Ok there is so many important things in this chapter that I can't convey my thoughts in a single quip. I'm just gonna list them down below.
First, WE FINALLY ARE GETTING MORE LIN BACKSTORY.
Curious to see how he became the person he is today, especially since he looks like a very different person in that photo of him as a child. Plus, for the art to heavily emphasize his emotion when viewing that frame, I'm guessing it's probably something heavy, even for him.
Second, we basically got confirmation that inky/blackie is the god, 'Darkness'. Glad to see that we finally got an answer as to who it is. But what I find confusing is that, if Darkness consumed the sun and moon, why is it allowing the sun and moon to revive through Joseph and Little Moon. Perhaps the witches and darkness are intrinsically related? Plus, as such an old god, why did it give Lin this opportunity? Maybe it needed him? Maybe that relates to Lin's past. I'm not sure.
Third, if Darkness specifically chose Lin, and it has something to do with his life before being Isekai'd, perhaps that old man was once a person from this newer world? Something like traversing parallel worlds or smth with magic? Idk just spit-balling
Fourth, BRO GOT HIS OWN DOMAIN EXPANSION
Fifth, Silver was definitely silent because of how quickly Lin was able to create the dreamscape. That or the sheer amount of Aether he has. She's probably flabbergasted
Sixth, I would have never thought that I'd see the shitshow that is America's 2024 presidential election being referenced in this manhua 💀
Seventh, why was Kamala done so dirty with that Joker ass smile 😭
Girl looks like she just cooked up a
devious contraption
Eighth, during Lin's monologue about how China's unique culture hasn't been properly conveyed in a AAA game from a Chinese dev, it looks like it's directly referencing Black Myth: Wukong with that book at the bottom of the panel's cover (at least, it looks like Wukong to me)
Ninth, if you can completely recreate an environment to the point where you can't tell whether it's fake or not in the dreamscape, that really does beg the question of if you could 'revive' a person based off of your memories of them. If so, perhaps they could be able to materialize into the real world too? Quite the interesting concept.
Anyways, sorry for the long winded comment. I found this chapter to be really interesting and wanted to write down my thoughts, so that in the future I can see if I'd guessed some of these things correctly.
And yes, I do need to touch grass
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk!