Chapter 723: Heading to New Iacon (Part II)

After passing the corner of that deep Daxia, just as they took a step, Sun Cheng and his group felt as if they had entered a new world.

Within their line of sight, the first thing Sun Cheng and his group saw was an Autobot city, already gradually taking shape, over a dozen kilometers away.

It was a small city covering an area of only about twenty square kilometers for the time being, relying on the Daxia, shaped in a long strip, no more than two or three kilometers wide and about ten kilometers long.

Building after building with rich Cybertron characteristics rose from the ground in this Daxia that had been withered for who knows how many years.

Sun Cheng carefully identified them for a moment, and then confirmed Optimus Prime's ambition.

"Council Hall, Scientific Research Institute, Wheeljack's workshop..."

He recognized at least three buildings that were exactly the same as the buildings in the former Autobot capital—Iacon—in Jazz's memory.

Without a doubt, Optimus Prime was rebuilding the new capital of the Autobots on Earth.

Sensing several scrutinizing gazes, Sun Cheng withdrew his line of sight and noticed two portal guard towers built against the mountain not far away.

The guard towers looked exactly like a type of Far East nomadic dwelling on Earth called a yurt; only a small portion was exposed, with the majority embedded in the adjacent mountain body.

It could be seen that the Autobots' recent days were getting better and better.

The exposed parts of the guard towers were built with metal; there must be Autobot mines within a hundred kilometers nearby, and they had already begun to steadily produce ore.

Outside the two guard towers, there were two Autobot Warriors at each location responsible for guarding.

Seeing Sun Cheng and his group, the four Autobots became slightly nervous, but they did not show much hostility.

After two of the Autobots communicated for a moment, one of them walked toward Sun Cheng and his group.

"Lord Frenzy, I am the Autobot—Machete, please follow me!"

"Sorry for the trouble!"

Sun Cheng nodded. He had accepted Optimus Prime's invitation to attend the completion of New Iacon, so naturally, he would not take the initiative to do anything provocative.

Guided by the Autobot—Machete, the three Decepticons entered the canyon and walked toward New Iacon, which was over ten kilometers away.

Sun Cheng had felt it was very strange a long time ago; he did not know if Cybertron influenced Earth, or if Earthlings influenced Cybertron.

Regardless of whether it was Decepticons or Autobots, many of their names seemed very strange to Sun Cheng, who possessed a human soul.

Things like Scavenger, Crankcase, Machete, etc., were either named after some kind of vehicle, machine, or component on Earth, or were simply the same as some kind of tool.

While his mind was wandering, the journey of over ten kilometers was soon completed.

Sensing a familiar electromagnetic spectrum nearby, Sun Cheng looked in the direction of that familiar feeling and saw Optimus Prime, with his tall body, standing outside the Council Hall with a solemn expression.

"Lord Frenzy, welcome to attend the completion ceremony of New Iacon!"

Optimus Prime took the initiative to reach out, expressing his welcome.

Sun Cheng also learned from him to do as the locals do, and shook hands with Optimus Prime, "We come from the same home planet and have common enemies and interests; we should naturally be closer!"

Optimus Prime gripped his hand slightly tighter, but immediately let go.

"You are right!"

Cybertronians are not ignorant of politics, even if war seems to be the main theme of this planet.

But if one were to analyze it seriously, from ancient times to the present, the vast majority of disasters that have occurred on the planet Cybertron can be described by one word behind them, and that is politics.

This was the summary Sun Cheng made of Cybertron's history up to the Council of Ancients, after continuously digesting the Memory Data of Decepticons and Autobots like Megatron, Jetfire, Soundwave, and Jazz that he had obtained some time ago.

In the era of the Council of Ancients, which now only has fragments of information left, the core of all turmoil pointed to two points: the power struggle between Sentinel Prime and the old nobility, and the irreconcilable contradiction between the ruling class and the ruled class.

Centering on these two political contradictions, Sentinel Prime supported Megatron to grasp military and political power, and overturned the Council of Ancients through a revolution.

Unfortunately, he only saw the power struggle but ignored the needs of the ruled class.

Megatron seized exactly this point, using the military power he held to turn a large number of civilians dissatisfied with aristocratic rule into Decepticons, using the transformation factories built during the Quintesson colonial period that he had accidentally found, and thus the civil war that lasted for millions of years followed.

Sun Cheng did not participate deeply in politics, but this did not affect his study of the Cybertronian civilization that was full of attraction to him in his spare time.

In his view, Megatron was indeed a ruthless and cunning hero, but Optimus Prime was not without merit.

If he hadn't been set up by his teacher, Sentinel Prime, the Autobots under Optimus Prime's leadership would definitely not have lost so miserably.

At least since coming to Earth, although in the eyes of some Autobots, Optimus Prime's cooperation with the United States to strike at the Decepticons, and even making concessions many times, looked cowardly.

In reality, neither the Autobots nor he himself had lost anything in the process of cooperating with the Americans.

Optimus Prime did not hand over a single bit of the Cybertron Technology that the United States wanted most; what he gave up was nothing more than the corpses of dozens of Decepticons.

Although this did not conform to the values of the Autobots, including the subsequent establishment of a Base on Earth and the resurrection of those Autobot Warriors, none of it conformed to the mainstream values that the Autobots had always promoted.

Sun Cheng admired Optimus Prime; at least in his view, Optimus Prime was a qualified Leader. He was not as pedantic as he appeared, and would always make the most correct choice when it was time to make a choice.

If given more time and room for growth, Optimus Prime could truly lead the Autobots to revival, and even surpass the era ruled by Sentinel Prime.

It was for this reason that Sun Cheng accepted Optimus Prime's invitation and stated his attitude straightforwardly, willing to stand on the same front as the Autobots.

After having this statement, Optimus Prime's attitude toward them became even kinder.

But this young Leader also expressed some of his own dissatisfaction.

"Lord Frenzy, we have noticed that you are selling some mechanical equipment to Earthlings that is more advanced than what they can manufacture!"

"Yes!"

Sun Cheng did not deny it.

Optimus Prime frowned slightly, but still persuaded in a gentle tone: "Earthlings are the most warlike race I have ever seen. We are now staying on Earth, and we should also try our best to avoid Earth becoming a second Cybertron!"

"Please rest assured, Lord, we have only sold some equipment to humans so far that is about ten years ahead of the current equipment on Earth, and we will not sell more advanced equipment. Because we are also worried that after humans become strong, they will point their guns at us!"

He did not reveal to this young Autobot Leader that he was gathering more resources in order to build a Mars Base.

But this statement still eased Optimus Prime's dissatisfaction somewhat.

He nodded slightly, "Lord, please remember what you said today!"

Seeing him hesitate to speak, Sun Cheng waved his hand at Thunder and Hailishi, "You go stroll around the city first!"

He knew that Optimus Prime had something to discuss with him.

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