"Hm?"
The Blood Grand Duke sensed his bloodline connection to Mary I vanish and jerked his head up.
"Mary failed?" His expression shifted.
He thought for several seconds but still could not make sense of it.
"She had that thing. She had Gold Tier strength. How could she still fail?"
"That's Wormwood for you." After a moment's thought, the Blood Grand Duke contacted the Mechanical Overmind to ask about Taloy.
He learned that Taloy's consciousness was still intact, but he held out little hope.
If Mary, with her Gold Tier strength, had failed, a mere Silver-Tier mechanical player stood no chance.
The only reason Taloy had not been eliminated yet was that his time had not come.
The Blood Grand Duke's gaze turned unreadable.
"Wormwood, you're mine. You always will be!"
"Chief, upgrades to our Defense System, Fire Control System, and Alert System are complete."
Four-Armed Palu briefed Yu Yuan on their current situation.
Four-Armed Palu had become the All-Nations Covenant Civilization's chief technical expert.
"The M-Type Core Titan devoured Taloy's Iron Fleet and acquired seventeen related Blueprints. Raditz confirmed that they're all valuable technologies exclusive to high-level players."
"Once installed, they boosted our systems' overall capabilities by roughly seventy percent. We're now among the best Silver-Tier Players, and even by Mechanical Supremacy's standards, we're first-rate."
In short, the All-Nations Covenant Civilization's mechanical defenses could now take a serious beating.
Next came Jiu Feng's report from the Biological Research Institute.
"Chief, our Genetic Research on Mary I showed that her octopus genes are highly compatible with the Aruonz Virus. We've begun cloning them. Our soldiers may soon reach Silver Tier."
Yu Yuan's eyes lit up.
Jiu Feng would not have said that lightly.
"How confident are you?"
Jiu Feng smiled confidently. With Alpha Wolf and Carmen watching him intently, he