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Chapter 874: Fleet Sets Sail
🕑 Added 2023-12-03 13:42:16 +0000 UTCTransformers Begin : Table of Content/Chapter List
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It seemed that the conflicts erupting consecutively in the Arctic Circle had drawn too much attention, exposing many aspects of their own forces.
After the abrupt battle between Sun Cheng and Onslaught, Earth unexpectedly entered a rare period of peace for over half a year.
During this time, only two small-scale battles between Autobots and Decepticons occurred in the African region.
Not only were there few Autobots in regions other than Africa, but even Decepticons were scarcely seen.
"This is not a good sign!"
Within Base Two in South America, Sun Cheng wore a serious expression.
Since the conflict with Onslaught, he had spent a full seven months within the South American territory, vigilantly guarding against Onslaught and his Warbot Team.
He had no choice but to be cautious. The previous battle with Fusion Leopard had once again made Sun Cheng keenly aware of the terror of facing such war monsters.
Unless he possessed a giant Devastator capable of matching them, facing an assault from Onslaught and his Warbot Team would be extremely challenging for Sun Cheng.
Due to this concern, after returning from the Arctic Circle, he personally led the team in charge of security.
However, seven months had passed in the blink of an eye.
Not only was there complete silence from Onslaught and Fusion Leopard, but even Moon's side had recently fallen into complete silence.
During these months, few reckless Decepticons entered the South American territory, failing to provide combat experience for Sun Cheng and his Decepticons.
Autobots were also causing a headache.
Although Sun Cheng had considered meeting with Optimus Prime and conducting a secret talk, attempts to contact Optimus Prime and the Autobots using the previously left contact information had all gone unanswered.
Sun Cheng was hesitant to go to Africa in the current uncertain situation, as Sentinel Prime was likely to have been reawakened by the Autobots.
This former Superior General, during his peak, easily overwhelmed Megatron with his formidable combat power. Megatron was forced to team up with Shockwave, Soundwave, Starscream, and several other high-ranking Decepticon commanders to compete against this powerful leader.
Through the battle with Onslaught, Sun Cheng had now assessed his own strength.
With his current abilities, among the Elite Warriors of Autobots and Decepticons, only a few Triple Changers or ancient beings like Onslaught could match him.
However, Sun Cheng still lacked some foundation. He was far from being a true leader and certainly not a match for Sentinel Prime.
The inability to contact Autobots made him somewhat anxious.
But the experiences gained in the Transformers Universe over the past few years made Sun Cheng realize that in such situations, it was crucial to remain calm and composed.
Therefore, during the peaceful waiting period of the past half-year, he continued to follow his original plan methodically.
Four Explorer-class cargo Spaceships had been completely constructed. Currently, all of them had undergone debugging, acceptance testing, and crew selection.
At the same time, the training flight duration of the three Explorer-class cargo Spaceships had each exceeded a thousand hours.
With too much attention focused on South America and Earth, even though Sun Cheng had ordered his Decepticon engineers to add an optical stealth system to the internal design of the Explorer-class cargo Spaceships, he knew the energy consumption and space requirements for providing optical stealth to a medium-sized cargo Spaceship were daunting.
Moreover, optical stealth systems, at best, could only block forces not yet part of interstellar civilizations.
Sun Cheng couldn't be certain whether the Decepticons and Autobots had discovered the four Explorer-class cargo Spaceships. However, the fact that Base Two in South America had not experienced a massive invasion suggested that the outcome was relatively ideal.
Throughout the South American region, Sun Cheng had been ruthless in eliminating Decepticons approaching and forcefully driving away Autobots. Therefore, even if Decepticons and Autobots were hiding in South America, it was difficult for them to linger for an extended period. At most, they could gather some intelligence before withdrawing.
The Autobots and Decepticons that had already reached Earth were just beginning to climb the technological ladder from scratch, and they likely couldn't manufacture a large-scale probe covering the entire planet.
Although there were many planets larger than Earth in the Universe, Earth's surface area of over five hundred million square kilometers still made it quite sizable.
So, a few cargo Spaceships less than a kilometer in length were not as conspicuous as one might imagine.
"Commander-in-chief!"
A sudden cold, mechanical voice from behind interrupted Sun Cheng's thoughts.
He didn't turn around because he had already noticed the arrival of the owner of the voice, thanks to his heightened alertness over the past few months.
Thunder, who had become increasingly steady, could now perfectly serve as the temporary commander of Base Two.
He had figured out Sun Cheng's character and directly spoke after approaching: "All supplies have been transported to the three Spaceships. The selected engineers, technical officers, Decepticon warriors, and engineers are all ready to board!"
The three Spaceships mentioned by Thunder were the first three of the four Explorer-class cargo Spaceships that Base Two had already manufactured.
The fourth one had been completed last, so it hadn't undergone complete flight training yet. However, for the Decepticons, the fourth ship could be put into use at any time.
Even if the Spaceship encountered issues, as long as it wasn't in the empty cosmos, they could abandon ship and leave. There was a high probability they could use the miraculous physiology of the Cybertronians to save their lives.
However, Sun Cheng didn't want to witness such a scene. In his view, controlling a Spaceship with a dozen or so Decepticon pilots was not as valuable as having a Spaceship with its cargo intact.
Thus, he preferred to be more conservative and allowed each cargo Spaceship to enter service only after undergoing a series of checks, debugging, and at least a thousand hours of Outer Space flight training.
Sun Cheng nodded slightly, "Let them board!"
The three Explorer-class cargo Spaceships were about to transport over five hundred thousand tons of supplies and more than a thousand Decepticons to the Mars base.
The rare peace on Earth over the past half year did not bring a sense of security to Sun Cheng. On the contrary, he had already begun preparing for the possible invasion or destruction of Base Two hidden within the South American territory in the future.
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