Transformers: Leader's Proof - Fragile, but Hard to Kill

Chapter 18 The Chosen One on a Mission to Extremely Cold Regions

The first feeling upon exiting the land bridge was cold, a bone-chilling cold. Rosa liked this kind of cold; she found it comfortable. But for Bumblebee and Blockboard behind them, it was a different story. They shivered as soon as they stepped off the land bridge.

Bumblebee rubbed his arms and looked at Rosa. Rosa didn't seem to be in any discomfort, which puzzled Bumblebee.

Thanks to the solver's characteristic of continuously heating up and requiring energy to cool down to prevent it from exploding and dying, Rosa felt that the solver heated up much more slowly here. Moreover, the environment here was just like her hometown, and she really liked it and didn't feel cold at all.

The partition took out the detector. The wind was too strong here. This time they did not transform. Although they could move faster when they transformed, the wind was stronger and the temperature dropped faster. They could only walk slowly in the snow.

The baffle blocked most of the wind with its massive body, Bumblebee followed behind him, and then Rosa.

They walked on the snow for a long time when Bumblebee seemed to suddenly remember something and turned back to Rosa, asking her to move closer to the partition so that she would be less exposed to the wind.

As Bumblebee stepped back a little to make room for Rosa, the ground suddenly collapsed, creating a hole. Rosa reacted quickly and grabbed Bumblebee, preventing him from falling.

With a "buzz," Bumblebee used the momentum to stand up straight, thanking Rosa, but he didn't let go of Rosa's hand. Bumblebee looked at Rosa with some confusion.

"What's wrong?" Hearing the noise, the person behind the partition turned around to look at the two machines.

"Buzz... Beep!" Rosa's hands... are so hot! Hearing this, the person in the partition leaned over in confusion and touched Rosa's arm, also finding it very hot. Perhaps this was related to the relatively low temperature they were in, but it was so cold here, and they had been walking for a long time, yet Rosa's temperature was still so high, which was abnormal.

"Let's hurry up and go back to get the ambulance to check on us." Bumblebee nodded and continued walking towards the coordinates together.

The main reason was that the remaining distance was not far. The partition first reported the situation to the ambulance. After walking a few steps and going down a short distance, they saw the huge iron ball frozen in ice.

"We've found the ambulance."

——Autobot Base——

"My God, this is unbelievable. Your temperature is almost the same as before you went to the Arctic." The ambulance driver picked up the equipment to test Rosa again. He wanted to complain; wasn't Rosa being tested a little too frequently lately?

"Now, just to be safe, get me to the freezer." The ambulance put away its equipment and casually pushed the partition next to it, which was trying to stand up, back down.

"I told you I'm fine, ambulance." The partition removed the tubes used for the de-freezing procedure from his body, and then the ambulance forced him to sit down.

"The only way to ensure your safety is through standard defrosting procedures, including the partition. Prolonged hypothermia will cause permanent damage to the system! And also!" The ambulance frowned at Rosa, who was currently consuming the energy body she had retrieved from the subspace.

"Get me to the freezer! Prolonged high temperatures can cause permanent damage to the system." Rosa shrugged helplessly. "Don't worry, the temperature will go down after I eat something." Rosa said while chewing on an energy drink. Ambulance sighed, realizing that Rosa didn't have a cooling fan. How come he had subconsciously assumed that everyone had this function and completely overlooked it before?

He knew Rosa was special, but now she seemed even more special.

"Any new discoveries?" Optimus Prime asked the ambulance about what they had found in the Arctic.

"Not yet, the capsule can't be opened while it's frozen." He then went to prepare to debug the equipment for a full scan of Rosa.

...

At this moment, something is awakening from its frozen state...

Meanwhile, Optimus Prime and Arcee prepared to go to the Arctic again to see if they could find any clues.

"Remember," the ambulance instructed as it adjusted the temperature monitoring equipment for Optimus Prime and Arcee, "that when your core temperature drops to blue, system failure is not just possible, it's imminent."

"Can't we really let Rosa go too? She's the chosen one to go to the extreme cold." Arcee looked at Rosa. Rosa also missed the temperature back home, and the temperature wouldn't have any adverse effects on her. In fact, she wanted to go too.

“I’m sorry, but I think Rosa needs a comprehensive evaluation rather than finding a more suitable candidate for the mission.” Optimus Prime said, after all, they had never seen a Cybertronian like Rosa before… a TF who could generate heat in extreme cold and not explode in normal temperatures. She seemed to be born for extreme cold environments.

Rosa nodded in understanding.

At this time, Bumblebee and the partition returned carrying Maggie, Raffi, and Jack. After a defrost, they should be fine.

"Did you miss us?" Meiqi clung to the partition door and got out of the partition vehicle.

"Oh," the ambulance driver looked away with a hint of disdain, "Why aren't they at school?"

"It's Saturday today~ Everyone has the weekend off! I'll spend it with you~" Meiqi walked straight past the ambulance and happily sat down on the sofa.

“I didn’t expect to carpool. What’s wrong, Arcee?” Jack was a little surprised that Arcee hadn’t come to pick him up. Arcee explained that she was going to the Arctic on a mission. Raffi wanted to see the snow, but Optimus Prime told him that the Arctic environment was too harsh, but he could bring back a snowball.

As the group watched Optimus Prime and Arcee leave, just as the ambulance was about to close the land bridge, the control panel exploded—literally.

"Oh my god." The ambulance looked at the land bridge control panel and called out to Bumblebee and the partition, who were about to play with Raffi and the others, to come and help.

“You can’t order us around just because the boss isn’t home.” The partition showed the ambulance trying to adjust the land bridge switch.

“I need help. The land bridge is broken. Rosa, go get some tools and repair materials from where they are stored.” Rosa nodded and turned to go to the warehouse.

I rummaged through the warehouse where repair materials were kept, took some, and prepared to leave.

It was quite strange; for some reason, some of the metal materials seemed to have been bitten by something. Rosa finally found something usable, but suddenly, she felt a gaze. She glanced up with her blue eyes, saw nothing, and thought it was just her imagination, so she left.

On the way back to the lobby, I ran into an unexpected person, Raffi.

"Weren't you in the lobby?" Rosa asked, somewhat puzzled, when she saw Laffey. Laffey turned around, and Rosa then noticed that Laffey was holding something that looked like a small insect.