Chapter 450: Encounter

"Gone!"

The blue light in the eyes of First-born faltered, then he turned to look the other way, continuing to keep watch as if nothing had happened, as if he had seen nothing at all.

All the Decepticons under Sun Cheng's command who had followed him until now knew that their master had a great many secrets hidden away.

However, since the master did not speak of them, no one would—and no one dared—to ask.

Megatron had spent millions of years successfully branding the "truth" that 【Might Makes Right】 into the bones of every Decepticon; while this brought him supreme power, it also sowed the seeds of turmoil.

Those powerful and cunning Decepticon conspirators, including Starscream, knew very well that as long as they could defeat Megatron, they could take advantage of the situation to replace his position within the Decepticon Legion.

Sun Cheng had not yet thought that far ahead, but he was quite satisfied with First-born's attitude, while at the same time silently warning himself that mastering the 【Space Bridge】, a piece of super black technology held by 【Jetfire】, would be the most urgent Task he needed to complete in the near future.

His suspicious nature soon flared up after he temporarily transferred the Blackbird into the Spherical Space within his own body.

Terrible consequences of his secrets being discovered began to constantly pop up in his mind; Sun Cheng was clearly frightened by his own horrific fantasies, and his sharp, spike-like teeth gnashed together with a clattering sound.

But he still forced himself to suppress those terrifying yet ridiculous fantasies, "Let's go!"

Sun Cheng gave the order in a low voice, then walked toward the damaged gate of the exhibition hall nearby without looking back.

First-born acknowledged the order and followed closely behind; the two Decepticons soon walked out of the exhibition hall. At this time, the first light of dawn could already be faintly seen in the east, though it would likely take about another half hour before it was fully daybreak.

After arriving at the outdoor exhibition area, without Sun Cheng needing to give further orders, the two Decepticons tacitly transformed back into their fighter jet forms, simultaneously activated their internal Optical Stealth Devices, and quickly flew away from Washington D. C.

Just like when they arrived, because they did not want to have another conflict with the Autobots or the Americans at such a time, they carefully avoided the U. S. military bases along the way and flew toward the south.

After a full seven or eight hours, they finally arrived in Louisiana.

Not long after entering the territory, Sun Cheng, who had remained silent the entire way, suddenly stopped flying.

"... Master, have you discovered something?"

First-born's speed was a bit slower than his, but their flight speed along the way had not been fast, and the two Decepticons were only separated by less than a hundred meters, one behind the other.

Upon discovering that his master had stopped flying forward, the latter clearly realized there was a problem and immediately asked him.

"At a bearing of 36 degrees south, approximately 74 kilometers away from us, I have captured four sets of Autobot frequencies!"

Sun Cheng answered in a low voice, though a hint of confusion could be heard in his tone.

First-born felt a tightening in his chest; he did not doubt his master's discovery, because he knew that his master kept his reconnaissance system active while flying.

First-born's own body was actually equipped with a fairly powerful reconnaissance system as well, but he simply hadn't activated it just now.

After all, the Spark within him could not compare to Sun Cheng's, and maintaining another set of Optical Stealth Devices while flying was already straining his Spark.

"Four Autobots?"

First-born was somewhat skeptical, "Could it be that my previous battle in Mexico with 【Sideways】 and 【Brawl】 has been exposed?"

Sun Cheng did not answer; he was actually thinking the same thing.

Neither Decepticon suspected that the incident in Washington D. C., where he had just stolen the Blackbird high-speed reconnaissance plane stored at the 【National Air and Space Museum】, had been exposed.

Because losing a piece of former U. S. military high-end flight hardware that was still in relatively good condition would certainly cause a huge sensation among the American top brass, but it was, after all, just a retired reconnaissance device.

The Americans would certainly not think it was a Decepticon elder, rather than something they had manufactured themselves.

After all, if Sun Cheng and his group hadn't accidentally cracked that set of coordinates from the information transmitted by the 【AllSpark】 fragment, they would never have found 【Jetfire】 at all.

Of course, the theft of 【Jetfire】 could still potentially be exposed.

The special research organization 【Sector 7】 once established by the Americans had secretly studied Megatron for nearly a hundred years, and thus had mastered quite a bit of technology for detecting Cybertronians.

Although after the 【Battle of Las Vegas】, all the intelligence Sun Cheng obtained indicated that 【Sector 7】 had been disbanded and all surviving researchers had been dispersed to work in major research institutions across the United States, Sun Cheng had received one piece of rather unfavorable news.

An informant of his in the CIA sold him a very important piece of intelligence for a "high price" of two million dollars.

Some bigwigs in the U. S. military seemed to have used behind-the-scenes maneuvering to transfer several Decepticon remains—which the Autobots had been forced to hand over to them—to several major U. S. arms companies at a low price, attempting to obtain more useful military technology from them.

Arms companies were not like national research institutions such as 【Sector 7】; Sun Cheng was genuinely worried that they might research something. After all, the lower the level of the Decepticon, the lower the technical content used in their bodies, making it easier for the Americans' research capabilities to crack them. He suspected that the reason Megatron dared to let the Americans study him openly for over a hundred years was that the arrogant fellow must have considered that with Earthling technology, it was impossible to glean much from him.

Moreover, Sun Cheng did not believe that the technologies the Americans had mastered from studying Megatron for nearly a hundred years would be abandoned along with the disbandment of 【Sector 7】.

Therefore, it was not impossible for them to be suspected regarding the 【National Air and Space Museum】, but it was impossible for the other side to be that efficient.

It's just that...

Although the Americans had always treated the Americas as their own backyard, and they indeed possessed huge influence in the Americas, especially over their two neighbors, Canada and Mexico, they now also had the help of the Autobots.

But it made no sense for a few Autobots to run to Louisiana to look for something just because First-born had fought a great battle with 【Sideways】 and 【Brawl】 in a remote mountainous area within Mexico a few days ago.

Unless, the fleeing 【Sideways】 had been targeted by the Autobots?

Sun Cheng became interested, but considering that rushing 【Jetfire】 back to Base No. 2 was more important, he could only forcibly suppress the idea of following them to take a look.

Then, after giving a few instructions to First-born, the two carefully bypassed the Autobots and continued flying toward South America.

Yet unexpectedly, just as they arrived over the port of Lazaro Cardenas in Mexico, suddenly, the reconnaissance system that Sun Cheng had kept active while flying issued another warning.

It had once again captured four sets of complex electromagnetic spectra unique to Mechanical Life, only this time, the targets captured were clearly not Autobots; they were violent and volatile—they were, in fact, Decepticons!

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