Chapter 898: The Miracle of Mars

Sun Cheng is not intending to abandon the painstaking efforts he has cultivated in South America for over three years, but rather to prepare for the worst-case scenario in advance.

There are already far too many forces eyeing South America right now.

With the large amount of advanced equipment flowing out of the Black Market, the speed of technological and industrial development among the major human powers on Earth has also been continuously accelerating over these past two years.

Three years ago, a squad of Decepticon grunts would have been enough to leave a major Western power in a state of panic, but it is hard to say now.

However, with the connection of the Black Market, even if some Western countries still view him as a mortal enemy, they should not proactively provoke Sun Cheng in the short term.

But as for the Decepticon Legion and the Autobots, that is hard to say.

With Megatron, Starscream, and Sentinel Prime around, Sun Cheng cannot guarantee that Base No. 2 will not be attacked.

Suffering from a severe lack of a sense of security, he therefore hopes to make full preparations before a tragedy occurs.

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, Storm immediately gathered the responsible Decepticons and urged those selected to begin boarding the spacecraft.

They will spend nearly a month in space; after all, the Explorer-class medium cargo ships weigh tens of thousands of tons more than the Hope, which Sun Cheng designed and tested himself.

For such a behemoth, the difficulty and technical requirements to achieve the same speed as the Hope are much higher.

Although Base No. 2 has the capability to complete it, considering the energy consumption, it was ultimately subjected to certain limitations.

Sun Cheng also set off for Mars along with these three cargo ships.

This time, he had no choice but to take this risk.

Over the past half year or so, although Earth has still appeared very peaceful, how could Sun Cheng, who is in the midst of the Storm, not feel the great power that could erupt at any moment and tear him to shreds?

Thus, while remaining vigilant against attacks, he did not waste a single moment.

Hundreds of monitoring stations and Anti-Aircraft Systems were extensively laid out around Base No. 2 and within the territories of countries in South America that had already been infiltrated by Base No. 2.

All just to destroy as many invaders as possible in the brutal war that is about to come!

After the Decepticons finished boarding, Sun Cheng subsequently boarded a Golden Eagle Armed Transport Ship.

This time, protecting the three cargo ships on their way to Mars was an escort fleet consisting of 12 Golden Eagle Fighters and 4 Golden Eagle Armed Transport Ships.

According to intelligence gathered from various channels, the Decepticons arriving in the Solar System following Shockwave likely still have a fleet of considerable scale.

Although these dozen or so ships would definitely be of no use against Shockwave's Decepticon fleet.

But, having them means there is still the ability to fight back.

And without them, if the three cargo ships were unlucky enough to encounter a Decepticon fleet arriving in the Solar System at that exact moment during their journey to Mars, they would truly be at the mercy of others.

This journey was unexpectedly very smooth.

A month later, the fleet arrived at Mars, avoided the Mars-exploration satellites launched by certain countries on Earth, and landed in the Daxia region.

It has been over a year since Sun Cheng personally sent the first batch of Decepticons to Mars and began construction on the Mars Base.

Arriving here again, as soon as they entered the thin atmosphere of Mars, they noticed the changes.

The monitoring stations established by the Decepticons on the Martian surface had already discovered them in advance and sent guidance information, directing the fleet to land on a landing pad somewhere within the Daxia.

As the fleet entered the wide Daxia, one by one, the small things that looked low and inconspicuous when viewed from high altitude began to become clear.

Under the guidance from the ground, the ships landed in an orderly fashion on the sparsely occupied landing pad.

After the hatch opened, Sun Cheng was the first to walk off the ship, looking out at the flat valley floor several kilometers away, where huge buildings were rising from the ground.

Countless robots were constantly moving between the buildings, seemingly busy transporting something.

Calling it a landing pad, it is actually more appropriate to name it an Jichang.

Sun Cheng looked around and could see that the place where they landed had already been leveled into an empty area of at least several million square meters, which is nearly three square kilometers.

The ground had been leveled by Decepticon Engineers using a special cement material synthesized from iron-rich sand and stone mined on Mars.

Clearly, this side had been preparing in advance to facilitate the future docking of the fleet dispatched by Base No. 2 from Earth.

In the distance, some robots were working while there was no sandstorm; it looks like the scale of this Jichang, which will be used for ships to dock in the future, could at least double.

In any case, there is nothing more abundant on Mars than empty land.

A squad of Decepticons had already rushed over to welcome Sun Cheng and his group.

Before the leading Decepticons could speak, he waved his hand to interrupt the formalities.

"Skip the formalities; have the transport team come over and move the supplies off the ships first!"

"Yes!"

Coming to Mars this time, although the three cargo ships were not fully loaded, they were seven or eight-tenths full.

Just the various supplies that were previously scarce on Mars amounted to hundreds of thousands of tons.

The main reason Sun Cheng urged the Decepticons here to arrange for transport quickly is that Mars is not like Earth.

Because the thin atmosphere can hardly protect Mars, various extreme weather conditions occur frequently on the Martian surface, the most common being sandstorms.

When a sandstorm on Mars blows, it not only has high wind force and long duration, but its range of influence can sometimes even cover half of the Martian surface.

Encountering such severe weather, even the Decepticons have to avoid it and stop most surface operations to move underground.

Sun Cheng had already been to the Mars Base several times before and had stayed here for several months, so he was aware of some of the conditions.

After receiving the order, the Decepticons stationed at the Mars Base quickly mobilized a large number of transport robots to rush to the Jichang to transport the goods.

This batch of Decepticon Engineers, Technical Officers, and Workers transferred from Base No. 2 also began to disembark from the transport ships in an orderly manner.

Not long after, the arrival of up to a thousand Decepticons in the previously somewhat empty Jichang immediately added a bit of life to the place.

Quiet exchanges had never ceased, because Sun Cheng was worried about the appearance of traitors within, and had been implementing information blockades within Base No. 2 for a long time to protect the Mars Base, which is a valuable trump card in the 【Transformers Universe】.

Therefore, initially, only a few dozen Decepticon Engineers and some Warriors knew of the existence of the Mars Base. Although the number of people who knew later increased, this secret had always been restricted to the circle of at least Engineers and Advanced Warriors.

Because of this, not many Decepticons within Base No. 2 know about it.

And even those Decepticon Engineers and Advanced Warriors who knew of the existence of the Mars Base were arriving on Mars for the first time, witnessing with their own eyes a miracle built from scratch on the barren Mars.

This is a miracle that belongs to Sun Cheng, and also belongs to them.