Chapter 952: Destruction (Part 1)

As the drones transmitted more and more captured footage back to the rear, what Sun Cheng saw with his own eyes were scenes that left him stunned.

Those ferocious mechanical warriors that descended upon Earth through the portal above the ancient city of Cairo began attacking every target in the city the moment they landed.

Autobots, Decepticons, human armies, buildings, and even human civilians—whom the Replica Warrior Legion wouldn't even bother to slaughter—were not spared as long as they were spotted.

This brutal method quickly turned those mechanical warriors who had rushed out of the portal into the enemies of the entire city.

The Autobots were surrounding and annihilating them, the Decepticons were also locked in battle with them, and even the police and soldiers scattered throughout Cairo fought back with all their might when they encountered those mechanical warriors trying to wipe them out.

These scenes caused Sun Cheng to form a few conjectures.

"Could it be the Quintessons?"

The mechanical warriors continuously pouring out from the sky above Cairo looked significantly more powerful than Starscream's Replica Warrior Legion, but they were also more insane, to the point of being completely devoid of reason.

Sun Cheng watched the combat footage patiently for a good while and discovered that in order to inflict as much damage on the enemy as possible, they didn't even care if teammates were nearby, often using area-of-effect weapons to blanket the target area.

What made him feel even more chilled was the mechanical warriors' utter lack of fear toward death.

Once they sustained fatal injuries, they would act like madmen, detonating some kind of Spark-like device within their bodies to perish together with the surrounding enemies.

Therefore, although the total number of those insane mechanical warriors who came to Cairo through the portal was not large, they still caused massive casualties to the Autobots, Decepticons, and even the humans in the city.

This behavior of theirs gave Sun Cheng many associations.

Based on his knowledge of the Cybertronian civilization and other unknown civilizations in this world, he could only think of the Quintessons for the time being.

And as Sun Cheng thought about it more deeply, he suddenly had a feeling that perhaps he really hadn't guessed wrong this time.

"Sentinel Prime collaborating with the Quintessons... If it's him, he might really be capable of it..."

Sun Cheng did not know Sentinel Prime very well, but he had heard some rumors about him.

This former Autobot Leader was truly the type of ambitious figure who would stop at nothing and spare no cost to achieve his goals.

Compared to him, Megatron had to admit he was inferior in many respects.

Sun Cheng had once pried into Megatron's memories, so he understood Megatron better than other Cybertronians.

This Tyrant was indeed arrogant and cruel, but because he had been subjected to cruel transformation experiments by the Quintessons in his youth, he had always harbored a deep grudge against the Quintessons and the Quintessa Civilization; he would absolutely never collaborate with the Quintessons.

The reason he was able to ascend to the throne of military commander of the planet Cybertron back then, besides Sentinel Prime giving him a push from behind, was that the most popular thing Megatron ever did was lead a fleet to destroy a colonial fleet of the Quintessa Civilization.

Because of the unbearable history of having once been colonized by them, after the Cybertronians used the Cosmic Rust to drive away the Quintessons and established their own civilization and regime, they had constantly dispatched fleets to surrounding star sectors to search for and hunt down the Quintessons.

During his time in military service, Megatron had personally led a fleet to destroy a Quintessa colonial fleet, thereby winning the fanatical adoration and pursuit of all Cybertronians, even becoming an idol and hero to most Cybertronians for a time.

Sun Cheng's train of thought was quickly interrupted.

It was Thunder, who had flown over from another warship and landed on the rear deck.

"Commander, Cairo and the surrounding two-hundred-kilometer radius have all been brought into our strike range. Shall we initiate strike operations?"

After Thunder completed his transformation, he walked near Sun Cheng and asked respectfully.

He frowned and glanced toward the east, "Is there any news from Blitzwing and the others?"

After detecting the dense clouds over Africa, Base No. 2 had increased its focus on the African region.

Currently, in Earth's outer space orbit, the total number of satellites capable of feeding various collected information back to Base No. 2 twenty-four hours a day had exceeded seven.

Therefore, not long ago, the intelligence that the joint fleet from Europe had been almost completely wiped out by several Decepticons led by Blitzwing in the Mediterranean Sea, less than two hundred kilometers from Cairo, had already been captured by them.

Thunder nodded, "Blitzwing and the others have started returning to Cairo; they seem to have noticed us, but they did not take the initiative to attack us!"

A cold sneer appeared on Sun Cheng's face!

It seemed that after being severely dealt with by him last time, this arrogant Cybertronian land and air Commander had learned his lesson and become obedient.

"That's fine, leave them alone for now! The Autobot infighting is the biggest show right now; we are in no rush to enter the fray."

Sentinel Prime and Optimus Prime—these two leaders of the Autobot faction were not easy to deal with.

The former had immense deterrent power within the Decepticon Legion; after all, during the civil war, Sentinel Prime could suppress the two leaders and a bunch of high-level commanders of the Decepticon Legion single-handedly, often gaining the upper hand, which showed his immense strength.

As for Optimus Prime, Sun Cheng's wariness of him was now even greater than that of Sentinel Prime.

The changes in this young leader of the Autobot faction after obtaining the 【Matrix of Leadership】 were simply too great.

Since Optimus Prime obtained that holy relic, Sun Cheng had personally dealt with him four times.

Every time they met, he could feel Optimus Prime getting stronger, and at an incredible speed of enhancement.

By the last time they met, Sun Cheng had even felt an invisible suppression from Optimus Prime.

That kind of suppression, which seemed to come from above the bloodline, was something he had only experienced from The Fallen in the past.

This was also the reason why Sun Cheng had always tried his best to avoid direct conflict with the Autobots!

A young Prime with infinite possibilities might still not compare to that Cybertronian ancestor who had long since entered his twilight years and was dying from heavy wounds.

But the infinite possibilities displayed by Optimus Prime alone were enough to make Sun Cheng cautious, and then cautious again.

He had been able to survive by taking advantage of a dying Cybertronian ancestor in the past, but he currently lacked the confidence to face a new-generation Prime who was gradually growing up.

Thinking of this, Sun Cheng couldn't help but gently stroke the scar on his chest again—the one left on his chassis by a suspected ancestor figure during the struggle for the 【Matrix of Leadership】—while his eyes couldn't help but turn a few degrees colder.

"Just wait. In the past, you didn't choose me... In the future, I am destined to surpass you and become the strongest existence in this parallel world!"

Within his Spark, the flames named unwillingness and ambition were burning fiercely.

However, at this moment, an exclamation from Thunder beside him drew Sun Cheng's attention away.

"Sentinel Prime, is dead?"

Following his gaze, Sun Cheng looked at the screen not far away, which was playing the footage transmitted back by the drones circling above Cairo.

And when he saw clearly the scene being played at that moment—a familiar mechanical giant using a Heavy Sword to pierce through another mighty giant—his eyes suddenly widened.

Sentinel Prime was dead!