I'm pretty sure it's pretty much confirmed at this point, seeing as he said the figure is from "a world he cannot return to"
in the other story by the author in the same universe KIND OF SPOILERS I GUESS
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the main character is a transmigrator!! and its also apparently rlly fucking common to the point where theres a bunch of them i think LMFAO. he def is
forgive me if im wrong my memory is ass
in which other story if i may ask?
Well that is a pretty popular trope in chinese novels so maybe.. if its true i wonder if itll affect the story somehow