The scout vehicle, without hesitation, accelerated forward.
In terms of combat power, the scout was no match for Du Jiagalen, and this was no time for bravado.
"How much further to the next detonation point?"
The situation was dire, and Martina had stopped chewing her bubblegum.
The fire control systems of the large drones were terrifyingly powerful.
Under the concentrated fire of the drones, even Du Jiagalen wouldn't last long before being riddled with holes.
And that was not even mentioning the liquid robots that came with the drones.
Those things were even more terrifying!
They possessed considerable destructive power against both humans and Transformers alike.
In certain liquefied states, they could cause widespread damage to a Transformer's mechanical structure!
"Another 150 kilometers!" Du Jiagalen replied, continuing to sweep his weapon at the drone swarm behind them.
"Can you hold out?"
"The situation is not good!" Du Jiagalen answered truthfully.
150 kilometers. At their current speed, it would take at least sixty minutes, even without Skynet's pursuit.
And that was the speed of an off-road vehicle, given the road conditions were less than ideal.
150 kilometers away, there was an intersection.
There, survivors had set up a directional electromagnetic pulse device.
It could, within a certain range, paralyze Skynet's army of machines for a period of time.
But Skynet was clearly not going to give them that opportunity.
The large drones had already appeared within sight, rapidly closing in on the vehicles.
"Scout!" Du Jiagalen contacted the vehicle ahead without hesitation.
The scout and Du Jiagalen were old partners and immediately understood each other's intent.
The scout slowed down and fell in line with Du Jiagalen.
The doors of both off-road vehicles opened simultaneously.
"Martina, Anton! Switch vehicles!"
Du Jiagalen urged.
He needed to stay behind to block the pursuers. There was no better solution in this situation; a swift decision was necessary.
The medicine was in the scout's vehicle, and the scout was faster and more agile, with a greater chance of escape!
Martina and Anton didn't hesitate. Living in a post-apocalyptic environment day in and day out, they seemed accustomed to it all.
"Du Jiagalen, be careful!"
Martina pushed Anton into the scout's vehicle first, then turned back to advise him.
"Don't worry! Go quickly!"
Martina successfully entered the scout's vehicle.
The engine immediately spat out furious flames, and the rear half of the scout vehicle slammed down.
With immense power output, the scout accelerated like a projectile.
Its speed was simply incredible.
Du Jiagalen marveled, "As expected of the new generation, we old timers can't compare!"
Ever since the Allspark was taken from Cybertron, the communication and energy supply of the initial batch of Transformers had become increasingly difficult.
It was as if their energy cores were aging.
After his lament, Du Jiagalen, while dodging the hail of bullets, slowed down his vehicle.
As he approached the drone swarm, Du Jiagalen's vehicle began to make creaking, transforming sounds.
The off-road vehicle suddenly soared into the air, rotating and completing its transformation mid-flight.
Then, a intricately crafted metal blade, as it spun, sliced directly into the drone swarm!
The drones, unable to dodge, triggered a chain reaction of explosions.
One large drone, carrying a T-series robot, was directly swept down.
The drone was destroyed, but the robot was not so easily eliminated.
The drone swarm split into two; one part engaged Du Jiagalen, while the other continued to pursue the scout.
"Come on, you scum!"
Du Jiagalen, transformed into a Transformer, stood eight to nine meters tall. His matte paint was a mix of black and red, crisscrossed with battle scars—testaments to his accumulated victories!
His metal face was adorned with mustache-like mechanical piping, and he held a smoking metal cigar in his mouth.
His left hand, a six-barreled gun, continuously spewed flames, while his right hand, a massive metal sword, swung with fierce momentum.
In his Transformer form, Du Jiagalen was more than a match for a few drones!
After all, drones equipped with guns were merely standard-grade conventional weapons.
The real threat was those liquid robots, known as T-1000s!
While fighting, Du Jiagalen stumbled, his left knee suddenly giving out.
"Scum!"
A T-1000 had begun to dissolve and dismantle his leg's mechanical structure.
Du Jiagalen dropped his Gatling gun and pulled an energy cannon from his back.
With a single shot! He blasted both his leg and the T-1000 away.
A formidable opponent!
He raised his weapon again and blasted another approaching T-1000.
The two T-1000s dissolved into puddles of liquid on the ground, twitching and emitting blue electrical sparks, preventing them from reforming.
This energy cannon was Du Jiagalen's life-saving weapon!
It was an energy weapon similar to a plasma cannon.
It had a remarkable effect on the T-1000s, hindering their regeneration capabilities.
Free-floating electrons continuously repelled each other on the surface of the T-1000's bodies, preventing them from solidifying for a long time.
"Hahahaha! Little brats."
Du Jiagalen roared with laughter.
"Compared to your old man Du Jiagalen, you're still far off!"
He continued to spray bullets, and soon, only a few drones remained in the sky.
But the situation was not optimistic. At the edge of Du Jiagalen's vision, he could faintly see countless tiny black dots rapidly approaching.
"Damn it, it looks like I'm going to die here this time!"
Du Jiagalen mournfully took a deep puff of his massive cigar, exhaling thick clouds of oil-scented smoke.
"It's been worth it! I've taken down no less than eight hundred, if not a thousand, of Skynet's lackeys!"
In his prime, Du Jiagalen was a capable warrior.
But ever since Optimus Prime took the Allspark from Earth, he could no longer be contacted.
Du Jiagalen had sustained more and more injuries over the years.
His energy was dwindling, and he seemed to be in his twilight years.
Without the energy replenishment from the Allspark, even without this battle, Du Jiagalen wouldn't have lived much longer.
A massive swarm of supporting drones rapidly approached Du Jiagalen.
They blotted out the sun, a dark mass, with over a dozen large drones among them.
There was no escape!
Du Jiagalen struggled to his feet.
"Optimus Prime, I haven't disgraced the Autobots!"
Du Jiagalen roared, his left hand wielding his gun, his right hand his cannon, as he faced Skynet's dogs once more.
His cannon continuously shot down the drones in the front line.
But the sheer number of drones was overwhelming; the damage Du Jiagalen inflicted was but a drop in the ocean.
Just as the drone swarm was about to engulf Du Jiagalen,
A deep purple, semi-transparent energy wave crashed down from the sky!
The energy wave swept across the battlefield with a powerful shockwave.
Wherever it passed, it cleared away the debris like a storm. Drones that came into contact with it instantly sparked and plummeted to the ground, exploding like fireworks.
"Your dad has arrived!" Lin Feng quipped, descending from the sky.
The deep purple energy wave continued to sweep across the area.
Countless drones rained down.
Within moments, the once dark sky was once again illuminated by sunlight.
All the drones dispatched by Skynet were destroyed!