Chapter 965: Shield

"Boom!"

With a heavy thud, the newly formed shield fell to the ground, immediately leaving a deep crater in the alloy-forged floor.

Sun Cheng also staggered weakly, nearly falling over.

"Done! I have drawn a portion of the energy from your Spark to forge this shield; I hope you are satisfied!"

The voice of the Forge of Solus Prime remained the same, calm and rippleless.

Yet Sun Cheng did not immediately pick up the shield to examine just how powerful the equipment he had forged using this Yuanzu Weapon was.

He was currently in a state of long-unfelt weakness; having a large amount of energy extracted from his body in such a short time felt just like a human suffering from massive blood loss.

Sun Cheng hurriedly closed his eyes to check his body for a moment, and only after a good while did he open them, a complex expression appearing on his face.

"Nearly half of the energy within my Spark has been extracted..."

It was clear that this was the result of the Forge of Solus Prime's deliberate control.

But Sun Cheng did not know whether to be happy or wary at this moment.

Wary of the miraculous means of the Forge of Solus Prime, which could actually bypass his body's self-protection mechanisms to extract energy directly from his Spark.

With his suspicious nature, he couldn't help but be wary.

Because the other party had held back this time, but it was hard to say if one day, it might suddenly drain all the energy from his Spark.

Shaking his head, he quickly suppressed this terrifying thought, though Sun Cheng did make a mental note of it.

Confirming that his body was not in any serious trouble, only that too much energy had been extracted from his Spark, he withdrew his focus and looked carefully at the shield that had fallen to the ground.

This was a shield with an extremely high-tech feel, about three meters tall, half a meter thick, and wider at the top than the bottom.

It was not perfectly smooth; although there were no patterns on the front of the shield, it had some slightly sharp obtuse angles, and the edges around it emitted a sharp, cold glint like a blade.

On the back of the shield, a Decepticon insignia was branded, and besides that, there was a handle that allowed him to grip it.

Sun Cheng picked up the shield, and the moment he bent down to lift it, he felt a sense of heaviness.

"It weighs nearly five tons, heavier than I originally planned!"

However, a weight of five tons was nothing to the current Sun Cheng.

He gripped the shield with his left hand, held it in front of him to test it out, and then looked down at the Forge of Solus Prime.

The Forge of Solus Prime seemed to have caught Sun Cheng's puzzled gaze and took the initiative to ask: "Are you feeling very confused, as if you don't sense anything special about it?"

"Yeah!"

Sun Cheng admitted it quite straightforwardly!

Although he could not identify the material of this shield, he could tell by sight that it was impossible for it to be harder than his current chassis.

As for other aspects, although Sun Cheng had not yet begun to examine it seriously, he assumed it was just a shield; what kind of tricks could it really have?

He simply decided not to explore it himself and waited for the Forge of Solus Prime to explain it to him.

The Forge of Solus Prime hummed with a light sound in his hand, and at the same time, that female electronic voice rang out in his mind again.

"I have authorized you with the highest permissions for this piece of equipment during the forging process, so why not try merging it into your body to experience its true purpose?"

These words reminded Sun Cheng, instantly giving him a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

Cybertronians are different from Earthlings; they belong to Silicon-based Life rather than carbon-based organisms.

However, although silicon-based organisms are far less widely distributed in the universe than carbon-based organisms, they are not rare.

But even among silicon-based organisms, Cybertronians belong to the most special group.

They are born powerful; even the Autobots, who are least adept at combat, are far stronger than the soldiers of civilizations created by the vast majority of silicon-based life.

The reason for this result is because there exists something called a component within their bodies.

This little gadget is like the cells in a human body, allowing Cybertronians to possess infinite possibilities, endowing them with the ability to learn and imitate all things, and to become more powerful through transformation.

It is also thanks to this ability that they can still master certain weapons from their transformation state while in combat form, though it requires combining with a part of their chassis through the magical components within their bodies to take shape.

The Long Sword that Sun Cheng usually uses in combat, or the shield he occasionally manifests, both belong to this type.

Previously, in order to merge the Soul-Reaping Gun into his body, he had to partially redesign his chassis to complete this step.

But the meaning of Solus Prime clearly told Sun Cheng that this shield did not require that.

The moment he gripped the shield, a thought suddenly emerged in his mind.

The next moment, the shield in Sun Cheng's hand seemed to liquefy, turning into a mass of liquid metal that appeared to have self-awareness in a very short time, quickly climbing up along his left arm and soon wrapping most of his entire body within it.

And the liquid metal, not long after wrapping Sun Cheng, began to squirm and deform again.

After about a few dozen seconds, a suit of silver-gray Armor only a few centimeters thick appeared on his body.

Sun Cheng closed his eyes to feel the feedback information just captured in his Core, and when he opened his eyes again, a smile reappeared on his face.

"So that's it, is this the equipment forged by the Forge of Solus Prime... It can usually turn into Armor to protect my chassis, can absorb certain energy attacks, and convert them back into energy to supply my body... It can also be used as a Shield when needed... A very good piece of equipment..."

Although Sun Cheng could feel that the material strength of this shield was slightly inferior to his chassis.

But this shield could be used as Armor, and it could also absorb Energy Bullets attacking him, converting them back into energy to supply himself.

In a sense, although it was not as good as the Soul-Reaping Gun, it was not as conspicuous as the Soul-Reaping Gun either.

And even if it were damaged in battle, it could be quickly repaired after the battle.

Thinking from another angle, compared to these shortcomings, if Sun Cheng were to bestow this equipment upon an Advanced Warrior under his command, then that Advanced Warrior would very likely be able to fight an Elite Warrior.

And if an Elite Warrior obtained it, not to mention the unrealistic talk of fighting a Leader.

But at least if they really encountered Optimus Prime or Megatron, if they were determined to escape, they might be able to get away at the cost of being injured.

Moreover, as someone who had experienced it personally, Sun Cheng knew that the forging difficulty of this kind of equipment was not high, and even the raw materials consumed during forging were very limited.

Although the effect of this equipment on Sun Cheng himself was very limited, if it were used by the warriors under his command, it would be a very excellent piece of equipment.

"Some basic materials can be forged into such excellent equipment by the Forge of Solus Prime; it seems it can also be mass-produced... What if I use higher-grade alloys and other rare materials..."

In an instant, a certain button in Sun Cheng's heart seemed to have been pressed.