Chapter 68: The Pioneer

Sun Cheng clearly did not know what was happening in another corner of the United States at this moment.

He was still quietly staying in the Base where Onslaught was, watching intently with an envious gaze while waiting for Onslaught to finish changing his equipment.

This wait lasted a long time; by the time Onslaught had transformed back into his human form while carrying that heavy Railgun, a full day had passed.

"This human is not without his merits..."

Standing still in place, Onslaught closed his eyes to run a self-test for a while, seemingly quite satisfied with his current state.

This was likely the second time Sun Cheng had heard him speak praise of humans. It seemed the power of that Dual-barreled Railgun of his must be extraordinary, so he couldn't help but look over carefully.

Although he had only just begun to learn weapon design, Sun Cheng barely understood the basics of the craft, but upon this look, he quickly realized it was extraordinary.

The Dual-barreled Railgun that Onslaught designed was crafted entirely from a bright silver alloy of unknown origin; in terms of material alone, it was clearly much more advanced than his own body.

Both barrels of the Railgun were over 200mm in caliber. Although he hadn't scanned it in detail to know the specific data, just looking at the power of human cannons and grenade launchers of this caliber, he knew that this piece of Onslaught's equipment would only be stronger.

After looking left and right for a while, Sun Cheng heaved a long sigh in his heart.

Compared to this absolute work of art of a Railgun that Onslaught had spent so much effort to create, the enhancement he and Atlas had spent over half a month struggling to make for himself could be called trash and that would be a compliment.

Onslaught clearly did not know what he was thinking at this moment, but he was ultimately still preoccupied with the AllSpark, and soon cast his gaze toward Sun Cheng, his tone brooking no argument: "Let's go, take me to where the AllSpark is!"

He did not mention the matter of that body, and Sun Cheng did not say much either. The time spent waiting earlier was completely enough for him to have brought the body back to the Base and returned, but without Onslaught's nod, Sun Cheng still suppressed that thought, simply not wanting to offend him.

With Starscream's attitude unclear, Soundwave and Blackout having arrived on Earth one after another, and the Autobots he had encountered not long ago, Sun Cheng knew very well that relying solely on his own strength, it would be extremely difficult for him to handle every situation.

Therefore, although he knew that Onslaught would not value him as much as he valued Onslaught, he was the relatively rational and easy-to-deal-with one among all the Decepticons Sun Cheng had come into contact with so far, and that was enough.

If utilized well, he might be able to provide himself with necessary protection and assistance before he grew strong enough.

However, since he had finished his work now, and although Onslaught was urging him, Sun Cheng prepared to collect his reward first.

"Wait a moment!"

Shaking his head, Sun Cheng first walked over to the body Onslaught had designed, lifted it up, and brought it over.

Then he took out the Level 2 Core from within his body and said to Onslaught: "The human base we are going to is heavily guarded; it will be somewhat difficult if it is just the two of us. Therefore, Lord Onslaught, please allow me to activate this core first!"

The Level 2 Core in his hand looked no different than it had twenty-some days ago, but only Sun Cheng knew best that in the past period of time, he had repeatedly studied this core many times and had even left behind many control measures inside the core to ensure that the Decepticon born after activation would be completely loyal to him.

"Level 2 Core?"

Onslaught glanced at the Level 2 Core in his hand with interest, but quickly lost interest.

Since activating the core did not require much time, he nodded and stood to the side, waiting without a word.

Only then did Sun Cheng look at the body in his hand. He had previously felt that this new body was really too similar to the one Onslaught had originally designed for him. Now that he was close and had scanned it, he couldn't help but curse 'petty thief' in his heart.

After a careful inspection, this body was almost exactly the same as his original one, except that the materials were slightly inferior.

This also meant that the new body's transformation function was still a beast form.

He suppressed the displeasure in his heart, skillfully opened the head armor of this body, and placed the core inside.

In the evolution process of the mechanical lifeforms on the planet Cybertron, the beast form was also one of the many evolutionary branches; it is said that a magical evolutionary branch was even born from this—the Predacons.

However, the Decepticons did not have a high acceptance of beast forms. Although there were some existences within the legion that maintained beast forms, and Ravage and Laserbeak were the most famous warriors among them, it still could not change the image of Decepticons with beast forms within the legion.

It could even be said that the beast form had always been an important term used by Decepticons to mock those weak cannon fodder and soldiers with low combat power.

Having fully accepted all the Memory Data of Frenzy, how could Sun Cheng not know the purpose of Onslaught doing this? Even though he did not value those empty names, he couldn't help but feel a fire in his heart. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't beat him, and that Onslaught was still of great use to him, they probably would have fallen out long ago.

Quickly brushing away that displeasure, Sun Cheng focused his full attention on the Level 2 Core that had already been placed inside the body. After the body's connection tubes were completely submerged into it, he cautiously extended a finger and silently channeled a stream of energy and information from his Spark into the core.

The next moment, the core shone brightly.

After the head armor of the brand-new body he had been holding in his hand suddenly closed, it began to tremble all over as if it were having a seizure.

At the same time, segments of cold, mechanical voices came stiffly from that body: "Core activated... allegiance target confirmed****... Self-Test Function initiated... active defense function initiated... combat function enabled... reconnaissance function enabled..."

The entire process lasted for a full two or three minutes. Feeling that the body had finally calmed down and had turned its gaze toward him, Sun Cheng then released his hand that had been holding it.

Standing steadily on the ground in front of him, Sun Cheng soon heard him say respectfully: "Your loyal servant—'Pathfinder' reports to you, my master!"

The previous 'Atlas' was the name of a robot developed by the Google company in his original world, while 'Pathfinder' came from the name of the first generation of domestically produced robots in China.

Giving him such a name showed how high Sun Cheng's expectations for him were.

Seeing that his efforts over the past period of time had finally not been in vain, that he was no longer alone in this world, and that he finally had soldiers at his disposal, Sun Cheng suppressed the joy in his heart, turned to look at Onslaught, who kept casting his gaze between him and Pathfinder, and then nodded to him, "Sorry to have kept you waiting, Lord Onslaught. We can set off now..."