I, a ship girl, am the savior of civilization.

Standing up, and having removed her ship gear to wear casual clothes, Laura showed no trace of her previous excitement and madness. Instead, she resembled a cheerful and energetic loli with delicate art style.

"If there's anything else you'd like to do, I suggest you take care of it in the next few days."

Are you leaving?

Looking up at the clouds, shrouded in the smoke of battle, Optimus Prime felt a pang of melancholy. On this planet Earth, he had sacrificed so much and been wounded so many times.

Now, is it finally time to leave?

"Yes, Laura will go to Cybertron for a few days first, and during that time, Earth will be free from you."

Yutiandi nodded as well: "I will also leave with Your Highness."

After saying that, Laura did not stay there any longer, but returned with Sentinel Prime to the main control pillar for activating the Space Bridge.

With his hand on the bridge, Sentinel Prime manipulated his masterpiece and activated the Space Bridge. A pillar of energy connected to the moon, and a spatial vortex large enough to encompass the entire moon appeared in the sky.

Compared to the Battle of Chicago, the activation of the Space Bridge truly shocked the world.

On the other side, the desolate and lifeless Cybertron appeared before Earthlings for the first time.

The steel city, twisted to the point of being almost grotesque, and abandoned war fortresses are everywhere, giving people in their comfort a violent visual shock.

If you use a good quality telescope, the layers of Cybertronian debris will be even clearer.

The Pentagon was thrown into chaos and panic three times in one day.

The troops that had just entered Chicago and recaptured lost territory were once again on high alert. Air Force units at the air base scrambled into the air, while the Hive frantically contacted Optimus Prime. What exactly were they planning to do?

When confronted with questions from the Americans, Optimus Prime simply replied with a single sentence.

"You want Cybertron to leave Earth, don't you? Well, this is our response."

58. Ironforge Database

Laura left Earth's affairs to Optimus Prime, and she wouldn't care what the U.S. military planned to do.

With such a massive Dawn hovering in the sky, even if the military were to ignore the threat from the higher-dimensional life form Laura (just kidding) and launch a nuclear missile, Dawn could simply open a space bridge and send it flying back.

Through the space bridge, Cybertron was clearly visible overhead. Without waiting long, Laura created a spatial vortex in front of her, and then she and Sentinel Prime stepped into it.

Large-scale space bridge stargates are not without their advantages; at least the space vortexes are more stable and can withstand the reopening of small-scale vortices within.

Therefore, Laura successfully achieved her goal: to open a space bridge inside a space bridge.

Based on the identity information Noah provided to her at the start of the game, Laura located the portal at the ruins of the Ironforge database.

At first, Laura complained that the identity of Elriel that Noah assigned to her was useless, but now it seems that it's not as useless as she thought.

Aerriel's identity proved invaluable in gaining Sentinel Prime's trust and in finding the Cybertronian Ironforge database map.

"This is Iron Fortress?"

Looking at the familiar, devastated scene around him, Sentinel Prime quickly realized where he was.

Ironforge, the birthplace of the ancient council, is also the last military stronghold of the Autobots, where Cybertron's most advanced technology is stored.

In the final moments of the Civil War, Alpha Fortress forcibly sealed off the Iron Fortress database, preventing the ancient technology from falling into Decepticon hands. Otherwise, the outcome of the Civil War would have been completely reversed.

"That's right, it's Iron Fortress."

Summoning her ship's equipment, Laura leisurely flew high into the sky, looking down upon this once holy city of Cybertron. Even though it had been reduced to ashes by war, the former glory of Iron Fortress could still be glimpsed through the ruins.

"The goal this time is the Iron Fortress database. Laura needs to find some information and verify some things along the way."

As Laura comes to accept her identity as Aierriel, she gradually realizes how much convenience Noah could bring to her identity.

Besides excavating the sealed ancient technology, Laura had another purpose in coming to Ironforge: to inquire about Elriel.

Laura wants to know if Aierriel really exists.

"Your Highness, Ironforge, as the former capital of Cybertron, may still have a considerable number of automatons and Cybertronians remaining after the Civil War. Please be careful."

Drawing a reforged battle sword, Sentinel Prime stood guard on Laura's left and right, constantly watching out for any potential dangers.

After the Civil War, some Decepticons did indeed choose to leave the Legion, clinging to life in Iron Fortress while reminiscing about Cybertron's former glory.

Due to the lack of energy blocks and insufficient equipment, their combat power is generally low, but they are ruthless individuals who can extract energy from their fellow human beings, and therefore their temperament is extremely brutal.

As Sentinel Prime and Laura stepped into Ironforge, pairs of scarlet eyes fixed on the two uninvited guests, judging whether to make them their prey.

However, upon seeing Sentinel Prime's highly recognizable face and superior equipment, these Decepticons wisely chose to retreat back into the ruins.

"Hmph, at least you have some discernment."

With a cold snort, Sentinel Prime glanced at the Decepticons hiding in the ruins, then ignored them.

After traveling for some time, Laura and Sentinel Prime finally stopped in front of the Ironforge Database.

Beneath their high-heeled ship boots stood a Decepticon whose flame had long since died out. Due to the special status of the Iron Fortress database, the two inevitably clashed with the Cybertronians who occupied the area.

Well, it wasn't really a conflict. The Transformers left on Cybertron were mostly abandoned; calling them a rabble would be an understatement. Sentinel Prime only managed to kill the leader of the Decepticons with a single blow, and the rest slunk away.

Laura stretched out her right hand and stroked the cold door of the database: "Is this the Iron Fortress Database?"

"Yes."

Sentinel Prime followed behind Laura and nodded: "It contains all of the Autobots' technology and some ancient artifacts, but the only one with access, Master T.A.T., has locked himself inside, causing the Iron Fortress database to completely lose contact."

"Furthermore, because it's a product of the ancient council, the database can restrict the generation of spatial vortices, making it impossible to enter using a space bridge. However, if we bypass the blockade using a higher-dimensional path, perhaps we can..."

Before he could finish speaking, the Iron Fortress Database emitted a heavy sound. Even though it had been sealed away for thousands of years, the ancient mechanisms controlling it had not rusted.

"...Open the Iron Fortress."

Sentinel Prime, feeling a bit embarrassed after being slapped in the face so quickly, looked at Laura.

Although I know Your Highness is very powerful, you should at least wait until I finish speaking before contradicting me.

"Huh, you opened it yourself?"

Laura said innocently, "Lola doesn't know why either!"

It's true, I'm not kidding. Laura was just feeling the patterns on the Iron Fortress gate when it inexplicably opened.

Could it be that it's broken due to years of disrepair?

Laura looked at the Iron Fortress gate with a belly full of doubt, but she couldn't get any answers.

"Never mind, the door's already open, let's just go in."

Shaking her head, Laura tossed the tormenting question into the recycle bin, then disappeared into the darkness of Ironforge with Sentinel Prime.

Shortly after the two entered the database, the open Iron Fortress gates slowly closed, as if they had never been opened at all.

Ironfort Database

In the dark passageway, the sound of Laura's high heels hitting the ground echoed loudly, creating a somewhat eerie atmosphere.

Several floating lights illuminated the path ahead of Laura and Sentinel Prime. Following the map Noah had given them, Laura made her way towards the central control room.

On the way, Sentinel Prime did his best to introduce the building to Laura.

"The energy supply to the Iron Fortress database was cut off when the source of the fire disappeared, but theoretically, some ancient relics should still remain."

"but……"

After passing through a sacred artifact storage room, Sentinel Prime broke the seal, then picked up the gnawed-in-two Fire Stasis Device and fell silent.

"It's possible that some iron-eating worms still survive inside the Iron Fortress."

Everything in the universe is interconnected and mutually restraining. The silicon-based structure of the Cybertronians makes them less fragile than carbon-based life forms, but they still have formidable natural enemies.

Iron-eating worms are one such example.

With their agile bodies and swarming abilities, Cybertronians were essentially doomed when facing swarms of Ironhide worms. Fortunately, long ago, the Cybertronian Ancient Council paid a heavy price to wipe out this mechanical race, leaving only a sample stored in a hibernation chamber.

Iron-eating worms have surprisingly appeared in the Iron Fortress database.

Clearly, with the Iron Fortress's energy supply cut off, these terrifying little creatures have broken free from their hibernation chambers.

A rustling sound came from the corner, and before Yutiandi could react, a small creature suddenly pounced on him.

At the same time, countless red lights awakened in the darkness.

The stars gave birth to colossi, and the empire's development slowed down...

Then, adhering to pacifism, I began to develop diplomacy.

Compared to the StarCraft players in my group who are constantly bombing others and starting wars, I feel like a saint. The only time I was a little violent was when I was disciplining the young lady of the Purge Agreement.

By the way, my Colossus uses neutrons, not Earthburst.

59. Iron Fortress Relics

Like a storm, a large number of Iron-Eating Insects restarted, setting their sights on Sentinel Prime, who is a living metal creature, and some even put Laura's ship equipment on the menu.

As for Laura herself, since she does not contain any metallic structure, the Iron-Eating Worms have absolutely no interest in her.

Although she was confident in the strength of the ship's equipment with external vibranium, Laura didn't want such a large swarm of bugs crawling on her. After thinking for a moment, Laura tentatively threw an EMP at the ground.

Of course, Laura wasn't naive enough to think that EMP could solve the Iron Eater bug problem. If the Iron Eater bug problem were so easy to solve, Cybertron wouldn't have put it on the high-risk list.

However, unexpectedly, under the coverage of this electromagnetic pulse, the iron-eating bugs climbing on the enemy lost control and fell heavily to the ground.

"The iron-eating insect swarm has such low energy reserves that it cannot even activate the basic anti-electromagnetic interference module."

Getting up from the ground, Sentinel Prime grabbed one of the Iron-Eating Bugs, scanned it, and concluded: "A simple pulse is enough to force them into a shutdown."

"They will soon be able to reboot themselves, so we'd better get rid of these little bugs beforehand."

With his right hand transforming into an electromagnetic pulse generator, Sentinel Prime prepared to take advantage of the fact that these little creatures were temporarily unable to deploy their barrier and deliver the final blow to the paralyzed Iron-Eating Bugs on the ground.

Laura didn't intend to stop Sentinel Prime's actions. Just now, the capture device had copied the Iron Eater's body structure, and if needed, Laura could create a swarm of Iron Eaters loyal to her at any time.

Hmm, but until a cuter version of the Iron-Eating Bug is created, Laura probably won't have this idea.

Although the iron-eating worm looks rather clumsy, when it eats... it truly embodies the phrase "moving like a mad rabbit."

"When we get back, let Belfast write a program to give the Iron-Eating Bug a cute and soft plugin."