Data Maniac

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Data Maniac (数据狂人)
Alias(es)	Li Zihan; Mind Breaker
Species/Race	Human player
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Dawn Guild; Dragon Kingdom Scientific Research Team
Occupation/Role	Mind Hacker/Mind Breaker; battlefield controller, weakness analyst, researcher
Status	Active
First Appearance	13

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
LV.10 — Mind Hacker	13	Cleared the Mind Maze advancement trial by logically decrypting viral-interference signals and identifying the correct neural pathway; his eyes became streams of data light.
LV.19	27	Approached the LV.20 Talent Tree threshold alongside Thunder King.
LV.20 — Cerebral Overclocking	30	Chose the Psionic Sequence talent, enhancing his computational and battlefield-control strengths.
LV.31	66	Demonstrated theory-driven casting by using a refined Photon Pulse to precisely break a Void Shield's connection points.
LV.35 — Psionic Vision	86	Gained the ability to observe energy flows, shields, disguises, and Core Energy circuits; prolonged use overwhelms his mind.
LV.40 — Mind Breaker	159	Received the hidden second advancement for ranking first server-wide in psychic true damage and weakness-analysis data. Gained Disintegration Pulse and Thought Collapse.

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

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

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
• 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

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

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

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

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
• 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
• Overuse causes severe strain, including bleeding and damage to his sensory organs. 16 270

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
• 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

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. 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

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

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. 29 108 109
• 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. 35 159 183
• 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. 66 184 291
• 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 and other psionic-technology research. 273 284
• Great Nation Craftsman — Flesh Artisan who worked with Data Maniac on the Crimson Channel reconstruction plan. 48

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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