It was presumed that this was also the reason why most of the defense measures hadn't been repaired after being destroyed, with only a small fleet stationed on the periphery, and some checkpoints that were established later were responsible for reconnaissance of special areas in the starry sky.
But now these things weren't of much use against the Insect Species, and Finn Lewis had witnessed their method of infiltration—the kingworm didn't continue to advance, but instead launched tiny spores, though not the kind that Finn Lewis and his team had encountered before. Those spores were too large, and the enemy's detection system could clearly pick them up.