The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

Behind the pile of rubble, the massive, dizzying aircraft roared to life, its propellers whipping up a whirlwind of dust.

In the hidden canyon, the Bone Crusher pushed off the ground with all four limbs, its heavy armor crushing the rocks with a dull rumble;

The scorpion in the shadows stretched out its limbs and darted across the ground, leaving a trail of scratches.

Along with Brawl, Drag, Cyclone, and other Decepticon warriors, all transformed into armored vehicles and sped madly toward the direction of the tracking signal.

Red Spider didn't move; a flash of data in his eyes directly connected him to Shockwave on the Nemesis.

Shockwave is the Decepticon's military commander. He is ruthless, extremely powerful, rarely speaks, and executes all his actions with maximum efficiency.

He was currently in the breeding room of the Retribution, where a large number of Decepticon embryos were stored.

Since the AllSpark disappeared, all Transformers can only reproduce through fission using the liquid metal energy within their bodies.

However, this method requires raising them from infancy until they grow up after being fed a certain amount of energy.

“The ship’s energy is almost depleted…” Shockwave’s one eye flashed with indifference as he looked at the tiny life in the incubation tank.

"Shockwave." Just then, Red Spider's voice came through, "Have any unusual signals or unknown energy reactions been detected near the solar system?"

“I haven’t noticed anything unusual,” Shockwave shook his head. “Has something happened?”

"I've gotten some information." Leaving aside the matter of the hidden leader module, Red Spider told him almost everything that Confusion had overheard.

"Earth is very likely the place where the civil war between the seven progenitors broke out..."

"Zhen Tianzun is still alive, and it seems he's still sealed somewhere in the solar system..."

"Is that so?!" Shockwave was equally surprised upon hearing this. "Is the news reliable?"

"I'm not sure, that's why I asked you to keep an eye out."

"I understand, I will increase monitoring efforts!"

After giving a few brief instructions, Starscream's eyes were downcast. As the Decepticon's AI, he was particularly sensitive to the changing situation.

The sudden appearance of a Maximal to aid the Autobots, along with a human who seemed to know many of Cybertron's secrets, made him feel vaguely uneasy.

"No, we need to increase manpower!" Red Spider made up his mind.

Immediately call Shockwave again, and have Surfboard and Constructicons lead the team to Earth.

"Understood." Shockwave had no further questions. The Celestial Venerable's whereabouts had been revealed, and increasing manpower was indeed necessary.

As he spoke, he turned his gaze to the distance, looking at the location of Earth's satellite.

Megatron's whereabouts are still unknown. If necessary, he will have to overstep his authority and detonate the contingency plan on the moon in advance.

Chapter 137 Hoover Dam

The Hoover Dam is a massive water conservancy project on the Colorado River. Tourists stop to visit and take photos, but no one notices that a group of special visitors are arriving at the special access point on the side of the dam.

Sector 7 commander Banáček, dressed in a crisp uniform, led field operations commander Simmons toward Secretary of Defense John Keller and the soldiers who survived the Qatar base incident.

After introducing themselves, Simmons led the way, guiding everyone deeper into the dam.

"That's the situation. You've all had direct contact with ENB."

Squad leader William frowned and couldn't help but ask, "What is ENB?"

"The non-biological aliens are the mechanical scorpions you encountered in the desert."

Simmons solemnly explained, and upon arriving at the heavily guarded basement, he added in a serious tone, "What you are about to see is a top-secret national secret."

As the heavy gate slowly opened, everyone saw a huge mechanical body frozen on the control panel, looking ferocious.

The soldiers who survived the mechanical giant scorpion remained relatively calm, but Keller gaped and exclaimed, "Oh my god, what is this?"

"We believe that when it approached the North Pole, the telemetry system was disturbed by the Earth's gravitational field and fell into the ice, which is probably several thousand years ago."

Simmons pointed to the frozen giant, "In 1934, we transported it back here, codenamed—NBE One!"

The scene was deathly silent; everyone's eyes were fixed on the mechanical body.

Simmons turned to the crowd and said, "What you are seeing is actually... the origin of modern technology."

"Microchips, lasers, aerospace, automobiles... all originated from his reverse engineering research."

Upon hearing this, Secretary Keller's face immediately darkened. It turned out that he, as the Minister of Defense, did not have the right to know.

Approaching Banáček, his expression turned somewhat grim as he questioned, "You've been hiding an alien threat under the Hoover Dam for almost a century?!"

"Didn't you ever consider that the US military also needs to know?"

"There's an enemy alien robot that you've frozen in your basement, and the entire Ministry of Defense and the entire military are completely unaware of it?"

Banáček's gaze swept calmly over the crowd. "Before this, it had been dormant for a long time and posed no real threat to national security."

The Seventh District's responsibility is to isolate risks, not to create panic.

"Now we have it!" Keller suddenly raised his voice, "Qatar's Al Udeid Air Base was first destroyed by aliens who stole its secrets!"

Then something happened in the desert—isn't that a threat?

Seeing the tense atmosphere, William changed the subject: "Why did they come to Earth?"

Banachek looked at Megatron again: "We judge that it is here to assess whether Earth is suitable for colonization or development and occupation."

"The recent series of intrusions and sabotage incidents have clear targets... they are obviously hostile."

This precisely confirms our speculation.

Banáček sighed. "In a way, we humans are lucky."

"Or perhaps we humans were protected by God and fell into the ice field."

Otherwise, alien armies would have arrived on Earth thousands of years ago, and human civilization might never have had a chance to arise.

Banachek looked up at everyone with a hint of lingering fear, especially William and his soldiers who had survived the battle with the mechanical scorpion.

"But now, they've still come!"

"The attack on Qatar was not an accident. Their advance team of machines sent to Earth may have been targeting NBE-1."

"We don't know what their purpose is in coming here..."

But one undeniable fact is that Earth is already on the brink of danger!

Banáček turned to Keller and said, “I brought you all here today in the hope that the Seventh District and the Department of Defense can cooperate with each other.”

Integrate all intelligence, resources, and combat capabilities to form a rapid reaction force specifically designed to counter alien threats and defend against invasion.

Upon hearing this, John Keller quickly considered the possibility of him leading the effort to establish a dedicated combat force against extraterrestrial threats.

Even nationwide unity in the face of a greater crisis in the future...

That achievement is enough to allow him, a man over fifty, to take another step forward!

"Faced with the threat posed by aliens, this is simply our duty to ensure national security!" Keller chuckled.

Captain William, on the other hand, shrugged and looked helplessly at his team members with a wry smile.

"Sir, back then, we were on the verge of death."

How can we fight those things with our current equipment?

"We have no idea where the aliens behind the scenes are hiding, how many troops they have, or what their purpose is."

"Hehe, you don't need to worry about that~"

Banáček smiled, raised his hand to signal everyone to follow, and headed towards another heavily guarded, hidden area.

After passing through several explosion-proof gates, a bright and open space suddenly appeared before me—

In the center of the vast space, a cube-shaped object with a cold metallic luster floated silently, its surface flowing with mysterious blue energy patterns.

"This is our ultimate weapon!"

Banáček looked up, his tone tinged with awe: "Carbon dating shows that this Rubik's Cube arrived on Earth around 1 BC."

He pointed to a mural on the wall and added, "The seven elders didn't find it until 1913."

"They knew it was an alien object because the hieroglyphs on the Rubik's Cube matched those on NBE-1."

"The energy of the Rubik's Cube is sealed inside by a layer of cement that is four football fields thick."

Neither humans nor aliens will ever discover this place!

Banáček spoke confidently as he led the group to an experimental area.

He nodded to the operator, and the staff immediately placed an old walkie-talkie on the experimental table.

As the instrument is activated, a wisp of energy from the Rubik's Cube is guided out and transmitted to it.

The next second, the cold mechanical object suddenly twisted, deformed, and reassembled, its metal joints creaking, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a bizarrely shaped small mechanical life form, wildly firing and sending shells flying through the special glass display case.

Everyone who saw it for the first time was amazed!

When the staff skillfully pressed the electric shock button, the small robot, accompanied by a short-circuit shriek, twitched a few times and went completely limp.

"We have been studying Rubik's Cubes for a whole century. We have accumulated a lot of experience in various experiments, structural analyses and weaknesses of these mechanical life forms."

Banáček turned to William and his group with great confidence, "Next, Sector Seven will distribute the best equipment and weapons that have been reverse-engineered to you."

"Aliens are coming...we'll just wipe out those damn aliens!"

Regardless of how confident they were, the soldiers were all fired up after hearing this.

While protecting our country, we can also enjoy the most advanced weapons for free. There's nothing better than that!

Meanwhile, Keller and Banáček had already headed to the office to discuss the distribution of benefits for this new unit.

Little did they know that their words were completely overheard by the invisible surveillance spiders sent by Lu Qianwei.

Chapter 138 The Source of Fire

I overheard a few words about the power grab and sordid deals that two high-ranking officials were trying to make during this crisis…

Lu Qianwei scoffed, "Clown!"

After ordering the spiders to hide near the AllSpark, Lu Qianwei got out of the car and, like any other tourist, looked around at the scenery outside the Hoover Dam.

He doesn't want the Autobots to appear in front of these people right now.