Transformers: Survival of Defective Products

Chapter 36: The Frequency Band is Quite Lively

As Yin Vector raised his head, just about to say something more, his left forearm terminal suddenly shuddered, which seemed rather abrupt at that moment.

Both aircraft's gazes fell upon it simultaneously.

The interface is opened by drawing a vector, and then simply projected out. At the top, a very short private frequency band has been newly lit.

Transmitter: sound wave.

Her forehead twitched instinctively on the spot.

"...Why is it him again?"

Zhen Tianzun didn't speak, but just looked down at the message.

Open the vector.

There was no fluff, and it was the kind of message that made it immediately clear who sent it.

[New feature added to backend monitoring.]

[The last three days.]

[The scope of observation has been expanded.]

Yin Xiang stared at the three lines of text, his expression gradually becoming more complicated.

Zhen Tianzun, who was standing nearby, also saw it.

The room was silent for two seconds.

In the end, the vector was the first to be introduced.

"What's this?" she frowned. "A gesture of goodwill? A reminder? Or just a casual way of telling me he's well-informed?"

"Both are true." Zhen Tianzun said calmly, "At least one thing is certain."

"What?"

"He's not on their side."

Yin Vector nodded inwardly; the message itself was enough to demonstrate his stance.

If Soundwave just wanted to continue using her as a relay, he wouldn't have needed to give this reminder at this time, but he did.

...and it also had a distinctly confidential feel to it.

The vector looked down and glanced at it again, finally highlighting that message separately.

"So what he said must be true."

"Most likely."

"Why is your arena so obsessed with technology?" she muttered to herself. "They watch from the front, record from the back, and are they even planning to take the machines apart to examine them further?"

Zhen Tianzun gave a light snort: "If they really had the guts, they wouldn't have just talked backstage today."

That's true.

The vector icon retracted the interface and casually moved the message into another locked directory of its own. After completing the actions, it still felt strange.

The message from Soundwave was incredibly timely. The things that happened in the past were definitely not as simple as just "being very successful in the arena."

But now is not the time to concern ourselves with that.

She turned off the terminal and looked up, meeting Zhen Tianzun's gaze.

"What's with that expression?"

Zhen Tianzun looked at her, his tone flat.

"I've been thinking, your channel has been getting more and more lively lately."

Why does this place smell so strange?

She glanced at the terminal subconsciously, then looked up at him.

"If you want to say that I've been receiving strange things lately, you can just say so."

That's not what I meant.

"What is that?"

Zhen Tianzun didn't answer immediately. Instead, he slowly glanced at the screen on her terminal that had just gone dark before turning his gaze back to her face.

"It's nothing," he said. "Just a reminder not to keep everything."

The vector stared at him for two seconds, but ultimately decided not to delve into it further.

If that bastard really wanted to say it directly, he wouldn't have gone around in circles earlier. She couldn't be bothered to think about such things in detail.

So she crossed her arms and replied bluntly, "Don't worry, I'm quite selective about the frequency bands I reserve; I won't just give them to anyone."

Zhen Tianzun looked at her, his eyebrows twitching slightly.

"That would be best."

The room fell silent again.

She was just about to go back to her room to flip through a couple more pages of the documents she hadn't finished reviewing that day when the terminal lit up slightly again.

It's Orion; the message is very brief.

[Regarding the old compatibility directory you checked today, I just found an earlier supplementary note.]

If you come tomorrow, I can transfer you to another department.

As Yin Xiang looked down at the two lines of text, the heavy feeling that had been tangled up and making him uncomfortable suddenly eased.

The normal channel is for making the machine comfortable.

She tapped her finger twice and replied:

【it is good. 】

"Then I'll go earlier tomorrow."

After sending the message, she had just put the terminal away when she felt a gaze sweep over her from the side.

The vector looked up and gazed at the Heavenly Venerable Zhen.

"What's wrong now?"

Zhen Tianzun glanced at her, his tone sounding quite ordinary.

"Who?"

"Orion," she answered naturally. "He said he found a supplementary note for me and will show it to me tomorrow."

Zhen Tianzun hummed in agreement and didn't ask any further questions.

Why does that sound a little awkward...?

However, she didn't intend to think about it any further this time.

Whether it's frequency bands, regulations, or management, there's been enough information in one night. What she needs now is to categorize all this stuff in her brain module so it won't all be crammed together again when she wakes up tomorrow.

So she waved her hand, turned around and walked inside.

As she reached the door, Zhen Tianzun suddenly called her name again.

"Attraction vector".

She stopped and turned around.

Zhen Tianzun leaned against the wall, his gaze fixed on her.

"Remember what I just said."

The vector looked at him for two seconds and nodded.

"understood."

She paused, then added another sentence, her tone still carrying a hint of disdain.

"You've been lecturing me more lately than before."

Zhen Tianzun looked at her and chuckled softly.

"Then you'd better not force me to add any more clauses."

The vector's lips twitched.

"You've really gotten addicted to it, haven't you?"

She said that, then turned and went inside.