Chapter 628: Transaction and Confinement (Second Update)

A tragic swindle, using one's own miserable life to prove the wretched end of trusting others and being used as a pawn without even knowing it.

Sun Cheng is not such a gossipy person; he does not care about the grudges between Swindle, Starscream, or even Megatron.

He does not care in the slightest that Swindle once belonged to Onslaught's Combaticons.

Even if everyone now knows that he actually has nothing to do with Onslaught, so what? Sun Cheng is no longer the penniless person he was when he first transmigrated.

Moreover, besides this banner of Onslaught, Sun Cheng also has Jetfire.

Or perhaps other Pathfinder elders he might discover; in any case, all Sun Cheng needs is a banner capable of intimidating some Decepticons and Autobots.

Facing real threats, such as Megatron, Optimus Prime, or even The Fallen, it ultimately comes down to strength.

Setting these aside for now, Sun Cheng looks at the Swindle before him and feels his heart skip a beat.

He has absorbed all of Frenzy's memories; if Swindle is not lying to him, then this one is truly an arms expert.

Swindle, who traded weapons in the Cybertron Black Market during the late Council of Ancients period, may not have high combat power, but he possesses data on many types of Cybertronian Weapon that have long been lost.

One must know that during the Council of Ancients period, although the entire civilization was full of decay and popular resentment due to corrupt and dark politics.

At that time, the Cybertronians had already repelled the Quintesson and the inhabitants of Quintessa who had colonized Cybertron, and had digested the technology left behind by these colonizers.

Influenced by hedonism, the corrupt nobles encouraged large-scale colonization of outer space.

Therefore, during the Council of Ancients period, Cybertron's technology was unprecedentedly advanced; not only could they manufacture a large number of interstellar warships, but the weapons designed were also biased toward large-caliber, high-power heavy weapons.

In terms of technology, Jetfire is more than a notch above Swindle.

But he is clearly not a weapons expert; Sun Cheng has peered into Jetfire's memories more than once, hoping to find more advanced technology.

He did indeed find a lot of advanced technology in Jetfire's memories, but when it came to military-related technology, Jetfire had not delved very deep.

In this regard, Swindle, who started as an arms dealer, is undoubtedly an expert.

After staring at Swindle for a while, Sun Cheng slowly opened his mouth: "Since you have recovered your memory, what are your plans? To take revenge on Starscream and Megatron? Or leave Earth and return to Cybertron?"

Swindle certainly does not dare to take revenge on Megatron; in Frenzy's memories, this guy was locked up in the Skull Fortress political prison for too long, which led to a drastic change in his temperament.

By the time Starscream rescued him from prison, this guy, who originally had no small amount of courage, had completely turned into a cowardly, sinister person who feared death.

It seems that when Shockwave was rehabilitated, this guy was among the first batch to surrender.

Sun Cheng feels that with Swindle's current personality, he definitely lacks the guts to take revenge on Megatron.

Even Starscream, who used him as a pawn and screwed him over, this guy might not have the guts and courage to take revenge on openly, though stabbing him in the back is possible.

Sure enough, as soon as Sun Cheng said this, the expression on Swindle's face became very colorful in an instant.

It was a good while before he heard him hum softly, "I need a New Body. Get it for me, and then I will tell you many secrets about Starscream and Megatron, and even Onslaught!"

This guy seems to have finally reached his limit; Sun Cheng squinted and waved at Thunder and Pathfinder, and the two Decepticons tacitly withdrew temporarily.

However, the ship that Hailishi transformed into is only so big; if they were intentional, they could still hear.

"Secrets about Starscream and Megatron, I'm not interested?"

Sun Cheng bluntly rejected his temptation, "The same goes for Onslaught..."

Sun Cheng would not easily fall for such crude tactics.

He knows that Swindle must be more anxious than he is; his situation is no better than his own, having offended Megatron and been screwed over by Starscream.

Moreover, Swindle's current body is a specialized body for a clone warrior, and the materials used are all inferior; only some weapons and equipment he scavenged from him in the last few months are slightly presentable.

Thinking of this, Sun Cheng directly took the initiative: "I can help you build a New Body, even going all the way to build a Commander-class New Body for you is no problem..."

He paused here, then looked at Swindle with a half-smile.

The implication was self-evident.

What can you take out to trade?

Swindle subconsciously took a step back; he still fears Sun Cheng somewhat.

After awakening the memories of his previous life, Swindle has some impression of the former member of the Cassette Corps—Frenzy.

But the master in front of him, wearing Frenzy's identity, has lived completely like another person after being re-Awakening.

The former master—Soundwave—suffered a great loss at his hands, and Starscream, who screwed Swindle over in his previous life, also failed to get any benefits there.

Outsiders all think that Frenzy really got mixed up with Onslaught, but Swindle, who spent a long time in the Combaticons, sneered at this.

For a perfectionist like Onslaught, others can only execute his plans meticulously.

Based on Sun Cheng's performance in the past few months, it is not hard for a discerning person to see that he is the true decision-maker.

But if he misses this opportunity, finding other forces to build a New Body for himself will undoubtedly be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

After hesitating for a moment, Swindle asked: "What do you want? I know many secrets about the Decepticon Legion and the Autobots..."

"That kind of thing, it doesn't matter!"

Sun Cheng impatiently interrupted him; this guy still thinks he can use some intelligence on Starscream to trade for all kinds of good things from him like before.

Impossible!

At that time, it was because of insufficient strength, and also to paralyze Starscream, and by the way, he wanted to see if he could successfully poach him.

But now that he knows the true identity of Scavenger is Swindle, Sun Cheng has completely given up the idea of recruiting him.

Swindle has no faith; an arms dealer who dares to sell Decepticon weapons to Autobots—if he were truly willing to submit, Sun Cheng would not believe it.

The Sun rising from the west would be more reliable than him!

Pointing at his own head, Sun Cheng bluntly threw out his conditions, "Two choices. First, copy all the weapon data in your head regarding the ancient Cybertronian civilization for me... Second, I provide the materials, and according to my requirements, build ten weapons for me that can severely damage a Leader..."

As soon as this was said, Swindle's face changed drastically, and he shook his head repeatedly, "Impossible!"

Seeing Sun Cheng's face becoming impatient, he thought that his New Body might still depend on him, so he had to explain with a fawning smile: "After waking up, I still lost part of my memory, so although there is still a lot of weapon data in my head, the completeness and accuracy remain to be proven..."

Seeing that Sun Cheng was completely unmoved, Swindle could only continue to explain: "Don't even think about weapons that can severely damage a Leader; let alone ten... I can't even build one... I am an arms expert, not a weapons expert. I have resold many weapons, but that doesn't mean I know how to manufacture them..."

Sun Cheng hummed softly; not a single punctuation mark in what these Decepticons say can be trusted.

Seeing that he didn't buy this, Swindle was indeed a bit anxious.

He does not want to be caught and brainwashed by the Decepticon Legion again to be some clone warrior.

If he missed out on Sun Cheng, this powerful backer, he didn't know how long it would take to find another force capable of manufacturing a New Body for him.

After hesitating for a moment, Swindle finally showed some sincerity: "I can help you manufacture some powerful weapons in exchange for you manufacturing a New Body for me... Besides that, I can also tell you an important piece of intelligence; there is a Wanderer who should have the weapon you want that can severely damage the Leader..."

"A Wanderer..."

Sun Cheng narrowed his eyes; he had seen this term in the memories of both Jetfire and Frenzy, so naturally, he knew what it meant.

As early as the era of the Council of Ancients, in order to satisfy the indulgences of the corrupt nobles, a large number of low- and middle-class Cybertronians were dispatched to outer planets to find more resource-rich planets for the ruling class.

Later, as the nobles became increasingly greedy, a large number of impoverished people began to appear among the Cybertronians.

Because they could not obtain energy and metal supplies for a long time, a portion of the impoverished who could no longer survive began to resist the rule of the nobles; the defeated among them were in small part executed, while the majority were taken as slaves by colonial fleets organized by the nobles to outer planets to search for resources.

During this process, some slaves escaped and established Black Markets and settlements on certain desolate planets; they did not care about the past of the Decepticons or the Autobots, and in the end, they even refused to acknowledge their home planet, Cybertron, which had abandoned them, collectively calling themselves 'Wanderers'.

Such 'Wanderers' are very numerous in the galaxy.

Especially after the Cybertron revolution and the two civil wars between the Decepticons and the Autobots broke out.

A large number of nobles and their families, the pacifists among the Decepticons, scholars, the war-weary among the Autobots, and so on, all fled Cybertron one after another, establishing many settlements in the galaxy by relying on the colonial planets from the era of the Council of Ancients.

Jetfire had once visited a place called 'Junk Planet' and had also been to some Wanderer settlements that were very unfriendly to Cybertronians.

Even Frenzy and the Cassette Corps had once visited several Wanderer settlements very close to Cybertron in the past to spy for intelligence, so he was not entirely ignorant of them.

At this moment, he looked at Swindle and said again: "Tell me in detail about the information you have on that Wanderer..."

Seeing that there was a chance, Swindle was naturally overjoyed.

He nodded hurriedly and explained in detail for him: "The Wanderer I am talking about is named 'Lockdown'; it is said that he was once an Autobot traitor... He is a Bounty Hunter. As long as you bring out something that satisfies him, such as Energy Pillars or other weapons, you can get him to do anything, including assassinating the Leader..."

"I have dealt with him before; this guy is also an arms dealer. He definitely has a weapon in his possession that can severely damage the Leader, because the Leader is on his assassination list..."

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