Chapter 60: Ten Thousand People Petition

When a few players killed Lin Bai, they started a live stream, and at the time, at least eighty thousand people were watching.

Not long after they were cleared out by Lin Bai, the live stream clips captured by the viewers had already gone viral across the entire forum.

……

"@Xianxia World official, the game has a bug, go fix it quickly!"

"The faces of those who said the game is a real world must be swollen! Would people in a real world glitch? Hahaha, hilarious!"

"Upvoted! The Game Company actually used a program to simulate a world, that's like a cow flying a plane! Kneeling and begging for an open beta as soon as possible, I don't care if there are bugs."

"As expected of the world's hottest game, even the bugs are so interesting. This is much more fun than wall-clipping or playing soccer with crippled legs!"

"The Martial Art special effects are so cool. If I remember correctly, this should be the first NPC to display a Martial Art, right? These few shots alone could be used as a promotional trailer."

"It's a pity that even the Martial Art has a bug; the dragons summoned are incomplete. What a shame."

"No wonder the great god Deng Li Buduo is willing to hug an NPC's thigh; it turns out he's a hidden NPC. If I ran into such an awesome NPC, let alone thirty percent of the shares, I'd be happy with even one percent!"

"I'd take half a percent."

"I don't want a single cent..."

"I'd pay him money instead..."

"Stop arguing, everyone above. Lin Bai will definitely be fixed. Poor great god Deng Li Buduo, I wonder if his opportunity can still be continued."

"Unlikely. Shopkeeper Lin's identity has already been exposed. Once he's truly fixed, who knows how many people will want to go and become his apprentice!"

"Why are you all only concerned about the bug? Is there not a single person who listened to what Shopkeeper Lin said? The things he said sounded so pleasant and delightful, and he's handsome too. Having a sweet master-disciple romance with such an NPC would be super interesting. I hope that after the official fixes the bug, they remove his violent tendencies and keep his sweet speaking style..."

"Are there any players from Jiamu City online? Requesting a live stream to go flirt with Shopkeeper Lin. I want to see his cool Martial Art."

"Someone has already posted a new video about Shopkeeper Lin. He didn't hit anyone, and the way he spoke was super evocative and super pleasant to hear..."

……

"Today's sunlight is so dim; it's probably because its brilliance has been eclipsed by you!"

"Only a lotus flower can compare to your holiness, and only the moon can compare to your purity..."

"In the vast crowd, I spotted you at first glance. I dare not say you are the most beautiful, but you are definitely the most special one."

"You are a Butterfly among the flowers, a bud among the lilies. Even if you are just wearing ordinary clothes, you are still so dignified and elegant..."

……

After the game's first bug was exposed, it quickly stirred up a storm on the forum.

Many new players in Jiamu City couldn't be bothered to explore the game and immediately started live streaming to go find Lin Bai and check in.

The game can be played at any time, but once a bug is fixed, it's gone forever.

And so.

One after another, heartwarming yet nonsensical phrases were broadcast, going viral across the entire forum.

Lin Bai, who originally only appeared as background for 【Deng Li Buduo】, quickly became the first virtual idol of the Xianxia World.

……

"His mouth is so damn sweet, even a big man like me was made shy by his compliments."

"The things he said, when used in the right place, are simply explosive in lethality. A total lady-killer."

"Recorded."

"Have you guys noticed? Did the people who went specifically to check in trigger Lin Bai's violent tendencies?"

"Yes, just talking to him, no matter what you say, will trigger the other party's favorability. Once you show hostility, Lin Bai will still say nice things to you, but he will also kill you. A super interesting NPC, I almost don't want him to disappear."

"Same as above."

"Kneeling and begging the Game Company to keep Lin Bai. Don't fix him; just let him become a landmark of Jiamu City. His plot tasks can be transferred to other NPCs..."

"+1"

"+1"

"Ten thousand people petitioning to keep Lin Bai, I'll start."

"Keep Lin Bai."

"Keep Lin Bai."

"Keep Lin Bai."

……

"Spring flowers and autumn moons are scenes praised by poets, but your smile with dimples is the most beautiful sight in my eyes..." Looking at the player in front of him who was blushing and named 【Lin Jia Xiaoniangzi】, Lin Bai wore a smile and continued his Good Words Task.

Lin Bai was afraid of death; otherwise, he wouldn't be desperately doing system tasks to grow and save his life.

But since the accident had already happened, he could only take a gamble. After all, if he kept maintaining a shining image, he would eventually encounter this day...

Besides.

No matter how carefree he lived here, it was still an illusory world. This place didn't belong to him; here, he had no family and no friends.

What if he went back after being fixed?

Lin Bai, after all, still held onto a glimmer of wishful thinking.

……

But for an entire day, apart from the players coming to check in.

Neither the game officials nor the system in his mind gave any response, as if nothing had happened at all.

"My dear sweet husband, don't worry, I've already petitioned on the game forum, and many people have gone to petition. The Game Company won't fix you. You must keep your innocence. I love listening to your sweet talk, and I will support you with actual actions. Mwah!" 【Lin Jia Xiaoniangzi】 stood in front of Lin Bai, whispered a sentence in a voice the NPC couldn't hear, then squeezed out a sweet smile at him, turned around, and sat on a chair nearby, tossing a handful of copper coins onto the table, "Waiter, bring half a catty of Braised Beef, two flatbreads, and another plate of shredded bean curd."

"Coming right up, please wait a moment." The waiter flicked his white towel, looked at Lin Bai with admiration, and sang out loudly, "Half a catty of Braised Beef, two flatbreads, and one plate of shredded bean curd."

At this moment.

The waiter and the chef were already admiring their shopkeeper to the point of prostration.

Yesterday there was hardly any business, but today, after the boss sat at the shop entrance and said nice things, customers came in wave after wave, and not a single one of them haggled...

The boss is truly a genius at doing business.

Of course, he is even more of a language genius; those pleasant words that never repeat, just hearing them makes one blush—he certainly could never say them himself...

A petition?

Lin Bai raised an eyebrow, immediately understanding what was going on.

Good grief!

His little shop has become an internet-famous check-in spot.

Everyone is coming here to experience how "a kind word warms three winters"!

Fine!

The Great Language System is indeed powerful; saying pleasant words can really save one's life...

If he maintains the game features that attract players, the Game Company likely won't touch him!

It's a good thing he made preparations for both scenarios and didn't break character to curse halfway through, otherwise the hard work of an entire day and night would have been wasted.

What the hell, it's like seeing a ghost.

Players are truly a group of unreasonable creatures...

To the side.

The resurrected Deng Li Buduo watched the bustling Kitchen God Rice Divination with an expression of utter despair.

Lin Bai had slapped away a whole day of his effort, but he no longer cared about that.

He hoped more to see a lively Lin Bai who would insult people at the drop of a hat and demand he uphold Gentleman's Virtue, rather than a mascot who only knew how to say pleasant things.

While everyone was petitioning to keep Lin Bai, he submitted a bug report to the Game Company, hoping the Game Company could fix Lin Bai while retaining his storyline quests.

But the response he received was, "The game is running perfectly normally. Respected Pioneer, we wish you a pleasant gaming experience."

Deng Li Buduo cursed immediately; the underlying code is a mess, and they still have the nerve to call it "perfectly normal"?

Isn't it just because of the ten-thousand-person petition?

The Game Company really has no shame when it comes to money!

City Lord's Mansion.

Zhao Tong, with black lines on his forehead, reported the situation at the Kitchen God Rice Divination to Xu Longyun: "... City Lord, that is roughly how things stand. Shopkeeper Lin praises everyone he meets, even when he is hitting them. He has led almost all the newly appeared Heavenly Descended in the city to his shop, and those Heavenly Descended have no malice toward him; on the contrary, they are very keen on spending money in his shop..."

"Praises everyone he meets?" Xu Longyun was stunned for a long moment, a trace of inexplicable disappointment sliding through her heart, but she quickly regained her composure, sighed, and said, "So that was his plan all along..."

Looking at the half-finished poem she had recopied on the table that had been sent to her, Xu Longyun gave a self-deprecating smile and murmured, "He started preparing from last night? In the end, I am still a step behind him!"

(End of this chapter)