Chapter 662: The Trade (Part 2)

Optimus Prime pondered for a moment; he understood the hidden meaning in Sun Cheng's words.

Although The Fallen had indeed died at his hands, even now, Optimus Prime still found it incredible when he looked back on it.

Strictly speaking, his own strength had a certain gap compared to Megatron during the civil war, and compared to his teacher, Sentinel Prime, the gap was even greater.

But regardless of whether it was Optimus Prime, Megatron, or Sentinel Prime, none of them possessed the power to fight The Fallen, even in a heavily injured state.

Optimus Prime knew very well that the reason he was able to defeat The Fallen at that time, besides the electromagnetic bomb that Ironhide detonated at a critical moment, was largely due to the Matrix of Leadership, which had seemed to activate and frantically modify his body.

For some time now, Optimus Prime's body and Spark had been strengthening almost every moment; he even had a feeling that if he were to face the Megatron from the Battle of Las Vegas a year ago now, he could confront him head-on and win.

After thinking for a moment, Optimus Prime gave his answer.

"I can tell you with absolute certainty that The Fallen has been completely destroyed!"

If Sun Cheng had asked about the Matrix of Leadership or the current whereabouts of The Fallen's remains, Optimus Prime would absolutely not have told him.

Sun Cheng did not show strong emotional fluctuations, although he did feel a huge stone fall from his heart.

After all, he had stolen The Fallen's weapon—the Requiem Blaster—which could be considered a deep blood feud with this Prime.

Optimus Prime had no need to lie to him; since he admitted it, The Fallen must have been completely destroyed by now.

Sun Cheng tacitly did not ask any further; the hatred between the Autobots and the Decepticons could not be easily turned over.

Not to mention that the Autobot Mudflap had died at his hands.

Tacitly not asking further, a beam of light shot from Sun Cheng's eyes, forming a huge light wall in front of him.

The light wall displayed a massive amount of items, including various mineral resources, high-grade energy liquid, and some heavy weapons.

Displaying these goods one by one in front of all the Autobots, Sun Cheng then spoke: "Our Leader—Jetfire, although reawakened using an AllSpark Fragment, his body has completely decayed... As you can see, in the battle with The Fallen not long ago, my body was also nearly completely destroyed..."

He looked at Optimus Prime, "The battle you had in the United States not long ago was filmed and spread on the internet. I saw the scene of many Autobot warriors coming back to life, so I want to make a deal with you... We are willing to take out massive resources and even weapons to exchange with you for the special energy within three Matrix of Leadership..."

Seeing Optimus Prime's expression change drastically, it was clear he wanted to refuse.

Sun Cheng did not give him a chance to speak and continued: "Lord Optimus Prime, don't be in such a hurry to refuse... We are willing to provide materials for you to remake five Elite Warrior bodies, energy liquid that can be used for three months, and the remains of the Autobot Mudflap..."

The Autobot Mudflap had once followed the NEST troops more than a year ago to clear out Sun Cheng's Base No. 1 located within the United States.

In that battle, he relied on caution and prudence to luckily escape, and even counter-killed the mediocre Autobot Mudflap, taking his remains away.

Sun Cheng had realized long ago that the karma of having killed Mudflap would inevitably be like a thorn, making it impossible for the Autobots to ever completely let go of their hostility and wariness toward him.

So after offending the Decepticon Legion, besides prying into Mudflap's memory to constantly enrich his understanding of Cybertronians.

He did not use Mudflap's memory chip to create another Advanced Warrior, like he had used Blackout's memory chip to create Grindor.

This was so that one day, it might come in handy.

As soon as Sun Cheng's words were spoken, Optimus Prime's expression immediately turned gloomy. During the Battle of Las Vegas, although his lieutenant Jazz had died at the hands of Megatron, his remains had been taken away by Sun Cheng.

"Hand over Jazz's remains as well..."

He looked at Sun Cheng with a serious expression.

Sun Cheng's heart sank. At the time of the Battle of Las Vegas, he had only just transmigrated to this world not long before and was at his poorest.

At that time, in order to exchange for some good things from Brawl, he had made a deal with him using Jazz's remains.

Although Sun Cheng did not regret that deal even now, he could not do it now that Optimus Prime was asking him to hand over Jazz's remains.

"I am very sorry, Lord Optimus Prime, I cannot fulfill this request for the time being..."

Sun Cheng did not hesitate to shift the blame onto Brawl, "After the Battle of Las Vegas, Jazz's remains were taken away by Lord Brawl... His body seemed to have undergone some changes due to close contact with the AllSpark. Not long after the Battle of Las Vegas, he found a hidden place to sleep... The only thing I can be sure of at the moment is that he is still on Earth..."

Jazz had not died at his own hands, which was why Sun Cheng had not paid much attention to it before.

However, Optimus Prime now possessed the Matrix of Leadership and had the ability to resurrect fallen Autobots.

This oversight made Sun Cheng suddenly realize that he might have come for nothing this time.

Sure enough, before Optimus Prime could speak, Drift, who had been enduring for a long time on the side, had already drawn a weapon resembling a katana and aimed the blade at Sun Cheng from afar.

"Leader, do not be threatened by these damned Decepticons... Let me capture him, and then make them bring back Mudflap's remains for exchange..."

Even though Sun Cheng's body at Soli was thousands of miles away, he still felt the killing intent of the Triple Changer Drift toward him through the image transmitted back by satellite.

He frowned slightly, controlling the body thousands of miles away, and said calmly: "Does your Excellency think I would come here today without any preparation?"

Seeing Optimus Prime wave his hand to stop Drift, Sun Cheng simply retreated to advance: "It was you who joined forces with humans to kill me that forced me to fight back and kill Mudflap; I think you should be very clear about this matter. I am very sorry about Jazz; when Lord Brawl returns, I will have a good talk with him about this matter..."

After finishing, seeing that Optimus Prime had no intention of speaking, he knew it was impossible, shook his head, and turned to leave.

Having walked only a few steps, Sun Cheng suddenly seemed to remember something, turned back, and continued: "As a sign of sincerity, I will arrange for someone to send Mudflap's remains in a week. I think that since Lord Optimus Prime has the Matrix of Leadership, resurrecting him should not be a difficult task for you!"

He looked at Optimus Prime with a serious expression, "We have repeatedly shown our sincerity to your side before, so please show us a little less hostility. As traitors in the eyes of the Decepticon Legion, our situation is no better than yours, the Autobots... So we really need friends and more help... The previous trade proposal is still valid; please consider it carefully!"

Having said that, he leaped into the air, transformed into a drone, and disappeared into the sky.