Chapter 249: Doubt

Although Sun Cheng had only met Megatron once, if one were to place The Fallen and Megatron before him, there was no doubt that the latter instilled a more intense fear in him.

The reason was simple: as for who The Fallen really was and what his strength was, he was relying entirely on the fragmented words left behind by Frenzy and the general of the giant beasts!

For things one has not personally come into contact with, even if others describe them as powerful, it is hard not to have some doubts in one's heart.

Therefore, his attitude toward The Fallen was at most just fear!

It was Megatron, on the other hand—the tyrant who had ruled the Decepticon Legion for millions of years, who had once commanded the Decepticons to defeat the incomparably powerful Autobots, and who had made the Predacons submit—who had left a deep impression on Frenzy, Blackout, Jazz, and Mudflap.

It was precisely because Sun Cheng had absorbed their memory data that he had such a profound understanding of Megatron's past terror; this master was a cruel tyrant who had once committed countless slaughters on Cybertron.

An indescribable fear froze all his actions and thinking abilities in an instant.

But after pausing for a while, Sun Cheng reacted: "... No, Megatron is indeed already dead... In the Battle of Las Vegas, he was destroyed right in front of me by the human boy Sam using the AllSpark... My eyes cannot deceive me..."

Clouds of suspicion quietly filled his heart, and Sun Cheng hurriedly dismissed the thought of retreating; he had already realized the problem!

"This place might be a trap..."

He immediately turned his core functions to the maximum and, being naturally suspicious, carefully scanned the area within tens of nautical miles around the trench over and over again without stopping.

Sure enough, he soon captured some abnormal fluctuations.

"As expected..."

Having captured the abnormal activity, Sun Cheng felt a sense of relief instead.

Compared to an ambush by the Autobots, a Megatron who might still be alive undoubtedly made him feel more afraid.

After all, whether it was the fact that he had effectively defected from the Decepticon Legion and given himself the title of 'Decepticon Reformist Leader' to swindle people everywhere; or that he had tacitly cooperated with Starscream to set up Soundwave while knowing full well that Starscream harbored malicious intentions; or even that he had stolen Blackout's head, leaving this trusted aide of Megatron with no possibility of resurrection.

Any one of these actions, once known by the tyrant Megatron, would mean the only outcome for Sun Cheng was to be torn apart by Megatron and then carelessly thrown into a trash heap.

Therefore, if he had truly encountered an ambush by the Autobots, it was actually good news for him now.

The core quickly identified several places where subtle abnormal fluctuations were coming from, and Sun Cheng cautiously kept watch within the trench.

Humans might have mistakenly measured the structural integrity of mechanical life with the depth of their own thinking, but their starting point was indeed correct.

Ten thousand meters under the deep sea should be the most dangerous place on Earth.

Except for himself, most of his methods could not be used here.

Micro-reconnaissance Drones could not be used, and Combat Robots could not be used; the terrifying water pressure ten thousand meters below would destroy everything in an instant.

After all, as non-recoverable disposable equipment, the Workers did not use very good materials when mass-producing them.

The same went for the Combat Robots; for cost considerations, the basis for the Combat Robots designed by Atlas and the others was still the originally finalized industrial robots. If one did not count the most precious core and energy systems, the cost of the chassis alone was only two or three hundred thousand dollars, and even including the weapon systems, it only increased by seven or eight hundred thousand dollars. Moreover, considering the production costs of Workers and industrial robots, this price could actually be pushed down even further.

Because of this, the structural strength of the Combat Robots was not much stronger than the composite armor used by the third-generation main battle tanks currently on the market, and they simply could not withstand the terrifying pressure ten thousand meters under the deep sea.

So, he really could only rely on himself!

Hiding in the trench, Sun Cheng kept a careful watch for a while, but could not help but feel some doubts again.

Based on his understanding of the Autobots, they and the Decepticons had a deep-seated hatred; if they had really discovered him, it would be impossible for them to remain calm, and they should have rushed up long ago.

Not feeling at ease, he scanned toward the distant remains of Megatron again, and the blue light in his eyes could not help but become more intense!

The chassis of a Leader, and the memory chip likely not having been removed, undoubtedly held an astonishing temptation for Sun Cheng.

Immediately, he took out the Triangular Blade of Sideswipe from the Spherical Space, and holding it in his hand, he carefully hugged the seabed and slowly moved toward the first place where the core had detected abnormal fluctuations.

Along the way, Sun Cheng was careful and more careful; at the slightest fluctuation of the water current, he would alertly stop and watch his surroundings.

As a result, it took him a full ten minutes to cover the distance of over a thousand meters before he approached the place where the abnormal fluctuations were coming from.

However, upon getting close and looking, Sun Cheng could not help but let out a soft "eh."

Although the seabed ten thousand meters deep was not only pitch black but the mud at the bottom of the trench was also murky, from a distance of several hundred meters, with his vision, he could still clearly see exactly what was emitting the abnormal fluctuations!

"That is... a submarine monitoring device made by humans?"

Looking from afar, a strange machine was indeed exposed in the silt of the seabed. Sun Cheng had seen many such devices on the seabed; some came from Europe, some from Russia, some were manufactured in Japan or China, but more were American goods.

They were submarine monitoring devices manufactured by various countries around the world that aspired to build a world navy to compete for the blue ocean. Their working principle was the same as sonar, and they were a special type of equipment that monitored the water surface above from the seabed.

He observed carefully for a moment, and after noticing the American logo printed on the equipment, his expression was stunned for a moment, and then he slowly let out a sigh of relief.

"So the abnormal fluctuations detected by the core came from these underwater monitoring devices..."

With a movement of his core, he immediately controlled these monitoring devices. After checking the data stored inside the equipment, the expression on Sun Cheng's face became serious once again.

The coordinates of Megatron's corpse that his core had captured earlier did not come from these monitoring devices.

Thus, doubt crept into his heart again!

Who exactly was it?

Who had sent out those precise coordinates of Megatron's corpse?

And who were they trying to lure here?

Unease could not help but fill his heart once again.

In his doubt, his gaze looked toward the distance, at the corner of the deep trench less than a thousand meters away, the burial ground of the former leader of the Decepticon Legion, and he hesitated again.

It was not until a good while later that he tightened his grip on the Triangular Blade and walked quickly toward Megatron's corpse.

Sun Cheng had a premonition that all his doubts might be answered there.

Moreover, if he wanted to leave now, it was probably already too late!