Chapter 996: The Villain's Meeting

Sun Cheng looked at Jetfire with some surprise; he had not expected this guy to be so sharp.

In fact, he did not know much about the Forge of Solus Prime either.

Other than knowing it was the weapon of Solus Prime, one of the original Thirteen Primes of Cybertron.

Sun Cheng knew nothing about why the Forge of Solus Prime appeared on Earth, or when it arrived on Earth.

He had asked the Forge of Solus Prime, but unfortunately, once asked about questions involving itself, or Solus Prime, or the Thirteen Primes.

The Forge of Solus Prime mostly still used silence to deal with Sun Cheng.

As for the occasional fragmented answer, there was no way to know how much credibility it had.

Therefore, although Sun Cheng was surprised that Jetfire could discover the secret of the equipment he had gifted, he had no intention of answering him.

Maintaining appropriate mystery, especially in front of a Cybertronian as proud as Jetfire, was still very necessary.

Without the slightest thought of answering for Jetfire, he quickly composed his expression, nodded to Jetfire in greeting, and then walked out of this lounge.

Leaving only Jetfire behind him, standing there blankly, holding the shield in his hand, his expression uncertain.

At the same time, on the Moon.

Starscream squinted at the spaceship that was slowly coming to a stop, red light flickering incessantly in his crimson eyes.

"Starscream, long time no see!"

The spaceship's hatch was quickly opened, and a silver-gray mechanical Warrior walked out; it was none other than Lockdown.

A few days ago, the Decepticon Legion had captured Lockdown's spaceship constantly approaching Earth.

And the Moon was the first to bear the brunt; after all, as Earth's satellite, the Moon had very dutifully helped Earth block countless meteorite attacks from the universe over the past hundreds of millions of years.

The secret of the Dark Side of the Moon might still count as a secret in the eyes of many countries on Earth at present.

But if one were scouting from the universe, then the Decepticon Base hidden on the Dark Side of the Moon was simply as conspicuous as a lighthouse.

When Lockdown's spaceship approached the Moon, it only performed a slight scan of the Moon before discovering some oddities, which led to his current arrival on the Moon.

Looking at Lockdown, who had changed significantly since the last time they met in his memory, Starscream immediately felt a bit more wariness in his heart.

Starscream was not worried that Lockdown would suddenly make a move on him; this was the Decepticon Base, and he only needed one order for thousands of Decepticons to swarm over.

Although Lockdown was strong, facing an army, especially one under his own command, was something even he could not handle.

"Lockdown? Why did you come here... Oh, I see... It's Swindle, right..."

Starscream was so clever that as soon as his Brain turned, he immediately guessed one of the possibilities for Lockdown's appearance here.

Lockdown did not answer him; although he was a fickle villain who often killed his employers after completing a Task.

But Lockdown still had some principles; at least he never revealed his mission targets to outsiders, nor did he expose his clients.

"Swindle? A nice excuse..."

Lockdown did know Swindle, and their relationship was better than with other Cybertronians; they could barely be considered friends.

But that was as far as it went!

The two Decepticons had known each other for a long time; in fact, as early as the Cybertronian Elder Council era, Swindle was already tinkering with and even selling military supplies strictly controlled by the Elder Council on the Black Market in Iacon.

However, although that guy Swindle had enough seniority and was somewhat cunning.

His personality was cowardly, and he lacked great wisdom, which led to many subsequent disasters.

Lockdown first met Swindle on the Black Market in Iacon.

At that time, he was still 'performing' for the noblemen's slave gladiator arena, in order to survive, and also to take revenge on those nobles who regarded him as a plaything.

Besides the resources rewarded by the nobles, Lockdown had also been secretly buying some controlled supplies from the Black Market to continuously modify and enhance himself.

Swindle was the arms supplier he met at that time and with whom he established a stable connection.

Even after the two Cybertronians joined the Decepticon Legion, their secret connection had never been interrupted.

Because of their respective personalities, after the Decepticon Legion was established, although they were once heavily used, they were soon squeezed out of the Core circle.

As they fell on hard times, the two Decepticons, who shared the same fate, besides harboring growing resentment toward the Decepticon Legion, also began to secretly pilfer supplies and even weapons from within the Decepticon Legion to sell on the Black Market in exchange for the supplies they needed.

Lockdown's fortunes were clearly much better than Swindle's.

So after Swindle was tricked by Starscream and met with disaster, he still lived quite freely.

"Where is Swindle?"

Lockdown asked directly, his cold voice devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

But this high-and-mighty attitude made Starscream exceptionally angry.

However, Starscream was no pushover; he had heard of Lockdown's notoriety more than once, even during the civil war.

Starscream knew that this guy's purpose for coming to Earth this time was definitely not simple, and Lockdown's strength was strong enough that even he was no match for the current Lockdown.

With a roll of his eyes, he had an idea.

So, using his unique shrill voice, he chuckled twice and told him directly: "Swindle... he is now following Brawl and has already gone to Earth."

"Your old friend is doing quite well for himself now!"

Lockdown raised an eyebrow, his eyes fixed on Starscream, "Continue..."

"Heh!"

Starscream knew he had piqued his curiosity and sold Swindle out completely: "Not long ago, Swindle broke his shackles and recovered his past memories. I guess you appearing here was because you were summoned by him, right?"

What a Starscream; even just by deducing from some simple information, he had guessed quite a lot.

Lockdown looked at him again; having not seen him for many years, his wariness of Starscream increased a bit more.

Although this guy's combat power had not improved much over the years, this pair of eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts destined him to be no pushover.

That fool Swindle was tricked by the villain in front of him into rebelling with him back then, and twice at that.

In the end, Swindle was executed by Megatron, and he himself became one of the many matrices for the clone Warriors.

Lockdown also knew this history; although he did not sympathize with Swindle at all, nor did he have any thoughts of avenging Swindle.

But Swindle's experience also made Lockdown realize Starscream's insidiousness and viciousness.

Seeing that he did not respond, the scarlet light in Starscream's eyes grew even more intense: "Fine, you will have to go to Earth to find Swindle. But you need to watch your safety. Onslaught recently modified the Combaticons into a Combiner, and Swindle is one of the members."

A Combiner!?

He noticed the interest that flashed rapidly across Lockdown's eyes after hearing the word "Combiner."

Starscream knew he had succeeded; he had successfully piqued the interest of this perverted guy.

"A word of advice on your way: watch out for Frenzy!"