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466 Chapter 156: The Terrorist Attack Begins

Karon City, the arena.

"Hello, librarian."

Megatron smiled.

"Hello, Megatron, or, Megatron."

Orion Pax wanted to say that he was not a librarian but a data recorder, but since the difference between the two titles was not very big, he did not correct his title.

"Please come with me."

Megatron raised his finger and pointed in one direction.

"Now you are in charge of everything here?"

asked Orion Pax.

"Barricade takes care of the day-to-day details. Shockwave manages gladiator health and assembles them."

Megatron showed him around, talking as he walked.

He was accompanied by several tall and strong guards.Among them was the gladiator Fu Qinghai had rescued, Megatron's fanboy and hardcore—the barricade.

Far away in the dark depths, Orion Pax heard the "hum" of small servo-drones circling, a sound that reminded him of Minion Kong.

"Sonic watches everyone."

Megatron smiled and explained:
"Including me, especially to monitor you. Don't take it to heart, this is his way of expressing loyalty."

They continued their conversation, and Megatron showed Orion Pax the entire arena, including the top floor and the basement.They made their way through the training area, rows of Cybertronians performing physical exercises under the guidance of instructors.Not far away, on the lower level is a huge machine workshop, where skilled and precise weapons manufacturing workers are producing weapons and armor.

They are ready to launch an armed struggle!

Orion Pax was secretly surprised.

He saw some of Megatron's minions.He only knew a few of them, Soundwave and Shockwave.Soundwave is carrying the mini-cons, which makes Orion Pax nervous, and the mini-cons remind him of surveillance and betrayal.Shockwave is a cold, focused and meticulous scientist, very different from Megatron's thick and thin followers.

From the example of Sasser, it can be seen that Megatron seems to have realized that his purpose is to integrate different classes.If there is no special order, scientific researchers and steelworkers will rarely be together - let alone gladiators.But Orion Pax could see that class relations were reversed here, with Megatron leading.

"There is no suspicion in the arena of Cuaron."

Megatron continued:

"There are no gray areas, no nuances. You see those things in the Hall of Records, you don't see them here. Here you make a decision and then mobilize every atom to carry it out...otherwise it's a dead end."

Order and prohibition, like the army...

Orion Pax summed it up for him in his mind.

"Are these weapons and armor produced for gladiatorial combat?"

Orion Pax asked almost knowingly.

"may be."

And Megatron's answer was subtle:
"It really depends on what these trained fighters are going to do."

Orion Pax's heart tightened.

He looked at Megatron seriously and said:
"I think our next step is to spread the idea of ​​freedom and autonomy. We talk, we argue, we convince each other. The Guardians are slow to react, the Supreme Council just talks endlessly, and when it's urgent, they start to figure it out. I think Forming an armed force is superfluous.”

"Maybe it seems so to the people of Iron Castle."

Megatron said lightly.

"Yes." Orion Pax insisted, "You were originally a member of the gladiators. Perhaps in your opinion, everything needs to be resolved by force."

"And from your point of view, everything can be solved by reading."

Megatron returned his unceremonious response.

"Sounds like you should compromise."

The nearby barricade suddenly interrupted.

"Here, in Caron, to compromise means to obey the boss, Orion Pax."

Barricade said seriously.

"Hahaha, don't talk nonsense."

Megatron smiled and said:
"This is a scholar from the Iron Fort. He's not a porter or a smelter, and you can't frighten him with that. You remember, Barricades, Orion Pax is a friend, a friend of mine, and a friend of this Sports friends."

His eyes locked on the barricade, and the ruby ​​spotlight eyes of the barricade dropped.

"I see, boss."

Barricade bowed his head and apologized:

"terribly sorry."

"it does not matter."

said Orion Pax, waving his hand.

Megatron turned and continued walking, saying:
"We've been talking for so long. But in this place, in this arena, there are many others fighting to the death like me. We've talked so much about freedom, now it's time to act. Some Cybertronians who are loyal to me Go look for the artifact left by the 13 Yuanzu. If we are lucky enough to find it, it means that our actions are just. Others..."

Megatron paused at this point.

Seems unsure how to proceed.

"What else?"

asked Orion Pax.

Megatron changed the subject and said:
"Our ideas, which seem to be the same, do not have exactly the same origin, my friend. Some of the more militant Kalon citizens don't believe in the spread of ideas through dialogue, they believe more in the spread of ideas through action."

"Then we should keep a distance from them, lest they do unwise things."

Orion Pax immediately replied:

"The use of violence at this stage can only have a negative impact and affect the image of us all."

"Negative effect? ​​Not a bug?"

Megatron asked with a smile.

Orion Pax thought for a moment.

Only to find out that Megatron was teasing him.

"Of course it is wrong."

Orion Pax said seriously:

"Megatron, if a group of rebels rampage across Cybertron in our name, smashing, looting, and destroying everything, then our minds will be destroyed. We will become rebels. Our reputation is actually Defined by the behavior of the worst followers."

"Perhaps so."

Megatron also answered seriously:

"But look at it another way. If we really believe in autonomous power and free will, then we have to respect followers who don't agree with what we do, and respect what they choose to do, right?"

……

"He's making excuses."

Iron Fort, Mackadan Old Oil Mill.

Fu Qinghai pointed out bluntly.

"That's right, he's just quibbling. He doesn't answer your questions directly, and avoids the most important and minor issues."

Jazz also expressed concurrence.

Orion Pax was telling what he had seen and heard when he met Megatron in the Colosseum of Karon City, mainly telling two friends about the conversation he had with the man.

Fu Qinghai is a little confused now.

He felt that Megatron, the boss in the Transformers United Universe, was a powerful, unscrupulous, and eloquent hero. He had a set of values ​​and logic that could convince himself, and he could also fool other people. People, believe and agree with his ideas.

Orion Pax is a nobody.

I'm afraid he's going to be limped by Megatron.

Fu Qinghai should find a way to stop this.

But he always had a feeling that there was a big man behind the scenes who was silently paying attention to this matter—Master Titanium, the ancient Cybertronian with the same name as the 13th ancestor.Fu Qinghai wasn't sure if it was because of his excessive suspicion and self-imagining, but he always felt that Master Ti was manipulating the whole thing behind his back.

So he decided to sit on the sidelines.

Don't rush into the plot before the situation is unclear.

……

Arena of Karon

Orion Pax went on to question Megatron:
"You say 'ourselves,' who is 'ourselves'?"

"Anyone can."

Megatron smiled and said:
"When you're up against the whole world, you can't be picky about your teammates."

"You have a lot of followers in Karon,"

Orion Pax asked:

"Do you have it anywhere else?"

"That's the kind of question a spy asks."

Megatron.

"If you really suspected that I was a spy, then we would have stopped talking."

Olean said calmly.

"Maybe, but maybe not. Soundwave says I should be careful, he says you're bound to betray me."

Megatron smiled:

"I said to him, if I'm worried about you betraying me, then I should meet you in the arena and settle this matter like a warrior. Librarian, can you tell me your philosophy and mine What's the difference?"

"I think so."

Orion Pax says:

"I'll fight anyone for my ideas."

Before long, he must insist on doing things his own way.But the time was not yet, and it couldn't be in this place - on Megatron's territory, among Megatron's followers.Those people don't know by now that a lot of Megatron's ideas come from him, Orion Pax.Of course, many of his ideas also came from Megatron.

"So, having said all that, do you want to join me, do you want to join me, librarian?"

Megatron looked at Orion and asked.

Orion Pax looked around at the ex-gladiators and the underclass Cybertronians surrounding him.He is not used to it, but he is not afraid.

"I agree with your idea."

Orion Pax says:

"Those were also my thoughts."

"very good."

said Megatron.

He turned to the other gladiators, who stopped what they were doing to watch them.They were one of the rougher groups of the Cybertronians, and Orion Pax thought it impossible for them to exist outside of Slaughter and Karon.Yet it was these Cybertronians who embraced the new idea of ​​free will.

"Cybertronians!"

Megatron yelled:

"My friend Orion Pax and I! Together we will lead the wise citizens of Cybertron into a new era and restore our former glory!"

"Megatron! Megatron! Megatron!"

Cheers surrounded them both.

Megatron leaned over to Orion and said:

"Soon, they'll be calling your name too.

"As long as they can stick to this ideal, they can shout anything." Orion Pax said.

Megatron smiled.

"Our movement needs a title, and it's for these followers," he said. "A title that evokes great events in Cybertron's history."

Ever since Orion Pax became convinced that he could have some influence over Cybertron's future, he's been thinking hard about the title.

The archives of the Iron Castle record many forgotten events of the past, including the thoughts and names of the pioneer leaders. There is a word, straightforward...

"Autobots."

Orion Pax says:

"Each of us Autobots advocates the pursuit of individual autonomy by all beings, and regards it as a basic right."

"It's interesting, I also thought of a name."

Megatron smiled.

……

next few cycles.

Orion keeps in touch with Megatron.

These conversations lead Orion Pax to reflect on issues of class, the individual, and free will.According to Megatron, their conversations also sharpened his mind.A few cycles after their meeting in Karon City, Megatron said via video link:
"You make me think more clearly, librarian. A good leader needs that."

Orion felt that some of Megatron's ideas were still unclear.He asked what exactly Megatron was going to do?Are they going to protest to the Supreme Council?What is the plan?
"Several of my assistants are also thinking about it."

Beyond that, Megatron would not say much more.

This made Orion Pax a little nervous-according to the Jazz, of course he should be nervous.

"You must be very sure you know what you are doing, Orion Pax."

Jazz advised him to think twice:
"Whatever happens, I can stand by and watch. But you could very well involve yourself in more serious consequences. Right now you're just talking, and if you go beyond that, you're breaking the law. Are you going to break the law?"

Orion didn't have a good answer to that question, so he asked Megatron.

"Who made the laws?"

Megatron replied:
"Has anyone asked for your opinion? Has anyone asked for my opinion?"

Olean couldn't answer this question either.

Jazz said to him:

"Listen man, what if some of us start a revolution the moment we feel like we're being ignored in the legislative process? What a mess our planet is going to be if you think about it ?”

"impossible."

Orion Pax replied:

"Cybertron is far from that, we are now the opposite, don't you see? Everyone is silent. Who decided that we should be divided into different classes? Our leader, now said about it What?"

Nothing, that's the answer.

Yu Tiandi is a leader who can't see the end of the dragon.The Supreme Council is busy avoiding the important ones.Megatron said that all Cybertronians had become lazy and content with what they had - Orion Pax had to agree.

"This is the race that built the space bridge?"

Megatron's words were exaggerated:

"Are we still lit with fire? Why should we let others speak for us, act for us, decide for us what we want to do and what we don't want to do?"

All in all, despite Jazz's constant warnings, Orion Pax seemed determined to have trouble with Megatron.

Fu Qinghai watched coldly and said nothing.

Master Titanium also stood on the sidelines and did nothing.

But Fu Qinghai knew that Master Titanium knew all about it.

The peaceful days did not last long.

until a day later...

Big things finally broke out.

almost at the same time.

Unbreakable City, Sonic Boom City, Moxie Tiancheng, Sonic Canyon, Liuguang Amusement Park... Giant serial explosions occurred in multiple areas of Cybertron at the same time!A large number of public facilities were damaged, and a large number of Cybertronians were killed or injured.The communication network, which was originally a pool of stagnant water, suddenly boiled, flooding with massive amounts of information in an instant.

Question the government, condemn the murderer, seek rescue...

The whole of Cybertron was in a panic.

When the 911 incident happened, Fu Qinghai himself was not in the country of Magnesium, so he could not personally understand how shocked and angry the people of the country of Magnesia were at that time.

And now, in Cybertron, he probably experienced first-hand how helpless, how frightened, and how angry the Cybertronians are in the face of terrorist attacks.

"Terrorist attack? Is this Megatron's plan?"

Fu Qinghai thought silently:

"Is this what you expected, Master Ti?"

Not only Fu Qinghai but also Jazz.

Orion also suspected Megatron, and he immediately contacted Megatron as soon as the incident happened.

Unexpectedly, in the video link, Megatron made a sincere and serious request to Orion:

"Orion Pax."

In the video link, Megatron says:
"I have to tell the truth, the Cybertronians should know this is not how we run our campaign, they must know now. You have access to the Ironborg comms, right?"

Orion Pax nodded.

"I need a public channel, free of interference. I'm going to plug it into all the group's news receivers, and connect it directly to the Parliament input. Can you do that?"

Megatron asked seriously.

…………

(End of this chapter)