All-Out War 8

A brand-new military conference was convened in the military command headquarters within New Iacon City.

Optimus Prime and the others watched footage captured by one of their satellites, showing a war between the Decepticons and humans in New Province, Canada.

"The commander of this Decepticon invasion of Earth should be Lightning... So far, the satellite has detected a total of ninety-seven Decepticons, the overwhelming majority of them Replica Soldiers!"

At the center of the military command headquarters, a spherical projection device displayed the frontline footage captured by the satellite.

By the time they noticed the clash between the Decepticons and the U.S. military, nearly a day had already passed since the Decepticons descended upon the town of Sewell.

As a result, the Autobots had missed much of what happened. In the satellite footage now, the town of Sewell was being subjected to a barrage of missiles and artillery fire that filled the sky.

"Why would the Decepticons suddenly exchange fire with humans in a place like that? If I remember correctly, that area should be within the Arctic Circle. It is one of the harshest environments on Earth, so there shouldn't be many humans living there, right?"

Sentinel Prime was also in the military command headquarters. As the Autobots' former leader, even though he had not resumed the position of leader or continued to hold any post in New Iacon City, the authority of the former leader and Prime still made it impossible for any Autobot to ignore his presence.

Looking at his former teacher, who had arrived uninvited yet appeared completely at ease—and who was becoming increasingly unfamiliar to him—Optimus Prime calmly replied, "Goldbug was originally in North America. After receiving the news, I ordered an investigation. According to the intelligence he gathered, humans supposedly discovered some kind of