Chapter 149: Battle with Bumblebee Again (Part 2)

This was a text message that left one completely confused.

So much so that Sam and Mikaela looked at each other in dismay after reading it.

It was not that they knew nothing about the Decepticons; having experienced the journey to escort the AllSpark and the subsequent brutal Battle of Las Vegas, the Autobots had long since come to regard the two of them as comrades-in-arms.

Especially Bumblebee, who had a good relationship with Sam and would occasionally chat with him about the planet Cybertron and their mortal enemies, the Decepticons.

Therefore, both of them had learned quite a bit about the Decepticons, whether actively or passively, and in their understanding, they had never known of the existence of any "Decepticon Reformist."

"... Decepticon Reformist? First time I've heard of it..."

Clearly, Bumblebee was also hearing this term for the first time, his voice likewise filled with confusion and bewilderment.

"It's obviously a trap..." Sam immediately took over the conversation, his hands gently patting the steering wheel. "Bumblebee, let's ignore him. It's best to throw the phone away immediately..."

"Sam... Sam..."

As soon as Mikaela saw his overly agitated reaction, she couldn't help but frown slightly. She suddenly remembered that when she was receiving psychological counseling services provided by the government, a counselor had once mentioned that Sam might be suffering from "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder." The most obvious manifestation was that whenever the Decepticons were mentioned, he would become extremely agitated and show a clear, intense reaction of trying to escape.

She felt no contempt for the mental illness her boyfriend might be suffering from; instead, she felt some sympathy.

Having experienced that escort journey with him, Mikaela knew very well just how brutal the impact was of seeing one fighter jet after another, one vibrant life after another, wither away before his eyes just to protect Sam, who was carrying the AllSpark, as he left.

Mature for her age, though her mindset was better than Sam's, she immediately comforted him softly: "The fact that they could find us means our identities are no longer a secret in the eyes of the Decepticons. Throwing the phone away won't solve any problems..."

Sam's face darkened; this was exactly what he feared. He would rather face those terrifying killing machines again than have his parents dragged into this.

"What should we do? Are we really going to meet him?" he asked back. "Knowing it might be a trap, and still jumping into it?"

"Sam, Mikaela is right..." Bumblebee was silent for a long while before he spoke again. "It is indeed very likely a trap, but your identities have already been exposed. To avoid leaving any future trouble, no matter what conspiracy the Decepticons are plotting, I must go and investigate..."

Having said that, he parked the car on the side of the road and opened the door.

"You two get out. To be safe, I'll go alone!"

Sam's expression changed slightly. He didn't want Bumblebee to go and take risks, but he also felt that what Mikaela and Bumblebee said made sense. Their identities had been exposed, and his family was very likely being targeted by those evil Decepticons. If they didn't figure out their intentions as soon as possible, he feared both families would have to live under the shadow of the Decepticons in the future.

After hesitating for a moment, his face went through a series of gloomy changes before he finally let out a long breath and calmed down again.

"I'm going with you, Bumblebee!" Sam said in a calm tone. After speaking, he turned to look at Mikaela beside him, his tone heavy: "Mikaela, you wait here."

"Sam..."

"Sam..."

Two calls rang out almost simultaneously, coming from Bumblebee and Mikaela respectively.

Unfortunately, Sam said firmly: "The phone was sent to me and Mikaela; we have nowhere to run. It's better to follow them and see. I also want to know what the Decepticons are planning..."

"This..." Bumblebee was somewhat indecisive.

On the contrary, Mikaela, who was on the side, said very unhappily: "I'm going too. Don't forget that I received the phone too!"

"Mikaela..."

Sam hurriedly looked at his girlfriend, intending to dissuade her, but he never expected that the response he saw was a pretty face as resolute and determined as his own.

The words that had reached his lips could no longer be spoken, so he had to swallow them back down.

After a brief silence, Bumblebee agreed somewhat reluctantly, "Alright, I have already notified the Leader, and they will arrive soon. Let's go. If there is danger later, you two find a place to hide first. I will try my best to stall them until the Leader and the others arrive..."

"Okay..."

"I understand..."

After editing and sending a text message, Sun Cheng sat on the ground, bored, looking up at the sky with some anticipation in his eyes.

During this recent period, he hadn't been doing nothing while cooped up in the Base.

After taking the opportunity to develop some intelligence personnel within the United States, as the net spread wider and wider, the "NEST Project," a collaboration between the Autobots and the United States government, also began to gradually open a small gap for him.

"... A military cooperation project, huh... The Autobots claim to be peace-loving, so I suppose they shouldn't be helping the U. S. military strike other human nations on Earth... Then the target is not hard to guess..."

His heart felt heavy; he had clearly guessed that the target of this "NEST Project" was very likely the Decepticons.

And since he had performed so conspicuously in the "Battle of Las Vegas," following the surprise attack and the death of Megatron, he would likely have a high probability of topping the "NEST Project's" target list.

After deducing this, while Sun Cheng was worried, he was not prepared to sit and wait for death.

In fact, he had started making preparations as soon as the Battle of Las Vegas ended; Base No. 2 was just one of his contingency plans.

The information on Sam and Mikaela, the two young people who had been protected by the Autobots during the Battle of Las Vegas, was obtained by him from his own intelligence network.

After learning their identities and names, Sun Cheng spent some time finally locking onto the city they were in, their contact information, and even their specific address.

Today, he was prepared to take the initiative to contact Sam and Mikaela. Firstly, he wanted to verify his guess that these two young people really did have an unusual relationship with the Autobots, so that if he were ever driven to a dead end in the future, they might be used to save his life; secondly, he was preparing to break away from Soundwave's Cassette Corps and start anew with a new identity.

Besides this, Sun Cheng also wanted to take the opportunity to probe the Autobots' true attitude toward him and the "NEST Project."

Before a guess was verified, it was ultimately just a guess.

Sun Cheng knew very well that he had neither the strength to launch an attack nor the influence of Starscream, so in this dangerous world, every step had to be carefully considered.

Just as he was boredly counting the time in his heart, he suddenly felt his fully-functioning Core capture a set of familiar Autobot fluctuations. Sun Cheng's face turned stern, and he hurriedly pushed himself up from the ground, becoming cautiously alert.

Not long after, a bright yellow, dilapidated Chevrolet Camaro sports car appeared within his field of vision.

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