Robot Legion

The spaceport still seemed incredibly empty, even after a period of planning and construction.

At present, fewer than a hundred spacecraft were docked at Mars Spaceport in total. Most were Golden Eagle-series armed transport ships and fighter craft, supplemented by a number of Hope-class converted light cargo vessels.

The only Explorer medium cargo ship was the one Sun Cheng had taken when transporting goods from Earth this time.

At present, even after pooling all available resources, he had only built four such ships. Leaving one on Mars was acceptable, but it had to be used with care.

After spending some time at the spaceport, Sun Cheng headed for his next destination.

Before leaving Mars, he needed to inspect two locations. The spaceport was only one of them; the second was the armaments factory.

More precisely, the combat robot factory.

The robot factory on Mars was also located within Valles Marineris, only twenty-three kilometers from Mars Base One. It had likewise been built inside a naturally formed cavern discovered within the canyon.

As one of the earliest factories built on Mars, it had initially produced all kinds of engineering robots. Later, after several other robot factories were established, this first factory underwent an equipment upgrade under Sun Cheng's orders and became dedicated to producing combat robots.

And now, he had come to collect the results.

Mars Base seemed to have been greatly influenced by Sun Cheng as well. Its architectural style placed great emphasis on concealment and practicality.

As such, this combat robot factory had none of the flashy excesses.

Beyond a large gate built into the canyon wall lay a passage several hundred meters long, with three blast doors designed to block out dust and sand.

Further inside were three cavernous spaces arranged side by side. The central one was