Chapter 630: The Battle of Destiny (Part 2) - Seeking Subscriptions
Without even transforming, Blaster simply pressed his temple lightly, and his eyes immediately projected a wall of light.
Optimus Prime and the others looked over to see a human male news anchor on the light wall, reporting the news with a grave expression.
"... Breaking news, just in from the Egypt Joint Air Defense Detachment, Cairo has been hit by a missile strike from an unknown force... The military has already dispatched personnel to begin an investigation, and at the same time, the Cairo air defense units have entered emergency mobilization. Please stay at home and do not go out..."
The image flickered, and soon changed to another video.
In the dark of night, a helicopter circled in mid-air; the person filming the video was a tourist visiting Egypt.
Soon, sounds of explosions and roaring continued to ring out, and at the same time, the helicopter in the sky exploded in mid-air.
The person filming the video exclaimed repeatedly, "I'm at the Giza Plateau, it looks like a war is happening here." This was the last sentence the person said before uploading it to the internet.
Afterward, everything Blaster projected onto the light wall consisted of analyses and reports from social media software.
"... Missiles struck the Giza Plateau area, I'm very worried about whether the Pyramids will be hit!"
"... There are still constant sounds of explosions coming from the Giza Plateau, is the military engaging in a firefight with some force?"
"The political situation is unstable, warning not to travel to Egypt in the near future!"
Although no humans approached the Nameless Pyramid to take photos or videos that the Autobots could use for reference.
Optimus Prime and the others all knew what the Giza Plateau and that Nameless Pyramid signified.
The intelligence Sun Cheng had sent over earlier regarding the Decepticons included their presence within Egypt.
More accurately, it was the Giza Plateau near Cairo.
"Leader, the battle location is exactly where Frenzy discovered the Decepticons..."
Ironhide, who had already recovered his status, was now in excellent spirits.
The Matrix of Leadership had already proven that it could not only heal wounds but also resurrect Autobots who had died in battle.
This discovery made him overjoyed; after all, those Autobots left behind to hold off The Fallen at the Jordan Petra Mountains had not sent any word back to this day, and it was highly likely they had all died in battle there.
Now that Optimus Prime had made the decision to no longer be constrained by the rules of the Yihui, he agreed to use the Matrix of Leadership to resurrect Ironhide's fallen comrades and lover.
Could there be anything more exciting than this?
No!
"It is very likely that an unknown force has engaged in a battle in Cairo!"
As the leader of the Autobots, although Optimus Prime sometimes appeared a bit pedantic, he was still very competent. "Frenzy warned us before that the weapon The Fallen uses to destroy the Sun is likely hidden in one of the pyramids on the Giza Plateau... We must rush over as soon as possible to prevent The Fallen from taking a desperate risk to destroy the Sun..."
Ironhide and the others had just extracted their memories from the past period and told him everything the Autobots had encountered during the time after he was assassinated and sacrificed.
Therefore, Optimus Prime's mood was now very heavy. His Autobot kin might still have a chance to survive the bombing that occurred in Jordan not long ago, but the fate of Sam and Mikaela, these two human teenagers, was hard to say.
To resurrect himself and stop the conspiracy of The Fallen, too many had already sacrificed themselves.
Now, there should not be any more sacrifices.
Thinking of this, Optimus Prime clenched his fists.
The Matrix of Leadership seemed to have been activated; after being stored in his chest cavity, it still continuously pumped surging energy into Optimus Prime's body, persistently remodeling his Spark and chassis.
Every moment, he could feel himself growing stronger.
"... Rebirth does not mean a gift, but a responsibility... An evil entity that once lured The Fallen into corruption will soon awaken and bring endless disaster..."
In his mind, the words spoken by the six giants he had seen in a daze before he had fully awakened not long ago emerged for no reason, and Optimus Prime was lost in thought.
Those six giants must be the legendary Primes of Cybertron who took back the Matrix of Leadership from The Fallen and protected it.
Although they had already died, it seemed they were still using another way to keep watch over Earth and the Matrix of Leadership.
"What kind of evil entity could make a Prime fall..."
Although Optimus Prime was growing stronger every moment with the help of the Matrix of Leadership.
This enhancement, however, made his mood even heavier.
As powerful as the legendary Primes of Cybertron were, they had paid a heavy price just to make it sleep temporarily.
Every time he thought about the fact that he would need to face such an entity in the future, Optimus Prime's mood could not help but start to grow heavy.
"I hope there is still enough time!"
Forcing down the unease in his heart, Optimus Prime discovered that at some point, all the Autobots were looking at him, clearly waiting for his next instructions.
"Autobots, prepare to move out... The target is Cairo, our opponent is likely a powerful Prime... But we must win this war, otherwise we will lose even more..."
Responding to Optimus Prime was the very firm reply from Ironhide and the others: "Autobots, fearless!"
"Very well, move out!"
Optimus Prime took the first step forward, his chassis shifting and rapidly transforming into a heavy truck.
Then came Ironhide, Arcee, and the others, one after another, quickly completing their transformations.
A strange yet massive convoy formed once again, and the Gobi desert outside Aswan seemed like flat ground before the convoy.
The convoy soon drove out of the Gobi and onto the desert highway leading to Cairo.
At the same time that Optimus Prime and the others were unaware, almost just as they had driven out of Aswan, a Global Hawk drone stopped above the Soli Autobot Base, and immediately deliberately dropped a metal storage disk recording the entire process of the event that had occurred at the Nameless Pyramid area not long ago in front of one of the Autobots' surveillance devices.
Soon, some Autobots remaining at the Autobot Base who did not possess combat capabilities came out of the base cautiously after checking repeatedly to ensure safety.
They quickly found the metal storage disk, and after confirming it was safe, brought it into the base.
Because of the delay in time, by the time the remaining Autobots discovered the secret of the metal storage disk, read the information inside, and realized something was wrong and intended to transmit this important intelligence to the front lines.
Optimus Prime and the others had already encountered The Fallen who was heading south.
PS:
I finished this chapter at nearly 2:30 AM and scheduled it to be posted at 2:00 PM.
During the day today, I need to handle some matters following my father's passing, and incidentally change some household registration information.
The efficiency of certain departments is very low, and they often pass the buck back and forth, making you run around everywhere to submit documents. I have already encountered this a few times recently. It is likely I won't be able to write the draft for the whole day today, so the chapter at 5:00 PM will definitely be delayed if nothing goes wrong. Please understand.
Peak
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