dtnovels Chapter 114 Unread
Chapter 114 Unread
Megatron stood in front of the main screen, looking at the reports Charon had sent back. The words scrolled across the screen line by line, but he remained motionless for a long time.
The place was too quiet, which made Ji feel uncomfortable.
After the vector left, he did not chase after it.
He had already taken that half step back; he couldn't go any further.
He knew exactly what he had almost done, and he also knew what the last look in her eyes meant.
Anger, disappointment, and vigilance.
That's not what he wanted to see.
He thought he would wait until she calmed down before talking to her.
She most likely won't come back tonight. Maybe she'll go to Iron Fort, maybe she'll call an ambulance, or maybe she'll just lock herself up somewhere.
When she's angry, she's like a machine that unplugs all the data ports and then yells at the power supply.
But at the very least, he needed to know where she was.
Megatron switched to his private channel: [Where are you?]
The message was sent, but there was no response.
Megatron looked at that line of text, his brow furrowing slightly.
It's not surprising that she didn't reply; it's normal that she doesn't want to talk to him right now.
However, the "read" status is not displayed below.
Megatron stared at the status indicator.
Even if a vector doesn't reply out of spite, it will usually still look at the message.
She would read his message but not reply, then send him a short message after a long time that would irritate him, deliberately leaving him hanging.
But that won't happen.
Unread.
He posted another message: [Vector.]
Still unread.
The main screen inside the room continued to scroll through reports, with all the nodes lit up, but at this moment those things became background noise.
Megatron raised his hand and directly accessed her frequency status.
At first, it was just a slight fluctuation, but in the next instant, the signal curve suddenly plummeted, as if it had been pressed into the ground by something.
Megatron stared at the curve that suddenly dipped.
For a moment, he didn't react, as if the entire processor had been hollowed out.
The next second, everything inside the red optical lens burst into flames.
He rushed straight out the door.
The silver-gray mech folded and reassembled in the night, the heavy jet engine roared to life, and the jet exhaust tore through the dim night sky as the heavy mech instantly rushed toward the Iron Fortress.
At the same time, he gained access to the Decepticons' internal channels.
[Locate her.]
Red Spider's reply popped up almost immediately: 【You finally—】
Megatron didn't give him a chance to finish speaking.
【Now.】
The channel was silent for a moment.
The sound of being knocked down followed, without any extra tone: "Her signal is wrong."
The sound wave data stream was also pushed over in the next second.
[Latest stable location: Low-traffic section east of Tiebao.]
The signal then dropped sharply.
[The fire's fluctuation is abnormally low.]
Megatron did not respond; the sound of his jet engines created a heavy roar in the night sky.
He only looked at that coordinate; there was nothing else in the red optical lens.
-
In the Iron Fortress's temporary operations room, Optimus Prime had already checked the time for the third time.
The jazz sat not far away, resting his chin on his hand with an expressionless face.
Alita stood beside the main screen, processing a city collaboration record, but her gaze kept drifting back to Optimus Prime.
The ambulance's communication light remained on, indicating that he was still waiting for the probe to arrive for inspection.
The physician's patience was dwindling at a dangerous rate, but thankfully there was no one in the room to touch that thorn in his side for the time being.
Optimus Prime opens his private frequency.
【How are you?】
After sending the message, he looked at the status indicator.
Unread.
He paused for a moment, then sent another message: 【Where are you?】
Still unread.
Optimus Prime's entire body gradually tightened.
The jazz coach looked at him: "Didn't you reply?"
Optimus Prime didn't reply, and sent a third message.
【Please reply.】
Unread.
The atmosphere in the room changed instantly.
The ambulance's communication line switched in immediately: "She hasn't replied?"
Optimus Prime stood up: "Check the records of the last public roads she passed through."
The jazz coach has already taken action: "I'm investigating."
Alita immediately pulled up the external patrol logs for the operations room. Arcee walked in from the doorway, and her expression instantly darkened upon hearing this.
"How long has she been gone?"
"It's almost time to go," Optimus Prime said.
The ambulance driver muttered a curse over the radio: "I knew I shouldn't have let her go out alone."
There was no way to refute it; tonight was indeed wrong.
The jazz quickly outlined the route: "She left from outside the temporary operations room and took the low-traffic section on the east side. Public records ceased after the third intersection."
The sound of a police car came in from the other side: "That area has maintenance lanes, and the nighttime surveillance density is low."
Optimus Prime's optical lens dimmed slightly.
Jazz pulled up another anomaly: "There's a brief energy fluctuation here, which the system has categorized as circuit interference. The timing matches."
The ambulance driver's voice was so cold it sounded like it could freeze the communication lines: "I'm coming."
"All nearby action teams, assemble," Optimus Prime ordered. "Do not enter the alleyway alone."
After he finished speaking, he started to walk out, and the jazz immediately followed.
Alita looked at him: "Optimus Prime."
He paused for a moment, and she simply said, "I'll go with you."
Optimus Prime nodded.
The leader's composure remains, but something is cracking beneath.
-
Yutiandi sheathed his heavy sword and walked to the entrance of the maintenance alley.
The night wind blew in from the main road, carrying away some smoke and the smell of burning.
His side armor was blasted open, his chest armor was charred black, and energy fluid seeped from his shoulders and neck. His body was deformed in many places due to the pressure, and his joints still had the stiffness left by the force of magnetic attraction tearing them apart.
The vector was indeed harder to kill than he had anticipated, but the result made no difference.
She lay beneath the rubble, the signal gone, and even her extraordinary life came to an end.
As Yutiandi stepped out of the alley, the heavy roar of engines echoed through the night sky.
He looked up.
The silver-gray heavy jet tore through the night, skimming low and pressing down. The aircraft deformed in mid-air, and when Megatron landed, the entire road surface was shaken and cracked.
The two machines were facing each other at the entrance of the alley.
A man covered in wounds, his old-fashioned weapon just folded back to his waist.
A red optical mirror was as cold as a furnace about to explode.
Megatron saw Sentinel Prime, and he also saw the maintenance alley behind him.
His gaze passed over Yutiandi's shoulder and fell into the depths of the alley.
A section of collapsed rubble revealed a right-hand cannon muzzle and a foot among the fragments.
He recognized it; he didn't need a second glance.
Megatron's entire world went completely blank.
Then, everything exploded, and the light in the red optical mirror suddenly expanded.
He raised his hand and fired a shot.
Yutian Enemy dodged to the side, and the energy cannon blasted into the wall behind him, the explosion illuminating the entire alleyway in a ghastly white light.
"Megatron," Sentinel Prime's voice remained calm, "You're too late."
At this point, Megatron's reason completely snapped.
He rushed forward, his fist carrying immense force as he slammed into the Heavenly Enemy's faceplate.
Yutiandi drew his greatsword to parry, the silver-gray gauntlets colliding with the dark gold blade, creating a deafening explosion.
"Supreme Enemy!!!"
Megatron's voice was almost ripped apart.
Yutiandi was forced back half a step by him, and the ground beneath his feet shattered.
He was indeed injured.
The battle with the vector just now took a toll, and now, facing Megatron's furious attack head-on, the wound on his shoulder has reopened.
But he remained steady, swung his heavy sword horizontally to deflect Megatron's punch, then stepped to the side and slashed at Megatron's abdomen from below.
Megatron didn't manage to get to a safe distance. He took half of the impact with his outer armor, while his other hand gripped Sentinel Prime's shoulder armor and slammed him hard against the wall, causing it to crack.
Yutiandi grunted, then pressed his kneeplate against the ground, forcing Megatron back half an inch.
Instead of retreating, he led the fight step by step into the alley and towards the rubble.
Megatron quickly realized that he could no longer ignore it.
The gravitational vector was right beneath that pile of rubble; he couldn't let the aftershocks press down on it.
Heavy artillery is no longer viable; the entire alleyway cannot be completely destroyed.
Sentinel Prime knows better than anyone else.
As he blocked the mighty punch with his heavy sword, he said calmly, "Be careful."
Megatron stared intently at him through his red optical glasses.
Sentinel Prime continued, "If she takes another step forward, the aftershocks will crush her."
Megatron's fist suddenly froze, and in that instant, the Greatsword of the Skybreaker slashed diagonally, the dark golden blade leaving a deep mark on Megatron's breastplate.
Megatron seemed oblivious to pain, and with a backhand punch, he sent Sentinel Prime's head tilting to the side.
"She is indeed very tenacious." Sentinel Prime wiped the energy liquid from the corner of his mouth, his voice nauseatingly calm. "She's harder to kill than I expected."
Megatron charged forward again.
Sentinel Prime turned around using the alleyway wall as a shield, his greatsword colliding with Megatron's arm cannon.
"It's a pity," said Yutiandi, "it's still a little short."
Megatron roared, and the muzzle of his arm cannon lit up against Sentinel Prime's chest.
Immediately, Yutian Enemy used the blade of his heavy sword to press down on the direction of the cannon muzzle, and the energy cannon blasted out along the wall, causing half of the maintenance pipeline to explode on the spot.
The aftershocks of the explosion swept towards the rubble, and Megatron abruptly stopped his next attack, turning around to block the flying debris.
As Yutiandi watched his movements, a cold glint appeared in his optical glasses: "You really do care about her."
Megatron looked back at him, and in the optical lens was a deep red stillness before everything went completely out of control.
"You will die here."
Yutiandi gripped his heavy sword tightly: "You can try."
-
When Optimus Prime arrived, the first thing he saw was the wall at the alley entrance that had been blasted open, followed by Megatron and Sentinel Prime.
Finally, there was that pile of rubble deep in the alley.
He paused for a moment.
The jazz musician next to him stared at the spot, almost thinking he was seeing things.
Optimus Prime's optical scope was dark. He saw the right-hand cannon muzzle protruding from the debris, and he also saw the foot.
"Capacitor vector..."
The ambulance rushed up from behind, and upon seeing the rubble, the entire machine froze for a moment.
He immediately stepped forward, shouting, "Make way, I need to get through!"
The Heavenly Enemy's heavy sword swept across, its dark golden blade forcing the ambulance to retreat.
Alita immediately raised her arm cannon, and Jazz rushed to the side to provide cover.
Optimus Prime raised his hand, and the railgun on his forearm deployed; his movements were very steady.
But behind those blue optical lenses, the suppressed emotions had completely shattered.
When Sentinel Prime saw him, his tone was calm, even with a hint of regret: "The leader is late too."
Optimus Prime did not answer.
Megatron's fist slammed towards Sentinel Prime again. Sentinel Prime took a half step back, blocked Megatron with his greatsword, and at the same time dodged the first lock-on of Optimus Prime's railgun.
Optimus Prime finally spoke: "Get out of here."
Yutiandi looked at him: "You want to save a wreck?"
Upon hearing this, Megatron's attack suddenly became even more frenzied.
Optimus Prime's railgun also lit up at the same instant.
Sentinel Prime was finally forced to truly retreat.
On one side is Megatron's violent oppression, and on the other side is Optimus Prime's ruthless firepower blockade.
The alley was narrow, and rubble was right next to them. At that moment, neither of the two machines considered the political consequences.
They just wanted him to get out of there or die.
Optimus Prime blocked with his heavy sword, took Megatron's punch, and used the force to dodge Optimus Prime's cannon fire.
The bullet blast grazed his shoulder armor and shattered a section of the wall behind him.
The Jazz took the opportunity to break in from the side, trying to get around the rubble.
Yutiandi immediately raised his hand, turned the blade of his heavy sword, and forced the jazz back.
Alita attacked from another angle, but was blocked by his kneecap.
"Don't let him near her!" the ambulance shouted.
Megatron and Optimus Prime moved at the same time.
Megatron pressed down from the front, his silver-gray gauntlets carrying the force that had shattered Sentinel Prime.
Optimus Prime cut in from the other side, shutting down his railgun and switching to close combat, his forearm armor slamming heavily into Sentinel Prime's sword-wielding wrist.
Sentinel was finally forced back three steps.
Behind him were rubble, but he didn't turn around; he still knew where he was.
"How interesting," said Skybreaker. "Megatron, Optimus Prime."
He held his heavy sword horizontally in front of him, a hint of cold laughter in his voice.
"You've all stood together for her."
Megatron slammed a punch down: "Shut up!"
Optimus Prime didn't speak, but raised his hand again, the blue optical mirror like a surging deep sea.
With the leader no longer weighing the options, Orion Pax was finally pushed to the brink of losing control.
As Yutiandi looked at them, he suddenly realized that this midnight cleanup was much more troublesome than he had anticipated.
There was no movement under the rubble, and the signal was silent.
All he needs to do is leave here and then handle the aftermath as an acceptable accident, conflict, attack, or loss of control—any one of those will do.
Cybertron will continue to move forward.
Systems will always find new expressions.
The Heavenly Enemy Heavy Sword once again shone with a dark golden light.
"Then let's bury us together."