Chapter 5: Megatron's Death, Transformers 1 Ends!

Seeing Megatron stride towards his location, the Air Force Lieutenant Colonel's expression changed. Fearing that Hao Yun might not be a match for the Decepticon leader, he hurried over to offer backup.

"Sir, the jets loaded with missiles have just taken off. You just need to buy ten minutes, and we can destroy it head-on!"

"There's no need to go to that trouble. Besides, I'd actually like to hear what it has to say."

Hao Yun waved his hand, signaling that he could handle it himself.

No matter what, he was a supreme powerhouse at the peak of the Father of Gods tier. If he couldn't even defeat a peak Earth-tier opponent, it would simply be too embarrassing!

"Human!"

"Cybertronian, leader of the Decepticons, Megatron. What do you want to say?"

Hao Yun gave Megatron plenty of face. That way, the rewards he'd get after finishing him off would be even greater, right?

"Give me the AllSpark, and I will immediately lead the Decepticons away from Earth!"

Megatron uttered a lie that the U.S. military found immensely tempting, but which Hao Yun didn't believe for a second.

Are you kidding me? Cybertron had been destroyed, and the resource you needed most right now was energy! A resource-starved Cybertron simply didn't have the time or energy to explore a second life-bearing planet!

Otherwise, why do you think the plot from Transformers 1 through 5 was always about invading Earth?

"If you don't hand it over, then I will lead the Decepticons in a full-scale war against Earth!"

Megatron leaped mid-air, ready to transform into a jet and vanish... This could be considered speaking the harshest words while doing the most cowardly deed.

The corner of Hao Yun's twitching slightly. This Megatron certainly knew how to read the room.

If not for his inherently cruel nature, he would actually have been more willing to ally with the Decepticons than the Autobots.

"A war it is then. What's a little war? We Earthlings aren't cowards!"

Hao Yun didn't back down at all. Even as he declared war, he waved his hand, unleashing a surge of energy that directly crushed countless Decepticons in the distance into fine powder!

Yes, reducing them to iron dust so fine they couldn't even maintain their metallic forms!

"Ah! You go too far!"

Megatron was furious, but loud as his roar was, his actions were unmistakably those of a coward fleeing for his life.

Flames burst from the soles of his feet as he vaulted into the air, flipped his body over, transformed into an F-22 raptor, and fled backward at Mach 4!

Hao Yun's previous strike had practically scared the wits out of him. Even the Quintessons currently ruling Cybertron weren't as terrifying as Hao Yun, alright!

An ability like that was definitely on par with their creator, Quintessa!

"Tsk tsk, can you really escape? If I let you run away, what happens to the AllSpark in my hand?"

Hao Yun shook his head, let out a scoff, and reached out to grab the air... Megatron, who had already fled over a hundred kilometers away, was forcibly halted by an invisible grip, his frame nearly fracturing, before being pulled back at Mach 8!

By the time he was dragged back to the center of downtown Washington, Hao Yun gave a slight leap, raised the AllSpark in his hand, and pressed it downward... The AllSpark transformed into a magma-like substance that poured into Megatron's chest, completely destroying his body!

Barring any extraordinary circumstances, there was basically no chance of him ever coming back to life!

When he dropped Megatron's remains and descended back to the rooftop... Sam, Mikaela, and the others stepped back in unison, their faces filled with terror.

This was precisely why he was reluctant to casually expose his cultivation and abilities. Once your strength reaches a certain stage, it truly leads to alienation from everyone else. It wasn't simple fear, but rather an innate dread of higher-level life forms.

He tossed the tiny leftover fragment of the AllSpark to Sam: "I'll leave this with you for safekeeping. Come find me to play whenever you're bored!"

"Okay, Uncle Potts."

Sam obediently gave a salute. Hao Yun stepped into the empty air, walking down the skyscraper step by step, and drove away...

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The aftermath didn't require much of Hao Yun's attention. Aside from Starscream, the entire Decepticon faction was wiped out by the U.S. military working alongside the Autobots. Megatron's corpse, just like in the original plot, was plunged into the deepest ocean trench on Earth. Sam received the Medal of Valor, and together with Bumblebee—who had become his personal guardian—he shared sweet moments with Mikaela...

Everything seemed so peaceful. And out of fear, Hao Yun's existence was completely sealed off by the U.S. authorities. No one disturbed him, and no one coveted his abilities, allowing him to live the life of an ordinary person.

Of course, the biggest reason for this was a single remark made by their ally, Optimus Prime.

"The abilities of Mr. Hao Yun Potts are something even the founder of Cybertron, our creator Lady Quintessa, cannot match!"

Comparable to a creator—on Earth, that was already the status of a god. At least among the Americans with their firm beliefs, no one would dare challenge a god without absolute certainty, right?

Thus, Hao Yun spent a peaceful two years. Every day, he stayed home in seclusion to cultivate, study his abilities, wander over to the neighbor's house for a meal when he was free, and chat with Bumblebee.

As time passed, Starscream, who had fled Earth, returned to the planet Cybertron and met the last surviving member of the Original Thirteen Primes, The Fallen.

"You're saying the Decepticons' invasion of Earth failed?"

The Fallen impatiently plucked a newly hatched Cybertronian infant from his body... It wasn't that he didn't love children, but Cybertron had lost vast amounts of resources after the Autobot-Decepticon war and the Quintesson invasion. Every newborn suffered from congenital deficiencies, making it extremely difficult for them to even become the most ordinary Transformers.

"Tell me about it. I remember three thousand years ago, Earth was still our Cybertronian colony!"

"Prime, it's not that we didn't try our best; humanity has evolved far too terrifyingly."

Starscream prostrated himself entirely on the ground, raising his hands to project a holographic recording.

In the video, Hao Yun was shown tearing apart Decepticons with his bare hands, crushing half a Transformer with a single punch... Especially that final strike atop the skyscraper—even now, just thinking about it made Starscream tremble all over with fear!

"He is a human too?"

The Fallen was evidently startled as well. If such powerhouses were scattered everywhere among humans, forget about invading Earth; he'd rather tell Quintessa to pack up Cybertron and move the entire planet elsewhere!

"Reporting to the Prime, there is only one such human. The rest are just ordinary mortals wielding weapons who can't withstand a single blow from us."

Starscream shook his head and played footage of battles against conventional fighter jets.

Upon seeing the subsequent footage, The Fallen finally nodded... That made more sense. How could humanity possibly evolve to be that powerful?! In the universe, only silicon-based life forms possessed the potential for infinite evolution! That human was merely an exception!

"Just a single one? Then we must plan carefully... Starscream, you must understand one thing: the only beings truly capable of harming a powerhouse are members of their own kind."

"You mean... use a scheme?"

Starscream raised his head, a red light flashing in his optical sensors.

The Fallen did not answer directly. As a Prime who had survived for thousands of years, his wisdom was no less than that of human military strategists.

"Tell me, with a battle prowess that terrifying... is he even human anymore..."