Transformers: Survival of Defective Products

The joint channel was quiet for a few seconds, then erupted in chaos again.

Red Spider raised his voice: "Just how much more do you have that you haven't revealed?!"

Ambulance: "My God!!"

Knockout: "Honey, I have to say, don't you have a little too many secrets?"

Nine-Seven stared blankly and said, "When did you get pregnant?!"

To avoid being overwhelmed by the various voices, Yin Xiang hurriedly interrupted, "Now is not the time to interrogate me!!"

"So what's so special about this?" Jiuqi asked, his brain module accelerating to keep up with the conversation.

Optimus Prime had clearly heard of the name, explaining, "It can cut through space and time; it was once the artifact that guided the heavens."

The vector took over the conversation:

"It does not rely entirely on the existing coordinate system. If I can lock onto a target that has already been detected, it can directly establish a spacetime rift leading to the vicinity of the target, and the safety factor is also higher."

The shockwave immediately followed up with questions: "Stability? Maximum penetration distance? Number of units that can pass through?"

"Stop, stop, stop! Don't read anymore! I haven't received the instruction manual yet!"

-

With no better option at the moment, the vector quickly and roughly divided the group into two action teams.

"First, we need to confirm the activity level of the Earth's core. Once I open the passage, we'll make a small-scale incursion, rather than all rushing in at once."

She looked at the Autobots and Decepticons: "Secondly, someone needs to hold the surface battlefield outside."

Megatron: "Are you going yourself?"

Vector: "Otherwise, who will wield the Time Blade?"

Communication remained open, and Optimus Prime, far away on the other side of the star system, heard it: "At least until we retrieve the AllSpark container."

"Of course, we also need to seal off its consciousness." She glanced at the constantly updating data on Earth's interior, "but right now I'd better make sure it doesn't fully awaken, otherwise we might not even have a chance to seal off its consciousness."

They must put the material core back into slumber before then, at least to buy Optimus Prime time to bring back the empty container.

The vector pointer provides a simple summary:

"Anyway, let Him continue to sleep for a while."

-

All sides began preparing to break through personnel and surface defenses, while the vector vector returned to its rest area.

The Blade of Time has always been hidden in a separate storage compartment inside the machine.

She put it in there in the first place to prevent certain machines from seeing it and wanting to study it, or from chasing after it for inspection.

As it turned out, this decision was very prescient.

The ambulance followed behind her.

"After you take it out, scan it first, don't start it directly, and if any abnormalities are found—"

"Where did this Tang Sanzang come from!" Yin Vector covered the audio receiver to block it, but to no avail.

The ambulance driver glared at her with exasperation: "Then tell me yourself, where did I see you? You didn't cause any trouble!"

So Yin Xiang sighed and continued to endure the lecturing concern from the ambulance.

The two machines argued as they walked.

The ambulance's instructions and the vector's rebuttal masked the subtle movements inside the pipes, where a mechanical foot emerged from the shadows.

It wandered around for a long time until the dormant consciousness deep within the earth truly opened its eyes.

A faint purple light shone from the gap in the miniature gripper. It paused for a few seconds, seemingly finally connecting with that essential being.

Then it changed direction and climbed towards the location of the gravitational vector with a clear purpose.

-

"O God's fire! May I use it on you just once?"

Unable to bear the ambulance's continuous output, the vector stopped and unlocked the hidden internal storage compartment on the side of the chest armor.

The mechanical chains opened one by one, and her attention was focused on her own body and the impatient-looking ambulance.

The Earth's magnetic field has been in a terrible state lately, and all the equipment at the contact point is operating at high capacity.

Countless subtle vibrations, metallic hums, and energy noises intertwined, masking even the smallest sounds.

Click.

From behind.

The moment she turned around, she only saw a dark shadow spring up from the corner of the wall.

The miniature gripper held a tiny crystal tube with the Decepticon biohazard number printed on it.

— Gray Death.

"Back off!!!"

The vector only had time to barely make out a few characters before it roared out, and the miniature gripper had already slammed into her shoulder and neck.

*Snap!* The crystal tube shattered, and liquid mixed with tiny flocculent particles exploded, splashing directly into the armor.

A chill ran down his neck, and then his internal energy circulation suddenly stopped.

The ambulance driver's face turned deathly pale: "Targeting vector!!"

"Don't come any closer!"

An invisible magnetic field unfolded, and the droplets, shattered crystal tubes, and flocculent matter that had just been flying in all directions were all stopped in mid-air. The ambulance that was closest to her was also stopped by that force.

The two machines were less than two meters apart, yet it seemed as if there was an invisible wall between them.

"Don't touch me!"

The vector spoke faster and faster, "Turn off all the ventilation!"

AZ heard the noise outside and, despite not knowing what was happening, immediately shut off the ventilation for the entire area.

Jiuqi rushed to the door: "What's wrong?!"

"Gray Death!"

The wings of the Type 97 were immediately raised.

The joint channel was initially silent, then filled with shouts.

-

After the miniature gripper threw the crystal tube, its dark purple color suddenly lit up, and it turned around and pounced on the attractor vector again.

Those patterns originated from a dark, super-energy entity, and were present in very small quantities. This time, the vector could see them clearly.

The gray-death pathology should have been destroyed long ago, but now it has directly hit her, and it is also related to the dark super-energy body.

She could only think of the part that Megatron had brought back but left untouched.

Megatron was indeed useless. The only possibility is that the tiny amount of black suit that was approved for Shockwave somehow came back to life and took away the Gray Death virus strain.

She didn't doubt Shockwave; after all, this guy had proposed sharing brain module memories, so if he actually did something like that, he'd probably submit an experimental report.

The right arm of the vectoring gun deformed instantly and blasted towards the miniature gripper that had just jumped into the air.

The tiny thing was shattered into a cloud of scorching dust by the energy impact, and the dark purple light was completely extinguished.

Only then did she notice that the Soul-Suppressing Spear circuit, which had been lit up by the dark super-energy entity, had returned to silence as the little thing disappeared.

-

Outside, on the ground and in mid-air, there were still remnants of the gray death virus strain controlled by her magnetic attraction.

She maintained the magnetic field, gathering all contaminants, including dust from dead little creatures.

"That's my experimental equipment," the shockwave in the communication said, having just watched the transmitted image and carefully examined it for a while.

This confirms that the leak from the dark super-energy entity affected the experimental equipment and took away the virus strain.

Megatron's face contorted in fury, and he gritted his teeth, suppressing a low growl as he roared, "The Grey Death was clearly destroyed!"

There's no time to worry about the vector; we need to deal with the contaminants first.

The ambulance was scanning at the same time, and the instruments popped up one alarm after another.

[An anomaly in the energy cycle.]

[An exotic pathogen has been detected.]

The ambulance driver's face turned completely grim. Nine-Seven stood outside the door, his fingers trembling: "Really infected?"

"It has entered the body's energy cycle." The ambulance driver spoke rapidly.

Optimus Prime's communication came through a few seconds late: "Gravity Vector."

"He's alive." She quickly cut him off, "You guys keep searching for the source of the fire."

"We can return to base," Optimus Prime and Wheeljack said simultaneously.

"No, there's no second machine that can find the spark source."

Optimus Prime remained silent for a long time, finally saying only, "Maintain communication."

-

The vector finally locked the contaminant, along with the crystal tube fragments, firmly into the temporary isolation box.

She herself appeared calm, at least on the surface.

"BICk0".

The communication was established on Cybertron, and the secretary's expression changed drastically upon seeing her condition: "What's wrong with you—"

"Open the highest-specification destruction furnace."

BICk0 granted the permissions first.

[Judicial Center Plasma Inactivation Furnace: Activated]

AZ built a one-way land bridge inside the quarantine zone, directly facing the high-temperature incineration furnace of the judicial center.

The vector throws the isolation box in, and the blue-green channel closes.

The gray death virus strain was finally completely destroyed.

-

The ambulance driver yelled at her through the magnetic field, "Shrink the field! Stop wasting energy!"

"But I cannot let you have contact with me."

"The Grey Death primarily spreads through energy cycles and face-to-face contamination; it's not something you can infect the entire base with just a breath!"

The deflection vector then slowly contracted the isolation range, eventually leaving only a deflection field tightly attached to the outer armor of the machine.

Nine-Seven had already turned and rushed out, shouting, "The antidote! Open AZ, I'm taking the antidote!!"

All the machines reacted at the same time. If there is an antidote, there is hope. The United Communications, which had been making a lot of noise since the beginning, finally quieted down a bit. At least it was no longer a situation where all the voices were shouting at the same time.

The physical antidote is stored in the medical isolation area of ​​the temporary judicial liaison point on Earth.

The ambulance driver also seemed more relaxed: "Hurry up and take it!"

They flew directly there in '97.

As Yin Vector leaned against the wall, he began to feel a slight tingling sensation from the energy circulation within his body.

She glanced down at her hands: "It's nothing serious."

-

The 97th Company flew back, carrying the perfectly preserved antidote.

The ambulance quickly took over, and after checking the number and glancing at the data, everything was normal.

[Gray Death Treatment]

Status: Stable

Pathogen detection: Negative

Inside the transparent medical container, the treatment looks no different from the first day it was sealed.

Jiuqi was frantic, but since he wasn't a medical officer, he could only watch as the ambulance took out the syringe.

The vector also revealed a medical interface. Megatron, who had been silent for a while, spoke again at this moment:

"Can it be cured?"

"The theoretical value is 92%." 97 sneered from the side, having found the perfect scapegoat. "Isn't this the good strain you requested? Why are you suddenly thinking about that 8%?"

Megatron shut up.

-

The syringe was connected, and the ambulance made a final check on her energy circulation.

The therapeutic agent enters the body through a medical interface.

At first, there were no abnormalities; the energy cycle even cooled down slightly due to the medicine.

97 stared intently at the scanner.

Soundwave, Shockwave, Megatron, Optimus Prime and Jack on the other side of the star field, and all the machines still in the joint channel are waiting for the data to be refreshed.

[The healing agent enters the energy cycle.]

[It's spreading.]

Suddenly, the right arm of the vector light up again, with patterns of dazzling white and gold intertwined and extending upwards along the forearm.

The Soul-Suppressing Spear circuit reawakened without warning.

Her entire machine froze instantly.

It also lit up once when the miniature gripper lunged at her.

Because that thing contains a dark super-energy body.

However, the miniature gripper had already been blasted apart and its remains destroyed, so there shouldn't be any new dark super-energy entities nearby.

So why now...

The vector slowly lowered its head.

The medicine is still flowing into her energy cycle through the pipes.

The ambulance driver noticed something was wrong with her expression: "What's wrong?"

The vector was fixed on the treatment.

Oh no, we're doomed.