Chapter 478 Cybertron addicts

Starscream and Megatron met at the cargo ship port of the Ankylosaurus orbital station. The commanders of the Seekers were on both sides, maintaining a state of alertness that was not hostile.

"And a welcoming team?"

Megatron looked at the scene and laughed,

"Consider me welcome, haha. Let me see what you have hidden here."

"This is not a very good suggestion."

Starscream said calmly.

"I didn't ask for your opinion."

Megatron said calmly.

He personally selected the guards to accompany him, and if a battle broke out, they had to decide the winner. Starscream and Megatron were both aware of this, but neither wanted to start a conflict first.

"Since when did you know this?"

Megatron asked straight to the point.

"To be honest, I still don't know the details." Starscream replied, "Before the war started, the air command center learned that there was something in the Iron Dragon orbital station, but they didn't know what it was. The staff of the orbital station didn't know either. So I deployed troops at Satellite Base No. 1, on the one hand to ensure that the Autobots would not control the Iron Dragon orbital station, and on the other hand to monitor that thing."

"oh oh."

Megatron nodded repeatedly at this incomprehensible explanation:

"So you think there is no need to inform me of all this."

"I don't see any problem with that."

Starscream shrugged and said:

"In the early stages of a war, any wrong decision could lead to the enemy's benefit. What if you use the dark super energy body and get implicated, or if all the participating troops are harmed? We could die or be captured."

Megatron tried hard to control his anger:

"We might also win this war sooner rather than leaving Cybertron in such ruin."

"Are you willing to take that risk?"

Red Spider shook his head and said:

"I don't think so. You look back now and think it might have worked. But at the time, you were only interested in taking over the big cities and killing the Autobots. If the legends about the Dark Powers are true, your vulnerable gladiator friends could bring about the worst destruction Cybertron has ever seen. What would be the point of winning the war that way? What would you gain?"

Megatron grabbed Starscream by the neck and lifted him up into the air.

"I can move your head so that you don't have to think about what decision to make." Megatron said sternly, "Or there is another option. You admit that you made a mistake just now and swear not to make it again in the future."

"Maybe there is another possibility."

Starscream said as he looked at Megatron.

Megatron waited for him to continue.

Starscream smiled and shook his fingers. Even when held in the air, he still looked relaxed and showed no fear at all.

"I think you should withdraw from the war and continue to entertain the audience. Let me win this war." Starscream said lightly, "This is not a gladiatorial arena. No one will cheer for the two of us. You want to win the war? If you want to defeat the Autobots, my power is indispensable. I now hold the fate of the Decepticons in my hands. You don't want to trust me? Think about that librarian."

"Because my enemies don't believe you, I should believe you? Is that what you mean?"

Megatron asked back.

Starscream was held by Megatron and couldn't nod, but he still tried hard and answered seriously:

"That's right."

"Make no mistake, I can win this war without you, Starscream."

Although Megatron wanted to kill Starscream, he didn't want to lose the search team - the Skyfire incident was a lesson for him. So he put Starscream down:

"But I really don't want to make things more complicated. Take me to see the dark super energy body, and then we will put it into actual combat as soon as possible, do you understand?"

"But the problem is that no one can predict the consequences of using dark super energy bodies."

Red Spider spread his hands.

"Then let's get this issue sorted out now."

Megatron waved his hands impatiently:

"Where is it kept?"

"Neither have I."

Red Spider stood there calmly and said:

"I handed everything over to the scientific research team. Bitstream and Hotlink are in charge of keeping the dark super energy body."

"That's why I'm the leader and you're the subordinate." Megatron said, "You let your deputy guide your actions."

"You can't achieve long-term victory by focusing only on short-term goals," Starscream sneered. "You may have only recently noticed the Dark Power and thought it was waiting for you. But I have to remind you, Megatron, I already had the Dark Power at the beginning of the war, and you were still giving a pretentious speech at that time. I have much more patience than you do."

"Maybe I shouldn't give the speech."

Megatron said expressionlessly.

"Then I will go to give the speech. You think I'm a potential traitor? Very good. I can't change your suspicious nature, nor do I want to. I will keep the dark super energy body and use it only after I fully understand its nature."

"Lying!" said Megatron, "You would have kept it a secret if Soundwave's spies hadn't found out."

Starscream looked at Megatron sympathetically and said,

"Do you think I don't know that Soundwave's Mini-Cons are moving around in the pipes of the Ankylosaur Orbital Station?"

"Okay, stop talking about useless things and let me see it." Megatron gradually lost his patience.

"I quarantined them all."

Starscream replied:

"I'll ask the researchers to report their findings to me once they've come to a conclusion. No one has come to investigate here for a long time. The only person who knows the truth about the inside of the Iron Dragon Orbital Station is probably working in the data recording hall of the Iron Castle now."

"You mean Orion Pax?"

Megatron asked, narrowing his eyes.

Starscream shrugged and said,

"It's possible that he knows. After all, all records in the data network are stored in the Iron Castle's servers and databases. And from what I know, the Iron Castle archivist admires him very much."

"How do you know these details?"

Megatron stared at Starscream.

"Are you doubting me, Megatron?"

Red Spider's voice was very soft:

"The dark super energy body has been kept with me, but I didn't take it for myself, right? I didn't use it to charge my search team. If its properties are really as the legend says, maybe I would have controlled the Decepticons and even dominated the entire Cybertron, taking away everything you have. Now do you know why I didn't use it?"

Megatron said calmly:

"Because you are smart and know how to be afraid."

"Ha." Starscream smiled and said, "Praise is also a deadly blade. It's really unexpected that a gladiator would say such polite words."

"You certainly wouldn't expect it," Megatron replied with a sneer, "You pretend to be loyal to the Decepticons, Starscream. But you are just like the Autobots, a product of class."

"Then you are a product of the Kalon City Arena. It's not because you once belonged to that class, but because in your eyes, everything must be plundered, either by robbing your energy crystals or robbing others' energy crystals."

Starscream bowed mockingly to Megatron:

"I give up. You are welcome at the Iron Dragon Orbital Station, Megatron. Please do not cause any damage or harm my men. Everything else is at your disposal."

…

Iron Fort, data recording hall.

Optimus gathered everyone.

Optimus Prime's temporary command center was the reading room in the Records Hall. Fu Qinghai followed other Autobot senior executives in. The ceiling here was very high, with long and narrow arched windows, creating a precious peaceful atmosphere in this war-torn era.

"What is it, Optimus?"

Jazz asked first.

"I have no idea."

Optimus Prime shook his head:

"It's Master Titanium who wants to see us."

Master Titanium? Fu Qinghai was a little surprised.

After the frank and detailed discussion before, he knew very well that as long as Master Titanium could still have an impact on the war, he would not reveal the contents of "Covenant of Cybertron". Why did he suddenly ask Optimus Prime to summon all the Autobot leaders now?

As he was thinking, the archivist walked in.

"Master Titanium."

Optimus greeted first.

"I came here to tell you... well, I can't possibly explain everything to you one by one."

Master Titanium looked anxious and flustered, but seemed to be hesitant to speak, as if he didn't know where to start.

Optimus Prime and many Autobot executives looked at each other in confusion, wondering why you called us together?

Fu Qinghai, however, began to understand Master Tai.

I want to say something, but I dare not say more.

Worrying about completely changing the future.

"Dark super energy body."

Master Titanium finally made up his mind and said:

"I know you've been looking for...your artificial intelligence, Qingshan, has been looking for what's in the Iron Dragon Orbital Station. No need to check, I tell you, that place is used to isolate and store dark super energy bodies. That thing is very dangerous, I don't know how to describe it, let me put it this way..."

Master Titanium paused and continued:

"The super energy bodies we use in our daily lives are the energy emitted by Yuanshi Tianzun. The entire Cybertron is actually the entity left behind by Yuanshi Tianzun. The super energy bodies, as one of his forms, constitute each of us and everything on Cybertron. Do you understand this?"

"Now? Science time?"

Jazz looked incredulous.

Prowl patted Jazz on the shoulder:

"Be quiet, Jazz. If Master Titanium says so, it means it's important, just listen carefully."

"If you want to laugh, laugh now. You won't be able to laugh later."

Master Titanium was immediately furious when he saw Jazz still smiling facetiously.

"Think about this possibility. If the super energy body is the radiated energy of Yuanshi Tianzun, then does Unicron, who can rival him, also have physical remains? The opposite element of the super energy body? Yes, the dark super energy body does exist, and I can say very clearly that the Decepticons have obtained the dark super energy body now. I have seen this statement in some ancient historical records: If the Cybertronians use the dark super energy body to charge, then they themselves will eventually be destroyed!"

Master Titanium paused, looked around at everyone, waited for them to digest what he said, and then said:

"But before that."

"Maybe we will be destroyed by them first."

…

Starscream compromised.

Megatron's gladiators quickly rushed through the corridors and rooms of the Iron Dragon Orbital Station, taking control of everything. They strictly followed orders to maintain the integrity of the orbital station, and never touched the experimental areas and closed areas. Those who tried to resist were eliminated before they had time to make inappropriate resistance behaviors.

The Ankylosaurus orbital station fell into Megatron's control before it even completed one orbit around Cybertron.

"You don't know how to run a Trooper Orbital Station, and neither does the guy next to you."

Starscream said, pointing at Shockwave.

"I tend to prefer practice first and theory second."

Shockwave's single red eye looked around.

"My subordinate is a versatile person."

Megatron said noncommittally.

"So he knows about the dark super energy body?"

Starscream asked back.

"You'll know after you try it."

Shockwave still had the same tone.

"Pick two, Starscream."

Megatron said, pointing at the group of people.

These Cybertronians were engineers and scientists at the Iron Dragon Orbital Station, and were all under the command of Red Spider. They were in a very bad condition with injuries all over their bodies, as if they had just been violently beaten, and they were all imprisoned and lined up against the wall.

"I regret that some violent measures are needed to quell the unrest at the Iron Dragon Orbital Station."

Shockwave said, spreading his hands.

"What's the meaning?"

Starscream looked at Megatron.

"Do you want to test the dark super energy body on yourself? I let you choose two, quickly."

Megatron urged.

Starscream looked at his subordinate, hesitant. Even Megatron wondered if he was pushing him too far, but in the end, Starscream held up two fingers.

"Okay, take them."

The command is so powerful that it shakes the world.

…

The container for the dark super energy body was converted from a laboratory that produced radioactive isotopes of new elements. It protruded from the hull of the Iron Dragon orbital station.

The two experimental subjects were placed in a dust-free laboratory.

"You have been honorably chosen."

Megatron said to the two test subjects. He didn't know their names and didn't want to ask:

"Not only will you be able to participate in Shockwave's creative transformation project, but you will also be recorded in the history of Cybertron. You will be the first Decepticon members to experience the dark super energy body. This is an honor and you are very lucky."

The two subjects immediately struggled, trying to make sounds despite their gagged mouths. Shockwave commanded the gladiators to drag the two men to the wall and tie them up.

"Don't be afraid. At the beginning, we will only do some simple tests to record your vital signs and experimental reactions. Remember, this is scientific research." He said to the two poor guys who were fixed to the wall, "Everything is for winning this war. You are the pioneers of scientific research."

Shockwave spoke in a relaxed and cheerful tone. He took out a magnetic blockade box and pulled out a row of block-like objects from it. Each block was shining with a deep purple light, which formed a sharp contrast with the fluorescent blue cube shape of the super energy body.

One of his men quickly loaded the two experimental subject energy crystals into the chamber door and opened it. Shockwave skillfully placed the two small pieces into the experimental subject loading port.

The effect of the dark super energy body was immediately apparent.

Starscream will never forget that scene:

the two men twitched violently as if they were suddenly hit by an electromagnetic pulse weapon, but they did not have the follow-up symptoms of being hit by an electromagnetic pulse weapon, and they did not walk unsteadily. "Snap", they stretched their limbs and easily broke free from their restraints. Megatron's gladiators tried to stop them, but were knocked over by the experimental subjects.

The Decepticons rushed forward and barely subdued them.

"See that, Starscream?"

Megatron turned around and asked:

"The dark super energy body makes them stronger. Their will and strength have been greatly enhanced."

Megatron stood opposite the laboratory and watched the whole process, and he was already a little impatient. He came to the shelf, ignored the alarm and picked up a piece of dark super energy body. The energy crystal glowed coldly in his hand, and he opened his energy crystal loading compartment and put it in.

"boom--"

There was a loud bang in my mind.

He felt as if he had suddenly gained unlimited energy, and every molecule in his body was singing a song of joy and anger - he felt happy because he was filled with powerful strength, and he felt angry because he could not commit violence immediately.

Megatron has no inherent physical weaknesses or defects. He has survived until now because he is stronger than other gladiators in the arena and his enemies on the battlefield in both physical and mental aspects. However, the dark super energy body made him feel that before this, his life was just a blind struggle for survival. Until today, he obtained this forbidden energy, and his body and mind finally awakened completely.

Megatron even felt that he could defeat Optimus Prime's entire army alone. The dark super energy body made him understand the greatness of destiny, and at the same time realized how glorious it was to fulfill his mission and join this war.

His hands kept clenching and unclenching, he was eager to fight, he hoped that all the enemies would appear in front of him so that he could annihilate them all at once, then repair and heal them, and then kill them again.

"ah..."

Megatron raised his head and sighed:

"Optimus, I have a surprise for you... the final surprise."

A piece of dark super energy body could not satisfy him, he wanted more.

Megatron looked at the two experimental subjects. They had already stood up, with the same hungry expressions on their faces.

"Yes, that feeling."

Megatron nodded with an evil smile,

"That's not enough, is it?"

Starscream calmly observed the fusion of the dark super energy body, carefully guarding against the violent behavior of Megatron and the two experimental subjects, while approaching the two leaders of the scientific research team and helping them up. Just now, the two experimental subjects lost control and these Cybertron scientists were affected.

"Hotlink, Bitstream, how many dark super energy bodies are stored here?"

Starscream asked quietly.

"The quantity is not large, but it can barely supply a few Decepticon commandos."

Hotlink replied.

"I can hear you two talking."

Megatron turned around and looked at the three of them:

"Can more be produced?"

With the help of Red Spider, Hot Link returned to the computer and called up the basic particle structure diagram of the super energy body. Then he opened the basic particle structure diagram of the dark super energy body.

"look."

Hotlink said, pointing at the display.

"What are you looking at?"

Starscream and Megatron asked in unison.

Hotlink explains:

"In my opinion, any super energy body can be transformed into a dark super energy body. What I mean is that super energy bodies can turn dark. So if you need more dark super energy bodies, you must first find more energy crystals."

This is a big problem because the amount of super-energy produced by Cybertron is decreasing drastically, and the huge consumption caused by the war cannot be compensated by natural processes.

"Go get Soundwave!"

Megatron closed his eyes and said in a low voice:

"I need more answers."

...

　1. There is a bug in Transformers: The Transformers: Unified Universe, which I have never understood: Megatron's vehicle forms in both the movie universe and the Unified Universe are fighters, but the problem is that according to the Cybertron worldview, the ability to fly is a great talent for a transforming vehicle. If Megatron can transform into a fighter by nature, he should be a "noble" seeker instead of a "lowly" miner, so this is very unreasonable. I also tried to make it up. If it was Shockwave who gave him the ability to fly... it doesn't make sense either - why didn't Shockwave transform all Decepticons into flying ones? Then the Autobots would have nothing to fight.

(End of this chapter)