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Chapter 892: Encounter 4
🕑 Added 2023-12-09 11:21:22 +0000 UTCTransformers Begin : Table of Content/Chapter List
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The moment of meeting with Starscream had arrived.
In a cave within the newly formed base, Onslaught stood to the side, watching as a few freshly created Decepticon Engineers tinkered with two slender metal pillars in front of them.
"Master, the projector is ready!"
"Activate it!"
"Yes!"
Upon Onslaught's command, two Engineers quickly approached the metal pillars and placed their hands on them.
Soon, a brilliant blue light shone on the seemingly smooth but intricately patterned metal pillars.
Simultaneously, a wall of light quickly materialized between the two metal pillars.
"You're late, Onslaught!"
With the appearance of the light wall, the fierce face of a Decepticon materialized on it – it was Starscream.
Onslaught let out a disdainful snort, not bothering with pleasantries. "Speak up. You suddenly wanted to meet with me. It's not because it's been a while and you wanted to see if I'm dead, is it?"
Starscream, a devious character known for stabbing others in the back.
Onslaught believed he could easily overpower Starscream in terms of physical strength, but when it came to cunning schemes and plots, he knew he couldn't match the Decepticon before him.
So, he had no intention of wasting time with small talk and went straight to the point, eager to find out what Starscream was up to.
"Hehe…" With a distinctive high-pitched laughter that was characteristic of Starscream, the face on the light wall became even more sinister due to the smile.
"We've been old friends, Onslaught!"
Starscream's face was filled with false familiarity, which made Onslaught want to gag.
Impatiently, Onslaught waved his hand. "Enough with your nauseating pretense. What's the matter? Speak up, or I'll cut off communication. My base has just begun construction here, and this interstellar long-distance communication consumes astronomical amounts of energy every second."
"Tsk!"
Starscream clicked his tongue twice, for reasons unknown, whether it was because he heard that Onslaught had also established a base on Earth or something else.
However, he did sense Onslaught's impatience and didn't waste any more time.
"Fine, I know you had a battle with Frenzy before, and you even transformed into Fusion Leopard. I want all the data from that battle. In exchange, I'll allow you to participate in the upcoming operation."
"Operation?"
Onslaught was intrigued by this. Previously, when Starscream had transformed him and the Warbot Team into Fusion Leopard, they had a verbal agreement to share their battle data.
However, such verbal promises held no weight for the Decepticons, which was why Starscream was now using incentives.
Even though Onslaught had already obtained first-hand data during his time with the Warbot Team and had begun upgrading Hercules using Fusion Leopard's technology, the battle data between Fusion Leopard and a quasi-Leader-level warrior and an entire faction was undoubtedly invaluable for further uncovering Fusion Leopard's weaknesses.
"Yes!" Starscream on the light wall displayed an overly exaggerated smile.
"Do you know about our beloved Superior General, Sentinel Prime, being reawakened by Optimus Prime?" Starscream continued.
"Sentinel Prime!?" Onslaught's red eyes lit up instantly. He practically growled the name. During the first Cybertron Civil War, Sentinel Prime, as the Leader of the Autobots, not only led numerous campaigns against the Decepticons but also personally eliminated countless elite Decepticon warriors.
Onslaught, as one of the senior commanders of the Skytiger Legion at the time, had clashed with Sentinel Prime in battle dozens of times, with more losses than wins, and even came close to death at his hands a few times.
The hatred between the two ran deep.
"Hehe!" Starscream wore a smug smile on his face, not bothering to hide the mockery in it.
Onslaught had always held himself in high regard, refusing to bow to Shockwave and Megatron. But after the entire Warbot Team was severely damaged, leaving him isolated, he gradually found himself pushed out of the high-ranking circles by the other senior commanders of the Skytiger Legion, becoming a marginalized figure.
So, he was unaware of events like Sentinel Prime's spaceship crashing on the Moon and later being "rescued" by Optimus Prime, among other things.
"Enough with the talk. According to our intelligence, after being reawakened, Sentinel Prime recently left Optimus Prime and has once again become the Leader of the Autobots," Starscream continued.
"You should know his character well. As expected, the Autobots will soon occupy the entire continent of Africa and may even attempt to take over the entire Earth!"
"Earth is different from our former off-world colonies. Here, we not only have native life forms but also Optimus Prime and Frenzy."
"This is an opportunity, and you should understand it better than me. Once things go awry on Earth, we can seize the chance to claim it!"
The ferocity on Onslaught's face didn't waver, but the red glow in his eyes dimmed slightly as he pondered the pros and cons.
Starscream didn't rush him. "You have time to think it over."
With that, he voluntarily terminated the remote communication.
Almost simultaneously with Starscream's contact with Onslaught, in the New Iron Fortress city thousands of miles away from the Arctic region in Africa, Sentinel Prime was in high spirits, planning.
The spacious conference room had undergone significant changes.
The round conference table that could accommodate over twenty Autobots at its center had been dismantled.
In its place, on one side of the conference room, was a gigantic alloy seat.
Sentinel Prime was currently seated in that chair, his expression cold as he looked at the dozen or so Autobots standing in the conference room. His gaze swept over each of them one by one until it landed on one of the smaller Autobots.
"Jack, how is the weapon development progressing?"
Jack bowed slightly and concealed his dissatisfaction by lowering his head. "Leader, weapon development is progressing somewhat slowly. The infrastructure here in New Iron Fortress is not comparable to Cybertron, so restarting weapon development requires designing and modifying some equipment first, and all of this takes time!"
Sentinel Prime furrowed his brow, and his icy gaze lingered on Jack for a while. It wasn't until Jack's trembling body became noticeable that he issued a cold command.
"Our enemies won't stop preparing for war just because we lack equipment. I'm giving you one month, and after that, we will launch a war against all Human nations within Africa's borders. These fragile carbon-based life forms are not worthy of this planet. They will be the best slaves chosen for our home planet, Cybertron!"
Several Autobots in the conference room frowned upon hearing this.
Jack had no choice but to grit his teeth and comply with the Superior General's request. "Yes, Leader. I will do my best to complete the mission as soon as possible!"
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