Output pipe plan (Part 2)

Soundwave, the former Decepticon intelligence officer, was released from his cell, and I led him to Megatron's cell.

The cell door wasn't soundproof, unable to block out Starscream's shrill, insulting voice and Megatron's suppressed groans of pain. Starscream showed absolutely no mercy to his former boss.

We stood outside the door, face to face. Then, the sound wave silently pointed towards the cell, maintaining its position. I understood his intention; someone outside leaned closer to his visor, trying to see his expression through the dark screen. "Do you want to release him?"

The smooth black glass covering the faceplate had now turned into a small mirror, and I saw my distorted smile and the even darker optical lenses. "No way!"

His fingernails trembled, his body trembled, he was angry and furious. Would a prisoner who couldn't even speak want to curse me?

"But I'm not unwilling to agree to other requests. How about you surrender and acknowledge me as your boss?"

I gently gripped his neck, leaving a restraint device. I had made the device a couple of days ago using high-strength materials; it was a black strip encircling a circle with a small red light in the center. It was not easily damaged, and if it was removed, it would send me a signal. It could release a high-voltage current to punish anyone who disobeyed me, based on my command.

He made no move.

I'll take that as my default choice.

...

Soundwave returned to his post, though I didn't really know what his job entailed. For the Decepticons, I would just say a word, raise my fist, and Shockwave, Starscream, and some of his subordinates would get things done on their own.

He operated the console silently, and then the screen was filled with dense Cybertronian text.

I was pleased to see him working diligently, and I looked around the control room where everyone else was busy working and I was the only one with free time.

Isn't it a bit much to be idle like this? But my subordinates have done all the work for me.

Is this what it's like to be the boss? So, was it like this when Megatron was the boss?

As I was drifting off into thought, I felt a tug on the wing. Coming back to my senses, I saw Red Spider quickly jump away, respectfully extending his hands to guide my gaze to the display screen.

"Sir, please look at what our intelligence officer has discovered."

Large characters were prominently displayed on the screen:

Export Pipe Plan

As I stared at the text displayed on the screen, the absurdity grew within me. What on earth was this?!

This turned out to be a shockwave action plan. He modified his output tube so that it could be used to connect to the nerves of another organism during docking, emitting special signals to generate a virus that invades the brain module, thereby controlling thought. For added security, he also placed microrobots in his secondary and energy fluids, which could reach various parts of the organism through gaps in the interface and energy lines.

I couldn't help but think that if I had actually docked with Shockwave, I would have become a Decepticon prisoner instead of Unicron's apostle!

The fact that he could defeat me and bring back his former boss means they should be on the same side, but—why didn't Soundwave stop me when Starscream showed it to me? It's because he cracked the encryption of Shockwave.

"Why...why are you telling me this?" I asked.

Red Spider fawned, rubbing its claws together, and said, "Of course, it's so you can see Shockwave's true colors. While he's enjoying your favor, he's always thinking about betraying you."

The black electronic screen on Soundwave's face displayed a smiling face, and I saw him pointing to the next part of Shockwave's secret plan—the part I hadn't seen:

The plan has a high chance of success, but if the Angels still refuse to engage with me, we will need to change the mission executor. Based on observations, perhaps Megatron, Soundwave, Knockout, and some of the soldiers close to her should be included in the modification scope.

Good heavens, just like Starscream said, Shockwave's plan is so despicable that even Soundwave couldn't stand it anymore.

Suddenly, an internal message was received, and at the same time, a sonic wave rippled nearby, causing the machine to tremble slightly and continuously.

"As your wife, Zhen Zhen requests to share a lounge with you."

The energy fluid in my body seemed to surge to my head again, and I immediately...

He immediately replied, "No," while simultaneously expressing some confusion about the sound wave's reaction. Was he spying on my inside line?

I commanded the sound waves to "stop laughing," but the voice became even shriller due to the urgency, which made me feel somewhat ashamed.

"You kept laughing, without stopping!"

Red Spider loudly echoed, "Yeah, don't laugh secretly, Soundwave. I wonder what you saw that made you laugh so hard?"

Soundwave turned to face the control panel, looking very busy; the screen was still scrolling with "output tube plan".

Shockwave continued to send messages: "You have agreed to my request. I will renovate my lounge to accommodate two mechs."

"I didn't agree!"

I saw my message turn into a smiley face, followed by the words "I agree".

The sonic wave next to me was back to back, its control panel displaying blueprints for the space bridge, and it still looked very busy.

The smiley face on the private internal channel suddenly froze, he'd completely dropped the act. If Soundwave doesn't admit it, I'll beat him up badly and throw him into Megatron's cell so Starscream can torture them too! I took a deep breath to calm myself and asked, "Soundwave, why! Did! You! Intercept! My! Message!"

!

The sound wave finally turned to face me. He raised his hands, one pointing at my breastplate and the other at the shockwave behind the door that had just been opened.

Shockwave's body had clearly been touched up and polished, and the overall dark purple tone looked bright and shiny. In particular, the bright spot of the control room ceiling light reflected on the thick chest armor made my optical glasses momentarily dazzled.

He seemed to have even tweaked his voice transmitter to make it more mellow and pleasant: "My Lord Apostle, I've come to discuss the layout of the lounge with you."

"No!" Soundwave pushed me from behind. I steeled myself and said, "I want a lounge all to myself."

I've changed my mind. I'm going to turn on the high-voltage current and stun him in the control room so that Red Spider can openly torture him!

Shockwave stuck to his point: "If you had to choose, who would you like to share a lounge with?"

'I just want to be alone'... The shockwave hit my optical lens directly, the magnetic field was so oppressive it was suffocating, and I felt a sense of pressure and danger, which made me stop what I wanted to say.

"You'd like to share a lounge with Soundwave?"

The Decepticon intelligence officer behind him stood a little further away; his slender machine and dark purple paint job made him almost blend into the shadows.

I turned to look at the squad leader, who was one rank below me: "I'll live with them and get a feel for their situation, haha."

All the soldiers in the control room automatically moved away from us, crowding together with the intelligence officer to claim the shadows.

The shockwave's pressure wasn't over yet, he continued, "Was it a knockout? I remember you went to the human theater with him."

It's probably sonic waves transmitting intelligence again. After being knocked down, I immediately sent a message on the public channel: "What should we do if the lounge is too small?"

"I'm not going with him, haha." I laughed awkwardly twice.

"Strike? Do you like his model?"

I shook my head.

“Red Spider? As a commander, he has plenty of space in his rest area.”

I shook my head violently.

"Could it be Black Widow? I overlooked the possibility that you like female robots."

Seeing that Shockwave's words were getting more and more outrageous, I had no choice but to break down and say, "It's you, I like you the most, let's live together."

Unicron, can't I just live alone? Megatron's room is empty! Why do I even need to listen to Shockwave?!

I muttered to myself. Then the antenna next to the Shockwave head sculpt rotated, and its optical lens spread out like a moist, oily salted egg yolk, "Do you want to go back on your word...?"

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"I didn't! I said we'd live together, and that's what I meant!"

"What kind of layout do you want? I've already prepared several options..."

After successfully persuading the apostles to live with him, Shockwave, the founder and executor of the "Output Pipe Plan," continues to execute his plan.