Qian Chengxue, seeing that things were more or less settled, said to Su Mo, "Su Mo, let's go in too."

"Alright!"

Su Mo didn't hesitate in the slightest, piloting the Mad Eye Ragnahawk towards Ceres.

Soon, they entered Ceres' atmosphere.

...

Ceres, Thunderous Base.

The entire base was blanketed by countless infected and distorted Kijuu, grotesque insects, and ferocious flying Variants, like a dark cloud.

The Thunderous Base's pride, the Thunderous Barrier, had also been completely torn apart.

At this moment, countless artillery shells were pouring out of the Thunderous Base.

The dense firepower rose like brilliant starlight, illuminating the obscured sky.

Countless monsters were blasted into slag, turning into a rain of blood that fell from the sky.

At the outer perimeter of the Thunderous Base...

As far as the eye could see, dense masses of various monsters surged forward like locusts.

At this moment, the pitch-black gun barrels extending from the surface of the Thunderous Base were unleashing a furious barrage of firepower.

Dense rain of bullets and beams of light fell into the tide, and swaths of monsters collapsed.

And from time to time, nuclear warhead missiles were launched, interspersed, falling into the monster tide.

Boom!

Small mushroom clouds rose one after another.

Terrifying shockwaves swept through the area, scattering the dense tide of monsters.

Unfortunately, it was useless. The next moment, more monsters surged up, trampling over the corpses.

At this time, mechs charged forward, engaging in a frenzied melee with the monsters. These mechs consisted of the Thunderous Base's regular defense forces, as well as those from the Federation and other countries, all fighting together.

In the public communications channel, the roars of the captains echoed.

"Hold those monsters back! Don't let them break through, even if it means death!"

"Yes!"

...

However, more and more monsters surged forward, and their own companions fell one by one.

The firepower from behind the Thunderous Base grew weaker and weaker.

As a result, on the western side of the Thunderous Base, a group of monsters, enduring the intense firepower, pounced on the mechs one by one, tearing them apart!

"Ah!"

Cries of agony rang out.

"West Sector 4's defense line has been breached! Requesting backup!"

The sergeant in charge of guarding the west sector roared hysterically.

Inside the command center of the Thunderous Base...

Operators reported in terror.

"Lord Byerly, West Sector 4's outer defense line has been breached!"

"A large number of monsters have also broken through the air defense network."

...

One bad news after another was reported.

Byerly clenched his right hand tightly, his knuckles cracking. He was extremely unwilling.

The Thunderous Base had been holding out for so long. If they could just hold on a little longer, they might be able to wait for reinforcements. But now, their ammunition was almost exhausted, and the building was about to collapse!

"Lord Byerly, what should we do now? We really can't hold on! Should we consider abandoning the Thunderous Base and moving somewhere else?"

His adjutant asked anxiously.

Byerly raised his head and interrupted his adjutant, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice.

"Don't say anymore! We will stay as long as the Thunderous Base is here! If the Thunderous Base falls, there's no point for us to exist!"

Everyone present stiffened upon hearing Byerly's words, and replied solemnly.

"Understood! We swear to live and die with the Thunderous Base!"

Just as everyone was prepared to die, dark clouds suddenly covered the sky, and countless ships pierced through the clouds and appeared.

At the same time, countless mechs charged down, led by the Mad Eye Ragnahawk.

Su Mo gave an order.

"Kill!"

Countless mechs began to fight the Variants in the sky.

At the same time, a large number of ships opened their launch bays, and countless missiles and dense beams of light fell towards the area around the Thunderous Base.

Rumble!

In an instant, the monster tide was swept away.

At this moment, everyone defending the Thunderous Base was dumbfounded. When they saw that it was friendly forces, they shouted excitedly.

"It's reinforcements! It's reinforcements!"

"Reinforcements!"

Many people couldn't help but shed tears. They had persisted for so long, and finally the reinforcements had arrived.

...

Inside the command center of the Thunderous Base, Byerly looked at the suddenly appearing reinforcements, his heart trembled, and then he slowly sat back down in his command chair.

His tense nerves relaxed at that moment, and an endless sense of fatigue surged over him.

"Commander, are you alright?"

Byerly's adjutant hurriedly asked with concern.

"I'm fine. Quickly counterattack and defeat the monster tide!"

Byerly ordered, forcing himself to stay awake.

"Yes!"

...

More than three hours later, under the firepower of Su Mo and the other reinforcements, the monster tide besieging the Thunderous Base collapsed.

The crisis was slowly being resolved.

At this time, damaged ships began to land near the Thunderous Base.

Undamaged ships hovered above the Thunderous Base.

Su Mo piloted the Mad Eye Ragnahawk to land at the main gate of the Thunderous Base. At this time, Byerly rushed over with a large number of officers.

He saluted Su Mo.

"Lord Su Mo."

"What are the casualties?"

Su Mo opened the cockpit, jumped down, and asked with concern.

"The casualties are very heavy, but you came just in time. If you had been any later, the Thunderous Base really wouldn't have been able to hold out."

"You've worked hard."

Su Mo patted Byerly's shoulder with a heavy heart.

At this time, not far away, excited, choked voices could be heard.

Su Mo turned his head to look and saw that the people who had come to support from various countries were excitedly embracing their companions who had been trapped here.

Seeing this scene, Su Mo said to Byerly, "Many of the troops that broke through this time brought supplies and provisions. You can ask them for some. There are too many monsters entrenched on the surface of Ceres right now. It's almost impossible to break out, so it's safer here."

"We understand."

Byerly nodded.

"I won't talk to you for now. I'm going to take care of something."

Su Mo said.

"Alright!"

Byerly saluted Su Mo.

Su Mo walked towards a place not far away, where Auglas was talking to Keeman, the highest-ranking official left behind by the Federation at the Thunderous Base.

"What is the situation with the Federation's forces at the Thunderous Base?"

Su Mo walked over and asked directly.

Keeman saw Su Mo and hurriedly saluted respectfully: "Lord Su Mo, the Federation forces stationed at the Thunderous Base have suffered about a quarter of casualties, but fortunately, the logistics personnel and the large amount of resources mined are still here."

"A quarter? That's a very heavy loss!"

Su Mo was filled with grief. Every single death was a huge loss.

"There's nothing we can do about it. If we hadn't intervened, this Thunderous Base would have collapsed long ago."

Keeman said with a wry smile.

At this time, Auglas comforted him in a deep voice: "You did the right thing. As for the sacrifices, that's just something that can't be avoided. You guys should quickly resupply and recuperate while we're still here."

"Are you going somewhere else?"

Keeman asked in surprise.

"Of course. You didn't think that so many troops were here just to support the Thunderous Base, did you? We're not that extravagant. We just concentrated our firepower to break through."

Su Mo said simply.

"I understand."

Keeman immediately realized.

Su Mo then turned to Auglas and said, "I'll leave the cleanup to you. I'm going to walk around. If anything happens, come find me."

"Alright!"

Auglas nodded in agreement.