Chapter 1271 - 355: Reinforcements (Part 3)

The star gate of the Mechanical Race... has been successfully activated.

Ripples appeared on that magnificent mirror-like membrane, and one complete Mechanical Race battleship after another was passing through the star gate into the star system being invaded by the Insect Race.

In just the blink of an eye, four newly appeared mother ships guarded the area around the star gate, protecting the star gate itself along with the mother ships already in the star system.

And within the mirror of the star gate, more and more Mechanical Race battleships were rapidly flying out, joining in this battle.

The reinforcements from the Mechanical Race seemed to hold significant deterrent power.

It seemed that the Mechanical Race had indeed arranged all their main forces here.

But Chen Ming was not afraid at all.

The quantity of his Insect Race fleet still overwhelmed the Mechanical Race, and the attack just released by the star gate was absolutely impossible to use a second time in a short period.

This conclusion was not only derived from Chen Ming based on the power and influence of this attack and the energy consumed.

More so, he could sense that the surrounding space was already unable to withstand another disruption after the recent turmoil.

Accurately speaking, it was already impossible to disrupt it once again.

The Mechanical Race wanted to replicate the previous spatial distortion unless they could forcibly smooth down the disturbed space.

Doing so is ten thousand times more difficult than disrupting space.

Therefore, Chen Ming was not the least bit anxious, continuing to let the Insect Race surge towards the star gate.

The behavior of the Insect Race became even more extreme from this moment on.

Many had already given up on attacking, given up on survival, just to allow themselves or their companions beside them to touch the star gate, to touch the mirror of the star gate.

It’s not just the star gate itself, but because behind the star gate is certainly another important star zone of the Mechanical Race.

If the Insect Race could spread there, then Chen Ming would gain more power, and the Mechanical Race would lose more opportunities.

And most importantly.

As long as the remnants or blood of the Insect Race could stain the star gate in the end, Chen Ming’s goal would already be achieved.

The fleet of the Insect Race continued to charge towards the star gate fearlessly, like a meat grinder shredding all lower and middle-class battleships of the Mechanical Race emerging from the star gate.

Then Chen Ming suddenly noticed a problem.

The materials of these battleships were off.

When attacking the Mechanical Race, Chen Ming often collected some materials from the Mechanical Race on purpose.

After all, until now he had been engaging in large-scale battles with the Mechanical Race, with large numbers of Mechanical Race and their battleships being destroyed each time.

And the main structure of the Mechanical Race is usually White Cloud Steel Alloy.

And due to issues of technological loss, the proportion of White Cloud Steel in the Mechanical Race’s alloy is usually in the teens percentage wise.

Therefore, collecting those Mechanical Race wreckages still has value, possibly supplementing some household supplies.

Even if it’s inconvenient to collect these materials, letting the Insect Race battleships consume them and digest them in battle could serve as sustaining power for some Insect Race battleships.

In this battle too, Chen Ming did the same as usual.

Then he discovered.

The material composition of these battleships emerging from the star gate was questionable, lacking certain components.

In this Mechanical Race star realm bordering the Empire’s Gallo Star Realm.

The majority of Mechanical Race units, whether ground units or battleships, use materials mostly sourced from the star systems in the nebula region Chen Ming was attacking at the moment.

Within this nebula environment, there exists a dust-like material peculiar to this nebula, which is suspended within it, forming the basis of this nebula, and is present in every corner of it.

Hence, everything within this nebula would internally mix with this special material, which incorporates into everything.

This special substance has effects somewhat similar to White Cloud Steel, making resources mined from this nebula of relatively higher quality than those from other places.

Therefore, the Mechanical Race usually wouldn’t actively remove this material, except when some precise components require purity.

And most of the manufactured items would carry this material.

Therefore, Chen Ming could distinguish which Mechanical Race entities were originally from this star realm and which were foreign.

So he kept pondering, where exactly the reinforcements of the Mechanical Race were.

Those foreign reinforcements wouldn’t have the mixing of this nebula’s unique material like this.

And now Chen Ming was certain.

The fleets emerging from the star gate were the foreign reinforcements of the Mechanical Race.

Yet this was just a regular fleet, although the fleet included four mother ships, along with over forty thousand cruisers from the star gate, mixed with more destroyers and guards.

In the Empire, it would be akin to a moderately developed star realm bringing out all its military forces.

This was a fleet with considerable comprehensive combat power.

But in Chen Ming’s view, it was completely meaningless, it didn’t hold the significance that made him so defensive.

Chen Ming was searching for the reinforcements of the Mechanical Race all along, constantly worrying if the reinforcements would possess strength beyond expectation.

If another Destruction or a slightly weaker Spine Peak Cannon appeared, it could potentially lead to a lopsided combat situation.

He was also worried that the reinforcements might suddenly appear while he engaged with the Mechanical Race, causing some important battles to fail.

Therefore, he had been preparing many contingencies.