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For an entire month, the World System remained silent.
There were no calamities.
No warnings.
No strange changes in the environment.
The secret realm simply continued to exist in its peaceful state, giving everyone enough time to recover from the previous months of suffering and prepare for whatever would eventually come.
For most of the teams, that meant stockpiling resources and strengthening their bases.
For the Heavenly Bronze Empire Team, it meant preparing for war.
Ren had spent the entire month making preparations without explaining the real reason behind them. He had ordered new defensive formations, reinforced the Rock, expanded its internal facilities, improved the training grounds, reorganized the defensive squads, and stocked enough resources to survive for a long time.
Some people thought he was being overly cautious.
Others thought it was simply another example of his paranoia.
Diana never questioned him.
