Chu Tianjiao did not dwell on the matter any further.
After driving the Maybach into its usual parking space in the underground garage, he turned off the ignition, pushed open the driver's side door, and strolled out of the parking lot at a leisurely pace.
Then, he began to wander aimlessly through the neighborhood near Shilan Middle School.
……
Meanwhile, Lin Mai finally breathed a sigh of relief after Chu Tianjiao left.
"It's finally time to claim it."
Looking at the exclusive red packet in the chat group, Lin Mai felt a steady wave of composure well up inside him.
Although the underground garage was monitored, his location was a blind spot in the field of vision. Extracting the items from the red packet here would be as easy as pie.
As long as he swallowed it down quickly, it wouldn't matter even if one or two people noticed.
With the surveillance of the half-blood factions, as long as supernatural phenomena were not exposed to the general public on a large scale, they wouldn't be able to cause any real waves.
With that thought in mind, he projected his consciousness into the chat group.
[Viaduct in the Storm]: "Claimed."
[Viaduct in the Storm has claimed the Drop-Resistant King of Cybertron's exclusive red packet - Spark Structure]
[Drop-Resistant King of Cybertron]: "Got it."
[The Infamous V]: "I can't even. What kind of regional drop-resistant king is that?"
[The Infamous V]: "@Viaduct in the Storm, big shot newcomer, remember to write a review in the group and let me see if this old timer's goods are any good."
[Drop-Resistant King of Cybertron]: "……"
[Drop-Resistant King of Cybertron]: "You just wait, kid. When the chat group hands out missions, you're going to get what's coming to you!"
With the red packet claimed, a black-and-purple intertwined spherical energy core instantly appeared before Lin Mai. It churned with a hissing sound, as if the mere touch of it would trigger terrifying consequences.
The energy crown, the sea of consciousness, the core of intellect.
The three essential components were all present and intact; clearly, this was the Spark of a Cybertronian.
"Ninety-nine percent, a rare find!"
Lin Mai was thoroughly satisfied.
As expected of Boss Wei, he effortlessly accomplished what Big Pillar could not.
Now, as long as he absorbed it, he would possess the ability to transform into an Autobot along with a vast amount of energy, giving him a foothold in this dangerous myriad of realms.
As a member of the Dimensional Chat Group, Lin Mai was not going to hide out and develop in this world forever.
Sometimes, he still had to participate in the team missions within the chat group.
Dangerous ones could be skipped, but safe ones where he could freeload group points—if he didn't go to those, it would just be rude. There was no way Lin Mai would let an opportunity to grow stronger pass him by.
And the Spark before him was the key to unlocking all of this.
At this thought,
Lin Mai hesitated no longer. He extended the car door and refined it in an instant!
"Hum!"
Seemingly sensing the touch, the energy core before him began to disintegrate layer by layer, transforming into refined, brilliant, filamentous streams of energy that poured into the Maybach's chassis.
Lin Mai instinctively wanted to pull the car door back.
But immediately following that came an overwhelming amount of Autobot knowledge, endless and vast, as if he had been struck by Unlimited Void. The entire car froze in place, unable to move a muscle.
……
In the world of Cyberpunk 2077.
V stepped out of the black Thorton Quadra Turbo-R V-Tech, gazing up at the towering futuristic architecture and the top-mounted, flashing neon advertisements. He pulled a camera from the car and snapped a picture of himself.
Suddenly, a thought occurred to him, and his expression turned serious.
"Wait."
"The group leader said that the Spark Structure contains the core of intellect and the sea of consciousness, which store the personality and memories of the Autobot."
"Could it be that those were included in the red packet and sent over as well?"
V opened the chat group, scrolled up through the chat history, and quickly found the exclusive red packet sent by Megatron.
He tapped on the preview image, and sure enough, it was a rigorous structure. Despite minor damage, it didn't affect the normal operation of every module within the core.
Oh no.
Boss Wei, you've really done it this time!
[The Infamous V]: "@Drop-Resistant King of Cybertron, something's wrong, your red packet has a problem!"
[Drop-Resistant King of Cybertron]: "What is it?"
[I Am the Cosmic Rich Woman]: "What? More drama in the group?"
[The Infamous V]: "Did you forget to strip out the sea of consciousness and the core of intellect from the Spark you gave to the newcomer?"
……
In the Transformers Universe.
"Leader, we will reach Earth soon. Less than half a day's time."
Inside the spacecraft, Starscream pointed at the map and said.
However, when he looked up, he saw Megatron's gaze wandering, not looking out at the sea of stars ahead, but seemingly staring at something in the void.
"Leader?"
Starscream waved a hand in front of Megatron, realizing it was the same situation as before.
In the words of their subordinates,
This was getting lost in thought.
Although Megatron's decision-making had become sharper and his overall abilities had inexplicably improved, his only flaw—rather than being too perfect—was that he would frequently zone out.
Little did Starscream know that Megatron was currently having the time of his life chatting away in the Dimensional Chat Group.
[Drop-Resistant King of Cybertron]: "No problem."
[The Infamous V]: "Are you kidding me, bro? You call this no problem? The core of intellect and the sea of consciousness—are you sure they won't muddle the new member's original memories?"
[The Infamous V]: "What if it causes multiple personality disorder? That'll give someone cyberpsychosis in our world! What is this, playing Identity V?"
[Drop-Resistant King of Cybertron]: "Stop."
[Drop-Resistant King of Cybertron]: "I know you're anxious, but don't panic yet."
[Drop-Resistant King of Cybertron]: "I removed most of the core of intellect and the sea of consciousness, but I retained a small part. Only by absorbing this part will you know you're using our Cybertronian Spark Structure."
[Drop-Resistant King of Cybertron]: "Rest assured, this part only contains transformation techniques and won't affect memories."
After finishing the explanation,
Megatron's consciousness returned to reality, and he looked at the trembling adjutant before him.
"Oh, Starscream, is something the matter?"
"Nothing at all, leader."
……
In the underground garage.
After a long while,
Lin Mai snapped back to his senses, observing his black car body as an indescribable sense of unfamiliarity surged within him.
He now had two ways to drive himself.
The first was consuming fuel and electricity.
The second was using the energy crown, utilizing the nearly inexhaustible energy within it to transform into an Autobot.
The former could only perform simple actions, such as turning the doors or driving the tires quickly.
The latter, however, allowed him to control all his parts, instantly assembling into a Transformer ranging from 3 meters to 50 meters tall, with the car doors instantly transforming into long steel blades.
"Wait, I've actually learned how to transform?"
Lin Mai felt a hint of amazement.
Then he figured it out—this was due to the core of intellect and sea of consciousness that had been mailed over.
They had smuggled in some private goods.
Otherwise, if he had wanted to adapt to the second driving method on his own, it would have required at least a period of training.