Chapter 899: Exploration 1

It took thousands of transport robots half a day to deliver hundreds of thousands of tons of cargo into several designated warehouses at the Mars Base.

Sun Cheng and his group clearly caught good weather this time.

It was not until four days later that a medium-scale sandstorm struck again, temporarily halting the engineering and operations on the Martian surface.

But these things no longer affect the Decepticons, because after more than a year of construction, the current Mars Base has long since undergone earth-shaking changes.

In a spacious lounge, Sun Cheng, who had spent four days fully understanding the situation at the Mars Base, rested for a little while.

His body does not get tired, but having spent more than half a year carefully guarding against incoming attacks, Sun Cheng had indeed accumulated quite a bit of mental pressure.

This pressure had undoubtedly transformed into fatigue, so after arriving on Mars, he gave himself a small vacation for a few days.

Over the past few days, Sun Cheng had been wandering around the Mars Base.

The current Mars Base has expanded in scale by more than several dozen times since he last visited.

Valles Marineris was originally the largest canyon on Mars and even among the known planets in the Solar System; its length, width, and depth are all astonishing.

Because of this, they saved a lot of effort by initially building the base at the bottom of Valles Marineris.

As more and more robots and engineering machinery were manufactured, the Decepticons are now able to easily carry out various engineering operations on the hard rock walls on both sides of the canyon.

Take the Central Main Control Center where Sun Cheng is currently located, for example; this is the earliest area established at the Mars Base and one of the thirteen main areas.

The entire Central Main Control Center is built inside the hard mountain wall, and the total construction area has currently reached

Therefore, when Sun Cheng and his group arrived on Mars again this time, the total area already built inside the mountain wall for the Central Main Control Center alone exceeded 17 million square meters; it would not be an exaggeration to call it a small city.

With the arrival of this batch of Decepticons, the total scale of Decepticons here on Mars has impressively reached a massive six thousand.

Last time, Sun Cheng built the first Newborn Decepticon Incubation Center right here on Mars.

Relying on the then-imperfect Decepticon incubation technology, the Mars Base has successively added more than two thousand Newborn Decepticons over the past year or so.

This efficiency and material consumption are far worse than those at Base No. 2.

But Sun Cheng does not care; in fact, he is very satisfied with it.

This time, with his arrival, a brand-new Newborn Decepticon Incubation Center was also packed and brought over.

Over the past year or so, the incubation technology for Newborn Decepticons at Base No. 2 has become increasingly mature, and there is no longer a need to gamble on probabilities by relying on massive amounts of materials and energy as in the past.

The Mars Base occupies the resources of an entire planet, although the problems of water and energy have yet to be completely solved.

However, with the birth of more Newborn Decepticons, more exploration teams have been organized and have begun to conduct more careful searches of the entire planet of Mars.

Before Sun Cheng and his group arrived on Mars this time, Decepticon exploration teams had already successively found more than a dozen Underground Ice Lakes on Mars.

Coupled with the discovery of Helium-3, although the problems of water and energy have still not been completely solved, the industry and construction here on Mars will no longer be restricted and unable to operate as they were before.

The leisurely days on Mars did not last long.

A complete management system has already been established here, so Sun Cheng only read some data and information briefly and did not directly intervene.

Besides beginning the gradual transfer of Base No. 2 located on Earth, he has two other important things to do on this trip to Mars.

One of these is to visit the laboratory located on Mars, which is said to have been established by 【Maximus】, one of the thirteen original Primes of Cybertron.

After giving himself a few days off, Sun Cheng could not sit still.

This time, he brought not only technical-oriented Decepticons to Mars, but also more than two hundred Decepticon Warriors.

Following an order, a squad composed of ten Advanced Decepticon Warriors quickly assembled in a warehouse outside the Central Main Control Center.

"The place we are going next might have some dangers!"

Although Mars is still safe for the time being, no one can guarantee what might happen.

After all, the Decepticons have a base on the Moon, and the satellites launched by Base No. 2 into lunar orbit for surveillance have more than once captured footage of Decepticons flying out from the Dark Side of the Moon to mine in the Asteroid Belt.

To avoid having absolutely no ability to resist when Starscream and the others set their sights on Mars.

Among the Decepticons Sun Cheng brought to Mars this time, he specifically selected twenty Advanced Warriors.

"Commander, all warriors have assembled according to orders!"

When Sun Cheng arrived, ten Advanced Decepticon Warriors were boredly gathered in small groups, whispering to each other.

Although Base No. 2 had known about the existence of the Mars Base long ago.

But because Sun Cheng worried that the information would be leaked and lead to an attack from the Moon, he intentionally restricted internal information regarding the Mars Base.

So before this arrival, they did not know much about the Mars Base.

However, in these past few days, they have truly had their eyes opened.

How should I put it, the environment certainly cannot compare to Earth.

But Cybertronians are not picky; just look at the state to which the Decepticons and Autobots ruined their home planet—Cybertron—after millions of years of civil war.

And the environment on Mars, while not as good as Earth's by a long shot, is much better than that dead planet of Cybertron, where mantle magma could erupt everywhere.

Plus, the discipline here is looser than on Earth, so the group of Decepticon Warriors has been living quite comfortably these past few days.

However, their good days might end right here.

Sun Cheng scanned the assembled Decepticons; in addition to the ten Advanced Warriors who volunteered, he also had Adam, who is responsible for managing the Mars Base, select one hundred Normal Mode Decepticon Warriors from the Mars Base.

Seeing the eager expressions on the faces of this batch of Decepticons who had finished assembling and were armed to the teeth, he was satisfied in his heart and simply got straight to the point.

"At the beginning of the Mars Base's establishment, we discovered a hidden place on this planet, which we suspect is very likely a laboratory left behind by a Cybertronian Pathfinder who visited here much earlier!"

"Because I was worried there might be dangers inside, I shelved the exploration plan."

"Now, it is time to go there and take a look!"

"I won't say any more unnecessary words; all Decepticons, prepare to experience a fierce battle!"

"Move out!"