Chapter 667: Recruiting the Autobots (Second Update)

Thousands of miles away, a curve appeared at the corner of Sun Cheng's mouth on Trindade Island.

He had finally gotten his wish and obtained the energy from three 【Matrix of Leadership】 units, although it was only enough to revive three Advanced Warriors, and he still needed to trade quite a lot of resources for it.

But what did that matter? Sun Cheng's development had reached a bottleneck; he had already accumulated a significant amount of resources but had no way to use them.

Moreover, he did not actually have to share the three portions of energy he had traded for with Lockdown or Jetfire.

Of the three 【Matrix of Leadership】 energy portions, Sun Cheng planned to study one carefully, while he had not yet decided what to do with the remaining two.

However, if it were truly that miraculous, he would consider using them on his new body when he replaced it in the near future.

"Lord Optimus Prime, please rest assured. The Decepticon Legion has always been relentless toward traitors like us... Aside from the Autobots, we cannot find any other partners. The Earthlings are too greedy and bellicose..."

These words seemed to strike a chord with the Autobots, and many of them, including Optimus Prime, wore expressions of agreement.

Clearly, their previous cooperation with the United States had not only made them feel stifled and regretful, but had also broken their hearts.

After briefly exchanging some of the intelligence he had obtained with Optimus Prime and the others, Sun Cheng seemingly inadvertently steered the conversation back to the fundamental purpose of his visit this time.

"Lord Optimus Prime, coming here this time, besides the fact that Lord Jetfire and I truly need the power of the 【Matrix of Leadership】 to recover from our injuries, I have also brought a great gift for your side! Your teacher, the former Leader of the Autobots—Sentinel Prime, is not dead!"

"What?"

As soon as Sun Cheng said this, the Autobots present were suddenly as if a pot had exploded.

Optimus Prime was particularly agitated; he took a few steps to reach Sun Cheng, looked down at him—whose old body was only a little over two meters tall—and asked excitedly, "Sir, are you certain my teacher is not dead?"

"Yes!" Sun Cheng nodded very solemnly.

Watching a group of Autobots surround him in the center, he did not feel the slightest bit of tension.

Compared to the Decepticons, the Autobots still had some credibility.

Optimus Prime had already said that their grievances were wiped clean when he returned the remains of Mudflap.

This Autobot Leader had given his word, so Sun Cheng believed more that they were just too surprised and nervous.

"You should know that I was once a member of the 【Cassette Corps】, but because there is no shortage of conspirators like Starscream within the Decepticon Legion, a long time ago, besides collecting intelligence on you Autobots, we each developed our own subordinates within the Decepticon Legion to monitor those conspirators and maintain Megatron's rule!"

There was not a single lie in this statement, because the 【Cassette Corps】 under Soundwave's leadership did indeed shoulder the task of maintaining Megatron's rule in addition to collecting intelligence on the Autobots.

As Megatron's confidant, Soundwave enjoyed many privileges within the Decepticon Legion, and the 【Cassette Corps】 could use all sorts of underhanded methods to collect intelligence on those Decepticons within the legion who opposed Megatron.

During the former Cybertronian Civil War, the reason Starscream's two attempted coups were suppressed by Shockwave was largely due to the behind-the-scenes contributions of Soundwave and his 【Cassette Corps】.

Upon hearing this, many Autobots had ugly expressions, while others snorted coldly.

After all, the 【Cassette Corps】 had caused great losses to the Autobots in the past, but fortunately, Optimus Prime and the others were now more concerned with the explosive news Sun Cheng had just mentioned about Sentinel Prime still being alive.

Optimus Prime waved his hand to stop the dissatisfaction of all the Autobots and asked urgently, "Lord Frenzy, my teacher Sentinel Prime is still alive? Where is he now?"

His relationship with his teacher Sentinel Prime was very good, although Sentinel Prime's attitude toward him was exceptionally strict, and he did not like Optimus Prime's personality very much.

But in Optimus Prime's view, his teacher had still selflessly given him too many opportunities and had almost single-handedly pushed him to the position of Autobot Leader.

One must know that ever since Megatron betrayed Sentinel Prime and the revolution, formed the Decepticons, and launched a massacre against the pacifist Autobots.

After Sentinel Prime, as the King of Primus, announced he would serve as the Leader of the Autobots, it caused almost all the power of the former Royalists to join the weak Autobot faction.

Because of this, in the eyes of many Royalists and old nobles, the position of Autobot Leader should naturally be inherited by members of the Prime Dynasty.

And Optimus Prime was merely a Normal Autobot, perhaps possessing some bloodline of the Primus Clan.

But if one were to really split hairs, almost all Cybertronians were created by the legendary Thirteen Primes, and they could all be considered part of the Primus Clan.

Therefore, the Prime Dynasty, which possessed the energy inherited from the first Prime, Prima, was revered as especially noble.

Back then, Sentinel Prime had pushed Optimus Prime to the position of Leader with an iron fist and authoritarian power, almost entirely against the majority of opposing voices.

Although not long after, the Autobot capital, Iacon, was captured by the Decepticons, and the Autobots lost the second civil war against the Decepticons, the blame for the defeat was also forced onto Optimus Prime, but he did not resent his teacher.

Seeing Optimus Prime successfully jump into the pit he had dug, the smile on Sun Cheng's face thousands of miles away grew thicker, but he still controlled his old body and replied affirmatively: "I can be very certain that Sentinel Prime is still alive. A subordinate who used to provide me with intelligence told me this news; the spaceship he was piloting seems to have crashed on a planet in the Solar System. That is all I know; for more detailed intelligence, only Starscream and Soundwave would know."

Optimus Prime's fists clenched with a crackling sound, and the expression on his face changed continuously in a rare display.

He knew that if everything Sun Cheng said was true, then things were troublesome.

Not to mention that the spaceship Sentinel Prime was piloting carried hundreds of Energy Pillars.

The mere fact that Sentinel Prime might have fallen into the hands of the Decepticons was not good news.

Optimus Prime did not doubt that Starscream, Shockwave, and Megatron—Decepticons who had suffered great losses at the hands of Sentinel Prime—would be very happy to dismantle him and study the power of this former King of Primus.

After pondering for a long time, Optimus Prime kept a grim face and said to Sun Cheng in a serious tone: "Lord Frenzy, could I trouble you to inquire about more detailed intelligence? Of course, the Autobots will never treat a friend poorly; I can give you many rewards, including energy from the 【Matrix of Leadership】!"

This was exactly what Sun Cheng was waiting for; otherwise, how could he pull the Autobots into the battle to encircle Soundwave?

However, he did not agree immediately, hesitating for a moment as if weighing the gains and losses.

It was not until he had kept the Autobots waiting to the point of impatience that he slowly nodded: "Energy is not needed; I can help you inquire as much as possible... But please do not hold too high expectations. The hierarchy within the Decepticon Legion is very strict, and it is very difficult to find out more intelligence regarding Lord Sentinel Prime!"