Chapter 604: The Fallen, Descends

The large-scale battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons occurring on the Sinai Peninsula naturally attracted countless attention shortly after it erupted.

Sun Cheng was one of them; after two days and three nights of non-stop travel, he and his new subordinate, Hailishi, finally crossed thousands of miles to reach the Mediterranean Sea.

It was also thanks to Hailishi having been converted into a Decepticon that, upon entering sensitive waters, they were able to temporarily submerge to the seabed and activate their optical stealth devices to pass through.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to travel safely all the way from the Arctic Ocean to this inland sea, which held the most attention from global powers.

When the Unmanned Reconnaissance Aircraft transmitted the footage captured on the Sinai Peninsula to Sun Cheng, he was even more panicked than the Autobots.

"Optimus Prime is dead?"

Without Optimus Prime, how would the Autobots be able to resist the Decepticon Legion?

If the Autobots didn't tie down the Decepticon Legion, not to mention whether he himself would be settled accounts with later.

If they were to obtain the 【Matrix of Leadership】, Earth would truly be finished.

"Can a Leader be killed so easily?"

The Forerunner had already arrived to rendezvous with Sun Cheng and was also shocked to see this scene.

The Decepticons' concept of hierarchy was carved into their bones; even though Megatron was now dead, few Decepticons dared to question his power.

Because the one who besieged Megatron back then was the Autobot Leader Optimus Prime, surrounded by a group of Autobot Warriors, and in the end, it was the holy relic 【AllSpark】 that truly took his life.

But looking at Optimus Prime, his death this time was just too stifling.

He was actually schemed against by Starscream, who brought along several Elite Warriors and Advanced Warriors, and used the lives of over a hundred Cannon Fodder Decepticons to trade for this Autobot Leader.

Although Sun Cheng and his group all knew that Optimus Prime's strength was inferior to Megatron's.

But no matter how weak, Optimus Prime was still a Leader-class existence; looking across the entire planet Cybertron, by the late stages of the civil war, the number of Leader-class Warriors on the surface for both the Decepticons and Autobots combined did not exceed the number of fingers on two hands.

At the Forerunner's question, Sun Cheng gradually calmed down.

Optimus Prime was already dead; panic was useless.

Instead, Starscream's hunting operation against Optimus Prime this time had taught him a good lesson.

Human wave tactics could be considered the earliest to appear and also the lowest-tech strategy since the birth of civilization.

It could be applied in industrial and production fields, and could also play a role on the battlefield.

Sun Cheng was not unfamiliar with this, because his subordinates, the Decepticons, were severely insufficient, and he had been ordering Base No. 2 to produce robots in large quantities for a long time to make up for the shortage.

He had indeed used robots before, utilizing human wave tactics to counter the Decepticons sent by Starscream, paying a casualty ratio of nearly eight to one to eliminate those low-class Cannon Fodder Decepticons.

"Can human wave tactics also be used to target Warriors above the Elite level... It's a pity it has no reference value..."

"Those Cannon Fodder cultivated by Starscream only pinned down the Normal Mode Autobot Warriors; the ones who truly held back Ironhide, Bumblebee, and Sideswipe, preventing them from rushing to support, were Barricade, Devastator, and the Terrorcons..."

"If Starscream and his group hadn't suddenly had an extra Triple Changer who could barely cooperate with them to entangle Optimus Prime, the outcome of this battle would have been hard to say..."

If Base No. 2 could now also master the cultivation of Cannon Fodder Decepticon Warriors like Starscream did, then with Sun Cheng's current forces, let alone a South America, even heading north to face the United States directly would be no problem at all.

The more he analyzed, the more Sun Cheng felt that Starscream had taken a huge risk this time.

There was too much luck involved in their ability to kill Optimus Prime.

However, although the risk was great, if the gamble was won, everything was worth it.

What were a hundred Decepticon Cannon Fodder? If Starscream's supplies were replenished, he could expand them several times over in a very short time.

The Constructicons and the Terrorcons were the same; they were originally the two most important replica teams in Starscream's hands. The former could combine into the Combiner--Devastator, while the latter were all cruel and warlike, and all possessed the strength of Advanced Warriors.

Although the consumption of cultivating the Constructicons and the Terrorcons required more resources than ordinary Decepticons, Starscream would definitely be willing; after all, they were his trump card combat forces.

"The Matrix of Leadership is basically out of our reach now..."

Sun Cheng already had a count in his heart; after Optimus Prime was eliminated, those Autobots on Earth could no longer amount to much.

Ironhide, just a hot-tempered brute; his previous performance had been exactly that.

Unless Ultra Magnus or Hot Rod, these two high-level Autobot Commanders, arrived as soon as possible, Sun Cheng really did not think highly of the Autobots on Earth.

"As for Egypt, should we also give up..."

The Forerunner asked again, but was met with another silence from Sun Cheng.

Only after a long time did he slowly shake his head and then speak: "Regardless of success or failure, let's try it first!"

A long time ago, they had discovered a large number of Decepticons in Egypt, active around a huge Pyramid.

Combined with the information Sun Cheng later obtained from the AllSpark Fragment, as well as Jetfire's memories.

He suspected that the superweapon mentioned by Jetfire, which The Fallen was hiding on Earth and attempting to use to destroy the Sun to create a second 【AllSpark】, was hidden inside that Pyramid.

Too many people were eyeing the 【Matrix of Leadership】, and the six Primes had used some unknown method to hide it away.

Sun Cheng had once gone to search for it before, but unfortunately, not only could he not find it, he almost lost his own life there.

He had long since given up on the 【Matrix of Leadership】; now that Optimus Prime was dead, Sun Cheng basically held no expectations for that weapon created by The Fallen hidden within Egypt.

But to just give up outright, he was somewhat unwilling.

Sun Cheng had been preparing for a long time around that Pyramid where the superweapon might be hidden.

It would be strange if he could accept giving up without even trying.

Leaving that aside for now, the situation had gradually lost control due to the death of Optimus Prime.

After confirming that Optimus Prime, who might threaten him on Earth, was dead, The Fallen finally could not sit still.

Half a day later, accompanied by another meteor shower, The Fallen descended to Earth from the Moon Base along with more than ten Decepticons.

Their landing site was located within the Petra Mountains in Jordan, and the purpose was self-evident.

However, the ambitious The Fallen had his mind full of the fact that an Autobot Leader who might threaten him was dead.

What he did not know was that almost at the same time he descended upon the Petra Mountains, a convoy that looked like it had various models but was all in a sorry state also drove into the Petra Mountains.

Previously, in order to hunt down Optimus Prime, Starscream had withdrawn almost all the Decepticons stationed in Jordan.

As a result, this convoy was able to arrive safely near the Nameless Temple.

ps:

Apologies, I spent the entire day out dealing with insurance claims and only just got home near seven o'clock; please forgive me.

My head is currently filled with insurance, notarization, and the like, so my thoughts are a bit scattered; there is only one chapter today, I ask for your kind understanding.

Dingdian