Meeting II

After dispatching the drones, Sun Cheng handed the task of finding Optimus Prime over to his intelligence chief—Mora.

However, he had not been idle either. With a war on Earth likely about to erupt, he felt it was necessary to make preparations in advance.

Ever since returning from Mars Base, he had been inspecting the various arms factories controlled by Base Two, overseeing the production of all kinds of military supplies.

As Base Two continued to develop, more than half the countries in South America had already fallen under Sun Cheng's control.

He had never used force to seize them outright. On this land with no future, Sun Cheng had countless ways to gradually bring it under his control.

For example, the method Base Two had always used was very simple and brutal.

Mora dispatched some Humanoid Decepticons to replace key politicians, capital magnates, and military personnel in the target countries.

Base Two then sent Decepticons to secretly contact the upper ranks of those governments and reach a certain understanding.

Next, Base Two would purchase mineral veins that were of immense value to those countries but were either too remote or too difficult to develop, paying high prices for them. At the same time, it would buy large quantities of cheap industrial goods and daily necessities from the Far East to stabilize local prices.

Combined with a small amount of intimidation, military support, and equipment exports, they gradually took control of the target country's military, political, and business circles.

And once all that had been taken care of, the ordinary people of South America were the easiest to fool.

Sun Cheng had always favored a livestock-raising policy: low-priced goods lowered the cost of living, while generous welfare benefits increased happiness. At the same time, Base Two had numerous shell companies