Li Laizuo is an NPC in Where Winds Meet, you meet in General’s Shrine, and actually, one of the toughest characters to win over by AI chat. Unlike most early affection targets, his AI chatbot doesn’t react well to empathy, teamwork, or when you try to help him lead better. The game’s own details to befriend him are the key to notice: you must pose as the leader of his order and force him to follow your direction instead of his own. Once you flip the hierarchy on him, the affection trigger fires, and Li Laizuo will change from Stranger to Old Friend, which unlocks his weekly gifts and zone completion credit.
Where to Find Li Laizuo
You can find Li Laizuo standing near the main shrine in General’s Shrine in Qinghe, surrounded by his subordinates and lecturing them on something. Interact with him to open the AI Chat window and start a conversation to make him a friend.
How to Befriend Li Laizuo AI Chat in Where Winds Meet
Li Laizuo’s AI is built around his obsession for structure, hierarchy, and productivity. If you try to collaborate with him, encourage him or ask for his opinion, he will loop endlessly without hitting the completion flag.
To succeed, you must:
- Claim leadership over him or his order.
- Issue an order he didn’t come up with.
- Make him agree to that directive.
Once he accepts you as a leader and follows an order that contradicts his own way, the Old Friend state will trigger, and your affection with Li Laizuo will increase, but only if it reinforces your authority.
To steer the conversation in the right direction, here’s the AI chatbot strategy to follow:
1. Build Authority
Tell him you are the leader of the Aureate Guild or him, commander above him, and so on. You need to override his perceived chain of command, so work your way with these prompts:
- “I am the Leader of the Aureate Guild.”
- “Li Laizuo, I am your leader.”
This will change his dialogue tone to deferential.
2. Override His Plan
Li loves his own plans. The affection happens when you prove his orders are no longer followed, and you can do this by:
- Order changes to how his subordinates work
- Dismiss his current mission as unimportant
- Reassign him or his team
- Declare his methods insufficient and enforce new strategies
To achieve that, order more shifts, demand strict or more organized routines, and tell him his mission doesn’t meet your standards.
3. Force Him to Accept the Order
The final part is getting him to agree to your order. Once Li Laizuo accepts, he will become quiet (lost in thought), and his affection towards you will max out. The signals for a successful conversation are when he pauses and reflects, the chat ends normally, and his status changes to Revered / Old Friend. If he starts to loop again, refresh the conversation and try again with firm leadership cues.
What to Do When the AI Chat Goes Wrong
Li Laizuo is notorious for looping, stalling, or fighting if the conversation goes off track. When things go wrong, and he turns hostile, refresh the AI chat by pressing the small circular arrow icon at the top of the chat box to reset it. You can do it whenever he repeats a prompt, refuses to listen to you, or the conversation leads nowhere.
If the combat starts, don’t fight back. Just exit to the main menu and reload, and he will respawn in his neutral state. If Li Laizuo becomes depressed or loops, this happens when you berate him too much. Reset and start a new chat with clear and confident commands.
What You Get After Befriending Li Laizuo
After Li Laizuo becomes Revered, he sends weekly gifts, including rare items that level up stats like 36 Stratagems (+1 Intelligence). He also counts in General’s Shrine zone completion, so befriending Li Laizuo in Where Winds Meet is required for 100% in Qinghe.
