Chapter 469: Iron Ankylosaurus Orbital Station

a few cycles ago.

Cybertron, soaring sky city.

Soaring Sky City is not on the surface. It is a rail station, suspended and fixed on a track. Standing in Iron Castle and other northern cities, you can see it by looking up. Soaring Sky City has many entertainment facilities such as casinos, theaters, exhibition halls, etc. People who want to escape from the secular conventions regard it as a paradise. It is full of artists, critics and other people who like to examine the operation of society. They all belong to the artist class, so they are allowed to have a wider social range, which is usually not allowed in other classes.

There are also special talk show performances here.

Comedians are also a fixed class. Their life's work mission is to give Cybertronians a moment to forget the trivialities of the world, to forget that they are trapped on a planet and cannot access the vast universe, to forget that the space bridge has been broken, and to forget that they have been isolated from other Cybertron settlements for countless cycles...

But tonight was especially special.

The great and distant leader, the creator and guardian of the class system, the supreme commander of all the armies of Cybertron, the one who was endowed with the leadership module (it is said)...

Yu Tiandi!

is among the audience.

The Supreme Leader did not come alone, and of course given his status, he could not have come alone. He had guards around him to protect him - a special force composed entirely of Cybertronians with the ability to fly, the Seekers, also called guerrillas or trackers, who served as the leader's personal guard.

The captain of the guard is named "Red Spider".

No one knows why the Titanfall has the leisure to come to Soaring Sky City to listen to a talk show when serial bombings and terrorist attacks are breaking out all over Cybertron? Perhaps he wants to show his confidence to the outside world and the public through this behavior? To express his disdain for the newly rising figures and forces - Megatron and Decepticons? Although riots and uprisings are breaking out everywhere, everything is under the control of the Supreme Council?

In any case, the Titanfall came to listen to the talk show, and the talk show actors suddenly felt a lot of pressure. The audience also knew that the Titanfall was there, so they were also very nervous, which made the whole place very cold and made it even more difficult for the talk show actors to perform.

The talk show host told jokes in a dry voice.

There was total silence and no one laughed.

Then unexpected events happened one after another.

The first thing was that after the talk show host finished his last joke, only Yu Tiandi laughed. When no one else in the audience laughed, Yu Tiandi was the only one who laughed out loud.

The second thing was that one of the outer walls of the orbital station was suddenly hit by a huge airflow and was completely overturned, followed by the impact and loud noise of an explosion.

When the explosion sounded through the hall, Starscream almost subconsciously wanted to transform, but he suddenly stopped, restored his human form, and pulled the Skybreaker out from under the collapsed pillar. When the first wave of impact occurred, the artificial gravity of the Soaring Sky City was also destroyed, and then the air in the theater hall quickly leaked into space, and some audiences were sucked out.

Another group of Cybertronians rushed in from the big hole in the wall. Some of them were busy transforming back into human form. One of them threw something at the wall, and that thing quickly climbed up the speaker and connected to the broadcasting system in the hall.

"We are the Decepticons."

A loud noise came from the radio:

"Attention, attention, we will immediately begin to control the Soaring Sky City. No one is allowed to enter or leave without permission. We do not represent any class, we are only in the name of liberating Cybertron - in the name of Megatron!"

Control the Flying City?

Red Spider thought:

Do they have ground troops?

The air in the hall was almost gone, and the sound gradually became quieter. Starscream lowered his head and moved closer to the head of the Skybreaker.

"Chief," he said, "we must—"

"boom--"

The explosion of rocket shells and the scream of energy beams interrupted his words. Some of the invaders were quickly switching from vehicle form to human form. As they transformed, they shot wildly at the crowd through the large holes in the wall of Soaring Sky City.

"I'll take up the challenge!"

Yu Tiandi roared.

The high-pitched voice of the Archenemy penetrated into Starscream's head, causing the audio sensor elements in his body to vibrate.

"Who is the Decepticon? Who is Megatron? Stand out!"

Just as he finished speaking, a dense barrage of rocket shells and plasma beams hit Yu Tiandi's body. He staggered backwards and rolled across a row of audience seats.

Starscream immediately fought back, suppressing the enemy while covering the enemy as he stood up. The enemy looked surprised - Starscream was also very surprised. He saw a trace of fear on the face of the enemy. The enemy was actually afraid? Was he afraid of this mob? Starscream looked contemptuous, and blew up one of the enemies who rushed in with a casual shot. The enemy flipped back into space, and then followed the leader along a walkway to hide with the audience, and fought back.

He squeezed in front of Yu Tiandi and protected him with his body.

"Leader, our people will protect you. It is not time for you to fight yet."

Yu Tiandi followed him.

Starscream felt a strong sense of contempt in his heart, not only for the broken cannon and rubbish plasma cannon used by Megatron in this operation, but also for the Leader. The era of the Titans has passed. The Leader himself is unaware of this, but Starscream knows it. Megatron also knows this, and Starscream's two subordinates Skywarp and Thundercracker also know it. The two were standing at the entrance of a well-sealed mechanical passage to meet them. The air pressure in that place was still at the highest value, and the electricity was continuously supplied. Starscream and the Titans squeezed through the crowd to the two of them.

"These are my trusted deputies,"

Red Spider said to the Heavenly Enemy:

"They'll get you out of here."

Yu Tiandi nodded and said:

"Go ahead, Starscream. If you can find help, do it. If not, at least tell the other Cybertronians what happened today."

Yu Tiandi was once a great warrior.

Starscream has certainly heard of the legend of the Decepticons, but now that they are no longer as powerful as they once were, he and the entire Cybertron society are slowly ossifying and declining, and he and hundreds of classes are heading for destruction together. It is time to find a new leader who will rebuild what has been lost and forgotten. This action to capture the Skywing City is a declaration to all of Cybertron, and it is also the first tangible signal that the Decepticons are not bluffing.

Skywarp and Thundercracker will take good care of Skywarp. They will take him to a place that few people know about, except Starscream. It is the ideal hiding place.

…

Cybertron, the wasteland.

The vast wasteland stretched endlessly around Megatron and Starscream as they met for the first time.

"Operation Soaring Sky City is progressing smoothly."

Megatron looked at Starscream and said,

"You have performed your mission brilliantly."

"This task is not difficult. I have been the bodyguard of Yu Tiandi for some time."

Starscream said calmly.

He looked up, trying to see the Soaring Sky City in space, but failed. He could not see the Soaring Sky City in the Great Wasteland. The only near-Earth objects in front of him were the satellite base and the only remaining space bridge. No one knew where the giant bridge led to or whether it could still be used. Starscream really wanted to know. He wanted to lead the Cybertronians back into space... Maybe leading the Decepticons was the first step to achieve that goal.

In order to achieve the goal of leading all Decepticons, he must first form an alliance with Megatron and ensure that this alliance works. Starscream implemented the plan to eliminate Megatron, so that he had bargaining chips, but the outcome of the negotiation was still unknown.

Megatron saw Starscream looking up at the sky.

"Soar is ours. It is the first city captured by the Decepticons. Now every Cybertronian knows that we are a force to be reckoned with. Our opponents are weak, disorganized, and have no will to resist."

Megatron looked at Starscream and said,

"Cybertron is about to write a new history, and I'm the one writing it. What role do you want to play?"

"You can't threaten me, Megatron."

Starscream turned back and said calmly,

"If you want a war, you can start one, but if you want to win it, you'll need me and my men. The Supreme Council can deploy enough air forces, but your Decepticons are just a group of gladiators. They know nothing about high-altitude combat."

"There's no point in continuing the conversation."

Megatron snorted coldly and said,

"Okay, I can leave now, and you can figure out what to do. But I warn you, next time we meet, I won't give you such good conditions."

"I'm going to the Iron Dragon Orbital Station next."

Starscream suddenly changed the subject.

"Iron Ankylosaur Orbital Station?"

Megatron asked doubtfully,

"What are you going to do when you get there?"

You didn't know, did you?

Starscream was secretly happy.

As long as he knows something that Megatron doesn't know, he has a chance to fight for the best position. Megatron asked him to kill Megatron, but he sent someone to secretly protect Megatron. It was also the same plan. Although he didn't know what the purpose of keeping the leader alive was, what if it was useful in the future? Starscream thought that he was not Megatron's subordinate. They were just partners and didn't need to obey him.

"Protect it."

Starscream's words were vague:

"Some things on the Iron Dragon Orbital Station would be too dangerous for Cybertron if they fell into the wrong hands."

Megatron stared at Starscream, their eyes locked on each other, neither of them retreated, but Starscream knew that Megatron was just bluffing, yet he still played along with him.

"So, you think I'm a bad person?"

Megatron said.

Starscream shrugged and replied,

"That's not what I meant. What I meant was that the country needs to change, but it doesn't need to be destroyed. I will protect the Ankylosaurus Orbital Station and make sure nothing unexpected happens."

Hearing the other party's sarcastic words, Megatron looked as if he wanted to fight for a moment, and his weapon device kept flashing brightly, but he still held back.

"Then I'll get straight to the point."

Megatron suppressed his emotions:

"Starscream, do you want to come with us?"

"I have nothing against you, Megatron."

Starscream replied:

"That's my answer. I won't say anything else. The parliament may be monitoring it."

"Eavesdropping, what the hell? Do you still care about the council? You still want to take a gamble? You will definitely lose everything. The Supreme Council thinks that a lower-class gladiator can only fight. They will never think that we have such big ambitions."

Megatron said sarcastically.

"You are quite aggressive."

Red Spider shook his head:

"Megatron, if you're going to fight to the end, you'd better face reality - most Cybertronians, even those who don't support you, don't care about the class system. But just because they are not as fanatical as you, do you have to treat them all as enemies?"

"In order to clear all obstacles, I am willing to make the entire universe my enemy." Megatron's voice was cold and ruthless. "Be careful, Starscream, don't choose the wrong path."

After saying that, Megatron turned and left.

Starscream watched Megatron leave.

At the same time, he sent a message to his subordinates:

"Everyone gather at the Iron Dragon Orbital Station!"

Why the Ironclad Orbital Station? What did that bunch of flying wrecks want to do? What was there in the Ironclad Orbital Station that would make Starscream think it was extremely valuable? So valuable that he would rather stay there than fight for Cybertron?

I need to investigate.

Megatron thought to himself.

Since an investigation is needed, we need to use the librarian, Orion Pax.

...…

"call out--"

A group of fighter planes of various shapes flew across the sky.

"What is that?"

Iron Fort, observation deck. Fu Qinghai and Orion looked up at the fighter plane flying quickly over the top of the Iron Fort spire. The two stopped their combat practice and Fu Qinghai asked.

"A search team."

Orion Pax muttered to himself:

"The airspace above the Iron Fortress is not an authorized flying area. Who ordered them to do this? What are they going to do?"

"What is a Seeker."

Fu Qinghai continued to ask.

"They are a group of people who are born with the ability to fly. They can transform into flying vehicles from birth. Not only can they fly within the atmosphere, some can even fly in space. They are all sky warriors."

Orion's tone was full of envy.

Through Orion Pax's explanation, Fu Qinghai understood that Cybertronians could certainly build various spaceships and airships, but these manned flying vehicles were not as flexible and fast as people who were born to fly, so Cybertron's main air force was these Cybertronians called "Seekers".

At this moment, Orion Pax suddenly received a communication request from the person he had not seen for a long time.

"Librarian."

Megatron said bluntly,

"I need you to help me check something."

How dare you come to me?

Orion Pax thought:

This time, you have to do it my way.

"First, let's decide what to do, Megatron," he said. "My image has been shattered by the Soaring Sky City incident. The Arch-Devil is missing, and the intruders claim to be Decepticons. They are under your command, and there is no way around it."

Orion Pax exclaimed.

"You mean I have to come out and explain?"

Megatron spoke it out for him.

"right."

"You said that the Soaring Sky City incident caused your image to plummet. What do you mean?"

"I spoke for you and testified for you in public. Everything that happened now is linked to your name and the title of Decepticon... so I am implicated as well. I don't like being misunderstood, and using force is not my way."

"Indeed, it's not. But things have come to this point, we have no other choice, and the effect is good. The whole of Cybertron is talking about the class system and individual rights."

Orion Pax said in disbelief:

"Really? They were talking? By all of Cybertron, you certainly don't include the millions of Cybertronians on the comm network who accused you of violence and threatened to behead you. Did you really not see them?"

"I only see what I need to see, man."

Megatron said calmly.

Orion was shocked by his nonchalance.

"What do you want me to find for you?"

"Iron Ankylosaurus Orbital Station, let's see what's hidden there?"

Megatron said seriously.

"Why do you want to check the Iron Dragon Orbital Station? What information did you get?"

Orion asked back.

"I can't tell you."

Megatron shook his head:

"It's better for you not to know. If the revolution is to succeed, the most important thing is to keep it secret."

"Why, why are you begging me this time? Where is your subordinate Soundwave? Can't we use his mini-Kings that are spread all over Cybertron to investigate?"

There was sarcasm in Orion's words.

"Sound waves are not omnipotent."

Megatron said calmly:

"If you still want our business to succeed, then help me one last time. You don't want to see all your efforts fail in the end, right, Orion Pikes?"

The communication link is disconnected.

Fu Qinghai looked at Orion Pax with a hint of sympathy in his eyes - he felt that Megatron treated Orion like a scumbag trying to PUA an innocent little girl.

"Iron Ankylosaur Orbital Station..."

Orion was unaware of Fu Qinghai's gaze. He muttered to himself and fell into deep thought.

Fu Qinghai also heard that key word.

Ankylosaurus?

Fu Qinghai had a vague impression of it. Wasn't it the name of a giant super-deceptive Transformer? How come there was an orbital station in the Transformers United Universe?

Could it be... Could it be...

"Ahem."

Fu Qinghai coughed lightly to attract Orion's attention.

"What's wrong with you, Qingshan?"

Orion Pax turned and asked.

"When I first stood in the arena in Kalon City, the biggest impression I had was that everything could be transformed by the enemy, whether it was a pile of ruins or a pile of garbage... Uh, so what I want to ask is, does the Iron Dragon Orbital Station you mentioned also have fire?"

Fu Qinghai asked tentatively.

"Iron Ankylosaur Orbital Station? That's a building. It doesn't have any fire. How can it be alive... Wait!"

Orion Pax seemed to suddenly think of something, his expression froze, and after careful recollection, he narrowed his eyes and said,

"It seems that there is indeed some record of this."

...

　The waste residue that appeared before

　　There are many jokes in the formula ingredient list:

　　▲Iron file powder

　　▲Schrice starch

　　Ringworld gag

　　[Refer to the appendix of Ringworld 2: Ringworld Engineers: It is the structural material of Ringworld]

　　▲Chakan oil

　　"Far Star" stalk

　　▲Budian basil leaves

　　[Bob Budiansky, the screenwriter of the original comic, was named after his last name. ]

　　▲Protoculture yeast

　　"Macross" stalk

　　[Protoculture is the universe's first life form, prehistoric civilization]

　　▲Gear Broken

　　▲X Chemical

　　"The Powerpuff Girls"

　　▲Jennick

　　[Janick Gers, guitarist of the British band Iron Maiden. ]

　　▲ M crystal salt

　　The Marvel M Crystal is

　　a magical artifact in the Marvel multiverse that maintains the balance of time and space.

　　▲Heinlein Honey

　　[Robert Heinlein, famous science fiction writer]

　　▲Melange extract

　　Dune stalk

　　[a spice with a sky-high price in the book]

　　▲Aluminum Mallard

　　"Space Quest" meme

　　[Space Quest is a video game developed by Sierra Entertainment. One of the spaceships is named aluminum mallard]

　　▲17% Daleksin

　　"Doctor Who" stalk

　　[Dalek, Dalek, the Doctor's biggest opponent, one of the most terrifying races in the universe]

(End of this chapter)