Ye Xu

Biodata

Power Progression

Personality

Ye Xu is competitive and convinced of his own importance. After his talent produced a thousand skill books, he proclaimed himself the “protagonist”; losing leaderboard positions to Song Shige later infuriated him 7 12.

He is opportunistic in trade and willing to use his resources for an advantage. He defended steep Lamp Oil prices on the grounds of scarcity and later pursued market manipulation with outside help 5 33 34.

Despite his confidence, Ye Xu became disillusioned after his defeat in the Trial Instance. He described his previous life as ordinary and, after experiencing a fantasy in which he was a celebrated hero, said he would rather remain in an illusion than face reality. He offered Su Luo his possessions and cooperation in exchange for returning to the Dreamscape 153 154.

Abilities & Skills

Thousandfold Increase

Ye Xu’s talent originally multiplied the quantity of one randomly selected personal item by a thousand each day. After an upgrade, Thousandfold Increase (+1) multiplied it three thousandfold 7 153 157.

• Produced a thousand Basic Movement Technique books and a thousand ammunition boxes 7 15.
• Produced a thousand Exemption Stones, but they were bound and could not be traded 12 15.
• Multiplied a monster body part that he later recycled for Survival Coins 33.
• Its random selection can yield items he does not want 33.
• In his Trial Instance, its activation cycle followed the Land of Darkness’s time system, requiring him to wait six local days between activations 98.
• Multiplied a Superpower Orb during the trial. The resulting thousand orbs overloaded his soul with simultaneous, conflicting transformations and left him unconscious 152.
• Produced 3,000 Fine-quality mental-charm-resistant necklaces and 3,000 stamina potions during later tests, despite Ye Xu not physically handling items at the time 166.
• Produced 3,000 Excellent Clear-Mind Forehead Ornaments from an experimental item briefly placed in contact with him 198.
• Produced 3,000 Legendary Enhancement Stones after his attributes were raised to 23. Each stone could enhance a Legendary item by one level, up to +15 564.

Su Luo and Han Song investigated the Talent’s unstated rules. They concluded that its selection depended on system-certified, conceptually recognized ownership rather than current physical possession. An experiment showed that contact with an item for a period could establish a temporary ownership relationship and add it to the selection pool 166 198.

Su Luo also theorized that selection was weighted by Ye Xu’s environment, needs and subjective awareness rather than being entirely blind. Bound items could not be added to the pool because Ye Xu needed to own them under the system’s rules 166 520.

Fireball

After Su Luo ignored his requests for tutoring, Ye Xu hired another survivor and learned Fireball 16 20.

• During the Monster Tide, he fired five large fireballs in succession, though they failed to stop a Rock Golem’s charge 25.
• His Fireball was Level 17 with five effects when he compared it to Su Luo’s more varied fire magic 27.

Other Skills

• Appraisal: At Level 3, it revealed partial information about a Level 2 elite Skeleton Thrower 10.
• Gathering: He used it to collect a monster part after the Monster Tide 33.
• Flame Attachment: He was attempting to learn its basics by Chapter 39 39.

Equipment and Shelter

• Nature Talisman — Deflected a potentially fatal bone javelin; its description allowed it to block three instances of fatal damage 10.
• Fearless Armor and Gale Boots — Fine-quality armor that increased defense at the cost of mobility, and boots that increased mobility and granted the Wind Flash charge skill 10.
• Firearms — Used a Desert Eagle and assault rifles; he also kept a heavy sniper rifle at his shelter 10 20.
• Staff — An excellent-quality staff used to cast Fireball during the Monster Tide 25.
• Level 5 shelter — Fortified with a mana-infused metal wall, three Automatic Ballista Towers, an Elemental Energy Core and a Rapid Production Workshop for bolts 20.
• Life-saving necklace — Activated after the Song of the Siren boss immobilized him, allowing him to flee 37.
• Stone house — Later housed Ye Xu while Su Luo and Han Song continued their work involving him 255.

Story Role

Lamp Oil trade

Ye Xu sold more than two thousand units of Lamp Oil at steep prices while survivors struggled to find light. Qin Lang approached him about a fairer long-term supply agreement, but the Mutual Aid Association subsequently distributed free Firestarters and instructions for burning shelter materials, driving down the oil price 5 6.

Rankings and the Monster Tide

Using resources generated by his talent, Ye Xu upgraded his shelter and acquired equipment. He briefly topped the kill rankings, then placed second in both kills and levels at a daily settlement while retaining first place in shelter rankings 10 12.

Ye Xu was one of only three survivors to challenge the sixth Monster Tide wave, triggering livestreams of their battles. He cleared the ninth wave after expending ammunition and an expensive area spell against a Broodmother’s swarm. Concerned about the Level 5 elite expected in the tenth wave and further damage to his shelter, he declined to continue 25 29.

Market war and instance

After the Monster Tide, Ye Xu recycled multiplied monster parts, other items and corpses for nearly 400,000 Survival Coins. He contacted Mei Chuanyi’s group about profiting through market manipulation 33.

The Mutual Aid Association’s preliminary investigation attributed impersonation scams and market disruption to Ye Xu’s faction. Su Luo publicly denied selling guides and identified the group as responsible. The subsequent market war ended in a rout for Ye Xu’s side, although the faction retained substantial coins and scarce resources 34 37.

Ye Xu later entered Song of the Siren. He easily defeated Level 3 and 4 monsters but fled the final room after its Level 5 elite boss immobilized him. He chose to save his three free attribute points and seek other ways to improve his attacks 37.

Trial Instance and soul overload

In a Trial Instance, Ye Xu offered the eldest princess several hundred sets of armor with SS-rank defense to help her endangered race. In return, she accepted his request to become her personal guard 98.

After the trial, Ye Xu’s silence, low ranking and lack of transactions led Su Luo and Song Shige to suspect that a Forbidden Existence might have escaped with him. They instead found him unconscious: his Talent had multiplied a Superpower Orb, filling his soul with a thousand orbs whose transformations overwhelmed him 145 152.

Dreamscape and Talent research

Su Luo constructed a dream in which Ye Xu believed he had returned to the trial and helped the princess save her world. Ye Xu recounted his earlier failure, then experienced victory and ten happy years with her. A subsequent apparent return to reality was also a dream; after recognizing it, he begged to return to the earlier illusion and offered Su Luo everything he owned 152 153.

Su Luo placed Ye Xu in his own Dreamscape for observation and modified his physical body to maintain its basic functions by absorbing Mana. Ye Xu’s body was subsequently left with Han Song and Xi Ji, and Han Song investigated the rules of his Talent for Su Luo and Song Shige 154 155 157.

The experiments included a dream of an ordinary life marked by disappointing examinations, employment troubles and debt. Han Song reported that it had not driven Ye Xu into despair or produced an intense desire for power; Su Luo then burned away the memories of the dream 204.

In another Dreamscape scenario, Ye Xu believed that killing teammates increased his attributes without punishment. Han Song turned his experiences into a forum serial, later updating it as “Ye Xu’s Dao! A dignified serial!” These events were Dreamscape experiences rather than events in the Land of Darkness 261 518.

Su Luo and the Mutual Aid Association worked to add valuable items to Ye Xu’s Talent selection pool. Su Luo later released him from the Dreamscape for a Trait Dungeon, disguising it as a mission. Ye Xu cleared it after two attempts, and Su Luo helped raise his attributes to 23; his next major increase produced 3,000 Legendary Enhancement Stones 520 564.

Relationships

• Song Shige — Leaderboard rival. Ye Xu resented being outpaced by him and discovered that Song Shige had blocked him. Song Shige later joined Su Luo in investigating his disappearance and helped arrange research into his Talent 12 15 145 157.
• Su Luo — Ye Xu sought his help learning Fireball, but Su Luo ignored his requests. Ye Xu’s faction was later implicated in scams using Su Luo’s name. Su Luo subsequently found Ye Xu unconscious, placed him in a Dreamscape and studied his Talent 16 34 152 154.
• Qin Lang — Mutual Aid Association representative who negotiated with Ye Xu over Lamp Oil and later helped plan a response to his faction’s market activities 5 35.
• Mei Chuanyi — Member of a foreign survivors’ organization whom Ye Xu contacted about financial cooperation 33.
• Eldest princess — Accepted Ye Xu as her personal guard after he offered armor to help her people. A version of her later appeared in Su Luo’s constructed dream, where Ye Xu experienced a life with her 98 153.
• Han Song — Investigated Thousandfold Increase, conducted experiments on its selection pool and published a serial based on Ye Xu’s Dreamscape experiences 157 198 518.

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