The pirates sat and forgot, and they really believed the nine truths and one lie.

The Transformers' hand cannon was about to hit Vegapunk's forehead. The Five Elders and Im had no idea what level of crisis the lost Eggman Island was in.

"Aren't you a member of the Knights of God? Use your strength to protect me!"

Vegapunk yelled at the Celestial Dragons who were monitoring him, saying that there had been a Genbu following him around these days, and he was so annoyed!

Saint Somaz's angry face was gloomy. What could he do in this sudden situation? He was not good at hand-to-hand combat and was just a functional talent.

The ability of Saint Somaz can be very effective in certain situations, but on the front battlefield, the ability of Thorn is a bit useless.

He didn't even know that the ability of the thorn fruit was effective on carbon-based organisms, and it was still unknown whether it could cause harm to silicon-based life forms.

"Time is running out, I can only hold back for now."

Saint Somaz's expression suddenly changed. His face, which was gloomy a second ago, was instantly filled with ferocity. He rushed towards Vegapunk like a wild beast out of control.

Before he could react, his hands wearing luxurious rings had already grasped the scientist's head tightly, and his knuckles were exerting force as if he was going to twist this intelligent head off in the next second.

A cry of surprise was heard in the laboratory corridor. Vegapunk widened his eyes in astonishment, his sparse hair was messy, and his eyes were full of confusion and a hint of fear.

Did Im give an order that if Vegapunk could not be saved, the Knights of God would decide whether to kill him or not based on the actual changes on the scene, and not leave the technological talents to other forces?

Just when everyone thought that a tragedy was about to happen, Saint Somaz's arms suddenly trembled violently. Vegapunk felt a chill rising all over his body, and was wrapped in a layer of thorns invisible to the naked eye.

"Vegapunk is talking to those two iron men to delay time. The Celestial Dragons cannot lose you yet." Saint Somaz tore open the cloth on his arm, and a black tattoo appeared in front of everyone. This was the final trump card of the Knights of God to turn the tables.

"Then I'll give it a try..."

Saint Somaz glared at Vegapunk and said, "Get out of here now. Don't disturb me while I'm performing the ritual. Buy me some more time!"

Vegapunk subconsciously felt that the tattoo on Saint Somaz's arm was very evil, as if he had seen it in the ancient books left by Dr. Clover.

The situation is now critical, and the scattered intelligence information cannot be pieced together. Vegapunk can only pin his hopes on his importance to the people of Tianzhong.

"Let's go out together. Maybe these metal giants have their own biological detection methods. We can't hide from them," Vegapunk said in a low voice when he came in front of the other clones.

When the five clones, Shakya, Lilith, Edison, Pythagoras, and Atlas, heard this, they did not object. They knew that resistance would bring unnecessary casualties.

Zhan Taomaru and the government agents had proven to them on screen that the Transformers were indestructible and that conventionally powered weapons couldn't even break through the kind of iron plates the enemy wore.

Vegapunk's clone has no combat attributes. As for the remaining Pacifists, it is better to let them stay in the warehouse. It will be more troublesome if they are recruited to seize power.

"Let's release the Seraph, make the situation more chaotic, and it will be more beneficial to us." This was the only solution Lilith could think of.

The first generation of Seraph uses the bloodline factors of the Seven Warlords of the Sea as a template, integrates the blood of the Lunaria clan - Jin, and adds artificial green blood in the body, which allows it to use superhuman devil fruit abilities.

The research time given by the Five Elders is still too short, and they are urging the progress every day, causing Vegapunk's clones to be constantly working. Currently, there is only one Seraph on the experimental floor.

S-Bear, a cloned version of Tyrant Bear, possesses the same ability of the Meat-Puff Fruit as Tyrant Bear. Now it seems that the Vegapunks were right to clone him first!

If the negotiations fail, S-Bear can use the ability of the Meat Ball Fruit on his bear paw to slap Vegapunk and his clones to a specific gathering point, which is better than being caught by a group of metal monsters.

However, this ability is not stable yet and is the worst of the worst options. Unless it is a critical moment, the Vegapunks dare not try it easily.

"Faster, faster!" Edison was now crawling in front of the main console.

The fingers danced across the complex holographic keyboard, almost leaving afterimages. The crackling sound of the tapping was as dense as falling hail.

Red warning boxes kept popping up on the screens around him, but he quickly and impatiently swiped them away.

Soundwave's final ultimatum, like the footsteps of death, echoed outside the corridor, each step in time with a heartbeat.

"Highest level emergency protocol, use key to gain authorization," he muttered to himself, his pupils reflecting the waterfall of data.

"Start!" Edison's eyes suddenly flashed with brilliance, and he pressed the last and most critical physical button with all his strength!

From deep within the research layer, a low and extraordinary humming sound was heard. This sound did not come from an external threat, but from underground.

At the bottom of the research layer, in a secret experimental area that had never been marked on any blue map, the darkness was suddenly dispelled.

Rows of high-intensity searchlights lit up one after another, and the cold beams of light, like spotlights on a stage, accurately hit a huge cylindrical culture chamber in the center of the venue.

The sticky, shimmering nutrient solution was being rapidly drained through the pipes at the bottom, making a gurgling sound.

A figure appeared inside the transparent cover of the incubator. It was not a purely mechanical creation, nor was it completely flesh and blood.

It has a facial contour similar to that of a human child, but its body size is much larger than that of an ordinary person, and its skin is a special brown color.

The most striking thing is that it has a pair of small black wings folded behind it that are integrated with biological tissue, and its hair is fluffy white, making it look like a sleeping bear doll.

This is the latest model of the Seraph Project, the top secret among the top secrets - S-Bear, the masterpiece of Vegapunk and his clones.

As the nutrient solution was drained and external commands were activated, the star logo on S-Bear's chest began to glow softly.

The next moment, beneath the eyelids that seemed peacefully closed, something woke up and began to move its eyes rapidly.

Suddenly, those eyes snapped open, lacking any of the childish innocence or emotion. Instead, they held an absolute, empty purity, like a newborn soul waiting for its first instruction.

At the critical moment of life and death, Vegapunk did not choose to trust the Celestial Dragons who protected him, but instead put all his hopes of survival into his own efforts.

"I hope that Lady Luck will be on my side today"

Vegapunk took the initiative to walk to the front, and took those who were still alive, leaving the research floor on foot to face the two metal giants together.