Chapter 156: Attacking the Slumbering

Onslaught remained silent for a good while before finally raising his head to look at him.

"So, you came to me just to tell me this?"

Nothing more could be read from his face, but since Sun Cheng had come, he naturally would not leave easily.

He immediately continued: "The Autobots have already united with the humans of Earth. I obtained intelligence that they have formulated a plan targeting the Decepticons; wiping out Starscream's base is only the beginning..."

"Autobots..."

Onslaught's expression finally changed, but there was neither anger nor the slightest hint of unwillingness; it was a look of disdain mixed with a trace of a cold sneer.

Just as Sun Cheng was considering how to pry open his mouth and get the information he wanted, Onslaught, after another moment of silence, finally took the initiative to speak.

"Very well, some things can be told to you in advance."

He spoke slowly, his eyes carrying a hint of scrutiny as he looked at Sun Cheng, "Frenzy, do you know the origin of the Decepticon Legion?"

Onslaught was finally willing to reveal something to him, and Sun Cheng could not help but feel a surge of joy in his heart.

However, hearing him ask such a difficult question right off the bat, his eyes could not help but narrow sharply.

The origin of the Decepticon Legion?

If it were before the Battle of Las Vegas, Sun Cheng truly would not have known.

But after obtaining the Memory Chips of Blackout and Jazz, and having read the memory data of both, he had learned many secrets he previously did not know, including precious information about the origins of the Decepticons and Autobots, as well as the past history of the planet Cybertron.

After pondering for a moment and organizing his words slightly, Sun Cheng replied: "I was born during the Second Cybertronian Civil War, only a thousand years ago. Regarding the origin of the Decepticon Legion, I only know a few fragments!"

He looked up at Onslaught, but the other party kept staring at him with a straight gaze and did not mean to continue the conversation. How could he not understand that Onslaught was testing whether he was qualified to come into contact with more secrets?

He had no choice but to continue: "It is said that the Decepticon Legion was founded by Lord Megatron millions of years ago, and its predecessor was the military of the planet Cybertron during the era of the Council of Ancients."

Do not underestimate this short sentence, for this inconspicuous piece of information was something both Blackout and Jazz had hidden deep in the core of their memory data.

Onslaught looked at him blandly for a while before withdrawing his gaze and nodding slightly.

"It seems you have also read Jazz's Memory Chip. What you said is roughly correct, yet not entirely correct..."

He paused before continuing: "The predecessor of the Decepticon Legion was indeed the armed forces of the planet Cybertron during the Council of Ancients, but it is not accurate to say it was founded by Megatron. Strictly speaking, the original initiator of the Decepticon Legion was Lord Shockwave. When he was building the Decepticon Legion, Megatron was still just a gladiator performing for laughs. If he hadn't had a good teacher, given his background, whether he could have walked out of the arena alive would still be an unknown!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Cheng's chassis shook violently.

He hurriedly looked up at Onslaught with an expression of disbelief.

He had sensed long ago that Onslaught did not hold much respect for Megatron.

Sun Cheng had realized this point earlier when Onslaught had only entrusted him with finding the AllSpark without mentioning Megatron at all.

And then, during the Battle of Las Vegas, the fact that he had abandoned them and retreated alone as soon as he sensed something was wrong further verified this conjecture.

Now, hearing Onslaught personally admit his disdain and wariness regarding the Decepticons' origins, his reverence for Shockwave, and the mention of Megatron's teacher in his words—

These pieces of information instantly made his core feel a wave of heat!

Unfortunately, the information Sun Cheng possessed was truly too little, to the point where he was completely unable to deduce anything more from Onslaught's words.

However, he was unwilling to miss such a good opportunity, so he immediately pressed: "Lord Megatron has a teacher? Lord Onslaught, what exactly do you mean by telling me all this?"

Onslaught looked up toward the ceiling, his eyes becoming murky in an instant.

After a good while, he lowered his head and spoke again, "Starscream is no longer on Earth. I told you last time that he is playing with fire. This guy thinks that by hiding the secret on the Moon, he can keep it covered up. Unfortunately, he is wrong! The personage I could discover, Soundwave must have also sensed something. Nuclear bombs... hehe, the power of this weapon created by humans is not bad, but if he wants to destroy a Prime who has existed since the era of the Council of Ancients, he will regret it!"

The information revealed in this passage was so vast that Sun Cheng, having understood it, instantly felt his chassis stiffen in shock.

He looked up at Onslaught, staring unblinkingly, his eyes filled with unease and a trace of fear, his voice even trembling slightly.

"Lord Onslaught... do you mean to say that Lord Megatron's teacher, a Prime who has existed since the era of the Council of Ancients, is currently sleeping on the Moon?"

Sun Cheng did know that there was a Decepticon base on the Moon.

He had accepted all of Frenzy's memory data and had seen those fragments more than once, regarding Soundwave resurrecting him in the lunar base and ordering him to cooperate with Barricade to go to Earth to find Megatron and the AllSpark.

It was just that it was too absurd for him to accept.

"This... how is this possible... a Prime from the era of the Council of Ancients, didn't they all go missing?"

The reason the once powerful and glorious Council of Ancients was overthrown by the revolution of the Decepticons and Autobots was that, although the inciting cause was the severe corruption of the ruling class, the oppression of the people, and the plundering of resources, the main reason was rumored to be the successive disappearance of the Thirteen Primes who presided over the Council of Ancients, which finally sparked the revolution.

Otherwise, with the terrifying power of the legendary Primes who could easily destroy stars, even if Megatron and Optimus Prime had joined forces, they would not have been able to resist; how could the revolution have possibly overthrown the rule of the Council of Ancients?

Perhaps because the Primes were mentioned, even Onslaught's eyes were filled with admiration and fear. He was not like Sun Cheng; although he was born at the end of the Council of Ancients, he had actually witnessed the terror of those Primes, and thus was even more fearful than him.

Onslaught did not continue. Sun Cheng waited for a moment, and seeing that he still would not speak, he was just about to ask a few more questions when Onslaught waved his hand, directly interrupting him.

"It can be foreseen that Earth is about to fall into chaos. Starscream will soon make a big move. Once that one who is sleeping is awakened, Earth will become a new battlefield... The opponent of a Prime is always only another Prime. As for the Autobots and the humans of Earth, Megatron will let them know the wrath of the Decepticons. How could a student trained by a Prime die easily? The water here is too deep..."

After finishing, he looked at Sun Cheng coldly, with some envy but more sympathy.

"Half a month from now, come and take over this place. I will leave soon to go into slumber to digest the benefits I obtained from the AllSpark. As for you... if we can meet in the future..."

He did not finish his sentence before waving his hand and closing his eyes, preparing to drive him away!

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