Arnold's question was foolish.

When he pulled up the data about the Ancient Blue Star from the base's database, he was taken aback.

"This Ancient Blue Star was actually the capital of the Human Imperial thousands of years ago? No wonder it sounded so familiar to me.

However, the Ancient Blue Star was sealed by the upper echelons of the Human Imperial thousands of years ago, prohibiting everyone from entering, which is why over the years, fewer and fewer people have visited the Ancient Blue Star.

Holy Terra. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The capital of the current empire is located at the center of the Galaxy and is also called Holy Terra."

Arnold handed the data to Baiyu.

Afterwards.

He suddenly asked, "Why are you asking about this? The Ancient Blue Star is sealed by the empire, and no one can enter it."

Baiyu shook his head, "I just wanted to understand a bit. I'm an ancient historian."

"Historian?"

This was the first time Arnold had encountered such a profession, but the universe is vast, and nothing is surprising. He was just slightly taken aback, but quickly put it out of his mind.

After chatting with Baiyu for a while.

Arnold shifted the topic back to the issue of dealing with the Mechanical Insect Race's assault.

Although Baiyu had wiped out nearly four hundred mechanical insects at once, the last near-surface landing deployed thousands of mechanical insects.

And even if these insect swarms were eradicated,

who knows if the warships of the Mechanical Race above would deploy land forces again.

These land forces, combined with near-surface bombardment, are nearly unbeatable in ground warfare.

"I think the base should enter a dormant state, conserve strength, and reduce the chances of being detected by the Mechanical Race. We can wait for the interstellar Wandering God's forces you mentioned to arrive."

Baiyu offered his suggested approach.

Arnold pondered for a while and felt that under the current circumstances, this plan indeed made sense. The only concern was that the Mechanical Insect Race had already detected this place, and they had likely reported the situation back to their warships.

The commanders of the Mechanical Race would surely not miss the opportunity to attack here.

However.

To protect the lives of so many people inside the base, the only option was to completely seal off the base.

Arnold quickly sealed the base.

The food reserves within the base, along with its own planting and breeding areas, could allow people to live inside for several years.

Of course.

This was under the presumption that the Mechanical Race did not launch a second attack.

In reality, just fifteen days later.

The Mechanical Race launched a second landing operation, accompanied by frequent near-surface orbital bombardments, dominating Wood Iron Star.

Their goal.

Was, of course, to kill all humans on Wood Iron Star.

Having lost several hundred mechanical insects, the Mechanical Race was clearly unwilling to let it go and aimed to eliminate all resistance on this planet.

This time.

The Mechanical Insect Race did not attack rashly immediately but maneuvered and probed above the base for a long time, eventually establishing a temporary War Fortress right on top of the base.

Then.

Came an intense firepower barrage.

This barrage blasted a deep pit on the surface of the base, even shaving off large patches of soil, exposing the base's steel outer walls.

After three days of continuous bombardment.

The mechanical insects finally launched a frontal assault, slicing through the steel outer walls with sharp lasers. One by one, the mechanical insects began to swarm into the melting point, but in the corridors, they encountered brutal resistance.

At this moment.

As the base was completely sealed off, the corridors within the base were filled with various terrifying weapons. Once the mechanical insect swarms entered the corridors, they were bombarded endlessly by these weapons.

Faced with life and death.

Arnold did not dare to be negligent.

All of the base's mass destruction weapons were brought to bear, without reservation.

In these circumstances.

The mechanical insect swarm instantly lost dozens, and upon seeing the many mechanical insect corpses lying everywhere on the ground, the swarm grew furious.

One after another.

Each insect began to quiver and, soon after, grouped together, ultimately forming a massive mechanical insect warrior.

The moment it was formed.

The walls on either side of the base collapsed with a thunderous crash, the alloy walls twisting and losing their original shape.

Baiyu had not expected this at all.

The swarm of the Mechanical Race could actually combine into a Mecha Warrior.

At this moment.

The weapons that were effective against the mechanical insect swarm previously had no impact at all against this Mecha Warrior.

Meanwhile, the remaining mechanical insects.

Hiding behind this gigantic steel monster, began wreaking havoc on the base.

In the command room.

Arnold saw this and his eyes were resolute, his expression without hesitation, as he pressed the red button next to his control console.

Baiyu had previously confirmed.

This button was akin to a self-destruction device; the entire base had a multi-layered structure, and by pressing this button, a section of the base could be detonated, destroying everything inside.

Instantly.

Baiyu saw the giant monitor in the command center enveloped by a dazzling white light.

Followed immediately.

By a deafening explosion.

The upper twenty floors of the base, under this terrifying white light, were obliterated instantly, and everything inside vanished along with these twenty layers of structures.

The solid mechanical insect swarms were blown into countless fragments, scattered across the surrounding soil.

In the face of such a terrifying explosion.

The ground above the base was completely blown open, turning what was once a densely forested area into a barren wasteland.

Such a violent explosion.

Effectively curbed the advance of the Mechanical Race.

However.

At this moment, Arnold's expression showed no relief: "This is just the first wave. Subsequently, the attacks from the Mechanical Race will grow stronger, with most of the planetary force being the Mechanical Race's armies. Once they clear other areas, every unit will converge here."

Arnold knew very well.

That they were merely stalling for time.

Most of the Mechanical Race was stationed on the warships in near-surface orbit, and once they realized the prolonged resistance here, they would deploy more advanced units.

The only good news is.

Most of the Mechanical Race's forces are also tied up in the main battlefields within the Tornado Star Realm. While Wood Iron Star is on the fringes of the Tornado Star Realm, it is not in the eye of the conflict's storm.

Rather, it is close to the periphery.

Only a small part of the Mechanical Race's army and a fleet are in near-surface orbit. Earlier, the Planet Governor's forces clashed with this Mechanical Race fleet. Although the Planet Governor's forces were completely wiped out and he himself died heroically,

the Mechanical Race's forces also suffered heavy losses in that battle.

This is why the base that Arnold is stationed in has a chance of survival. Relying on the strategic depth of the entire Wood Iron Star and the defensive works they are familiar with, they can survive amidst this horrifying mechanical monstrosity swarm.