Chapter 728: Flying to Mars

"Master, the ship inspection is complete; no issues were found."

When Atlas finished the inspection of the New World Explorer and respectfully came to Sun Cheng's side, his thoughts finally returned from the distant Mars.

Nodding, Sun Cheng walked straight toward the New World Explorer.

He did not trust it entirely just because of Atlas's inspection.

It was precisely this caution that had allowed Sun Cheng to dodge countless crises in the 【Transformers Universe】.

Arriving in front of the New World Explorer and standing still, he extended a hand and gently pressed it against the ship's hull.

The next moment, countless transparent tentacles, resembling liquid, extended from Sun Cheng's chassis and eerily 'penetrated' the ship's hard shell.

Data from this ship immediately turned into a pile of 0s and 1s, appearing one by one within his Core.

After checking all the information of the entire ship, Sun Cheng finally withdrew the palm he had been touching the ship with.

"No problems! Once we replenish the Energy Liquid in a moment, we will proceed directly with the Mars landing operation!"

Looking at this small ship that only needed to be refueled to fly to Mars at any time, Sun Cheng was very satisfied.

He had no intention of conducting a series of tests, because there was simply no need.

Even if the ship ran into trouble in outer space, Sun Cheng was not worried.

Cybertronians actually possess the ability to roam the universe relying on their own chassis.

However, unless it is a special situation, such as having absolutely no ship to use, or an emergency, very few Cybertronians roam the universe relying solely on their chassis.

The reason Cybertronians can roam the universe with just their chassis is simply because their chassis have high melting points and are corrosion-resistant; small meteorites cannot hurt them at all.

Therefore, when a Cybertronian needs to, by consuming a large amount of energy within their Spark in an instant, they can burst out an acceleration to reach a speed that exceeds the gravitational pull of a planet, after which they can roam in the universe.

Sun Cheng's current chassis is also sufficient for roaming the universe.

That is why he was not worried that the New World Explorer would have an accident if it landed on Mars hastily without testing.

However, although Cybertronians possess the ability to roam the universe, it is best to take a ship unless necessary.

For one, there are many unknown risks in the universe; as early as the Council of Ancients era, the earliest Pathfinders who relied on the powerful Cybertronian chassis to roam across planets encountered every possible way to die.

For another, the vast majority of Cybertronians do not have enough energy in their Sparks to support long-distance travel across star systems.

Of course, the most important reason that made Sun Cheng finally give up on going to Mars by himself was that he disliked the speed of such travel, which was simply too slow.

From Jazz's Memory Data, he saw that Jazz had followed Optimus Prime and the others, taking more than ten times longer than a ship to cover the same distance.

Time is undoubtedly the most important thing to Sun Cheng now.

What he could accept even less was spending over a hundred days on a long interstellar journey.

If any changes occurred on Earth during this period, Sun Cheng would definitely be unable to provide timely rescue.

Following Sun Cheng's order, Atlas quickly arranged for Workers to add High-purity Energy Liquid to the New World Explorer test ship.

Accompanied by Huan and the Explorer 203 clone, Sun Cheng went into the Warehouse to take out the various robots and supplies prepared in advance for the 'Mars Exploration Project' and loaded them into the Spherical Space.

Inside the huge Warehouse, rows of shipping containers of different specifications, ranging from three to five meters in height, were neatly stacked.

Sun Cheng scanned the area and walked forward with satisfaction to begin loading these containers into the Spherical Space.

Beside him, the clone robot controlled by Huan kept introducing them.

"According to your instructions, we have prepared a total of 1772 robots of various types in advance, key equipment needed for assembling parts of the production lines, etc. In addition, there are seventeen Stasis Pods for the Workers to sleep in temporarily, which is enough to build a small Base..."

These robots and supplies in the Warehouse were manufactured by Base No. 2 under his orders after Sun Cheng formulated the 'Mars Exploration Project'.

He would transport them to Mars using the Spherical Space, which was enough to establish a small Base there.

Afterward, Sun Cheng would transport a few more batches of supplies to Mars depending on the situation.

This way, the Base on Mars should be enough to be established and developed to feed back to Earth.

"Notify the batch of Workers selected earlier to come over and enter the Stasis Pods to sleep in advance..."

"Yes!"

The New World Explorer test ship could not transport too many people; it only had one cockpit, which could transport at most three to four Decepticons at the same time. However, if one wanted to be more comfortable during the journey, it was best to keep the crew at two Decepticons.

Sun Cheng had a very high interest in Mars and interstellar travel, so he took one spot for the first trip to Mars without hesitation.

Traveling to Mars with him were two Decepticon Engineers, all of whom were newly promoted Engineers who had just been promoted from Workers not long ago.

For a Base hundreds of millions of kilometers away from Earth, Sun Cheng was very worried about whether they could handle everything with only a dozen or so Workers.

So he specifically selected two Decepticon Engineers, preparing to let them sit in the upcoming Mars Base so that even if problems arose in the future, they should be able to solve them.

Sun Cheng's mood grew higher and higher with the completion of the New World Explorer test ship.

He could hardly hold back for even a day; under his urging and orders, in a very short time, the Stasis Pods, including those for the seventeen Workers, were all loaded into the Spherical Space.

At the same time, the two Decepticon Engineers also urgently supplemented their databases again with Atlas and Huan, adding more new technologies and technological branches.

After completing all this, Sun Cheng took the two newly promoted Decepticon Engineers and boarded the ship, which was all ready.

"Master, shall we pilot the ship?"

The New World Explorer test ship did not have extra space; there was only one cockpit inside.

The space in the cockpit was not spacious, but it was no problem to accommodate the three of them, the Decepticons.

"I will pilot it!"

This was not Sun Cheng's first time coming into contact with a ship; he had even used the ship he obtained from the Hunter Civilization several times in the real world, so he had some experience.

This New World Explorer test ship was also equipped with a Pseudo-AI, which could achieve fully automatic piloting almost like the New World Explorer.

The significance of the pilot's existence, besides issuing commands during departure and landing, was mainly to deal with emergencies that might be encountered during interstellar flight, such as meteorites, ship malfunctions, etc.

Letting the two Decepticon Engineers under his command sit in the co-pilot positions, Sun Cheng came to the main pilot seat, tapped his finger lightly on the metal seat, and awakened the ship's main Smart Brain.

"New World Explorer, activate Optical Stealth Device... target Mars... depart..."

PS:

Sorry, I haven't had time to rush the manuscript during the day lately.

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