Chapter 447: Skyfire (Part 2)

Inside the dimly lit, massive exhibition hall, a Blackbird reconnaissance plane sat quietly in a corner; its special airframe and paint job made it inconspicuous within the dim hall.

However, both Sun Cheng and Pathfinder had long since memorized the entire layout of the exhibition hall in their minds.

Therefore, the moment they pushed open the doors and entered the exhibition hall, both of them tacitly looked toward that Blackbird.

"Is it this one?"

Sun Cheng asked, his expression incomparably grave.

While stealing control of all the museum's surveillance equipment just moments ago, he had already scanned the entire museum, with the exhibition hall in front of him being a key target for scanning.

Yet, his scanning ability, which had never failed him before, had malfunctioned here.

He had not captured even a shred of special fluctuation; the Blackbird not far away seemed exactly like an ordinary U. S. military aircraft, with absolutely no special characteristics to be felt.

Pathfinder nodded, his tone very certain: "Yes, Master. Just like you, I did not detect anything unusual when I first came here. Not until the scout I deployed discovered a Decepticon insignia on the underside of this Blackbird's fuselage!"

Sun Cheng nodded; he had seen the footage Pathfinder had transmitted to him, so he naturally knew.

The reason he had asked him just now was merely out of shock after his reliable scanning ability had failed.

The two Decepticons walked a few quick steps and soon arrived beside the Blackbird.

Because he had already stolen control of all surveillance equipment in the museum, Sun Cheng had long since frozen the surveillance footage in this exhibition hall to one minute before they entered, so as long as they didn't make a thunderous noise in the hall, there was no need to worry about being discovered by those two guards who were clearly slacking off.

Furthermore, while controlling all the museum's surveillance equipment, Sun Cheng had also incidentally paralyzed the museum's fire alarm system.

However, to avoid arousing the guards' suspicions, he did not cut off the communication signals within the museum, so being careful was always the right thing to do.

Upon getting this close, Sun Cheng soon realized that this Blackbird before him indeed had issues.

Reaching out to gently stroke the Blackbird's fuselage, the blue light in his eyes suddenly brightened.

"The material is definitely not Titanium Alloy... This is System Alloy... No, it is another type of unknown alloy..."

This discovery immediately sent his interest soaring, and he promptly ordered: "Pathfinder, you stand guard for me on the side. I am going to thoroughly check the status of this Decepticon..."

"Yes!"

Pathfinder responded, then immediately walked to the side, not even looking at the Blackbird, and began to stand guard for him earnestly.

Seeing this, Sun Cheng nodded inwardly with satisfaction, and then the palm he was using to touch the Blackbird began to twist and deform, his fingers immediately turning into metal tentacles that writhed like liquid.

Without any further movement from him, those metal tentacles began to split rapidly, quickly transforming from the initial five into countless thin, long tentacles, spreading toward the top and bottom of the Blackbird reconnaissance plane in front of Sun Cheng, soon wrapping it within them.

"Initiating full-body scan... No life signs... Preparing to link to Core... Warning, Core denies access... Changing reading method, Core denies access... Changing reading method, Core denies access... Changing reading method, Core denies access... Changing reading method, Core denies access... Changing reading method, Core denies access... Successfully linked to Core, obtained temporary authorization... Performing airframe self-check, confirmed Spark is exhausted... Irreparable..."

"Dead?"

Sun Cheng opened his eyes in surprise!

He had thought this Decepticon was hibernating here, but he had not expected it to be already dead.

However, as more data fed back from the tentacles detecting the other party's airframe, he knew he was wrong; more accurately, this Decepticon that transformed into a Blackbird reconnaissance plane had not actually fully died yet.

He was currently in a very peculiar state, about to die but not yet dead; to use a concept from Earth, he was in shock.

Yes!

The data fed back by the tentacles showed that this guy's current state was extremely dangerous.

Perhaps because of his advanced age, although it could not be seen from the exterior for the time being, this Decepticon who transformed into a Blackbird had an airframe that was already decayed beyond repair.

Coupled with the exhausted Spark and the long-term lack of energy replenishment, the main structures inside his airframe had all severely rusted; even if he received a large amount of energy replenishment immediately, it would only barely keep him alive.

Unless...

Unless someone was willing to use a holy relic like the 【AllSpark】 to forcibly trigger an Awakening, otherwise his consciousness would fall into an eternal sleep.

After confirming the status of this Decepticon, Sun Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.

If his previous guess was correct, then this guy could be considered the third Pathfinder he had dealt with.

It was just that, unlike the other two Pathfinders he had had dealings with in the past, this guy was the only Pathfinder he had ever seen who was still alive.

Although all the information Sun Cheng possessed indicated that the Pathfinders, who could be called the elders of Cybertronian civilization, were not as difficult to deal with as the current Decepticon Legion, he had no certainty in his heart whether the rumors were true or false.

This was just as well; the existence of a dying, suspected Pathfinder was undoubtedly more in line with his interests.

Taking advantage of the fact that he had just stolen temporary authorization of the other party's Core, Sun Cheng hurriedly focused his mind and quickly searched for the other party's Memory Chip.

To his surprise, unlike his previous encounter with Megatron, almost just as a thought popped up, he discovered that he had already found the other party's Memory Chip.

Hurriedly and tentatively linking it with his own consciousness, the next moment, countless Memory Data surged into his Core, churning continuously.

"... Oh, let me see... A cute little one, you will surely be a brave Warrior..."

"... I am Jetfire, your creator, which is to say your father... This is my Laboratory, located on the Skyfire Plateau of Cybertron; your name shall be Jetfire..."

"... Jetfire, my pride... You are intelligent, valiant, and kind; you have accompanied me here since your birth, and it has been over two thousand years now... But you are different from me; you are still young, while I, your father, am already old. I have no more knowledge to impart to you..."

"... I once loved Cybertron deeply, this planet that gave birth to me... But the nobles exiled me, just because I was loyal to Primus... My passion has already dried up, but you are still young... I know you have always wanted to understand the outside world, and there is much knowledge outside that I cannot teach you... Leave here, child... Go to Kaon, go to Iacon, go to the Soaring City, and then go find Shockwave; you will learn more things from him..."

PS:

1. Corrected the error from earlier where the exhibition hall door was a rolling shutter; having watched the movie a long time ago, my memory was blurry and mistaken.

2. Sorry, today, in order to find more information about 'Jetfire', I had to take some time to re-watch the 【Revenge of the Fallen】 movie and the animation.