Chapter 89: The Winner

After causing a scene in Las Vegas, Sun Cheng also knew that they had brought a catastrophic disaster upon themselves this time.

With such a huge commotion, nearly thirty U. S. military aircraft were shot down or crashed, and two bases also suffered varying degrees of damage; not to mention the casualties, the mere loss of weapons and equipment was enough to make the vindictive United States government red-eyed with rage and try every possible means to retaliate.

Even if this happened to any other country, upon discovering that there was an extraterrestrial force within their borders constantly stirring up trouble, it is estimated that no one would be able to sit still.

For the sake of caution, Sun Cheng took a detour through Idaho, went north through Washington state into Canada, and after taking a huge loop, he re-entered the United States from Minnesota.

Therefore, when he returned to his base again, two and a half days had already passed.

After quietly circling the base and confirming safety repeatedly, Sun Cheng entered the Nuclear Missile Silo through a secret exit.

"I'm back. Atlas, Pioneer, come here..."

Throwing the things he was carrying onto the ground, Sun Cheng immediately notified the two to come see him.

Soon, he saw Pioneer walking in the lead, followed by two Decepticons, one tall and one short, as they arrived in his main Laboratory.

"Master, you have returned..."

Pioneer knelt slightly and bowed to him; when his gaze swept across the floor and saw the two items Sun Cheng had brought, the light in his eyes clearly stalled, "This is..."

Sun Cheng naturally noticed the surprise on his face and followed his gaze to look at the ground, a smile inevitably appearing on his face, "My spoils of war..."

On the floor of the Laboratory, the two spoils he brought were none other than a ferocious metal head and a half-body corpse also made of an unknown alloy.

The former came from the fallen Decepticon Elite Warrior—Blackout, and the latter was the upper body of the Autobot Warrior torn apart by Megatron—Jazz, which he had obtained from the base.

Not minding the dirt, Sun Cheng sat down on the floor, the smile in his eyes deepening.

Although he failed to obtain Megatron's body, he had been forced away by Ironhide, but when he finally retreated, he had a flash of inspiration and remembered that there were several Decepticon and Autobot remains at the base, so he made a spur-of-the-moment decision to go there.

Originally, what Sun Cheng was most interested in were the heads of several Decepticon and Autobot warriors, because the body structure of Mechanical Life is surprisingly similar to that of humans, and they are also accustomed to placing their Core, especially the Chip that stores Memory Data, in the head; for anyone with intentions, these are treasures worth more than gold.

Unfortunately, after easily cutting off the head of Blackout, who had already lost signs of life, he was just about to go deal with Bumblebee when he suffered a major loss.

It turned out that Ratchet, who was also at the U. S. military base on the outskirts of Las Vegas, had actually performed emergency treatment on himself in a very short time, changing his state from the verge of death to severely wounded.

Having been on guard against Sun Cheng ever since he saw him return to the base, he couldn't help but draw his weapon and fire wildly at him the moment he saw him attempting to kill his dying comrade—Bumblebee.

Sun Cheng really didn't expect this guy to still have combat capability, and he was immediately left with rows of bullet marks on his body by that rotary Machine Gun, especially his chest Mecha, which was torn open to expose his newborn Spark.

As powerful as Megatron was, he was finished off by a tiny human boy after exposing his Spark, so, cautious as he was, he immediately gave up on harvesting Bumblebee's life, though he did retaliatively take away the upper body remains of Jazz.

Although Pioneer did not know Blackout, he had seen Jazz and knew that he was a powerful Autobot Warrior.

Now seeing that even he had fallen and his corpse had been brought back by Sun Cheng, he, who possessed no low intelligence, immediately flattered Sun Cheng: "Congratulations, Master, your bravery will surely resound throughout the Decepticons..."

Everyone loves to hear flattery, and Sun Cheng is no exception.

Although Jazz did not die at his hands, the one who killed him, Megatron, ended up losing himself, which could be called the biggest loser.

After the great battle, except for Ironhide, the Autobots almost all perished, and they failed to obtain the AllSpark; if it weren't for the American boy Sam trading out Megatron in the end, they would definitely have been the losers too.

Starscream was cunning after all; although his Evolution process was interrupted by Bumblebee, the amount of time he spent in contact with the AllSpark at the Sector 7 base was longer than Sun Cheng's two times combined. Even if his combat power is still inferior to Megatron's now, I am afraid he will not lose much to Starscream; this trip was definitely profitable.

However, if we talk about the biggest winners, it would probably be the Americans and Sun Cheng.

Let's talk about the Americans first; don't look at the countless losses the U. S. military suffered in that great battle, or the loss of the AllSpark, but they seem to have reached some kind of consensus with the Autobots and obtained two Decepticon bodies, one of which was even from the Decepticon Leader—Megatron. It is not impossible to get a glimpse of the advanced technology of the planet Cybertron from this; it is certainly correct to say they profited.

And Sun Cheng is not much worse off than the Americans.

Having almost suffered a major loss in the real world before, he is now even more cautious and careful, wishing he could think ten steps ahead for every one step he takes.

In a great battle, Sun Cheng never sticks his neck out when he should be cowardly, and he can decisively give up when he should; as a result, not only did he harvest four AllSpark fragments, but he also obtained Blackout's head and half of Jazz's body. Give him some time to digest it thoroughly, and even if Soundwave wakes up, it will be hard for him to do anything to him!

A thousand thoughts flashed through his mind along with Pioneer's flattery, and Sun Cheng could not help but smile even more, "Alright... let's not talk about this nonsense... Atlas, go prepare Laboratory No. 2, I will need it soon..."

"Yes, Master!"

Atlas responded and went down to prepare; he really liked this hardworking and uncomplaining low-level Decepticon Worker, who had helped Sun Cheng a lot in the past.

"Gurgle..."

The one making the strange sound was the Newborn Decepticon who was accidentally discovered in Las Vegas after being affected by the energy waves of the AllSpark.

This guy was very much like a human with ADHD; as soon as Atlas left, his head could not help but turn along with him, looking impatient.

Sun Cheng looked at him and regained some interest in him.

When he discovered him in Las Vegas before, Sun Cheng had performed an examination on him, but at that time, in order to track the AllSpark, he had only done it in a hurry and did not study it in too much detail.

According to what he knew, this guy had not yet formed his own Core; not only was his body fragile and vulnerable, but his intelligence was actually not as good as those Cannon Fodder-type Decepticons born through low-level Cores.

Perhaps because he really treated this base as half his home, after running around for a few days, the thoughts of various schemes and calculations were temporarily thrown to the back of his mind, and Sun Cheng commanded this Newborn Decepticon with interest: "Come here..."

He prepared to take advantage of the time he had now to study the mysteries of this Newborn Decepticon born from the AllSpark.

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