[Chapter 164 Choose a New Skin]
Ratchet had told the other Autobots some time ago that David had the ability to transform into a Cybertronian.
So when David showed his Cybertron form to Lennox and Epps, the Autobots were not surprised.
But they were also very curious about what David’s Cybertron form looked like? And what abilities did he have?
Now that the Autobots have seen it, in their opinion, David is indeed a genuine Cybertronian in this state. As for the weapons and equipment, they also caused Ironhide’s admiration.
“This looks cool, I think you should maintain this state normally.”
“If that’s the case, I’m afraid it will cause some people to be overly nervous.” David put away all the weapons on his body. He has noticed that more than one or two guards are looking at him with vigilant eyes.
On the contrary, Robert Epps in front of him just praised David’s weapons: “If I can carry so many weapons to carry out the mission, then I will not be afraid to face the Decepticons alone.”
“Maybe there will be such an opportunity in the future.”
After a brief chat, Epps was responsible for helping David arrange accommodation. Because David’s body shape is the same as that of ordinary humans, he usually moves in human form. Epps wanted to arrange a temporary room for David to live.
“By the way, do you need to eat and drink water like humans?”
“Yes.” In fact, as David’s own holy light gradually becomes stronger, he can maintain himself with holy light alone, especially in the mode of Cybertron body.
However, he still prefers to keep his original habits. After
all, he is not a real silicon-based life. What’s more, even real Cybertronians have the need to replenish energy.
“So… robots also need to eat?”
“Of course they need to eat. Eating is to replenish energy.” David saw Epps’s strange expression and knew that he was probably complaining about something. He added: “Some mechanical life forms can even replenish their energy through plants, minerals and other substances. Compared with that, my life is nothing.” “
Plants and minerals?”
“Yes, you can think of it as eating wood and stone.”
“There are mechanical life forms with such a strong appetite? What’s his… or her name?”
“Ikaros.”
“Is this Ikaros on Earth?”
“No, that guy should be busy with his work in a certain galaxy!”
David made up a lot of nonsense to deal with the various questions raised by Epps. After determining the location of the room he lived in, he followed Epps to visit the entire nest base.
During the visit, David also scanned some weapons and upgraded his weapon database again.
Now, in addition to the original machine guns, cannons and grenade launchers, he can also transform into multiple types of missile launchers and more ferocious 25mm caliber rotary cannons.
When David came back after a round, Major Lennox, who had gone to report to the general, appeared again.
“We attach great importance to the news you said before. I wonder if you can provide us with more information? And you said that there are hidden warriors coming to Earth. Do you know the purpose of their coming to Earth?”
“Of course.”
David was not afraid of Lennox and the Earth’s military asking him about these things. He was more worried that these people would not ask anything.
According to his original idea, he would let the plot develop on its own and wait for the right opportunity to take away all the things he needed.
But after thinking about this plot carefully, he found that it would be better to take the initiative instead of waiting for the plot to develop.
Anyway, there is no plot to speak of. The entire Transformers 2 is actually a war centered on the development of stellar energy collectors.
This machine that can collect energy by destroying stars was built by several Cybertron leaders a long time ago.
These seven ancient Cybertron leaders are called Supremes. The seven Supremes searched for suitable stars in the universe to collect energy, and the Supremes have a principle: they cannot destroy planets with life.
But one of the seven Supremes wanted to break this principle, and this Supreme was the Fallen Kong.
A civil war broke out among the Supremes, and the Fallen Kong was defeated, while the remaining Supremes hid the activation key of the stellar energy collector, which is the leader module.
“So…what does this have to do with us?”
Listening to David suddenly telling a piece of ancient Cybertron history, Epps didn’t know what this had to do with the Decepticon hermit warriors coming to Earth?
Lennox had some guesses, but he hoped very much that he was wrong.
“This unactivated stellar energy collector is on Earth.”
“…”
Lennox had a constipated expression on his face, saying, “I knew it would be like this,” and Epps next to him was in a similar state.
“The situation of Cybertron is not good now. Both the Autobots and Decepticons are facing a survival crisis. In this case, when the Decepticons know that there is such a device on Earth that can give them enough energy, what will they do? I don’t need to continue to talk about it, right?”
Lennox is an excellent American major. He certainly understands what this means. The troops he serves have been dispatched for “energy” many times.
In addition, he finally figured out why the traces of Decepticons can be found all over the world in the past two years.
The news brought by this Cybertronian named David, codenamed Arsenal, perfectly answered their biggest questions.
“Thank you very much for the information you provided.”
“Major.” David stopped Major Lennox who wanted to report to General Morshower again: “Are you going to report this information to your superiors?”
“Yes, is there any problem?”
“Of course.”
David pointed upwards. Everyone looked up with puzzled faces, but they only saw the roof. The next second they knew that they had misunderstood David’s meaning.
“The members of the Decepticons are equipped with various military-related equipment, and Cybertron’s technology is ahead of Earth by who knows how many generations… Do you think it is safe enough to transmit such important intelligence through signals?”
“…”
Lennox understood what David meant. When fighting with the Decepticons before, although the Decepticons had good combat effectiveness, they did not show their advantages in this aspect, which made Lennox and the entire Nest troops habitually ignore this issue.
“If possible, it is best to report face to face in an absolutely safe space without any electronic equipment.”
“Isn’t it too exaggerated?”
This time, it was not David who answered Lennox, but Optimus Prime, who had fought with the Decepticons for who knows how many years: “No, if the Decepticons’ goal is the stellar energy collector, and this equipment is really on Earth, then the elite among the Decepticons should have come to Earth.”
Let’s not talk about others. If the old rival Soundwave comes, if Earth continues to use technological means to communicate, it is very likely to be monitored by the opponent.
Why didn’t Optimus Prime mention the Decepticons’ technological advantage before? ‘, because Optimus Prime didn’t know what the Decepticons’ purpose was, and many of the Decepticons that were eliminated during this period were mass-produced machines that were not worth mentioning.
These situations led the Autobots to think that only some Decepticons were active on Earth, and they didn’t expect that all the elite of the other side had come to Earth.
Now that he knew the real purpose of the other side, Optimus Prime also understood that the number of Decepticons on Earth was probably much more than he had previously estimated, and at the same time, their strength was not comparable to those “mass-produced machines”.
After learning that Major Lennox had important information to report to him face to face, and implicitly reminded him that the current communication situation was not safe, General Moshor, the commander of the Nest Force, allowed the Nest Force to “return to North America for rest.”
In this way, David also took a ride to North America.
Because of the important information provided, Lennox and Epps also regarded David, a new Cybertronian who came to Earth, as a new comrade-in-arms. Epps also pointed to the cars parked in front of them and joked with David.
“You are not an Autobot, can you transform into a car?”
“I have a car-shaped transformation module.”
“Oh?” Epps became interested at this: “Do you need us to provide you with a car?”
Autobots do not have a fixed image after scanning a module. When the Nest troops perform tasks, Autobots will often change their images to facilitate the execution of tasks.
These cars used as templates are all provided by the Nest troops.
“It sounds like a good suggestion. What are the options?” David had originally considered scanning cars to obtain the vehicle form of the car. Since someone was willing to provide templates for free, he certainly would not refuse.
Seeing that David was also interested, Epps immediately signaled to wait, and then quickly took out a car magazine: “There are many beautiful cars on it. Do you want me to give you some suggestions?”
David took the magazine and flipped through it. He found that it was mainly sports cars, and they were products of the past two years.
In addition to Epps’s occasional “popular science”, David, the “alien”, quickly had a relatively rough understanding of the various models of cars on it.
After flipping back and forth for a while, David saw a familiar style on it.
“This one looks good.”
“2008 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR?” Epps glanced at the magazine in David’s hand and read out the car model written in the magazine.
“How is it? Can I get it?”
“It’s not difficult!” This is a local sports car, which can be obtained relatively easily. On the contrary, some top sports cars of European brands are much more troublesome: “Do you like this style?” What
Epps didn’t know was that David chose this model entirely because of his past influence. If the matching degree is suitable and it can be successfully transformed into a car, he will put two red decorative lights on the front of his car.
(End of this chapter)