The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

"Locking down? Why did you contact him?" Optimus Prime asked, puzzled.

Having wandered the universe for so many years, he naturally knew that famous mercenary.

Both the Decepticons and he had invited each other to join, but the other party refused both times.

Lu Qianwei bluntly stated, "His spaceship has four relatively powerful dinosaur warriors, and I want to take them from him."

After a brief introduction to the appearance and characteristics of Grimlock's four ancient dinosaurs, Optimus Prime already had a change of heart.

“We Transformers all have a special network. Lockdown is a mercenary, so it’s not difficult to contact him.”

"However... it might be a bit troublesome to sell his collection."

"We Autobots do have some energy crystals on hand. Let me try to contact them first..."

As he spoke, Optimus Prime transformed back into his car form and stood there motionless.

After a long while... he sat cross-legged on the ground with a pained expression, shaking his head, "The other party's offer was a bit beyond my expectations."

"We don't have many energy crystals..."

“Energy crystals…” Lu Qianwei frowned.

Optimus Prime explained, "Energy crystals are now a very precious resource for us on Cybertron."

It's related to our energy and lifespan!

"Oh?" Lu Qianwei had intended to take the opportunity to mention how to obtain energy crystals.

Unexpectedly, Optimus Prime's words piqued his interest.

Taking advantage of the break, he immediately inquired about the history of Transformers.

Optimus Prime gathered his thoughts. Now that they had joined the Alliance, it was necessary to let them know about the history of Cybertron.

"Long ago, Cybertron had seven Supreme Beings."

Through reverse engineering of the AllSpark, the Supreme Beings created a device capable of harvesting stellar energy—the Planetary Harvester.

The energy compressed and condensed by these devices is called energy crystal.

They created us using this crystal as their core energy source.

"Back then, there was no distinction between Autobots and Decepticons; we collectively referred to them as the second generation of Cybertronians."

"Back then, as long as the Cybertronians replenished their energy crystals in time, their lifespan was immortal."

"Therefore, the number of people on our planet increased significantly during that period."

The sheer size of the population led the seven progenitors to choose to lead us on an outward expansion to other star systems.

"But after only a few centuries, conflicts arose among the Supreme Beings."

"Creating energy crystals requires large-scale harvesting of energy from stars, a process that can cause the planet to wither."

This means that this planet will become a dead star.

"At that time, the seven Supreme Beings reached a consensus that they would not collect energy on any planet where life has appeared."

"But the 'Zhentianzun' among the seven progenitors did not approve of such behavior in secret."

He believed there was no need to waste time on primitive life forms; all planets should be harvested.

"Later, his betrayal of his oath and his secret harvesting of life-bearing planets came to light..."

As for the specific causes of death of the six Supreme Beings and the Heavenly Venerable... we don't know." Optimus Prime shook his head, which also indicated his disagreement with the Heavenly Venerable's ideology.

Lu Qianwei nodded slightly, but still had some questions, "Do you know about the Creator Civilization?"

"The Creator Civilization..." Optimus Prime pondered for a moment and then shook his head. "All I know is that they are an advanced civilization that created Primordial Lord and the seven Supreme Beings."

They left the Milky Way in a very ancient time.

"What about Quintasha? Isn't she a member of the Creator Civilization?" Lu Qianwei asked again.

Even without asking this question, he also denied from the movie that the other party was a person from the Creator Civilization.

From the very beginning of Transformers 4, the hand of the Creator civilization, a combination of organic matter and precision machinery, already hinted at the future.

The other party can transform organic life into inorganic mechanical life for energy harvesting.

It's not Quintessa, the all-metal construct that's purely consuming Cybertronian energy.

Sure enough, when faced with Lu Qianwei's question, Optimus Prime denied it without even thinking, "She's just a colonial plunderer!"

"After the seven supreme beings disappeared, we Cybertronians were in a state of leaderlessness for a long time."

Quintessa is an individual civilization from the planet Quintessa. They discovered the state of our Cybertronian planet and took advantage of the situation, enslaving us for tens of thousands of years.

"As for the Creator's claim... it's a transformation technology that she developed for us Cybertronians after studying the AllSpark."

Before that, neither the Supreme Being nor we second-generation Cybertronians could shapeshift.

Optimus Prime spent half an hour recounting Quintessa's unrestrained exploitation of Cybertron's energy and her brutal rule, which ultimately led to their rebellion, complete overthrow, and expulsion of Quintessa.

But after regaining their freedom, they faced Cybertron, a planet with very little energy left.

However, the ethnic groups have clashed fiercely over energy allocation and future paths.

The Autobots, led by Sentinel Prime, advocate upholding the Supremes' peace principles and conserving remaining energy.

To find a gentle way to replenish resources on a planet that does not harm life.

The Decepticons, led by Megatron, championed power and plunder, believing that the survival of other lives was irrelevant and that they should seize energy at all costs to make Cybertron great again!

The two factions were irreconcilably opposed, and the long and brutal Cybertronian civil war broke out as a result.

Faced with the life-or-death struggle of civilization, the Decepticons, with their overwhelming numerical advantage, naturally won the war and drove the Autobots out of Cybertron!

Chapter 136 Leadership Module

“I see…” Lu Qianwei nodded repeatedly, filling in some of his questions.

As for the questions about the Creator Civilization and the Seven Supreme Beings, we can only find out by asking the people involved.

It's just unknown whether, at this point in time, the Celestial had escaped from the seal and been rescued by the Decepticons, and placed on the Mars Retribution.

After Optimus Prime adjusted his depressed mood, Lu Qianwei said, "Actually, there is another Planet Harvester somewhere on Earth."

Obtaining energy crystals is not a difficult problem…

"What?!" Optimus Prime was somewhat surprised, then thought of the seven Celestials.

If there are planet harvesters here, it means that seven supreme beings have visited Earth.

Lu Qianwei did not hide anything from him and briefly told him about the battle that the six Supreme Beings and Zhen Tianzun had fought on Earth.

"Based on time observations, Zhonya's Hour is still barely alive, but I'm not sure if he's on Mars right now."

Lu Qianwei shook his head, knowing he would have no choice but to sneak off and check it out.

If he were there, he wouldn't mind leading the Autobots to beat a dog when it's down.

“By the way,” Lu Qianwei added, “the lost Leader Module of Cybertron is also hidden under the protection of the Celestials.”

"We must get the leadership module!" Optimus Prime clenched his fist with utmost seriousness.

The Founder has a fundamentally different energy level from all other Transformers. Only by obtaining the Leader Module can he completely destroy Megatron!

After Lu Qianwei assured Optimus Prime that the planet from which the energy crystal was intercepted was devoid of any life, Optimus Prime re-contacted Lockdown, the bounty hunter.

He gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement to the high price offered.

“I have already sent out the coordinates. He will come to Earth covertly within a month, as we have requested.”

Optimus Prime explained the timeline before finally stepping into the portal.

Lu Qianwei nodded slightly, snapped his fingers to close the time portal, and said to Bumblebee beside him, "Bumblebee... well, let's not delay, let's go!"

"No problem!!" Bumblebee gave an OK sign, then gracefully leaped into the air, instantly transforming into a hovercraft Camaro.

"Uh... let's just drive it on the ground. We'd better not attract the attention of the local humans right now." Lu Qianwei scratched his face.

He didn't want to attract official attention before he had obtained all the alien technology.

No one knows the true nature of Americans better than him.

"Okay, okay~_~, I also think flying isn't for me..." Bumblebee muttered to himself.

Since the consortium provided the technical materials, the ambulance has helped him regain his voice.

Having been unable to speak for nearly 20 years, Bumblebee suddenly transformed into an old woman from the village, talking incessantly the whole way.

Only after the car had driven away did Miluan dare to peek out from a hidden corner of the junkyard.

"Zhen Tianzun... the leadership module... and the Colossus Warrior..."

He never expected that his precautionary infiltration would yield such unexpected intelligence.

Confirming that the signal was not interfered with, the confused person quickly transmitted the collected information to Red Spider...

High in the sky, an F-22 Raptor fighter jet suddenly performed a sharp and elegant Immelmann roll, its wings tearing through the air with a sharp roar, and instantly changed direction, heading towards a high mountain.

With a mechanical snapping sound, the Red Spider's sharp edges and nozzles unfolded one after another, gripping the rocky cliff with one hand, its scarlet prosthetic eye flashing with surprise.

"Planet Harvester?"

"The progenitor and the Heavenly Venerable... Interesting~" Red Spider muttered to himself, his tone full of barely suppressed excitement.

"That human seems to know many things that we don't..."

"confusion!"

"Yes, Lord Red Spider!"

"Follow them and see what they're up to."

"Sir, I have already launched the tracker at that Autobot."

As he spoke, a pale blue electronic signal wave shot out from the body of the bewildered being and was simultaneously shared with the Red Spider's built-in radar.

Using satellite coordinates, he quickly located the Camaro speeding through the city.

“Very good!” Red Spider let out a low chuckle and immediately shared the signal to the internal network.

In an instant, the dark shadows lurking throughout the wilderness suddenly awoke.