Xia Kingdom

Biodata

Background / History

Xia Kingdom faced increasingly frequent Ash Domain invasions and a growing player population, prompting its authorities to recruit capable people and expand their response capacity. Its Special Administration Bureau handled Ash Domain incidents and pursued player criminals, including foreign fugitives entering the country. 3 25 28

Early policy toward players was semi-open. Senior officials disagreed over whether players should be centrally controlled and concealed from the public or openly welcomed; as a result, authorities suppressed most online information while leaving determined civilians able to find player-related channels. 10

The government later openly encouraged adult citizens to undergo player-qualification selection, offering accommodation, meals, a starting monthly salary of 20,000, and professional training. The policy rapidly increased the number of players available to support the Administration. 79 116

Player Administration

• Special Administration Bureau — Xia Kingdom's only official player organization and its strongest, most organized player group. It is considered among the country's best-resourced forces and ranks near the top internationally among player organizations. 33
• Primary duties — Responds to Ash Domain outbreaks and assists in hunting player criminals operating in the real world. 25
• Official information network — Operates an official-background player forum used to distribute information and public notices, including warnings about foreign player criminals. 28
• Elite-player network — The Administration supports high-level player gatherings: major gatherings are held irregularly in the capital, while smaller local gatherings are generally held at least monthly. 548
• Capital Player Convention — Following the World Battle, the convention became a permanent institution where players can obtain dungeon intelligence, find partners, and trade equipment. 669

National Player Forces

National-Team-Level Players

Xia Kingdom maintains a national-level player team led by Captain Li Zhenguo. Its World Battle roster included Lv99 Mage Gu Xingchen, Priest Lin Fengwu, Summoner Lu Guanwen, Gunner Han Yuanhou, Assassin He Long, and Wang Zhifan. 716 720

The team adopted a six-plus-one structure for the World Battle: the six established members operated as the main formation, while Wang Zhifan acted independently to maximize his mobility and initiative. 716

World Battle

During the World Battle, the Xia Kingdom team entered a three-day desert battlefield and relied on Wang Zhifan's scouting to confirm enemy positions. 717

When approximately one hundred Otherworld Players encircled the team, Wang Zhifan used his clones to open a path while the national team chose to fight alongside him rather than abandon him through teleportation. 719

Later, foreign Earthstar teams coordinated an ambush against the Xia Kingdom players. Wang Zhifan's spatial barrier protected the six-member team from attacks by dozens of elite players, including attacks with Space Law properties. 723 724

Defense and Relocation

• Xia Kingdom planned to relocate to a cold but habitable planet 120 light-years from Earthstar, dispersing the risks posed by disasters following failed World Battles. 707
• During the European “Super Black Death” disaster, Wang Zhifan secretly established law-based protections over Xia Kingdom to prevent infection from entering the country and to eliminate it through Spacetime Law if necessary. 708
• Wang Zhifan deliberately limited this intervention to Xia Kingdom, stating that he would not act as a worldwide caretaker for every ongoing disaster. 708

Relationships

• Special Administration Bureau — Xia Kingdom's sole official player organization; manages Ash Domain incidents, player crime, recruitment, and player information channels. 25 28 33 79
• Li Zhenguo — Captain of Xia Kingdom's national player team and organizer of elite-player gatherings; coordinated with Wang Zhifan during the World Battle. 548 716 719
• Wang Zhifan — National-team-level player who joined Xia Kingdom's World Battle force as an independent operative and secretly protected the country from the Super Black Death. 716 708
• Gu Xingchen — Lv99 Mage and vice-captain of the national team; participated in its World Battle operations. 716 717
• Foreign national teams — Xia Kingdom maintains tense and selective relations with other Earthstar teams; several foreign groups later attempted to ambush its World Battle team. 717 722 723

Trivia

• Xia Kingdom's early player policy was neither fully secretive nor fully open, but a compromise between opposing factions within its leadership. 10
• Players within instances often display a strong national affinity, including calls for “Xia Kingdom people” to help one another in dangerous situations. 387