As the Golden Eagle Armed Transport Ship fleet set out, Hynix and the others in the Mediterranean Sea also received orders to return at the same time.
Several Yasen-M-class Attack Nuclear Submarines followed beneath the nearby waters, carrying a number of high-ranking warriors.
Sun Cheng was therefore quite at ease about them.
Almost at the exact moment they departed, in a wilderness somewhere in central Africa.
More than a dozen Quintessa soldiers stood guard around an ordinary-looking soldier. After the soldier emitted a strange series of tones in a cold electronic voice, the surrounding soldiers all nodded and dispersed in every direction to stand watch.
He himself tapped his chest. Once the armor over his chest opened wide, he pulled out an aesthetically pleasing metal polyhedron from inside and held it in his hand.
Two fingers on his right hand suddenly lengthened, tracing several strokes along strange patterns on two faces of the metal polyhedron.
Very quickly, beams of light began shooting out from the metal polyhedron.
It then floated into the air out of thin air, while six metal supports sprang out from beneath it.
After hovering briefly, the metal polyhedron finally dropped to the ground. Its six metal supports sank firmly into the soil below, securing it in place.
"Done!"
The Quintessa soldier spoke in the Quintessa language. "The fourth planetary positioning device has been installed. Every Quintessa lunar month, it will automatically transmit a set of coordinate data into space! Prepare to withdraw. Let's draw those lowly Cybertronians somewhere else as much as possible!"
"Yes!"
As the Quintessa soldiers departed, no one knew that somewhere on the African continent, several small devices made by the Quintessa Civilization were discreetly revealing Earth's location to the universe.
A few tiny objects no larger than a palm were truly inconspicuous