After leaving the Gods and Devils Continent, Lin Bai opened more than a dozen Magpie Bridges for the West Continent.
The couples provided by the parliament included both real-world couples and players. The moment the Magpie Bridges opened, the United States troops already standing by swiftly crossed over and established a bridgehead outside Freedom City.
The West Continent firmly believed that only military might gave them a voice. They had absolute confidence in modern weapons, and they did not want to rely on Lin Bai throughout the entire operation.
A realm conquered with their own strength would give them more confidence when they spoke. They would not end up like the people of the East Continent, obeying Lin Bai in everything and building infrastructure in the Immortal World.
Plunder, and nothing but plunder, could make them powerful. That was their creed.
Most importantly, their greatest source of confidence was a fresh force of more than ten million undying and imperishable players.
There were not many players in Freedom City during the early stages.
But they did not need to face so many enemies all at once, either.
By expanding their territory bit by bit, they would eventually gather all the players under their banner...
The worst possible outcome was defeat in this war of invasion.
But if things really reached that point, Lin Bai would still be there to catch them. At worst, they would become his puppets like the East Continent. However they calculated it, they would not lose out.
Lin Bai saw everything the West Continent did.
After having his body possessed, John might have worried that Lin Bai would use his body to do unspeakable things with his girlfriend while he was in the game. Thus, he completely abandoned his Paladin body in the game and