Xu Ruoxi

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Xu Ruoxi (徐若溪)
Alias(es)	Chief Xu; Sister Ruoxi
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Female
Age	29 at the time of her Star-Level Shelter recruitment 24
Hometown	Donghai City 24
Affiliation	Star-Level Shelter; later the Earth Civilization Alliance 24 1910
Occupation/Role	Former Lone Wolf Special Forces Group soldier; Commander of the Guard Team; fleet commander 24 130 1879
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 24

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Enhanced human; attributes raised to 20	36	After being bound to Li Chen's Attribute Panel, her Strength, Agility, Constitution, Spirit, and Intelligence were all raised to 20; her combat strength became at least equal to a Tier 2 Zombie.
Gene Evolution achieved	248	Cornered by a Level 5 Zombie, she consumed Advanced Evolution Fluid, endured the evolution process, and killed the zombie after awakening.
Psychic Wave talent awakened	248, 329, 330	Her evolution awakened an initially unidentified talent that Li Chen later synchronized and identified as Psychic Wave. Its full activation required sufficiently high Gene Evolution, physique, and mental strength.
Gene Evolution Level 8, mid-stage	745	Evolved during the conflict's first wave and awakened the Stealth talent.

Background

Xu Ruoxi enlisted through high-school recruitment at seventeen and entered the Lone Wolf Special Forces Group at eighteen. Her service record includes six first-class merits, two second-class merits, and eleven third-class merits. She retired and transferred at twenty-eight after receiving psychological counseling following a Red Sea mission; the nature of her psychological trauma remains undisclosed. 24

During the virus outbreak, Xu Ruoxi escaped with her blind mother after her father died. She sought admission to the Star-Level Shelter's Resident Combat Team, but first demanded assurance that her mother would be cared for while she deployed. Li Chen arranged key-talent housing for them and established the Care Center, allowing Xu Ruoxi to serve without abandoning her mother. 24 25

Appearance

Xu Ruoxi is a petite, striking woman with short hair and dark eyes. Despite her delicate appearance, her military bearing and combat ability frequently cause opponents to underestimate her. 130 170

• Often wears a camouflage or close-fitting combat uniform. 102 130
• Has fair, delicate features; injuries from a later explosion were healed without scars. 377
• Carries herself with the discipline and posture of a trained soldier. 102

Personality

Xu Ruoxi is calm, self-demanding, and intensely filial. Her first priority after reaching the Star-Level Shelter was securing proper care for her blind mother, whom she promised her late father to protect. 24

She accepts responsibility for operational failures rather than making excuses, and she expects discipline from her troops. Early in the shelter's development, she identified the Resident Combat Team's lack of systematic training and urged Li Chen to establish obedience training before further combat deployments. 28 36

Though blunt and capable of intimidation, Xu Ruoxi is protective of her subordinates and treats the Guard Team as family. She is also cautious in political and military dealings, preferring verification over blind trust. 1881 225

Her long-standing loyalty to Li Chen gradually develops into romantic attachment. She becomes jealous of Leng Yan's proximity to him and later openly asserts herself as a rival. 1089 1090 1113

Abilities & Skills

Special Forces Training

Xu Ruoxi is a former Lone Wolf Special Forces operative with extensive combat experience earned through repeated life-or-death missions. 24

• Skilled in armed infiltration, disguised reconnaissance, sabotage, and assassination planning. 437
• Uses disciplined close-quarters combat, evasive movement, and precise strikes. 130 132
• Maintains composure in emergencies, including hostage restraint and battlefield triage. 140
• Can organize and train combat units, emphasizing discipline and obedience. 28

Enhanced Physical Combat

After Li Chen upgraded her bound attributes, Xu Ruoxi's physical capabilities exceeded those of a Tier 2 Zombie. 36

• Eliminated twenty Tier 2 Zombies across Donghai City while leading the Resident Combat Team. 36
• Defeated Qiu Zhengqi and continued fighting Peach Blossom Garden challengers without visible exhaustion. 130 132
• Defeated a Level 5 Zombie immediately after completing her dangerous evolution. 248
• Can fight effectively alongside the Guard Team and Android Warriors during large-scale zombie engagements. 145 248

Psychic Wave

Xu Ruoxi's evolution awakened the talent later identified through Li Chen's synchronized binding as Psychic Wave. 248 329 330

• The talent is associated with mental effects such as mind reading, mental control, X-ray vision, and telekinesis. 329 330
• Xu Ruoxi senses a familiar connection when Li Chen uses mental attacks, but her independent mastery is not documented. 340
• Full activation of the synchronized talent required Level 6 Gene Evolution and 220 physical and mental attributes. 330

Stealth

At Gene Evolution Level 8, Xu Ruoxi awakened Stealth, a high-value battlefield talent. 745

• Allows her to enter a stealth state at will. 745
• Provides protection from damage while the stealth state is maintained, barring immediate defeat during the first encounter. 745
• Can charge energy during stealth, increasing the power of the next attack by up to 100%. 745
• At higher development, may extend stealth to friendly targets within range. 745

Command & Strategic Deception

Xu Ruoxi is an effective field commander and planner, able to manage both troop morale and complex counterintelligence operations.

• Led the Guard Team during naval evacuation operations against a colossal sea monster. 145
• Recorded Qian Qian's recruitment call and immediately reported it to Li Chen rather than concealing the contact. 206
• Pretended to be preparing a rebellion in order to identify agitators and lure Qian Qian into the Star-Level Shelter. 162 223
• Commanded a fleet through a High-Dimensional Space crisis, ordering all energy systems shut down to avoid detection by a vastly stronger fleet. 1879

Equipment

• Powered Exoskeleton — A lightweight frame bound to Xu Ruoxi that enables digitalized combat and supplies physical force with minimal exertion. 120
• Digital combat goggles — Provide a digital battlefield display, spatial measurements, and infrared scanning. 120
• Lightsaber — A configurable close-combat weapon capable of cutting through training targets with fast, precise strikes. 120
• Advanced Evolution Fluid — Emergency evolution resource Xu Ruoxi consumed while facing a Level 5 Zombie. 248

Relationships

• Li Chen — Her commander, benefactor, and bound superior. He arranged care for her mother, enhanced her attributes, and consistently trusted her through rebellion rumors; Xu Ruoxi is fiercely loyal to him and later develops romantic feelings. 24 36 162 1089
• Xu Ruoxi's mother — Her blind mother and sole surviving parent after the virus outbreak. Xu Ruoxi joins the combat team only after the Care Center can protect her. 24 25
• Dang Zhongcheng — The younger brother of Xu Ruoxi's fallen comrade-in-arms; she cared for him after his brother's death and later brings him into her team. 241
• Guard Team — Her primary command. Their trust in her is strained by planted rebellion rumors but restored after she reveals the operation against Qian Qian. 162 164 225
• Qian Qian — South Lake Shelter leader who attempts to recruit Xu Ruoxi into a coup. Xu Ruoxi deceives her in return and captures her inside the Star-Level Shelter. 206 223
• Leng Yan — A romantic rival for Li Chen's attention; their mutual jealousy becomes apparent to other commanders. 1089 1090 1113
• S2K — A long-missing commander whom Xu Ruoxi encounters in High-Dimensional Space. She verifies his identity through Energy Heart authentication before accepting his intelligence. 1880 1881

Story Role / Major Arcs

Establishment of the Star-Level Shelter

Xu Ruoxi enters the shelter as a former special-forces soldier seeking a safe arrangement for her blind mother. Once the Care Center is established, she joins the Resident Combat Team and pushes for formal military discipline. Li Chen later binds her to his Attribute Panel as his first bound individual and enhances her to Tier 2 Zombie-level strength. 24 28 32 36

Peach Blossom Garden Challenge

As Commander of the Guard Team, Xu Ruoxi represents the Star-Level Shelter in a confrontation with Peach Blossom Garden. Chosen as an opponent because she is a woman, she defeats Qiu Zhengqi and continues through successive challengers until Peach Blossom Garden exhausts its ten available fighters. 130 131 132

Rebellion Rumors and the Qian Qian Trap

Rumors falsely claim that Xu Ruoxi intends to overthrow Li Chen. With Li Chen's knowledge, she performs the role of a dissatisfied commander to expose internal agitators and convince Qian Qian that she can be recruited. She ultimately lures Qian Qian and ten followers into the Star-Level Shelter, where the Guard Team captures them. 162 164 206 218 223

Level 5 Zombie Crisis

Trapped against a Level 5 Zombie, Xu Ruoxi orders Android Warriors to buy ten minutes and consumes Advanced Evolution Fluid despite its risk of death. She survives the painful evolution and kills the zombie, earning a new but initially unidentified talent. 248 249

Guard Team Leadership

Xu Ruoxi continues to lead rescue missions, defensive operations, and shelter administration. She is severely injured after protecting Li Chen during a Zombie King attack, but his Regeneration ability restores her body and mental injuries. 376 377 411

Interstellar Command

As the scope of the conflict expands beyond Earth, Xu Ruoxi participates in strategic negotiations and later commands a fleet. In High-Dimensional Space, she reacts decisively to an unknown powerful fleet, manages the Energy Heart crisis, authenticates S2K, and returns from the Andromeda Galaxy with intelligence and a fleet rated at five billion combat power. 1286 1879 1880 1881 1910

Trivia

• Xu Ruoxi is Li Chen's first documented bound individual in the Star-Level Shelter System. 32 35
• Her special-forces file describes her as “calm, demanding of herself, and very filial.” 24
• Her six first-class merits were earned through missions severe enough that first-class merits are described as being “exchanged with life.” 24
• She does not pry into others' personal affairs, a trait that Tang Chuxue exploits while concealing her past. 257 269