Chapter 468: The Fight Begins

The electromagnetic microwaves emitted by the sensor were blocked; Soundwave scanned Scrapper with an expressionless face and silently shut down the sensor.

Known by Autobots and many Decepticons as the "Mind Reading Master," Soundwave's ability to use electromagnetic microwaves to read knowledge from others' minds was extremely sophisticated.

Scrapper's strength was far inferior to Sun Cheng and the three Decepticons; although he reacted quickly under his warning, this amount of time was enough for Soundwave to glimpse some things he wanted to know.

"Starscream, that idiot, didn't even notice his own subordinate had betrayed him—a useless piece of trash!"

Soundwave secretly disparaged his old rival in his heart, yet he had no intention of warning Starscream at all.

The relationship between him and Starscream could be described as "vicious" in the past, and that would be no exaggeration.

After all, during the Cybertronian Civil War, Megatron personally commanded the army on the front lines, locked in a fierce battle with Sentinel Prime.

Starscream, who remained at the rear in Skull Fortress and was responsible for cultivating Decepticon Cannon Fodder Warriors, took the opportunity to raise an army in preparation to rebel against Megatron; the great hero who caused Starscream's first rebellion against Megatron to fail was none other than Soundwave.

Relying on the "Mind Reading" ability, Soundwave had long since detected Starscream's conspiracy and, before the other side was ready to rise up, told Shockwave, who was still presiding over the Decepticon Military Academy.

At that time, Shockwave was also researching Triple Changers in the rear and had begun investigating the Primus Clan's legendary creation artifact—Vector Sigma—which was said to be more miraculous than the AllSpark.

At the beginning of the civil war, although Megatron and his Decepticon Legion caught Sentinel Prime and the Autobots off guard, Sentinel Prime had, after all, once been a king recognized by the Cybertronians; although his authority had been severely weakened during the Council of Ancients period, even a rotting ship has three pounds of nails.

After surviving the initial embarrassment and decisively abandoning some territories, under the banner of resisting the Decepticon Legion's tyrannical rule, countless resistance forces began to pledge loyalty to Sentinel Prime, and the war reached a stalemate for a time.

Megatron and the other elders of the Decepticon Legion were naturally also trying to break the stalemate; that was why Shockwave and Starscream were left in the rear by Megatron, responsible for cultivating and developing more powerful weapons of war.

Upon being informed that Starscream was preparing to rebel, the cold and ruthless Shockwave immediately mobilized his army and mercilessly suppressed Starscream and his cultivated Decepticon Legion.

Because of this reason, from that point on, the relationship between Starscream, Soundwave, and Shockwave became terrible.

However, Shockwave's strength was even above Starscream's, and he was the most mysterious and unpredictable; even Megatron was more polite to him than to other Decepticon elders, so even if Starscream held hatred in his heart, he would never seek revenge on Shockwave without absolute certainty.

As for Soundwave himself, he was cautious enough; his strength was already inferior to Starscream's, he was not an elite Warrior specializing in combat, and he had always been on guard against being schemed against by the cunning Starscream, so they had managed to coexist peacefully all along.

Until last year!

Thinking back to how he had fallen into Starscream's trap last year due to a moment of carelessness and nearly lost his life, Soundwave felt his teeth itch with hatred.

How could he possibly tell him that one of his subordinates had betrayed Starscream!

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant; Soundwave's gaze, which was a few degrees colder than before, fell upon Sun Cheng, and his tone also showed obvious emotional fluctuations: "I really underestimated you!"

Even though the other party had changed into a New Body, he still recognized Sun Cheng immediately.

After all, the electromagnetic spectrum might change, but the foundation was there; no matter how much it changed, it still had a few traces of the original.

With eyes full of scrutiny, he lingered on Sun Cheng for a long time, and his mood became even worse.

Soundwave could feel that this former subordinate, who had once been played in the palm of his hand for repeatedly provoking his authority, now had a transformative change.

Frenzy must have broken through the restrictions he had placed in his Core; although he had previously heard from the gloating Starscream that this guy had somehow gotten mixed up with Onslaught, he still hadn't taken Frenzy seriously.

Now it seemed he had been too careless.

The power Frenzy was now displaying had already made Soundwave himself feel threatened.

One must know that looking at the entire Decepticon Legion, there were not many who could make him feel threatened.

"I was too careless before... It seems that the disappearance of Wheelie might also be related to him. Looking at it this way, that AllSpark Fragment should have already been obtained by Frenzy and the others..."

Soundwave secretly decided in his heart to spend more energy in the future keeping a close eye on Frenzy and Onslaught to prevent a second Starscream from appearing.

At the same time, he did not forget to viciously warn Sun Cheng: "Your business with Onslaught is not my concern, but you had better not let me find out that you dare to betray Lord Megatron, otherwise I will tear you apart with my own hands."

After speaking, the sonic cannon on his right shoulder also adjusted its muzzle, aiming at Sun Cheng's head.

Then Soundwave ordered again: "... Now, hand over the fragment, Frenzy... That fragment Bumblebee was guarding was snatched by you and Onslaught, right? Hand it over to me; that is not something you can possess."

Sun Cheng narrowed his eyes, and no emotional fluctuations could be seen on his face.

He was now basically certain that the satellite the Base lost not long ago was Soundwave's doing.

Judging by the situation, although they handled it quickly and the ground data processing center would process things at any time and never keep anything.

But Soundwave was, after all, the commander of the Cassette Corps and the Intelligence Chief of the Decepticon Legion; he likely still discovered some clues.

Of course, it was also possible that the other party was bluffing.

Over the past year or so, Sun Cheng had more or less adapted to the personality of the Decepticons; although he did not want to immediately have a complete falling out with Soundwave, he also knew that Decepticons loved to bully the weak and incompetent most of all.

He immediately prepared for battle silently, entered a state of high alert, and at the same time sneered and retorted toughly.

"The fragment is with Lord Onslaught; if you want it, sure... go find him and take it..."

Before he could finish speaking, Sun Cheng subconsciously lunged to the side, simultaneously summoning the two 125mm caliber automatic close-in defense weapons equipped on his wrists, raising one hand to fire wildly at the sky while aiming the other at Soundwave.

It was Laserbeak; just a moment ago, Laserbeak, who had been circling above their heads, suddenly dove and launched an attack on him with the Machine Gun it was equipped with.

The battle had begun!