Peace was often built on a foundation of war.
Simply put, the troublemakers who stuck their heads up needed to be beaten into submission.
Through his actions, Lin Bai brought everyone whose head had gone muddled back to their senses and firmly crushed their arrogance.
No one knew what had happened in the Royal Palace.
But the Eighth Fleet returned that very day. Every report about an Alien Civilization invading vanished from the news, replaced by friendly coverage of exchanges between the two worlds, mutual advancement, and shared development.
The demonstrations organized on the West Continent over the Magpie Bridge ended before they even began.
The game forums, however, were ablaze with discussions about the international situation.
With the Magpie Bridge spanning the Eastern and Western Continents, the East Continent's people eagerly awaited Alliance Leader Lin's brutal thrashing of the West Continent. But the West Continent surrendered at the first whiff of trouble, without even a few words leaking into the news. It was less exciting than the game, leaving them deeply disappointed;
The West Continent's people held the East Continent in particular contempt for cooperating with Lin Bai. They had been eyeing an invasion, hoping to overwhelm the East Continent and firmly establish their supremacy in the real world. Instead, the Magpie Bridge pointed straight at the Royal Palace, and their own authorities swiftly slapped themselves in the face. They were just as disappointed, and felt utterly humiliated...
The people of the Real World fiercely debated the Righteous Alliance's invasion of their homeland on the game forums. Some favored cooperation, some wanted to endure for now and strike back later, some hoped to seize the opportunity to attack the Game World, and others protested the chaos the Game Company had brought upon their world. The arguments raged on, with