Yan Jiayu

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Yan Jiayu (严嘉鱼)
Alias(es)	“Abbot” (Dimension Below account); “Little Fish” 988 2033
Gender	Female
Occupation/Role	Player; “Professional Monk”; former nun 77
Status	Active 2972
First Appearance	Chapter 5

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
C-class Player	988	Her Dimension Below account confirms that she has reached C-class. 988
Appearance Alteration	2033	Reveals a recently discovered ability to change her facial features and skin condition temporarily, without changing her bones. 2032 2033
Secondary Evolution	2684	Her evolved physique is stronger than that of ordinary players, supporting exceptional endurance and recovery. 2684

Background / History

Yan Jiayu trained in a monastic order before entering the game. Her master later judged that her worldly ties had not been severed and made her leave the order; she nonetheless continues to consider her connection to Buddhism important. She came down the mountain shortly before becoming a player and initially had little money, sharing her own food with an elderly stranger despite being poor herself. 5 77 821

During the Preliminary Train period, Yan Jiayu quickly established herself as one of the carriage’s few capable combatants. She killed a Cannibal Player with unarmed strikes and continued cooperating with Xu Huo and other survivors against the Holy Sword Society. 15 77

Appearance

Yan Jiayu is a young woman with a round, egg-shaped face, a radiant smile, and a distinctly youthful appearance. She usually keeps her hair short and neat; she considers long hair impractical in combat. 77 821 830

• Formerly wore a patched monastic robe with small pockets for food and supplies. 5
• Prefers simple, clean, inexpensive clothing and pays little attention to fashion. 821
• Can briefly alter her facial features and skin condition, though the effect does not last long and cannot change her bones. 2032 2033
• Wore a wig at a District 011 banquet, but did not mind when it was pulled off and exposed her short hair. 830 831

Personality

Yan Jiayu is open-hearted, cheerful, and unusually generous. She shares food when she has little herself, gives away money, and explains her charity as following her master’s teaching to do good deeds for good fortune. 5 323 Her friendliness extends easily to strangers; she can spend hours talking with ordinary residents about mundane topics while gathering information. 1433

Her easygoing manner does not make her naïve in a fight. Yan Jiayu responds decisively to enemies, including Cannibal Players, stalkers, and armed fugitives, while remaining willing to protect bystanders at personal risk. 15 803 832 2923 She is also mischievous and blunt, often treating dangerous situations or social conventions with disarming simplicity. 262 811 831

Yan Jiayu is protective of her friends’ wishes and privacy. When Xu Huo was unconscious in hospital, she allowed treatment but refused to let doctors draw his blood without his consent, despite pressure from the Special Defense Department. 308

Abilities & Skills

Martial Arts and Physical Combat

Yan Jiayu is a close-range fighter with systematic martial-arts training, exceptional strength, agility, and pain tolerance.

• Killed a Cannibal Player with a dodge, a chest strike powerful enough to break bones, and a knee strike. 15
• Kept pace with Xu Huo despite a broken toe; her running and fighting style indicate formal training. 266
• Can disarm, throw, and incapacitate power-type opponents in direct hand-to-hand exchanges. 804 1435
• Her secondary evolution grants a physique and recovery capacity beyond ordinary players. 2684 2704 2708
• Her aggressive fighting style is most effective at close range, though opponents with unusually strong abilities can force her to retreat. 282
• Has trained in staff, sword, and fist techniques since childhood, although she favors a staff over blades. 77 1620

Appearance Alteration

Yan Jiayu can modify her face for disguise.

• Changes facial features and skin condition at a visible speed. 2032
• The alteration is temporary and cannot change her skeletal structure. 2033
• She wishes she could transform into animals, but has not demonstrated that capability. 2033

Performance and Improvisation

Yan Jiayu is resourceful with props and can turn unusual items into public performances or tactical distractions.

• Prepared a circus act involving protective-suit costume changes, large bubbles, fast-growing plants, a harmless saw, bird-luring whistles, and Big Mao’s revival act. 1434
• Her performances proved especially popular with children and earned her and Xu Huo an invitation to perform at the King’s castle. 1435
• She uses conversation, generosity, and local gossip to acquire information and items without direct confrontation. 1433
• Uses small tools as well as game items, reasoning that pepper spray, strong glue, and electric shockers can be effective if she gets close enough to an opponent. 1425

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Dharmachakra / “Stone Rolling Pin” — A stone staff with Sanskrit carvings, described by Yan Jiayu as a Buddhist ritual implement. It is her preferred melee weapon and is used to break defenses, strike enemies, and execute opponents. 77 319 803
• Big Mao — A living stone lion item that follows Yan Jiayu’s commands. It can attack opponents, retrieve targets, and serve as the finale of her performances. 803 807 1434
• Muscle Doll Sticker — Temporarily boosts her speed, allowing her to charge like a cannonball in close combat. 807
• Bubble Machine — Produces bubbles large enough to lift a child; used in her performance kit. 1434
• Gentleman of Light Medals — Yan Jiayu has acquired multiple medals, though she has no interest in exchanging them for a grey-player identity. 988 2032
• Kangaroo Doll Suit — A dangerous instance-bound suit that trapped her in Circus City. She ultimately tore herself free of it through a prolonged and severely injurious process. 2684 2704
• “Someone Here” Flags — Mark people trapped beneath rubble and display their locations, helping rescuers find them. 808
• Medical Examination Instrument — Her instrument can assess physical and mental condition; she uses it to examine Team Leader Wu during the Tingcheng crisis. 2930

Relationships

• Xu Huo — Trusted friend and frequent instance partner. They cooperate in combat, exchange information and equipment, and repeatedly protect one another. 257 807 2032 2708 Yan Jiayu safeguards his privacy while he is unconscious and later stays beside him despite danger from his unstable space power. 308 2701
• Big Mao — Her animated stone-lion companion. Yan Jiayu treats it affectionately and worries over its condition. 803 2972
• Her Master — Former monastic teacher whose teachings continue to shape her charity, optimism, and tolerance toward others. 77 265 2033
• Tu Xiaoxiao — Friend who introduced Yan Jiayu to Platinum Eye and the machinery castle. 1416
• Painted Woman / Lichun — Friendly acquaintance; Yan Jiayu brought Gentleman of Light Medals partly because she believed Lichun would like them. 822 2032
• Qi Cong — Persistent admirer and former bandit whom Yan Jiayu repeatedly rejects and physically reprimands for stalking her. 2033 2034 He later spends months searching for her after she disappears into a random instance. 2668
• Pu Yu — Ally encountered after Yan Jiayu escaped Circus City; Pu Yu supported her while Yan Jiayu remained beside the unconscious Xu Huo. 2701 2723 Pu Yu later gives her a life-saving item ahead of a high-risk instance. 2723
• Liu Jia — Friend from the Preliminary Train period with whom Yan Jiayu keeps in touch. 77

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Preliminary Train and Holy Sword Society — Yan Jiayu shares food with strangers, becomes a key combatant against Cannibal Players, and receives potions and Tickets rather than weapons after the Holy Sword Society operation. 5 15 77
• Pink Hat Amusement Park — She enters the amusement-park instance with Xu Huo to investigate missing children. She fights hostile players, navigates the park’s games, and relies on Xu Huo when confronted by opponents whose abilities exceed her own. 257 263 267 282
• District 014 and Big Mao — After gaining Big Mao, Yan Jiayu reunites with Xu Huo and fights alongside him against high-level attackers in District 014. 803 807 They also use her location-marking flags and Big Mao to rescue people buried beneath rubble. 808
• District 011 and Gemstone City — She attends a noble banquet, refuses marriage-oriented social expectations, and later performs with Xu Huo in Gemstone City, earning an invitation to the King’s castle. 831 1435 1441
• Circus City Imprisonment — Yan Jiayu disappears for nearly three months after becoming trapped in a random instance. Forced into a kangaroo doll suit, she repeatedly tears herself apart to delay fusion with the item while searching for an escape route. 2668 2684 2704
• A-Class Mobile District — After escaping Circus City, she recovers from the suit’s removal, accompanies Xu Huo through a high-energy survival district, and agrees to exchange lessons in body and space evolution with him. 2705 2708 After receiving a life-saving item from Pu Yu, she leaves for a time-sensitive, high-risk instance and later returns with severe injuries. 2723 2972
• Defense of Tingcheng — Yan Jiayu intercepts outer-zone fugitives outside Tingcheng, kills an attacker, resists the Tailor’s hostage tactics, and assists the Special Defense Department during the city crisis. 2923 2924 When residents subsequently accuse Xu Huo of attacks around the city, she investigates the disturbances, helps people escape a fire, and suspects that Tingcheng has entered a mental instance or fallen under a large-scale mental item’s effect. 2930 2931
• Reunion with Big Mao — After recovering from her high-risk instance, Yan Jiayu reunites with Big Mao and learns that Jin Feixue is dead, leaving the Ghastly Sound Knights effectively defunct. 2972

Notable Quotes

“All forms are empty—why can’t a Dharmachakra be a rolling pin?” 77

“Long hair is a disadvantage in a fight.” 830

“If any of you need guidance, just say the word.” 77

“Withdraw from District 014, or be killed by me. You choose.” 2923

Trivia

• Yan Jiayu calls her Dharmachakra the Stone Rolling Pin. 77
• She spends much of her money on novelty game items, including bubble gum, animal-sound posters, self-raining umbrellas, and chocolate-flavored portable stools. 804
• She has a habit of carrying dried fruit, walnuts, and other snacks in her pockets. 5 1416
• Although Big Mao appears dignified, it tries to hide from Yan Jiayu when she becomes overly enthusiastic about inspecting it. 2972
• She prepared her circus performance with the intention of eventually showing it to her master, who enjoys lively events. 1434