Chapter 607: Matrix of Leadership (Part II)

"It seems the Decepticons haven't succeeded yet!"

Ambulance seemed to think of something, his expression gradually becoming agitated.

Ironhide also walked forward, two beams of light shooting from his eyes into the space behind the circular hole; he carefully inspected it for a moment before withdrawing his gaze.

"Sam!"

He lowered his voice and looked at Sam, though his voice had become somewhat tremulous: "The remains of six Primes are buried behind here. We found the right place, the Matrix of Leadership is right here, go and retrieve it quickly!"

The hole in the wall was truly too small, even though the Autobots could dismantle it.

But considering this was the final resting place of six legendary Primes of the planet Cybertron, Ironhide let Sam go in to get the 【Matrix of Leadership】.

Sam did not hesitate at all, nodding in agreement.

Over the past half month, because of the sudden wanted order from the United States government, he had been protected by the Autobots and had long since built friendships with many Autobots, including Optimus Prime.

Optimus Prime had protected him time and time again, and Sam felt it was now his turn to repay the favor.

He crawled into the circular hole without hesitation, and with the light Ironhide and the others shone into the cave, everything inside was clearly visible.

The cave was not very large, hemispherical in shape, a small space with a radius of about thirty meters.

Once inside, Sam looked around and saw six massive mechanical giants sitting cross-legged in a circle within the cave.

Each of them was even taller than Optimus Prime; even while sitting cross-legged in the cave, they still appeared to be over ten meters tall.

The metal hooks they had seen at the cave entrance earlier were actually the fingers of a Prime, but because they were so enormous, Sam and the others hadn't recognized them at first.

"Are these the thirteen legendary Primes of Cybertronian civilization..."

Muttering to himself, Sam and Mikaela, who had followed him into the cave, held hands and began to search carefully within the not-so-large cave.

"Sam..."

Mikaela suddenly saw something and excitedly tugged on his hand, pointing at the palm of a Prime not far away that was facing upward.

Sam followed her finger and looked, his eyes suddenly lighting up.

In the palm of that unknown Prime, an object the size of an adult's arm, with both ends curved in opposite directions in an arc, looking more like a weapon such as a military knife or dagger, was quietly placed there.

"The Matrix of Leadership?!"

He couldn't help but let out an exclamation, quickly walking forward, preparing to pick it up.

However, at this very moment, outside the cave—or more accurately, outside the temple—a series of explosions suddenly rang out.

"Boom..."

"Boom... boom... boom..."

The next moment, the light inside the cave vanished instantly.

Sam immediately felt his hand tighten; it was the nervous Mikaela.

Before the two of them could recover, Ironhide's urgent voice came from outside the cave: "Sam... hurry and take the Matrix of Leadership, we must evacuate immediately, the Decepticons are here..."

Indeed, the Decepticons had truly arrived.

More accurately, they had arrived long ago, but had simply not appeared until now.

Rewinding three minutes, The Fallen, who had just descended to Earth, took a long breath of the foul air on Earth.

"Oh, what wonderful air... filled with the scent of rust and oil, even more delicious than the last time I came... unfortunately, there are more vermin too!"

Astrotrain and the drifter stood respectfully to the side; in the battle to hunt down Optimus Prime not long ago, the Decepticons had suffered heavy losses, and the sacrifices were equally tragic.

After the battle, Starscream petitioned The Fallen to stay on the Moon temporarily to cultivate another batch of Decepticon Cannon Fodder, and incidentally prepare new bodies for Megatron and Barricade, who had died in battle not long ago.

Barricade was a comrade and subordinate who shared his ideals, so a long time ago, Starscream had asked him for a copy of his Memory Data, which could be used to resurrect him at any time after Barricade died in battle.

The Fallen agreed to Starscream's petition.

As one of the thirteen Primes of the planet Cybertron, and one of the three Warriors with the greatest combat power among the Primes, even though the injuries on his body had not yet recovered, The Fallen was still full of confidence.

The reason he had not dared to set foot on Earth before was because his brother in the past—Alpha Trion (the true name of Alpha Trion in some versions, though in other parallel universes, Alpha Trion exists independently; here it is treated as one person)—had once prophesied that one day he would die at the hands of a descendant of Prima due to his own atrocities.

Prima was his older brother, the first born among the thirteen Primes, the strongest Warrior and Leader.

He died in a battle against a terrifying entity, but before he died, Prima had already united with the other brothers and began to use his own life energy to attempt to create more life similar to them.

According to The Fallen's investigation, the 'Prime Dynasty' that later claimed to be descendants of Prima did indeed inherit a portion of Prima's life energy in their bodies.

Therefore, he had always been hiding behind the scenes, once inducing the nobles of the Council of Ancients era to suppress the 'Prime Dynasty', and later personally stepped in to take Megatron as his apprentice, inciting the relationship between him and Sentinel Prime, who was of the 'Prime Dynasty'.

It could be said that The Fallen was also one of the masterminds behind the civil war between the Decepticon Legion and the Autobots.

After the civil war began, apart from a very small number who chose to leave Cybertron to wander, the vast majority of the 'Prime Dynasty' members followed the Prime Sentinel Prime, joined the Autobot faction, and became their Leaders.

This was also the reason why The Fallen had been obsessed with killing Optimus Prime before; his brother Alpha Trion possessed a divine artifact—the Quill of Fate—which could capture traces of destiny, and every prophecy written since its birth had been confirmed.

Optimus Prime being able to become the Leader of the Autobots meant there was a high probability he was of the 'Prime Dynasty'.

Prima's life energy must be flowing in his body; out of fear of the prophecy of his former brother Alpha Trion, as long as Optimus Prime was not dead, he dared not appear on Earth for a single day.

"Lord The Fallen, is the Matrix of Leadership really hidden in the temple... It is said that Lord Starscream previously sent people to turn this place upside down and still didn't find the Matrix of Leadership..."

The one asking was Astrotrain; he was the right-hand man of Shockwave, and the only master he was loyal to was Shockwave. Even when treating the former commander of the Decepticon Legion, Megatron, he only added the title 'Lord' after the name, naturally not being as shameless as Starscream.

The Fallen was deep in thought; he did not care about the loyalty of these Decepticons, as long as they still feared his power, that was enough.

It could be seen that he was in a good mood; even Astrotrain himself did not expect to get an answer, but unexpectedly, The Fallen actually answered him.

"Back then, my brothers betrayed me; they snatched the Matrix of Leadership from my hands... and hid it... Starscream's speculation is correct, there exists an Imaginary Space here in the temple..."