Transformers: Survival of Defective Products

Chapter 181 Undersea Sanctuary

The seabed was initially concave.

Mud, rock, and camouflage slid inwards from the center of the shelling. Then, cracks widened in concentric rings, and the smooth seabed began to collapse, forming an ever-growing whirlpool.

The entire seabed collapsed at its center, the edges caved in, and cracks spread outwards. The red node buried beneath the five-faced monster had just lit up when it was smashed by the magnetic force of the gravitational vector.

The curator screamed, his voice cracking: "No!"

The five-faced judge's tentacles rushed forward in a panic, but were blocked by Alita and Ultra Magnus's team.

As the sand flows down, what is revealed is not the darkness of the seabed.

Pale blue and white light shone through the cracks, refracted by the seawater, and cast bright edges on the mud and sand, like a bright moon that did not belong to this place suddenly appearing in the deep sea.

A huge bubble hangs below, and the entire space is separated directly from the deep sea.

A pale blue-white border encircles it, the seawater pressing against the outside but unable to enter. Mud and shell fragments slide down the curved surface, gently pushed aside by that invisible membrane.

The inside of the bubble was bright and clean, with no seawater or water pressure.

In the center of the bubble stands an underwater sanctuary.

Its silhouette is tall and wide, with white and pale blue light flowing through the texture of the walls, and the colonnade extends into the depths, like a long-forgotten sanctuary.

Sacred and glorious.

Smokescreen stared in disbelief at the synchronized footage: "It really exists?!"

The five-faced judge's anger, smile, and sorrow all lit up, and his tentacles scrambled through the mud and sand as he charged madly toward the center of the collapse.

"Get out of here!"

The first vector rushes towards the bubble boundary.

As it passed through the pale blue-white membrane, all the seawater on the outer armor was briefly held in place before sliding away along the boundary. The water pressure on its shoulders and back suddenly disappeared, and the sound of the thrusters changed from a muffled water noise to a clear roar.

When I landed, the ground beneath my feet was dry, hard, and slightly shiny.

Optimus Prime followed closely behind and fell.

Megatron crossed the border at almost the same time as him.

Immediately afterwards, Alita and Ultra Magnus's team rushed in.

The voice behind the smokescreen rang out again: "Hey, I've detected two strong signals over here!"

Another voice came at the same time, from the partition: "The Ark is also in sight, there's something that looks like a control module."

Just then, Shockwave and Jack simultaneously looked at their screens and said:

"The other one is hard to say."

"Scan results indicate high energy levels."

BICk0's typing and communication connections were successful, and the speaker seemed to be emitting smoke:

"The control module is located inside the sanctuary, slightly to the east, in the lower structure. Another signal is located in the center of the deepest part of the main hall."

The vector could hear many sounds on the channel, but at this moment they seemed a bit muffled.

Something was drawing her in.

The depths of the fire and the magnetic attraction seemed to draw her closer, compelling her to move involuntarily.

"A vector?" Optimus Prime called out to her instinctively.

She paused for a moment before replying, "What did I sense?"

Leaving those words behind, she rushed toward the main hall.

Optimus Prime quickly followed, and Megatron caught up with her without hesitation.

The five-faced judge reacted most violently, screaming, cursing, and charging after her without any regard for appearances: "Kill her! Kill her!"

In that instant, all of the five-faced judge's attention was focused on the vector.

Tentacles, protective barriers, beams of light—everything was tilted toward the main hall.

Alita was leading her elite guard toward the coordinates of the control module, but her steps paused briefly at that moment.

She simply raised the cannon, letting a shot pass through the shadow of the pillar in the sanctuary, graz the gap between the judge's two tentacles, and precisely strike the center of the "angry" face.

The five-faced judge's stern scream shattered "anger".

It flew out with red sparks, crashed onto the sanctuary ground, and rolled a long way.

Vector only had time to give her a thumbs-up and shout, "Beautiful!"

Alita didn't linger. She turned and led her elite guards and part of the Thunder Rescue Team eastward: "Go, we'll destroy the control module."

Optimus Prime followed with the Knight of Law, Soundwave flew over in vehicle form, and Starscream led the Tracker squad. 97 fired shots while cursing Starscream.

The Quintesson Judge was so enraged that his tentacles cracked the ground, but he didn't turn around to chase Alita.

There is something more important deep inside the main hall, and the vector has already gone there.

The curator chased after Alita and Ultra Magnus, while the Quintesson Judge chased after the main hall.

The vector passes through the first long corridor.

The interior of the sanctuary was so bright it was like suddenly entering another world from the darkness of the deep sea. Pale blue-white light flowed slowly along the patterns on the walls, and the ground beneath one's feet was a mixture of stone and metal, polished smooth by time.

She ran very fast, the characters in the flame burning hot with each stroke.

Optimus Prime chased after her to the left rear, while Megatron, on the other side, glanced behind him and warned, "It's catching up."

The vector is obvious without looking back, and the distorted magnetic field of the five-faced judge is easily identifiable.

Deep within the main hall, layers of pale blue and white light receded, and a warm hue seemed to flash before her eyes.

The vector paused slightly in its steps.