Chapter 992: Academy of Sciences

More than half a month had passed in the blink of an eye since Jetfire woke up.

Although Sun Cheng and Jetfire had a bit of an unpleasant start when he first woke up.

However, over the past half a month, he had not restricted Jetfire from moving around within Base No. 2, and even took the initiative to ask Mirage to open up query permissions for most sub-bases and laboratories, with the exception of Mars Base.

Because he had once peered into Jetfire's memories, Sun Cheng still had a relatively good understanding of Jetfire.

Jetfire was born during the era of the Council of Ancients, the most glorious period of the ancient Cybertronian civilization, and he was once an excellent scholar and Scientist.

In Jetfire's memories, the reason this guy would later join the Decepticon Legion was also because he had met the wrong people.

He had studied for a period of time under the guidance of Shockwave during his schooling, and before Shockwave was subjected to Shadowplay and Five Punishments by the corrupt nobles due to his revolutionary tendencies, Jetfire and Shockwave had a relationship that was both teacher-student and friend.

At that time, Jetfire had even established a friendship with another scientist of the later Decepticon Legion—Starscream.

Because of these two relationships, after Megatron joined forces with the Prime, Sentinel Prime, to launch a revolutionary uprising against the corrupt Cybertronian nobles and the Council of Ancients, Jetfire threw himself into the ranks of the revolution at the first opportunity.

During the revolution, he had manufactured a large amount of advanced equipment for the insurgent revolutionary army, and also designed many machines and vehicles for them.

Later, after the revolution succeeded, Jetfire lived a peaceful life for a while.

He did not continue to get entangled with the military; as a pacifist, Jetfire chose to return to school, just like Shockwave had in the past, becoming a teacher to impart knowledge while continuing his beloved scientific research career.

It was just a pity that Jetfire's powerful combat strength and scientific research and manufacturing capabilities had already been targeted by Megatron during the uprising.

Therefore, during the period when Megatron was preparing to build his own forces and conspiring to launch another mutiny to kill the Prime, Sentinel Prime, he sent out friends that Jetfire could not refuse—Starscream, and the teacher-friend Shockwave, to act as lobbyists.

And this move by Megatron did indeed make Jetfire stop thinking too much, and at their invitation, he joined Megatron's camp and accepted militarized modification, becoming a Decepticon.

However, with Megatron's conspiratorial mutiny, this former Cybertronian hero turned around and betrayed the revolution, ruining the hard-won peace in Jetfire's eyes.

In extreme anger, Jetfire had tried to lobby Megatron.

He persuaded Starscream and Shockwave, hoping they could join hands with him to lobby Megatron.

The result, however, was obvious!

During the Council of Ancients era, Shockwave, who had been cruelly persecuted by the corrupt nobles because of his political leanings, had long since been transformed from a gentle and elegant scholar into a cold and ruthless analytical machine under the torture of Shadowplay and Five Punishments.

From that time on, Shockwave would only do things he deemed correct.

And Megatron's choice to use hegemony and militarized modification on the Cybertronian civilization was clearly, in Shockwave's view, the correct thing to do.

Consequently, Megatron's choice to continue launching a military coup, preparing to completely overthrow the Prime—Sentinel Prime, who already represented corruption, along with a large group of corrupt Cybertronian nobles who had not been liquidated by the revolution under Sentinel Prime's protection, which had led to the revolution being incomplete, was also correct.

Thus, Shockwave decisively rejected Jetfire, and at the same time, without any hesitation, reported his thoughts to Megatron.

As for Starscream, he was already crazily obsessed with power and political maneuvering.

In the end, after Jetfire tried hard to change things but failed to change anything, and instead found himself in a situation where he was loathed by everyone, he decisively left the planet Cybertron and became a Wanderer who called himself a Pathfinder.

With such experiences, Sun Cheng knew that even after being awakened by him, Jetfire had nowhere else to go.

The Decepticon Legion would not accept him, not to mention that Jetfire himself also deeply loathed the Decepticon Legion.

The Autobots might possibly accept him, but the current Autobots still had quite a few old-style nobles left over from the Cybertronian Elder Council era.

They could even alienate the young Leader of the Autobots—Optimus Prime, to the point of forcing him to leave.

Even if Jetfire became an Autobot, his situation would not be much better.

As for continuing to wander under the name of a Pathfinder, Sun Cheng did not believe Jetfire would choose this path again.

Just look at his previous situation, and one would know how miserable a Wanderer who had lost their home was.

Powerful as Jetfire was, he had also exhausted his energy during millions of years of long wandering, and was forced to fall into a deep sleep on Earth.

Sun Cheng believed that Jetfire, having lingered on the edge of death for a period of time, would now make a choice that would satisfy him.

After leaving him alone for a short while, Sun Cheng decided it was time to go see Jetfire.

After forging another piece of powerful defensive gear with the Forge of Solus Prime, he thanked the Forge of Solus Prime, then placed it in the charging device so it could continue to absorb energy to replenish its consumption.

Sun Cheng then carried the newly forged equipment and walked toward the lounge arranged for Jetfire.

Before long, he had arrived outside Jetfire's lounge.

Although Sun Cheng had the authority to enter directly, he still spoke up and called out: "Mirage, notify Jetfire that I have come to visit him."

"Understood, Commander. However, I must remind you that he is not in the lounge right now, but over at the 【Academy of Sciences】."

Mirage's reply made Sun Cheng slightly stunned.

But he quickly reacted, nodded, walked straight out of the Central Main Control Center, and hurried toward the sub-base where the 【Academy of Sciences】 was located.

After the 【Academy of Sciences】 was established, its base was assigned to a valley about 87 kilometers away from the Central Main Control Center.

This place still belonged to the defensive center area of Base No. 2, and its anti-aircraft firepower was dense enough to easily intercept an airborne operation of three thousand to five thousand Decepticon clones.

As for Decepticons or Autobots sneaking in, the difficulty was no less than a large-scale air raid.

The various types of exploration radars and equipment deployed in the vicinity were so dense that even a micro Spy Robot could be captured.

Not to mention that in the valleys, forests, and high mountains nearby, there were tens of thousands of Combat Robots and Decepticon Warriors patrolling twenty-four hours a day.

Except for a frontal assault, no spy could easily reach this place.

Sun Cheng had flown over, and he did not know how many radars had scanned him along the way.

Although even he felt a bit annoyed, he had to admit that the security here was truly very strict.

Soon he arrived at the sub-base where the 【Academy of Sciences】 was located, and as soon as he landed, Sun Cheng immediately saw Jetfire, who looked a bit unhappy, standing below and glaring at him.

Seeing this look on his face, even though Sun Cheng had already prepared himself mentally, he knew that what he had done had likely already been discovered by Jetfire.