"Shopkeeper Lin is proficient in martial arts, immortal techniques, alchemy, artifact refining... Now he's shown outstanding debating skills too, drawing on modern knowledge from all sorts of fields. Tell me, how could a young man barely in his twenties possibly have learned so many skills at once? Only an NPC, only a program, could have that much knowledge and so many skills poured into him so quickly! Anyone who said that was a real world, please come out and take your slap in the face..."
"He absolutely can't be a real person. Honestly, Shopkeeper Lin's opening argument about a white horse not being a horse nearly tied my brain in knots. It took me ages to work it out."
"This game is fucking awesome. The plot never goes where you expect. Thumbs up to the developers. Shopkeeper Lin might not be a real person, but the Game Developers have certainly worked wonders with him. With such a powerful Shopkeeper Lin standing in their way, I wonder how the conglomerates will break the deadlock?"
"The Righteous Alliance has already secured its foundations. With the players' current strength, they're absolutely no match for Lin Bai in a head-on fight. They can only outwit him."
"The conglomerates never intended to make an enemy of Shopkeeper Lin. Their current strategies are already clear: stabilize the situation first and buy themselves time to develop. Unless players establish forces of their own, they'll never have a say in the game. They'll either be someone's gun or someone's dog."
"I suspect the poster above is throwing shade at the Beggar Gang..."
"No need to throw shade. Shopkeeper Lin's grip is growing stronger, while the Beggar Gang's presence is fading. The Righteous Alliance Army Lin Bai established later, Little White Fox's Demon Nation, and the Support Squad led