A giant aerospace device with an irregular shape is rapidly moving away from Cybertron. It will soon leave this galaxy and head towards the dark and boundless universe.
During this period, Fu Qinghai has carefully studied the internal structure of the Well of Fire. This device, or building, is very large, as big as a frigate, a frigate in the real world. But its core, the Well of Fire, is actually very small, just like the one in the movie version of Transformers, a matrix cube, the surface should be made of some kind of metal material, and the surface is covered with hieroglyphs, which are said to be ancient Cybertronian language, and no one uses it now. Except for Master Titanium in the Data Hall, no one knows what is written on it.
Why is the Allspark so small but the Allspark Well so large? Because the Allspark Cube is only responsible for providing fire, it cannot create Cybertronians out of thin air. The Allspark Well surrounds the Allspark and has many large auxiliary devices, such as the propulsion device that launches it into space.
Sparks are basically the souls of Transformers. The Spark Well produces industrial robots, and then the Spark "transforms" them into Transformers. This process can actually be designed artificially to a certain extent. For example, when manufacturing an excavator or a tunnel boring machine, after being given Sparks, this Cybertronian is likely to only be able to engage in mining work. This is why the class system of Cybertron can be artificially manipulated by the Supreme Council.
Fu Qinghai and Bumblebee sat face to face on the cold metal floor, neither of them spoke.
Fu Qinghai doesn't speak because he has nothing to say, and Bumblebee doesn't speak because he can't speak.
This young Cybertronian is very reckless and aggressive in battle. Bumblebee saw the Decepticon leader Megatron in a battle and took the initiative to challenge him, but was cut in the throat by Megatron and his voice device was destroyed. Megatron's weapon was attached with a dark super energy body, which caused Ratchet to be unable to completely repair Bumblebee's voice device, so he cannot speak normally until now.
Who is Megatron? He was the king of the Charon gladiators before launching the revolution. After obtaining the dark super energy body, he became even more powerful. He killed the former leader Megatron in a single fight. Facing such an opponent, everyone was afraid to avoid him. Bumblebee is indeed very brave, a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger.
"Isn't it boring?"
Fu Qinghai spoke.
"Beep, beep…"
Bumblebee made a simple sound.
His sound-generating device could only make this "beep, beep" sound, so Fu Qinghai and Bumblebee agreed to use long beeps, short beeps and pauses as three different signals to express his meaning according to Morse code rules.
Fu Qinghai understood and said calmly,
"So, you have never been on a spaceship, nor have you ever had any experience in space travel, right?"
"Beep."
Bumblebee nodded in agreement.
"Then enjoy the present moment. Novel experiences will soon become obsolete, and then there will be endless boredom. This is true for interstellar travel in any universe."
Fu Qinghai waved his hand.
He acted like a "veteran" and "experienced person" and taught the young people of Cybertron a lesson.
Bumblebee said a long string of "beep, beep, beep" again.
"Okay, okay, I got it."
Fu Qinghai waved his hand impatiently:
"I know you are full of expectations and enthusiasm for the future, so please calm down for a moment. Also, we are no longer on the battlefield, so you don't need to call me commander. Just call me Qingshan."
Only then did Bumblebee quiet down.
The hall fell silent again.
Fu Qinghai picked up a delicately shaped metal ball and tossed it up and down in his palm.
This ball is the only reward Fu Qinghai asked for from Optimus Prime - a spark.
After the Transformers die, the fire automatically leaves the body. Fu Qinghai cannot interfere with this process, but he thinks there must be a way to interfere - otherwise how can Shockwave give the Ironclad Orbital Station fire? It must be implanted with ready-made fire. The Well of Fire cannot naturally give birth to a giant-sized base transformer like Ironclad. From this, it can be inferred that the Cybertronians can preserve the fire.
It's just that Fu Qinghai didn't master this technology.
After Fu Qinghai made a request to Optimus Prime, Optimus Prime went to find Master Titanium, who then gave Fu Qinghai a fire seed and said that this fire seed came from an old friend of his - a friend of the Thirteenth Ancestor. What level is that?
Fu Qinghai did not dare to hope that this fire seed came from another Ancestor, but Master Titanium was older than the Space Bridge. The Cybertronians of that era should not be mediocre - it is impossible for a mediocre fire seed to be preserved until now.
Fu Qinghai recalled the scene and conversation at that time.
Master Titanium took out a small metal ball from the drawer. It was similar in size to a Pokémon ball. The outer shell was engraved with many hieroglyphs and intricate patterns, making it look delicate and small. Master Titanium handed the small ball to Fu Qinghai and said solemnly while pressing his palm:
"It was my friend."
"Please treat it well, Qingshan."
"Click..." the lid of the box closed.
Fu Qinghai put the small ball back into the suitcase.
Then he turned his head and looked towards the glass porthole.
The hexagonal grid gets smaller and smaller as time goes by.
Cybertron eventually disappeared from sight.
He didn't know how long this journey would take. According to the movie version of Transformers, Cybertron is only four light years away from Earth - this distance, in many science fiction universes, does not even require superluminal navigation to reach. The Well of Fire flies very fast, and the Cybertronians are technologically advanced. Even if the space bridge has been abandoned, they still have sub-light navigation technology.
Cybertron also has air, although the oxygen content in the air is very low, but it is not completely absent. There is no oxygen in space - so Fu Qinghai has stored a lot of equipment and chemicals that can be decomposed to produce oxygen in advance. He doesn't know how long this voyage will take, and perhaps no matter how much oxygen, water and food are stored, it will not be enough. But he is not particularly worried, because even if there is a lack of water, oxygen and food in the end, and the Sassan meninges are activated, the Space Marines can still enter a state of suspended animation and will not die completely.
For Bumblebee, although Cybertronians do not need to breathe oxygen, they still need to consume energy to maintain life activities, even if they sit and do nothing. The Autobots, including the entire Cybertron, have a serious shortage of super energy reserves, so they did not carry much extra super energy on this voyage - after all, the battle for the Iron Fortress is more intense. When necessary, the Transformers can also enter a dormant shutdown state and wait to wake up again after obtaining energy.
"call..."
Fu Qinghai simply lay on the floor.
Although the entire plot line has not yet been completely concluded, his story has ended.
You might as well take this opportunity to review what you have experienced in this reincarnation world.
In fact, to be honest, if the reincarnation world had not determined the division of camps at the beginning, Fu Qinghai's personal position would have initially been more inclined towards Megatron rather than Orion Pax, who later became Optimus Prime.
Fu Qinghai's historical view and world view made him look down upon Optimus Prime's way of struggle and line of struggle. Any Chinese knows the truth that "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun". Orion Pax initially believed that there was no need to form an armed force, and that the goal of change could be achieved by stimulating national consciousness through online discussions - this was simply nonsense.
Megatron realized the necessity of forming an army from the beginning, and forming an army that completely obeys his orders. Not only that, Megatron also attaches importance to intelligence gathering and scientific research. The army is well-trained and his subordinates follow orders. His action and organizational skills far exceed those of Orion Pax, a naive and annoying guy.
Why did Megatron fail?
Why did Optimus Prime succeed?
At the beginning, Optimus Prime and Megatron were in the same camp. Megatron's Decepticons created terrorist attacks to attract attention and then manipulated public opinion to build momentum. When this operation finally attracted the attention of the Supreme Council, the Supreme Council expressed its willingness to listen to the views of dissidents. At this time, Orion Pax actually wanted to seize power peacefully through the parliamentary struggle line? Fu Qinghai was almost kneeling to him.
What does this amount to?
This is equivalent to: the Northern Expedition was halfway through, and the old regime was about to be overthrown, but suddenly the fighting stopped, and they sat down to negotiate, turning to the parliamentary struggle line. Representatives of all parties began to talk big and make empty promises, and various speeches and debates were held to win votes from voters... Fu Qinghai was really powerless to complain.
Of course, this is also consistent with the two people's growth experience and class standpoint - Optimus Prime is a white-collar employee, a typical petty bourgeois, born with weakness and compromise. Megatron is a blue-collar worker. In terms of class standpoint, he is the real zero-class, daring to break everything.
But what happened next was beyond his expectation. The Supreme Council was willing to give up power and appointed Orion Pax as the leader. Fu Qinghai also maliciously speculated: Maybe the Supreme Council just wanted to choose a mascot, just like President Li Yuanhong; maybe the Supreme Council actually wanted to alienate Optimus Prime and Megatron so that they could start fighting among themselves; in short, this was a trick to set up a target and divert the conflict. Later, Fu Qinghai realized that it was Master Titanium who was hiding behind the scenes and fanning the flames.
Of course, it does not mean that Megatron is a perfect revolutionary. On the contrary, he has many black spots. Many people like to promote the logic of "winners are kings and losers are bandits", firmly believe that "history is written by the victors", and believe that the final result is far greater than the process means. However, the facts are not so absolute. Those in power can modify the history compilation textbooks and publicize their own justice and rationality, but they can never stop the public from talking. As long as people are alive, what they have done will definitely be passed on.
Megatron carried out terrorist attacks against civilians, Megatron intimidated other cities by massacring them, Megatron used dark super energy, which was similar to drugs, as energy to enhance the combat effectiveness of the army... All these are definitely not what a just and legitimate regime should do.
However, this is not the point.
The most important thing is.
The current plot line is the civil war on Cybertron, which is only an internal conflict among Cybertronians, and does not involve other alien races, that is, there is no external conflict. Under this circumstance, Fu Qinghai feels that Megatron is more to his liking than Optimus Prime. However, he knows the character setting well and understands that once other alien races are involved, Fu Qinghai, as a human, will never stand on the side of Megatron and the Decepticons.
Megatron is a racist.
He doesn't care whether other alien races live or die.
In contrast, Optimus Prime and the Autobots treat other alien races with a gentle and equal attitude, and are willing to respect the most basic right to life. No matter how Fu Qinghai evaluates Megatron and Optimus Prime, if he wants to cooperate, he can only cooperate with the latter.
Megatron really represents the bottom layer.
But the bottom does not equal friends.
These principles are simple, but for the diode paramecium on the Internet in Fu Qinghai's previous life, they are still too complicated. I'm afraid their brain CPUs will burn out.
At the same time, Fu Qinghai also felt a little sad and confused. In his previous life, many young people liked to mock middle-aged people, thinking that these "people of the day" were weak, compromising, and did not know how to fight. But now, looking back, Cybertron has been reduced to ruins due to the civil war, and the energy crystals are almost exhausted. If there is no revolution and no civil war, is it better to live under the oppression of the class system than to live in a pile of ruins?
Fu Qinghai doesn't know.
…
The "spacecraft" continued to sail into deep space.
The oxygen had not been exhausted. Although Fu Qinghai had been meditating to lower his metabolism, the assimilated food had been eaten and the water had been drunk. Due to hunger and thirst, Fu Qinghai had no choice but to fall into a state of suspended death.
Bumblebee also began to shut down and hibernate.
Fu Qinghai didn't know that the civil war on Cybertron was getting more and more intense. Megatron led a Decepticon commando team to sneak into the Iron Fortress and tried to steal the plasma energy room. The super artificial intelligence Imaging One, which had never intervened in the civil war, awakened the ancient Cybertron guardian, Mighty Kong, to protect the plasma energy room. So far, the Autobots also have their own City Kong, which can compete with the Decepticon's Ankylosaurus.
Fu Qinghai didn't know that in the beginning, Optimus Prime wanted to collect many small spaceships to form a fleet to lead the Autobots to leave Cybertron. However, the threat of the Ankylosaurus Orbital Station was always like a sword hanging over their heads. Optimus Prime finally gave up the fleet plan and began to concentrate resources to build a giant spaceship, which he named "Ark". Despite the obstruction of the Decepticons, the Generation One plan continued to move forward steadily.
Fu Qinghai didn't know that the Decepticons finally got the plasma energy room, and the Autobots finally repaired the space bridge. The Autobots boarded the Ark with their families, intending to leave Cybertron via the space bridge.
…
At this time, in the Iron Fortress, the data recording hall.
"Didn't we talk about this before?"
Master Titanium's attitude was very impatient.
"Master Titanium, please come with me. Your wisdom is our best support during the voyage. You are the only one who still remembers how the Cybertronians sailed in space. No one else understands except you."
Optimus Prime stood at the door of Master Titanium's study. As usual, the Cybertron Covenant was spread out on the desk, and the stylus was placed beside it. Sometimes Optimus Prime felt that every step he took was pre-described by Master Titanium's book.
"How long do you plan to rely on me, Optimus?"
Master Titanium asked back:
"If you want to lead the Autobots, you must learn to be independent. A true leader must let everyone know that the leader's decisions are all made independently."
Optimus Prime was speechless.
He felt somewhat ashamed, but also angry.
"Let's go, Optimus."
Master Titanium waved his hand and said:
"Take Manifestation One. I've already put it in the Ark. The Sphere will protect me while Cybertron repairs itself. This has always been my plan. I will rebuild the destroyed part of the data network, and I will live. In the years to come, no one can expect more."
Optimus couldn't argue with that.
Qingshan is gone, how can he leave his most trusted mentor and advisor, Master Titanium?
"Optimus Prime, I know what you expect, but I refuse." Master Titanium looked at Optimus Prime and said seriously, "I insist on my opinion. Please respect the elders."
"I will."
Optimus replied.
Whether it was out of intuition or the deep knowledge in the leadership module, Optimus Prime knew with certainty that the person in front of him was one of the Thirteen Originals, a Transformer that had existed since the beginning of history. Optimus Prime left alone. Although he felt sad, he believed that the Archivist knew what he was doing.
Soon there was a reconnaissance report: a large force of Decepticons was coming from the east, crossing the pole and heading north. Now, the time had come to lead the Autobots on the Ark to set off.
Optimus Prime came to the southern end of the Allspark Well, where there was only a large hole left after the Allspark Well was fired. Around him were his closest comrades: Jazz, Prowl, Ironhide... Optimus Prime looked at them and couldn't help but think of the others -
Hundreds and thousands of people, those who died whose names he did not know, and those who failed to board the Ark, those who failed to follow the troops across the canyon, and those who refused to enter the Ark at all.
Too many, really too many.
But as a leader you can only make decisions.
The vast and endless Autobot army boarded the Ark. After the last person boarded the Ark, the door of the spacecraft slammed shut, and Optimus Prime ordered the pilot to take off.
He wanted to say goodbye to Master Titanium, but Master Titanium might have already gone through the complex underground network of Iron Fortress to avoid the Decepticon search team. He also wanted to say goodbye to the brave and fearless Thunder Rescue Team, and Skyfire, who volunteered to stay here and hold up the Ankylosaurus Orbital Station...
The Ark rose from the canyon, rising higher and higher, and the curved surface of Cybertron came into view. Optimus Prime gazed at this scarred place, his only home.
As the Ark rises, the Decepticons surge in for the final assault on the Iron Fort. Seekers swarm from the sky, raining down shells and destroying the Iron Fort's automated defense turrets. They completely destroy all symbols of the class system, because these would be abhorrent to Megatron.
But Megatron was determined to chase the Ark, flying through the sky in a reassembled Ironclad Orbital Station. Unbeknownst to the Autobots, the Ironclad Orbital Station was a Tri-Transformer. Megatron triggered Ironclad's third form - the giant battleship "Retribution", which could carry an army.
The Cybertron of the past will never come back.
…
The Ankylosaurus Orbital Station left orbit and completely transformed into the Nemesis, breaking free from the gravity of Cybertron. Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, and their most trusted Decepticon commander were all on this battleship.
Megatron contacts Shockwave, who he had previously ordered to lead the final assault on Ironfort. Now Megatron finally understands Optimus Prime's true goal - how could he possibly deceive him? Megatron wants to revise Shockwave's mission.
"Shockwave, I leave Cybertron to you, wait for me to come back. Remember, I will definitely come back. Don't think of this as a promotion, I just need someone to take good care of my position and my country while I'm away. I'm going to get rid of the Autobots and Optimus Prime once and for all. Can I trust you?"
"I promise that Cybertron will not have changed at all after you come back." Shockwave patted his chest and promised.
"I hope so." Megatron said, "Do you know what you need to do during this long period of time? You need to rebuild, and you need to make use of the surviving Cybertronians. There is no need to kill people at random. Also, continue your scientific research to see if there is any room for improvement in the Transformers, and what new discoveries can be made from the new transformation forms. Let the Autobots do hard labor, let them all have a taste of being the lower class, and they will understand that they are doomed to fail. Shockwave, when I come back, I hope that there will not be a single Autobot left on Cybertron. This is your mission, don't let me down."
At this time, the Ark had passed through the vague and shifting boundary between Cybertron's atmosphere and orbital space, and Optimus Prime's former personal channel, Orion Pax's channel, suddenly rang.
"Congratulations, brother."
Megatron appeared on the screen.
"Are we brothers again now?"
Optimus Prime found that the further he was from Megatron, the less he wanted to use the communication channel they once had.
"Family issues are always so complicated. We are always brothers. We are tied together."
Megatron laughed and said,
"You can't get away, brother. If necessary, I will hunt you across the stars. Even if I have to burn every star in the galaxy to ashes, I will chase you until I find you." He raised his clenched fist and said, "I will. I promise you. Then I will see what is hidden in the body of a so-called leader like you."
"Then come to me, brother. If my being hunted is the only way to keep Cybertron safe from your madness, then come."
Optimus Prime turned his head and looked at the space beyond the asteroid belt and the two satellite bases. There was a series of space bridges, some of which were only a few wreckages left, which were relics left by accidents or sabotage in ancient times, while some still maintained the shape of the original passages. According to Master Titanium, one of the energy crystals was still flickering with a faint light.
A display screen nearby showed the image detected by the stern radar. The outline of the Nemesis was gradually approaching, and Megatron was still chasing Optimus Prime.
Optimus Prime thought: Megatron, you betrayed your heart. Now Cybertron is yours - a sick and changing Cybertron, a Cybertron that is harmful to all life, but it is yours after all, and you threw it away for a little grudge.
"Speed up, speed up!"
Optimus ordered.
The Ark continued to approach the space bridge.
The Nemesis was biting the Ark tightly.
The moment the Ark approached the space bridge, it activated, and its radiation light surrounded the Ark. The Nemesis also followed them into the effective range of the space bridge. Before it could completely catch up with the Ark, the space bridge suddenly collapsed and disintegrated. Everything happened in a very short moment, so short that it could not be calculated using existing measurement units. They were still here one second ago, and what happened in the next second seemed like nothing happened in the time they could feel...
When the space bridge disintegrated, it released a huge amount of energy and super energy, which tore a crack in space-time. The Ark and the Nemesis were sucked in one after another and appeared... somewhere. Then the crack closed up automatically, and the super energy dissipated. The Ark and the Autobots on board were floating in space, surrounded by unfamiliar stars.
Optimus Prime stood on the bridge of the Ark and suddenly found that the universe had become vast and strange, and strange planets in the spiral arms of a strange galaxy stretched infinitely around them. Cybertron was nowhere to be seen, and Megatron's Nemesis was also missing. The Ark's detectors and sensors could not detect any objects of the size of a spacecraft among the nearby stars.
"Where are we?"
Jazz asked.
Prowl squinted at the display screen.
"I don't know," he said. "These planets are not on the star charts in the Iron Keep's Hall of Records."
"When can we go home?"
Sidewinder asked,
"Does Ark know the way?"
"I know the way."
Optimus Prime affirmed. He patted his chest and felt the resonance of the leadership module. The leadership module and his spark together made him what he is now. He is the leader of the Cybertronians, and he will illuminate the darkest moment of Cybertron.
Now they have finally escaped from their brutal enemies, leaving their homeland and coming to a place that Transformers have never set foot on. Cybertron has been severely damaged and needs to take longer than the life cycle of some stars to heal itself. No matter what the future holds, they will persist because they are Autobots, and they will always live strong. At some point in the distant future, the Autobots will return to Cybertron and once again declare that it is their planet and home.
Let Megatron chase us across the galaxy.
Optimus thought to himself as he clenched his fists.
No matter where we are, we will fight to the end.
And then, one day, we will all go home.
......
(End of this chapter)