At that moment, Luke and Mikaela were brought by Bumblebee to the outskirts of New York.
There, Luke saw the Autobot vanguard.
[Anomalous targets detected: Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Ratchet, Jazz. Obtained 400 Anomaly Points.]
[Reality Editor upgraded to Version 3.8. Current Anomaly Points: 100 / 2900]
The four great Autobots transformed with the same awe-inspiring spectacle as in the movie.
When a massive container truck transforms right in front of you into a nearly ten-meter-tall giant, anyone would be screaming internally, Holy crap! That's so cool!!
Even though Luke was mentally prepared, he couldn't help applauding the transformation—an effect that felt like a masterpiece of mechanical art.
Mikaela was completely stunned, her mouth hanging open, utterly bewildered.
Tonight, following Luke, Mikaela truly had her horizons shattered.
She felt she could never return to her former mundane and boring life anymore.
"Optimus Prime," Luke called out calmly.
"I am," the towering Autobot replied. "Are you Samuel 'Sam' Witwicky, descendant of Archibald Witwicky?"
Optimus Prime half-crouched to look at Luke, then compared him with the images he had accessed online, puzzled as to why Sam had gone from a curly-haired teenager to a handsome, short-haired, tall man.
"Didn't Bumblebee tell you?" Luke asked, looking at Bumblebee in confusion.
Bumblebee scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "Sorry. I was worried the encrypted signal might be intercepted, so I only sent the coordinates."
"This is what happened after I met Luke."
Bumblebee transmitted a video file to everyone through the network.
After Optimus Prime and the others finished reviewing the footage in an instant, they all turned their gaze toward Luke with strange expressions.
They had originally thought he was just an ordinary Earthling.
They never expected him to be an Earth deity who had eliminated the core Decepticons member Barricade in a single move.
Optimus Prime fell silent for a moment, seemingly weighing the implications of the conditions Luke had proposed.
"Earth deity, have you seriously considered the consequences?"
"The AllSpark is the supreme treasure of Cybertron. Megatron, leader of the Decepticons, intends to use the power of the AllSpark to transform Earth's machinery and create a massive Decepticons army."
"If you choose to take the AllSpark, you will face the wrath of Megatron and his followers… If you don't want your home planet to descend into war and destruction, then allow us to take the AllSpark to a place the Decepticons will never find."
"Well," Luke's tone remained firm. "The AllSpark is the price for my help. On Earth, if you don't rely on the locals, believe me—you won't be able to move an inch."
"As for Megatron… honestly, I don't consider him a threat He may be Cybertron's most powerful warrior, but on Earth, he's just an ordinary nobody."
This arrogant statement left the Autobots exchanging stunned looks.
Jazz couldn't help but glance at Luke's height. He simply couldn't comprehend how someone so small dared to say something so outrageous.
That was Megatron!
Even if they didn't want to admit it, that was reality.
During the war on Cybertron, the Autobots—one of the two great factions—had lost, and the Decepticons had claimed final victory.
They knew better than anyone how terrifying the military power of that savage, violent faction truly was.
Were Earthlings really this bold—to call Megatron a nobody?
Didn't that also mean Optimus Prime, the greatest leader of the Autobots, was a nobody as well?
Jazz was genuinely unconvinced. Earth's technology was mediocre at best—how could he dare say something like that?
Optimus Prime, however, was thinking differently from Jazz.
After a moment of hesitation, he nodded.
"Deal. The AllSpark will be handed over to you. However, if things go wrong, I will immediately take it and flee across the stars. Earth must not become the next Cybertron!"
"Don't worry. Earth won't become the next Cybertron."
Hearing this, Optimus Prime nodded. He was a confident leader—but in the very next moment, Luke continued, "Even if that day really does come, Earth will only end up worse than Cybertron. Those guys might not be interested in piles of scrap metal, but they definitely love corrupted humans."
???
Are you sure this is your homeworld?
Please say you're just an outsider, a tourist visiting Earth.
Optimus Prime didn't understand why Luke sounded so pessimistic. He even thought Luke was joking.
"However, we have one more request…"
Luke didn't wait for him to finish. He waved his hand and said, "If you're about to ask for the Autobots to live on Earth as well, then I only have one piece of advice for you: run."
"Run as far as you can. Get away from this wretched place."
Optimus Prime and the other Autobots were completely baffled. Does anyone talk about their homeworld like this?
Ratchet couldn't help asking, "Luke, are you really a local? Then why don't you run?"
His suspicion was understandable—Luke's words sounded far too questionable.
"Of course," Luke nodded matter-of-factly. "If I had the chance, I would definitely run—provided I could escape. Why do you think I haven't already? Because I can't escape."
Luke wasn't sure whether only this universe had become a breeding ground for calamity. If the entire multiverse had turned into a forsaken land, then the problem would be truly enormous.
If that were the case, it wouldn't just be a matter of escaping this universe, but escaping the entire multiverse and fleeing to other megaverses—or rather, the Omniverse.
But to truly possess that kind of ability, only multiverse-level deities might be capable of breaking free from a multiverse.
And even that was only a possibility.
For now, he was more inclined to first uncover the origins of the four abstract entities and the so-called God of Fear.
To see if there was any chance to fight back.
Mikaela's mind was full of question marks. She didn't understand—she didn't understand anything at all!
Forget it. She decided not to try anymore. She'd just give up and be a pretty face.
Optimus Prime and the others fell silent.
"Never mind. We'll discuss that later. For now, let's find the AllSpark."
Luke took out a pair of glasses and handed them to Optimus Prime, who used a method of his own to analyze the hidden information within them.
Soon...
"Found it!"
"The coordinates are XXX…"
"In Earth terms, this location is the Hoover Dam."
Optimus Prime was about to declare his iconic slogan—but Luke stopped him. "Wait. I suggest you first infiltrate the local network and check the situation there."
Optimus Prime looked puzzled.
Luke explained, "Based on my understanding of this messed-up world, the AllSpark probably isn't there anymore."
"Why?" Optimus Prime looked at the glasses, choosing to listen to the local's advice first.
"Because this isn't the Transformers Universe. It's the Marvel Universe!"
Luke said something that sounded completely nonsensical to them.
There was still something he hadn't said—this wasn't just the Marvel Universe. Many more worlds had merged into it as well.
But with so many universes fusing together, trying to infer things based on past logic was clearly unreliable.
In any case, confirming the accuracy of the information was the top priority.
Luke had already acquired the Barricade template, but he was still human, not a true mechanical life-form. Although he could also infiltrate networks, he was ultimately nowhere near as proficient as Optimus Prime and the others.
In the end, Optimus Prime chose to trust Luke's suggestion.
...
At the Pentagon,
With assistance from the Department of Defense, Tony Stark, Dr. Isaacs, and other technical consultants, the spider virus was finally barely purged.
"Thank god we managed to..."
Before anyone could even breathe a sigh of relief, woop~ woop~~!!
The all-too-familiar alarm sounded once again.
Minister of Defense John Koehler couldn't help slamming his hand on the table in anger.
"Seriously? Again?!"
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