depths of the cave.

He seemed very interested in everything about Sun Cheng, his eyes glancing left and right, almost never stopping.

Regarding this, Sun Cheng did not care much.

This base on Trindade Island was only a small base.

Bases of this scale, now relying on the increasingly massive Base No. 2, numbered over forty in South America alone.

It was just that the vast majority of small bases were built in resource-rich and sparsely populated areas, constructed by Base No. 2 to facilitate local mining, smelting, and the manufacturing of components.

"Has the item been found?"

Sun Cheng asked the Decepticon Engineer in charge of this small base.

The Engineer was somewhat flustered, "Master, we have already used detectors to scan the entire island several times, but so far we have not found any strange energy fluctuations!"

Sun Cheng frowned slightly; the one responsible for screening the islands that matched the information left behind by the Beast General was Huan, the intelligent computer of Base No. 2.

He still trusted Huan's computing power and intelligence; Huan did not make the judgment simply by comparing Earth's latitude and longitude maps.

In the process of screening the islands, it also utilized a large amount of human data regarding the formation age of the islands, the geographical environment on the islands, and the composition of the soil and rocks.

Even when the number of matching islands was narrowed down to just over a dozen, it specifically notified Atlas to arrange for drones and Workers to land on the islands to collect data personally for further comparison.

Otherwise, relying solely on Huan's computing power, which was many times greater than all the supercomputers on Earth combined, it would have been impossible to spend several months before finally confirming over two months ago that the one he was looking for was Trindade Island.

Although Huan did not speak in absolutes, it believed that the degree of match between Trindade Island and the island Sun Cheng had mentioned was the highest, at approximately 87.11%.

"Every place has been scanned? What about underground?"

"Lord Atlas specifically designed a new type of detector aimed at the underground; we buried eleven probe needles on the island, extending the detection depth to 171 meters underground, yet we still haven't found any items with strong electromagnetic fluctuations or strange energy fluctuations!"

"Could it be that the location is wrong?"

Hearing the subordinate Engineer's reply, Sun Cheng could not help but start to feel some doubt for a moment.

He had previously looked at the relevant data on Trindade Island compiled by Huan; since this island was formed, the submarine volcano had never erupted again, and for the past hundreds of thousands of years, it should have maintained its original appearance.

171 meters underground was already very deep; although there were some naturally formed caves on the island, they were neither large nor deep, and there were no traces of artificial excavation.

"Or has the item mentioned by the Beast General already been discovered and taken away by someone?"

These thoughts had just emerged before being dismissed by Sun Cheng himself.

"Impossible. The Beast General was a subordinate of the Prime Prima. Before his life ended, he discovered Decepticons loyal to The Fallen on Earth. Even if he left that item on the island, he would never have done so without any protective measures!"

But on a small volcanic island, where could something be hidden?

While deep in thought, Sun Cheng and his group soon passed through the hundred-meter-long passage and entered a huge hall in the heart of the mountain.

Trindade Mountain was named after the island itself; its location was near the center of the island, so although it was not the highest peak on the island, it was named after the island.

Because of the efforts of the Decepticon Workers and robots, over the past two months, the heart of this not-very-tall mountain had been almost completely hollowed out.

The hall was just the largest space in the heart of the mountain, about fifty meters high; power generation equipment used for the island's facilities and other equipment were all piled up in the hall.

So when Sun Cheng and his group arrived, the hall appeared a bit messy.

Fortunately, it was large enough here, so it did not affect their activities.

"We need to stay here for a while to avoid The Fallen!"

Sun Cheng said to Swindle, who was curiously looking around, and this excuse was one that no one could question; at least, Pioneer and Thunder thought so.

"I understand, Master!"

Pioneer and Thunder responded first, then summoned a Worker and went off to wander around.

Hailishi scratched his head; he also wanted to go look around, but his body was simply too tall. Standing over thirty meters, he had to stoop while walking in the passage, which made him very uncomfortable.

After thinking about it, he stayed in the spacious hall; this not-very-bright guy found a spot and sat down with a thud, looking like a small mountain.

"When do you plan to contact Lockdown?"

Sun Cheng asked Swindle.

Swindle hesitated for a moment, "Hmm... you know, these Wanderers are all homeless; I can't even guarantee that this guy, who also moonlights as a Bounty Hunter, is still alive..."

A Mechanical Life that does not participate in the civil war should have a much longer lifespan than the vast majority of Autobots and Decepticons.

Especially since the other party was a very capable arms dealer and Bounty Hunter, Sun Cheng reckoned that there was a high probability that Lockdown was still alive.

Once he returned to Base No. 2 this time, he would soon mobilize everyone to design a New Body for himself.

Previously, when facing The Fallen, Sun Cheng had already realized that the technology and weapons he currently possessed were difficult to harm these Primes, and the threat to a Leader was even very limited.

In order to avoid such a desperate situation in the future, the new body must at least possess the ability to kill or severely injure a Leader.

Therefore, he must solve this problem during the design phase of the new body.

Swindle and Lockdown were critical!

The transition stage between the plots of Transformers 2 and 3 might be a bit dull in these few chapters; I will finish it as soon as possible.