Chapter 462: From Today On, Your Name Is [Thunder] (Part 2)

"Prepare to initiate the Awakening!"

There was no problem with the Core; it was just his own suspicion.

However, Sun Cheng would not feel guilty for doubting his subordinates. In this strange world, if he relaxed his vigilance even a little, he might lose the force he had painstakingly built up with such great effort.

The Engineers were very nimble. After receiving his final order, two Engineers immediately stepped forward, standing to the left and right of the machine—which stood over ten meters tall—that was suspending the New Body of Blackout, and began to operate it.

Soon, the silver-gray mechanical giant's body, which had been suspended on the machine, slowly transitioned from hanging in the air to standing firmly on the ground.

During the movement, the alloy armor on the back of its head and its chest began to slowly squirm, each cracking open to reveal two holes of different sizes.

Atlas, meanwhile, held the dark green crystal in his own hands and walked quickly to the front of the mechanical giant.

Without any further movement from him, three slender, metallic-lustered tentacles suddenly extended from the palm of his right hand holding the crystal. They tightly gripped the crystal and continuously climbed upward, disappearing into the back of the silver-gray mechanical giant's head in the blink of an eye.

"Done!"

The tentacles were retracted shortly after. After Atlas gave an instruction to the two Engineers responsible for operating the machine, the armor on the back of the silver-gray giant's head slowly squirmed again, and the bowl-sized hole that had been there just a moment ago was no longer visible.

After finishing this, several beams of light shot out from the fixing frames above, below, and to the sides of the machine, scanning back and forth several times to ensure there were no issues with the body.

Only then did the other Engineer operate the machine to begin the final step of the Awakening.

A long rod, as thick as a bowl and made entirely of anti-radiation crystal, slowly extended from one side of the machine. It moved as nimbly as a human arm in the air, curved, and pierced bit by bit toward the chest of the silver-gray mechanical giant suspended on the machine.

Its speed was not fast; it was clear that the Engineers were being very cautious.

Sun Cheng naturally knew why: because the tip of that specially made anti-radiation crystal rod was a fragment of the AllSpark.

The radiation from the fragment could be used to activate any Decepticon, and it could also transform any machine containing semiconductor components into a muddled, irritable Decepticon.

To be safe, once the fragment began charging, it needed to be kept in a special anti-radiation device.

It was dangerous.

An Engineer was carefully controlling the fragment. Although he had performed this operation many times, he still appeared very cautious.

He needed to carefully control the AllSpark fragment to touch the New Body of Blackout, and then use the powerful radiation energy—which had become active again after long-term charging within the fragment—to activate this New Body in one go, granting Blackout a second life.

The entire process allowed for no mistakes. Fortunately, the Engineers had accumulated quite a bit of experience during the previous process of replacing New Bodies for the Decepticons at the Base. They had even concluded that the probability of successfully activating a New Body in one go was several times higher when the fragment touched the Spark than when it touched other parts.

That was why they were operating this way now!

The Engineer very carefully controlled the fragment, moving it bit by bit toward the Spark that was faintly visible within the hole that had just cracked open on the chest of the New Body of Blackout.

Although it looked very slow, the entire process did not actually take long.

After about forty seconds, the fragment successfully reached into the chest cavity of the New Body of Blackout.

It was truly miraculous; the AllSpark fragment embedded at the tip of the anti-radiation crystal had shown no abnormalities at all during the movement.

But the moment it reached into the chest of the silver-gray mechanical giant, it suddenly turned bright red, as if it had become a piece of metal that had been scorched in a fire for a long time.

Then, a shocking amount of radiation suddenly shot out from the fragment, heading straight into the dim Spark within Blackout's chest cavity.

Accompanied by a low, booming sound, the dim Spark in the chest cavity of the New Body of Blackout also began to emit a blood-red light, as if it had started to burn.

"Retract the fragment immediately!"

Sun Cheng commanded sternly!

When the AllSpark fragment activated the Spark of a New Body, for some unknown reason, it would always show a tendency to be attracted to the Spark and be unable to resist merging with it.

This phenomenon was very frequent, and Sun Cheng and his team had encountered it many times before, nearly losing the few fragments he had on hand.

Although, according to the guesses of Atlas, Huan, and himself, if the fragment truly merged into their Sparks, it would bring unexpected benefits to the one who merged.

But Sun Cheng was not such a generous person. The AllSpark had been shattered by the Spark of Megatron during the Battle of Las Vegas, and the five fragments that had fallen into his hands now might be the very last of the AllSpark fragments. He hadn't even been able to bring himself to use them, so how could he be willing to bestow them upon other Decepticons?

Without needing his order, the experienced Engineers, the moment the Spark of the New Body of Blackout was activated, controlled the machine to make the anti-radiation crystal surrounding the fragment extend forward, forcibly blocking the attraction between it and the Spark of the New Body of Blackout.

Seeing that the fragment had been successfully retracted into the anti-radiation crystal apparatus, Sun Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and turned his attention back to the silver-gray mechanical giant not far away.

The peculiar radiation energy contained in the fragment had caused some incredible changes to his body the moment the Spark was activated.

At the same time, as the Spark was successfully activated, changes also began to occur on the silver-gray mechanical giant.

Surging energy flowed continuously from his Spark into every part of the New Body. This power was immense, even forming a space of constantly jumping electric arcs around his body in a short time.

The mechanical giant's limbs began to twitch unnaturally. His brain twitched unnaturally as well, and then his eyes suddenly opened, a pair of blood-red electronic eyes emitting a piercing red light.

"Success!"

Everyone noticed that a symbol belonging exclusively to the Decepticons had automatically appeared on the forehead of the silver-gray mechanical giant.

Subsequently, the frequency of his body's twitching slowed down, and the red light emitted from his eyes began to fade gradually.

"Engineers, fall back... Atlas, you take over the operation. Vanguard, protect him well!"

The New Body of Blackout had been successfully activated. Seeing that this fierce Warrior of the former Decepticons was about to return, Sun Cheng could not be sure if the control methods he had left behind could successfully control this Warrior, who was not much inferior to himself.

Therefore, he needed to prepare in advance. Having the Engineers fall back was just one step; Vanguard coordinating with him to subdue Blackout should he go berserk was the backup plan.

Even at Sun Cheng's request, although Atlas and the others had designed a matching combat system for the New Body of Blackout, it had not been manufactured yet.

It could be said that they had already made full preparations in advance.

Atlas and Vanguard took their orders. The former took over for the two Engineers who had been operating the machine, and Vanguard fearlessly came to the front of the machine, protecting his safety.

The other Engineers also obediently directed the Workers to retreat to a safe area.

However, Sun Cheng soon realized he seemed to have overthought it.

After a long period of reading, about ten minutes later, the body of Blackout finally stopped twitching.

Accompanied by him shaking his head slightly, two cold gazes scanned the entire factory area in turn.

Finally, the moment he saw Sun Cheng, his eyes became fiery and firm for the first time.

"Commander, Blackout has returned from his slumber. I shall fight for you once again!"

"The control method is effective!"

Sun Cheng felt a surge of joy. This was the false memory he had created in the Memory Chip of Blackout. He had successfully replaced Megatron with his own image, making this Warrior, who was loyal to Megatron, believe that he was the one he had always been loyal to.

He did not hesitate to say to him: "Welcome back, my most loyal Warrior. This new life will be a brand new beginning for you. From today on, I bestow upon you a brand new name--Thunder, and you shall fight for me once again!"