Eugene Scott (Private Chat): "Definitely. The area is so small, people are practically bashing each other's brains out over treasure chests. I'm so jealous of the lords who don't have any competition nearby."
Yan Yingqiu (Private Chat): "It's just our fate!!"
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Similar conversations played out across the Western Plains until, eventually, the entire region had joined the Sniper Corps.
The final tally showed a deployable force of 1.5 million troops (not including Lin Yu's forces) and 800 heroes (not including the heroes of Lin Yu and Li Hua). The deployed heroes were of at least Exceptional grade and included 80 Legendary Heroes.
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With five days left until the end of the month, the Northern Expedition Legion passed through a stretch of wooded hills and arrived before a massive pass—the entrance to the region Lin Yu had named the Western Plains.
