Pei Yuemu

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Pei Yuemu (裴悦慕)
Alias(es)	Huang Mu; Gao Mu
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Pei Family; Chasing Moon Base; later allied with Qi Xing and Qi Tong
Occupation/Role	Pei Family’s eldest daughter; Ability-item wielder; author and controller of the novel world
Status	Repeatedly killed and revived through new identities; her consciousness can return to her original world rather than permanently die 263 275

Background / History

Pei Yuemu was born five years before her younger brother, Pei Chixuan. Outwardly, she was regarded as elegant, beautiful, and nearly flawless; privately, Pei Chixuan feared her from childhood and believed she wanted to kill him. Their father, Pei Yongyi, was the only adult who took his fear seriously and disciplined her for it. 203

Although Pei Yuemu never awakened an Ability, she obsessively pursued one. She consumed Crystal Cores in an attempt to awaken and nearly died; a Wood Crystal Core charged with another Ability User’s energy was implanted in her body to continuously sustain and heal her. 139 179

Her resentment toward Pei Chixuan intensified after he received their father’s favor, her Ability Gun was removed from her possession, and she was forced toward a political marriage with Huo Zhuo. Pei Chixuan’s lover, Cen Jiao, was also given one of Pei Yuemu’s kidneys so she could bind an Ability Weapon. 177 178 180

Pei Yuemu approached Qi Xing and Qi Tong with an alliance proposal: they would help remove Pei Yongyi, while she would assist them against Pei Chixuan and prevent Chasing Moon Base from tracking their stolen spatial items. She offered her life-sustaining Wood Crystal Core to Qi Tong as proof of trust, though Qi Xing still bound a vine around her neck as a threat. 177 179 181

During the convoy ambush, Pei Yuemu manipulated Pei Yongyi with a supposed method for awakening Abilities. After Qi Xing’s flower bud incapacitated him, she killed an Earth Ability User, arranged for Qi Xing to decapitate Pei Yongyi to obscure her own involvement, and revealed that her Ability Gun had never actually left her. 218 219

Appearance

Pei Yuemu is a strikingly beautiful woman with a mature, glamorous presence. Her native identity is known for a cold, sharp, and aggressive beauty that reflects her forceful temperament. 139 218

• Beautiful, cold face and deep, sharp eyes. 139 253
• Thick, curly hair. 201
• Mature, charming, and notably stylish; often wears luxurious clothing, black cloaks, or leather boots. 182 218 246
• Her later incarnations include the plain-looking base worker Huang Mu and an elegant, wealthy-looking middle-aged woman. 239 273

Personality

Pei Yuemu is intelligent, calculating, and exceptionally composed under pressure. Even when unarmed, searched, and surrounded by fugitives, she negotiated calmly and treated her own potential death as an acceptable risk. 177

She is vindictive toward perceived slights, especially those involving Pei Chixuan, Cen Jiao, and Pei Yongyi’s favoritism. Her lack of an awakened Ability became a fixation; she envies Ability Users and repeatedly pursues methods to seize or awaken powers regardless of the cost. 139 180 219

As the world’s author, Pei Yuemu often treats its inhabitants as plot devices rather than people. She is willing to alter memories, arrange deaths, replace romantic partners, and end lives to preserve the story she wants. 220 246 254 260

Despite this detachment, she develops an attachment to Qi Tong. Jiang Zhaosu identifies this as a genuine partiality that Pei Yuemu refuses to acknowledge. 274 275

Abilities & Skills

Ability Gun

Pei Yuemu wields a specially shaped gun capable of bypassing common elemental defenses and disabling targets hit by its bullets.

• Its bullets cannot be blocked by Water, Wood, or Wind Shields. 152
• Can immobilize or incapacitate Ability Users, including Qi Xing. 140 219
• Was reportedly transferred away, but Pei Yuemu later revealed that it had remained in her possession. 177 219
• Its loss or transfer was central to her conflict with Pei Chixuan and Cen Jiao. 177 180

Tracking and Spatial Equipment

Pei Yuemu has access to base-issued equipment that tracks people and Ability items.

• Used a wristwatch-like device to locate Qi Tong’s group. 139 152
• Her bracelet could rapidly transport her and a captive across the city. 139
• Chasing Moon Base’s spatial items remained registered under her name and could be tracked; she offered to shield Qi Xing’s group from this tracking. 177

Wood Crystal Core Life Support

A Wood Crystal Core implanted after her failed awakening attempt sustains Pei Yuemu’s body.

• Continuously supplies restorative energy and accelerates recovery from injuries. 179
• Its function depended on the original energy donor’s survival until the donor later died. 179
• Qi Tong crushed the core, causing Pei Yuemu’s body to crack and bleed. 223
• The core’s destruction did not permanently end her existence because of her later-revealed authorial status. 228 275

Panel Control

As the novel’s author, Pei Yuemu possesses a panel displaying character information and allowing her to alter the world’s plot.

• Can view relationships, memories, fates, and other character data. 220 226
• Can alter memories and arrange characters’ deaths or roles. 220 226
• Cannot directly locate or control Jiang Zhaosu through the panel because Jiang Zhaosu does not belong to the world’s data system. 226 285
• Her interventions consume energy. 263
• Her control is constrained by the story’s intended focus on its protagonists and audience expectations. 260

Deception and Political Manipulation

Pei Yuemu excels at social performance, strategic bargaining, and exploiting others’ weaknesses.

• Concealed her role in Pei Yongyi’s death by having Qi Xing deliver the killing blow. 219
• Used Pei Yongyi’s kidney failure and dependence on his Ability Weapon in plans against him. 197
• Maintained Chasing Moon Base’s alliance with Dawn Base by covering up Huo Zhuo’s attempt to harm her. 194
• Presented different personas to her father, brother, allies, and enemies as circumstances demanded. 184 201

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Ability Gun — Specialized firearm that disables targets and bypasses several elemental shields. 140 152
• Wood Crystal Core — Implanted life-support core; later entrusted to Qi Tong. 179 182
• Tracking wristwatch — Used to monitor Qi Tong’s group’s location. 139 152
• Transport bracelet — Spatial-movement item used during Su Yayun’s abduction. 139
• Space Ring — An Ability item registered under her name at Chasing Moon Base. 177
• Black cloak — Given to Qi Tong after Qi Tong expressed interest in it. 182

Relationships

• Pei Yongyi — Father. Their relationship mixed real affection, political exploitation, favoritism toward Pei Chixuan, and Pei Yuemu’s eventual scheme to have him killed. 201 218 219
• Pei Chixuan — Younger brother and primary target of Pei Yuemu’s resentment. He feared her since childhood; she sought his death and coveted the possibility of obtaining his Ability. 180 203 220
• Cen Jiao — Pei Chixuan’s lover and the novel’s original female lead. Pei Yuemu routinely mocked and targeted her, yet as the author regarded her as a daughter and attempted to force her romance with Huo Jinran. 134 220 246
• Qi Tong — Enemy, temporary ally, and character toward whom Pei Yuemu developed partiality. Pei Yuemu used her as a “Flesh Weapon,” gave her the life-sustaining Crystal Core, and was ultimately killed by her. 150 182 223 275
• Qi Xing — Tense ally and frequent target of manipulation. He helped conceal Pei Yongyi’s murder, while Pei Yuemu later incapacitated him with her gun. 177 219 220
• Ye Zhiwei — Longtime best friend and fellow panel user. Ye Zhiwei repeatedly assists Pei Yuemu but intervenes when Pei Yuemu threatens real harm to Jiang Zhaosu. 182 220 275
• Jiang Zhaosu — Rival and later reluctant collaborator. Jiang Zhaosu challenges Pei Yuemu’s treatment of the world’s inhabitants and repeatedly interferes with her intended plot. 254 274 281
• Huo Zhuo — Arranged fiancé. Pei Yuemu disliked and manipulated him; he was dissatisfied with her and openly preferred Cen Jiao. 201 218
• Su Yayun — Qi Tong’s companion whom Pei Yuemu abducted to lure out Qi Tong’s group. Pei Yuemu quickly deduced Su Yayun’s status as a Mutated Species and mental Ability User. 139

Story Role / Major Arcs

Conflict with Qi Tong’s Group

Pei Yuemu pursued Qi Tong and Qi Xing as wanted criminals, shot An Yudie, and investigated the survivors in their complex. She later abducted Su Yayun, using her tracking equipment and gun to force a confrontation. 133 139 140

Alliance Against the Pei Family

After losing political security within Chasing Moon Base, Pei Yuemu proposed a mutually beneficial alliance with Qi Xing and Qi Tong. She used knowledge of the base’s tracking systems, her Crystal Core, and Pei Chixuan’s Rank S strength to make cooperation necessary. 177 179

Assassination of Pei Yongyi

Pei Yuemu exploited her father’s wish for an Ability, lured him into the forest, killed his Earth Ability User guard, and arranged Pei Yongyi’s death while concealing her own responsibility. 218 219

Authorial Interference

It is later revealed that the author Pei Yuemu can temporarily inhabit the native Pei Yuemu’s body and alter the novel through a panel. She changes the intended male lead, manipulates memories and relationships, and repeatedly attempts to restore Cen Jiao’s prescribed romance. 220 233 246

Deaths and New Incarnations

Qi Tong destroys Pei Yuemu’s sustaining Crystal Core, apparently killing her. Ye Zhiwei retrieves her, and Pei Yuemu later reappears through new identities, including Huang Mu and an older wealthy woman. Qi Xing eventually decapitates one of these incarnations. 223 239 263 273

Conflict Over Free Will

Pei Yuemu’s attempts to enforce her plot place her in direct conflict with Jiang Zhaosu, Qi Xing, and the self-aware characters. She refuses to revise the story from its beginning, fearing that her work and attachment to its characters would be lost. 274 275

Trivia

• Pei Yuemu is twenty-eight years old during the Chasing Moon Base arc. 191 218
• She smokes the same brand of cigarettes as Qi Tong. 182
• She is known to enjoy the company of attractive women and publicly presented Jiang Zhaosu and disguised Qi Xing as her lovers. 182 192
• She repeatedly calls Qi Tong “Little Fox.” 139 177
• Although she created a vicious female-supporting-character role for herself, she becomes so immersed in it that even Ye Zhiwei criticizes her for taking the role too seriously. 223