Data Maniac

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Li Zihan was a healthy genius hacker in Shen City who had grown dissatisfied with the limits of ordinary-world computing power. After advancing into a Mind Hacker and purchasing diluted Titan Blood, his perception radically changed: he could instantly capture, analyze, and model details ranging from traffic paths to airborne dust. He immediately began designing a more efficient Biological Beacon network model. 13

His real-world technical credentials include being an ACM gold medalist and a full-stack expert. Before his Mind Hacker advancement, his player class was Spirit Pivot Envoy. 13 41

He became one of Dawn Guild's principal planners and controllers. During the Titan Armory Donation campaign, he argued that individual contributions would be too slow and proposed mobilizing the player base against H-124 Hub for its High-Purity Bile Salt Crystals. 29

Data Maniac later helped restore the isolated Photonic Bacteria Clan's region. He drafted the reconstruction plan for B-404's severed Crimson Channel, negotiated supplies for Photon Resonance knowledge, and supported the exchange of player resources for the clan's light-energy technology. 48 53

As the player army expanded, Data Maniac became a core member of the Peak Seven and a leading scientific combat specialist. He contributed to mass warfare, Dark Spirit operations, neural-tissue investigations, and the colonization of Companion Star S-1. His role increasingly combined battlefield analysis with research into Titan's biology, psionic organs, cultivation methods, and biological technology. 144 164 201 346

During the later S-1 expansion, he continued serving as a psychic combat specialist while studying the situational effectiveness of his attacks. He supported the capture and defense of logistics and military facilities by disrupting transport creatures, protecting allied personnel, and interrupting dangerous monsters at decisive moments. 350 354 355 357

Appearance

Data Maniac is repeatedly associated with glasses-adjusting gestures and silver or data-like light in his eyes when using psychic abilities. His appearance becomes increasingly unnatural as his mental power develops.

• His eyes became “eerie streams of data light” after becoming a Mind Hacker. 13
• Psionic Vision manifests as silver radiance in his eyes. 108 231
• His Mind Breaker advancement changed his gaze into “soul-devouring vortices.” 159
• He later commonly wears tactical goggles over his eyes during large-scale expeditions and military operations. 346
• Excessive psychic exertion can leave him bleeding from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, or even damage his eyes under high-order pressure. 16 109 270
• During the Dark Spirit altar operation, Tier Five pressure cracked his eyes and eventually destroyed his head before he respawned. 270 273
• During the military-base operation, rapid consecutive Mind Pierces caused fine red veins to spread across his eyes behind his lenses. 357

Personality

Data Maniac is intensely analytical and treats biology, magic, and combat mechanics as systems to be decoded. Rather than accepting game mechanics at face value, he identified the Mind Hacker trial as a “biological algorithm,” studied Photonic Bacteria technology for real-world applications, and recognized teleportation-array analysis as an industrial manual rather than a spellbook. 13 48 273

He is calm and practical in planning, but becomes visibly fervent when confronted with complex data or scientific breakthroughs. His tactical style favors identifying a decisive weak point, calculating timing, and coordinating overwhelming precision rather than relying on brute force. 29 35 298

He is particularly skilled at turning battlefield observations into general principles. He identified the relationship between physical and psionic circulatory systems, theorized about Titan's dual hearts, and helped explain why players' homologous psionic energy could awaken Thunder Messengers. 170 198

Despite his rationality, he is not emotionless. The Photonic Bacteria Clan's long isolation moved him, and he shows concern for teammates and civilians caught in dangerous situations. He also has a sarcastic streak, particularly when enduring Vanguard Across the Realm's extreme-speed rescues. 47 85 264

His scientific enthusiasm can override ordinary caution. He willingly participates in dangerous experiments, pursues high-level battlefield data, and treats even catastrophic developments as opportunities for analysis. During the Lobar Bronchus campaign, he described the rapid leveling of new players as an “evolutionary frenzy.” 144

He does not assume that a successful attack will work equally well in every situation. After the wasteland defense, he repeatedly reviewed footage of his psychic interruption of an airborne predator, recognizing that the target's inability to recover its footing had been crucial to the result. 350

Abilities & Skills

Mind Hacker Abilities

As a Mind Hacker, Data Maniac interferes directly with enemy consciousness, casting, perception, and coordination.

• Uses mental interference to freeze or disrupt opponents at decisive moments. 16 31
• Can employ Mind Shock and Mind Pierce for short-duration crowd control and casting disruption. 75 267
• Co-designed a DDoS-style mental assault that used hundreds of Mind Hackers to overload the Plague Priest's shared mental network. 35
• Can coordinate mass Mind Hacker formations to lock down powerful targets despite individual control effects being extremely brief. 150
• Mind-based crowd control is ineffective against creatures with little or no functional brain. 75
• Uses Mind Pierce to interrupt spellcasters, expose openings, and disrupt monsters' attack timing. 266 267 286
• Can analyze and identify remote mental control affecting captives, determining when a corrupted target can no longer be saved. 268
• Scrambled the brain centers of two Dark Spirit prisoners so they could be taken through the Silence Transfer Well with the disguised infiltration team. 270
• Can fire Mind Pierce repeatedly to accumulate disruption before detonating it with Thought Collapse. He used this sequence against transport creatures, a Tier Two monster attacking a Biochemical Guard, and a cutting beast threatening a military-base tank. 354 355 357

Cerebral Overclocking

His first-tier Psionic Sequence talent pushes his brain into a high-speed computational state.

• Predicts attack patterns and issues real-time evasion and targeting instructions across a battlefield. 36 183
• Processes vast tactical data, including trajectories, monster anatomy, energy readings, and precise timing windows. 36 183
• Can be externally enhanced by carefully controlled lightning stimulation from Thunder King. 184
• Can absorb and process the data shared through Tian Ce's Mental Network, including coordinates and timing intervals too complex for ordinary players to understand. 183
• Overuse causes severe strain, including bleeding and damage to his sensory organs. 16 270
• Its real-world projection improves logical thinking, memory, processing power, and mental activity, and allows entry into a state of “absolute calm.” 30

Psionic Vision

Psionic Vision allows Data Maniac to perceive energy directly rather than relying on ordinary sight.

• Sees through energy shields and disguises to observe a target's Core Energy circuits. 86
• Detects concealed monsters, high-energy reactions, disguised structures, and distant danger during exploration. 108 279
• Identifies weak points in lesions, defensive armor, altars, and biological structures. 263 267 298 306
• Can inspect damaged neural tissue and detect the delayed reaction of Aklay Neural Mistforms hidden in nerve fibers. 279
• Information density can overwhelm him; he can only use it briefly at full intensity. 86
• Attempting to observe higher-order entities can cause immediate retinal damage and bloody tears. 109
• Applies Psionic Vision to battlefield research, identifying regeneration sources, energy-feeding structures, corpse-based healing mechanisms, and structural weaknesses. 303 312 346
• Its real-world projection transforms his eyes into Magic Energy Organs capable of observing energy flow through magical circuits. 86
• Distinguished an exceptionally powerful object beneath the Magma Sea from a living monster by comparing its psionic flow with previously dissected creatures. 181
• Monitored experimental pulses in contaminated neural tissue to ensure they remained within Gu Yuan's designated safe zone. 281
• Observed changes in Vanguard Across the Realm's body during his Tier Three attempt, distinguishing stable local reinforcement of the right arm from a change in overall Life Rank. 310

Mind Breaker

Data Maniac's hidden second advancement specializes in psychic true damage and dismantling an enemy's consciousness.

• Disintegration Pulse — Inflicts direct impact on consciousness structures, potentially causing confusion, sluggishness, and sensory dislocation. Its effects are particularly pronounced against targets dependent on coordinated skills, precise judgment, and tactical execution. 159
• Thought Collapse — Detonates accumulated mental interference to interrupt skills, disorder friend-or-foe recognition, create memory gaps, and deal heavy psychic damage. 159
• Used Disintegration Pulse to confuse Living Flame: Red Fish long enough for Brute Force Yields Miracles to escape. 183
• Enhanced Disintegration Pulse: Chaos with Thunder King's stimulation, turning the attack into a powerful control effect against Red Fish. 184
• Used Thought Collapse to disable Lord-class enemies and create openings for allied attacks. 294 297
• Can chain Thought Collapse into Disintegration Pulse to interrupt a target's actions and then scatter its disrupted consciousness. 347 355
• Used Thought Collapse to stagger Tier Two and Tier Three predators, exposing them to poisoned weapons, lightning, and coordinated attacks. 349 359
• Under extreme pressure, can maintain mental attacks long enough to delay a monster's self-destruction or regeneration process, though the strain can cause severe physical injury. 270 313
• Followed a mass Mind Pierce bombardment with Disintegration Pulse to knock a Tier Two Darkling warlord unconscious, depriving it of the psionic control needed to remain airborne. 205
• Can precisely interrupt a Tier Two opponent across the battlefield, even when its resistance limits the interruption to less than half a second. 211
• Uses psychic control against logistics as well as direct combatants. Disrupting the lead Transport Beast in a narrow supply channel caused the heavily laden creatures behind it to collide and pile up. 354
• Studies how an enemy's current movement affects control results; an airborne target unable to readjust its footing can expose otherwise protected body parts when its consciousness is disrupted. 350

Scientific and Tactical Analysis

Data Maniac applies his hacking mindset to infrastructure, physiology, magic, and military logistics.

• Designed the initial reconstruction plan for the 32,000-kilometer Crimson Channel in B-404. 48
• Studied Photon Resonance Principles and learned Light Affinity. 53
• Produced a Mecha Performance Evaluation Report that helped redefine Mechas as equipment for mid-tier elite players rather than high-level combatants. 60
• Recognized Basic Psionic Teleportation Matrix Analysis as reproducible infrastructure knowledge and forwarded it to professional researchers. 273
• Assisted Ci Beili's team in testing a short-range teleportation prototype. 284
• Identified the regenerative mechanism of a massive bronchial blockage by discovering four blood-pumping tentacles sustaining it. 298
• Determined that the tissue around the Right Lung Lobe's cleared bronchus was still necrotizing because several underlying blood vessels had dried up. 303
• Helped develop a controlled lightning-stimulation method to contract vessel walls and force blood through a congealed blockage without destroying the living vessel. 304
• Recognized that a lesion's true anchor was its outer ring rather than its apparently loose center. 306
• Identified the seven burning lesion cores sustaining a Tier Three Giant Flame Demon's regeneration and precisely destroyed the most difficult cores with Disintegration Pulse. 312
• Recognized that Pale Creations depended on corpses for regeneration and helped devise a corpse-denial strategy with Tian Ce. 346 347
• Assisted Tian Ce in filtering and organizing the enormous quantity of information passing through the Mind Network during the establishment of new S-1 bases. 348
• Applies combat analysis to industrial and biological engineering, including the study of energy-conducting armor, living Mechas, Breathing Techniques, and regenerative monsters. 327 328 346
• Identified a damaged hepatic lobule's metabolic center as a suitable Biological Beacon site because its hardened calcium foundation could still support the beacon despite broken pipelines. 19
• Recognized the potential for independently created Breathing Techniques to function on Blue Star and was tasked with reporting Brute Force Yields Miracles' discovery to Ci Beili. 188
• Monitored the restoration of the Silence Transfer Well's formation, allowing Tian Ce to time the ambush before its final core line was completed. He subsequently learned that entry required an authorized Transport Token and living sacrifices rather than individual identity verification. 269
• Helped test the teleportation of an overloaded Mana Crystal, observing the array despite the risk of an explosion destroying the equipment. 284
• Diagnosed Vanguard's failed Void-power experiment as excessive energy entering tissue that had not yet adapted, recommending gradual exposure rather than treating it as loss of class control. 295
• Directed the recovery of valuable Flame Demon Core fragments and intact burning bone among airborne battlefield debris. 300
• Determined from the low oxygen content of returning Red Blood Cells that the Alveoli were still failing to exchange air. 306
• Confirmed that Burning Lesions transmitted commands to the monster hordes, supporting the strategy of destroying the lesions to connect separated control zones. 311
• Supported sharing practical monster-countermeasure information with smaller guilds trapped in costly attrition battles. 347

Physical and Real-World Development

Although Data Maniac specializes in the Psionic Sequence, his body has continued to evolve alongside his mental abilities.

• After player Synchronization Rate doubled from 5% to 10%, his physical strength and durability rose dramatically, reaching a level comparable to much higher-level Flesh and Blood Path players despite his Psionic specialization. 164
• His physical and psionic systems are part of the dual circulatory structure found in higher-dimensional lifeforms, allowing his body to conduct and regulate psionic energy. 164 169
• The Titan Psionic Energy Baptism improved his energy perception and control, allowing him to analyze and guide increasingly precise techniques. 291
• His ability to survive head destruction and reconstruct himself through the respawn system makes him willing to perform experiments and missions that would be impossible for ordinary living beings. 270 273
• During the Emerald Continent expedition, he sustained a supersonic run for three hours, calculating his speed at approximately 450 meters per second, or Mach 1.3. Vanguard Across the Realm slowed down to remain with him. 109

Relationships

• Vanguard Across the Realm — Dawn Guild leader and frequent scouting partner. Vanguard relies on Data Maniac's analysis, while Data Maniac trusts Vanguard's speed and combat ability during high-risk exploration. Vanguard also repeatedly depends on his identification of weak points during major battles. Data Maniac later helped diagnose the tissue-adaptation problem in Vanguard's Void cultivation and monitored his Tier Three attempt. 29 108 109 312 295 310
• Tian Ce — Fellow Mind Hacker and closest tactical counterpart. Tian Ce handles large-scale coordination through the Mind Network, while Data Maniac focuses on psychic damage and weakness analysis. Their division of labor was formalized during their hidden-class advancements. Tian Ce also stabilized Data Maniac's collapsing consciousness during the Tier Five altar operation, enabling him to report the altar's hub before dying. 35 159 183 270
• Thunder King / Dharma King — Longtime teammate whose lightning can enhance Data Maniac's cerebral activity. Data Maniac regularly corrects Thunder King's inefficient spell use and later helps him test precision lightning control and Lightning Breathing. 66 184 291 337
• Cloud Pomelo — Elite healer and teammate. She treated Data Maniac after Vanguard's high-G rescue, and he works with her to assess and protect survivors in Shadow City. 85 264
• Ci Beili — Research leader and collaborator. Data Maniac supplies technical support for teleportation experiments, psionic-technology research, and military applications of battlefield discoveries. Tian Ce also designated him to relay the significance of independently created Breathing Techniques to Ci Beili. 144 273 284 188
• Great Nation Craftsman — Flesh Artisan who worked with Data Maniac on the Crimson Channel reconstruction plan. 48
• Hannibal and Bi Ren Liang Mou — Biological-engineering collaborators encountered during the S-1 campaigns. Data Maniac provides reconnaissance and analytical support for their biological weapons, Mechas, and industrial facilities. 264 346
• Gu Yuan — Titan administrator and the source of many of the players' opportunities, rewards, and biological technologies. Data Maniac's analysis repeatedly helps the players repair Gu Yuan's body, while Gu Yuan recognizes the strategic value of the players' research and expansion. 291 346

Story Role / Major Arcs

Mind Hacker Advancement and Dawn Guild Growth

Data Maniac reached LV.10 with Thunder King, cleared the Mind Hacker advancement trial, and obtained diluted Titan Blood. Its real-world effect turned his brain into an extraordinary information-processing organ. 13

After rejoining the five-person squad, he began modeling a more efficient beacon network and accompanied Vanguard Across the Realm's team to help clear the Corrupted Spore Flying Insects threatening the Crimson Route. 13

During the Heaven-Burning Flame Demon battle, he joined over a hundred Spirit Pivot Envoys in a mental assault. Despite bleeding from all seven orifices, he immobilized the boss for 0.1 seconds, giving the Silver Wing commander the opening needed to strike its exposed heart. 16

During the initial liver expedition, he interpreted the hepatic maze's structure and located a stable metabolic center suitable for establishing the expedition's first Biological Beacon. 19

As Dawn Guild expanded, he organized recruitment messaging and promoted the guild's progression, elite squad, and shared guides. 33

H-124 and the Plague Priest Battle

He proposed attacking H-124 Hub to accelerate the Titan Armory Donation progress through High-Purity Bile Salt Crystals. 29

Before the fortress assault, he confirmed arrangements for Dragon War to feint against the left wall and Imperial Dynasty to provide long-range suppression from the right, while Dawn Guild attacked the main gate. 33

During the battle against Meat Mountain, Hydra, and the Plague Priest, he and Tian Ce identified the bosses' symbiotic mental link. Their DDoS-like assault overloaded the link, allowing the damage dealers to kill the Plague Priest. 35

He subsequently ran Cerebral Overclocking at full power to predict Hydra's attacks, directing evasions and identifying brief opportunities to sever its Poison Sacs. 36

B-404 Reconstruction and Photonic Bacteria Cooperation

After discovering the isolated Photonic Bacteria Clan, Data Maniac helped interpret the region's biological collapse and coordinated reconstruction of the Crimson Channel. 47 48

He also brokered the exchange of food and materials for the clan's light-energy knowledge, advancing player understanding of Photon Resonance technology. 53

Mecha Reform and Scientific Warfare

After extensive battlefield testing, Data Maniac produced a report showing that Titan's Fist Mechas were best suited to mid-tier elite players and could become liabilities for higher-level specialists. 60

He later supported the Scientific Research Team's Photon Matrix and Bio-Bomb experiments by applying Psionic Vision to measure energy loss, toxin reactions, and the dissolution of monster flesh and energy circuits. 144

Emerald Continent Exploration

After acquiring Psionic Vision, Data Maniac scouted the Emerald Crystal Forest with Vanguard Across the Realm. He detected concealed high-level monsters and helped prevent the pair from stumbling into lethal encounters. 108

During their attempt to reach the distant city, he calculated that even three hours of supersonic travel had barely changed its apparent distance, revealing the immense scale of the Emerald Continent. 109

He was present when Cloud Pomelo was captured by the Resurrection Whale and later helped analyze the broader implications of the Emerald Continent, the Ancient People, and Titan's internal geography. 109 110

When Ci Beili's researchers arrived through the Biological Beacon, he and Vanguard withdrew to observe from a distance. He witnessed the whale instantly kill the researchers with a faint life-deprivation effect before Cloud Pomelo revealed Gu Yuan's origin aura and secured her release. 111

Titanization Aftermath and Peak Seven Campaigns

During the Cursed Shockwave following the Abomination's destruction, Data Maniac was rescued by Vanguard alongside Cloud Pomelo. The extreme acceleration left him with severe internal injuries, but Gu Yuan's Divine Grace restored and advanced him. 85 86

He subsequently became part of the Peak Seven and participated in the Lobar Bronchus campaign, where he helped coordinate the rapid evolution of lower-level players and the deployment of scientific weapons. 138 144

During the Purgatory Ripper battle, he and Tian Ce organized waves of Mind Pierce from the surviving Mind Hackers. Their attacks produced brief movement interruptions, allowing Vanguard and the assault forces to launch grappling hooks and board the monster. 150

Mind Breaker and the Red Fish Battle

At LV.40, Data Maniac rejected the standard Mind Hacker advancement paths and became the hidden-class Mind Breaker. He and Tian Ce formalized their division of labor: Tian Ce would coordinate the battlefield, while Data Maniac would deal psychic damage. 159

Using data shared through Tian Ce's Mind Network, Data Maniac located Living Flame: Red Fish beneath the Magma Sea and devastated its consciousness with Disintegration Pulse. 183

Thunder King's carefully controlled electrical stimulation pushed Data Maniac's brain beyond its normal threshold, allowing him to use Disintegration Pulse: Chaos as a powerful control technique. 184

After Brute Force Yields Miracles independently created the Molten Breathing Technique, Data Maniac immediately considered whether a cultivation method operating under real laws could be brought to Blue Star. Tian Ce instructed him to contact Ci Beili and report the breakthrough. 188

Dark Spirit Operations

During the operation against the Omen of Eternal Night's altar, Data Maniac repeatedly disrupted Darkling casters, controlled prisoners, identified the altar's Psionic hub, and pushed his mind beyond its limit to report its exact location before being killed by Tier Five pressure. 265 268 270

Before the infiltration, he monitored the enemy formation masters as they repaired the Silence Transfer Well and helped interrupt their casting during the ambush. Interrogation revealed that the formation verified a Transport Token and living sacrifices but not their identities, enabling the team to enter disguised as sacrifices. 269

After respawning, he recognized the mission reward as practical teleportation-array knowledge and helped distribute it to the research teams. 273

He continued using Mind Pierce, Thought Collapse, and Disintegration Pulse during the wider Star City and Dark Spirit campaigns, where his control effects enabled stronger players to kill enemies they could not safely defeat alone. 267 286 294 297

Star City and Companion Star S-1

During the invasion of Companion Star S-1, Data Maniac served as a Peak Seven combat analyst and worked with Thunder King to eliminate Dark Spirit spellcasters. The team's Mind Network allowed him to share target weaknesses and execute synchronized psychic-lightning attacks. 201 203

When massed Mind Hackers overwhelmed a Tier Two Darkling warlord, Data Maniac followed with Disintegration Pulse and knocked it unconscious. The enemy lost its ability to sustain flight and fell into the waiting player forces, demonstrating how concentrated psychic control could bring airborne commanders within reach of ground troops. 205

After the campaign, he helped assess the players' expanded territory and the strategic value of the Biological Beacons. The Titan Psionic Energy Baptism further improved his energy perception and control. 291

He later joined Tian Ce in selecting and developing the Refraction Valley Old Industrial Hub. Data Maniac analyzed the Pale Creations' Carrion Regeneration and helped formulate the strategy of removing corpses and denying the monsters their food supply. 346 347

Neural Investigation and Teleportation Experiments

In Gu Yuan's darkened lung neural region, Data Maniac used Psionic Vision alongside Thunder King's pulses to expose an Aklay Neural Mistform after its interference scrambled the team's perceptions and commands. He then identified the lingering psionic energy in a burned stretch of neural tissue as belonging to the Titan Sequence. Gu Yuan recalled ordering the spinal tissue burned to prevent an unfamiliar invading will from reaching his brain. 279

After the team severed a receiving point from the central hub, Data Maniac detected a repeated command from the unknown region below: “Open the passage to the brain.” During subsequent probing, he monitored the experimental pulses to keep them within Gu Yuan's safe zone. 280 281

After returning to S-1, he was recruited into Ci Beili's teleportation experiments. He monitored the sending platform's circuits during a successful fifty-meter transfer of a monster corpse, then helped test whether an overloaded Mana Crystal could also pass through the array. 284

Lung Restoration Campaign

In the Right Lung Lobe Bronchus, Data Maniac repeatedly shifted the players' focus from immediate monster kills to underlying biological damage. He discovered dried blood vessels, identified the regenerative tentacles sustaining the bronchial blockage, and later determined that a lesion's true anchor was its outer ring rather than its center. 303 298 306

He helped develop the controlled lightning therapy that caused the living vessel wall to contract and push blood through the blockage. 304

To synchronize the treatment, he rejected a simple countdown because players required different amounts of time to cast. Instead, he instructed them to gather their lightning beforehand and release it when Thunder King's first bolt struck. 304

After the bronchial-fork lesion was removed, he examined returning Red Blood Cells and found that they still carried too little oxygen. His conclusion that the Alveoli were not exchanging air established that restoring the passage alone had not solved the lung's deeper dysfunction. 306

During the battle against the Tier Three Giant Flame Demon, he identified the seven lesion cores feeding its regeneration and used Disintegration Pulse to destroy the most difficult targets. This enabled the mass army to sever the demon's regeneration and allowed Vanguard to deliver the final kill. 309 312

As the team approached the LV.60 Tier Three threshold, Data Maniac prepared to observe and analyze Vanguard's advancement, while Tian Ce coordinated the group and Cloud Pomelo prepared emergency healing. 309

During Vanguard's attempt, he confirmed that the right arm remained stable but that the rest of the body and overall Life Rank had not yet changed. 310

In a subsequent Giant Flame Demon emergency, he used Thought Collapse to delay the monster's impending detonation, warning that he could hold it for only one breath because its core had already cracked. He also interrupted the Flame Poison Golem threatening Dragon Fighting in the Wild during the latter's unstable bodily reconstruction. 313 314

Tyrant Battle

During the battle against the Tyrant and its Fire-Bearing Moths, Data Maniac joined the player forces in breaking up the attacking swarm with Thunder Spears, Bone Cannons, and melee attacks while the main assault group targeted the giant beast's weak points. 340

S-1 Expansion and Wasteland Defense

Data Maniac continued supporting Tian Ce as the players expanded their bases on Companion Star S-1. He analyzed regenerative monsters at the Refraction Valley hub, assisted with resource planning, and helped organize information during the establishment of a new plateau settlement. 346 348

When Bone-Blade Hyenas attacked the settlement, he used Thought Collapse to stun a Tier Two predator and expose it to the camp's poisoned spears. He then recognized Tian Ce's breakthrough in managing the Low-Bandwidth Mind Network and congratulated him after Tian Ce reached Tier Three. 349

Seven days after the battle, he repeatedly reviewed the footage of his interruption of the hunting beast. Rather than following Tian Ce's approach to network development, he concentrated on how the timing of a psychic strike interacted with the target's movement, noting that the airborne beast had been unable to regain its footing before the defenders struck its exposed underside. 350

Eastern Logistics and Military-Base Campaign

During the capture of a logistics hub guarded by a self-repairing Prism-Armored Fabricator, Data Maniac attacked the Transport Beasts carrying spare armor and living tendons through a concealed crystal channel. Repeated Mind Pierces and Thought Collapse sent the lead beast into the wall, causing the heavily loaded creatures behind it to collide and obstruct the route. Cutting off the supply system allowed the main attackers to defeat the Fabricator. 354

During the subsequent fighting at the supply hub, he emerged from behind a storage rack to protect a Biochemical Guard from a Tier Two monster tearing into its shoulder. He chained Mind Pierce, Thought Collapse, and Disintegration Pulse, leaving the creature helpless long enough for the guard to crush it against an alloy rack. 355

At the military base, he interrupted a cutting beast's descending Bone Blade with three rapid Mind Pierces. When it endured the pain and raised its other blade, he detonated the accumulated interference with Thought Collapse, snapping its head back and breaking its grip on a pipe. 357

Notable Quotes

“This isn't magic at all... This is clearly a biological algorithm! This is exactly what I'm good at!” 13

“My brain is now faster than a supercomputer. I've already started building a more efficient beacon network model.” 13

“You handle coordination. I handle damage.” 159

“This isn't a spellbook. It's a damn industrial manual! As long as we fully grasp the parameters, we can build teleportation arrays ourselves!” 273

“Have a taste of your brainstem evaporating!” 183

“Something's wrong.” 303

“Stop attacking the middle! The center of this thing is loose. The part truly rooted into the bronchial wall is the outermost ring!” 306

“For us, it really is quite a lot. But on the Titan, we haven't even figured out how large the lungs are.” 291

Trivia

• Data Maniac habitually adjusts glasses, including when no glasses are physically present. 13
• He and Tian Ce were the only LV.20 Mind Hackers on the server during the H-124 boss battle. 35
• Vanguard Across the Realm's rescue during the Cursed Shockwave left him with Visceral Displacement, multiple fractures, and ocular congestion. 85
• His Psionic Vision was powerful enough to function as a “full-map radar” during exploration, but it nearly burned through his retinas when he looked at the eight colossal eyes above the Emerald Continent. 108 109
• Despite specializing in the Psionic Sequence, his physical body became extraordinarily strong after the players' Synchronization Rate increased, demonstrating that later evolution improved overall life level rather than only selected talents. 164
• He helped formulate the theory that Titan possessed both a physical heart and a sealed psionic heart, later identified by players as the Heart Core and Magic Heart. 170
• His head was destroyed by Tier Five pressure during the Dark Spirit altar operation. After respawning, he complained that his head felt itchy, as though his brain were growing back; Thunder King was the teammate who immediately complained about his missing staff. 270 273
• He routinely treats battlefield discoveries as scientific data, including monster regeneration, biological infrastructure, Mecha systems, and the energy circulation of higher-dimensional lifeforms. 169 327 346
• During the S-1 expansion, he helped Tian Ce reduce Mind Network overload by organizing the network's signals into manageable groupings and local rhythms. 348
• His correction of Thunder King's photon casting included the specific observation that an incorrect frequency was wasting 30% of the spell's energy consumption. 66
• His later study of Thought Collapse focused not only on psychic damage but also on the physical consequences of interrupting a target at a particular moment in its movement. 350