Chapter 832: The Two Sides

Seeing his own disheveled state through the eyes of Starscream, the look on Ramjet's face could not have been uglier.

What made him even more infuriated was that he could not even refute Starscream.

Ever since the two rebellions and his subsequent removal from military duty by Megatron, although it appeared that this Tyrant had forgiven Starscream for his shameless fawning and begging for mercy,

every Decepticon with a modicum of insight knew that Megatron had never trusted Starscream again.

The only reason he had handed the cultivation work of the Advanced Replica Warriors to him was simply to avoid wasting Starscream's abilities.

Moreover, Megatron and the other commanders of the Decepticon Legion were all doing their utmost to guard against the Advanced Replica Warriors bred by Starscream.

On the battlefield, these Advanced Replica Warriors were ruthlessly used as Cannon Fodder.

This strategy had been tacitly continued by the commanders of the Decepticon Legion to this day.

This was one of the reasons why Ramjet and the others dared not show surprise at Starscream, who was still one of the four giants, before their Task; not to mention, they were already at odds with each other.

"Shut up, Starscream!"

Ramjet roared at Starscream in a fit of shame and anger, struggling to climb up from the crash site.

He was not a Decepticon with a good temper; after all, he could be considered one of the Decepticon elders.

Born into a noble family during the era of the Cybertronian Elder Council, Ramjet had joined the then-Guerrilla Force of Cybertron shortly after coming of age, becoming an officer.

Later, when Megatron was supported by Sentinel Prime to seize military power, Ramjet pledged his loyalty to Megatron for the sake of greater power and voluntarily accepted being transformed into a Decepticon.

One must know that in the history of the development of Cybertronian civilization, slavery was a system that was finally eradicated only when Sentinel Prime joined forces with Megatron to overthrow the Council of Ancients.

Slavery not only brought about a caste system, but its greatest beneficiaries were also the former nobles of Cybertron.

It could be said that Decepticons of noble Cybertronian origin like Ramjet were naturally not of the same kind as Decepticons of slave or commoner origin like Starscream.

Not to mention that when it came to power struggles, even Cybertronians were just as cruel.

The gloating smile on Starscream's face became even more piercing; after Blitzwing and the others arrived, Megatron had dismissed him to the side at the very first opportunity.

Megatron had clearly forgotten that this Decepticon Base was built by his own hands.

Even Megatron's flagship, the Nemesis, had been thoroughly scouted by him while the other was away, and he had taken the opportunity to add some little gadgets inside.

Therefore, after Megatron issued the order to Blitzwing to deal with the Decepticon traitor—Frenzy, he knew about it immediately.

When Blitzwing came to him personally to ask for the location of Frenzy, Starscream also played a trick.

He deliberately did not tell Blitzwing and the others the location of the enemy's rear Base that he had already roughly determined, but instead gave them the coordinates of Trindade Island, where three batches of Advanced Replica Warriors he had sent out had been completely wiped out.

As for the purpose? It went without saying.

Starscream was just waiting to see these Decepticons, who looked down on everyone else, get humbled.

Had he not warned Blitzwing and the others before that Frenzy had deployed heavy troops on Trindade Island?

And then!

Heh!

"How much combat power can a traitor of the Cassette Corps have? Starscream is just a coward, and besides, he hasn't been on the battlefield for a long time; I'm afraid he doesn't even have the most basic judgment anymore!"

These were Ramjet's original words at the time, the mocking remarks he made in front of Starscream when he volunteered to take the task of killing the traitor from Blitzwing.

At that time, Starscream was just waiting to watch his show!

This show indeed did not keep Starscream waiting for long; less than a day had passed, and two Elite Warriors, three Advanced Replica Warriors, and twelve Normal Mode Replica Warriors were gone.

In the end, only a heavily wounded Ramjet had managed to crawl back in a sorry state!

This guy had always wanted to compete for the position of commander of the air squad; this failed Task would become a new excuse for many of Ramjet's rivals to attack him.

Thinking of this, Starscream's mood became even more pleasant.

"Fine, fine, fine, I'll shut up. Lord Megatron and Blitzwing must be waiting inside for your triumphant return. So, Lord Ramjet, what are you delaying for? Hurry over and report!"

After speaking, Starscream, who couldn't wait to see the next show, hummed a little tune he had learned on Earth over the past hundred years and strolled leisurely toward the Nemesis spaceship.

Leaving behind only Ramjet, whose frame could not help but tremble.

New Iacon, inside the military headquarters.

"Recently, the Decepticons on Earth have started to become active again!"

Optimus Prime looked at the dozens of red dots densely displayed on the projection screen in front of him, his tone very heavy.

The projection screen showed a map of Earth, and on the map, dense red dots representing Decepticons had appeared in many regions except for South America.

Some of these Decepticons were discovered by human nations and filmed and uploaded to the internet.

Others were captured by international spy satellites, and the relevant intelligence was then stolen by Autobot agents.

Although only a very small number of Decepticons were witnessed by Autobots who were out in the field.

However, Optimus Prime and the others had already analyzed all the intelligence they had obtained and could confirm that it was all true.

This would have been almost impossible half a year ago.

Back when Optimus Prime and the others had dealt with The Fallen, there was a long period on Earth where no trace of Decepticons could be seen.

They didn't know where they had hidden; the chaotic Africa region had even seemed to become a forbidden zone for Decepticons for a time due to the presence of the Autobots.

But recently, the presence of Decepticons had been frequently captured all over Earth.

In some remote places, the Autobots had even discovered Decepticons who were mining.

This was definitely not a good sign!

"It looks like Soundwave's advance force has already arrived at the Moon!"

Ironhide flicked the cigar in his hand and added in a muffled voice.

When Frenzy had made contact with them earlier, he had already warned them that Soundwave was leading a large force and was marching toward Earth.

He had also mentioned at the time that Soundwave had sent an advance team ahead.

Calculating the time, it was indeed about time for them to arrive at the Moon.

Over the past half year, the reason the Decepticons had obediently hidden themselves was entirely because their high-end combat power had almost all been dealt with by the Autobots.

But with the arrival of the advance team, it was no surprise that the Decepticons, having replenished their high-level combat power, would now be unable to resist jumping out.

"What should we do next?" Sideswipe asked, "Do you need me to take a team and start clearing them out?"

Optimus Prime looked toward Sentinel Prime at his side, but Sentinel Prime merely listened with a calm expression, maintaining an attitude of not intervening or participating in the discussion.

He hesitated for a moment before saying to Ironhide and the others: "First, send a copy of our findings to Frenzy's side. A few days ago, our satellites detected an extremely intense electromagnetic pulse erupting near Trindade Island; if nothing unexpected happened, a battle must have broken out. He can be considered our ally, so let's notify him first!"

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