Chapter 875: The Behemoth Hailishi (Part II)

Having spent such a high cost on Hailishi, Sun Cheng naturally had his own requirements.

He did not possess the relevant technology for Giant Combiners, and facing such a behemoth was still very difficult.

Although Sun Cheng had only dealt with these Giant Combiners once, he was full of vigilance toward them.

Giant Combiners, although imitations created by scientists from the Decepticon and Autobot factions by mimicking the original Titans and Predacons, the destructive power of these big guys truly could not be underestimated.

A powerful Leader-class Warrior, when facing a Giant Combiner head-on, even if the opponent was the first-generation Devastator, would need to temporarily avoid its edge.

Because there was too little understanding of Giant Combiners, at least up until now, the only way Sun Cheng had mastered to deal with these behemoths was to use long-range attack units, preferably aerial combat units, to pin them down until the energy within the Giant Combiner dropped to the warning line, forcing it to disengage the combination.

He had indeed coveted Giant Combiners in his heart; back when the Pioneer killed the Constructicon member—Scrapper, his head was brought back in an attempt to crack information regarding Devastator.

It could not be said that no information was cracked at all, but it was too fragmented and lacked too much information.

Even for the first generation among Giant Combiners—Devastator, the relevant technology remained out of reach for Sun Cheng and his team, who had a weak foundation.

However, there is an old saying in the Huaguo: as long as one's thinking does not slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties.

When Sun Cheng used a fragment of the 【AllSpark】 to create Hailishi, although it was out of the need of the situation, he had indeed considered this point.

After all, the relevant technology for Giant Combiners, looking across the Decepticon Legion and the interior of the Autobots, was only mastered by a few great scientists.

Up to this point, counting Autobots and Decepticons, the only known Giant Combiners were Devastator, Menasor, and Superion.

Therefore, since Sun Cheng could not get the technology for Giant Combiners for the time being, he could only start thinking of methods from other directions.

Hailishi, from one of the original backup plans, was promoted to become their main plan now.

His gaze fell on Hailishi, who was still sleeping in the Laboratory.

This somewhat dull and slow big guy was currently undergoing a transformation that felt like a rebirth.

After he wakes up again, this behemoth will completely transform into an Elite Warrior.

Hailishi's body might not be outstanding among Elite Warriors, and even limited by his Spark, he would still appear relatively clumsy.

However, this behemoth's strength and firepower were all beyond the Elite Warrior level, and I am afraid that even the current Sun Cheng could not compare.

"A clumsy yet fragile terrifying Firepower Monster!"

Sun Cheng muttered in a low voice, his brows furrowing.

He was still dissatisfied with the modified Hailishi.

But Sun Cheng also knew that Hailishi could actually go one step further.

For example, taking some of the Xisitemu III Type 094 Hejin used on his own New Body to redesign a more powerful body for Hailishi.

Even if he were willing, splitting off another fragment of the 【AllSpark】, who knows, it might even allow Hailishi's Spark to successfully undergo Evolution.

But Sun Cheng had to give up this option!

There was no other reason; Base No. 2 could not afford it.

Xisitemu III Type 094 Hejin was an expensive metal born after more than a year of cost-no-object experiments in a specially made Laboratory, utilizing several metal elements on Earth on the basis of Xisitemu alloy.

Its comprehensive performance was 140% higher than Normal Xisitemu alloy, but the cost had increased to 37 times the original.

And because the requirements for equipment and environment were extremely harsh, currently, a Laboratory in Base No. 2 specifically used for smelting Xisitemu III Type 094 Hejin could only produce less than 7 tons of the alloy per month.

The body of the behemoth Hailishi required more than 1,700 tons of alloy.

Although his current body used the Normal model of Xisitemu alloy, the cost was still nearly five times that of Sun Cheng's New Body.

Not to mention Hailishi's terrifying weapon system and Auxiliary Power System.

Conservatively estimated, the cost of modifying Hailishi even reached more than seven times that of Sun Cheng's New Body.

If it were really all replaced with Xisitemu III Type 094 Hejin, not to mention how long it would take for Base No. 2 to gather enough materials for his upgrade, the cost alone was not something they could accept.

As for the 【AllSpark】 fragments, Sun Cheng currently could not spare an extra fragment.

The fragments he obtained in the battle of Las Vegas were not many to begin with.

Except for those fragments used to cultivate Decepticons that could not be moved, Sun Cheng originally had three idle fragments.

However, one of them was used for the Awakening of Hailishi, one was fused into his own Spark, and one was reserved to be used for the Awakening of Jetfire.

So even if Sun Cheng wanted to, he could not produce more fragments now to let Hailishi's strength go further.

"It can only be like this for now!"

After exhaling a breath of frustration, Sun Cheng's furrowed brows soon relaxed again.

He also knew that he was being a bit too greedy; the Hailishi who would wake up soon, although still a clumsy big guy, had all the faults of a Giant Combiner without missing one.

But Hailishi's New Body was not all disadvantages; the Decepticon Engineers under Sun Cheng had also carried out a series of improvements targeting the various shortcomings of Giant Combiners.

The 128 vertical Missile launch tubes did not increase much compared to the past, but the Decepticon Engineers specifically designed a series of anti-air, anti-ground, and Anti-ship missile for Hailishi, enough to make Hailishi an outer-perimeter Firepower Monster far from the center of the battlefield in his warship form.

During the several previous invasions of Trindade Island, Hailishi's performance after emptying his Missiles also led the Decepticon Engineers to focus on expanding and adjusting his hull space in this upgrade, in addition to sparing a batch of capacity to make the Missiles originally designed for him as slim as possible.

According to the design data on paper, the future Hailishi could carry more than 800 Missiles of various types at full load, becoming a veritable Arsenal Ship.

However, in the full-load state, Hailishi would temporarily lose his transformation ability, which was also a protection mechanism designed for him by the Decepticon Engineers.

Therefore, according to the suggestions of the Decepticon Engineers, Sun Cheng would consider equipping Hailishi with at least two teammates and bodyguards who would act together in the future.

Their combat power would need to be at least Advanced Warrior or higher, to prevent being ambushed at close range when Hailishi was conducting firepower coverage strikes on the battlefield.

Hailishi's rebirth was not limited to the increase in payload.

The Decepticon Engineer team carried out targeted upgrades on many of his original shortcomings.

The future Hailishi, after firing all the Missiles on his body, would still possess decent battlefield support and anti-aircraft assistance capabilities.

The main gun in the warship state was replaced with a specially made 130mm Denglipao, with a maximum range of up to 180 kilometers.

This main gun would turn into a shoulder cannon of the same caliber after Hailishi transformed.

And when Hailishi was in the warship form, there were two quadruple 25mm Sueshe Fangkongpao on the ship; although the caliber was small, equipped with a type of warhead specifically designed for it by the Decepticon Engineers, it could destroy the vast majority of captured flying units within a maximum range of 30 kilometers.