An Uneasy Discovery

"This is only the beginning!"

Sun Cheng looked up at the sky, his face utterly calm.

After expending the temperature-difference bombs they carried, the four Golden Eagle Fighter Ships immediately returned to Base Two.

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Over at the Arctic Circle, Pioneer had taken over monitoring the aftermath.

Sun Cheng no longer concerned himself with what was happening there—whether the Autobots wiped out the Decepticons or the Americans made another colossal mess.

Because this was merely the opening act. Conflicts like this would only become increasingly commonplace from here on out.

Rather than continue worrying about that side, he might as well spend more time preparing for the day to come.

Mora had personally returned to Base Two from Bolivia because of the sudden incident in the Arctic Circle.

He also brought firsthand intelligence obtained from the United States.

"...Commander, according to information relayed by our spies within the United States, the reason the Decepticons suddenly attacked the Americans this time was because the Americans discovered an unusual mineral vein in New Province, Canada!"

"A mineral vein?"

Sun Cheng found it strange. "What kind of mineral vein on Earth could interest the Decepticons? A uranium-rich deposit?"

Once the thought surfaced, he was half-convinced and half-doubtful.

If it was energy they wanted, the Moon possessed abundant helium-3, far more efficient than uranium ore. Even he found the stuff tempting; it was an excellent fuel for building a new type of power plant.

A few months ago, the discovery of a small amount of helium-3 at Mars Base had delighted Sun Cheng for days. That was why he did not think the Decepticons would set their sights on some uranium-rich mine.

But then he recalled that, not long after he had