Li Bai

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Li Bai (李白)
Gender	Female
Species/Race	Human
Affiliation	Allied with Yao Shunyu, Jiang Cheng, Wang Fugui, and other mission participants
Occupation/Role	Mission participant; intelligence gatherer; practitioner of medical, feng shui, and Yin-Yang knowledge
Status	Alive, last seen preparing to act at a failing protective barrier 1745

Background / History

Before the Wu Manor mission, Li Bai had already researched notable Nightmare participants and their real-world backgrounds because of her fear of death and belief in knowing both herself and her enemies. Her information on Yu Chengmu—including his identity as a tomb robber and wanted criminal—was accurate, establishing her as a capable intelligence specialist 1262.

She has a medical background and a harmonious family life. Her understanding of memory led her to initially reject the possibility that a human Gate user could alter memories, until Jiang Cheng told her about Lin Wan'er 1403 1632.

Personality

Li Bai is cautious, observant, and generally avoids provoking unnecessary conflict. Jiang Cheng considers her a relatively normal and non-aggressive participant, but notes that her restraint should not be mistaken for incompetence; she often keeps her thoughts to herself until they are useful 1246.

Her caution is balanced by a strong sense of responsibility. She repeatedly accepts dangerous tasks when she believes others depend on her, including entering the haunted bridge pier to rescue Wu Qiang and confronting the horrors of Heishui Village 1689 1690. She remains composed under supernatural pressure, though her fear is genuine rather than absent 1490 1598.

Li Bai is loyal to her companions. She defends Yao Shunyu from accusations, refuses to expose him to hostile villagers, and struggles with Zhang Yuanchao's decision to sacrifice himself so that she can escape 1494 1665 1639.

Abilities & Skills

Intelligence Gathering

Li Bai researches participants, supernatural incidents, and suspicious organizations before and during missions.

• Correctly identified Yu Chengmu's criminal background through independent investigation 1262.
• Investigated Luo Tianhe, Yuan Shanyuan, and Bai Yu; she discovered that Song Yuting, the woman whose appearance Bai Yu wore, had disappeared and was later found dead 1263 1264.
• Uses photographs as evidence: a photo she took exposed severed legs that indicated the group had captured a ghost, and another photo confirmed that the villagers surrounding her were ghosts 1239 1490.
• Recognized that the ten clay offerings beneath Zhusheng Niangniang's statue corresponded to the ten outsiders trapped in Heishui Village 1634.

Feng Shui and Yin-Yang Arts

Li Bai possesses practical knowledge of feng shui, divination, funeral customs, ghost lore, and Yin-Yang rituals.

• Can identify general feng shui formations and assess supernatural dangers, though she considers herself inferior to experts such as Luo Tianhe and Yu Chengmu 1264.
• Explained funeral taboos, including the dangers surrounding thresholds, coffin carrying, and weakening a person's yang energy 1282.
• Recognized ghost shoulder-patting and its effect on a victim's Yang Fire 1278.
• Used red funeral cloth to suppress Mr. Wu's rising corpse by covering its head and blocking yang energy 1293.
• Identified darkwood as material used to suppress vengeful spirits and prevented the villagers from using the bridge repairs to release them 1684.
• Cannot perform the complex ritual required to lend Yang Fire to another person 1279.

Medical Knowledge

Li Bai can prepare remedies and assess injuries or abnormal physical conditions.

• Prepared herbs for bleeding, pain relief, detoxification, and corpse-poison removal from available pharmacy supplies 1446.
• Recognized that her extreme hunger in the village mission was supernatural rather than ordinary illness after food failed to reach her stomach 1491.
• Remained concerned for the victims of the Yan Zhen curse even after learning that her own corpse-like symptoms could be cured 1729.

Supernatural Detection and Ritual Awareness

Li Bai applies traditional customs to identify and navigate ghostly threats.

• Used a photo to verify that apparently human villagers were ghosts 1490.
• Proposed using incense ash and the custom of looking backward through one's legs to expose a ghost blocking the road 1678.
• Detected the bridge pier's trap through a diagram and correctly inferred that Wu Qiang was trapped rather than immediately dead 1689 1690.
• Tested the apparent Wu Qiang in the fog with questions only the real person could answer 1691.

Equipment / Items

• Phone and camera — Used to preserve photographs and share supernatural evidence with allies 1239 1490.
• Medicinal packets — Prepared from locally available herbs for treatment, pain relief, detoxification, and corpse poison 1446.
• Protective copper coin and red string — Worn during the First Madam mission; the coin became cold near the target, while the red string later broke and the coin disappeared after Li Bai was attacked 1452.

Relationships

• Yao Shunyu — Close ally and frequent partner. They formed an alliance before recruiting Jiang Cheng's group, cooperate on investigations and rituals, and protect each other during the Heishui Village mission 1262 1263 1601 1665.
• Jiang Cheng — Strategic ally who values Li Bai's intelligence and takes part in analyzing the clues she uncovers. He comforts and protects her during several missions 1263 1495.
• Wang Fugui / Fatty — Ally who is impressed by Li Bai's expertise and repeatedly worries about her safety 1264 1453 1729.
• Zhang Yuanchao — A Caller of Mountains who calls Li Bai “daughter” because she reminds him of his lost child. Li Bai distrusts the familiarity at first but comes to recognize his sincere protection and is deeply affected by his sacrifice 1632 1638 1639 1640.
• Wu Qiang — Temporary companion in Heishui Village. Li Bai risks her life to rescue him after he is trapped among mummified victims beneath the bridge 1689 1690.
• Wu — Initially a source of fear, but later protects Li Bai by taking the white-rice calamity for her and putting her into a death-like sleep to stop a shadow's attack 1495.
• Bai Yu — Dangerous adversary connected to Yuan Shanyuan. Bai Yu branded Li Bai as prey and later restrained her during the Blood Corpse Tomb conflict 1272 1332.
• Luo Tianhe — A skilled but uneasy collaborator. He recognizes Li Bai's funeral knowledge after she helps suppress Mr. Wu's corpse 1293.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Wu Manor and the Blood Corpse Tomb

Li Bai returns from an investigation with a photograph revealing severed ghostly legs, then becomes a central source of intelligence as the group navigates Wu Manor's Yin Bagua formation and funeral rituals 1239 1262. She forms an alliance with Yao Shunyu, shares background information on the other participants, and warns the group about Luo Tianhe, Yuan Shanyuan, and Bai Yu 1262 1263 1264.

During Mr. Wu's funeral procession, Li Bai identifies critical coffin-carrying taboos and uses red funeral cloth to stop Mr. Wu's corpse from rising. Bai Yu later restrains Li Bai during the final confrontation, but Li Bai is freed after Wu destroys Bai Yu and kills Yuan Shanyuan 1282 1293 1332.

First Madam Mission

Li Bai volunteers as the first person to approach the First Madam and steal the embroidered ball. Although she moves carefully and uses the terrain for cover, she is affected the moment she touches the basket; her red string breaks, her copper coin vanishes, and she collapses unconscious 1452.

She is later confirmed alive but trapped in a dream-like state rather than dead. Her experience helps the group understand the former madam's targeting method and the need to recover the lost protective coin 1453 1456.

Ghost Village and the White Rice Calamity

Li Bai confirms through photography that the villagers are ghosts, then continues speaking with an elderly villager to uncover information about the village's past and its hidden living shrine 1490. The villagers target her with white rice, causing supernatural hunger that ordinary food cannot satisfy and marking her for death 1491.

When the threat escalates, Wu consumes the rice in her place and places Li Bai in a death-like sleep to prevent a shadow from continuing its attack 1495.

Heishui Village

Li Bai becomes one of the principal investigators in Heishui Village. She observes the village's control of men through white powder, identifies the absence of children as suspicious, and investigates the ceremonies surrounding Zhusheng Niangniang 1593.

She overcomes her fear to burn a haunted room containing hanged male corpses dressed as brides, learning more about the village's atrocities in the process 1598. She later organizes the group during the Burial Kiln ritual, identifies that they are being prepared as sacrifices, and recognizes a diary page belonging to the abducted art teacher 1672 1673.

At the damaged bridge, Li Bai sees through the villagers' deception involving darkwood planks. When Wu Qiang disappears at the seventh pier, she enters the fog-bound trap to find him, tests his identity, and attempts to bring him back despite the risk to herself 1683 1684 1689 1690 1691.

Yan Zhen Curse and Later Conflict

Li Bai and Yao Shunyu are afflicted by the Yan Zhen technique, developing corpse spots despite retaining normal body temperature, blood, and physical condition. After Tang Qisheng destroys the blood-mixed formation eye, Li Bai's corpse spots disappear 1729.

Later, as a protective barrier begins to collapse, Li Bai prepares to step forward and act in the others' place, only to be stopped by an injured elder who insists that the remaining men should not leave the burden to her 1745.

Notable Quotes

“If something goes wrong, I should do my part. As for whether it's worth it...” 1689

“You. All of you must be well.” 1745

Trivia

• Li Bai is the only woman in her Heishui Village group and is treated by the villagers as having the highest status among them 1586.
• Her naturally pale skin makes the corpse spots caused by the Yan Zhen technique especially conspicuous 1729.
• She cannot accept Zhang Yuanchao calling her “daughter,” as her own father is alive and her family life is normal and harmonious 1630 1632.