Infinite Metaverse

Caron City, Arena.

"Hello, librarian."

Megatron smiled.

"Hello, Megatronus, or, Megatron."

Orion Pax originally wanted to say that he was not a librarian but a data recorder, but he thought the two names were not very different, so he did not correct his title.

"Please come with me."

Megatron raised his hand and pointed in one direction.

"You are in charge of everything here now?"

Orion Pax asked.

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

Megatron gave him a tour, talking as he walked.

He was accompanied by several tall and strong guards. Among them is the gladiator that Fu Qinghai rescued, Megatron's fanboy and hardcore - Barricade.

In the distant dark depths, Orion Pax heard the "buzzing" sound of a small servo drone circling, a sound that reminded him of the Mysterious King Kong.

"Soundwave monitors everyone."

Megatron smiled and explained:

"Including me, I especially want to monitor you. Don't take it to heart. This is his way of showing loyalty."

As they continued their conversation, Megatron gave Orion Pax a tour of the entire arena, both on the top floor and underground. They walked through the training area, where rows of Cybertronians were undergoing physical training 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 men. He only recognized a few of them, Soundwave and Shockwave. Soundwave carries a mini-Kong, which makes Orion Pax nervous, and the mini-Kong reminds him of surveillance and betrayal. Shockwave is a cold, focused and meticulous scientist, very different from Megatron's followers.

From the example of Shockwave, it can be seen that Megatron seems to have realized that his purpose is to allow different classes to integrate and coexist. Without special orders, researchers and steelworkers rarely get together - let alone gladiators. But Orion Pax could see that class relations were reversed here, with Megatron as the leader.

"There is no suspicion in Charon's arena."

Megatron continued:

"There's no gray area, there's no nuance. What you see in the Hall of Records, you don't see here. Here you make a decision and then you mobilize every atom to execute it... or else you die."

Orders and prohibitions, just 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 very subtle:

"It depends largely on what these highly trained warriors are going to do."

Orion Pax's heart tightened upon hearing this.

He looked at Megatron seriously and said:

"I think our next step should be to promote the idea of ​​freedom and autonomy. We talk, argue, and convince each other. The enemy is very slow to respond, and the Supreme Council will only discuss endlessly, and they will only start to think of solutions when the matter is imminent. I think Setting up the armed forces is actually unnecessary."

"Maybe it looks like this to the people in Iron Castle."

Megatron said calmly.

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

"And in your opinion, everything can be solved by reading."

Megatron responded unceremoniously.

"Sounds like you should compromise."

The barricade nearby suddenly interrupted.

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

Barricade said seriously.

"Hahaha, don't talk nonsense."

Megatron smiled and said:

"This is a scholar from Ironfortress. He is not a porter or a smelter. You can't scare him. You remember, Barricade, Orion Pax is a friend, my friend, and this is also my friend." Sports friends.”

His eyes were fixed on the barricade, and the ruby-like spotlight eyes of the barricade lowered their eyes.

"I understand, boss."

Barricade bowed his head and apologized:

"terribly sorry."

"it does not matter."

Orion Pax waved his hand and said.

Megatron turned around and continued walking and said:

"We've been talking for so long. But here in this place, in this arena, there are many more like me who will fight to the death. We've talked so much about freedom, and now it's time to act. Some Cybertronians who are loyal to me Let’s look for the artifact left behind by the Thirteen Ancestors. If we are lucky enough to find it, it means that our actions are just. Others..."

At this point, Megatron paused.

Seems unsure how to proceed.

"What else?"

Orion Pax demanded.

Megatron changed the topic and said:

"Our ideas, seemingly the same, actually have different origins, my friend. Some of the more radical and aggressive Caron citizens do not believe in spreading ideas through dialogue. They believe more in spreading ideas through actions."

"Then we should keep our distance from them to prevent them from doing something unwise."

Orion Pax answered immediately:

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

"Negative impact? Not a mistake?"

Megatron asked with a smile.

Orion Pax thought for a moment.

Only then did he realize that Megatron was teasing him.

"Of course it's wrong."

Orion Pax said seriously:

"Megatron, if a group of rebels are wreaking havoc on Cybertron in our name, smashing, looting, burning, and destroying everywhere, then our ideas will be destroyed. We will become rebels. Our reputation is actually is defined by the actions of the worst among its followers.”

"Maybe so."

Megatron answered equally seriously:

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

…

"He's quibbling."

Iron Castle, Macadam Old Oil Mill.

Fu Qinghai pointed out unceremoniously.

"Yes, he is just quibbling. He does not answer your questions directly, avoids the important and trivial, and avoids the problem."

Jazz also expressed his agreement.

Orion Pax was telling what he saw and heard when he went to the Caron City Arena to meet Megatron, mainly telling his two friends the content of his conversation with that man.

Fu Qinghai is a little confused now.

He felt that Megatron, the Mighty Boss in the Transformers United Universe, was a powerful, unscrupulous, and eloquent hero. He had a set of values ​​and logic that could convince him, and he could also deceive others. People believe in and agree with his ideas.

Orion Pax is a nobody.

I'm afraid that I will be deceived by Megatron.

Fu Qinghai should find a way to stop this.

But he always had the feeling that there was a big boss behind the scenes who was silently paying attention to this matter - Master Titanium, the ancient Cybertronian with the same name as the Thirteenth Primordial Ancestor. Fu Qinghai wasn't sure if it was because he was too suspicious and self-informed, but he always felt that Master Titanium was manipulating the whole thing behind his back.

So he decided to sit back and watch.

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

…

Colosseum in Caron City

Orion Pax continued to ask Megatron:

"You said 'ourselves', who is 'ourselves'?"

"Anyone can."

Megatron smiled and said:

"When you're going against the whole world, you can't be picky about your companions."

\u0026quot;You have many followers in Caron,\u0026quot;

Orion Pax asked:

"Do you have it somewhere else?"

"Only spies ask questions like this."

Megatron said.

"If you really suspected that I was a spy, we would have stopped talking to each other long ago."

Orion said calmly.

"Maybe, but maybe not. Soundwave said I should be careful. He said you were bound to betray me."

Megatron smiled:

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

"I think so."

Orion Pax said:

"I will fight anyone for my ideals."

It won't be long before he has to insist on doing things his own way. But the time is not yet ripe, and it cannot be done in this place - on Megatron's territory, among Megatron's followers. Those people still don't know that many of Megatron's ideas actually come from him, Orion Pax. Of course, a lot of his ideas came from Megatron as well.

"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 at the former gladiators and the lower-class Cybertronians surrounding him. He wasn't used to it, but he wasn't afraid either.

"I agree with your idea."

Orion Pax said:

"Those were my thoughts at the same time."

"very good."

Megatron said.

He turned to the other gladiators, who stopped what they were doing and looked at them. They were a rougher group of Cybertronians, and Orion Pax believed they could not exist outside the cities of Carnage and Charon. Yet it was these Cybertronians who embraced new ideas about free will.

"Cybertronians!"

Megatron shouted:

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

"Megatron! Megatron! Megatron!"

Cheers surrounded them both.

Megatron leaned over and said to Orion:

“Soon, they’ll be calling your name too.

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

Megatron smiled.

"Our movement needs a title, and this is for these followers," he said, "a title that is reminiscent of the great events in Cybertron's history."

Orion Pax has been thinking hard about the title ever since he became convinced that he might have some influence on Cybertron's future.

The archives of Iron Castle record many forgotten events from ancient times, including the thoughts and names of pioneer leaders. There is one word, straightforward...

"Autobots."

Orion Pax said:

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

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

Megatron smiled.

…

the next few cycles.

Orion maintained communication with Megatron.

These conversations lead Orion Pax to reflect on issues of class, individuality, and free will. According to Megatron, the conversation between them also made his thinking more refined. A few cycles later after their meeting in Karon City, Megatron said via video link:

"You pushed me to think more clearly, Librarian. That's what a good leader needs."

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's the plan?

"Several of my assistants are thinking about this as well."

Beyond that, Megatron didn't want to say much more.

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

"You have to make sure you know what you're doing, Orion Pax."

Sir advised him to think twice before acting:

"No matter what happens, I can stand by and watch. But you are very likely to involve yourself in more serious consequences. Now you are just having a dialogue. Once you go beyond the dialogue, you have violated the law. Are you prepared to violate the law?"

Orion didn't have a good answer for this question, so he asked Megatron.

"Who made the law?"

Megatron responded like this:

"Has anyone asked for your opinion? Has anyone asked for my opinion?"

Orion couldn't answer this question either.

The knight said to him:

"Listen, man, what if some of us start a revolution once we feel that we are being ignored in the legislative process? Think about it, what kind of chaos will our planet be? ?”

"impossible."

Orion Pax replied:

"Cybertron is far from that. We are in the opposite situation now, haven't you noticed? Everyone is silent. Who decided that we should be divided into different classes? Our leader, now said this What?"

Nothing, was the answer.

Yu Tian Enemy is a leader who sees the beginning but not the end of the dragon. The Supreme Council is busy avoiding the important and taking the easy way out. Megatron said that all Cybertronians had become lazy, content with what they had - and Orion Pax had to agree.

"Is this the race that built the space bridge?"

Megatron Tso’s words are a bit exaggerated:

"Are we still lit by 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?"

In short, despite Jazz's constant warnings, Orion Pax seems determined to cause trouble with Megatron.

Fu Qinghai looked on coldly and said nothing.

Master Titanium also watched with indifference and did nothing.

But Fu Qinghai knew that Master Ti knew all this.

The peaceful days did not last long.

Until one day later...

Something big finally broke out.

Almost at the same time.

Unbreakable City, Sonic Boom City, Moxie Tiancheng, Sonic Canyon, Six Lights 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 stagnant pool of water, suddenly boiled and was instantly flooded with massive messages.

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

The whole of Cybertron was in panic.

When the 9/11 incident occurred, Fu Qinghai himself was not in the country, so he could not personally understand how frightened and angry the people of the country were at that time.

And now, in Cybertron, he probably experienced firsthand how helpless, how frightened, and how angry the Cybertronians felt in the face of terrorist attacks.

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

Fu Qinghai thought silently:

"Is this what you expected, Master Titanium?"

Not only Fu Qinghai but also Jazz.

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

Unexpectedly, in the video link, Megatron sincerely and seriously made a request to Olian:

"Orian Pax."

In the video link, Megatron said:

"I have to tell the truth. Cybertronians should know that this is not how we conduct our movement, and they must know now. You have access to the Ironfortress communications network, right?"

Orion Pax nodded.

"I need a public channel with no interference. I want it to be plugged into all the group's news receivers and directly connected to the parliamentary input line. Can you do that?"

Megatron asked seriously.

…………