Chapter 356: Long Time No See, Starscream (Part 1)

Firelight, explosions, and wailing—the chaos within the Severodvinsk naval port soon made the ordinary residents living in this northernmost Russian port city uneasy and restless. Accompanied by flames shooting into the sky and the continuous sound of explosions, the increasing number of lights turning on and alarm calls within the city only intensified this unease.

"... Quick, quick, quick, notify Arkhangelsk immediately, we need support... send Black Sharks and Crocodiles over as soon as possible... we need armed helicopters... the more the better, the faster the better..."

"... There are police cars trying to approach the port? Bastards, seal off the port and strictly forbid anyone from entering..."

"... How is the street clearing going... Yes, yes, yes, create a cordon, we need to safely lure the intruders to the camp on the outskirts of the city!"

"... A call from City Hall? Tell them we have no comment..."

After reaching a preliminary consensus with the Colonel, the Pioneer finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The four Decepticons who had joined forces to invade the naval port were already beyond the scope of what he could handle, but Sun Cheng's order to him was to protect the Workers he had dispatched and the safety of their own assets. He naturally had his own scale of judgment, so being able to use the hands of the Russian military to lure the invading Decepticons from the shipyard inside the naval port to the outskirts of Severodvinsk, tens of kilometers away, before engaging in battle was undoubtedly the best choice.

"... Try to drag it out for a while, I need over an hour to arrive!"

About a few minutes after the emergency communication was sent, he finally received a reply from his master. Although it was unclear how he could arrive at Severodvinsk, tens of thousands of miles away from Base No. 2, in such a short time, the Pioneer's spirit was still involuntarily shaken.

With over an hour of time, he was quite confident he could drag it out with the cooperation of the Russian military.

"Boom..."

The Pioneer, carrying the Decepticon that had been clinging to him, slammed into a sudden stop on a street near the naval port. His body narrowly dodged a grenade, but due to inertia, he was still violently thrown against the wall nearby.

In an instant, a shallow hole was smashed into the wall of the red-brick building, which was clearly left over from the Soviet era.

"Lowly vermin, finally stopped running?"

The deep mechanical voice was filled with undisguised irritability and rage. Bonecrusher, one of the Decepticon twins who had been chasing closely behind his flank, rushed up temperately and grabbed the tail of the Pioneer—who was currently shaking his head with a noticeably sluggish consciousness after hitting the wall—and violently smashed him, still in his beast form, onto the ground nearby.

At the same time, the machine cannon on his left hand aimed directly at the Pioneer's head, followed by several grenades bombarding his skull.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Sparks splashed everywhere amidst the sound of explosions, and quite a few cracks appeared unexpectedly.

It was also thanks to the fact that his chassis was built by Onslaught, a well-known modification expert of the Decepticon Legion. Although the material quality was far inferior to an Advanced Warrior, it still utilized many rare metals, and even compared to an advanced Cannon Fodder-type Decepticon like Bonecrusher, who was personally created by Starscream, it was not much worse.

Seeing this, Bonecrusher became even more irritable and raised his hand to smash a fist toward the Pioneer's head.

Bang!

Successive heavy punches landed, and every punch that hit the Pioneer's head caused the light in his eyes to flicker rapidly.

His limbs scratched wildly everywhere, attempting to break free from Bonecrusher's restraint, but unfortunately, the power gap between the two was too great, and his beast form was more focused on high-speed movement, which was inherently disadvantageous for combat.

Seeing that he had fallen into a disadvantage, the Pioneer was feeling anxious when suddenly, an RPG rocket accurately hit Bonecrusher, who was currently abusing him. The violent impact of the explosion kept slamming Bonecrusher backward, and the erupting airflow also blew him away in an instant.

"Good chance!"

Although he had sustained not-insignificant injuries, it ultimately did not affect his mobility.

How could the Pioneer not seize such a good opportunity? He hurriedly leaped up from the snow, completed a transformation in mid-air with a backflip, and having returned to his combat form, he immediately pulled out the Plasma Cannon configured for him by the Base from his lower back and fired a shot fiercely at Bonecrusher.

"Boom..."

Bonecrusher was clearly caught off guard by the RPG rocket that had suddenly hit him. The Russian military stationed in the Severodvinsk naval port was clearly equipped with a considerable number of PIII-22 rocket launchers. Being hit by this kind of anti-tank weapon, which could easily penetrate the 400mm steel armor plates of second-generation tanks, caused Bonecrusher to suffer a significant loss, and a terrifying wound instantly appeared on his side chassis.

Being injured by a human he looked down upon, Bonecrusher was exceptionally furious.

But before the enraged him could go and tear apart the human who had injured him, a sudden sense of unease in his heart made him subconsciously leap to the side.

But it was ultimately a bit too late. A deep blue energy beam narrowly missed his head, but it ultimately hit his right shoulder.

The explosion caused his body to stagger and fall to the ground. Soon, a section of a metal arm, which he was all too familiar with, also fell from the air not far in front of Bonecrusher.

Quickly realizing what it actually was, he turned his head to glance at his now-empty right arm and the shoulder that was still leaking dark green liquid. The orange-red color in Bonecrusher's eyes flared intensely.

"Damn vermin, I want you dead!"

He immediately stood up from the ground, his face ferocious as he hissed viciously at the Pioneer, intending to rush up again to continue hunting him down.

Unfortunately, at this moment, the Pioneer had already received a signal he had been waiting for half a day from the agreed-upon communication channel of the Russian garrison.

"The street has been cleared, Lord Pioneer, please immediately lure the intruder to the outskirts, we will provide you with fire support!"

"Received, I understand!"

After replying quickly, the Pioneer raised his Plasma Cannon, making a gesture as if to fire another shot at Bonecrusher.

Bonecrusher was indeed very wary of the Energy Weapon he was equipped with and subconsciously jumped behind a nearby building, attempting to dodge his fire, but his eyes were fixed firmly on the Plasma Cannon in the Pioneer's hand, not concealing his greedy gaze.

However, the Pioneer did not waste any more of his energy on him in vain.

He leaped away coldly, and by the time he landed, he had already transformed back into his beast form.

Then, ignoring Bonecrusher, he turned and rushed back rapidly in the direction of the naval port.

"Vermin, where are you fleeing to!"

Seeing that he was preparing to escape, how could Bonecrusher let the fat meat that had reached his mouth fly away? With a ferocious face, tempted by the Energy Weapon, he even forgot the thought he had just had of tearing apart the lowly human who had used a rocket to injure him. He quickly chased after the Pioneer, charging back into the naval port once again.