Transformers: Survival of Defective Products

Chapter 64 You trust me far too much!

After the door closed again, the room was quiet for a while.

Master Tai first raised his hand and pushed aside a small hidden compartment on the wall in front of him, revealing an older projection panel behind it. The projection panel was not large, and it didn't have many fancy things on it. A row of ancient permission symbols that were not easy to understand hung on it.

She remained seated, neither urging nor asking questions. When Orian was ushered out, she realized that what followed wouldn't be a casual conversation.

Master Titanium glanced at her and began to speak slowly.

"There's a separate, isolated storage room in the archives," he said. "It's not open to the public, and it's not accessible to the general public. Inside, there are some old files, as well as important relics, core devices, and artifacts preserved from various dynasties."

The vector listened and watched him quietly.

Master Titanium continued.

"One of them is called the Hammer of the Pride of the Warriors."

The moment the name was mentioned, the atmosphere in the room changed. The vector optical mirror retracted slightly, but remained silent.

"It is a divine artifact forged by Sai Tianjiao, one of the thirteen primordial ancestors," Master Tai said. "Its main body is a hammer, but it is not just a weapon. It is also a forging tool, capable of repairing divine artifacts and reshaping and forging new ones. At the same time, it also contains extremely strong energy, something that cannot be touched by ordinary functions or activated by ordinary permissions."

Master Titanium paused for a moment before continuing, "The Hammer of the Pride of the World will only respond to a true leader."

Finally, the vector expert spoke up: "So it's still sealed in the archives?"

"Yes," Master Titanium nodded, "It's still there."

She stared at the titanium craftsman, not in a hurry to answer, waiting for him to continue.

Sure enough, Titanium Master quickly continued, "I've already made arrangements. It will be transferred out of Cybertron and sent to another planet soon."

Yin Xiang's eyebrows twitched slightly. Since the other party hadn't brought it up, she wisely refrained from asking further.

Master Titanium didn't mention the name of the planet, but continued, "Once it arrives there, it will be fixed at a specific coordinate and properly sealed away. Unless it is retrieved when necessary, it will not easily reappear in the world."

At this point, he finally looked back at the gravitational vector.

His gaze was as gentle as usual, but it carried a hint of heaviness compared to before.

"I want to entrust this to you."

The vector was taking a sip of energy liquid to soothe his throat when he heard this, and he froze on the spot, almost choking on the liquid.

She managed to suppress it, but her throat still trembled slightly, and her expression was unusually blank when she looked up.

"...What did you say?"

Master Titanium looked at her, his tone unchanged.

"I'm not handing you the hammer itself," he said. "You can't use it now. But I'm going to give you its fixed coordinates on that planet, how it's stored, and how to activate it later."

Yin Vector stared at him for two seconds, trying to make sure he hadn't misheard.

Then she put down the energy liquid in her hand and her first reaction was to frown very directly.

"Why give it to me?" she asked quickly and earnestly.

"Isn't this thing very important?" She looked at the titanium craftsman, her tone even more direct than before. "Why did you entrust something so important to me?"

Master Titanium watched her quietly, waiting for her to finish speaking.

The vector will appear in the next sentence in the next second.

"And this isn't just about giving me a message," she said. "You're essentially dumping a huge responsibility on me."

She paused for a moment, then voiced her most direct question.

Why do you trust me so much?

The room fell silent for a moment.

Master Titanium looked at her, his eyes gentle and a slight smile on his lips.

The vector itself hadn't stopped, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that this thing was too much.

"I'm not saying I'm unwilling to take it." She took a deep breath, her tone becoming more serious. "If you're truly entrusting this to me seriously, I won't pretend I don't understand. But the problem is, this thing is so heavy, and we've only known each other for a short time. What makes you think you can entrust it to me?"

Only then did Master Titanium finally speak.

"Because you can handle it."

He spoke so naturally that even the vector was momentarily stunned.

Master Titanium continued, "You are not a leader, and the Hammer of the Pride of the World will not be fully activated for you under normal circumstances."

Yin Xiang frowned subconsciously: "So you just said you were entrusting it to me..."

"I'm referring to the coordinates, the save method, the activation method, and one additional permission."

Master Titanium looked at her and slowly said, "After it is transferred to that planet, you will be the only one who knows its exact coordinates. I will also teach you its preservation rules and awakening methods."

The more I listened to the vector, the tighter my brain felt.

She thought it was heavy enough, but now she realizes the other person hasn't finished speaking.

Seeing that she was clearly too shocked to speak, Master Titanium continued.

"In addition, I will grant you one temporary special permission," he said. "Even when you are not in a leadership position, the Hammer of the Pride will still respond to you once."

The vector was truly silent this time.

She looked at Master Titanium, speechless for a long time.

It took her a while to fully process what she had just heard, her expression a complex mix of emotions.

"……once?"

"Yes," Master Titanium nodded, "Only once."

"So, even if I'm not the user it recognizes, it will still grant me access at some point?"

"That's one way to understand it."

He raised his hand and pressed his forehead.

She really wants to confirm whether she forgot to check the almanac when she left home today.

First, Orion led her all the way to the members of the Supreme Council, and then they talked to her layer by layer until this point. Now, the other party is telling her that he will give her the future coordinates of an ancestral artifact, the method of safekeeping, and the right to use it exceptionally once.

This level of trust is almost ridiculously heavy.

She looked up at Master Titanium, her tone more serious than before: "You're placing far too much trust in me, sir."

Upon hearing this, Master Titanium chuckled softly.

"I didn't do this on a whim," he said. "nor did I just hand you everything because Orian brought you here."

He stared at the vector, his gaze never leaving it.

"Orion trusts you. But I'll decide for myself whether or not to hand things over to you."

The vector listened quietly, still reeling from the shock.

Master Titanium continued, "You're a very cautious child, and you know your boundaries. You say what needs to be said politely, and you never say anything that shouldn't be said. You have your own judgment and a sense of propriety. More importantly, you don't think about how to take advantage of any benefit you receive."

He paused for a moment before finishing the last sentence.

"Your first thought is responsibility, your first question is why you deserve it, why they trust you," Master Titanium said, looking at her. "That's enough."

Yin Xiang stared at him, the fire in his chest pounding wildly.

The other person wasn't just saying nice things; they were genuinely judging her, and they had already finished judging her.

Master Titanium spoke calmly.

"I've lived long enough and seen enough machines," he said. "I can tell who will mess things up, who will abuse them, and who will only think of themselves first when they get something. You're not that kind of machine."

After a moment of silence, the vector finally whispered, "Even so, it's still too heavy."

"It is heavy that should be entrusted to a machine that knows its weight."

The air became completely still.

Yin Vector looked at Master Titanium for a long while before slowly exhaling.

She no longer hesitated to accept the call, but pondered how to do so in a way that wouldn't be a waste of its significance.

Finally, she steadily turned her gaze back to the other person, her tone sincere.

"If you are truly serious about entrusting this to me," she said, "then I will accept it."

She sighed and finally swallowed back the liquid that had choked her.

"I am indeed curious about such a magical artifact, but I am willing to take on this responsibility because I listened carefully to what you just said."

Master Titanium did not interrupt.

Vector continued, "I may not understand yet why you entrusted this to me. But if you have already made your judgment, then I will live up to your trust."

After saying that, she was silent for two seconds.

Then he honestly added a sentence.

"Of course, I still find all of this shocking."

Upon hearing this, Master Titanium couldn't hide the smile in his eyes.

"Shock is normal," he said. "If I wasn't shocked at all, I'd have to rethink whether I'd made the wrong choice."

Finally, the vector was twitched at the corner of its mouth by this sentence.

Master Titanium looked at her, his tone returning to a steady calm.

"Next, I will tell you everything I need to know," he said. "How to record coordinates, how to enable permissions, what the saving rules are, under what circumstances it can be woken up, and under what circumstances it must never be touched—I will explain all of that to you."

"As for that special access," he paused, "I hope you never have to use it. But when you really need to activate it, you'll know what to do."

The vector nodded without shirking responsibility; she knew she was taking on coordinates and responsibilities, not power itself.