Chapter 747: Heavy Doubts

It seems that because the Leader Optimus Prime is on Earth, the Autobots are continuously rushing here to Earth from every corner of the galaxy.

Sun Cheng can roughly guess some of the reasons!

The status of Leader undoubtedly adds a lot of points to Optimus Prime; even though the Autobot Council keeps dumping the blame for the defeat in the civil war onto him, this young Leader still possesses considerable appeal among the Autobots.

Secondly, after fleeing to the satellites following their defeat, because they lost all their territory on the planet Cybertron, the Autobots are short on all kinds of supplies, and many Autobot civilians have been forced to leave to survive, wandering everywhere in the galaxy.

As Optimus Prime rebuilds New Iacon on Earth, it is also within Sun Cheng's expectations that he would call for more Autobots to come to Earth.

What he is more concerned about is, who exactly are the Autobots that have newly arrived on Earth?

The impact on the situation on Earth is completely different between ordinary Autobot civilians and elite Autobot warriors.

Unfortunately, Leiting shook his head.

"It is temporarily impossible to confirm the identities of the targets, but the quantity has been confirmed; there are a total of five newly arrived Autobots!"

"Five!"

Sun Cheng frowned; his first thought was of a very troublesome, well-known team within the Autobot faction—the Aerialbots.

The Aerialbots are the primary aerial combat force in the Autobot faction.

Their members total only five, namely the Captain Silverbolt, Deputy Captain Air Raid, Adjutant Fireflight, tactical expert Skydive, and support warrior Slingshot.

During the Cybertronian Civil War, the Aerialbots were one of the Autobot combat forces that gave the Decepticons the most headaches.

Regarding the origins of the Aerialbots, the 【Cassette Corps】 where Soundwave and Frenzy are located had once been ordered to investigate, but the results were not ideal!

The Autobots keep their origins highly classified; the only thing Sun Cheng can be certain of is that the five members of the Aerialbots originated from an experiment.

It is said that they later underwent modifications by Autobot scientists, and they can combine to form a powerful giant Gestalt—Superion, which is an existence even stronger than the first-generation giant Gestalt of the Decepticon Legion—Devastator, and only the Decepticon Legion's own second-generation giant Gestalt—Menasor—can compete with them.

Frenzy's Memory Data shows that the Aerialbots are a very mysterious combat team.

In the past, they only accepted direct commands from the Autobot Leader; only Sentinel Prime and Optimus Prime could order them into battle.

Although the 【Cassette Corps】 investigation into the Aerialbots shows that, like most Autobots, the five members of the Aerialbots each possess different personality flaws.

But outsiders cannot ignore them; the Aerialbots possess very powerful combat capabilities, and the giant Gestalt they combine into—Superion—was called the strongest combined warrior for a very long time.

Not only does the Decepticon Legion fear them, but Sun Cheng is no exception.

The Aerialbots are a strategic force controlled by the Autobots; he must seriously consider the impact the arrival of the Aerialbots on Earth will have on the fragile balance between the various forces here.

Sun Cheng knows where New Iacon is located, but the satellites controlled by Base No. 2 have not deliberately monitored that area.

Previously, when he was visiting, he noticed that the great Scientist of the Autobot faction—Wheeljack—had arrived on Earth.

With Wheeljack's scientific research capabilities, Sun Cheng estimates that the defense system of the Autobots' New Iacon should be perfected by now.

Satellites on Earth are not difficult to discover because their orbits are fixed, so as long as the Autobots pay a little attention, the spy satellites he deployed would be easily discovered.

Sun Cheng would not want to completely offend the Autobots, with whom he has finally eased relations, before the great enemy that is the Decepticon Legion has fallen.

Therefore, right now, their grasp of the situation on the Autobot side is actually very limited.

After pondering for a while, Sun Cheng temporarily set this matter aside.

He plans to visit Optimus Prime in person after a while, and while he is at it, see if he can get some more 【Matrix of Leadership】 energy from him.

At that time, Sun Cheng will want to investigate the five newly arrived Autobots.

Images of the Aerialbots have appeared in the Memory Data of Decepticons like Frenzy, Jazz, and Soundwave, so distinguishing them will not be a difficult task.

He was just about to carefully ask Leiting about the situation at the Black Market.

Suddenly, as if Leiting had remembered something, he spoke somewhat solemnly: "Master, not long after you headed to Mars, Swindle suddenly became very strange."

"Swindle!"

The frequency at which Sun Cheng was tapping the metal armrest of his chair paused; he narrowed his eyes and looked at Leiting with great interest.

"Speak in more detail!"

Leiting nodded and recalled for a moment before continuing: "He started to change, probably on the seventeenth day after you departed for Mars. Afterward, he went out alone once; I did not follow."

"However, according to the monitoring by the Central Main Control Intelligence afterward, a brief, strong electromagnetic communication wave appeared in the area where Swindle was wandering. I had Mirage perform a simulation assessment; the magnitude was sufficient for an ultra-long-range interstellar communication!"

"In the period that followed, Swindle's state was very lethargic, consistent with the performance of excessive energy consumption. He once applied to enter the energy chamber to replenish his Spark energy; I approved the authorization, and he replenished over 17,000 units of energy!"

"It can be confirmed that he did indeed conduct an interstellar communication with an unknown target!"

With his fingers tapping lightly on the armrest one after another, no expression change could be seen on Sun Cheng's face.

He had never believed in the loyalty of the Decepticon—Swindle.

Therefore, Sun Cheng was not surprised that he was pulling some small tricks after he had left.

He was also very curious about who exactly this guy was contacting.

Sun Cheng has two targets of suspicion: the Bounty Hunter—Lockdown and the Decepticon—Onslaught.

The reason for suspecting Lockdown is sufficient; a few months ago, he used both threats and inducements to make Swindle contact the other party, but he has not received any reply to this day, and he is not sure if Swindle is playing tricks in the middle, or if Lockdown is already dead.

As for suspecting Onslaught, it is actually not strange.

Because this Onslaught, whom Sun Cheng pushed out to help him attract fire for a long time, is an old-school Decepticon who was born at the very beginning of the Decepticon Legion's formation.

Onslaught once served as Megatron's staff officer during the Cybertronian Civil War, and was also the Commander of the Combaticons; he is a high-level Commander under the Decepticon Legion.

If that guy Swindle believed Sun Cheng's lies and mistakenly thought that behind this Base No. 2 stood two old-school Decepticons, Jetfire and Onslaught.

Then, compared to the unfamiliar Sun Cheng, it is not strange that this guy would want to bypass him and directly contact his former colleague and superior—Onslaught.

"It's just that I don't know who Swindle actually contacted?"

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