Chapter 745 - 25: Another Energy Source (Short Break, One Update Today)

"This is Cybertronian language, the language of the leader..."

"A very ancient language, it records that seven of the earliest Transformers set out into the universe to search for energy sources... Weird, I don’t know this part of history."

If Optimus Prime had human-like facial features, he would likely frown just like a human.

But even so, his eyes noticeably narrowed, indicating his inner turmoil.

Cybertronian script, and specifically the leader’s script, is so ancient that current Autobots almost don’t recognize it. Only Optimus Prime, the leader, can find the corresponding script in his spark core.

Information recorded in the Autobots’ sparks seems inherently fragmented, and most other Autobots just shrug: they know it’s Cybertronian script, but that’s about it, unable to extract detailed information from it.

Optimus Prime, who understood the information, was a bit stunned: he didn’t know either.

What are these seven Primordial Transformers heading towards the sun...

"... They built energy harvesting devices on suitable planets, destroyed stars, collected the energy from stellar explosions, and compressed it into Spark Energy...

They had a principle of never destroying planets with life."

Optimus Prime’s voice grew softer as he read, until he reached "never destroy planets with life."

Perhaps because this message seemed to come from a leader long ago, he felt a sense of resonance or even recognition...

Not bad at all.

However, to the human ear, this message sounded entirely different. Sam, Leo, Schleski, and Fassbender were all dumbfounded:

"Blow up what? The sun?"

"Yes, blow up the sun. The death of a star releases enormous energy, and only such energy can be turned into a spark source.

This text records a key used to activate the energy harvesting device buried on Earth. The principled Primordial Transformers hid it somewhere on Earth, leaving only a clue:

Dawn illuminates the Dagger’s tip, three kings reveal themselves...

Megatron once said there was another energy source on Earth. He must have meant this."

"We must find that thing before the Decepticons find the key, or our sun is doomed..." Sam immediately grasped the critical point but quickly developed a new doubt, "But if this information is in my mind, and he needs to capture me to get the information, how does he know there’s another energy source on Earth?"

"Hmm..." Optimus Prime mused for a while, "The information mentions only six ancient supreme leaders hiding the key, but if all seven agreed, they wouldn’t need to hide the key...

There’s only one possibility: they had a conflict, like the civil war on Cybertron, dividing into two factions, or our war is a continuation of that conflict.

The one that’s different... I know why Megatron knows there’s another energy source here."

"Why?"

"During the time you went home, we’ve been pursuing the Decepticons with the Nest force, and just a few days ago, one Decepticon we took out said this: ’The Fallen shall rise.’

Perhaps the civil war exhausted both sides, but those six Primordial Transformers hid the key’s location, and the Fallen Decepticon survived till now...

If that’s the case, Megatron is likely following the Fallen Decepticon’s orders, meaning the Decepticons came to Earth far earlier than we know."

Lying on the operating table, Sam looked over at Lille: "Is it done? I feel like I’m in decent shape."

Lille didn’t speak, quietly sensing the Spark Energy flowing into his body through the Cybertronian energy conduits designed by Ironhide, even emitting a dazzling light as the energy coursed through his body—

Even this leftover scrap of Magic Cube Fragment energy was a substantial boost to Lille, given his Transformer size!

Ratchet calmly stated upon seeing Lille’s condition: "Your body is too small, and the Cybertron Alloy on you has reached its energy storage limit. You need to supplement metal to expand your frame..."

Energy overload exceeded the containment limit of the Cybertron Alloy Lille was using, directly causing the light to escape from the metal surface, meaning energy would keep leaking out.

But soon Ratchet noticed something extraordinary: as this energy flowed through Lille’s body, it all converged towards his core—

Like rivers flowing into the sea, the Spark Energy entered the core and instantly lost its glow, completely internalizing!

Both Ironhide and Ratchet wore expressions of surprise and confusion, simultaneously deploying their specialized scanners...

The energy entering Lille’s almost unresponsive core seemed to vanish, with the radiation levels completely returning to the previous state!

[Acquired new pure spark source energy.]

[Your body structure can now easily harness spark source energy, with the modified ark reactor sufficient to contain exotic energy sources.]

[Ark reactor charged, spark source energy can sustain activation of suitable Fusion Elements, not needing additional energy to restart after reactor shutdown.]

[You have two choices for the surplus spark source energy: invest it immediately in body reconstruction and upgrade or store it in the ark core for scheduling.]

Lille was faced with two choices, and he decisively chose the second one.

At present, he theoretically did not need stronger personal abilities; in contrast, there were many undeveloped uses for the spark source energy, and who knew when new technology might emerge?

The Vibranium-forged ark reactor was originally for containing Fusion Elements while withstanding the high-temperature, high-pressure reactions, but at this moment, it also served perfectly as the best container for spark source energy.

Once Lille completed the absorption, he saw Ironhide and Ratchet both staring directly at him, with scanners continuously emitting scanning radiation, skimming over his body.

They were all focused on one thing: Lille’s core hidden beneath a thick chest plate.

This little guy, only 1.2 meters tall, was previously only shockingly dense; now, he was somewhat unfathomable...

They couldn’t scan Vibranium, couldn’t see anything with the spark radiation scan, only with optical sensors.

"You have metal on you that we’ve never seen before, incredible..."

"Ahem." Lille coughed twice and retracted the Octopus Arm from Sam’s head, storing it back into his body.

One had to admit, with the aid of Cybertron Technology, storing these tools was indeed much more convenient; now he just appeared to have a 15-centimeter extension and an additional metal cape on his back.

"Now’s not the time to discuss this, since we already know what the Decepticons want, we can lure them out and eliminate them, addressing a potential threat: we find the key and mechanism first and destroy them like they did before."

Lille looked at Optimus Prime, and Sam suddenly realized he had the answer to the question from earlier:

Why try to capture him when they already knew about another energy source’s existence?

One possibility is that they didn’t know the key’s location, but another possibility...

They wanted to take down Optimus Prime.

Sam suddenly felt reassured: "They’re afraid of you, Optimus Prime."

"But he’s not in great shape now." Lille chimed in, "So this operation must be conducted in the sunlight: aliens have done so much on Earth, how could we not unite for a major action?

Now you see the wisdom of humanity, don’t you, Optimus Prime?"

Optimus Prime said nothing, but silently shifted and moved his newly repaired shoulder.

He indeed wasn’t in good shape.

Let’s go with the plan of this peculiar little person and see what happens.