Thanos didn't want to be a villain.

How powerful would the Astartes be when combined with Spartan soldiers?

On several planets near the Imperial border that were designated as rebellious, the first defensive tower on each planet was breached by a fully armed standard squad (twelve men) of Astartes leading two squads of Spartan soldiers.

Of course, the six second-generation mechanical soldiers and three mechanical dinosaurs newly created by Dio also joined the group!

Because the attacks occurred at the same time, the time it took to recapture the city was roughly the same.

This allowed people in China to truly understand how formidable the Astartes and Spartan soldiers were.

It's important to know that planets near the border are almost uniformly equipped with several Temple-class warships, hundreds of aircraft carriers, tens of thousands of standard fighter jets, and each aircraft carrier is also equipped with thousands of drones.

And this is only the standard for guarding forces in space.

The defenses on the ground and inside the planet are even more formidable, with a super-large signal tower set up every five to eight thousand kilometers, allowing the planetary headquarters to monitor the entire planet and everything outside the planet in real time.

Above the signal tower is a large force field generator that protects the tower. When all the force field generators around the planet are activated together, they can create a super-large force field shield that covers the entire surface of the planet's atmosphere. Combined with the planet's magnetic field and the magic of the internal mages, the defense can be made even stronger, allowing the planet to form another magnetic field shield and spatial magic to seal off and prevent magicians from opening a door to teleport to the interior.

Moreover, each of these signal towers is equipped with 15 quadruple automatic cannons with a caliber of over 500mm for ground-to-space attack, 10 electromagnetic cannons, 12 rocket launchers with a maximum range of over 1,000 kilometers, 15 supersonic missiles capable of attacking space, and hundreds of armored tanks and armored vehicles capable of firing both lasers and live ammunition.

In addition, there are 3,000 auxiliary drone combat units.

And these are just the external defensive forces; they don't even include the number of internal armed personnel and shapeshifting autonomous combat machine lifeforms...

This data is enough to make one feel hopeless, not to mention that these soldiers actually managed to capture a signal tower and open a protective field in a short period of time without any logistics, allowing the punitive army to advance unimpeded.

After all, Hela led the army to most of the Astartes campaigns, and no one really knew the Astartes' actual combat strength. Since Hela herself was already famous, many people would subconsciously overlook the combat strength of the other soldiers.

The autonomous combat robots that appeared during this operation greatly shocked onlookers.

After all, this is a combat robot created by Deo based on Transformers. Its combat power is even stronger than what is shown in the movie. Not to mention, it can also transform into various car or flying vehicle modes. Although it looks versatile, it is undeniably cool and powerful.

Collectors who obtained firsthand video footage even contacted Dio to purchase several units for maintaining order in the Nowhere.

This left Dio speechless. All his mobilization was simply to let the country truly understand the combat capabilities of his army, and distributing the filmed materials little by little would only make the outside world more wary of their technology and military strength.

I never expected the collector to be such an unconventional person.

There was no way around it; the price offered by the collector was so attractive that even Dio's current net worth was tempting, and in the end, he couldn't resist.

Inside an unnamed planet within the Empire.

"Your Majesty, those rebellious planets have been conquered and recovered. The people involved have been implicated and turned into servo skulls or mechs and sent to various warbands."

"Moreover, Astartes' combat power in this war deterred many villains, and many planets surrendered directly during our war of territorial expansion, allowing us to win large swathes of star system territory without lifting a finger!"

Several servo skulls flew over, and voices from within them reported the battle situation.

Dio carried a huge iron barrel, even larger than himself, to several equally huge iron barrels and placed them in front of him, without looking back.

"Since the situation is so good, let's quickly send people to take over these planets, stabilize people's livelihoods and the economy, and restore them to their previous state as soon as possible."

"Do I need to teach you?"

Dio struck the gong in his hand, producing a loud sound.

The earth began to tremble, and a dull thud came from the valley in front of us, as if something enormous was rampaging through the land.

Soon, a mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex nearly twenty meters tall rushed out and lay on the iron barrel, feasting on its meal.

Following closely behind it were smaller Tyrannosaurus Rex, Spinosaurus, Triceratops, and other mechanical dinosaurs, all eagerly joining the fray.

"Yes, Your Majesty," the servo skull replied, then steadily followed behind Dio. As for the command, it had already been transmitted.

Dio was very happy to see the mechanical dinosaur in front of him.

Autonomous mechanical life forms—that's the name Dio gave them, but he preferred to call them Transformers!

The birth of these Transformers was somewhat accidental. At the time, Dio was studying the afterglow of creation and accidentally discovered a peculiar quantum energy body. This energy body could transform or influence some machines, turning them into some kind of mechanical life form.

Furthermore, Dio discovered that this energy body could assimilate the bodies of mechanical life forms into a peculiar metal with a very interesting property.

This metal can be artificially programmed in a manner similar to DNA editing. Once the DNA editing is successful, different kinds of mechanical life forms can be born through the activation of an energy body. Moreover, this metal can theoretically reproduce indefinitely, provided that the energy body is given sufficient energy based on the internal information of the programmed DNA.

Moreover, this energy body can also store this DNA information almost without limit!

This characteristic allowed Dio to scan and implant DNA information into various organisms, and only after witnessing these mechanical lifeforms transform like underwear did he realize what they were.

Isn't this peculiar quantum energy body just like the Spark of Transformers? And aren't these assimilated mechanical life forms just like the Transformers after being given the Spark?

Soon, through a series of operations, Deo created the original Transformers.

Their appearance is closer to the images in the first three movies, with a stronger sense of mechanical fragmentation, but they are more malleable. Some can even transform into a vehicle mode in addition to becoming biological or humanoid, making them triple-change Transformers.

While their combat strength is not weak, and their combat power is even stronger in biological form and vehicle mode, their humanoid form is more vulnerable without the protection derived from the corresponding vehicle mode. Within the Empire, their combat strength is second only to Astartes. Transformers that have scanned or possessed their own style of vehicle mode are positioned as mobile artillery emplacements in the rear within the Empire.

The second generation is closer to the fourth and fifth parts, with more anthropomorphism, a more rigorous transformation structure, and stronger physical strength and defense. Regardless of the form, it has considerable combat power, but the humanoid form is still more powerful, with extremely strong long-range firepower and close combat.

The Transformers inside the rebellious planet on the border are the second generation, but judging from the current situation, their combat power is far superior to the first generation, and they can even fight a fully armed Astartes to a draw in hand-to-hand combat.

Of course, as mentioned earlier, the Transformers who went to the planet with Astartes to quell the rebellion were a mixed group of first and second generation Transformers who provided firepower and melee support.

The third generation is interesting. It is the result of their autonomous evolution without Dio's intervention. Their appearance is closer to the style of the G1 era, their structure is more compact than the second generation, and their physical strength and defense are further enhanced. They even gave birth to Transformers that can transform into human and beast forms, similar to those in Beast Warriors.

What's interesting about these Transformers is that they can replenish their energy by ingesting organic matter, proteins, or even inorganic substances that are similar to their body material.

However, due to their recent evolution and manufacturing, their numbers are scarce, and these third-generation Transformers have not even produced their first-generation offspring.

The mechanical dinosaurs in front of Deo were the mechanical dinosaur army that he created by drawing inspiration from the third generation, which once belonged to the Autobots!

Tyrannosaurus Rex Steel Cable, Spinosaurus Disdain, Triceratops Iron Slag, Pteranodon Two-Headed Bladeless Darts, Stegosaurus Roar, Brontosaurus Mud.

What's interesting about these Transformers is that even the other beast-type Transformers mostly have a semi-mechanical, semi-biological appearance, but also have the organic appearance that only living organisms have.

To put it simply, it has a semi-mechanical, semi-biological appearance.

These Transformers have extremely strong survivability. Although they have a semi-biological body, they can still enter the extreme space of the universe without protection. Their survivability is extremely strong. Even if only half of their body or even a part of their body is left, as long as they have the spark, they can repair themselves by consuming the spark energy in their bodies!