Lin Qimeng

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Lin Qimeng (林绮梦)
Alias(es)	Manager Lin; Boss Lin; President Lin 2 128 129
Gender	Female 1
Affiliation	Shanhai Technology Department; her own professional gaming studio; Future Guild, which later severs ties with Shanhai 12 47 159
Occupation/Role	Department head; professional gaming studio founder; Future Guild president and shareholder; team captain 1 47 129 140 162
Mecha	Dragon Princess — a special evolved, fire-attribute agility mecha 24 196
Family	Lin Hanshi, younger brother; Lin Hai, cousin; an unnamed father and grandfather, the latter Shanhai’s chairman 1 12 56 129
Romantic Partner	Wang Qianduo; their relationship is publicly acknowledged at a guild dinner 183
First Appearance	Chapter 1, “The Age of Mechs” 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 10	22	Confirms her level while negotiating entry into Wang Qianduo’s hidden main quest.
Dragon Princess evolution, Level 10	24	Reveals that she spent a year collecting evolution materials. The evolution requires pure-blooded dragon materials and an assessment demanding professional-level piloting ability.
Level 11	39	Uses Demon Rat Star as her leveling area while her team searches for a seventh tooth fragment.
Level 13	47	Reaches this level through accumulated resources and her teammates’ help before recruiting Wang Qianduo into her regular team.

Background

Lin Qimeng comes from the family behind Shanhai: her grandfather is its chairman. Her rise to department head is attributed to her outstanding abilities, with the narration also acknowledging some assistance from him. Recently transferred into the department at her introduction, she is Wang Jun’s direct superior and therefore Wang Qianduo’s boss’s boss 1.

She began playing Mecha Era at launch. Rather than advancing quickly through ordinary evolutions, she spent a full year gathering the materials for Dragon Princess. She considers a mecha’s evolutionary potential a decision that determines its pilot’s future and urges Wang Qianduo to choose carefully 24.

Appearance

Lin Qimeng is described as exceptionally beautiful, with fair skin, bright eyes, long eyelashes, willow-shaped eyebrows, and delicate lips. Her long black hair is shown worn loose during an offline dinner 1 56.

• Office clothing: Skirt suits or a white shirt with a professional skirt, black stockings, and high heels 1 29.
• Casual clothing: A blue slip dress at her team’s restaurant gathering 56.
• Mecha appearance: Dragon Princess has a slender, snow-white frame decorated with flame patterns 24.

Personality

Lin Qimeng combines demanding management with playful provocation. Wang Jun describes her arrival in the department as a thorough dressing-down of its leadership, while she threatens Wang Qianduo’s year-end bonus if his competition ranking disappoints her. With Wang Qianduo, however, she frequently uses teasing, flirtation, and exaggerated acting to unsettle him or keep his attention 1 2 22 27.

Her warmth is selective. Sister Hua, who has known her since childhood, observes that she normally treats outsiders politely but maintains a distance; her behavior toward Wang Qianduo is noticeably different. That distinction is also visible in her cool manner when dealing with merchant You Suowei 40 55.

She values both independence and reciprocal trust. She encourages her childhood friends to accept Wang Qianduo’s generosity and repay it when they have something useful for him, rather than treating every exchange as a debt. When Shanhai attempts to pressure Future Guild, she resists surrendering control and ultimately cuts the guild’s corporate ties 55 129 159.

Abilities & Skills

Dragon Princess Mecha

Dragon Princess is an offensive melee mecha whose strongest damage depends on burning enemies or activating Dragon Might 40 51.

• Defense penetration: Ignores 100% of an opponent’s defense when the target is ignited or Dragon Might is active 51.
• Critical-hit enhancement: Gains a 20% increase to critical-hit rate under those conditions 51.
• Duration limit: Neither Burn nor Dragon Might can be maintained indefinitely 53.
• Support synergy: Sister Hua’s ignition effects help enable its damage. Against the enormous Deep Sea Mech, flames extinguish before Lin Qimeng can exploit them, forcing the team to restrain its limbs and target burning joints 78.
• Range limitation: Her predominantly melee team is suppressed by opponents with superior vision range and ranged firepower, prompting a retreat 40.

Swordsmanship and Combo Execution

Lin Qimeng chains attacks rapidly enough for Yun Zhongge to compare her execution speed to the threshold of a star-level professional player 78.

• Activates Dragon Might through a blade movement tracing a hexagram, causing her blade and the mecha’s flame patterns to light up 78.
• Executes Rising Dragon Slash → Normal Attack → Double Strike → Normal Attack → Slash → Normal Attack → Charged Slash in under two seconds 78.
• Fights Wang Xinghe fiercely in the individual competition but loses through a slight disadvantage in experience 196.

Leadership and Negotiation

Lin Qimeng organizes teams, recruits players, and represents Future Guild in corporate disputes 47 129 159.

• Recruitment: Builds a studio around friends and reserves a place for Wang Qianduo before formally inviting him 47.
• Team cohesion: Encourages reciprocal sharing of equipment and includes mid-level guild personnel in an offline dinner to stabilize morale after a crisis 55 183.
• Bargaining: Negotiates with You Suowei over purchases and threatens to leave when dissatisfied with his offer 56 89.
• Corporate bluffing: Uses footage of Wang Qianduo’s battles and the reality-transfer capabilities of mechas to intimidate Shanhai executives, while recognizing afterward that the bluff will not remain effective indefinitely 129.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Dragon Princess — Her special evolved mecha, obtained after a year spent gathering its materials 24.
• Dragonflame Blade — An integrated part of Dragon Princess rather than an independent weapon. It adds 20% to the attributes of her equipped weapon, but any weapon she equips only empowers this blade 51.
• Perfect-grade core — Receives a Perfect-grade core from the Stinger encounter, alongside crafting materials assigned to her by the team 53.

Relationships

• Wang Qianduo — Initially her subordinate, later a regular teammate, Future Guild vice president, and romantic partner. She supports his gaming career and respects his resignation from Shanhai; they publicly acknowledge their relationship at a guild dinner. She also becomes a source of comfort after General Huang’s death 1 47 100 129 183 226.
• Lin Hanshi — Her younger brother. Helps defuse the tense negotiation over the Sand Scorpion’s Heart and quietly supports her stance against Shanhai’s executives 12 129.
• Lin Hai / Xiao Hai — Her cousin and team assassin, who pilots Shadow Blade. In reality, he is a twenty-year-old student at Modu’s Mech Academy 48 56.
• Hua Yueming / Sister Hua — Her childhood best friend and teammate, piloting Blazing Thorns. Recognizes her unusual affection for Wang Qianduo and provides ignition support for Dragon Princess 40 48 56 78.
• Ma Mingyuan / Old Ma — Her team’s War Rhino pilot and Sister Hua’s husband 48 56.
• Her grandfather — Shanhai’s chairman. Privately supports her right to forge her own path and promises not to let the executives hold her back 1 129.
• Her father — Watches the aftermath of the Shanhai meeting alongside her grandfather and acknowledges Wang Qianduo’s exceptional gaming ability 129.
• Manager Zhang and Vice Chairman Zhang — Corporate opponents. Manager Zhang clashes with her and Wang Qianduo; his father later pressures her to sell her shares. Their involvement in the smear campaign precedes Future Guild’s separation from Shanhai 35 129 159.
• You Suowei / Fatty You — Merchant contact with whom she negotiates sharply, using the team’s business opportunities as leverage 55 56 89.
• Fairy Jingzhe — A skilled player she meets during a dungeon run, helping bring her out of an exploitative former team 190.
• Ding Jie — Former classmate with whom she did not get along. She and Sister Hua reject his proposed corporate affiliation despite his promises of protection and noninterference 162.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Shanhai and Early Cooperation

Lin Qimeng first draws Wang Qianduo into the company’s competitive gaming expectations by tying his year-end bonus to his performance. Their in-game cooperation begins with the trade of her Tiger Demon’s Heart for his Scorpion King’s Heart and continues when she purchases places in his hidden main quest 1 12 22.

During the world-boss expedition, she reveals Dragon Princess and advises him on evolution. Afterward, she pretends they are an estranged couple to interrupt an attempt to recruit him away; the performance convinces Yun Zhongge but is not evidence of an actual relationship at that point 24 27.

Independent Studio and Dungeon Team

Following the Li Mingzhou incident and conflict with Manager Zhang, Lin Qimeng breaks with the company’s professional players and establishes her own studio. She recruits Wang Qianduo as its fifth regular team member, joining Sister Hua, Xiao Hai, and Old Ma 47 48.

The group tackles the Black Shark Pirates’ Secret Stronghold. Lin Qimeng demonstrates Dragon Princess’s defense-ignoring offense, though Wang Qianduo’s Photon Ray overshadows her damage. Their cooperation later extends to investigations, merchant dealings, and the coordinated assault on the Deep Sea Mech 51 56 60 78.

Future Guild and Corporate Independence

As Future Guild’s president and a shareholder, Lin Qimeng resists Shanhai’s attempt to acquire control over its starship-related assets. She counters threats against the guild with footage of Wang Qianduo’s combat strength and formally appoints him vice president afterward 128 129.

When a manipulated video accuses Wang Qianduo of stealing equipment, she takes responsibility for her mistakes and leads the response. Future Guild announces its complete separation from Shanhai, seeks legal and public-relations support, and releases dungeon footage disproving the accusation 159.

Competition and Romance

Lin Qimeng competes against Wang Xinghe but narrowly loses before reaching the individual finals. During the wider competition period, she and Wang Qianduo openly acknowledge their relationship. She later feels responsible for drawing the Martial Alliance as Future Guild’s opponent, and he reassures her 183 196 208.

Their relationship becomes a source of support beyond gaming. Wang Qianduo seeks comfort in her embrace after the events surrounding General Huang, and she draws him back into guild life through an offline gathering. Both are subsequently caught in a real-world assassination attempt by Holy Ten remnants hired by the White Lotus Sect 226 227 232.

Later Guild Defense and Support

Lin Qimeng fights alongside the Future Elite Squad when coordinated boss-level mechas attack the guild’s base. Their opponents prove too strong for a direct confrontation, and the survivors retreat behind the base’s defensive arrays after Sword of Miracles holds off the attackers 267.

After Wang Qianduo’s exile, she explains that Ye Wuyou intervened and killed nine Leviathan Kings. She agrees to deliver what Wang Qianduo sends for the weakened leader and urges him to remain careful. Much later, she checks on him when the disappearance of a golden dragon leaves the guild worried about his safety 301 350.

Notable Quotes

“I advise you to also choose a mecha evolution with potential. This thing determines your future!” 24

“So don't overthink it. If you feel bad about accepting, just remember Old Wang when you get something good in the future.” 55

“But sometimes it doesn't matter whether we want to get involved. After all, we're in this world...” 231