Chapter 962: Myth-like History

The Forge of Solus Prime fell silent for a moment, before that female electronic voice sounded once again.

"I can sense that the information within your body is extremely chaotic, as if many things that do not belong to you have been forcibly crammed into your Brain!"

Sun Cheng frowned; he had not expected the Forge of Solus Prime to be so sharp.

But after thinking about the other party's possible identity, he felt relieved.

Standing before the crystal container, Sun Cheng looked at the Forge of Solus Prime inside and suddenly remembered that he had previously thought about having a good talk with it.

Now that the Forge of Solus Prime had taken the initiative to speak, this was a good opportunity for him.

So, after a moment of silence, Sun Cheng organized his thoughts and took the initiative to ask: "Not long ago, an Autobot Leader named Sentinel Prime opened a portal on this planet and transported some savage soldiers of the Quintessa Civilization to Earth."

"War may descend again before long, and I happen to have some questions; I wonder if you can give me an answer?"

Answering him was the silence of the Forge of Solus Prime!

But Sun Cheng did not mind; he had communicated with the Forge of Solus Prime before and naturally knew that the consciousness hidden within this Yuanzu Weapon did not really want to communicate with people voluntarily.

However, to him, not being flatly refused meant it was open to negotiation.

So, after thinking for a moment, Sun Cheng continued to ask: "Is the Quintessa Civilization a product created by the thirteen Primes of Cybertron?"

In Jetfire's memories, there were quite a few legends from before the ancient times of Cybertronian civilization.

The legend that the Quintessa Civilization was also created by the thirteen Primes of Cybertron was one of them.

The Forge of Solus Prime remained silent, but the hammer body inside the crystal container emitted a buzzing, crisp sound; clearly, it was not as calm as it appeared.

Sun Cheng did not rush it; he had plenty of time now to wear down this entity, who was suspected to be Solus Prime, one of the thirteen Primes of Cybertron.

Thus, the Laboratory remained silent for several minutes, after which the female electronic voice sounded again.

"The birth of the Quintessa Civilization stemmed from an attempt by the Creator, and it was not a product created by the thirteen Primes. But the thirteen Primes did indeed play a certain role in promoting it!"

Sun Cheng's spirit suddenly lifted; this was a secret that even Jetfire did not know. Although he had not yet digested Sentinel Prime's memories, based on what he knew about the stories after Sentinel Prime's birth, it seemed highly probable that this Prime also did not know these things.

The Forge of Solus Prime had finally spoken, and it started with a huge bombshell.

With such a good opportunity, Sun Cheng naturally would not miss it.

So he decisively continued to press: "What is the Creator? Why do you say the thirteen Primes promoted the birth of the Quintessa Civilization?"

This time, the Forge of Solus Prime fell completely silent. Even though Sun Cheng waited patiently for several hours, it simply refused to speak again.

He was somewhat unwilling to give up, and after thinking, he continued: "Is there some great secret hidden on Earth? Half of the thirteen Primes have visited Earth, and perhaps some are still hiding somewhere on Earth even now?"

"Sentinel Prime is suspected of having made a deal with the Quintessa Civilization, and there are still remnant Quintessa soldiers on Earth now. I need to know more; otherwise, when disaster truly arrives, what awaits me and this planet will be total destruction!"

Having asked several questions in one breath, Sun Cheng then looked at the Forge of Solus Prime in the crystal container again.

He was waiting, hoping to learn more secrets from it.

The Forge of Solus Prime fell silent again, but this time it was not as deathly still as before.

The buzzing sound of the hammer body had not stopped, clearly indicating that the consciousness hidden within this Yuanzu Weapon was also thinking and hesitating.

So, after more than half an hour, the female electronic voice spoke as if it had finally made a decision.

"No one knows who the Creator is. He might be a survivor of some ancient civilization that has already been destroyed, or perhaps a survivor of a civilization from an era even older than the birth of the universe. He is the embodiment of 'Order', 'Light', and 'Creation', calling himself 'Primus', while the thirteen Primes gave him another respectful title: 'Unicron's opposite'—the Primordial One."

"The Primordial One has an enemy, an enemy who seems to have been born from the same ancient civilization as him. The Primordial One calls him 'You Ni Ke Long', while he calls himself 'Unicron'."

"Unicron is powerful, greedy, evil, and incomparably dangerous. He is always wantonly destroying one civilization and life-bearing planet after another, and he is adept at luring living beings toward self-degradation!"

"Even as powerful as the Primordial One was, he was no match for Unicron. So, in the eons past, he created over a dozen Shisan Shitu, hoping they could help him defeat the evil Unicron and protect more life-bearing planets and civilizations!"

"And the number of Shisan Shitu was fourteen!"

In ancient Cybertronian legends, there were indeed myths about the Creator creating the thirteen Primes to resist evil together.

Therefore, Sun Cheng was not actually that excited to have this myth confirmed by the consciousness inside the Forge of Solus Prime, which was suspected to be Solus Prime.

To him, this merely proved the authenticity of a Cybertronian myth and revealed the names of two great beings far beyond his current ability to contend with.

Instead, the mention of the fourteen Shisan Shitu at the end made Sun Cheng's spirit perk up.

"Fourteen Shisan Shitu? There were fourteen Primes in total?"

He hurriedly asked, thinking he would have to wait a while again, or that it would be impossible to get an answer from the Forge of Solus Prime at all.

But unexpectedly, this time the Forge of Solus Prime was very straightforward and answered him directly: "There were only thirteen Primes of Cybertron, but the Primordial One did indeed create fourteen Shisan Shitu at the beginning! After the Thirteenth Prime, the Primordial One referenced Solus Prime and created another female Shisan Shitu, naming her 'Quintessa'!"

"The birth of Quintessa was a tragedy from the start. Unicron learned of the Primordial One's plan to create fourteen Shisan Shitu. He injected evil energy into the still-gestating Quintessa, attempting to lure her into falling and becoming a sharp sword in his own hands."

"The Primordial One soon discovered this and had no choice but to abandon her. He ordered the thirteen Shisan Shitu to kill their youngest sister, but several of the Shisan Shitu who received the order defied his will; they sealed their little sister, who was still gestating, on a metal planet."

"And on that metal planet, an evil civilization was later born—Quintessa; the fourteenth Shisan Shitu, Quintessa, is the very Queen of the Quintessa Civilization!"

This was truly a massive, earth-shattering revelation, and Sun Cheng found it incredibly satisfying to digest.

Cybertronian history had suffered severe gaps due to the destruction during the Quintessa Civilization's colonization of Cybertron and the subsequent millions of years of civil war.

This caused Sun Cheng, an outsider, to see almost nothing but unknown and vague myths and legends when trying to examine the history of this ancient civilization.

And now, for the first time, he could finally look squarely at the true Cybertronian history, which was like a myth itself.

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Reiteration: This book is based on the Transformers film series, with a small amount of animation settings added. There will be a large number of modifications to the official settings, so please, fans of strict canon, do not take it too seriously.