CHAPTER 41: CHAPTER 041: FREE-RANGING GODZILLA! CREATING TRANSFORMERS!

After Lorien finished speaking, he released Godzilla into the sea.

Right now, Godzilla was only about the size of a calf—it was hard to imagine how it would grow so massive in the future.

"Yip~!"

But the moment Lorien let go, the little Godzilla swam back with all its strength, whining as if it refused to be left behind.

Lorien smiled helplessly and patted its head.

"Little guy, New York can’t raise you. Stay here and grow up. When you’re bigger—or when I can make you change size—I’ll take you back."

"You stay here and... wreak havoc—no, I mean, grow up. Grow fast."

As he said this, something suddenly came to mind. Godzilla could absorb nuclear fusion energy to grow, right? Strictly speaking, any high-energy material would work.

And wasn’t the Planetary Engine he clocked in with powered by nuclear fusion? Actually, heavy nuclear fusion at that! Perfect for feeding the little guy.

Alright.

With that thought, Lorien dove to the seabed. He then used energy to create a protective field at the bottom of the ocean. Finally, he took out the heavy nuclear fusion reactor from one of the Planetary Engines.

The reactor’s fuel core was only about two meters in diameter, so the protective field didn’t need to be much larger. This way, as long as Godzilla stayed nearby, it could keep absorbing the reactor’s energy.

"OK."

Once Lorien placed the round reactor inside the field—

"Yip~!"

The little guy immediately sprawled comfortably over the reactor’s spherical core.

Lorien gave its head one last pat.

"I’m heading out. I’ll come visit when I can."

"Yip~"

Hearing that pitiful, clingy cry, Lorien couldn’t help but smile.

Snap!

He snapped his fingers and vanished.

...

Back home, Lorien never expected he’d end up free-ranging a Godzilla—and not just any Godzilla, but the strongest of them all: Singular Point Godzilla!

He had no idea how powerful it might become. Who knows—maybe he’d even feed it five Infinity Stones someday. Then it would be... Infinity Stone Godzilla?

Guess they’d see in time.

After dealing with Godzilla, Lorien remembered another thing he had clocked in.

The Allspark!

How to describe it? The Allspark can turn any machine with a power source into "mechanical life."

Yes—in other words, it can give machines a "soul"!

However, for a machine to truly become alive, it must have its own power source—whether an engine, a battery, a reactor, or something similar.

So strictly speaking, the Allspark is somewhat like the Soul Gem, but with a completely different focus.

"Wait a minute..."

A thought suddenly struck Lorien. Since the Allspark could bring evolution to powered machines—

"What about the Planetary Engine?"

The Planetary Engine was a machine, and it had a power source. The only issue was... it was massive. Several thousand meters tall, at least.

If it transformed into a robot, wouldn’t it make the mechs from Pacific Rim look tiny in comparison?

But after thinking it over, Lorien shook his head.

"Forget it. Let’s not transform the Planetary Engine for now. It’s too big to store, and besides, I’m not even sure it can be made that large."

He smirked slightly. "But... I can transform my sports car first."

...

Lorien left his home and took his private elevator down to the underground garage.

In the VIP parking space, he spotted his car.

Oh—right. The security cameras.

Snap~

With a snap of his fingers, Lorien made sure the cameras would display "normal" footage for the next thirty minutes.

Then he took out the Allspark.

A special cube of metallic material appeared in his hand, and the moment it emerged, the entire underground garage seemed to come alive—every car trembled as if "boiling" from within.

Holding the Allspark, Lorien lightly tapped it against the hood of his Ferrari.

Ding~

He set it down on the hood.

A wave of metal ripples spread out from the Allspark, surging across the car’s body like ocean waves.

Lorien stepped back a few paces.

Ding Ding

The Ferrari began to transform. The wheels folded inward. The engine shifted to the chest. The doors reformed into razor-sharp blades along the arms. The transmission system reconfigured into legs.

Under Lorien’s watchful eyes, the Ferrari completed its transformation—standing before him as a nine-meter-tall, fiery red, phoenix-like Transformer.

Clang!

Its faceplate opened, and the giant knelt on one knee, holding the Allspark in both hands as it spoke in a deep, resonant voice.

"Thank you, Creator, for granting me life!"

Lorien took the Allspark back and tossed it into his System Space.

"From now on, call me boss. ’Master’ is for girls to say, not you."

"Yes, boss!" The Transformer remained kneeling. "Please grant me a name, boss."

A name... The Ferrari’s fiery red color burned like a flame. Since this world didn’t have a Jetfire, Lorien nodded and decided.

"Jetfire."

"Understood!"

...

After naming it, Lorien walked around Jetfire, inspecting its details. Interestingly, there was no Transformers insignia—meaning it was neither Autobot nor Decepticon.

But Lorien did find something else—his own name, engraved neatly on its body.

[Lorien Su]

The engraving was beautifully done, and Lorien was thoroughly satisfied. This was his Transformer—his and his alone.

Jetfire would obey only his orders.

With the engine roaring to life, the newly transformed Ferrari—now even cooler, sleeker, and more powerful than before—drove out of the Northern Building’s underground garage and sped straight onto the highway.