Tong Meng
The Starry Sea Ablaze
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Tong Meng (童猛) 73 |
| Gender | Male 73 |
| Affiliation | Human Federation; Seventh Guard Regiment’s Third Squad; later Jiang Yue’s regiment and fleet 73 205 225 |
| Occupation/Role | Physical cultivator, heavy-weapons specialist, and later assault-force leader and fleet adjutant 73 74 225 |
| Status | Alive as of Chapter 271 271 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 73 73 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Quasi-Martial Artist | 76 | His normal force output stalls at 980 kilograms, just below the 1,000-kilogram threshold. An unarmored spar with Jiang Yue helps loosen the bottleneck 76. |
| Level 1 Martial Artist | 80 | Breaks through after several days of training; his Blood Energy becomes more tightly contained beneath his skin. His armored punch registers 8,500 kilograms 80. |
| Level 4 Grandmaster | 248 | Breaks through after gaining access to Star Core Marrow Fluid at the Polar Glacier stronghold 248. |
Background and History
Tong Meng grew up on Resource Floating Land No. 32, among mines and smelters. When Mutated Beasts hatched in the city’s sewers, powered-armor soldiers saved him. He later recalled their arrival as the reason he took pride in becoming a soldier himself 90.
A pure physical cultivator, he earned a place in Third Squad after fighting through a melee of twenty thousand recruits. Captain Lu Ming assigned him the squad’s heavy-weapons role. During the Regiment Championship, Tong Meng reached the top hundred in the survival assessment and ultimately finished 87th in the individual rankings 73 74 118 126.
He remained with Jiang Yue’s force as it expanded beyond Third Squad. He helped screen recruits for Jiang Yue’s independent regiment, then served as an adjutant aboard the Starsetter, overseeing personnel and leading veteran boarding troops 205 225. On Abyss Pole Star, he led an assault on the ice beasts guarding the Polar Glacier site before breaking through to Level 4 248.
Appearance
Tong Meng is a towering, heavily muscled man whose build reflects his emphasis on physical cultivation 73.
- Stands nearly 2.1 meters tall, with muscles likened to slabs of black rock 73.
- Has a bald head and broad hands 76.
- Bears scars from battlefield reconstructive surgery across his upper body 177.
Personality
Tong Meng is loud, hearty, and quick to encourage comrades. When he first met the visibly wasted Jiang Yue, he offered to protect him rather than dismiss him as weak 73. He enjoys hard fights and celebrates victories openly, but can become overconfident: after an early Zerg engagement, Lu Ming had to remind him that training, armor, and teamwork had made the enemy seem easy 92.
His eagerness to attack can also outrun his caution. He volunteered to lead an assault into the Alien Royal Court after a string of victories, but accepted Jiang Yue’s order to hold back from a suspected trap 266.
Abilities & Skills
Physical Cultivation and Defense
Tong Meng fights through strength and exceptional resistance to punishment 73 121.
- His Immovable as a Mountain Art spreads impact through his body and into the ground; early in training, he remained standing after taking an 800-kilogram pendulum strike to the chest 97.
- After further defensive training, simulated armor-piercing rounds struck his bare chest without breaking his skin 167.
- He uses the military secret art Limit Breaking in close combat 83.
Heavy Weapons and Assault
Tong Meng supplies sustained suppressive fire and holds defensive positions while faster squadmates maneuver 92 111.
- His six-barrel electromagnetic weapons cut through Zerg swarms and helped defend Hill 107 92 173.
- In a championship simulation, he sacrificed his Mech’s armor and mobility to bring the Heart of Thunderstorm plasma cannon into position and blast open a route to the objective 112.
- As a Level 4 Grandmaster, he fought in open space without a Mech and tore apart a silicon-based warship with his bare hands 269.
Equipment and Items
- Heavy Ripper powered armor / Mobile Bulwark — reinforced for defense, ammunition supply, and sustained heavy fire 98 169.
- Six-barrel electromagnetic cannon — his principal squad heavy weapon 167 173.
- Heart of Thunderstorm — strategic plasma cannon used during the Regiment Championship simulation 112.
Relationships
- Jiang Yue — squadmate and later commander. Their spar helped Tong Meng approach his first breakthrough; Tong Meng repeatedly supported Jiang Yue in battle and command 76 112 225.
- Lu Ming — Third Squad commander who assigned Tong Meng to heavy weapons, guided his training, and corrected his battlefield overconfidence 74 92 97.
- Wei Han — fellow Third Squad frontline fighter whose speed and assassination skills complement Tong Meng’s firepower and defense 92 167.
- Hou Ming — squad scout and later fellow adjutant; Tong Meng’s direct assault leadership contrasts with Hou Ming’s tactical oversight 112 225.