Chapter 724: Now Is Not the Time

Thunder and Hailishi were soon taken away by the Autobots summoned by Optimus Prime, and they began to wander around New Iacon.

After there were no outsiders nearby, Optimus Prime invited him to walk into the Council Hall together.

Looking at this Cybertronian architecture that looked more like an ancient temple on Earth, Sun Cheng was pondering what Optimus Prime wanted to say to him, when this young Leader of the Autobots could no longer wait to reveal a secret.

"Bumblebee has gone missing, after I sent him to the Moon!"

Sun Cheng's gaze faltered, "When did this happen?"

That Optimus Prime would send his subordinates to the Moon was within his expectations.

Back then, he had used the intelligence on Sentinel Prime as bait to win over Optimus Prime to help him deal with Soundwave, and to deter Starscream, who might have been hiding in the shadows, waiting to reap the benefits.

Afterwards, Sun Cheng informed Optimus Prime of the intelligence that Sentinel Prime's ship had crashed on the Dark Side of the Moon.

It was intelligence obtained from the Decepticons; even though Sun Cheng had never shown hostility toward the Autobots, how could trust be so easily established between two races that had been fighting a civil war for millions of years?

It was inevitable that Optimus Prime would send subordinates to the Moon to verify the truth, but Sun Cheng had not expected that Bumblebee would go missing.

As the Autobot intelligence expert he had the most contact with after crossing over into the 【Transformers Universe】 and possessing the Frenzy Body, the data regarding Bumblebee had been prioritized and deeply researched by him.

Regarding Bumblebee's past, those who still knew about it were likely limited to a very small number of Autobots.

Even Frenzy, who came from the 【Cassette Corps】, only knew that Bumblebee's past name was Jinfeichong.

In the Autobot faction, neither Bumblebee nor his past self—Jinfeichong—was a powerful Warrior.

Their bodies were very fragile, and even among the Autobots' Advanced Warriors, they belonged to the weakest rank.

However, when Bumblebee was still called Jinfeichong, he was the Autobots' intelligence chief, a very outstanding agent and spy.

It is said that he once successfully infiltrated the Decepticon faction; although he ultimately could not escape the tragic fate of death, this alone was enough for Jinfeichong to earn the respect of the Autobot high command.

Thus, he was resurrected again and received the name Bumblebee.

During the second Cybertronian Civil War, the number of direct confrontations between the 【Cassette Corps】 and Prowl was not high.

Their main opponents were the Autobots' 【Cassette Troops】 and Bumblebee; the former were mainly responsible for intelligence gathering and counter-espionage, while the latter would from time to time infiltrate areas controlled by the Decepticon Legion to sabotage, spy for intelligence, or even carry out assassinations.

Perhaps Bumblebee could not be considered a qualified Warrior, but in terms of intelligence gathering, infiltration, and assassination, he had always done quite well.

This was also the reason why Optimus Prime entrusted the heavy responsibility of scouting the Moon to him after Prowl went missing.

Yet, such a qualified spy and infiltration expert had gone completely silent shortly after entering the Moon.

"Could it be that he encountered the Decepticons?"

A thought flashed rapidly through his mind, and Sun Cheng frowned as he began to think.

This conjecture was not impossible; after all, there was a Decepticon Base on the Moon.

Starscream was likely sitting in that base right now, and with his abilities, discovering and capturing a Bumblebee was not a difficult task.

While he was thinking, Optimus Prime's answer rang out.

"Bumblebee was sent by me to the Moon over a month ago, and he lost contact with us shortly after arriving on the Moon. Does your Excellency have any clues?"

Sun Cheng shook his head, "About two years ago, I was re-awakened by Soundwave in the Decepticon Base on the Moon. Not long after, I was arranged to come to Earth with Barricade to search for the whereabouts of the 【AllSpark】."

"Not long after that, that foul-tempered guy Starscream, in order to take revenge on Soundwave, awakened my sealed memories. Since then, I have never returned to the Moon Base!"

"Currently, my understanding of the Moon is limited to the fact that there is a Decepticon Base built on the Dark Side of the Moon. The crash site of your Excellency Sentinel Prime's ship is also located not far from that Decepticon Base!"

Optimus Prime did not completely trust him, which was also within Sun Cheng's expectations.

Just as he himself did not fully trust the Autobots even now, the hostility and hatred accumulated between the Decepticons and Autobots over millions of years could not be brushed aside with a few words.

Optimus Prime did not see anything amiss from him, and while he felt relieved, he could not help but feel disappointed.

"It seems Bumblebee must have been discovered by the Decepticons on the Moon!"

Sun Cheng nodded, "I think so too. Starscream is stationed on the Moon; it is said that he is likely manufacturing a New Body for Megatron. I haven't seen any Decepticons appearing on Earth recently; if nothing goes wrong, they should have temporarily withdrawn their forces back to the Moon!"

This was precisely what Optimus Prime was most worried about!

He was already feeling some regret now as to why he hadn't decisively destroyed Megatron's corpse back then.

In the battle at the Mariana Trench, although Ironhide had used the High-Explosive Explosive he was carrying to almost completely destroy Megatron's body before the final evacuation.

However, when Optimus Prime sent people back to the battlefield to check afterwards, they only saw a corpse that had been blown into a miserable state, but Megatron's head was nowhere to be found.

He did not doubt that Megatron would be awakened again, just as he had used the 【Matrix of Leadership】 to save those Autobot Warriors who should have already died in battle.

After all, within the Decepticon Legion, the status and prestige of their commander, Megatron, were not something that group of ambitious schemers could challenge.

Optimus Prime was silent for a while before slowly speaking, "Your Excellency Frenzy, could you use your channels to inquire about some intelligence regarding the Moon for us?"

Sun Cheng refused directly, shaking his head: "Your Excellency, having just killed Soundwave and his group not long ago, I am now on the Decepticons' kill list. The reason I trade extensively with humans is to accumulate some supplies to strengthen myself and the Warriors under my command before the army led by Shockwave arrives; otherwise, a certain-death ending awaits us!"

He saw that Optimus Prime seemed to want to make a trip to the Moon, but had some misgivings.

Thinking about it, Sun Cheng was lost in thought.

Although Starscream was not a Leader, the difficulty of dealing with him was no simpler than facing Megatron directly.

This was an ambitious schemer who valued his own life very much; Starscream, who was responsible for the Decepticon Legion's Replica Warrior Cultivation, never lacked Cannon Fodder soldiers, and he also held the trump card of Devastator.

No one knew how many trump cards this Starscream, who had rebelled twice and been suppressed by Megatron twice, and was still living well to this day, had hidden up his sleeve.

It is estimated that Optimus Prime was still waiting for more Autobots to rush to Earth; before that, he still needed to wait patiently. Now was not the time to rescue Sentinel Prime and Bumblebee.

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PS:

I am sorry, because of the arrangements for my father's hundred-day memorial paper ritual these past two days, I have to visit several uncles' homes to discuss things, so the updates have been unstable.

After I finish being busy in two days, the owed updates, plus the few chapters missing from last month, and the chapters owed to the Alliance Leader, will all be repaid one by one.

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