Ge Congze

Biodata

Background

Ge Congze was born into a martial-arts family. His parents subjected him to daily medicinal baths and horse-stance training, hoping to raise him as a masculine soldier. In college, he began dressing as a woman and practicing a woman’s voice. He later described the Weird Game as a stage where he could be himself 90.

His younger brother entered the Weird Game before him, cleared eight instances, and holds an important position in Worldwatch. Ge learned about the rewards for surviving an instance with fewer participants from him 96.

Appearance

Ge has a slender frame, delicate features and long hair. His feminine appearance is convincing, although his prominent Adam’s apple is noticeable 70 93.

• Wore a long white dress, black boots and light makeup upon arriving at Renshou Funeral Home 70.
• Explained that he had been role-playing before the instance began and had no time to change 70.

Personality

Ge is pragmatic and favors active investigation over waiting for danger. He can be ruthless toward dungeon natives: he proposed using a captured woman to test the sixth floor and suggested killing her afterward to prevent retaliation 72 75.

He values his teammates and says he would not deliberately set them up for stronger rewards. Although initially irritated by Xia Yuanhou’s attention, Ge came to regard him as a loyal and useful ally and sought revenge after his death 72 93 96 100.

Abilities & Skills

Martial arts

Ge trained in martial arts from childhood, though he said he had concealed his foundation after entering college 90.

• Used a precise, restrained roundhouse kick to knock a woman away from the elevator 76.
• Restrained the much larger Xia Yuanhou with a powerful grip 83.
• Claimed that Qianjing Youhui and Xie Fei could not escape him in a one-on-one fight, but was less certain about defeating Si Yehan 96.

Stealth and information gathering

Ge identified lurking and hiding as his strengths, saying they made it easy to steal information within an instance. He acknowledged that hiding was useless against ghosts 70.

Voice imitation

Ge can switch between his male voice and a convincing feminine voice, a skill he began practicing in college 70 78 90.

Relationships

• Xia Yuanhou — Fellow participant and ally. Xia’s persistent curiosity initially irritated Ge, but they grew close. After Xia’s murder, Ge asked the surviving participants to help him find and kill the culprit 72 93 100.
• Si Yehan — Fellow participant whom Ge briefly suspected after Xia’s death. Ge later concluded, incorrectly, that the killer was not among the survivors; Si Yehan had killed Xia 92 93 96.
• Qianjing Youhui — Fellow survivor. She suspected Ge of killing Xia, but apologized after he challenged her accusation. She later agreed to help him seek revenge 96 100.
• Younger brother — A Worldwatch member who informed Ge how survivor numbers affect instance rewards 96.

Story Role

Night Watch

• Sixth-floor test: Ge and Xia captured a woman outside Renshou Funeral Home. Ge woke her and made her inspect the sixth floor; she died upon opening a room, revealing a killing rule 75 76.
• First vigil: After Zhuang Xiaosheng was killed, Ge urged the survivors to heed the warning from his death and remain quiet around the other corpses 78 79.
• Investigation: Ge gathered the group to discuss the corpses, questioned funeral-home staff and led the survivors to the director. The director explained the worlds they had entered and offered information about the ghosts’ killing rules in exchange for a future favor 82 83 84.
• Xia Yuanhou’s death: Ge found Xia’s mutilated body and believed his killer was also responsible for Ning Qian’s murder. After a fruitless search, he disclosed what he knew about enhanced rewards for fewer survivors, hoping to expose a participant with a motive 93 94 96.
• Third vigil: Ge warned the others not to look at the photograph, suspecting the black-clad ghost could use it to make eye contact. He broke free of an illusion after all four ghosts awakened and advised the group to stay awake until dawn 97 99 100.