Chapter 88: Fragments

Megatron is dead?!

The mighty Megatron just died like this?!

Megatron, who just a moment ago was punching Optimus Prime, kicking Ererniang, and threatening to reach the heavens and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Sun, just died like this?!

If not for the fact that the Core had confirmed it repeatedly, and the feedback data clearly told Sun Cheng that he truly could no longer detect Megatron's Spark fluctuations, Sun Cheng, who had been lurking nearby and witnessed all of this, likely still wouldn't dare believe what he was seeing.

The leader of the Decepticon Legion, the super dictator of the planet Cybertron—Megatron, has been killed by a human on Earth!

The stupor lasted only for an instant, and Sun Cheng, having quickly regained his senses, looked at the scene with burning eyes; whether it was the heavily wounded Optimus Prime or Megatron's corpse, both were treasures that made him incredibly covetous, especially the latter.

Megatron's chassis made extensive use of super-alloy steel; although it lacked ductility, the hardness of this alloy reached more than seven hundred times that of normal steel.

It is corrosion-resistant and heat-resistant, and even on the planet Cybertron, only the internal Laboratory of the Zhelasasi Higher Institute of Technology, run by Shockwave, could produce this super-alloy created by the Eshemusi people.

Aside from Megatron and a few other high-ranking Decepticon commanders who used super-alloy steel to manufacture and enhance their chassis, perhaps Optimus Prime, who once had a good relationship with Shockwave, also had a little bit in his possession.

It is said that the chassis of Ironhide, an Elite Warrior among the Autobots, was manufactured using a small amount of super-alloy steel.

Therefore, it is no wonder that Sun Cheng would covet Megatron's corpse.

With Megatron dead and Optimus Prime severely wounded, it would be difficult for them to pose a threat to him anymore.

Seeing this, Sun Cheng could no longer hold back; he immediately leaped up from his hiding spot, transformed into a drone, and flew toward Megatron's corpse.

"Damn it, it's a Decepticon..."

As soon as Sun Cheng landed, the few survivors who had just been in a state of excitement all had their expressions change at once, especially Sam, who was in the middle of a passionate embrace with his little sweetheart Mikaela; he nearly went weak in the knees and collapsed on the spot.

Indifferently sweeping a glance over them, Sun Cheng was not a bloodthirsty person after all, so as long as they did not threaten him, he had no intention of attacking these few survivors.

Quietly walking to Megatron's remains, he soon furrowed his brows.

The holy relic he wanted most—the 【AllSpark】—had actually been shoved into Megatron's Spark by that American boy, not only destroying this Decepticon leader but also destroying the 【AllSpark】 at the same time.

Without it, the remains of Megatron before him were undoubtedly still a very valuable trophy.

However, upon walking closer to take a look, he realized he had overthought it.

Megatron's chassis was too large; this mechanical Warrior, over a dozen meters tall, likely weighed more than a hundred tons, while Sun Cheng's maximum empty weight was only two tons; if he exceeded this amount, he would be unable to transform back into flight mode and could only rely on walking.

This was clearly a very difficult multiple-choice question, and Sun Cheng had to make a choice, because he could only take away a tiny part of Megatron's body.

Just as he was hesitating, Sun Cheng suddenly felt his sole step on something hard, which surprisingly did not shatter under his foot.

Thinking it was just an alloy fragment that had fallen off Megatron, he glanced at it casually, but the next moment, the blue light in his eyes flared brilliantly.

"Huh..."

After an exclamation of surprise, he subconsciously bent down to pick up the fragment under his foot and brought it in front of him, "This... this is... a fragment of the 【AllSpark】?"

Because the various functions of the Core were constantly active, when Sun Cheng's Core had scanned the vicinity earlier, it had not captured any energy fluctuations from this fragment, so he had not paid it any mind.

However, now that he had picked up this fragment, which was about the size of an adult's ring finger, and held it in his hand, Sun Cheng finally felt a subtle, disordered stream of information stored within it; this was undoubtedly what the mechanical lifeforms of Cybertron called 'Life Force'.

"Good stuff..."

Although there was no energy left in this fragment, obtaining energy was not a difficult task; Sun Cheng could just find a human power plant, sneak in, and absorb for a few days, and he would be able to replenish the consumption from his recent successive battles.

But as for information, apart from seeing it in the 【Core】 and the 【AllSpark】, Sun Cheng really didn't know of any means to obtain it until now.

Compared to energy, this thing was even more crucial for the Evolution of mechanical lifeforms.

He had thought the 【AllSpark】 had vanished with Megatron's death, but he hadn't expected fragments to remain; Sun Cheng immediately became interested and began to carefully search the ground near Megatron.

"Hey... Sam, what is he doing?"

Mikaela held Sam uneasily; perhaps because she hadn't seen Sun Cheng attack them for a long time, her heart, which had been in her throat, settled back down. Naturally extroverted and lively, she stared at Sun Cheng for a while, and being quite puzzled, she spoke up to ask Sam.

"I don't know!" Sam also stared at Sun Cheng with a puzzled expression, and it was only after a long while that he answered uncertainly: "He... um, he looks like he's looking for something?"

While the two were talking, Sun Cheng had already circled Megatron, making two or three laps within a few meters of him. Besides the first fragment he found, he had actually found three more 【AllSpark】 fragments, two of which were smaller than the first one he discovered, but one was larger, about the size of a child's fist!

Just as he was about to continue searching, Sun Cheng suddenly felt his Core give a warning.

He subconsciously rolled on the ground, moving away from the position where he had just been standing.

"Boom..."

Following an explosion, Sun Cheng, who had stood back up with vigilance, immediately saw a silver-gray Autobot running toward them at high speed, holding a weapon in his hand and firing at him continuously; it was Ironhide!

"Damn it, where is Brawl?"

Ironhide had been held back by Brawl before, so Sun Cheng hadn't paid much attention to this Autobot Warrior.

But now that he had arrived to provide support, and yet Sun Cheng had neither received a notification about Brawl nor could he see his shadow, he dared not stay here any longer.

"I was careless..."

Hurriedly storing the four collected 【AllSpark】 fragments into his body, Sun Cheng spread his wings and leaped into the sky, transforming into drone mode. He looked at Megatron's chassis on the ground with annoyance, regretting that he hadn't immediately dismantled a part of him after arriving earlier.

With powerful enemies surrounding him, Brawl's whereabouts unknown, and the reinforcements of the United States military potentially arriving at any time, he dared not linger out of lingering fear. He could only take one last annoyed look at Megatron's remains from the sky before flying at full speed toward the southeast.

PS:

1. The first chapter for today; barring any accidents, there will be two more updates later.

2. Thanks to the two readers 'Seven Apertures Exquisite' and 'Handsome Yang yyq' for their tips.

3. Regarding the reader who said in the book review section that the protagonist cannot take things with him during a soul transmigration, that reader definitely didn't read the previous text carefully.