Chapter 808: Golden Beetle (Part 2)

After Ratchet finished a careful inspection, he quickly nodded to Frenzy, who was serving as his assistant.

Then, after exchanging a glance with Wheeljack, he turned to look at Optimus Prime.

"Leader, the Awakening ceremony can begin!"

The New Body prepared for Bumblebee was vastly different from his previous one.

Back when the Autobot Intelligence Chief—Prowl—encountered targeted retaliation from the Decepticons during a Task, and his unit was nearly wiped out.

Sentinel Prime immediately ordered the redesign and manufacture of a new body for Prowl, and at the same time approved the use of his new body design blueprint, successively cultivating a batch of Autobot Warriors such as Jazz, Bumblebee, and Barricade, preparing to use them as a foundation to rebuild an intelligence force loyal to himself.

However, as the Autobots were at a disadvantage during the war, resources became increasingly scarce, so apart from the former Intelligence Chief Prowl, who later became Prowl, whose strength reached the level of an Elite Warrior.

The batch of Autobots later cultivated using his new body as a design blueprint each only possessed the combat power of an Advanced Warrior.

Bumblebee was the bottom-tier existence among them; apart from his extremely nimble movements and agility, his body was very fragile, his strength was poor, and he had no heavy firepower.

If not for the fact that he received some Enhancement resources after becoming Optimus Prime's adjutant, he would have been the worst among his brothers.

But even so, Bumblebee's original strength was still not much to look at.

In terms of combat power alone, he was considered to be on the lower end among Advanced Warriors, only able to go toe-to-toe with the vast majority of Advanced Warriors by relying on his nimble movements and alertness.

As for now, Bumblebee could be considered to have gained a blessing in disguise.

In the few months he had been missing, Optimus Prime had deeply experienced the embarrassment of having no intelligence personnel available.

Many things that Bumblebee could do, the Cassette Troops simply could not.

It was precisely this discovery that solidified Optimus Prime's idea of resurrecting Bumblebee.

At the same time, he went all out this time; when he traded for the Matrix of Leadership energy with Frenzy, the other party brought out enough materials to cultivate five Elite Warriors.

Optimus Prime took one portion of it and handed it to Wheeljack, having him use these materials to re-manufacture a New Body for Bumblebee.

Once he adapts to his new body in the future, Bumblebee will possess the strength of an Elite Warrior.

Although he will still be inferior to Warriors like Ironhide, Sideswipe, and Drift, belonging to the bottom-tier of Elite Warriors.

But Bumblebee was never a Warrior to begin with; he is a spy, an intelligence gathering expert.

I believe that with the combat power of an Elite Warrior, Bumblebee will be safer and more capable in his Tasks than in the past.

After Optimus Prime nodded, Ratchet stepped forward with a solemn expression and pressed one hand onto the forehead of Bumblebee's New Body.

Unlike the simple and crude Awakening of the Decepticons, for the Autobots, both death and life are worthy of reverence.

Therefore, when Awakening a companion, they need to hold a simple yet grand ceremony.

Ratchet was responsible for reciting the prayer: "Primal ancestors above, today we shall disturb the eternal peace to awaken a Warrior from his long slumber. May your merciful blessing be upon him, that he may not be disturbed by calamity!"

After all, he was not a professional priest of the temple; after simply reciting a few lines of prayer, he looked at Wheeljack.

Wheeljack nodded, walked to a corner of the Laboratory, and began to operate quickly on a machine there.

Ratchet signaled for Frenzy to step back with him, and as Wheeljack pulled a lever on the machine with force.

Squeak!

A deep blue electric arc was emitted from a cone-shaped machine suspended above Bumblebee's body and hit Bumblebee below with precision.

"Creak... crack..."

Bumblebee's body began to twitch violently the moment it was struck by the electric arc, and at the same time, his body rubbed against the metal floor, emitting a harsh, sharp friction sound.

The power of one electric arc was clearly not enough, but this was obviously within the expectations of Wheeljack and the others.

Soon, another electric arc was emitted from the cone machine again, sinking into Bumblebee's New Body.

Then the third, the fourth, more electric arcs were continuously shot out.

These electric arcs were precisely a type of mimetic energy created by scientists in the Autobot faction, such as Wheeljack, through long and arduous experiments, simulating the life energy within an Autobot Spark.

It can, with a high probability, activate the Spark within the new body of the one being Awakened during the Awakening experiment.

And once the Spark is ignited, it will automatically transform and generate life energy, continuously supplying it to all parts of the body.

When that step is reached, the Awakening is basically successful.

Optimus Prime stood by, ready at all times; he had actually intended to use the Matrix of Leadership energy to replace this step and directly awaken Bumblebee at the beginning.

However, because of the upcoming trade with Frenzy, he needed to pay a full ten portions of Matrix of Leadership energy.

Although Wheeljack had tested many methods, currently they could only replenish the Matrix of Leadership with massive amounts of energy at an extremely low efficiency and conversion ratio, and then convert a negligible tiny bit of Matrix of Leadership energy.

Although these findings confirmed that the Matrix of Leadership was not impossible to replenish, the currently extremely low conversion ratio was clearly a conversion not worth the cost for New Iacon, which was in urgent need of energy, which is why Wheeljack and the others refused to use the Matrix of Leadership to directly awaken Bumblebee.

The Awakening continued, and as more and more electric arcs continuously hit and sank into Bumblebee's New Body.

On his body, some deep blue jumping electric arcs began to appear to the naked eye.

Then the electric arcs gradually began to converge toward his chest, finally successfully igniting the Spark that was currently not protected by armor.

"Success!"

Ratchet and Frenzy bumped fists happily, and the tense face of Optimus Prime also relaxed, gradually blooming with some smiles.

Surrounded by the Autobots, Bumblebee's body began to tremble violently, the Spark in his chest burned more and more intensely, and the deep blue electric arcs surrounding his body also began to become increasingly blinding.

The Autobots also began to be able to hear that within his body, those magical Gears that allow Cybertronians to possess the ability to transform also began to work.

Finally, after who knows how many electric arcs had sunk into Bumblebee's body.

His tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, and two blinding deep blue beams of light shot out from his eyes.

"Ah..."

Accompanied by a muffled low roar, Bumblebee stood up from the ground abruptly.

The circuits connected to his body were snapped one by one, and crackling electric arc sounds rang out continuously.

Bumblebee, returns!

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