Huang Xiaowen

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Huang Xiaowen (黄晓雯) 93
Player ID	Stay Away From Gambling, Drugs, and Vice 54 121
Alias(es)	Stay Away From Gambling, Drugs, and Vice 54 121
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Ghost Ship crew; system-recognized Vice Captain 68 69 739
Occupation/Role	Gambler; Magician; Pirate; combatant, crew member, and Vice Captain 93 218 262 739
Status	Active 806
First Appearance	Chapter 54 54

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Gambler — Third Tier	82	Meets the promotion requirement by drawing more than twenty players into a game of Dou Dizhu; gains Card in Person and an upgraded Fate Dice with no negative outcomes. 82
Magician profession acquired	218	Accepts a Magician profession orb from Ling Chu and gains Let's Swap and Magician's Disguise. 218
Gambler — Tier 4; Magician — Tier 2	376	Advances both professions through a public challenge. 376
Gambler — Tier 4, early stage	743	Remains in the early stage of Tier 4 and needs additional gambling encounters to continue advancing; system-generated dice cannot be manipulated through cheating. 743 744
Gambler — Tier 5	777	Advances after winning five consecutive gambling rounds and gains Sure-Win Chip, which guarantees probability-based skill and equipment effects for ten minutes. 777
Magician — Tier 3	791	Completes the requirements for a “Perfect Magic” by using illusion and swapping magic to alter the outcome of a wager worth more than 1,000 Sea Shells without being detected; gains Magician's Perfect Mimicry. 791

Background

Before arriving in the survival game, Huang Xiaowen ran a casino. After her father died, she felt she had little left to return to on Blue Star. She lost two fingers after gambling at another casino and losing, an experience that shaped her guarded but defiant attitude toward gambling and debt. 93 94

She initially stayed aboard Ling Chu's ship as a paying guest, astonished by the ship's proper beds and lavish meals. Her casual one-throw kill of a seagull revealed that she was far more capable with a dagger than Ling Chu had expected. 54

Huang Xiaowen became an increasingly dependable ally through pirate encounters and public challenges. After losing a blackjack wager—her life against five Fine-quality shuriken—she accepted Ling Chu's Fleet Recruitment Card and became the Ghost Ship's first formal crew member. Ling Chu's trust in her rested on Huang Xiaowen's refusal to cheat during the wager despite having the opportunity. 59 68 69

Although she initially expressed little attachment to returning to Blue Star, Huang Xiaowen later admitted that she would not run a casino again if she returned. Instead, she would like to retake the college entrance examination, as not attending university has remained a personal regret. 630

Huang Xiaowen's past remains emotionally significant despite the restoration of her severed fingers in the survival game. She identifies the man who defeated her in a Blue Star casino dispute and cut off two of her fingers as one of the people she hates most. 769

She has also developed into one of the Ghost Ship's principal infiltrators. Her gambling expertise, Magician abilities, and talent for maintaining elaborate personas allow her to impersonate merchants, criminals, and powerful players during operations. 394 795 799

Appearance

Huang Xiaowen is slightly smaller than Ling Chu, standing two centimeters shorter and weighing five jin less. She is missing two fingers from her past gambling life, though both fingers were later restored by the survival game. 94 224 769

• During the Bright City infiltration, she disguised herself as a male wine merchant with a small mustache, linen shirt, faded leather vest, lowered voice, and leather wine bag. 394
• She commonly carries shuriken and a dagger, presenting herself as a reckless, mobile Gambler in combat. 201
• Her distinctive equipment includes an icy-blue Ice Crystal Dagger and, at times, a cigar from A Cigarette's Time. 514 566
• When the Ghost Ship's disguise effect transformed each crew member into the person they hated most, Huang Xiaowen took the appearance of the Blue Star criminal who had defeated her in a casino dispute and cut off two of her fingers. 769
• During the Nautilus operation, she used Magician's Disguise to impersonate the gambling magnate Karl Claude, adopting a tailored dark-blue suit, slicked-back appearance, cigar, and arrogant mannerisms. 795 799
• As Karl Claude, she fabricated a high-level attribute panel and skills to support the disguise and withstand Lucas's detection attempt. 805

Personality

Huang Xiaowen is bold, impulsive, and deeply fond of gambling. She accepts high-stakes bets readily, enjoys teaching skeletons to play mahjong for minor stakes, and is willing to use her Magician abilities to cheat when she believes she can get away with it. Her attempt to cheat the Sea God Salos, however, ended in severe losses and debt. 68 70 460

She is loyal to Ling Chu and increasingly conscious of her role on the Ghost Ship. Rather than remain idle while other crewmates improve, she volunteers for public challenges to advance her professions and avoid becoming a burden. 339

Despite fearing spiders and snakes, Huang Xiaowen continues fighting when her companions need protection. She has also shown a protective streak toward Lingering Wind and Fading Moon, shielding her during the Crab Spider assault and coordinating poison-gas tactics around her. 112 114 455

Her enthusiasm for food is intense and often theatrical; she is particularly excited by hot meals, fried chicken, fries, and elaborate cuisine. 54 243 597 599

Her desire to improve has become a source of frustration at Tier 4, as she cannot manipulate the system's random dice to create easy advancement opportunities. 743 744

Huang Xiaowen is capable of considerable restraint when circumstances require it. After gaining Sure-Win Chip and discovering Raine's interest in her, she chooses reconnaissance and negotiation over immediately creating a scene in the casino. She also refuses to continue gambling after completing a one-hundred-win streak, leaving while the crowd demands more matches. 777 791

She remains irreverent and theatrical, often presenting herself as “rule-abiding” despite her willingness to exploit every loophole that cannot be proven as cheating. At the same time, she is generous with her winnings, purchasing food and gifts for the Ghost Ship crew rather than keeping everything for herself. 789 790 791

Abilities & Skills

Gambler Profession

Huang Xiaowen's Gambler abilities enhance mobility, combat speed, and chance-based tactical options.

• Fate Dice (Advanced) — Rolls a virtual die for a ten-minute positive buff at a cost of 20 Mana; its strongest outcomes greatly improve movement speed, attack speed, critical-hit rate, or all attributes. 82
• She used an earlier version of Fate Dice to gain attack-speed bonuses against Wu Fei Wu, allowing her to match the Ninja's reactions. 59
• Her high rolls have repeatedly enabled her to evade stronger melee opponents and overwhelm them with rapid shuriken attacks. 285 424
• Her Tier 4 advancement requires further gambling experience, but she cannot rely on cheating when wagers use the system's random dice. 743 744
• Sure-Win Chip — Guarantees a 100% success rate for probability-based skills and equipment effects that she actively triggers for ten minutes. It costs 10 Mana and has a two-hour cooldown. 777
  • The skill can guarantee the Ice Crystal Dagger's chance-based freezing effect and can make the favorable effects of Fate Dice certain to activate, though Fate Dice's particular result remains random. 777 781
• Her Gambler advancement was achieved through sustained gambling victories in Golden Bay Casino, culminating in a one-hundred-win streak involving Golden Goblet cards. 777 788 791

Card in Person

Card in Person lets Huang Xiaowen throw a virtual playing card and teleport to its location.

• Costs 10 Mana and can remain active for up to ten minutes. 224
• She can throw the card accurately up to roughly fifteen meters, though the skill itself has no fixed teleportation-distance limit. 224
• She uses cards as emergency return beacons, escape anchors, and mid-combat repositioning points. 204 224 611
• The skill can be limited by Mana; during the Ghost Doll encounter, she ran low enough that she could only use Let's Swap once more. 612

Magician Profession

Huang Xiaowen's Magician profession complements her Gambler mobility with positional manipulation, deception, and imitation.

• Let's Swap — Exchanges the positions of two objects or targets within a maximum range of fifty meters. It costs 20 Mana, and the objects cannot exceed 200 jin in weight. 218
  • Can swap herself with objects, allies, enemies, or embedded thrown weapons. 285 416 582 584
  • Used to move Ling Chu into advantageous positions, rescue You Jiali, evade attacks, and disrupt enemies by replacing her with obstacles or allied soldiers. 285 424 430 432
  • She also uses it for mischief, such as swapping Squid Ball's candied chestnut with its shell. 218
  • The skill can silently exchange cards across a gambling table when the cards are within range, making it the foundation of her most effective cheating techniques. 790 791
  • She has used it to steal keys and other small objects without physically approaching them. 400 799
• Magician's Disguise — Alters the information displayed on Huang Xiaowen's attribute panel and identity data. Detection items display the fabricated information, although the disguise does not alter her position on system leaderboards. 218 805
• Telekinetic Grab — Obtained after reaching Magician Tier 2; can remotely seize small objects within roughly ten meters, including Ling Chu's newspaper and Babu Jiujiu's feathered hairpin. It is unaffected by spatial barriers. 385 547
• Magician's Perfect Mimicry — Uses one strand of a target's hair to permanently record that target and randomly copy one of the target's current skills at 80% effectiveness. The mimicry state lasts two hours, costs 30 Mana to activate, and using the copied skill requires the original skill's Mana cost. After a target has been recorded, further attempts do not require more hair, but repeating the process with the same target cannot expand the available skill pool. 791 793
  • From Ling Chu, she copied Storm Arrow. 793
  • From Squid Ball, she copied Starlight Doppelgänger, allowing her to create a convincing starlight clone and exchange positions with it. 793
  • From Lingering Wind and Fading Moon, she copied Herbal Identification, a skill of limited usefulness to her. 793
  • From You Jiali, she copied Bat Transformation, which is useful for scouting, infiltration, escaping, and moving through narrow spaces. 793
  • From Clumsy Bear, she copied Two-handed Hammer Buff, which increases damage with two-handed hammer weapons by 8%, though she does not normally use such weapons. 794
  • From Lucas, she copied Tidal Perception, an ability that uses surrounding moisture to sense the movements of living creatures. 804
• Illusion Card Fraud — Used in conjunction with the Illusion Card Ring to disguise ordinary cards as Golden Goblet cards. Huang Xiaowen can dismiss the illusion before the cards are inspected, leaving no evidence of the magic. 790 791

Concealed-Weapon Combat

Huang Xiaowen is highly accurate with shuriken, throwing knives, and daggers.

• Killed a seagull with a single Iron Dagger throw. 54
• Can throw multiple shuriken at once with precision, including simultaneous hits on separate Crab Spiders' eyes. 113
• Cleared a Holy Army sentry with three shuriken placed in the temple, throat, and chest. 284
• Uses shuriken alongside movement skills to pressure opponents while remaining difficult to pin down. 285 424
• She is also effective at close range, having restrained Wu Fei Wu with a tackle and chokehold to create an opening for Ling Chu's finishing attack. 60
• She can fight while carrying large amounts of loot without losing her agility. 416

Ice Crystal Dagger

Her preferred close-range weapon is a reforged Exotic-quality Ice Crystal Dagger.

• Grants Agility +1 and can alter or extend its blade length. 514
• Wounds inflicted by it can cause Frostbite. 514
• Its freezing enchantment can turn targets into ice sculptures, allowing Huang Xiaowen to shatter frozen enemies. 566 578
• The effect is less effective against entities made primarily of black mist, freezing only a single physical arm rather than the entire target. 584
• Sure-Win Chip can guarantee the dagger's chance-based freezing effect for its duration. 777

Acting and Infiltration

Huang Xiaowen is a capable actor and infiltrator.

• She can convincingly adopt false voices, mannerisms, and social identities, including a male wine merchant in Bright City and Karl Claude, the notorious captain of the Golden Finger Gambling Ship. 394 795
• Her role as Karl Claude included an exaggeratedly arrogant persona designed to pressure the Nautilus's staff and force them to summon higher-ranking personnel. 799
• She uses acting as a tactical distraction, creating openings to steal keys, gather intelligence, and coordinate with Ling Chu through the Crew Channel. 400 799
• Her deception is supported by Magician's Disguise, which can fabricate her apparent level, attributes, and skills to detection attempts. 805

Equipment

• Ice Crystal Dagger — Exotic dagger with Frostbite, +1 Agility, and an alterable blade length. 514
• Fine Shuriken ×5 — Given to her after joining the Ghost Ship; her standard concealed weapons. 61 69
• Rare Throwing Knives — Later supplied by Ling Chu as higher-quality replacements or additions to her usual throwing weapons. 691
• Ritual Dagger — Unique dagger that can remove a target buff and apply stacking Misfortune, increasing damage received. 139
• Blow to Enlarge Shield — Unique kite shield that expands to five times its size for ten minutes when blown on twice; requires sufficient Strength to wield. 114
• Golden King Dice — Unique die that guarantees its second roll matches the first, then resets. 333
• A Cigarette's Time — Legendary cigar case that grants Absolute Focus, reduces skill cooldowns, and protects nearby allies from mental abnormal states while lit. 549 566
• Boots of Swiftness — Speed-enhancing boots assigned to her by Ling Chu. 217
• Illusion Card Ring — Unique ring obtained after exposing the card cheat Buck. It grants a small Agility bonus and can disguise up to ten ordinary cards as other cards from the same deck for ten minutes. 786
• Greatsword — A large sword kept near her during a Flower Chase match, used partly to discourage others from treating her as an easy target. 789
• VIP Card — Granted by the Golden Bay Casino after her one-hundred-win streak, allowing her to enter the VIP area without proving possession of one million Sea Shells. 791

Relationships

• Ling Chu — Captain and close ally. Ling Chu recruited Huang Xiaowen after testing her character through a blackjack wager; Huang Xiaowen follows her combat plans with strong trust. Ling Chu also actively considers ways to help her continue advancing as a Gambler, including returning to Hope Island and arranging more betting opportunities. 68 69 80 743 744
• Lingering Wind and Fading Moon — Fellow crewmate whom Huang Xiaowen protects in battle; they coordinate shuriken, shields, antidotes, and poison-gas bombs. Huang Xiaowen also uses her hair to record Herbal Identification through Magician's Perfect Mimicry. 114 132 793
• Squid Ball — Fellow crewmate and frequent target of Huang Xiaowen's pranks; the two also trade playful insults. Squid Ball offers to cover Huang Xiaowen's bets to assist her profession advancement and provides the copied Starlight Doppelgänger skill. 218 385 599 744 793
• You Jiali — Combat partner. They work together in stealth raids, against the Holy Army, and during later tower challenges. Huang Xiaowen copies his Bat Transformation skill for use in infiltration. 284 292 575 793
• Titch — First mate and fellow Ghost Ship officer. Ling Chu's appointment of Huang Xiaowen as system-recognized Vice Captain does not replace Titch's role as first mate in charge of the ship. 739
• Big Gold Tooth — Mahjong opponent and target of an ongoing feud after Huang Xiaowen suspects him of poisoning her cup. He nevertheless lends her Sea Shells after her losses to Salos. 70 218 460
• Salos — Sea God who defeated her repeatedly at mahjong and dice after countering her attempts to use Let's Swap. 460
• Raine — Informant connected to the Nautilus and an accomplished gambler. After observing Huang Xiaowen's hundred-win streak, he attempts to recruit her into a profit-sharing gambling partnership. Huang Xiaowen rejects his offer, recognizing that he wants to profit from her ability while contributing little himself. 777 791 793
• Buck — Card cheat whom Huang Xiaowen exposes at Golden Bay Casino. She wins his Illusion Card Ring and uses the ring's capabilities in later gambling matches. 785 786
• The Tiefling woman — Her opponent in Flower Chase and the final obstacle to Huang Xiaowen's one-hundred-win streak. The Tiefling accuses her of cheating but ultimately concedes because she cannot produce evidence. 789 790 791
• Lucas — Captain of the Nautilus and target of the Ghost Ship's infiltration. Huang Xiaowen impersonates Karl Claude while negotiating with him, obtains a strand of his hair, and copies his Tidal Perception skill. 799 804 805
• Clumsy Bear — Fellow crewmate who supports her gambling and infiltration performances. She copies his Two-handed Hammer Buff, though she has no suitable hammer with which to use it effectively. 793 794

Story Role / Major Arcs

Public Challenge

Huang Xiaowen serves as one of Ling Chu's principal Red Bell collectors during the Public Challenge. She advances her Gambler profession to its third tier, uses Card in Person to evade an ambush by the Five Vermin, and defeats him after enhancing herself with Fate Dice. 80 82

Ghost Ship Defense

During the Fish Tide and Invincible Ship conflicts, Huang Xiaowen functions as a front-line defender. She protects Lingering Wind and Fading Moon with the Blow to Enlarge Shield, coordinates poison-gas strikes, and fights enemy players with shuriken despite suffering a mental attack from Invincible and Handsome. 114 132

Holy Army Conflict

Huang Xiaowen takes part in the Ghost Ship's campaign against the Holy Army. She infiltrates enemy ships, keeps Holy Light Shines Upon the Earth occupied with speed and swaps, and supports Ling Chu against Autumn Snow and Adrian. 284 285 292 424

She also helps guard the captive Xia Chunying after the Ghost Ship's escape from the Holy Army. Huang Xiaowen initially advocates throwing Xia Chunying into the sea, but remains involved when Ling Chu chooses to extract information from the prisoner. 304 305

Bright City Infiltration

Disguised as a wine merchant, Huang Xiaowen enters Bright City with the Ghost Ship crew. She later infiltrates the city casino during the Sea Lantern Festival, deliberately provokes its gamblers after winning heavily, and escapes their pursuit with Let's Swap. 394 412 416

During the broader Bright City operation, she uses Telekinetic Grab to obtain the key to the ice cellar and helps scout the route by which the crew intends to enter the castle. 400 401

Whispering Tower and Later Battles

Huang Xiaowen relies heavily on Card in Person and Let's Swap inside the Whispering Tower, using planted cards and swapped objects to distract the Ghost Doll and survive its pursuit. She later fights Executioners, silhouettes, and the Black Mist Ball alongside the crew. 566 611 612 578 584

During the later battle against Babu Guanguan, Huang Xiaowen and You Jiali charged him together. Babu Guanguan's enhanced Drunken Fist quickly sent Huang Xiaowen flying, and Ling Chu stopped her from attacking again because of the severe gap in their strength. 642

While Ling Chu was unavailable during a later instance, Huang Xiaowen became the contact point for allies seeking instructions about Hope Island's reconstruction and resource allocation. Overwhelmed by management concerns, she directed urgent matters to Deputy City Lord Edmund until Ling Chu returned. 692

Ling Chu later appointed her the Ghost Ship's system-recognized Vice Captain. The title is intended to make her the heir to the ship's estate, while Titch remains the first mate responsible for the ship's daily command structure. 739

Current Advancement

By the time of the Ghost Ship's later operations, Huang Xiaowen's Gambler profession remains at the early stage of Tier 4. Because the crew has relatively few available opponents, she proposes keeping future enemies alive long enough to gamble with them before they are killed. Ling Chu considers returning to Hope Island to help create more opportunities for Huang Xiaowen's advancement. 743

Huang Xiaowen's progression is complicated by the fact that system-generated dice cannot be cheated. Squid Ball nevertheless offers to fund her bets, while Ling Chu continues seeking viable ways for her to meet her promotion requirements. 744

Golden Bay Casino

Huang Xiaowen travels to Golden Bay Casino while searching for Raine, an informant connected to the Nautilus. She wins five consecutive rounds to advance her Gambler profession to Tier 5, then continues defeating opponents until she reaches one hundred consecutive wins involving Golden Goblet cards. 777 788

During the final Flower Chase match, she defeats a Tiefling with a combination of the Illusion Card Ring, Illusion Card Fraud, and Let's Swap. She disguises her own cards, exchanges the Tiefling's genuine Golden Crown cards with them, and cancels the illusion before the hands are revealed. The Tiefling suspects cheating but cannot prove it, fulfilling Huang Xiaowen's Magician advancement requirements. 789 790 791

Her record earns her a casino VIP card and attracts Raine's attention. Rather than accept his proposed partnership, she deliberately maintains a high-value image and leaves him to negotiate from a position of dependence. 791

She spends part of her winnings on food, blankets, gifts, and supplies for the Ghost Ship crew, demonstrating that her gambling success benefits the entire ship. 786

Nautilus Infiltration

Huang Xiaowen reports that Raine has learned the Nautilus will remain at port for only one day rather than its normal week-long resupply period. The Ghost Ship consequently accelerates its plan to supply the Nautilus and infiltrate it. 793

Using Magician's Perfect Mimicry, Huang Xiaowen records abilities from her crewmates to expand her options for the operation. Storm Arrow, Starlight Doppelgänger, and Bat Transformation provide ranged offense, deception, scouting, and escape utility, while the less useful copied skills demonstrate the randomness of the ability. 793 794

She then adopts the appearance and identity of Karl Claude, captain of the Golden Finger Gambling Ship. At the Nautilus's reception hall, she deliberately insults the steward and Grande, the vice captain, to force them to summon Lucas. While Grande is distracted, she uses Let's Swap to steal a brass key from his belt pouch and informs Ling Chu through the Crew Channel. 795 799

After obtaining Lucas's hair and copying Tidal Perception, she learns that the Nautilus's captain can use surrounding moisture to detect living creatures. She relays the warning to Ling Chu so the crew can account for the ability during its planned assault. 804

Huang Xiaowen uses a Five Minute Friend Coupon to temporarily influence Lucas's attitude, but the effect does not make him generous in business negotiations. When Lucas leaves the reception room after sensing trouble elsewhere on the ship, Huang Xiaowen knocks Raine unconscious, hides him, and begins collecting the contents of the wooden box containing the operation's target materials. 804 806

Trivia

• Huang Xiaowen's player ID is often mistaken for that of a man. 124
• She carved the character “Huang” beneath her cup so it would not be mixed up with others. 218
• She is afraid of spiders and snakes, though she fights both when necessary. 112 455
• Her initial blind-box wish for more Family Buckets instead produced a pet feeder, a polka-dot bikini, an anti-snoring device, and two Mysterious Fruits. 597
• She regards herself as a “rule-abiding” gambler even while openly exploiting unprovable magical cheating techniques. 789 791
• She reached a one-hundred-win streak at Golden Bay Casino without being successfully exposed for cheating. 788 791
• Her Magician's Perfect Mimicry can produce dramatically different results: it gave her powerful combat and infiltration skills from some crewmates but only Herbal Identification and Two-handed Hammer Buff from others. 793 794
• She temporarily used the name Karl Claude during the Nautilus infiltration and fabricated an entire high-level attribute panel to support the disguise. 795 805