Bai Jike

Biodata

Background

A 19-year-old red-hacker genius, Bai Jike worked in a computer room at the National University of Defense Technology before volunteering for undercover work. After discovering overseas accounts belonging to Star Radiance executives, he joined the company to investigate suspected money laundering through overseas zombie accounts 14 23.

His work ordinarily involved technology rather than field assignments. He had reported enough online criminals to become familiar with the relevant department, which sent him rewards under the sender name “Home” 23.

Appearance

Bai Jike is a red-haired young man with a fit build 11 48.

• A scale recorded him as 180 cm tall, 66 kg, and 11% body fat after he adjusted its reading 13.
• He has wrist calluses from coding, which he often conceals by pulling his hands into his sleeves 23.
• He has a noticeable cowlick 23.

Personality

Bai Jike is socially anxious, quiet, and uncomfortable with attention. He struggles to lie and can become flustered when several people look at him or when he addresses a camera. Alcohol has the opposite effect: at a bar, he loudly boasted about his abilities and complained that winning an endorsement had cost him computer time 11 23 48.

Despite his reserve, he has a strong sense of duty. He volunteered to investigate Star Radiance, helped Shi Xingzhou escape a bee swarm despite Shi’s earlier threats, and offered to look into the case of a welfare institute child’s imprisoned father 14 23. He gradually became more comfortable around the institute’s children and visited them regularly 25.

Abilities & Skills

Hacking and programming

Bai Jike is a gifted red hacker who tracks online criminals and writes automated tools 3 23 50.

• He defeated an opponent in a computer attack-and-defense contest at Huixin Welfare Institute 23.
• Using the name Nightwing, he supplied Jiang Ji with information exposing paid troll accounts attacking his teammates and the Folk Customs Association 37.
• He traced the suppression of a livestream to an automated program he had written as an assignment, then bypassed it 50.

Memory and analysis

• Bai Jike browses a mental “memory palace” while asleep, becoming almost unresponsive to his surroundings. He is also usually sluggish for about ten minutes after waking 3.
• At Huixin Welfare Institute, he calculated load-bearing points and recommended positions for trainees trying to move a falling streetlight pole 24.
• He drew on things children at the institute had said when writing rap lyrics for “Beyond the Frontier Star River” 34.

Performance

• Bai Jike rapped lines adapted from Azure Dragon trainees’ and graduates’ letters home during Xiu Si’s first public performance 29.
• He performed the rap for “Beyond the Frontier Star River” and danced Yingge with Zhuo Yang in its promotional video 34 35.
• At an early training assessment, he struggled to project his voice and was unfamiliar with the song’s lyrics and melody 21.

Field skills

• He is agile and can swim, though he considers himself less suited to heavy physical exertion than some of his teammates 14 24 48.
• He can sneak into restricted areas, pick locks, and avoid cameras, but Qiao Huan observes that his counter-surveillance awareness is poor 22.
• After sleeping too soundly caused trouble, he trained himself to wake more readily and responded alertly to a scream on Deserted Island 16.

Relationships

• Qiao Huan — Roommate and teammate. Qiao Huan discovered Bai’s hacking but kept his secret; Bai grew to trust him and later said he hoped Qiao Huan would debut even if only one of them could 23 31.
• Ye Yiwei — Roommate and teammate who rescued Bai from drowning on Deserted Island. They later looked after children together during filming 14 48.
• Zhuo Yang — Roommate and teammate. The pair performed Yingge together for the Phantom River promotional video 5 35.
• Shi Xingzhou — Fellow entertainer who threatened Bai into an alliance on Deserted Island. Bai rejected him but later saved him from a bee swarm 14.
• Constantine Fan — A child Bai cared for during filming and rescued from a river. Bai blamed himself for losing sight of him, though Constantine’s mother reassured him 48 49.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Trainee shows and *Deserted Island*

Bai slept through events at the safe house and was announced as the first surviving prey on City Escape, winning a Blue Sesame endorsement. He and his three roommates were subsequently named candidates for Star Radiance’s OSOK group 3.

At a surprise dance assessment, the four successfully performed unfamiliar choreography that other trainees had changed without telling them 7 8. On Deserted Island, Bai escaped Shi Xingzhou’s forced alliance, saved Shi from bees, and nearly drowned after becoming tangled in pond weeds. Ye Yiwei pulled him to shore, and the four roommates formed a silent alliance against Shi 14.

Azure Dragon and Xiu Si

During training at Azure Dragon, Qiao Huan became suspicious of Bai’s background and followed him to a server room. At Huixin Welfare Institute, Qiao discovered Bai hacking and came to understand that he wanted to help people, although Bai did not reveal his undercover identity 21 22 23.

Bai joined the others for Xiu Si’s public performance at Azure Dragon and was later announced as a member of the OSOK-X subunit. The group’s Phantom River promotional video, “Beyond the Frontier Star River,” received an enthusiastic response and brought its members widespread fame 29 32 37.

*Brat Comes Home*

While filming with children, Bai identified an invasive apple snail, disposed of it and its eggs, and reminded viewers to extinguish outdoor fires. When Constantine fell into a river, Bai used a basin to keep him afloat and swam him to shore 48.

Afterward, Bai investigated the suppressed popularity of a livestream featuring his teammates. He discovered that its suppression used code based on his own old program, bypassed it, and paid for a fan-made Xiu Si video to appear on plaza screens nationwide 49 50.