"Even when an eighth-level civilization fights a ninth-level one, it can push the War Hammer Federation to the brink of collapse. A Mechanical Civilization is no easy opponent to deal with.
"If the opponent were a Level 9 Mechanical Civilization, there's no telling how long the War Hammer Federation could hold out.
"And simply wiping one out would hardly be an easy task."
Wu Baiyi said in exasperation.
Shi Zunhou chuckled and said dismissively, "No matter how powerful a Mechanical Civilization is, could it really be stronger than an insect race of the same level?
"The Sky Peng Horizontal should be able to handle a Level 9 insect race by now.
"So wiping out a Level 9 Mechanical Civilization should be no problem either!"
Wu Baiyi was momentarily at a loss for words.
Was Shi Zunhou wrong?
Of course not.
The insect races' reputation for being invincible against opponents of the same level had been earned through countless hard lessons. It was a consensus among all the advanced civilizations.
No matter how powerful a Mechanical Civilization was, it couldn't be stronger than an insect race of the same level.
But to say that Shi Zunhou was entirely right would not be quite accurate either.
After all, an insect race wasn't a civilization in the conventional sense.
It followed a path similar to that of a wandering civilization, almost never remaining in any one region of space for long.
It sustained itself through war, which, in a sense, was like water without a source.
A Mechanical Civilization, on the other hand, was a proper civilization.
Advanced Mechanical Civilizations could often control vast regions of space and had 123 exceptionally powerful production capabilities, allowing them to sustain lengthy wars of attrition.
Even for an insect race of the same level, defeating a