Longshan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Longshan (䗙山)
Alias(es)	Longshan Town 394 427
Type	Mountain settlement and fortified core territory of Tingfeng City 426 535
Location	Within the Hundred Thousand Mountains, surrounded by connected peaks 608 939
Affiliation	Tingfeng City; the Longshan Tribe serves as its core force 427 535
Ruler	Jiang You, who declared herself Longshan's rule after taking control of the settlement 402
Population	412 villagers at the time Jiang You consolidated Longshan: 36 young adults, 12 children, and predominantly elderly residents 409
Status	Active; a heavily defended strategic stronghold repeatedly targeted by Number Nine City and other hostile forces 478 537

Geography & Layout

Longshan is the highest mountain in the surrounding region, marked by steep cliffs and sheer precipices. Its summit is unexpectedly broad and level, while dense cloud and mist around the mountainside conceal the settlement from aerial observation. 394 398 420

The mountain is shaped roughly like an hourglass: broad at its base, narrow through the middle, and broad again at the summit. Its terrain, fog cover, and defensible summit make it naturally difficult to assault. 420

Area	Description
Summit	A large, flattened plateau where Tingfeng City was constructed. Its usable area is comparable to Lanwan Base after the surrounding forest is cleared. 420 426
Mountain God Temple	Located at Longshan's western edge, backed by the Myriad Zhang Cliff. It became the focus of conflict when Jiang You ordered excavation around the Mountain God statue. 560 680
Spirit Snake Peak	A neighboring peak connected by an iron-chain bridge; Chen Family Village is located there. The bridge bears a warning that living trespassers will certainly die. 608 758 939
Training grounds	Surrounding peaks house outdoor training areas, cultivation grounds, and facilities such as Black Bear Gully, Myriad Snake Den, and Bai Pi Mountain. 728 939
Thirty-Six Departments	A peak connected to the Black Mountain Range that contains Tingfeng City's thirty-six departments. 939
Underground network	Potato excavated an underground kingdom and passageways linking Longshan to the outdoor training grounds. 728

Red Eye identifies Longshan and its five surrounding peaks as a massive altar formation resembling an outstretched hand grasping at something. 608

History

Formation of Longshan Town

After the apocalypse, infected mountain residents and other survivors were brought to the abandoned Longshan temple. Many had lost hands or feet and were unable to descend the mountain after being carried up its cliffs in baskets. They survived, had children, and gradually formed a secluded village. 394

The survivors had endured a plague similar to the zombie virus. Their survival granted them immunity to the zombie virus and extraordinary vitality, but made Longshan's people a dangerous target should the major bases learn their secret. 408

For decades, the residents avoided outside contact and remained confined to Longshan, believing themselves to be old, weak, disabled, and waiting quietly for decline. 410

Jiang You's Takeover

Jiang You sought Longshan not for conventional resources, but because “its value is in itself.” When Old Cripple Granny attempted to impose the village's rules on her, Jiang You declared that Longshan's rules would henceforth be hers. 402

The initial resistance ended after Jiang You's faction imprisoned village members without water for three days. The elders' unusual vitality allowed them to survive conditions that would likely have killed ordinary people. 408

After consolidating control, Jiang You fed Longshan's residents fruit produced by the man-eating tree. The fruit improved the physical strength and speed of those who consumed it. 409

Transformation into Tingfeng City

Jiang You decided to remain in Longshan permanently and borrowed ability users and supplies to build roads up the mountain, preparing the isolated settlement to accept outside survivors. 419

Tie Changsheng drafted an early plan for the mountain, placing a central administrative district at the summit and extending construction outward in a Bagua pattern. Wu Liang later refined the design and oversaw the construction of a new city on Longshan's peak. 420 426

Within three months, the city was completed. The old “Longshan Town” monument was repurposed as Tingfeng City's marker, with “Tingfeng City” carved on one side and “Longshan Town” still visible on the other. 426 427

Longshan Tribe

The Longshan Tribe is the settlement's original population and Tingfeng City's principal fighting force. Though many members are elderly, disabled, or missing limbs, their endurance, regeneration, strength, and speed make them vastly more dangerous than their appearance suggests. 403 535

Physical Traits

• The tribe's elders possess superior jumping ability, reaction time, and cell regeneration compared with many of Longshan's younger residents. 410
• Most elders do not possess conventional elemental abilities; their combat strength comes from their altered physiology, physical conditioning, and ferocity. 403 535
• Their vitality is tied to fire seeds implanted within them, while man-eating-tree fruit further increased their confidence, energy, and physical capabilities. 648 409
• In battle, they can continue fighting through wounds that would incapacitate ordinary humans; decapitation is treated as the most reliable means of stopping them. 535
• During Number Nine City's invasion, fewer than twenty of Longshan's more than four hundred fighters had died while other allied villages lost over half their forces. 535

Longshan Monster Training

Jiang You created the Longshan Monster training program after Yan Chi's physical assessments revealed the elders' exceptional potential. The twenty-page program includes running, climbing, dangerous-terrain navigation, and survival-oriented combat drills. 410 411

Training element	Purpose / outcome
Physical trials	Pushes elders through running, climbing, and hostile wilderness conditions rather than treating age or disability as limitations. 410 411
Confrontation training	Encourages the tribe's natural ferocity; elders eventually beat younger supervisors, including Nabar, when resentments escalated. 411
“Crazy death mode”	The tribe discovered its extreme regenerative capacity through repeated training and began deliberately pushing its bodies to destructive limits. 411
Literacy and ideological work	Zhang Shuhui, known as “Manager Zhang,” teaches literacy and conducts motivational work alongside physical training. 410 427
Record-setting standard	The Longshan Tribe holds the training-ground records that later beastman recruits attempt to surpass. 641

Society & Customs

Internal Combat

Longshan Tribe members periodically fight one another to release accumulated energy and killing intent. When external threats are scarce and hunting no longer provides sufficient stimulation, these conflicts intensify. 648

Outsiders are expected not to interfere. Attempts by the Beastmen Tribe to mediate internal fights ended with both Longshan factions turning on the mediators. 649

Mechanical Limbs and the “Saps”

Granny Orchid's mechanical legs inspired a widespread prosthetic-limb trend within the tribe. Zheng Qiang and Old Dad Zheng's repair work transformed prosthetics from necessities into competitive personal displays. 650

• Common modifications include wheeled legs, spring legs, suction-cup hands, claws, hooks, hidden weapons, neon lights, and music-playing components. 650
• Grandpa Shi Tou commissioned six mechanical spider legs; Grandpa Panda attempted to outdo him with eight mechanical octopus legs. 650
• Members with customized limbs formed the Saps, performing synchronized, showy routines in public while wearing their prosthetics. 650
• The modifications have practical drawbacks: poor coordination causes falls, decorative lights compromise ambushes, electrical limbs can malfunction, and the tribe's power consumption rose sharply. 650

Funerary Practices

Longshan's dead are buried until their flesh has decayed, after which their bones are processed into wind chimes and hung from trees outside homes. Cinnabar identifies each skull, while red ribbons and offerings are added during festivals. 680

Jiang You retained this custom after founding Tingfeng City, making human-bone wind chimes a common sight along city roads. 680

Field Medicine and Battle Rituals

• Old Cripple Granny's medical methods include cauterization, artery ligation, resin-based wound glue, and direct manual resuscitation. 747
• Before combat, some fighters drink poisonous-grass soup to heighten adrenaline and suppress pain. 747
• Survivors once copied Longshan's brutal battlefield habits, including smearing enemy ash over their bodies; Jiang You prohibited the practice after imitation caused rising casualties among people without Longshan's healing ability. 747

Defenses & Strategic Role

Longshan is Tingfeng City's military core. Jiang You describes the Longshan Tribe as the first unit under her command and the city's trump card. 427

• Core force — Tingfeng City and its allied villages number nearly thirty thousand people, but the Longshan Tribe's four hundred-plus members form the central combat force. 535
• Natural defenses — Steep cliffs, cloud cover, narrow mountain approaches, and a broad summit make the mountain easy to defend and difficult to attack. 398 420
• Rotting Corpse Security Team — Yan Chi's rotting corpses guard Longshan, enforce Jiang You's orders, and form defensive lines during attacks. 603 680
• Training-ground beasts — Mutated beasts from nearby grounds can be recruited for temporary defense through negotiated exchanges rather than simple taming. 894
• Allied network — Thirty-two locations agreed to cooperate with Longshan during preparations against Number Nine City. 639

Number Nine City's forces were repeatedly stalled at Longshan. Li Chengfeng's campaign could conquer or disperse other mountain villages easily, yet remained blocked outside Longshan for over a month despite facing fewer than thirty thousand resistance fighters. 537

During a later invasion, Jiang You returned to Longshan, destroyed enemy flying mounts with her Wind Dragon, captured the remaining invaders, and declared the area a forbidden zone. 542

Key Figures

• Jiang You — Ruler of Longshan and City Lord of Tingfeng City; seized control of the village, established its training system, and considers Longshan indispensable. 402 478
• Old Cripple Granny — Former village spokesperson, witch doctor, and one of Longshan's oldest elders; later serves as a guest-welcoming representative. 402 427
• Nabar — A younger Longshan resident with a speed-type ability; assists with village affairs and later dies defending Longshan against Number Nine City's forces. 403 535
• Adou — Longshan representative and later leader among its younger generation; reports on the wingsuit program and helps develop the Shunfeng Unit. 535 728
• Ah Hua — Longshan resident who explains the tribe's internal conflicts and assists Jiang You in matters involving the Mountain God Temple. 648 560
• Zhang Shuhui — “Manager Zhang,” responsible for ideological work, literacy lessons, and morale during the Longshan Monster program. 410 427
• Yan Chi — Oversees physical assessments, rotting-corpse defenses, and Longshan's communications and military training. 410 535
• Zheng Qiang and Old Dad Zheng — Mechanics whose prosthetic creations reshaped Longshan's culture and produced the Saps trend. 650 845