With Yu Yuan's return, everyone in the Supreme Covenant Civilization realized an unprecedented war was coming.
This time, it would decide the fate of the entire Civilization Ladder.
Every world and every department began preparing for war once more.
As the main departments responsible for combat readiness, the Mechanical Research Institute and Biological Research Institute took on the task of strengthening their forces.
In fact, under Marsil's leadership, the Mechanical Research Institute had spent the past few months entirely focused on upgrading Mechanical Battle Armor.
Making Pain Alloy was laborious and complex, but its protection against mental attacks and its pain-inducing effects would be crucial in the coming war.
The Mechanical Research Institute wasn't alone in watching its progress. Carmen and the Alpha Wolf were paying close attention too.
The Alpha Wolf led the Pioneer Corps and Blood Abyss Legion in sweeping through every world under Civilization Management.
While bolstering their forces, they turned every enemy who stubbornly resisted into a source of Pain Energy.
Pain Alloy production rose steadily, and the alloy gradually replaced the material used in Mechanical Armor.
The Biological Research Institute also increased its output of Viral Gene-Modification Serum.
At Jiu Feng's urging, the institute opened up all its Biological Civilization knowledge and encouraged independent research with generous bonuses.
Its researchers already had exceptional talent for biological research.
Now they unleashed their full potential. One original hypothesis after another was proposed, then put to the test.
Techniques that passed were put straight to use; those that failed went back to the drawing board.
As a result, production efficiency for Bronze Tier Viral Gene-Modification Serum increased fivefold, bringing weekly output to around a thousand doses.
Cultivating and studying the Pumiz Virus had become basic work at the Biological Research Institute, requiring no special expertise.
By their estimates,