Making Their Move

After the Battle of Cairo, one of the unstable factors in Sun Cheng's mind—Sentinel Prime—had been personally killed by Optimus Prime.

Yet he had not been able to breathe a sigh of relief because of it!

Leaving Megatron aside, Shockwave, who was about to arrive on Earth, was already a new problem.

Moreover, before dying, Sentinel Prime had created another problem for them.

The portal he had opened, anchored to some unknown location, had transported a group of Quintessa soldiers to Earth.

Although traces had long been discovered on Earth suggesting that a Quintessa colonial fleet had visited in ancient times.

The arrival of this group of Quintessa soldiers would clearly expose Earth's coordinates completely to that mad colonial civilization.

No one could predict what day the Quintessa Civilization would send troops to seize this planet.

At the very least, Sun Cheng knew that he needed to start preparing for the worst in advance!

While continuing to build up his strength and develop his own forces, he also began making small moves in response to the various discordant voices that had recently begun appearing frequently across Earth.

One day in August, a freighter departed from Cape Madria Port in Brazil, nominally carrying 300,000 tons of iron ore, and began sailing toward a country in the Far East.

Several Decepticons were concealed aboard the freighter. They were responsible for escorting a batch of cutting-edge precision instruments that were at least three to four generations ahead of current Earth technology to that Far Eastern country.

And at the same time that this freighter set sail, two Decepticons specifically responsible for dealing with that Far Eastern country had already departed ahead of time for the Far East.

They also bore a special mission. Aside from handing over in advance to the Far East