"Lone Elder, should we do what Shopkeeper Lin said?" [Immortal World's Number-One Paparazzo] asked [Lone Elder].
Lin Bai was leading the game, while [Lone Elder] was leading the players. Once he had established his authority, all the players instinctively turned to him whenever they ran into a problem.
"You mean the laws?" [Lone Elder] asked.
"Yeah." [Immortal World's Number-One Paparazzo] nodded. "If the laws spread through the Righteous Alliance, could they create bosses that are especially hard to beat?"
"Do whatever Shopkeeper Lin tells you to do. The Game Developers included ascension to godhood through laws in the setting. With or without Justice Weekly, bosses who have successfully cultivated laws are bound to appear eventually," [Lone Elder] said. "Tampering with the laws won't help, and it'll only antagonize Lin Bai. The losses would outweigh the gains. Tell the advertising department to leak some of the content from the second issue of Justice Weekly and bring in more ads. I'm sure those companies would love to advertise in this first proper publication. After all, NPCs aren't the only ones following Justice Weekly, especially with content this explosive."
"I'm worried we'll get banned if we go too far!" [Immortal World's Number-One Paparazzo] said.
"Has Lin Bai brainwashed you?" [Lone Elder] gave the paparazzo a puzzled look. "Of course we have to watch how far we go. The developers can pixelate things. The really explosive content can be published inside the game world, and it'll make Justice Weekly a sensation. But if the livestream turns into a sea of pixels, are you going to pay the penalties for breaching our contracts with the advertisers?"
"NPCs can do things we can't, and we still have to wipe their asses for them. In this lousy game, the players and NPCs have switched places!" [Immortal World's