"Where exactly did you encounter them?"
Luke asked for more specific details.
In his memory, the Harvester Civilization wasn't particularly strong. In the Marvel Universe, they were minor thugs, at most on par with the Chitauri.
After all, their biological weapons could not be fully self-produced; they needed to harvest the brains of intelligent creatures that matched them in order to mass-produce their army.
From this perspective, they couldn't even compare to the Umbrella Corporation.
At least the latter could genuinely produce cloned humans to form an army.
Arcee replied, "It was thirty light-years away, at a jump point transfer station."
"We were just about to pass through the jump point when we were unexpectedly attacked by them."
"We fought them. If they hadn't outnumbered us, we definitely would have blown their heads off!"
Brakes chimed in proudly. "Their technology is weaker than ours, and most importantly, their ships aren't as fast as ours!"
Cough, cough!
A certain image flashed through Luke's mind—battle qi transforming into a horse... Urg, must not think about that.
"That sounds interesting. Why would they proactively attack you? Cybertronians still hold some power in the Universe."
Thor fell into thought.
Luke was extremely surprised by this sight. Good heavens, Thor was actually using his brain!
"Oh, I get it!"
Thor realized suddenly. "They must be trying to develop a robot army, so when they saw you, they intended to capture you for research."
"..."
Luke decided to retract his previous thought. He was using his brain, but not very effectively.
"Is there a possibility that they have connections with the Decepticons?"
Luke thought deeper. Although Cybertron had gradually lost its deterrent power after its decline, the Harvester Civilization had no reason to offend this group of "brainless" hard targets made entirely of metal.
A faction specializing in biological technology and a faction specializing in metalworking have no fundamental conflict of interest.
Moreover, although Cybertron had declined, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse. A rational entity would never need to offend a Cybertronian vessel that might have powerful backing.
Unless... they could see through the Autobots' facade and were instructed by someone else.
Arcee and the other Autobots reacted and began pondering.
"That makes sense. We were intercepted by the Decepticons when we passed Mars."
"Perhaps the Decepticons are recruiting and preparing to capture Earth in one fell swoop."
Arcee voiced her thoughts.
Optimus Prime nodded upon hearing this. "In that case, we should prepare for battle."
"Although the Decepticon elite led by Megatron and Shockwave were completely wiped out, as long as The Fallen remains, they can continuously summon and manufacture Decepticons."
"They have a complete Decepticon production line on Mars. Even if they are only basic, mass-produced models without upgraded weapons and equipment, if the numbers increase, they can still threaten us."
"Lord Luke, perhaps we should notify the other nations on Earth to prepare for battle. If they manage to obtain the AllSpark and the Star Harvester, then Eternity's silence will welcome Earth!"
The Harvester Civilization wants brains, and the Decepticons want the Sun. Since there is no conflict of interest, the two sides can perfectly divide Earth and the Sun.
It's perfect!
Relying on them to fight each other is completely unrealistic.
While Luke was deep in thought, Optimus Prime presented another proposal.
"Your Excellency Luke, besides this, I have discovered one more thing: we found clues about Sentinel Prime within the classified networks of the United States."
"He was the previous great leader of the Autobots and also my mentor, possessing extremely powerful strength and outstanding wisdom."
"He originally left Cybertron aboard the Ark vessel, carrying energy pillars in search of hope to save the Planet, but due to certain reasons, he crashed onto the Moon. Humans discovered the Ark vessel and Sentinel Prime during the Apollo Moon landing in 1969."
"If we can reactivate Sentinel Prime and wake him up, then Earth will gain an excellent warrior!"
Optimus Prime spoke of Sentinel Prime, showing a rare degree of reverence.
It was not just him; the other Autobots felt the same way.
Sentinel Prime held a lofty position in the hearts of the Autobots; the current leader, Optimus Prime, was also personally promoted by him.
Upon hearing this, Luke immediately thought of the plot of Transformers 3.
He clearly remembered that Sentinel Prime had secretly reached an agreement with Megatron even before leaving Cybertron.
He had already betrayed the Autobots!
In order to save Cybertron, he did not hesitate to betray the Autobots and attempted to use the energy pillars to open an interdimensional portal, transporting the entirety of Cybertron here!
Cybertronian technology was still very impressive; in terms of long-distance teleportation, it could, to a certain extent, rival Asgard.
At the very least, Asgard's Bifrost Bridge had no way to transport a massive planet.
"Optimus Prime, I'm afraid this matter will disappoint you all."
Luke wanted to reveal Sentinel Prime's defection, but after thinking it over, he changed his mind and said, "Forget it. You can make a trip to the Moon and bring him back. I will grant him new life."
Possessing the AllSpark, Luke could easily activate Sentinel Prime's energy.
For some things, just talking is useless; they must experience it firsthand before they will believe it.
Sentinel Prime's status was too high in the hearts of the Autobots; it was difficult for them to believe their former leader would lead a surrender.
Optimus Prime sensed something fishy about the matter, and even inwardly guessed Luke's meaning.
But Optimus Prime dared not believe it, nor was he willing to.
He couldn't understand why Sentinel Prime would betray the Autobots.
"Is Sentinel Prime on the Moon? We can check the situation there right now."
"Leave it to us!"
Arcee signaled her good sisters Clover and herself to remotely control the refugee ship together, deploying a small spacecraft tens of meters long.
Under the control of the intelligent system, the small spacecraft quickly flew toward the Moon.
Soon, the spacecraft arrived at the coordinates marked by the Apollo vessel.
However, when they saw the site, it was completely empty.
"It's gone?"
The Autobots were greatly surprised.
Mudflap couldn't help but exclaim, "No way, is everything said online true? Did Earth never actually send people to the Moon? Were the Redditors right? Was the Moon landing really fake?!"
"But surely the video isn't fake?"
"Oh my friend, videos can also be faked!"
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