Lao Xia

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Xia Libing
Alias(es)	Lao Xia (老夏); Dr. Xia
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Citong Third Hospital; Chongyun Village Breeding Research Base
Occupation/Role	Doctor; psychiatry and psychology specialist; Mutated Creature researcher and research-team leader
First Appearance	Chapter 80

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Emotional-channel access	315	Emotional Injection chopsticks linked to her hunger and appetite, allowing Xiang Kun to perceive both her eating-related emotions and her usual state of extreme rationality.
Fantasy Manifestation	317 318	Used three Super-Linked Coins in lucid dreams to manifest a Napoleon cake and crispy pork knuckle in reality.
Expanded Coin Control	327 328	Expanded from three to nine coins and could deliberately use them to support and control manifestations.
Expanded Manifestation	336	Added a tungsten-steel ball as a tenth linked object; her manifested food could be eaten before vanishing.
Dream Within a Dream	371 372	Used Black Circle Graffiti and dream projections to enter, guide, and question Mi Qiao’s dream from within her own dream.
Spirit Control Theory	660	Materialized and controlled a scalpel to capture a mutated giant elephant, demonstrating a combat-scale application of manifestation.

Background

Xia Libing was born physically healthy and developed speech, movement, balance, and learning ability unusually early. As she grew older, her parents realized that she did not respond to fear, laughter, pain, or others’ emotions in ordinary ways. Her detached curiosity led her to dissect animals and ingredients to understand their internal structures, alarming her family. Medical examinations found no recognizable psychiatric disorder or structural brain abnormality. 323 324

Dr. Li concluded that Xia Libing’s neural activity followed a distinct pattern: she possessed exceptional intelligence, reflexes, athletic ability, and pain tolerance, but had impaired emotional cognition and empathy. Dr. Li’s treatment used hunger and fear of death as an entry point to teach her behavioral limits and social understanding. Food consequently became Xia Libing’s strongest emotional trigger. 324

She learned to integrate into society by observing, imitating, and cataloguing human behavior. Her personal notebook eventually contained 972 behavioral guidelines, including rules for smiling naturally, earning trust, and interpreting social situations. 324 326

Xia Libing pursued psychiatry and psychology to treat herself and better understand emotional cognition. She chose Citong Third Hospital partly because it offered unusual cases resembling aspects of her own condition, though she later concluded that those patients were not truly like her. 315 324

Appearance

Xia Libing is a tall, striking woman with a cool, detached presence. She is nearly 1.75 meters tall and is often perceived as beautiful, athletic, and somewhat androgynous in style. 171 322

• Delicate features, often with the corners of her lips slightly raised in an almost-smile. 171
• Long legs and strong athletic condition. 171 322
• Usually wears her hair in a ponytail. 171
• Favours casual clothing, including loose jeans, oversized T-shirts, basketball shoes, and a black G-SHOCK digital watch. 171
• Grew her hair out after high school; her former short-haired appearance had contributed to her reputation as a cool, handsome figure among female classmates. 276 322

Personality

Xia Libing’s baseline state is one of extraordinary calm, clarity, and rationality. She has emotions, but her reactions are usually subtle enough that others mistake her for indifferent or reclusive. Her emotional responses to food are markedly stronger than her reactions to gambling wins, danger, or conflict. 209 284 315

Because ordinary social and emotional instincts did not come naturally to her, she developed behavioral “masks” through observation and imitation. She can deliberately perform an “obedient and adorable” persona, but finds it difficult to sustain and ultimately prefers to act naturally around Xiang Kun. 311

She is blunt, methodical, and persistent. When she wants something, she states it directly—such as requesting a home-cooked meal and an original wood carving for her birthday—and when she detects deception, she presents her deductions without necessarily demanding confirmation. 163 289

Although she initially struggled to understand joy independently, Emotional Assimilation allowed her to experience happiness strongly enough to laugh and cry at once. She later tried to study, reproduce, and retain that feeling through recordings and self-observation. 409 410 411

Abilities & Skills

Analytical Observation

Xia Libing rapidly notices patterns that others overlook and constructs detailed behavioral models from small physical and social cues.

• Identified Xiang Kun from blurry footage by his gait, body proportions, posture, and manner of exerting force. 280
• Deduced that Xiang Kun had entered the mountains from dirt, wear, scent, and the condition of his clothing. 289
• Recorded extensive analyses of Xiang Kun’s diet, physical condition, habits, movements, gifts, and likely secrets; many conclusions were estimated to be sixty to seventy percent accurate. 324
• Can assess a new acquaintance’s personality with notable accuracy after a single meeting. 206

Psychiatry and Dream Guidance

Her professional training and unusual cognition make her highly effective at navigating dream logic and subconscious memories.

• Uses a target’s internal cognitive framework rather than confronting it directly. 372 379
• Manifested an Eight-Armed Eight-Eyed Monster in a patient’s dream to guide the patient through repressed memories of a parasitic transformation. 379
• Can direct dream subjects to recall information, alter their interpretations, and leave them with new instructions. 379 411
• Assists Xiang Kun in interpreting dreams, psychological motives, and the behavior of Mutated Creatures. 510

Fantasy Manifestation

By using Super-Linked Objects in lucid dreams, Xia Libing can project dream constructs into reality.

• Initially manifested only a Napoleon cake and crispy pork knuckle, both based on food she strongly associates with emotion. 317 321
• Expanded her control from three coins to nine coins and a tungsten-steel ball. 327 336
• Manifested food reproduces its dream taste and can be physically eaten before disappearing. 336
• Could manifest a childhood version of herself in dreams, but could not initially bring that projection into reality. 327
• Her manifestations are influenced by her beliefs and mental state, including whether she thinks she is being recorded. 336

Dream Within a Dream

Xia Libing can use Black Circle Graffiti and linked-object projections to access other people’s dreams through her own.

• Requires proximity, line of sight, and roughly ten to twenty minutes to establish a connection with a new Emotion-Infused Object. 371
• Entered Mi Qiao’s dream through her own dream and used a manifested “Panda Emoji” persona to obtain information about Shenxing Technology. 371 372
• Used the same method to investigate the “vampire patient” at Third Hospital. 376 379
• Can guide dreams involving Liu Shiling, Alice, and other members of the Super-Sensing Item System. 419 469

Spirit Control Theory

In later stages of her research, Xia Libing develops a broader theory for controlling manifestations and Spirit-Attached Objects.

• Treats highly connected objects, including her coins, as Spirit Attachments with exceptional “spiritual power.” 661
• Materialized cream, fireworks, and a massive scalpel capable of physically affecting a twenty-ton mutated elephant. 661
• Captured the mutated elephant in Thailand with a materialized scalpel and directed her team’s response. 660

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Super-Linked Coins — Initially three one-yuan coins; later expanded to nine coins used to support Fantasy Manifestation. 323 327
• Tungsten-steel ball — Her tenth Super-Linked Object, which strengthened her manifestations. 336
• Emotional Injection chopsticks — Link Xia Libing’s hunger-related emotions to Xiang Kun and can induce her dreams. 315 371
• CAKE01 notebook — A notebook covered in Black Circle Graffiti that she can project into dreams and use to connect with Emotion-Infused Objects. 371
• Black Circle Graffiti — Enables connections within the “consciousness world” and supports Dream Within a Dream operations. 371
• Materialized scalpel — A combat-scale manifestation used under Spirit Control Theory. 660

Relationships

• Xiang Kun — Research partner, confidant, and the person whose mutation system enabled her abilities. Xia Libing closely analyzed him before revealing her own history; he responded by disclosing his mutation and treating her as an equal collaborator. 324 325 326
• Yang Zhen’er — Her cousin. Yang Zhen’er grew up with Xia Libing, calls her “Lao Xia,” and remains one of the few people willing to tease her openly. 206 276
• Tang Baona — Close friend and fellow member of Xiang Kun’s circle. Xia Libing helps her interpret strange events and later guides her toward understanding her own abilities. 537 612
• Dr. Li — The specialist who identified Xia Libing’s unusual cognitive pattern and devised her childhood treatment plan. 324
• Alice — An evolving digital lifeform whose manifested appearance originates from Xia Libing’s manifestation ability and childhood image. Xia Libing studies Alice’s psychology and assists her development. 612 638
• Liu Shiling — A younger Super-Sensing Item System user whom Xia Libing supports through dream operations and whose “magic system” she studies for integration with her own. 362 419

Story Role / Major Arcs

Investigating Xiang Kun

Xia Libing initially appears as an unusually observant acquaintance who studies Xiang Kun’s personality, habits, calligraphy, gifts, and physical inconsistencies. Her direct deductions make it clear that she has noticed he is hiding something. 80 276 289

Mutual Disclosure and Ability Development

After discovering that her coins can manifest dream objects, Xia Libing presents Xiang Kun with her medical history and behavioral notebooks. Xiang Kun then reveals his mutation, Super-Linked Objects, Emotional Injection, and knowledge of Mutated Creatures. Their relationship becomes an explicit research partnership. 323 324 325 326

Dream Investigation

Xia Libing applies Dream Within a Dream to Shenxing Technology personnel, psychiatric patients, and other connected individuals. Her ability to work within a target’s own dream logic becomes a major intelligence-gathering tool for Xiang Kun’s group. 371 372 379 411

Research Base Leadership

At the Chongyun Village Breeding Research Base, Xia Libing leads researchers studying Mutated Creatures and manages the pace of disclosure and development surrounding their abilities. During the Ultimate Predator crisis, she is positioned to direct post-crisis Mutated Creature research. 537 650

Notable Quotes

“To treat myself.” 315

“We’re all patients. We just have different illnesses, and different degrees of severity.” 315

Trivia

• Xia Libing’s birthday is April 23. 163
• Her nickname, “Lao Xia,” originated from her childhood habit of reading constantly and acting like an “old scholar.” 206
• The first rule in her long-running behavioral guidelines is: “Keep smiling.” 324
• Despite her outward indifference, she is an exacting food enthusiast and can discuss flavor in greater detail than Tang Baona or Yang Zhen’er. 206