The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

Sure enough, once they realized that Optimus Prime was the leader recognized by the Supreme, they all lowered their guard.

Cybertron is their home planet, after all, and it's not like they can't take the scepter with them.

"The internal strife between the Autobots and Decepticons hasn't been resolved, so you're still the losers."

"How could we possibly return to Cybertron?"

The Red Knight understood perfectly that energy depletion was an unavoidable problem for all Cybertronians.

The reason the Autobots failed was ultimately because most of the Transformers chose to survive.

This is the simplest and most basic principle.

Even if you gain the approval of the super leaders, or even defeat the Decepticons.

Cybertron has no energy supply... They will ultimately not choose you. Storm crossed his arms, pointing directly to the core of the contradiction.

"Besides, your civil war is not yet over, isn't it a bit too hasty to take the scepter?"

"If it falls into the hands of the Decepticons, they will definitely take Cybertron to devour other planets."

The more Red Knight talked, the more he felt that such a possibility might arise.

Although he acknowledged Cybertron's ability to recover through absorption, there were other interstellar civilizations in the Milky Way besides them.

With too many enemies, Cybertron may be destroyed even faster.

After all, it's one thing for a cosmic overlord to have a planetary-level warship fortress.

If another one comes along, it will definitely become a sitting duck for other civilizations to attack!

With that thought, the Red Knight took a heavy step forward, firmly blocking the location of Merlin's wooden coffin.

He stared sharply at Optimus Prime, making it clear that without a feasible solution, they would not be allowed to take the scepter today.

“No, you’re mistaken.” Optimus Prime shook his head. “We came here to prevent the Decepticons from discovering the scepter, which is why we plan to take it away.”

"We have better hiding places, and we'll take care of the Decepticons soon!"

"A better place?"

Is it the legendary dimensional space of a super leader?

Seeing Optimus Prime's certainty and confidence, Storm could only think of this possibility.

"It's a much more remote place."

Optimus Prime did not reveal the existence of the Time Gate and the Alliance because a confidentiality agreement was signed.

He was accompanied by an English earl, suggesting that some trouble might arise.

"I can't tell you where it is, but I can take you there to find out."

The portal opened, and Red Knight, filled with doubt, followed Optimus Prime inside.

About half an hour later, the Red Knight emerged from inside after multiple confirmations, and at that moment, all his prejudices vanished.

"That is indeed a safe place!"

Unsuspecting people curiously peered into the space-time portal, their hearts itching with curiosity, eager to find out where the other side was.

It's clear that the Transformers remained silent, revealing nothing, so the Transformers had no choice but to suppress their curiosity and keep their doubts to themselves.

Ethan approached Merlin's wooden coffin, which was covered with ancient runes, and pushed open the lid. Merlin's skeleton lay quietly, his hands folded over his chest, tightly clutching the wooden scepter.

Ethan took out the wooden scepter, turned around and handed it to Vivian.

These are the remains of my girlfriend's ancestors, after all. Let him handle this kind of offense.

"Honey, watch your performance!"

Vivian took it blankly, and the moment her hands touched the staff, the wood grain on the surface of the scepter rapidly faded.

A dazzling luster burst forth, then instantly returned to its original metallic texture.

Chapter 153 Contact with Human Civilization in Universe 5

4:57 a.m.

Loko yawned listlessly and took a sip of coffee.

The police station in Jingtianmen is arguably the quietest place, where it's rare for anything to happen, especially during the night shift. Even rich kids don't dare to cause trouble in the streets.

The colleague in the black uniform straightened up from the desk, glanced at the clock, and then stretched and groaned.

"In two more hours I can switch shifts and go back to sleep."

"Everyone's asleep, it's the middle of the night, isn't that enough for you to sleep?"

Just then, the phone rang, interrupting what my colleague was about to say.

Luo Ke answered the phone: "Okay, sure!"

The center of the square, right? Okay, we'll be there soon..."

After hanging up the phone, my colleague asked, "Is there a case?"

Luo Ke scratched his hair. "An old man called the police to complain that there's a huge... spaceship model blocking their exercise area in the square."

Hopefully, we can find the person responsible and order them to move the item.

"Shouldn't we call the traffic police? How would we know where to find the person involved?" Although the colleague said this, he quickly picked up the car keys hanging on the wall.

"This model doesn't have wheels, so how can traffic management regulate it?" Luo Ke retorted.

"Besides, the old man said he didn't know the traffic management number, so he could only call us."

"Let's ask them first."

If they really put a large model in the square, it might be for some kind of event.

"Is there an event at the Capital Plaza?"

"A huge model, so conspicuously placed on the road, the traffic police aren't blind, there's no way they wouldn't have seen it."

Not to mention, our station has people patrolling at night. If they put the stuff down, wouldn't anyone see the noise, the equipment, or the vehicles?

Luo Ke frowned. "I'll go ask the director. You call the traffic management department first to ask what's going on."

Let's hope there's no misunderstanding later.

In the office, Luo Ke briefly recounted what had happened, but the director immediately shook his head and denied it.

"That's not true! They always inform us beforehand about minor issues at Tianmen so we can maintain order."

I haven't heard anything about any events or activities these past few days.

My colleague came in at that moment and reported that the traffic management department was also unaware of the situation.

"Then you should call the traffic management brigade and have them send two people to go with you and see what's going on."

"How big can it be?"

If they can't find the person, just have the traffic police take them away first.

"Alright." The boss gave the order, and the two of them perked up.

Having something to do is better than being listless and staying in the office all day.

The headlights pierced the pre-dawn darkness, and soon Loko saw just how big the model the old man had described was!

"Is this some kind of Lego set?!"

Luo Fei could see a small black building emerging from the square from a great distance.

Upon closer inspection, it was clear that this not only occupied public space, but also blocked the wide road in front of the Heavenly Gate!

At 5:07, many people in the capital were already busy or going to work.

Although the roads in the central area are strictly controlled, there are very few cars.

However, tourists who came to take photos or watch the flag-raising ceremony have gradually begun to appear.

Apart from a few daring young people who went up to knock and tap, most people just stood around looking at it and taking pictures.

In 2007, internet celebrities were not yet popular, and the spaceship model was so realistic that not many people would touch such an expensive-looking thing.

"Make way! Move aside! Don't crowd around here!"

As soon as the police car came to a stop, my colleague almost stumbled as he pushed open the car door and squeezed into the whispering crowd to distance himself from them.

As the first rays of dawn pierced the sky, the scene before me was even more striking than when I looked at it from afar.

Loko's Adam's apple bobbed a few times before he could suppress the shock in his heart.

The traffic police arrived just then, and when they looked up at the enormous vehicle in front of them, they were filled with amazement.

"This is much bigger than an aircraft carrier!"

"You still have the mind to think about this?" Luo Ke was speechless. "If we don't resolve this quickly, he's afraid he won't be able to leave work later."

"We've already notified the bureau to check the surveillance footage. If something this big isn't inflatable, it would have to fly over to avoid being detected by the cameras."

But inflating...

Judging from the metallic texture of the spaceship shape, which feels cool and hard to the touch, it can't possibly be plastic or an inflatable model.

I circled the spaceship once, noticing its sharp edges and tight fit, exuding a genuine sense of metallic weight.

A bizarre thought suddenly popped into my colleague's mind, his face turned pale, and he blurted out, "You don't think this is actually a spaceship, do you?"

"How is this possible?" Luo Ke shook his head, and even as he stood up, he himself was unsure.

After all, the spaceship was as tall as seven or eight stories, and it directly occupied most of the leisure area in the center of the square, leaving only a narrow passageway on the wide asphalt road in front of the Heavenly Gate.

Given its length and size, if it wasn't pieced together... he honestly couldn't think of any other possibility.

However, a phone call from the traffic management brigade made the matter turn out to be bizarre and serious.

After careful verification at various monitoring rooms along the road, no vehicles were found heading towards Tianmen that night.

There aren't even any ordinary large trucks, let alone heavy trucks or cranes capable of transporting such a behemoth.

The monitoring was normal throughout, with no obstructions, no blind spots, and no periods of blackout or interruption.

News from the capital city center was reported up the chain of command in just ten minutes.