Chapter 989: Skyfire

"Things haven't been peaceful in South America lately. We've discovered foreign funding within several countries, and at the same time, there are signs of agitation for reactionary movements within the areas we control in South America..."

Inside Base No. 2, Sun Cheng was listening to a report from his Intelligence Chief, Mola.

At this moment, more than a month had already passed since Mars had monitored an unknown spacecraft appearing in the Solar System.

Because the Solar System is truly too vast, at least for Sun Cheng and his people at present, it is very vast.

The "Star Orbit System" they are currently building can only possess decent monitoring capabilities in the vicinity of Earth, the Moon, and Mars; besides that, they have also deployed some surveillance satellites in the Asteroid Belt to facilitate mining.

However, relying on these satellites alone is clearly far from enough to bring even one ten-thousandth of the Solar System's airspace under surveillance, so losing the trail of a single spacecraft is actually not strange.

Although Sun Cheng still cared about that unknown spacecraft in his heart, he could only temporarily push it aside for now.

"Continue..."

He nodded, signaling for Mola to continue.

Mola analyzed: "According to our investigation, the vast majority of these foreign funds come from the United States, with a small portion coming from Europe and even Russia!"

A smile appeared on Sun Cheng's face; he nodded but said nothing.

It could only be said that it was within his expectations.

The greedy Polar Bear having some ideas would not cause Sun Cheng any surprise.

As for other European and American forces stirring up trouble behind the scenes, that was also within his expectations.

Even though these Decepticons of his have been entrenched here in South America and have always remained honest, not expanding outward.

But in the eyes of those human nations, they are humans after all, and he and his people are aliens.

After several years of tempering, Sun Cheng had become much more composed than in the past.

He would not provoke others, but he was never afraid of trouble.

Right then, Sun Cheng issued a cruel order to Mola.

"Send your people out and chop off all those claws that dare to reach over. Remember to capture as many alive as possible, then send them all to the 【Academy of Sciences】 and hand them over to Hades!"

The 【Academy of Sciences】 currently has quite a few experiments that require the use of humans as test subjects.

With Sun Cheng's control, Hades did not dare to capture people in large numbers within South America.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of death-row inmates in various countries; in recent years, South America has added dozens of types of life imprisonment and death penalty offenses targeting rape, drug trafficking, treason, and so on.

And the captured death-row inmates were all sent to Harris to be used for experiments.

Sun Cheng had always turned a blind eye to those experiments.

Because much of the experience and technology gained from Hades' experiments could be used by him in another world, on his own flesh-and-blood body.

Therefore, apart from controlling things so that Hades' experiments would not affect innocent people, he was actually not repulsed by those experiments that appeared extremely cruel and terrifying in the eyes of others.

In Mola's scarlet eye sockets, the red light flared violently for an instant.

He looked up at Sun Cheng, a ferocious smile appearing on his face: "Commander, leave it to me!"

Mola had done plenty of this kind of thing over the past few years and was now very accustomed to it.

"Go!"

Having just dismissed Mola, Sun Cheng was preparing to head to his Laboratory to communicate with the 'Heavenly Pride Hammer' again.

Just at this moment, the voice of the Central Main Control Intelligence of the base—Huan—suddenly came out from the communication equipment embedded in the wall nearby.

"Commander, the 【Academy of Sciences】 asked me to report to you that the 'Jetfire Awakening Project Group' has currently completed the manufacturing of the new body for Jetfire. Should we replace him with the new body now?"

"Jetfire's new body is finished?"

Sun Cheng was first a bit surprised, then immediately overjoyed.

He stood up, walked out of his private lounge, and hurried toward the laboratory where Jetfire was currently dormant.

Soon, after passing through several security procedures, he entered the spacious, giant laboratory.

As soon as Sun Cheng entered, several Decepticon Engineers busy in the laboratory hurried over to pay their respects upon seeing him.

"No need!"

He waved his hand and then looked toward the center of the laboratory, at Jetfire, who was inside a giant transparent glass case.

At this time, Jetfire, placed inside the laboratory's cultivation device, still only had his head, spine, and Spark remaining; other than that, his other body parts had long since ceased to exist.

"Is the manufacturing of Jetfire's new body complete?"

As soon as Sun Cheng entered the laboratory, he asked impatiently.

The Decepticon Senior Engineer in charge of the 'Awakening Jetfire Project' was named Kongsi.

This name was also bestowed upon him by Sun Cheng, originating from one of the three pillar gods in ancient Egyptian mythology; he was the first-generation moon god and also the god of health, medical care, and protection.

And Kongsi truly lived up to this name!

He was the only Senior Engineer under Sun Cheng's command specifically responsible for medical and related research; Jetfire's body was maintained under his responsibility, and he was also the person in charge of the 'Awakening Jetfire Project'.

"Yes, Commander. We have already finished manufacturing the new body for Lord Jetfire, but whether it can perfectly fuse with the body parts Lord Jetfire currently has remaining still requires further testing."

"Commander, should we replace Lord Jetfire with the new body now?"

Kongsi explained to Sun Cheng while also asking him.

Sun Cheng did not hesitate much; since he had already chosen to awaken Jetfire, naturally he would not hesitate any longer.

"Proceed with the next step of the body replacement immediately!"

The new body designed for Jetfire was manufactured entirely according to the body of a Leader-class Warrior.

Because Sun Cheng was also worried that if he designed a body that was too powerful for this former great Cybertronian Scientist, and Jetfire refused to serve him after being awakened, he would end up with a powerful opponent.

Therefore, although Jetfire's new body also reached the Leader-class, the Decepticon Engineers under Sun Cheng, under his suggestion, did not design enough weapon systems within Jetfire's body.

Not to mention that even if the current Jetfire were awakened with a new body, it would be impossible for him to fully master the new body immediately.

Even if he could reach that step, Jetfire's combat power could not possibly surpass Sun Cheng's.

It was precisely because of this self-confidence that he was not at all worried about any threat the awakened Jetfire could pose to him.

"Yes!"

After receiving his permission, Kongsi immediately went to make the arrangements.

The New Body for Skyfire was not being built here, and the entire transport process took over four hours.

Fortunately, although Sun Cheng was currently short on time for development, he was still willing to wait for this amount of time.

And while waiting, a body that was ten meters tall, silver-gray all over, headless but with a split chest, looking like an unfinished machine, was slowly transported into this Laboratory under the handling of specialized transport robots.