Chapter 455: Startling the Snake (End)

"How much certainty do you have?"

Although he was asking a question, Sun Cheng's tone was very certain.

Atlas lowered his head again, not meeting his gaze, but still answered him.

"... If we use the fragment we have been using to cultivate Newborn Decepticons, then I have at least an eighty percent chance of being able to revive him!"

Sun Cheng's eyes narrowed slightly; he did not say anything more, but instead began to seriously consider the pros and cons.

The number of AllSpark fragments in his possession was not high; as the most bountiful reward from the Battle of Las Vegas, he discovered during the post-war tally that he had obtained a total of four fragments.

Afterwards, three of the fragments were kept by Sun Cheng in his Spherical Space for a long time, until another fragment he had kept for research was unexpectedly discovered to still possess partial AllSpark capabilities after absorbing enough energy, which was when it finally received attention.

Up to now, besides the fragment the pioneer had just obtained from the human boy—Sam, Sun Cheng himself only kept the largest fragment he had obtained, while the other three were all handed over to Atlas and the others to use.

Of the three fragments, one was in Huan's Laboratory, undergoing a series of tests; the set of accurate location coordinates regarding Jetfire that they had obtained previously was acquired after Huan cracked the massive amount of information contained within that fragment.

As for the other two fragments, they were kept by Atlas; one was placed in a specialized power conversion device to absorb energy, while the other was used for "cultivating Newborn Decepticons."

This was also the reason Sun Cheng realized he was playing tricks on him!

Atlas was the direct person in charge of the Base's "Newborn Decepticon Cultivation Project"; every Newborn Decepticon that wanted to possess intelligence needed to receive radiation from an AllSpark fragment after birth. If they failed, they would become muddled Decepticons with no reason, their minds filled only with battle and a desire for destruction; only with a certain probability could they successfully develop intelligence and reason.

Although the Base's "Newborn Decepticon cultivation" work had been going on for a long time since the birth of the first "Newborn Decepticon"—Adam, the success rate to this day was still not one hundred percent.

The cultivation work of "Newborn Decepticons" was crucial to the development of the Base, and because of this, Sun Cheng had granted them great freedom and authority.

All along, Atlas had been leading a team of Engineers, working day and night to strive to increase the success rate of cultivating "Newborn Decepticons."

During this period, they had also attempted various experiments to stimulate fragment radiation, and even analyzed the structure of the AllSpark fragments; their understanding of the fragments was naturally far superior to Sun Cheng's.

After pondering the pros and cons of reviving Jetfire in his heart, Sun Cheng quickly dismissed this thought.

He had once peeked into the other's memories while at the museum, although it was only a fleeting glance, and it could not be said that he had looked very carefully.

But Sun Cheng could still feel that although Jetfire was a Decepticon elder and had a decent relationship with Shockwave, he had an irrepressible disgust for Megatron, the Decepticon Legion, and even his own Decepticon identity.

Even though Sun Cheng was just as unimpressed with the Decepticon Legion and Megatron, he had never denied his own identity as a Decepticon, because in this world, this status brought him too many benefits.

Moreover, given the other's status and strength, he did not believe that Jetfire would choose to defect to him after being awakened.

Having made a decision in his heart, he glanced at Jetfire, who was lying quietly on the test bench, "... I need the things in his head; there is no need to awaken him for now..."

Sun Cheng intended to extract Jetfire's memories bit by bit, especially the super-technologies from the peak of Cybertronian civilization preserved in his head, which he had to master.

Afterwards, whether it would still be necessary to awaken Jetfire would be a matter for another time.

At least for the short term, he had no intention of wasting a fragment to awaken the other.

"Yes!"

Atlas lowered his head and replied, his eyes unable to hide his disappointment.

He had indeed played some small tricks, but there was not much selfishness involved; it was purely because he wanted to test the limits of the fragment's capabilities.

However, since his master did not agree, he would not force the issue.

He then asked: "Then Master, regarding the memory extraction work for him, should it be left to us to do?"

"No need!"

Sun Cheng did not even think before decisively dispelling everyone's thoughts. He coldly swept his gaze over Atlas, a look that pierced so sharply that all the Engineers who were secretly peeking at him lowered their heads, his voice colder than it had ever been: "I will be personally responsible for this matter!"

The group of Decepticons under his command were all developing their own little schemes now.

He did not have the energy to dwell on what his subordinates were thinking while surrounded by powerful enemies.

He would decisively wake them up first; Sun Cheng was selfish, but he had never thought about preventing the Engineers under his command from coming into contact with the black technology from the peak of Cybertronian civilization.

It was just that Jetfire's memories hid too many secrets of the Decepticon Legion and even the past of Cybertron.

During that previous fleeting glance, he had been so shocked that the beating frequency of his own Spark had slowed down.

Prime Sentinel Prime, Megatron, Shockwave, and even The Fallen—as an elder who had experienced the most brilliant era of Cybertronian civilization, Jetfire had almost directly experienced or indirectly participated in the birth of the Decepticon Legion, the decline of the Council of Ancients, the counterattack of the Prime Dynasty, and the First Civil War between the Decepticons and the Autobots.

Some things, since they had already dissipated in the long river of history, were already known by too many people if one more person knew!

Sun Cheng's unprecedentedly cold attitude undoubtedly intimidated the group of Decepticons under his command who had recently become slightly complacent and arrogant.

Facing his cold gaze, even Atlas, who had always been highly favored in front of him, was clearly terrified at this moment.

Seeming to notice that Sun Cheng's gaze had lingered on him for a moment longer, for an instant, he felt as if the Core within his body was about to freeze.

So much so that he didn't even hear a single word of what his master said afterwards.

It was not until Sun Cheng withdrew his gaze and waved his hand to signal them to leave that Atlas finally managed to come to his senses.

He hurriedly bowed to him and turned to walk out of the Laboratory.

As his gaze followed the closing of the Laboratory door, Sun Cheng looked back at Jetfire, who was still lying motionless on the test bench in front of him, and pondered by himself how to maximize his value.

He did not know how much time had passed when a dense alarm sound suddenly rang out.

Sun Cheng had only just come to his senses when, the next moment, Huan's voice reached the Laboratory.

"Master, we have trouble... 6 minutes ago, a satellite lost contact with us!"

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