Huang Lichen

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Huang Lichen (黄立琛)
Alias(es)	Old Huang; Instructor Huang; Camp Commander Huang 21 23 34
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Flash Group Delivery; Rong City Branch Camp; Youth Training Camp; Supreme Delivery 21 53 58
Occupation/Role	Deputy Camp Commander and chief instructor for Grade-A and Grade-B trainees; later a planner for Supreme Delivery 21 53
Status	Active 58 62
First Appearance	Chapter 21

Background

Ten years before Li Jinshui entered the Youth Training Camp, Huang Lichen worked at Flash Group Delivery's newly opened Yangliu Street station in Shuangliu District. He recalls that residential security stopped the riders roughly nine times per day, Drifter Gang members robbed them about eighteen times per day, and six of his brothers died within the station's first month. 23

By Li Jinshui's recruitment, Huang had become the Rong City Branch Camp's Deputy Camp Commander and the chief instructor responsible for Grade-A and Grade-B trainees. His instruction draws on both martial-arts knowledge and firsthand experience as a delivery rider. 21 32

Huang later joined Ye Mei, Zhang Li, and Chen Yu in a high-risk investment in Li Jinshui's cultivation, contributing resources despite the possibility that failure would cost him his position and savings. 33 Following the Shuanglong Street station incident, he was demoted and received a demerit. 50

Personality

Huang favors frankness and efficiency. During Li Jinshui's interview, he dismisses indirect questioning as a waste of time and directly confronts Li about the camp's investigation into his background. 21

He is skeptical but willing to revise his judgment when presented with proof. Huang initially doubts Li's claimed photographic memory, then personally tests it with an unfamiliar martial-art manual and comes to genuinely appreciate Li's talent. 27 28

Despite a gruff, easily exasperated manner, Huang is deeply invested in his trainees' safety and potential. He repeatedly advises Li against taking cultivation paths beyond his present capacity, provides private instruction, and intervenes personally when Captain Lin attempts to arrest Li. 30 52 55

Abilities & Skills

Thousand-Jun Realm Martial Artist

Huang is a Thousand-Jun Realm expert. 52

• His blood-qi aura can overwhelm and force back Captain Lin and the Chenghua Precinct officers. 52
• His presence is treated as a major deterrent during disputes involving the Inspection Bureau and local security forces. 52
• No named martial arts or personal combat techniques have been documented.

Martial-Arts Instruction

As chief instructor, Huang trains trainees in cultivation, movement arts, and the practical requirements of delivery work. 21 23 32

• Explains the benefits and risks of the ninth-grade Lightning Pulse Step, including its reliance on external batteries. 23
• Uses incentives to motivate trainees, offering basic martial arts to those who can memorize the Lightning Pulse Step manual quickly. 26
• Tests Li Jinshui's photographic memory using the newly acquired Lame Fist manual rather than accepting the claim without evidence. 27
• Gives Li private lessons covering martial arts and delivery-station operations. 30 32
• Advises against cultivating higher-grade stake techniques prematurely because of their immense blood-qi and resource demands. 55

Operational and Business Planning

Huang combines martial strength with experience in personnel management and delivery-station strategy.

• Organized the placement of approximately half of a Youth Training Camp class into the Security Squad as undercover agents. 23
• Appointed Li Jinshui as squad leader and tasked him with leading the remaining trainees' Lightning Pulse Step recitations. 23
• Helped arrange personnel and covert First-rate Martial Artist support for Li's new station on Shuanglong Street. 37 38
• Proposed Supreme Delivery, a service for deliveries valued above 100,000 yuan that would use high-combat-power riders and charge a 10% delivery fee. 53
• Worked to establish the Supreme Delivery Squad. 58

Relationships

• Li Jinshui — Instructor, mentor, investor, and later prospective business partner. Huang recognizes Li's talent, funds his development, gives him private lessons, and protects him during the Chenghua Precinct confrontation. 28 30 52 53
• Ye Mei — Flash Group Delivery colleague and fellow backer of Li Jinshui. They jointly manage Li's recruitment and resources, then support the gamble on his new station. 21 28 33
• Zhang Li — Fellow Deputy Camp Commander from Huang's faction; joins Huang in supporting Li's cultivation with additional resources. 29 34
• Chen Yu — Head of the Intelligence Department and member of the leadership group that assesses and finances Li's potential. 29 33
• Captain Lin — Adversarial encounter. Huang uses his Thousand-Jun Realm aura and authority to stop her attempted arrest of Li Jinshui. 52
• Youth Training Camp trainees — Their chief instructor, responsible for teaching Lightning Pulse Step and assigning their future paths within Flash Group Delivery. 21 23 26

Story Role / Major Arcs

Youth Training Camp Recruitment

Huang participates in Li Jinshui's Grade-A interview, revealing that the camp investigated whether Li was a Security Company mole. Though he considers Li a dangerous and unstable recruit, he chooses to retain him in the Youth Training Camp because of his potential. 21

He presents the Grade-A resource arrangement, encourages Li to become a King of Orders seed, and persuades him to learn Lightning Pulse Step by explaining its speed, efficiency, and connection to the higher-grade Aurora Pulse Step. 22 23

Testing Li Jinshui's Talent

After Li claims he can memorize the Lightning Pulse Step manual in a day, Huang offers two basic martial arts as a reward but demands proof. He acquires Lame Fist as a fresh test and is convinced when Li recites its entire manual after seeing it once. 26 27

Huang awards Li 80,000 yuan for the two martial arts and becomes increasingly convinced that he has discovered an exceptional talent. 28

The New Station Investment

When Weihu Security Company's blacklist leaves Li unable to join an existing Rong City delivery station, Huang meets with Ye Mei, Zhang Li, and Chen Yu to consider giving him an independent station instead. 29

Huang initially argues against Li's plan to pursue the demanding path of a Flawless Martial Artist, citing its extreme cost, but ultimately provides private lessons and helps secure resources for Li's growth. 30 33

He later helps assemble Li's station personnel and covert defensive support against the expected Drifter Gang attack. 37 38

Demotion and Supreme Delivery

After the fallout from the Shuanglong Street conflict, Huang receives a demerit and demotion. Rather than withdrawing, he contacts Li with a proposal to become rich together through a new delivery business. 50

Huang develops Supreme Delivery as a high-risk, high-value delivery service and later informs Li that the Supreme Delivery Squad has been established. 53 58

Notable Quotes

“I don't believe it. I believe that for those of us out here delivering food, life and death are decided by ourselves!” 23

“Young man, don't be too ambitious. Even if you really learned a seventh-grade lightness skill, your meager blood energy couldn't handle the consumption.” 23

Trivia

• Huang needed one month merely to learn how to guide electricity through his blood-qi circulation for Lightning Pulse Step, then nearly two more months to reach its entry level. Li Jinshui reaching entry level within one month shocks him. 28
• He briefly speculates that Li may be the reincarnation of the Martial Ancestor after witnessing his abnormal rate of cultivation, prompting the other leaders to regard him as absurd. 33