Xia Yubing

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Xia Yubing (夏语冰)
Alias(es)	Summer Bug
Species/Race	Human; Bestowed One
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Xia Family; publicly presented as being under the Dyck Family's protection in Europa
Occupation/Role	Livestreamer; later Ning Zhe's associate
Status	Alive
First Appearance	Chapter 161

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Bestowed One	180	Becomes a Bestowed One after dying and returning from Zanju Town, having been transformed by the Four-Faced Buddha, Taiyi. Her continued survival requires offerings to the Three Corpse Deities. 180 181
Taiyi's “Unchanging” status	305	Her physical condition is locked to the state in which she left Zanju Town. The effect enables rapid restoration from injuries, but does not protect her from Instant Death rules and requires recurring sacrifices to avoid death. 305

Background / History

Xia Yubing was born into the wealthy Xia Family. Her father, Jiang Yehan, was a co-founder of Baiwen Group, while her mother died years before the events of the story. Her father subsequently pursued his career overseas, leaving Xia Yubing under the guardianship of her aunt, Xia Chan. 179 187

Raised under strict family expectations despite her material comfort, Xia Yubing longed to be noticed and praised. Her desire for attention led her to become a livestreamer, despite Xia Chan's opposition. 179

Before entering Zanju Town, Xia Yubing used the streamer name Summer Bug and adopted a rebellious Gothic look to distinguish herself from her usual appearance. She entered the town with other streamers, initially mistaking its abnormalities for part of the production. 161

Appearance

Xia Yubing is an exceptionally tall, muscular woman whose appearance changes markedly with her styling.

• In her normal appearance, she wears light makeup and presents more quietly than her livestream persona. 161
• As Summer Bug, she uses black lipstick, deep-purple eyeshadow, and a hime cut. 161
• She is nearly two meters tall, with a physique stronger than many adult men. 166 167
• She has prominent abdominal muscles and powerful thighs developed through sustained exercise. 166 304
• She began training after being bullied for her weight as a child and remains highly conscious of her body and fitness. 245

Personality

Xia Yubing is lively, impulsive, and initially defiant toward authority. She pursued livestreaming because she wanted acknowledgment outside the rigid expectations imposed by her family. 179

Her early experiences in Zanju Town leave her fearful of Weird Events, and she often relies on Ning Zhe's judgment when confronting unfamiliar rules. Nevertheless, she repeatedly acts despite that fear: she helps restrain Xiao Ke, investigates the Gambler Ghost's game, and confronts Fenwu alone. 168 325 383

She is compassionate beneath her bluntness. After Shen Qing dies in Zanju Town, she seeks to provide financial support for his surviving family. 254

Abilities & Skills

Taiyi's Unchanging Bestowal

Taiyi's bestowal locks Xia Yubing's physical state to the condition in which she left Zanju Town.

• Minor wounds can disappear almost immediately. 304
• A broken leg sustained while pursuing Fenwu heals after she stops observing herself. 385
• The status is not absolute; Instant Death rules can still kill her. 305
• She must make recurring offerings to the Three Corpse Deities to avoid exposure and death. 180 305

Physical Strength

Xia Yubing possesses unusual strength and endurance even without relying on her bestowed status.

• She can lift Xiao Ke's body with one hand. 166
• She restrains Xiao Ke in an arm lock that the latter cannot break. 168 169
• Her size, training, and vitality make her difficult to overpower physically. 166 384

Investigation and Deduction

Though she considers herself less intelligent than Ning Zhe, Xia Yubing can analyze rules and act decisively under pressure.

• She identifies the likely Ghost Card in the Gambler Ghost's Old Maid game through card counts and observation. 325 330
• She recognizes that her spent ammunition proves her encounter in the airship's wine cabinet was not merely imagined. 334
• She deduces that Fenwu did not simply erase the Ink Line, but altered events so that she had never drawn it. 385

Equipment / Items

• Synchronized notebook — Communicates with Ning Zhe across temporal chaos, spatial separation, and barriers between yin and yang. It provides no notification or read receipt. 188 343
• Ink Line — A Bestowal Artifact used to establish the rule of Draw the Ground as a Prison around the Xia Family villa. Fenwu later causes the drawn lines to vanish by altering the past. 383 385
• Lamp-Blowing Ghost's tongue — Used to summon the Lamp-Blowing Ghost, an Instant Death anomaly that calls a target's true name from behind. Xia Yubing attempts to use it to determine Fenwu's identity. 384 385
• Revolver — Used against the figure reflected in the airship's wine cabinet; six rounds are expended despite the room later appearing undamaged. 334

Relationships

• Ning Zhe — Initially her hostile rescuer in Zanju Town. Xia Yubing comes to trust him, communicates with him through a synchronized notebook, completes an engagement with him, and is later identified as his wife. 161 179 234 245
• Xia Chan — Her aunt and guardian, who hires Ning Zhe to retrieve her from Zanju Town. Xia Chan later attempts to monitor Xia Yubing's notebook correspondence and is killed during Fenwu's infiltration of the villa. 179 180 382
• Jiang Yehan — Her father and a co-founder of Baiwen Group. He married into the Xia Family to secure its protection. 187
• Feng Yushu — Meets Xia Yubing while acting as Ning Zhe's messenger. Feng Yushu is unsettled when Xia Yubing identifies herself as Ning Zhe's fiancée. 232
• Lan Shiwen — Helps maintain Xia Yubing's cover as a persecuted Bestowed One seeking the Dyck Family's protection; later provides her with information about Fenwu's control over Fusuolesi. 255 343
• Xiao Ke — A fellow streamer from the Zanju Town expedition. Xia Yubing is shocked by her apparent death and later helps restrain her after she revives. 165 168
• Sally Sally — An ally during the Gambler Ghost incident. The two hide together and are forced into the Old Maid game. 324 325

Story Role / Major Arcs

Zanju Town Incident

Xia Yubing enters Zanju Town as Summer Bug to livestream with Jiang Han, Xiao Ke, Shen Qing, and others. Ning Zhe finds her, subdues her, and reveals that Xia Chan hired him to rescue her. 161 162

Initially dismissive of the supernatural, Xia Yubing becomes convinced after witnessing Ning Zhe transform and encountering the town's living stone statues, reanimated corpses, and observation-based rules. She assists Ning Zhe's investigation, including restraining Xiao Ke. 162 165 168

Ning Zhe kills Xia Yubing during his experiments with the Four-Faced Buddha's blind spots. She later returns from Zanju Town as a Bestowed One under Taiyi's influence. 176 178 180

Return to the Present World

After leaving Zanju Town, Xia Yubing learns that the outside world experienced more than half a month of elapsed time while she experienced only hours. Ning Zhe explains that Weird Events are governed by rigid rules rather than conventional ghosts. 162 179

Ning Zhe places a Thought Imprint on her forbidding her from revealing his real name or identity. Xia Yubing subsequently becomes a secure intermediary for his communications and investigations. 181 232

Engagement and Europa

Xia Yubing and Ning Zhe use their notebooks to complete a traditional marriage compatibility matching process and engagement. 234

While in Europa, Ning Zhe establishes a cover identity for her as a persecuted Bestowed One from the Nine Provinces under the Dyck Family's protection. She supports his operations, gathers information, and participates in the events surrounding Vivian Port. 255 307 308

Gambler Ghost Incident

Xia Yubing and Sally Sally are forced into an Old Maid game organized by the Gambler Ghost. She communicates with Ning Zhe through the notebook, deduces that the Little Joker in the Fortune God's hand is likely the Ghost Card, and ultimately survives the encounter. 324 325 330 333

Fenwu's Infiltration

After discovering Xia Chan's corpse, Xia Yubing confronts Fenwu while Fenwu is possessing the maid Xiao Tao. She traps Fenwu inside the villa with an Ink Line-based Bestowal Artifact, but Fenwu escapes by altering the past so that the prison was never drawn. 382 383 385

Despite her fear of Fenwu's apparent mind-reading and reality-altering capabilities, Xia Yubing reports the encounter to Ning Zhe and remains involved in his efforts against Fenwu. 384 385 486