Wei Dengke

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Wei Dengke (魏登科)
Alias(es)	Glasses
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Special Incident Handling Bureau
Occupation/Role	Senior agent; inventor, technician, field analyst, and medical improvisor
Status	Alive; later retires to live at Mo Li's orphanage with Mo Li and Zhong Lichun 718 719
First Appearance	Chapter 6: “Needing Help (Part 2)”

Background

Wei Dengke graduated as the top student of his cohort at Capital University of Science and Technology. He was expected to enter the Academy of Sciences, but a graduation trip to Shennongjia instead placed him and more than a dozen companions in a life-threatening anomalous incident. He demonstrated leadership and adaptability, bringing everyone back alive. 94

A technically minded skeptic, Wei initially dismisses explanations involving Qi, supernatural forces, and folklore. Repeated encounters with Yetis, possession, telepathy, altered spaces, and soul-transmigration phenomena progressively challenge his materialist worldview. 154 335 370 671

He joins Zhong Lichun in bringing Mo Li into their orbit and becomes one of Mo Li’s closest partners during their expeditions. His inventions, scientific knowledge, and ability to improvise treatment repeatedly make him indispensable despite his poor physical combat ability. 6 49 67

During the Feng Hua San Shi experience, Wei lives through multiple identities and lifetimes, including Liu Dazhuang/Liu Qingyuan and Lin Hao Tian. He eventually recovers his identity as Wei Dengke, though the accumulated experiences leave him mentally depleted. 591 593 600 671

Appearance

Wei Dengke is a bespectacled, severely nearsighted man with a slight, physically unremarkable build. Without his glasses, he is described as nearly blind. 77

• Wears glasses, which he instinctively protects even in dangerous situations. 77 135
• Carries more than twenty metal spheres on a suspension belt; they form his all-purpose assembly toolkit. 49
• Has a comparatively weak constitution and limited physical strength. 139 580
• Is often called “Glasses” by his companions. 73

Personality

Wei Dengke is intelligent, observant, talkative, and prone to showing off when demonstrating his inventions. His long-winded analysis and smugness frequently irritate Zhong Lichun, while his habit of teasing her earns him repeated threats and physical retaliation. 67 73 159

He is fearful in direct combat and can panic under extreme pressure, but he is not cowardly by nature. When companions are endangered, he repeatedly acts despite fear: protecting Wen Jing and the Princess, confronting predators, saving Mo Li from Lu Wu, and remaining with the group when escape would be safer. 80 123 204 685 688

His skepticism is paired with a strong need to understand what he encounters. He approaches impossible phenomena through observation, testing, and rational analysis, even when the evidence contradicts his beliefs. 145 370 449

Abilities & Skills

Engineering and Assembly

Wei developed an all-purpose assembly toolkit consisting of over twenty spherical components capable of forming more than one hundred common tools. The invention earned recognition from his superiors. 49

• Assembles a miniature reconnaissance drone and controller in under three minutes, receiving live images from the drone. 67
• Builds an electric stove and water-purification equipment from his spheres to prepare treatment for parasitic infection. 49 50
• Carries specialized mechanisms, including a sphere containing Sneeze Powder that incapacitates Lu Wu long enough for the group to escape. 685
• Possesses a metal sphere containing military-grade fiber thread. 712

Medical and Scientific Analysis

Wei has broad knowledge of biology, chemistry, medicine, physics, and anomalous organisms.

• Identifies spiral worms as an extremely rare parasite associated with Permian fossils and Antarctic ice-core specimens. 46
• Determines that alkaline soil kills the parasites, then prepares alkaline water to treat the Princess. 49 50
• Examines dangerous substances, including melted decayed flesh that proves poisonous on contact. 145
• Identifies a humanoid object’s static electricity and electromagnetic field as the cause of Mo Li’s loss of consciousness. 449 450
• Recognizes a human-faced, tiger-bodied creature as the Ma Fu described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. 382

Reconnaissance and Problem-Solving

Wei is highly observant and retains detailed spatial information even under stress.

• Uses a drone to survey Yetis and locate Big Beard. 67 69
• Maps the group’s route through a shifting maze from memory and identifies the delayed Hatch Wall blocking their path to the Core Area. 156 157
• Detects that the Golden and Silver Weasels are mimicking and controlling possessed humans. 370
• Notices inconsistencies in Wen Jing’s supposed history, including her firearms proficiency and abnormal strength, but withholds his suspicions. 143

Field Survival and Firearms

Although not a trained close-quarters fighter, Wei can use weapons and adapt in survival situations.

• Shoots a giant wolf trapped in a cage after retreating to safety. 123
• Uses a flintlock gun against pursuing soldiers. 93
• Stabs a Giant Spider to draw it away from Mo Li despite severe blood loss. 204
• Throws Mo Li’s grenade to cripple Lu Wu, creating the opening for Mo Li to kill it. 688

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• All-purpose assembly spheres — More than twenty modular components capable of assembling over one hundred tools. 49
• Miniature drone and controller — Used for aerial reconnaissance and real-time surveillance. 67
• Portable water bucket and purification equipment — Used to obtain and process water in the field. 10 50
• Firearms — Uses a gun, flintlock gun, and other available ranged weapons when necessary. 93 123 188
• Sneeze Powder sphere — Temporarily incapacitates Lu Wu through violent sneezing. 685
• Military knife — Used in emergencies, including against the Giant Spider. 204
• Ancient-map rubbing — A crude-looking rubbing whose routes are later confirmed by Mo Li to be genuine. 504

Relationships

• Mo Li — Close partner and friend. Wei recognizes Mo Li’s altered physiology early on, relies on his combat ability, and repeatedly supports or rescues him; Mo Li likewise goes to extraordinary lengths to protect Wei. 10 159 427 474 685 688
• Zhong Lichun — Longtime colleague and frequent sparring partner. Wei constantly teases her as “Tomboy,” but she entrusts him with Wen Jing and the Princess when she returns alone to search for Mo Li. 73 80
• Wen Jing — Teammate whose abilities and past Wei quietly finds suspicious. They cooperate through multiple crises, and Wei treats her injuries during the Lu Wu encounter. 143 685
• Princess Yanyan — Wei identifies her spiral-worm infection and devises the alkaline-water treatment that expels the parasites. 48 49 50
• Lu Musheng — Wei’s mysterious superior, referred to as the Boss. Wei regards him as unusually calculating and potentially aware of far more than he reveals. 527 703
• Golden and Silver Weasels — Wei initially feeds the unusual animals despite his own hunger, only for them to turn hostile and use Zhong Lichun as a puppet against him. 366 367
• Feng Cuicui / Liu Cui — Wei’s wife within one of the Feng Hua San Shi lifetimes. Her assault by debt collectors triggers his protective rage. 591 592

Story Role / Major Arcs

Motuo Expedition

Wei accompanies Mo Li and Zhong Lichun into the Motuo forest, where his enthusiasm for rare flora contrasts with his fear of local threats. He is among the first to realize that Mo Li’s body has changed after exposure to the experimental drug SY7113. 8 10 11

Rescue of the Princess

When the Princess is infected by spiral worms, Wei examines her condition, deduces that the parasites cannot survive alkalinity, and uses his modular tools to create alkaline water and a purification device. The treatment appears to remove the worms after several hours. 48 49 50

Underground City and Black Egg Building

Separated from Mo Li and Zhong Lichun, Wei protects Wen Jing and the Princess, retrieves supplies, fights off wolves, and navigates the underground ruins. His concern for Mo Li becomes explicit when he reunites with Zhong Lichun and immediately asks about him. 80 122 143

Ancestral Hall and Weasel Possession

Wei carries an unconscious Zhong Lichun through the ancestral hall, feeds two abnormal weasels, and is nearly killed when the Golden Weasel controls Zhong Lichun. He later identifies the weasels as the source of Wen Jing and Xiao Teng’s possession, killing the Silver Weasel to break their control. 366 367 370

Desolate Fox Realm

Wei suffers repeated injuries, temporary blindness, possession-like influence, and black-fur parasitism. He survives the underground lake after bioluminescent fish remove the parasites from his body, then reunites with Mo Li on the shore. 419 427 428 430

Feng Hua San Shi

Wei becomes trapped in a sequence of lifetime experiences, first as Liu Dazhuang/Liu Qingyuan and later as Lin Hao Tian. After realizing he has lived through three lifetimes, he awakens beside Mo Li in a golden space containing a tree bearing Human Face Fruits. 591 600 671

Kunlun Palace and Lu Wu

Wei accompanies Mo Li and Wen Jing into the Queen Mother of the West’s domain. Though he initially panics before Lu Wu, he saves Mo Li with Sneeze Powder, carries him toward shelter, and later distracts the beast with Mo Li’s grenade, allowing its defeat. 684 685 688

Later Life

After Mo Li accepts his life and returns to the capital, Wei remains by his side. He never marries, later moves into Mo Li’s orphanage after retirement, and uses his pension to support it. In old age, he remains close to both Mo Li and Zhong Lichun. 718 719

Trivia

• Wei refers to himself as “the Mountain Man” while presenting his “clever plan.” 67
• He is sufficiently nearsighted that losing his glasses leaves him practically unable to see. 77
• Despite being a skeptic, he eventually accepts the possibility of soul transmigration after personally experiencing multiple lifetimes. 335 671
• He is compassionate toward animals, sharing his own food with the Golden and Silver Weasels before their betrayal. 366 367