Transformers: Survival of Defective Products

Optimus Prime held the Starsword, with Smokescreen standing behind him.

"Let them leave first." Optimus Prime looked at Jack, Raffi, Miki, and Jane who were trapped.

Unicron showed no reaction, allowing AZ to reopen the land bridge.

A passage suddenly appeared near several humans, proceeding smoothly yet eerily.

He deliberately let them go, after all, these humans had already done their part.

"smokescreen."

The smokescreen immediately rushed forward: "Quick! Go inside first!"

Lafite was the first to run towards the land bridge.

Xiao Zhen protected the children and ran towards the passage, while Mei Qi kept looking back.

"What about Optimus Prime?!"

"Meiqi!" Jack grabbed her.

Optimus Prime didn't turn around, his voice steady: "Leave here first, I'll take care of this."

Finally, Xiao Zhen also stepped onto the land bridge. After confirming with the smoke screen that all four of them had crossed, she stopped by the land bridge herself.

Optimus Prime noticed: "You go back too."

The smokescreen looked at the enormous manifestation that was almost integrated with the mountain: "Waiting for you."

Now is not the time to argue about this. Optimus Prime looked up at the massive manifestation.

"Humans were born from your body, and they live, reproduce, and build their own civilizations here. Whether you acknowledge it or not, their lives are connected to yours."

Optimus Prime paused for a moment, then tried to persuade him, "You don't need to destroy them."

The Cosmic Emperor remained silent for a moment, then uttered only three words.

"Parasite."

Optimus Prime frowned.

"These barbarian creatures grow on my body, take everything from me, and even call my body their own world."

The giant manifestation slowly raised its hand: "These are nothing but weak worms parasitizing my body."

Optimus Prime held the Star Sword horizontally in front of him: "Then it seems we can't reach an agreement."

The giant hand slammed down, and Optimus Prime instantly rolled to the side.

The spot where Optimus Prime was standing collapsed instantly, and the smoke screen was thrown backward and slid several meters.

Before he could regain his footing, Optimus Prime's ion blast gun fired continuously, all the blue energy bullets landing on the manifested body's wrist, blasting open the outer layer of rock.

The purple energy was briefly exposed, then began to rapidly reorganize.

"Smoke screen! Avoid direct confrontation!"

"receive!"

The manifested entity raised its hand again, but Optimus Prime suddenly transformed at that moment.

The red and blue heavy truck roared as it sprang from the shattered base ground.

The huge foot stomped down on him, and the truck swerved at the last moment, narrowly missing the edge.

The tires rolled over the gravel, the vehicle slid sideways, and then suddenly accelerated, heading straight for the manifested body's legs.

The legs, composed of rough rock layers, are not flat, but they form a channel that slopes upwards.

The truck charged forward without hesitation.

Smokescreen: ...This can actually be opened?!

Optimus Prime climbed upwards, his tires constantly kicking up gravel.

The slope became increasingly steep, from 45 degrees to 60 degrees, and finally almost vertical, pushing Optimus Prime's engine to its limit.

The manifested entity finally felt something on its leg, swung it violently, and the truck instantly lost contact.

Just as the entire machine was about to be thrown off, Optimus Prime reverted to human form, thrusting his Star Sword downwards, the blade piercing into the rock.

His body was thrown out by inertia, and he was hanging in mid-air with one hand gripping the sword hilt, dozens of meters below.

Smokescreen looked up: "By the Lord God above!!"

Optimus Prime used his arm to pull himself up with one hand, stepped back onto the rock layer, drew his sword, and continued upwards.

The manifested entity reached out with its other hand.

Optimus Prime lost his footing and plummeted downwards, a giant hand sweeping over his head. Just before landing, he transformed again.

The wheels slammed heavily onto the gravel ground, the shock absorption system issued an overload warning, but the truck did not stop, and used the momentum from the fall to rush forward again.

The giant manifestation missed its punch and its arm slammed into the ground. Optimus Prime immediately changed direction and sped upwards along the forearm that was lying across the ground.

Smokescreen finally couldn't hold back any longer: "No way, are we really going to drive up there like that?!"

The truck hurtled past his elbow, and the giant manifestation quickly raised its hand. The tires began to slip the instant the slope changed, but Optimus Prime suddenly transformed just as the speed was about to be completely reduced.

With his feet planted on his arms, he fired the ion cannon close to the junction of the manifested body's shoulders and neck.

boom!

The manifested being's head suddenly turned, and before it could react, the blue blade of the Star Sword slashed fiercely into its shoulder and neck, instantly spewing out some dark purple energy from the wound.

The giant manifestation's entire body began to shift and become unstable.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the smoke screen fired continuously at the newly cut wound.

Optimus Prime swept his sword across, widening the wound and revealing the purple core light of his manifested form.

Optimus Prime immediately pinpointed the location, but the giant hand struck from the side at that moment, and he didn't have time to dodge completely.

The entire machine was then swept away head-on, crashing through a section of broken wall and briefly buried by falling rubble.

Just as the smoke was about to rush through, the pile of rocks suddenly exploded, and the ion cannon fired first.

Optimus Prime rose from the ruins, his shoulder armor bearing a large crack, but the Starsword was still in his hand.

The transformed truck sped off at full speed, ignoring the sudden appearance of large rock spikes on the ground, without slowing down at all, and skillfully weaved through the rock spikes.

When he finally got close to the manifested form, he used the momentum to leap up and transform, forcefully plunging the Star Sword into the rock wall, and his body swung over with the force.

Each step he took was on a constantly shifting and reassembling rock surface. Optimus Prime used Starsword to fix it in place, pull it out, and move upwards again. Even when the manifested form tried to shake him off, it was to no avail.

Until the core was within reach, he first fired a shot with his backhand, hitting the knuckles.

He immediately gripped the Star Sword with both hands and thrust it into its core, the blue sword light piercing through the dark purple energy.

The purple eye high above flickered a few times before going out completely, and the enormous body began to collapse.

Optimus Prime drew his Starsword and jumped down the collapsing rock face, finally rolling to the ground and cushioning the fall with one knee.

The mountain-like manifestation behind him collapsed with a crash, and dust engulfed the entire base.

A cloud of smoke rushed over from the other side: "That was awesome!! You did it!"

Optimus Prime slowly straightened up, and before he could answer, he felt the ground beneath his feet tremble.

The joy on Yanmu's face gradually faded: "...No way."

The first ordinary manifested body crawled out of the crack, followed by a group, and further away, medium-sized manifested bodies formed between the rock strata.

Beside the giant manifested entity that had just fallen, another giant manifested entity had already revealed its complete head and was emitting a mocking sound:

"What you shattered was nothing more than a speck of dust on my body."

Smokescreen: ...Too early to celebrate!!

Optimus Prime, wielding the Starsword, stood in front of Smokescreen: "Smokescreen, step back."

Smokescreen raised two cannons: "No! I'm not back for a visit."

The first batch of manifested beings pounced on them like hungry wolves, and Optimus Prime didn't bother trying to dissuade them anymore.

The two machines charged forward simultaneously. Smoke billowed past the side of a medium-sized manifested entity at high speed. Artillery fire struck its knees, and as the opponent lost its balance, Optimus Prime's Star Sword pierced its core.

At first, they were able to work together to move forward.

But their numbers keep increasing. Even if one falls, several more will sprout up from the ground, like an endless, ever-growing evil line.

As soon as the smoke cleared on the left, a new purple light appeared on the right.

Optimus Prime uses his large-scale ion cannon less and less.

The muzzle temperature was not good, the machine kept alarming, and even the truck engine pipe on the back was emitting smoke and exhaust at high power.

Not to mention the spark within his leadership module, which is maintaining an increasingly deep connection with his spark through the leadership module.

In every high-intensity battle, the spark needs to shoulder the extra burden of that resonance.

Optimus Prime may not show it, but his movements were still a beat slow when he dodged once.

A medium-sized manifested being's fist slammed into his shoulder without mercy.

Optimus Prime staggered two steps to the side.

Smoke immediately turned around, but before she could say anything, she was interrupted by the manifestation rushing towards her.

The situation began to change.

Optimus Prime attempted to use the vehicle's speed to break through the encirclement, but just as the truck accelerated, the ground in front of him suddenly rose up, and the road that was originally passable turned into a vertical rock wall within seconds, forcing Optimus Prime to revert to human form prematurely.

The Star Sword was inserted into the rock wall to secure it, and he had just regained his footing when a heavy punch from the side reset all his progress to zero.

Optimus Prime slammed his back into the ground. The optical mirror trembled from the pain and he managed to cry out. The Star Sword also flew out of his hand and landed dozens of meters away with a few clangs.

Smokescreen suddenly turned around: "Optimus Prime! Hold on!!"

Several manifested forms blocked his way at the same time.

"Get out of the way!" Smoke and artillery fire poured out, but they were no match for the Cosmic Emperor's swarm tactics of manifested forms.

The manifested entities consciously separated him from Optimus Prime, and the smokescreen quickly noticed: "You old, immortal Unicron!"

Optimus Prime shook his head slightly to stay alert, then slowly stood up, simultaneously extending energy blades from both arms to block the approaching manifestation.

He used the momentum to his side, then sliced ​​open the opponent's abdomen with a slash, and blasted the other one through at close range with an ion cannon.

However, as the manifested forms continued to appear, they were gradually forced back.

The cracks on the shoulder armor were getting bigger and bigger, and the left leg joint was abnormal from the impact, which also reduced its movement speed.

As the smoke screen struggled to break through the encirclement of the manifested entities, it suddenly heard a loud noise from afar, and its mouth gaped open when it looked up.

A second large silhouette rises slowly from behind the mountain.

"Oh please?! Not again?!"

The only response he received was a heavy punch. Optimus Prime dodged to the side, swept away by the shockwave, and rolled several times on the rubble.

Before he could even stand up, the giant manifestation swung its arm again.

Bang! The blow hit its mark.

Optimus Prime was instantly smashed into the ruins of the base, all the walls collapsed completely, and the Autobot base could only be described as ruins.

The smoke began to rush towards him recklessly, and artillery fire swept across the manifested bodies that were converging on him.

"Get out of the way!!" Despite the overheating of his twin cannons, Smokescreen continued to fire.

But the distance between him and Optimus Prime is getting farther and farther.

In the ruins, Optimus Prime moved, reaching out from under the rubble to grab the ground and slowly prop himself up.

His left shoulder was completely split open, making it difficult to even lift his arm. Blue energy liquid flowed down the wound, and he couldn't put any weight on one of his legs.

He looked up at the Star Sword stuck in the distance. It wasn't far, only a dozen meters away, just a few steps away.

The colossal manifestation looked down at Optimus Prime, who was reaching for the Star Sword, its tone flat:

"It's meaningless."

Optimus Prime ignored him and continued forward.

Smokescreen's voice cracked with anxiety, almost breaking: "Don't go any further!!"

Optimus Prime finally touched the Star Sword, grasped the hilt, and tried to pull it out but couldn't.

He needs to make a second effort.

But the Cosmic Emperor wouldn't wait; his palm slammed down instantly.

He turned around quickly, and with a final burst of strength, pulled out his sword and held it horizontally in front of him.

The moment his palm touched the sword, the blue sword light flashed violently, and his entire machine was pressed down to another level.

The Star Sword emitted a piercing wail as a thin crack crept up its blade.

Finally, the giant fist slammed down, sending Optimus Prime flying along with his sword, and Starsword was once again released from his grasp.

Unicron's enormous figure walked up to Optimus Prime, who was paralyzed on the ground and unable to get up for a while.

He wanted to kill him, and Smokescreen instantly realized.

Without any hesitation, the phase shifter was activated, and the smoke screen immediately became semi-transparent. The manifested entity in front of him threw a punch, but it passed right through his chest.

He accelerated all the way, rushing past various manifestations, and charged into the encirclement at top speed.

Optimus Prime struggled to lift his head, and in a daze, he only saw a light-colored figure pass through the manifestation blocking his way. Just as the giant manifestation's hand fell from above, it grabbed his arm.

The phase status covers both machines.

Boom! ! !

The ground collapsed on a large scale, and the smoke screen and Optimus Prime fell through the cracked layers of earth until they landed in the lower level of the long-abandoned base.

He dared not stop the smoke screen, for he did not know just how deep the Cosmic Emperor could perceive.

So he dragged the badly injured Optimus Prime and continued to activate the phase shifter to plummet downwards until a closed Cybertronian alloy chamber appeared.

This was formerly an emergency shelter at the Autobot base, with thick composite metal used to isolate it from external explosions, electromagnetic shocks, and severe energy accidents.

After the two aircraft landed, the smoke screen immediately shut down the phase shifter, and they crashed to the ground.

"Optimus Prime!?" Smokescreen quickly got up and knelt down next to the lying Optimus Prime.

His breastplate was badly damaged, the fire signal was extremely weak, and even the blue light of the leadership module was so dim that it was almost invisible.

The smoke trailed him to the wall and gently touched him.

Optimus Prime's optical lens lit up very weakly.

The smokescreen instantly relieved them; at least they were still alive.

The external manifestations quieted down. The thick shielding layer, coupled with Optimus Prime's energy reaction which was now so weak it was almost gone, caused Unicron to temporarily lose his precise location.

But the smokescreen soon discovered something else: Optimus Prime was dying.

——Judicial Liaison Point——

The sound wave monitoring data suddenly turned red and then abruptly stopped.

[Signal lost.]

She froze, then forced herself to sit up a little straighter: "Optimus Prime?"

No one answered.

"Where's the smokescreen?"

Sound wave rescan: [Synchronization signal lost.]

The vector couldn't even stand up by holding onto the edge of the medical table, and in the end, it was the grumbling ambulance driver who helped him up: "Their last position."

"It's still the Autobot base, but it's full of Unicron's manifestations!"

"Scan again." Yin Vector tried to break free from the ambulance, but it didn't budge. She didn't even know if the ambulance had become stronger or if she really had no strength left.

The sound waves swept over and over again, but Optimus Prime's previously prominent life signal seemed to have been suddenly erased from the map.

The vector stared at the blank space, and for a moment the brain module was unable to process anything.

Then Unicron laughed: "He's dying."

"Shut up." Her voice was softer than she had imagined.

"Prime is about to be extinguished. Another life that claims it will never bow down is still in my hands."

Megatron, she dared not think about what state he was in now.

The Cosmic Emperor continued, "And you..."

The patterns had spread all over his body, and the dark purple and blue on his body had faded. Even the usually bright blue optical glasses had lost their luster, and his vision was now only a blurry light.

The Cosmic Emperor slowly said, "...He can't even stand up."

He clenched his teeth: "I'll tell you to shut up."

After saying that, she needed to pause to catch her breath.

He didn't speak, probably enjoying that she finally didn't have the energy to scold him.

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The vector tool drags all the tactical interfaces to the front.

There must be another way.

She continued to challenge the compartment permissions for placing the Time Blade.

[Permission denied.]

Optimus Prime's final coordinates: there is no safe landing point.

Spatial interference still exists in Megatron's region.

The list of relics used is entirely on the external front.

The Hammer of the Pride of the Warriors is still at the contact point, but the person who can use it can't come back.

The treatment agent is still being synthesized.

The death toll has been updated once again with new names.

The vector tried to search downwards, but had no idea what it was looking for.

Perhaps an overlooked solution? A usable relic? Coordinates that are feasible but haven't been found yet?

Anything is fine!!

The words on the screen became increasingly blurry.

She had to tilt her head and use the optical glasses on her right side, where she still had some vision, to read.

But when I turned to the last page, there was still nothing there.

The finger that draws the vector stops on the screen.

The ambulance driver called her several times, "Vector? Vector. Vector..."

After several calls, she slowly raised her head, and the ambulance driver froze.

Her glasses spilled a clear liquid, which barely stayed in her eye socket and hadn't completely fallen off.

She has encountered many terrible things in her life, and many times she didn't know how the outcome would be, but at least she could do something about it.

Even if the method is terrible and the success rate is low, there's always a next step.

But what about this time? She didn't know what to do next.

The author mentioned there was an event.