World Traveler Villain

[Chapter: 72 Silver City of Transformium]

The crimson tide of magma finally subsided, leaving behind a nightmarish landscape—a city now encased in shimmering silver-white metal. The entirety of Hong Kong had been transformed into a lifeless metallic wasteland, its vibrant life and architecture reduced to a world of deformable Transformium. However, less than one percent of the resultant Transformium held true value.

Only Transformium derived from organic matter—living entities such as trees, flowers, birds, animals, and humans—could form the essence required to create Transformers. The rest, derived from inorganic materials like cement, concrete, iron, glass, buildings, cars, and rods, was nothing more than lifeless debris, devoid of worth.

This understanding had driven the original Galvatron's plan: to detonate the seed in one of the most densely populated cities on Earth. His goal was simple but ruthless—to maximize the yield of valuable Transformium by sacrificing as many living beings as possible. Although he failed to acquire the seed, his intentions underscored the horrific cost of its detonation.

Hong Kong, with its population of six to seven million, had provided an enormous amount of organic material. Even if only one percent of the Transformium had intrinsic value, that one percent represented an unfathomable amount—an ocean of potential, forged in the annihilation of an entire metropolis.

The magnitude of the devastation was staggering. An entire city's worth of people, animals, and plant life had been wiped from existence, their essence distilled into a fraction of Transformium, now scattered across the metallic wasteland. A testament to the seed's terrifying power—and a chilling reminder of the cost of its use.

At sea, a green sports car slowly floated up.

"Sister Su, look." Tessa slowly looked ahead through the window, her mouth so wide open that one could fit a duck egg inside.

Su Yueming's mouth also widened, shaking her head constantly. "This is not... this is impossible. How could Hong Kong become like this?"

The sound of Crosshairs came through the horn. "This is the effect of the Seed explosion. It seems the Seed exploded here. This is the power of the Seed," Crosshairs growled, his voice cutting through the horn. "A new world, forged in fire and chaos, rising from the ashes of the old!"

"You said the Seed exploded here? Awful! William... William, he won't—" Su Yueming couldn't finish her sentence.

Tessa's face changed drastically. "William! William! He'll be fine. He's so powerful, he'll be fine. Is that right? Tell me—is it right?"

Crosshairs remained silent for a moment. "I don't know. I hope so... but the Seed exploded."

"Don't say that! There must be some way for that bastard to survive." Su Yueming spoke loudly. "I believe in him."

"Well, I believe in him too," Tessa followed.

"It seems something is wrong," Crosshairs said, his voice filled with shock.

"What's wrong?" Su Yueming asked.

"Look at my rearview mirror."

Tessa and Su Yueming exchanged glances before taking a breath. "What is that? It's... it's too big!"

"If I'm right, it's Lockdown."

"How could he grow so big?" Tessa asked in shock.

"This may have something to do with his spacecraft," Crosshairs replied uncertainly.

In the sky, countless deformation element particle blocks rushed down, quickly fusing together to form William's Transformer form.

It turned out that at the moment the Seed exploded, William transformed, used his Transformium, modified it, and created jet boosters, flying into the sky to avoid the explosion.

Su Yueming and Tessa looked at William on the shore. Both of them showed expressions of excitement. "I knew that bastard wouldn't die so easily."

"Great, great," Tessa said excitedly.

Crosshairs laughed. "He's worthy of being the boss. That's how you do it!"

After the excitement, Su Yueming calmed down and looked at the massive behemoth. "But that terrible monster is still here. William is too small compared to him."

"There must be nothing wrong. The big dinosaur before was so powerful, and he wasn't defeated. It'll be the same this time," Tessa said with certainty.

Su Yueming remained silent, hoping that would be the case. But could he really defeat it?

"Boy, you haven't died. This is the beginning of your nightmare," a thunderous voice echoed as Lockdown landed on the shore, each step shaking the earth as he approached William.

William smiled. "No, this is the beginning of your nightmare. In fact, I should thank you."

Lockdown's glowing eyes stared at William, his smile dark and sinister. "Thank me? Thank me for killing you? Hahaha!"

William covered his ears. "Can you not laugh? You don't know how horrible you sound when you laugh like that."

"Boy, who are you? There's no such person as you," Lockdown demanded.

"My name? It's 'Your Disappointed Father.'"

Lockdown froze for a moment. "'My father'? What kind of strange name is that? My father... my father... Hell, kid, you're asking for death!"

"Don't you want to capture Prime?" William smirked.

Lockdown's fury grew. "Do you know where he is?"

"I don't know. Maybe he's dead." William spread his hands dismissively.

Lockdown was completely enraged. "Boy, you're looking for death!" He swung a massive fist toward William.

William's body dissolved into a swirl of Transformium particles. Lockdown's massive fist struck the ground instead, creating a huge crater.

"What the heck is this?" Lockdown stared at the deformed element particles that William had become.

The floating Transformium particles shimmered in the sky, refusing to reform. William's voice echoed from above. "Lockdown, I really should thank you because you've created so much Transformium for me. But this isn't rebirth—it's annihilation. You've turned this city into a graveyard. Your graveyard!"

"You're joking!" Lockdown roared. "A little bug like you dares to act arrogant? One finger of mine can crush you!"

William's laughter rang out from the air. "Is it a joke? You'll soon understand!"

The earth quaked violently, a deep, resonating tremor that seemed to echo the power of William's will. The remnants of organic life, now transformed into metallic elements, began to vibrate with an almost sentient response, as though awakening to his command.

"Rise and obey me!" William's voice thundered, reverberating through the metallic wasteland like the decree of a god.

The shimmering fragments of Transformium trembled uncontrollably, breaking apart into fine, glowing particles. One by one, they disintegrated, their metallic shells shedding as they reverted to their primal state. Streams of luminous particles swirled upward in a breathtaking dance, weaving a radiant path through the sky as though drawn by an unseen force.

The particles converged in a massive vortex above William, spinning faster and faster, crackling with raw, untamed energy. The heavens themselves seemed to dim under the spectacle, as if bowing to the sheer magnitude of his command. The air was thick with the hum of power, an overwhelming presence that promised both creation and destruction.

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