Mo Ran

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Mo Ran (莫然)
Alias(es)	Team Leader Mo; Old Mo; Upper Group Leader Mo 60 102 166
Gender	Male
Affiliation	First Consortium Intelligence Department — former Upper Group Leader; Five Regions Academy — Physical Training Department Chair 29 102 443
Occupation/Role	Tower Climber; combat specialist; physical-training instructor and department chair 142 177 443
Status	Alive and active during the attack on The Academy 453
First Appearance	Chapter 29 (earliest provided appearance) 29

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
429th Floor	29	Served as the First Consortium Intelligence Department's Upper Group Leader; Wang Wen approached without Mo Ran detecting him.
439th Floor	102 103	Could single-handedly clear an 80th-floor brute-force stage in under ten minutes with his fists.
Transcendent Skill: Shrinking Ground to an Inch	307	Drawn upon reaching the 500th floor; lets him burrow through the ground and move up to ten meters, subject to terrain hardness and a 24-hour cooldown.
700th Floor	358	Received a unique supreme treasure as a floor reward, then gave it to Wang Wen to honor a prior promise.

Background

Mo Ran was the Upper Group Leader of the First Consortium's Intelligence Department by the time he had reached the 429th floor. His work included directing expert teams and investigating intelligence connected to the man in blue. After Wang Wen infiltrated a meeting undetected, Mo Ran resolved to settle the question of victory against him personally in the future. 29

He later assisted Luo Shan in Tiansheng Group's bounty operation against the man in blue. The pair restrained the target with electrically charged silver threads until he severed his own arm to escape. Though Mo Ran had initially come for the money, he followed Luo Shan's lead in accepting responsibility for the failure and left without collecting the reward. 60 61

By the time he encountered Wang Wen again on the 80th floor, Mo Ran had reached the 439th floor. The panic caused by the man in blue had reduced elite Intelligence Department climbers to escorting consortium executives and young masters, severely cutting into Mo Ran's own climbing time. He refused Wang Wen's recruitment offer, insisting on loyalty to the Intelligence Department, but agreed to climb temporarily alongside him. 102 103

Personality

Mo Ran is terse, cold-faced, and impatient with social formalities. He prefers direct action to negotiation, whether volunteering to personally lead action teams or charging into a fight before others finish speaking. 60 117 135

His temper is volatile, particularly when faced with weak opponents, lost opportunities, or perceived mockery. He often seeks combat as an outlet, yet he can be unexpectedly literal and cooperative when asked to rein himself in. 108 132

Despite his greed and competitiveness, Mo Ran has a strong sense of personal integrity. He rejects inflated rewards, refuses money he believes he did not earn, honors promises involving valuable treasures, and takes loyalty seriously. 60 61 331 358

He does not indiscriminately kill non-hostile beings. On the 200th floor, he could not bring himself to attack humanoid creatures who had done nothing to provoke him, openly admitting his inability to clear the stage by slaughtering them. 116

Abilities & Skills

Physical Combat

Mo Ran is a combat master who specializes in direct, close-range destruction. His fighting style relies on overwhelming strength, rapid charges, and repeated gauntlet strikes rather than elaborate tactics. 103 142

• Cleared the 80th-floor robot stage alone in less than ten minutes. 103
• Could overpower round-numbered brute-force stages below the 200th floor, though higher floors became increasingly difficult. 115 116
• Destroyed ninety Blood Giants in roughly fifteen minutes at the Night Elf stronghold. 138
• Held his own in direct combat against the Western Continent's High Priest. 409
• Remained unable to break the veil in Physical Combat despite long-standing mastery, a source of major frustration for him. 163 164

*Dharma Hand*

A rare 390th-floor gauntlet item used for protection and enhanced striking power. 107

• Allows Mo Ran to block projectiles and fight through dense attacks with a protective golden aura. 110
• Can shatter stone pillars and pulverize much larger enemies with direct blows. 108 138
• Was powerful enough to kill an armed bandit leader with a single punch. 132

Thunder-Based Gauntlets

Mo Ran possesses black gauntlets, including the Thunder Fury Knuckleduster, that release lightning during combat. 140 168

• Generated a lightning field over a thousand meters wide, carbonizing nearly a thousand enemies in one strike. 140
• Produced blue-white electrical arcs while preparing to attack Captain He. 168
• Later wielded white gloves marked with red lines that manifested intense red-and-white flames during the defense of The Academy. 453

*Shrinking Ground to an Inch*

A Transcendent Skill drawn on the 500th floor. 307

• Lets Mo Ran burrow into the ground and rapidly move to a point within ten meters. 307
• Its success depends on the difference in hardness between his head and the ground. 307
• Has a 24-hour cooldown. 307
• He used it to search underground for enemies, emerging with a swollen forehead after finding nothing. 407

Tactical Weapon Use

Mo Ran can combine his physical combat with high-floor ranged weapons and mechanisms. 61 140 141

• Controlled electrically charged silver threads with Luo Shan to restrain the man in blue. 61
• Used a sniper rifle to kill a Night Elf traitor fleeing the stronghold. 138
• Deployed remotely controlled thermobaric missiles behind enemy lines during the continental war. 140 141

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• [Dharma Hand] — Rare 390th-floor gauntlets that provide protection and physical enhancement. 107
• [Thunder Fury Knuckleduster] — Black lightning-producing knuckledusters. 168
• Silver-thread mechanism — A handheld mechanism used with Luo Shan to tighten electrified threads around captured targets. 61
• Remote-controlled miniature thermobaric missile — A 300th-floor rare weapon; Mo Ran gave one to Zhu Xingguo and later used a similar missile in battle. 113 140
• [Master Poison-Making Skill Stone] — A unique treasure found by Mo Ran; he offered it to Wang Wen in exchange for Wang Wen escorting the First Consortium's young master to the 400th floor. 111
• [Divine Power Essence] — A non-World Tower item left to him by a Western Continent representative; it increases all physical attributes by 512 times. 443

Relationships

• Wang Wen — Began as a rival whom Mo Ran refused to work for, then became a trusted climbing partner and friend. They compete constantly but repeatedly rely on one another in combat and honor their agreements. 102 103 113 358
• Luo Shan — First Consortium colleague and partner in the Tiansheng bounty operation. Luo Shan's social maneuvering often compensated for Mo Ran's difficulty with complicated interpersonal situations. 60 61
• Zhu Xingguo — Wang Wen's disciple and a frequent combat partner. Mo Ran gifted him a valuable missile as a congratulatory gift and later fought alongside him during the continental war. 113 141
• Chen Hansheng — Initially tried unsuccessfully to ingratiate himself with Mo Ran, then became a familiar companion with whom Mo Ran shares frequent banter and disputes. 115 389
• First Consortium's young master — Mo Ran sought Wang Wen's help escorting the young master to the 400th floor, offering the Master Poison-Making Skill Stone in exchange. 111
• Western Continent High Priest — Enemy combatant whom Mo Ran confronted during the Western Continent's assault on The Academy. 409 453

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Tiansheng bounty operation — Joins Luo Shan to capture the man in blue, restraining him with electrified silver threads before the target escapes by severing his arm. 60 61
• Wang Wen's tower-climbing partnership — Joins Wang Wen's group from the 80th floor onward, taking responsibility for round-numbered brute-force stages and helping the team reach the 200th floor at extraordinary speed. 103 113 116
• Continental front-line war — Enlists at the front lines, clears the Night Elf stronghold of Blood Giants, and devastates the Blood Demon army with lightning attacks and missiles. 134 138 140 141
• Later Tower Climbing — Draws Shrinking Ground to an Inch at the 500th floor and reaches the 700th floor, where he gives his unique supreme treasure reward to Wang Wen. 307 358
• Five Regions Academy and Western Continent conflict — Becomes chair of the Academy's Physical Training Department, rejects a Western Continent proposal, and later fights the High Priest during the attack on The Academy. 443 453

Notable Quotes

“I belong to the Intelligence Department in life and will be its ghost in death. Give it up.” 102

“There are too many of them!” 140