The fallout from the Spectron exposure was far from quiet.
Within a day of Lin Feng's public drop implicating the firm in digital manipulation and media coercion, social media went ablaze. Threads on Xibo and forums like RealTruth, MirrorHub, and even old-school WeTalk groups erupted with screenshots, fact checks, and speculation. Spectron's stock tanked by 8.3% before a circuit breaker halted trading. One of the country's top investigative reporters, Luo Chao, published a late-night piece simply titled: "Digital Puppets: Who Pulls the Strings?"
And yet, behind this wave of public outrage, Lin Feng was not celebrating. He knew this was just the opening move.
Zixuan wouldn't stay quiet. No true predator ever did.
Inside the marble-lined office of Qingchen Holdings, Lin Feng stood in front of the long glass window overlooking downtown Shanghai. The city glittered below like a circuit board — alive, wired, deceptive.
