Ji Minghuan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Ji Minghuan / 姬明欢 1
Alias(es)	Restricted Superhuman No. 1002; Black Cocoon; Chrysalis Man; Gu Wenyu / Unit 1; Xia Pingzhou / Unit 2 / “White Crow Troupe Member No. 12: Chess Player”; Yagubalu / Unit 3 1 3 13 18 34 130 131
Species/Race	Human; classified as a Restricted Superhuman with a suspected Reality Alteration-type ability 1
Gender	Male 7 131
Affiliation	Saint Dili Welfare Home; captive research subject of the laboratory/Sodalitas Salvifica; White Crow Troupe through Unit 2 1 36 40 149
Occupation/Role	Restricted Superhuman research subject; controller and creator of game characters/units; covert operator as Black Cocoon and Chess Player 1 3 34 75
Status	Alive; imprisoned in an Imprisonment Room, later permitted supervised outings with the other children 1 383
First Appearance	Chapter 1: “Sleep Talking” 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Restricted Superhuman No. 1002	1	Held as a peak-sequence Restricted Superhuman; the Instructor identifies his ability as likely “Reality Alteration” and expects it to manifest through game-like forms.
Game Character #1: Gu Wenyu loaded	3	Ji Minghuan’s consciousness enters Gu Wenyu’s body in Li Jing; Gu Wenyu’s memories load, and the system interface appears.
Restraint Band field test	4	Confirms Gu Wenyu’s restraint bands can absorb/share force, support high-speed movement, and reduce gravity’s effect on the body.
Restraint Belt Senses learned	7	First learned skill; allows seeing and hearing through restraint bands, with strong night-vision and surveillance value.
Main Quest 1 Stage 1 cleared	9	Discovers Gu Qiye is the Esper “Blue Arc”; gains 1 Split Point, 1 Skill Point, and 1 Attribute Point.
Black Cocoon publicly named	18 19	Uses restraint bands to form the “cocoon” appearance; the Esper Association names him “Black Cocoon” and temporarily classifies him as a B-Level Observation Target.
Speed allocation + Restraint Belt Detection learned	14	Allocates an Attribute Point to Speed and learns a touch-based data-reading skill for humans or humanoid creatures.
Black Cocoon rated Chief Grade	22	Ji Minghuan learns Black Cocoon is classified as Chief Grade, two levels below his main body’s Restricted Class.
Game Character #2: Xia Pingzhou created	34	Selects a rare Exorcist character with a unique Heavenly Drive and chooses the “Wild Hunt” growth main quest.
Xia Pingzhou joins White Crow Troupe	36 38	Enters Tokyo as the replacement for Troupe No. 12; starts with D Strength, C++ Speed, and C++ Spirit.
Strength improved + Superpower Stealing learned	48	Allocates points after dinner and learns a superpower-stealing skill for Black Cocoon.
Soldier Training upgraded	66	Upgrades Xia Pingzhou’s skill to “Soldier Training.”
Restraint Belt Avatar learned	75	Sells the “Bird in a Cage” Event Card for 1 Skill Point, learns the avatar skill, and discovers the avatar can exist for up to 12 hours.
Black Cocoon Strength B → B+	75	Allocates the remaining Attribute Point to Strength after testing Restraint Belt Avatar.
Xia Pingzhou Spirit B → B+	79	Raises Unit 2’s Spirit attribute, increasing the strength of chess-piece constructs.
Wild Hunt second phase completed	83	Kills nine captured Superhumans with Black Iron Soldiers and completes the second phase cultivation mission, earning an Attribute Point.
Black Cocoon Training Mission 2 completed	86	Completes Training Mission 2 and begins Mission 3.
Heavenly Drive evolution confirmed	99	After killing nine Chief Grade Superhumans, Xia Pingzhou’s Heavenly Drive evolves, increasing the number and strength of his chess-piece minions.
Restraint Belt Blade learned	129	Learns the Rage-branch skill “Restraint Belt Blade”; his listed Unit 1 tree already includes Truth, Camouflage, Trap, Avatar, Suppression, and Ability Steal.
Unit 2 codename updated	130	Xia Pingzhou’s alias becomes “White Crow Troupe Member No. 12: Chess Player.”
Game Character #3: Yagubalu created	131	Creates a rare Eternal Abyss Shark magical creature with the “Whaler Hunter” main quest and entry into the Whale Garden Box.
Partial fusion with Restricted Class 1001	383	Ji Minghuan’s mental body merges with 1001’s, absorbing memories, improving mental stability, and learning the Sodalitas Salvifica base location.

Background / History

Saint Dili Welfare Home

Ji Minghuan lived at Saint Dili Welfare Home in Li Jing and had never truly gone outside before his abduction. His closest companion there was Kong Youling, an albino girl who communicated nonverbally and could enter other people’s Spirit Worlds 1 3 50.

Two months before the main story, Kong Youling accidentally brought him into his own Spirit World while they were playing a two-player computer game. Ji Minghuan’s Spirit World took the form of a library, but he soon discovered he could reshape it by “splitting” off new mental spaces, creating places such as beaches, televisions, and game-filled rooms for them to explore together 50.

Imprisonment and Prophecy

About a month before Chapter 1, Ji Minghuan fell asleep at the welfare home and woke up inside an Imprisonment Room in an experimental facility. The staff repeatedly called him a Restricted Superhuman and research subject, claiming a prophecy predicted he would destroy the world 1 15.

The Instructor treated him as a child to be guided, while the Military Officer played the harsher role; Ji Minghuan recognized both as captors using “whip and sugar” tactics 1. Despite constant interrogation, he initially insisted he had no superpower and compared himself to an ordinary “Muggle” or stray dog 1.

Awakening the Game System

Ji Minghuan’s consciousness later loaded into Gu Wenyu, a high school student in Li Jing, as “Game Character #1.” Gu Wenyu’s memories entered his mind, and Ji Minghuan gained access to panels such as the Attribute Panel, Task Panel, Character Exclusive Training System, and Skill Tree System 3.

The system pushed him into investigating Gu Wenyu’s family and friends. His first major discovery was that Gu Wenyu’s elder brother, Gu Qiye, was secretly the famous Li Jing Esper “Blue Arc” 6 9.

Black Cocoon and Outside Operations

Using Gu Wenyu’s restraint-band superpower, Ji Minghuan adopted Gu Wenyu’s mask and windbreaker and appeared publicly as Black Cocoon. He became known for wrapping himself in black restraint bands like a hanging chrysalis, and the Esper Association quickly assigned him the codename “Black Cocoon” 8 13 18 19.

Ji Minghuan used Black Cocoon to gather leverage, build covert relationships, and push Gu Qiye toward deeper involvement with Rainbow Wings. He also planned to use Gu Qiye’s future access to investigate Sodalitas Salvifica and Rainbow Wings member Urushihara Ruri 44 147 256.

Xia Pingzhou and the White Crow Troupe

For his second game character, Ji Minghuan chose Xia Pingzhou, a rare Exorcist character tied to the White Crow Troupe and the “Wild Hunt” questline. Xia Pingzhou’s background centered on betrayal, revenge against “Jack the Ripper,” and a dangerous Heavenly Drive 34.

As Xia Pingzhou, Ji Minghuan entered the White Crow Troupe as the replacement for No. 12 and later received the codename “Chess Player.” He used the troupe’s chaos and reputation as a path toward Rainbow Wings, Sodalitas Salvifica, and stronger enemies needed for his cultivation missions 36 40 69 130.

Later Developments

Ji Minghuan later created Yagubalu, an Eternal Abyss Shark magical creature whose quest involved the Whale Garden Box and revenge against the Legendary Whale 131.

In the laboratory, he also grew closer to the other captive children. On his birthday, he wished for everyone’s survival; the Instructor then revealed the children had been raised to stop Ji Minghuan if he ever lost control 258.

When the Prophet finally arrived, Ji Minghuan was already aware that the greatest danger was not to himself but to the fragile people around him 378. After partially merging with Restricted Class 1001, he gained memories, mental stability, and the location of Sodalitas Salvifica’s base 383.

Appearance

Ji Minghuan’s true body is a thin, gaunt twelve-year-old boy usually seen in a hospital gown inside the Imprisonment Room. Prolonged confinement leaves his hair untrimmed, often falling over his eyes 1 149.

• Thin body and gaunt face 1
• Hospital gown while imprisoned 1
• Overgrown fringe from long confinement 1
• Black Cocoon outfit: black mask with blood-red eyeholes, built-in voice changer, and black swallowtail windbreaker 8 13
• Black Cocoon combat silhouette: body wrapped in black restraint bands into a suspended chrysalis 18

Personality

Ji Minghuan is sarcastic, observant, and difficult to intimidate. Even while imprisoned, he jokes about his captors, questions the logic of his arrest, and treats the Instructor’s soft approach as another form of manipulation 1 15 31.

He views the world through a player’s mindset: efficient, utilitarian, and willing to use quests, identities, and factions as tools. He explicitly sees Gu Wenyu’s world as something like a game screen controlled from a higher dimension 7 40 69.

His morality is flexible. He can stage plans through others, kill Superhumans as part of White Crow Troupe operations, and show little guilt when treating enemies as “NPCs” or necessary resources 44 83 86.

Despite that, his attachment to specific people is genuine. Kong Youling is his clearest emotional weak point, and he lies to protect her, plans to rescue her, and reacts strongly to news about her condition 1 18 149 356. He also worries about the captive children and the people around him because they lack his Restricted-class durability 258 378.

Abilities & Skills

Reality Alteration Game System

Ji Minghuan’s core ability manifests as a game-like system with characters, quests, attributes, skill trees, and rewards. The Instructor predicted this form because Ji Minghuan liked video games 1 3.

• Creates and controls “Game Characters” or Units, beginning with Gu Wenyu 3
• Loads character memories directly into his mind 3
• Uses panels such as Attribute Panel, Task Panel, Character Exclusive Training System, and Skill Tree System 3
• Gains Split Points, Skill Points, and Attribute Points from main quests 6 9
• Game UI elements are invisible to others, allowing public use without detection 6
• Characters act autonomously when not directly controlled, following a “Code of Conduct” inferred from his role-playing logic 19
• Constant 24-hour control can overstrain him and risks “Mental Split” 19
• Can synchronize with different units and multitask across perspectives 31 61 98

Spirit World / Splitting

Ji Minghuan’s Spirit World is a library, and his unusual control over it predates the visible game system. He can reshape it by splitting off new mental spaces and overlaying them onto the original world 50.

• Creates environments such as beaches, televisions, computers, and games 50
• Stores character memories as books and photo albums in the Spirit Library 49
• Can observe mental intruders from a higher-dimensional perspective inside his own Spirit World 50
• Uses fake “True Self” disguises to mislead the Mentor’s probes 50
• His real “True Self” is an empty shell he discarded in a corner of the library 50
• Partial fusion with Restricted Class 1001 improves his mental stability and grants 1001’s memories 383

Restraint Bands / Black Cocoon

Through Unit 1, Gu Wenyu, Ji Minghuan controls black restraint bands that act like living strips or bandages. They form the basis of his Black Cocoon identity 4 18.

• Absorb and share force to reduce physical impact 4
• Assist high-speed movement and gravity offset 4 13
• Provide sensory input for surveillance, tracking, and night vision through Restraint Belt Senses 7 9
• Read a humanoid target’s data through Restraint Belt Detection after touch contact 14 26
• Change color and camouflage his body for invisibility-like stealth 29
• Suppress and steal abilities through later Malice-branch skills 48 129
• Form a humanoid Restraint Belt Avatar with human-like appearance and weight 75
• Avatar limits: one avatar at a time, cannot create another avatar, has 30% of the main body’s attributes, and lasts up to 12 hours 75
• Learns Restraint Belt Blade to attach sharp black blades to the restraint bands 129

Heavenly Drive — Chess Player

Through Unit 2, Xia Pingzhou, Ji Minghuan uses a chess-themed Heavenly Drive that materializes combat pieces. The ability is tactical and minion-based 37.

• King: provides protection 37
• Soldiers / Black Iron Soldiers: block attacks and execute kills 37 83
• Rook: fires cannonballs 37
• Queen: assassinates targets and can carry/protect Ji Minghuan as Queen Colossus 37 61
• Spirit increases the strength of chess-piece constructs 79
• Evolves after killing nine Chief Grade Superhumans, increasing the number and power of the minions 99

Yagubalu / Eternal Abyss Shark

Yagubalu is Ji Minghuan’s third game character, a rare magical creature rather than a human unit 131.

• Species: Eternal Abyss Shark 131
• Extraordinary category: Magical Creature 131
• Base attributes include S-Rank Spirit 131
• Main quest: “Whaler Hunter” 131
• Growth method involves consuming Anecdote Fragments 131
• Created to enter the Whale Garden Box 131

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Black Cocoon Mask — pitch-black mask with blood-red eyeholes; later used with a built-in voice changer 8 13
• Black / Swallowtail Windbreaker — Gu Wenyu’s prepared “battle suit” clothing, used for Black Cocoon appearances 8 13
• Bird in a Cage Event Card — helps escape control-type abilities; later sold for 1 Skill Point to learn Restraint Belt Avatar 44 75
• Human-skin mask and fake ID — prepared in Xia Pingzhou’s background, allowing hotel check-in under a false identity 57
• Monitoring collar — used by the laboratory to prevent superpower use during Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling’s meeting 18

Relationships

• Kong Youling — childhood friend from the welfare home and rare Mental Superhuman; Ji Minghuan protects her, hides his power from her, and plans to rescue her 1 18 50 149 356
• The Instructor — main laboratory handler who explains classifications, the prophecy, and Ji Minghuan’s suspected power while manipulating him through trust-building 1 15 31 66 258
• The Mentor — mental ability user who probes Ji Minghuan’s Spirit World and later helps Kong Youling regain her voice and hearing 50 356
• Gu Wenyu — Unit 1 and first game character; Ji Minghuan controls his body, memories, family ties, and restraint-band ability 3 7 19
• Gu Qiye / Blue Arc — Gu Wenyu’s elder brother and a Quasi-Calamity Grade Esper; Ji Minghuan investigates, manipulates, and later uses him as a route toward Rainbow Wings 6 9 21 44 147 256
• Su Zimai — Gu Wenyu’s sister and an Exorcist; she has sibling banter with “Gu Wenyu,” while Ji Minghuan treats her as both a quest target and someone to protect 19 26 86 151
• Gu Zhuoan — Gu Wenyu’s father; estranged from the family, later used in Ji Minghuan’s plans involving Lan Hu and the auction 22 48 79
• Li Qingping — Gu Wenyu’s friend and a main quest target; Ji Minghuan worries about his safety during the Tokyo auction because losing him would affect quest progress 3 48 70
• Ke Qirui — Su Zimai’s instructor and an Exorcist Association official; Ji Minghuan exchanges contact information with her and later arranges to work with her toward America 26 95 258
• Ayase Origami — White Crow Troupe No. 3; takes Xia Pingzhou under her wing, treats him like a kitten, and becomes protective of him 36 84 99 129
• Oda Takikage — Ayase Origami’s former butler; prioritizes Ayase’s safety and spars with Xia Pingzhou to test his evolved Heavenly Drive 84 86 99
• Bloodline — White Crow Troupe member who gifts Ji Minghuan nine captured Superhumans to kill and searches for Restricted Superhuman 1001 83 84
• Sun Changkong — fellow captive child who makes a pinky promise with Ji Minghuan and shows concern for his emotional state 258 301
• Restricted Class 1001 — another Restricted Superhuman whose mental body merges with Ji Minghuan’s, giving him memories and Sodalitas Salvifica’s base location 383
• Red Dragon — Spirit Library observer who warns Ji Minghuan about the Prophet and recognizes his humanity despite his immense power 378
• The Prophet — unknown figure whose prediction led to Ji Minghuan’s imprisonment; later arrives in the Imprisonment Room after freezing time 15 378

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Imprisonment Arc — Introduced as Restricted Superhuman No. 1002, a child research subject held because of a prophecy that he may destroy the world 1 15.
• Gu Wenyu / Black Cocoon Arc — Returns to Li Jing through Gu Wenyu, investigates the Gu family, exposes Gu Qiye as Blue Arc, and creates the Black Cocoon identity 3 6 9 18.
• Family Secrets Arc — Uses Gu Wenyu’s relationships with Gu Qiye, Su Zimai, Gu Zhuoan, and Li Qingping as quest routes and potential leverage against larger organizations 6 19 21 26.
• White Crow Troupe Arc — Creates Xia Pingzhou, joins the White Crow Troupe as No. 12, and develops the Chess Player Heavenly Drive while pursuing information on Sodalitas Salvifica and Rainbow Wings 34 36 40 69 130.
• Tokyo Auction Arc — Operates multiple units in Tokyo, using Black Cocoon, Gu Wenyu, and Xia Pingzhou to protect assets, exploit faction conflicts, and advance quests 48 61 70 86 99.
• Whale Garden Box Arc — Creates Yagubalu, an Eternal Abyss Shark, to enter the Whale Garden Box through the “Whaler Hunter” questline 131.
• Prophet / 1001 Arc — Faces the coming threat of the Prophet, partially fuses with Restricted Class 1001, and obtains Sodalitas Salvifica’s base location 378 383.

Notable Quotes

“So, you arrested me and locked me up for over a month based on the words of someone you’ve never met?” 15

“If I go crazy, so be it... At least I’ll have company in the confinement room.” 19

“I want to see Kong Youling, and I don’t want to see the Mentor.” 356

“But he can threaten the people around me. They aren’t Restricted Superhumans, damn it.” 378

Trivia

• Ji Minghuan trains fine restraint-band control by playing “Piano Tiles 3” with a restraint band while brushing his teeth 70.
• His usual first line after waking up on July 14 is “Might as well just die...” 79.
• Su Zimai mocks Black Cocoon’s outfit as looking like a “Big Moth,” unaware the person behind it is Ji Minghuan controlling Gu Wenyu 19 149.
• He considers his “family” in Gu Wenyu’s life emotionally distant, comparing Gu Wenyu’s memories to finishing a long movie or novel rather than truly living them 79.