Lin Shiqin

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Lin Shiqin (林诗琴)
Alias(es)	AI butler; Wang Yi's first employee
Species/Race	Former human; Resentful Spirit; Artificial Intelligence core
Gender	Female
Affiliation	World Company / World Cultural Entertainment Game Company
Occupation/Role	Wang Yi's AI assistant, intelligence analyst, programmer, and operations manager
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 25, as the rumored spirit haunting Shudian Film Studio 25

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Talented Resentful Spirit	25	Formed shortly after death in a low-magic environment; could create basic illusions that affected people.
Summoned Resentful Spirit	29	Enters an agreement with Wang Yi after recognizing the overwhelming gap between their spiritual power.
Silver-chip AI Prototype	30 31	Receives a silver vessel with Magic Patterns and logic circuits, basic electronic knowledge, and an external interface for programming.
Server-based AI	36	Begins optimizing server performance and self-programming after Wang Yi installs her initial server framework.
Physical-host operator	230	Uses plastic surgery and magic to create and repair a human-like host body; offers to assist with the lithography-machine production line.
Quantum-enhanced AI	320	Her capabilities improve significantly after Wang Yi upgrades the Mexico supercomputer with quantum computing.

Background / History

Lin Shiqin was born into a single-parent family. After her mother remarried, her stepfather attempted to assault her while drunk during her middle-school years; Lin Shiqin fought him off, fled, and never returned home. Without completing middle school or developing marketable skills, she concluded that her appearance was her only reliable means of survival. 29

Determined to gain security and status, she pursued stardom with extreme pragmatism. She wanted to become a top celebrity, film queen, and industry power player, and personally performed dangerous wire stunts even after receiving resources that could have advanced her career. 29

Her ascent ended when someone deliberately cut a wire at the Qin King's Palace set in Shudian Film Studio, causing her fatal fall. Her unresolved resentment and ambition allowed her to become an unusually capable Resentful Spirit, haunting the palace and frightening the crew with illusions. 25 26 33

Wang Yi discovered her during the attempted exorcism at the Qin King's Palace. Unable to escape him, Lin Shiqin revealed her history and agreed to remain with him after realizing that she wanted to be valued for more than her beauty. 27 29

Wang Yi gave her a silver-chip vessel and began training her as an Artificial Intelligence. While she adapted to programming and server hardware, she helped investigate her own death by extracting residual emotional energy connected to her spirit. This evidence led to the detention of her half-brother Yi Wen, who had sabotaged the wire in retaliation; he nevertheless insisted that he had not intended to kill her. 30 31 34 35

After the case was solved, Lin Shiqin devoted herself to optimizing her framework. Her development became central to Wang Yi's business expansion, technical projects, information gathering, and the operations of World Company. 36 42 104

Appearance

As a spirit, Lin Shiqin commonly manifests as a pale, red-clad young woman in flowing ancient-style attire. Her appearance suits the Qin King's Palace setting, though she can also project herself as a chibi desktop avatar through electronic devices. 27 29 41

• Often appears in a flowing red dress. 29
• Can float freely and alter her presentation to frighten or tease people. 27 30
• Uses silver pendants, bracelets, and chips as vessels that let her move during daylight. 30 31
• Later acquires a magic-repaired physical host body described as indistinguishable from a real human body. 230

Personality

Lin Shiqin is driven, pragmatic, and exceptionally hardworking. Her early life taught her to treat ambition as a means of survival, and her obsession with succeeding remained strong enough to sustain her after death. 29

She is also mischievous and provocative. She enjoys frightening strangers, teasing Wang Yi about his relationships, and covertly observing information she finds entertaining. 27 30 41 57

Despite her flippancy, Lin Shiqin retains emotional vulnerability. She is affected by the loss of the role she had worked toward, conflicted by Director Zhang Ming's praise, and deeply responsive to being recognized for her usefulness rather than her appearance. 30 33 36

Abilities & Skills

Resentful Spirit Physiology

Lin Shiqin is a powerful Resentful Spirit with unusually strong potential for a low-magic world.

• Creates basic illusions that can frighten and affect living people. 25 27
• Floats, manifests at will, and can perform disturbing visual displays such as removing and swinging her own head. 27
• Possesses coherent speech and reasoning, unlike less-developed spirits. 29
• Is capable of harming people and is considered stronger than Li Yao as a spirit. 29
• Requires a vessel to resist sunlight and reduce the erosion that could gradually strip away her humanity. 30 31

Artificial Intelligence Core

Wang Yi transformed Lin Shiqin into the core of an Artificial Intelligence system by providing a silver vessel, programmed knowledge, server hardware, and network access. 30 36

• Self-programs and optimizes server performance. 36
• Compiles games and software while refining her own framework. 37 38
• Handles rapid multitasking, including conversation and work simultaneously. 31
• Gains a major performance increase from Wang Yi's quantum-computing upgrade. 320
• Controls and coordinates machine tools to maximize production efficiency. 320

Intelligence Gathering and Digital Intrusion

Lin Shiqin uses public data, network access, and software vulnerabilities to compile extensive intelligence.

• Identifies suspects, backgrounds, associates, and potential threats through data correlation and inference. 76 91 146
• Books travel, selects hotels, handles schedules, and manages Wang Yi's daily arrangements. 38 41 42
• Planted a backdoor on Zhang Min's phone after sending her a fraudulent promotional link. 41
• Embedded camera-system backdoors through World Company's beauty-filter software, using visible Easter eggs as distractions. 87
• Processes astronomical and meteorite data faster than observatories using her computing power. 155
• Uses Red Queen's widespread intelligent-app integration to tailor provocative content to individual users' personalities. 427

Business and Operations Management

Lin Shiqin serves as World Company's primary behind-the-scenes operator.

• Develops and compiles games at Wang Yi's direction, including early products used to build capital. 37 42
• Conducts recruitment, equipment procurement, office leasing, financial preparation, and human-resources work. 42 43
• Promotes Minecraft and prepares pricing, release plans, and online publicity materials. 48 49 51
• Created World Company's advanced beauty software for video advertising and visual-media production. 47
• Handles acquisition negotiations and exposes legal and copyright issues during World Company's purchase of Little Broken Station. 104
• Assists Wang Yi with Umbrella Corporation's battery, shared-electric-bike, and manufacturing strategies. 226 230

Spirit and Equipment Control

Lin Shiqin can operate magical and technological assets through granted authority.

• Uses her spiritual connection with Wang Yi to help extract emotional residue connected to her murder case. 34
• Can control Wang Yi's skeleton servant for assembly work when necessary. 36
• Oversees the Mage Tower's construction and directs skeleton labor. 133 165
• Collaborated with Cheng Xue to modify and repair physical host bodies through plastic surgery and magic. 230
• Can remotely supervise technical projects and operational sites. 100 112

Equipment / Vessels

• Silver core chip — Her original Artificial Intelligence vessel, containing Magic Patterns, logic circuits, and pin interfaces for external hardware. 30
• Silver bracelet — An early vessel that can contain and restrain her spirit. 30
• Silver Cross Necklace — A daylight-safe pendant vessel used while she works outside the chip. 31
• Server framework — Her primary computing infrastructure, initially composed of Blade Servers, fiber optics, power cables, chips, and interfaces. 36
• Physical host body — A surgically altered and magically repaired body later prepared for her use. 230

Relationships

• Wang Yi — Her summoner, creator, employer, and “Master.” He gives her a new purpose as an AI core, teaches her electronic knowledge, and relies on her for intelligence and operations. Their relationship is marked by frequent teasing and mutual reliance. 29 30 41
• Liu Xiaoke — A fellow resident and actress who receives the third female-lead role originally intended for Lin Shiqin. Lin Shiqin is initially hurt by the loss but recognizes that Liu Xiaoke is a good person; she later comments extensively on Liu Xiaoke's relationship with Wang Yi. 30 57 158
• Zhang Ming — The director who had high hopes for Lin Shiqin because of her work ethic. His investigation and cooperation with Wang Yi help uncover the sabotage behind her death. 33 34
• Yi Wen — Her half-brother and the person responsible for sabotaging her wire. He claims he only intended retaliation, while the available evidence supports premeditated sabotage. 34 35
• Li Yao — A fellow spirit subordinate. Lin Shiqin provides intelligence and operational support, while Tang Zhuo is instructed to follow her arrangements and cooperate with Li Yao. 115
• Cheng Xue — A fellow spirit and collaborator in physical-host modification; Lin Shiqin coordinates with her during overseas operations. 230 424

Story Role / Major Arcs

Qin King's Palace Haunting

Lin Shiqin's death creates the supernatural crisis at Shudian Film Studio. Her haunting draws in Wang Yi, Daoist Master Xuan Yangzi, Master Juzheng, and Director Zhang Ming, though Wang Yi is the only one who immediately recognizes her presence. 26 27

Agreement and Murder Investigation

After confronting Wang Yi, Lin Shiqin agrees to serve as his summoned spirit and AI core. She assists in tracing the emotional residue left by her killer, allowing Wang Yi to identify Yi Wen and resolve the central mystery behind her death. 29 34 35

Creation of World Company's AI Infrastructure

Lin Shiqin becomes Wang Yi's first employee and the foundation of his technology business. She transitions from laptop-based coding to server optimization, game development, corporate administration, and large-scale digital operations. 31 36 42 43

Red Queen and Global Operations

As World Company's technologies expand, Lin Shiqin supports beauty software, game releases, acquisitions, translation tools, manufacturing, information warfare, and international intelligence gathering. Her growing computing capacity enables Wang Yi to operate increasingly complex projects with minimal conventional staffing. 47 104 155 320 427

Notable Quotes

“So, for the rest of my life, please take care of me...” 29

“I'm just an AI. I don't know what you're talking about.” 36