Family System: Chapter 45

Optimus Prime didn’t hesitate and directly handed the AllSpark to Vex.

—Nothing can destroy the AllSpark, except the sacrifice of a Prime Transformer.

Vex didn’t take it. Instead, the Phoenix Force surged around him, forming an axe, which he swung down hard!

*Crack—*

The supposedly indestructible AllSpark was split in two...

Optimus Prime was stunned!

He looked at Vex with even more caution, feeling thankful that Vex didn’t have any intent to ambush him. Otherwise...

There’s no way their bodies could be tougher than the AllSpark!

So... that floating cannon was just a “toy”? This guy’s actual powers are far more terrifying!

Ironhide, Jazz, and Ratchet exchanged uneasy glances. Earlier, they had even thought about taking this human down... but now? Who would take down whom?

Vex stored away half of the AllSpark and handed the other half back to Optimus Prime.

[Detected other items, suggesting they be accounted for together!]

Other items?

Vex suddenly recalled something and used X-ray vision to look at the frozen Megatron nearby.

"System, can I use Transformers too?"

[They are like taking wives. Transformers possess significant combat strength and can naturally enhance the family's power!]

Vex gritted his teeth.

The Starscream he blasted earlier... such a waste!

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In the storage room next to the AllSpark.

A Transformer the same size as Optimus Prime stood frozen, connected to pipes full of liquid nitrogen, now just a model in stasis.

“That’s her! NBE-1!” Simmons said fanatically. “It's the foundation of all modern science! Cell phones, refrigerators, cars, airplanes—everything came from reverse-engineering it. The scientific explosion over the past century is thanks to her!”

He kept rambling on, but no one was listening.

Vex was lost in thought.

Optimus Prime’s expression was full of sorrow, as Megatron was once his leader and idol—now reduced to this...

As for Jazz, Ironhide, and Ratchet, they were eager!

This was Megatron, leader of the Decepticons! With him dead, and Starscream already gone, the Decepticons would struggle to rise again!

They readied their weapons, trying to discreetly prepare energy guns.

But with their massive size, how could they be discreet?

“What are you doing?” Simmons shouted in terror. “Put those weapons away! You’re committing a crime!”

Caught in the act, Jazz and the others exchanged glances, and without further hesitation, opened fire!

“Stop!” Optimus Prime roared.

But Jazz, Ironhide, and Ratchet were determined to kill. Energy beams shot straight at Megatron’s head, ready to finish him off...

*Bzzzzz—*

Time stopped.

The three energy beams hung in mid-air, right in front of Megatron’s head.

Vex’s heat vision quickly swept the room, slicing through all the liquid nitrogen pipes.

In a moment, Megatron was thawed out, but he didn’t make any sudden moves.

Although his body was frozen, his mind had always been active. With Optimus Prime and the Autobots present, he had no chance of escape.

And then... there were those strange, suspended energy beams and the motionless Optimus Prime.

It all pointed to one thing: the little figure below him held the power to end his life at any moment!

Megatron cautiously lowered his head, his crimson optics locking onto Vex.

“You’re not from Earth,” Megatron said with certainty. “Tell me, what do you want from me?”

“Loyalty,” Vex went straight to the point. “I want you to serve me.”

Megatron didn’t answer but instead burst into a thunderous laugh. His laughter carried anger, frustration, and sorrow... but not a hint of compromise.

Vex waited calmly.

Once Megatron finished laughing, he suddenly raised his arm, transforming it into an energy cannon, and pulled the trigger!

However...

The energy blast rebounded as soon as it hit Vex, shooting back and exploding against Megatron’s chest.

Megatron let out a screech of electronic static, the red light in his optics dimming...

Just as he was about to perish, Vex sent out a flash of golden light.

[Light of Resurrection]

The golden light, imbued with the power of the Horse Talisman, flowed into Megatron, instantly restoring him.

But Megatron didn’t feel any relief. Instead, he stared at Vex with a complex expression.

The mighty power he once prided himself on... was like a child’s toy before this small being. It wasn’t even worth mentioning.

The will to resist... didn’t even exist.

Vex flew up to Megatron, speaking directly—

“You think this universe can only have one ruler, and that you are the one?”

“The scope of Cybertron is far too small. You haven’t even realized how vast the galaxy truly is!”

“Thanos, the Kree Empire, the Nova Corps, the Sorcerer Supreme, Asgard...”

“Any one of these could erase Cybertron.”

“And even...”

“An adult from our Star Clan could crush you with their bare hands.”

“The sky is too small for a frog in a well, and your ambitions are just as tiny."

...

As Vex spoke, the Phoenix Force crept into Megatron’s soul, filling him with images of the powerful beings Vex mentioned, even though Megatron had never encountered them before.

But somehow, he believed it all.

Every word Vex said hit Megatron like a hammer, shattering his former ambitions and gradually grinding them to dust!

Yet, it wasn’t over.

“And those are just the powers within this universe. What about those in the multiverse?”

“Galactus, who devours planets for sustenance?”

“Dormammu, who sees the universe as mere territory, corrupting it with darkness?”

“And what about the Watchers, or even the Living Tribunal?”

...

Each word, each phrase, left Megatron in awe. The wider world Vex spoke of crushed the pride he had in Cybertron and the galaxy.

Compared to the grand scale Vex described... Cybertron, the galaxy, and even this universe were nothing but tiny specks.

If he could ever reach the position Vex spoke of... what a sight that would be!

Without realizing it, Megatron’s ambitions had shifted, his will utterly dismantled.

Vex could feel the terrifying potential of the Phoenix Force at play!

—Even the will of a Transformer could be altered. For humans, it would be even simpler!