socalfunplaces Chapter 108 remains unchanged and has not been deleted.
Chapter 108 remains unchanged and has not been deleted.
(This chapter is still told from a third-person perspective, but it leans towards a sound wave perspective and ideas.)
The idea of removing the emotion module first came to Shengbo during a routine data processing session.
The Decepticons' channels are expanding.
Kalon, Qingqiu City, Moye Heavenly City, Tulak Defense Line, and more nodes have begun to respond.
The logo was engraved on the outer armor, the identification code was written into the communication channel, the number of supporters increased, and the cooperation lines became longer and longer.
Megatron needs a more stable intelligence network.
The Decepticons need a more efficient execution system.
Sound waves always know where they are best suited to be.
Listen, filter, record, judge, provide feedback, and execute.
For him, loyalty is not a slogan; it is a continuously functioning system.
The more stable the system, the lower the error.
Emotions are one of the sources of error.
This decision remained in his processor for a long time before it was put into the executable.
[Removing the emotion module: can reduce non-task-related fluctuations.]
[Predicted Result: Stability is expected to improve.]
The probability of loyalty shifting has been reduced.
[Execution efficiency has increased.]
The data looks impressive, but it's like a knife without warmth.
Soundwave reported the plan to Megatron.
Megatron didn't speak immediately after reading it. He placed his red optical lens on Soundwave and paused for a moment.
Are you sure?
The sound wave replied: "Probability of confirmation: High."
Megatron neither stopped them nor gave them orders; he simply said, "Then do it."
This sentence was recorded by the sound waves, and he received tacit approval.
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Before the formal execution, the sound waves were still connected to the gravitational vector.
From a procedural standpoint, this is not a necessary step.
She is not a Decepticon member, nor is she the technology executor or the person who authorized the surgery.
But the sound waves still turned on her private frequency.
He wrote an explanation for this behavior.
[Those involved with important variables must be notified in advance.]
The explanation was logically sound, but not precise enough, because he was waiting for her reaction and hadn't categorized the matter itself.
The vector responded quickly, and the tone was sharp.
【Can't.】
Soundwave looked at these three words.
The judgment is clear, the emotions are strong, and the degree of rejection is extremely high.
She then sent more.
The emotional module is not an unnecessary component.
It's not something that can be easily dismantled for the sake of efficiency, faction, loyalty, or any seemingly grand reason.
The absence of emotion can also impair judgment.
Do you think that logic alone makes something complete? That's not complete; it's missing a crucial input element.
The emotional module is part of your understanding of the world, and also part of you as an independent individual.
You can't cut a piece off yourself and then say it's more suitable for loyalty.
Each sentence is archived by the sound waves, and its priority is automatically increased.
When she spoke, there was a noticeable fluctuation in the spark level of her sound waves.
Data records show:
[Note: Offset is not related to the task.]
Increased processor usage.
[The emotion module is experiencing an error.]
[Reason: Vector input.]
He looked at the last line but didn't make any changes.
The last sentence sent by the vector was more important than all the previous ones.
If the Decepticons require you to remove your Emotion Module to prove your loyalty, then they were wrong from the start.
The sound waves stopped for a long time.
This statement offended both the Decepticons and Megatron. Normally, he should have refuted it, but he didn't.
He simply noted it down and then replied: "I'll consider it."
He did consider it, and it took him a long time.
The plan was repeatedly tested, and opposing opinions were incorporated into the model multiple times. Every sentence in the vector was broken down, analyzed, and compared.
The result hasn't changed; in fact, it's become clearer.
Her objection was recorded as a top priority by him.
For this reason, it became the most obvious source of interference.
The more important she is, the greater the variables.
The larger the variable, the more it needs to be handled.
The sound waves were unaware that something was amiss.
He was simply trying to stabilize the system in the way he was most familiar with.
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I met him before I could even integrate the outer armor.
He looked at the modification plan submitted by Shengbo, unusually refraining from commenting on the lines and color scheme first: "Are you sure you want to do this?"
Soundwave: "Confirmed."
He glanced down at the plan, his fingertip hovering over the option to remove the "emotional module".
"This isn't just about repainting the outer armor," he said. "And it's not as simple as just changing the transmission port."
The sound waves did not respond.
She knocked him down and looked up at him: "Does she know?"
Soundwave: "I have informed you."
"She objects?"
"Yes."
The expression on his face immediately became subtle after being knocked down.
"Let me put it another way." He tossed the proposal aside. "You know she'll explode, right?"
The silence of sound waves provides a clearer answer than a reply.
He clicked his tongue lightly and said, "You knew, and you still did it?"
Sound wave: "Necessary."
He looked at him, as if he wanted to say something unpleasant, but in the end he crossed his arms and sneered, "Truly a Decepticon-style necessity."
The sound waves were not evaluated.
Knockout continued, "I'm in charge of the subsequent integration of the outer armor and the adaptation of the transmission ports. Module removal isn't my job; Shockwave will handle that."
"clear."
"And one more thing," Knockdown paused, "she'll be very sad."
The facial display on the sound wave remained completely still: "It has been included in the prediction."
He looked down at him and said, "That's even worse."
The sound waves still did not respond.
In his model, "sadness" is a predicted outcome, but this is not the same as the termination condition of the plan.
This was the most complete, and also the worst, judgment he could give at the time.
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The removal process was quiet and orderly.
The sound waves did not produce a significant resistance response.
The medical arm descends, the fixation device engages, and the connection between the emotional module and the main circuit is severed layer by layer.
Many feedback responses disappeared simultaneously.
Discomfort is reduced, noise is reduced, and unnecessary fluctuations are reduced; the world is like being recompressed into a clearer data stream.
The sound wave system briefly paused once when the emotion module was completely removed.
unknown reason.
The module was placed in a tray and was no longer connected to its main body. According to the original plan, it should have been disposed of as a scrap component.
But Soundwave looked at that module.
One second, two seconds... ten seconds.
The deletion prompt appears for the first time: "[Destroy unused components?]"
Sound wave selection: No.
A second prompt appears: "[Enter the recycling queue?]"
No.
A third prompt appeared: "[Should we seal this as a regular backup sample?]"
No.
He raised his hand and took the module out of the tray.
There is no sufficient logical reasoning.
It no longer performs its original function; it carries records of past sources of interference, and there is no need to retain them.
The sound waves still didn't subside.
He equipped it with the highest level of small-scale storage devices—constant temperature, shockproof, anti-magnetic interference, independent power supply, regular self-checks, and automatic alerts for abnormal status.
This specification is far higher than that of ordinary disassembly components, which seems unnecessary.
The sound wave paused on the file name, and finally entered:
[Emotional Module/Original Component/Non-Destructible]
The system failed to process the request after the words "cannot be destroyed" appeared.
Please confirm the reason why it cannot be destroyed.
The sound waves froze.
Reason? There is no clear reason.
He stared at the module lying quietly inside the transparent protective layer, without making any input for a long time.
Finally, he bypassed the reason field and directly confirmed using the highest level of privileges.
The storage device shut down, the protective layer lit up, and the module was completely sealed.
The sound wave stood in front of it and watched for a long time.
He didn't know why, but he didn't make any changes.
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The modification of the machine was completed later.
The outer armor was reorganized, with dark purple and black covering the main torso, and new armor was installed on the chest where the emotion module was originally connected.
The shoulder structure extends into two long, sharp, wing-like exoskeletons, used for shielding, receiving, and assisting in signal capture.
The arms have been modified to be thinner and longer, and the claws are adapted for precision operations and close-quarters defense.
Reduce weight in the legs and strengthen the toes.
The purple energy patterns were transformed into a more direct data processing loop.
Four extendable mechanical tentacles are attached to his back and waist structure.
It can operate independently, extend and connect to terminals, decipher and capture data, and can also be used as a defense and restraint tool when necessary.
This is a more suitable machine for the Decepticons—more efficient, sharper, and less visible.
Soundwave looked at the test results after the modification was completed.
All items passed.
After the emotion module was removed, the main system ran stably, but there were still intermittent fluctuations at the spark level.
The records show:
[Residual reaction.]
[Not completely cleared.]
Sound waves accepted this statement.
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When the sound wave arrives, it is already known.
In that frequency band, her sentences were very short.
【Where are you.】
As soon as Shengbo saw those three words, access was granted before her next message.
She arrived quickly.
The speed is higher than usual, the energy cycle is disordered, the magnetic gravitational field fluctuations increase, and the local temperature of the outer armor rises.
The anger was obvious; the pain was also obvious.
The sound waves remained inside the room, without moving away.
The door opened, she rushed in, and then stopped.
She saw his new machine, the armor sealed off his chest, and then the spot where the emotion module had originally been.
The sound waves recorded that her looping sound was out of order.
She said, "You really picked it."
The sound wave replied, "Completed."
He is presenting facts, and facts are usually the most reliable.
But this time, the reality escalated her painful reaction.
She rushed in front of him, grabbed the edge of his breastplate, and placed her other hand on the newly modified outer armor on his waist.
The sound waves were not stopped.
Her fingers were strong, but not enough to cause injury; there was no need to avoid or push her away.
I said no.
Soundwave looked at her: "You expressed your opposition."
This is also true, but her emotions suddenly became volatile.
"That wasn't an expression of opposition!"
She yelled, "I told you not to do that! I told you not to cut yourself off!"
The sound waves did not recede.
Her body showed signs of temporary imbalance due to the emotional shock.
Before he could make a judgment, he raised his hand, placed it behind her shoulder, and steadied it.
The sound waves only record the action after it is completed.
To prevent falls.
The reasoning is valid, but incomplete.
"Why?" she asked. "Why did you do this?"
Sound waves provide the answer.
"Emotional interference has decreased."
She was still looking at him.
"Loyalty stability has been improved."
Her fingers tightened.
"Improved judgment efficiency."
After he finished speaking, the room fell silent for a moment, and then her voice lowered.
"Listen to what you're saying."
The sound waves began to replay their own words.
There are no grammatical errors, the logic is complete, and the objective is clear.
But her pain did not decrease; instead, it increased.
This means the answer is invalid or incorrect.
Sound waves cannot determine the wrong location.
"Soundwave, listen to what you're saying right now."
She repeated it again.
The sound waves were silenced.
Her optical lens was incredibly bright, as if something inside was about to burst out of control.
"Loyalty and stability?" She sneered.
The sound waves detected abnormal humidity at the edge of her optical lens.
"So what? Do you think that the less you are like yourself, the more valuable you are?"
"No." This was the fastest he had ever answered.
"What is that?"
The sound waves did not respond immediately.
He began searching.
For the Decepticons, for efficiency, for loyalty, to reduce variables, and to make themselves more stable.
These are all real reasons, but they are not enough to cover everything.
There's something else, but that part isn't labeled, can't be archived, he can't find the name, and he can't figure it out.
As Yin Vector watched his silence, his emotions continued to rise.
"Have you considered that this isn't an upgrade?"
"This isn't about changing the outer armor or the output ports; it's about making yourself more suitable for combat, more suitable for eavesdropping, and more suitable for the Decepticons!"
She raised her hand and patted his chest.
He could withstand that attack; he didn't dodge the sound wave, but the fluctuations at the level of the fire seed suddenly increased.
"This is a part of you!"
"You've removed a part of yourself!!"
The sound wave looked at her, then spoke: "The remnants of emotion still remain."
She was stunned.
The sound wave continued, "The fluctuations at the spark level have not been completely cleared."
This is the test result, and it's the closest he can come to the truth.
She seemed struck by those words, and the strength in her hand suddenly loosened a little.
"You know there's more."
Her voice softened: "You know you still have it, so why are you still doing it?"
The sound waves did not respond, not this time because there was no data.
There is too much data, but none of it can be considered an answer.
He remembered the "no" she had sent him before, and the emotional module he had saved in his device.
I remember knocking her down and saying it would make her very sad, my three times choosing no, and writing "not destructible" into the file name.
None of these can explain why.
At least it cannot be explained using the language he currently possesses.
Her voice suddenly stopped.
The acoustic wave detected that cleaning fluid had leaked from the optical mirror.
Exception, high priority.
He wanted to raise his hand to arrange the plans.
Wipe. No. High probability of crossing the line without permission.
Hug. No. The meaning of the gesture is unclear, and the probability of rejection is high.
Explanation: No. Negative feedback has been created.
Apologies. Search failed. Apology definition incomplete.
Intercept. No. Restricting freedom carries a high probability of causing harm.
Tracking. Delaying judgment.
Final decision: Stay.
She abruptly released him and took a step back: "I don't want to see you right now."
Soundwave watched her turn around, the door opened in front of her, and she walked out. Soundwave neither stopped her nor chased after her.
All action plans are feasible, but none of them can alleviate her pain.
The door closed, and the room fell silent again, as if nothing had happened.
Soundwave stood still, the four mechanical tentacles on his shoulders and waist not extending, and his hands remaining in their original positions.
The system records continue to be refreshed.
[Fluctuations at the level of the spark continue to rise.]
Reason: Not identified.
After a long while, he turned around and walked to the preservation device.
Inside the transparent protective layer, the emotional module lay quietly.
It should not have been retained according to the original plan.
The sound waves looked at it.
The deletion prompt did not pop up again because he had locked the permissions.
[Not for destruction.]
He didn't know why, and ultimately didn't make any changes.