The battle was over!
Looking at Trindade Island, now scarred beyond recognition and almost completely reduced to ruins, Sun Cheng frowned, yet his mood was surprisingly calm.
The destruction of the Black Market had been both unexpected and expected.
When Sun Cheng had first planned to establish the Black Market on Trindade Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, he had indeed wanted to cooperate with the nations of humanity, obtain more resources from Earth to build spacecraft, and strengthen himself.
But there had been another consideration: use the Black Market to draw more attention toward himself, diverting those searching all over Earth for Base Two and luring them to Trindade Island instead.
Sun Cheng himself would not have believed that Starscream had never investigated the location of his lair.
But investigating it was one thing. Finding it eventually should only have been a matter of time for Starscream.
If drawing his attention to the Black Market had preserved the integrity of Base Two, then the losses were still within an acceptable range.
Of course, that was merely self-consolation.
"Sure enough, this is still really irritating!"
He raised his head toward the moon. Sun Cheng did not know whether Starscream, up on the moon at that moment, had already received news of the battle at the Black Market.
But he was truly furious now. He would remember this grudge.
After dealing with the Replica Soldiers whose condition had plummeted after being struck by EMP missiles, the Decepticon warriors who had come from Base Two as reinforcements began cleaning up the battlefield.
"Master!"
Sprint, Ruckus, and the others approached Sun Cheng, each accompanied by several Decepticon warriors.
He nodded. "You've all worked hard!"
After such a brutal battle, Sun Cheng was in no mood to give a speech.
He glanced at Swindle,