Chapter 995: Jetfire's Choice and Discovery

Jetfire frowned; in fact, he had long since seen that Frenzy was attempting to win him over.

But regarding whether or not to stay, he was actually still hesitating.

Although he had already learned the news of the end of the Cybertronian Civil War, and Jetfire also knew of the current miserable state of Cybertron, it was his home planet after all, and he still held deep feelings for the planet that had birthed and raised him.

But the current Cybertron is under the control of the Decepticon Legion.

Although Jetfire had already learned from Frenzy and the others that the current supreme commander of the Decepticon Legion stationed on Cybertron was Shockwave, and that Shockwave had a relationship with him as both mentor and friend.

But that mentor-and-friend Shockwave had already died in Jetfire's heart back during the era of the Cybertronian Elder Council.

Ever since he was subjected to Shadowplay and Five Punishments, Shockwave had been left with nothing but an obsession with his own philosophy and beliefs.

The Shockwave who lived today, at least in his view, was merely a demon possessing Shockwave's shell.

He was rational to the point of ruthlessness, cruel and bloody, and could push forward with all his might, without hesitation, experiments that appeared incomparably cruel to outsiders.

Back then, Jetfire had once tried to persuade Shockwave to resist Megatron together, but was ruthlessly betrayed by him.

Because of this incident, the little relationship that had remained between the two was completely wiped out.

Therefore, although Jetfire also had thoughts of returning to his home planet, he was not so resolute because he did not want to see Shockwave again.

As for defecting to the Autobots!

Jetfire had indeed had this thought, and this idea had actually appeared back during his wandering period.

He was a great scientist during the peak of Cybertronian civilization; the former King of Cybertron, Sentinel Prime, had also once sought his advice on Space Bridge technology.

Although Jetfire did not like Sentinel Prime's high-and-mighty attitude, because of their past ties, he believed that if he were willing to defect to Sentinel Prime, the other party would still be very happy to accept him.

Well, this was his thought before he learned that Sentinel Prime had already been killed!

Upon learning that Sentinel Prime had been killed not long ago by the current Leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime, for colluding with the Quintessons.

At the same time, Jetfire also learned from some Decepticons at the 【Academy of Sciences】 that the Autobots led by Optimus Prime, although they had also established a base in Africa on Earth, were having a very difficult time now.

Not to mention that this Autobot Leader, Optimus Prime, had been driven out of the settlement by the Autobot Council, and the number of Autobots who had come to Earth to defect to him was not large for the time being.

Just the fact that they had created countless slaughters and deaths on Earth because Sentinel Prime colluded with the Quintessons was enough to bring too much infamy to the Autobots.

The people of Earth would not care about your internal Autobot struggles; they would only feel now that as long as someone is an alien, they must be evil.

Moreover, after Jetfire had stayed in Base No. 2 for such a long time and had visited the 【Academy of Sciences】 many times.

He now also admitted that this 【Academy of Sciences】, which Frenzy had insisted on establishing, although it could not be compared to the laboratories of the peak era of Cybertronian civilization where he had once stayed.

But it was more vibrant here, and the 【Academy of Sciences】 held a more exalted status among the forces that Frenzy insisted on establishing.

After all, the Cybertronian civilization of the past practiced a noble caste system and even retained slaves for a very long time.

Therefore, scientists and scholars, even during the era of the Cybertronian Elder Council when technology was most developed, although scientists had a certain social status, in the eyes of the nobles, they were ultimately nothing more than their tools and servants.

In comparison, the force established by Frenzy had the 【Supreme Military Committee】, the 【Executive Yuan】, and the 【Academy of Sciences】 as its highest power organs.

The 【Academy of Sciences】 might be ranked lower, but it had greatly elevated the status of technical personnel.

Yet, despite this, Jetfire still had misgivings.

Although he had not had much contact with Frenzy, through the words of other Decepticons in the base during this period, as well as his own personal observations, he vaguely felt that Frenzy's ambition was very great.

Jetfire had personally experienced many things that Megatron had done back then, so he was unwilling to become a blade in the hands of another tyrant after having misplaced his trust in one.

This was also the reason why he was still hesitating since waking up and had not been able to determine his future direction.

Sun Cheng did not wait for Jetfire's reply, but he was not anxious.

He and Atlas were both waiting patiently, waiting for this ancient existence, whose face was full of conflict, to make his own decision.

Fortunately, this time, they did not wait too long.

After thinking for a while, Jetfire finally opened his mouth.

He did not answer Sun Cheng, with whom he still had some resentment, but instead turned to look at Atlas: "I need authorization to understand the situation regarding your Sky Bridge Project before I can give you some technical guidance. However, I cannot help for nothing; I am not satisfied with this New Body, and I need some resources to upgrade it!"

Once these words were spoken, everyone knew Jetfire's choice.

Atlas did not answer Jetfire immediately, but turned his head to look at Sun Cheng.

Sun Cheng felt slightly disappointed, but he also knew that Jetfire did not know enough about his side yet.

Moreover, the fact that he had pried into Jetfire's Memory Data earlier was indeed a serious negative factor; being able to stabilize him for the time being and keep him here was already a great victory.

He nodded to Atlas without hesitation, and only then did Atlas breathe a sigh of relief and answer Jetfire: "Very well!"

Since Sun Cheng saw that Jetfire did not particularly like him right now, he naturally did not intend to stay longer.

He prepared to leave, but before leaving, he remembered the piece of equipment he had just completed with the help of the power of the Forge of Solus Prime.

Thus, directly in front of Jetfire, he took out the equipment that looked like a Shield from the Spherical Space.

"Oh!"

Seeing his trick of taking things out of thin air, Jetfire could not help but let out a soft exclamation.

Sun Cheng did not explain much; he did not know much about the Spherical Space within his body either.

Directly handing the Shield to Jetfire, Sun Cheng looked at him and reminded him: "This piece of equipment provides a decent defensive boost, even for a Leader Class existence. If you can solve the technical difficulties of the first phase of the Sky Bridge Project within a month, allowing us to master this technology early, in addition to the resources promised to you, this equipment will also be gifted to you as my extra reward!"

The capabilities of this equipment forged by the Forge of Solus Prime naturally went without saying; it would definitely make some Leader Class existences covet it.

Sun Cheng did not yet know that Optimus Prime's 【Matrix of Leadership】 had shattered, but he had also been thinking recently about using the Forge of Solus Prime to forge more similar equipment to trade with Optimus Prime in exchange for some energy derived from the 【Matrix of Leadership】.

From the moment Sun Cheng took out that Shield, Jetfire's eyes had already fallen upon it.

Although Jetfire was more curious about how he had taken the Shield out.

However, after he took the equipment and felt its performance for just a moment, he immediately widened his eyes and looked at Sun Cheng, while almost unable to hold back from shouting: "Forge of Solus Prime?"