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Chapter 467: vs Soundwave (Part 2)

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The speed of the handover regarding the management and defense authority of the military port between Pioneer and the Decepticon Engineer stationed at the Severodvinsk naval port was faster than Sun Cheng had anticipated.

Almost at the same moment he and Thunder detected a powerful electromagnetic spectrum rapidly approaching Severodvinsk at several dozen times the speed of sound, Pioneer also proactively contacted him.

"Master, the radar center has captured an object suspected to be a Decepticon falling rapidly from high altitude toward Severodvinsk. Based on the target's current speed, it is estimated that in at most four minutes and twenty-seven seconds, it will impact the ground at position xx. xx!"

A local communication network, temporarily established by Pioneer, instantly linked Sun Cheng and Thunder together, so his voice immediately rang out inside the heads of the two Decepticons.

Sun Cheng's expression was exceptionally grave; he extended a finger to press against his temple and asked, "How many targets did the radar detect?"

After the Severodvinsk naval port was 'sold' to them by the Polar Bear, although Moscow still deployed a large number of armed forces in and around Severodvinsk to monitor these visitors from beyond the sky.

However, after the new agreement was reached, Sun Cheng and his group no longer hid the fact that they were deploying Combat Robots only within the military port area; a large number of high-tech weapon systems were deployed, including special radar for scouting Decepticons and Autobots, as well as Electromagnetic Weapon Systems to counter them.

Mechanical Life is not omnipotent; the only difference between them and machines is that they possess intelligence. In every aspect, there are far more machines that are more powerful than them.

For example, Sun Cheng and Thunder might be able to capture the arrival of Soundwave at the first instance, but under the interference of his powerful electromagnetic spectrum, unless both sides were already within a considerable distance, even Sun Cheng could not determine the number of people on this trip, or other more precise data, such as the target's speed, landing coordinates, and so on.

Many clumsy machines possess capabilities that even the powerful Megatron and Optimus Prime are far inferior to.

"The radar only captured one target. According to the comparison with the electromagnetic spectrum of Soundwave stored in the base database, the match rate exceeds 73%. It can basically be confirmed that the attacker is him! Master, should we immediately activate the defense system to shoot him down?"

Sun Cheng frowned slightly and did not answer immediately; he was also weighing the pros and cons.

Among those on Earth who wanted his life the most right now, Soundwave could definitely be counted as one. At the beginning of his transmigration, due to ignorance and for the sake of self-preservation, he had helped Starscream calculate against Soundwave once by mistake, nearly causing him to die at the hands of Starscream.

If it were himself, he would not let go of someone who had almost tricked him to death.

It was just that Sun Cheng did not want to, or rather, could not afford to completely fall out with the other party so early.

Having digested the memories of Frenzy, he knew all too well how difficult this intelligence expert of the Decepticon Legion was. No one targeted by him had a good ending, and even the Autobots had suffered many heavy losses at the hands of Soundwave.

He had too many enemies right now; if even Soundwave focused his attention on him, the pressure on Sun Cheng would be too great.

After sorting out his thoughts, he, who now possessed quite a bit of shrewdness, quickly suppressed the boiling killing intent in his heart and issued instructions.

"No need, you come over too... I want to see what he is after coming to Severodvinsk for!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that he had rejected his proposal, Pioneer did not try to persuade him further and quickly rushed back from the shipyard located in the core area of the military port.

Soundwave was coming!

Above the sky, a fire-red 'meteor' dragging a long tail was smashing toward Severodvinsk from beyond the sky at an extremely fast speed.

Even in the daytime, and here being the sparsely populated Arctic Circle, it was still very conspicuous.

Sun Cheng and his group were still quietly waiting for the arrival of Soundwave, but an emergency contact call came first from the Russian Army headquarters stationed in Severodvinsk.

"Master, a call from Colonel Vasiliyevich, asking us about the meteor. They are preparing to use anti-aircraft missiles to shoot it down!"

Colonel Vasiliyevich was the new Liaison Officer in Severodvinsk stationed by Moscow two months ago; it was said he was a staff officer from the Ministry of National Defense.

But the data stolen by the Decepticon Engineer's Spy Robot showed that he came from the President's office. He did indeed have experience working in the Ministry of National Defense, but the time he spent at Lubyanka Square was more than ten times that of the Ministry of National Defense.

Yes, this was a difficult opponent who started as a secret agent and was skilled in intelligence gathering and analysis. The Engineers reported that he would wander around the military port almost every day, especially interested in various equipment produced by the base that he could not understand at all.

"Tell them no!" Sun Cheng ordered decisively, then thought for a moment and quickly added: "By the way, tell them that another Decepticon hostile to humans is about to descend, and leave it to us to handle, otherwise it might lead to more Decepticons attacking!"

I don't know if the warning conveyed by Pioneer worked, but in any case, when the huge fireball transformed by Soundwave entered the ten-thousand-meter airspace above Severodvinsk, it was not attacked by the Russian Army's anti-aircraft missiles.

But Sun Cheng's pressure was growing greater and greater; his eyes were locked on the target in the sky, enduring the gradually rising fighting instinct in his heart.

The Decepticon Legion was full of factions and internal fighting was common. Several big shots like Shockwave, Starscream, and Soundwave did not see eye to eye, especially Starscream, who even dared to launch a rebellion against Megatron during the Cybertronian Civil War.

But what was the result? Wasn't he still living well now?

As long as one was not openly defecting to the Autobots, or blatantly rebelling and questioning Megatron's authority, the Decepticon Legion, which was a collection of chaos and evil, still had strong tolerance.

Sun Cheng wanted to gamble. He did not know if Megatron was still lying deep in the Mariana Trench playing dead, but as long as this commander of the Decepticon Legion had not 'resurrected' for a day, he was still a member of the Decepticon Legion on the surface.

Soundwave could hate him and want his life as much as he wanted, but the grudge between the two of them was just a private feud, not a complete life-and-death struggle.

As the altitude got lower and lower, the sonic boom caused by the rapid fall of the fireball became more and more ear-piercing.

Finally, under the locked gaze of several pairs of eyes, the fireball transformed by Soundwave smashed steadily into the dock area of the military port, inside the port less than two kilometers from the shipyard.

"Boom!"

The roar like a cannon shell explosion resounded throughout the military port. Sun Cheng snorted coldly and took the lead, rushing toward the place where Soundwave fell.

That bastard Starscream had probably completely sold him out. He even suspected that all his arrangements in Severodvinsk had been fully mastered by Soundwave, who was skilled in intelligence gathering.

Otherwise, in the vast Severodvinsk, how could he have happened to fall exactly into the most core area of the military port?

Currently establishing an encrypted communication network, Sun Cheng pulled Pioneer and Thunder into it, and while running, he arranged: "Without my order later, neither of you is to provoke Soundwave!"

"Yes, Master!"

"Commander, with me here, no one can harm you!"

The respective replies of Pioneer and Thunder made Sun Cheng want to laugh, but he still remembered the current situation.

A distance of less than three kilometers was reached in an instant for the four Decepticons. Sun Cheng and his group soon arrived at the crash site of Soundwave.

Separated by a hundred meters, the four Decepticons saw a ferocious mechanical giant, silver-gray all over and similar in size to Thunder, standing there, looking at them with a gloomy face, or rather, looking at Sun Cheng.

This silver-gray mechanical giant had a sonic cannon on his right shoulder, his left arm extended and slightly raised, and a mechanical bird was currently squatting on his arm.

Seeing Sun Cheng and the others walking over, the big bird suddenly let out a sharp screech and flew up from the left arm of the mechanical giant, circling dozens of meters above their heads.

And this silver-gray mechanical giant, who was somewhat similar to Thunder, was the intelligence expert of the Decepticon Legion—Soundwave.

Sun Cheng noticed that Soundwave had locked onto him. He narrowed his eyes slightly and stepped forward a few steps, walking to the front of the three Decepticons.

The person in front of him was still the commander of the Cassette Corps and his nominal superior who also belonged to the Cassette Corps. Within the Decepticon Legion, which had a strict hierarchy, unless he was prepared for a complete betrayal, everything had to remain as it was.

Sun Cheng was just about to open his mouth to say hello to Soundwave when suddenly the reconnaissance system in his body issued a violent alarm.

Sun Cheng was startled and suddenly recalled that this commander of the Cassette Corps was said to have sensors in his body that emitted and received the weakest electronic signals. When the distance was close enough, he could even detect the thoughts in the other party's brain, so he was rumored by the Autobots who feared him to be a terrifying existence who had mastered 'Mind Reading'.

He immediately snorted coldly and activated the Anti-Electromagnetic Interference Device in his body. His voice also became cold: "We are having a long-awaited reunion, Commander. Trying to pry into our brains as soon as we meet, is this treating us as Autobots, or as their spies?"

After he had warned Pioneer and Thunder in the previously established encrypted communication network, the two subordinates activated the Anti-Electromagnetic Interference System loaded in their bodies almost at the same time as him, completely driving away the suspicious electromagnetic waves wandering around them that were almost imperceptible.

Then the two of them stared at Soundwave with angry faces. If it weren't for the order Sun Cheng had given in advance, Thunder would probably have already rushed up.

Excavator was a latecomer; it was only a long while after he spoke that he reacted. With an ugly expression, he also silently activated a set of Anti-Electromagnetic Interference System that he had just gotten from Sun Cheng not long ago. This thing was not cheap; back then, in order to get these things, he was taken to serve as a target for the electromagnetic weapon experiments manufactured by the base.

It was just that he was ultimately a bit slow on the uptake, and far inferior to the pioneers and Thunder, having already had quite a few things pried out of him by Soundwave, who was skilled in intelligence gathering, during their brief contact.

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