Wang Chen

Biodata

Name	Wang Chen
Original Name	王辰
Species/Race	Human; later a complete demon 656
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Mutual Aid Society; later associated with Feng Buzhi's side 12 569 656
Occupation/Role	President and founder of the Mutual Aid Society 12
Status	Killed by Feng Buzhi; later appears as a demon under domination 26 206 656
First Appearance	Chapter 12

Background / History

Wang Chen founded the Mutual Aid Society shortly after twenty thousand humans arrived in the strange town. Within five days, his methods had brought roughly half of the remaining nineteen thousand people into the organization, making it increasingly stable and orderly 11.

As president, he organized checkpoints, food collection, emergency rules for the wounded, and leadership positions such as Qin Chengming's group leader role 12. Publicly, he presented the Mutual Aid Society as a survival organization built around cooperation, arguing that non-combatants and fighters each had useful roles 12.

Wang Chen targeted powerful explorers for recruitment. After learning that Pei Chao had fallen out with Zhao Gang, he waited for him at the central square and attempted to recruit him as captain of one of two planned exploration teams 12. He also brought Ryan into the Mutual Aid Society despite Ryan's earlier conflict with the group, using Ryan's altar-granted power as proof that organized intelligence and logistics mattered 12.

Behind his public rhetoric, Wang Chen planned to control the town through food supplies. He intended to increase collection of long-lasting food, spread rumors, push ordinary people to spend Abyss Points on items such as [Extravagant Meal] or [Basic Cultivation Assistance], and leave them dependent on the Mutual Aid Society's reserves 26.

Feng Buzhi later entered Wang Chen's office covered in blood after defeating Ryan. Feng Buzhi delivered a message from a memory-damaged Heroic Spirit that "becoming stronger is more important," then killed Wang Chen despite the town's prohibition on killing 26. After his death, the town lost some order, but no major chaos erupted; the Mutual Aid Society survived in reduced form 28.

Rumors later spread about Wang Chen's death, including claims that he had been invaded by something strange, gone missing, or been murdered outside town. Qin Chengming suspected Wang Chen had been killed directly in his office and, after uncovering Wang Chen's hidden actions, concluded that he had deserved his fate 58.

Much later, Wang Chen appeared as a demon affected by [Shadow Demon Domination]. Under Feng Buzhi's control, he could be forcibly restrained, gagged, blindfolded, and deprived of hearing and breathing through compulsory domination effects 206. By Chapter 656, Feng Buzhi identified him as having become a complete demon, prompting Wang Chen to kneel and beg forgiveness for once trying to deal with him 656.

Appearance

Wang Chen is described as a man in his thirties with regular features and a naturally trustworthy, approachable air 12.

• In his human appearance, he made people feel close to him and willing to trust him 12.
• Pei Chao distrusted this air, comparing it to crooked Caribbean merchants who had swindled him in the past 12.
• As of his later appearance, Feng Buzhi directly notes that Wang Chen has become a complete demon 656.

Personality

Wang Chen is charismatic, strategic, and skilled at public persuasion. He speaks in moral, collective terms, using the deaths and uncertainty faced by the town's humans to justify the Mutual Aid Society's authority 12. He can also redirect criticism smoothly, agreeing with Pei Chao's complaint about unfair treatment before turning it into an argument for organized cooperation 12.

Beneath his righteous presentation, Wang Chen is manipulative and power-oriented. He does not rely on slogans or conscience as his real foundation for control; instead, he views food reserves as his true trump card and intends to make the population dependent on them 26.

He is pragmatic about talent. Wang Chen recognizes Pei Chao as potentially the strongest person in town because of both combat power and resistance to the mist's whispers, and he wants to bring him under his wing before Pei Chao grows stronger 12 13.

Later, after becoming a complete demon, Wang Chen shows fear and submission toward Feng Buzhi. When Feng Buzhi appears, Wang Chen immediately kneels, admits he was blind to have opposed him, and begs forgiveness 656.

Abilities & Skills

Leadership and Organization

Wang Chen rapidly turns the Mutual Aid Society from a loose group into a functioning organization.

• Grows the Mutual Aid Society to include roughly half of the town's survivors within five days 11.
• Establishes rules for checkpoint access and wounded priority entry 12.
• Promotes members such as Qin Chengming into leadership roles 12.
• Plans dedicated exploration teams backed by logistics, intelligence, and psychological support 12 13.

Persuasion

Wang Chen is able to influence crowds and recruit members through public speeches.

• Uses the shared danger of the strange world to frame the Mutual Aid Society as necessary 12.
• Wins applause and cheers from nearby people during his confrontation with Pei Chao 12.
• Causes several people who had not joined the Mutual Aid Society to declare interest in joining on the spot 12.
• Presents Ryan's new power as evidence of the benefits of joining an organized force 12.

Strategic Recruitment

Wang Chen identifies and targets valuable individuals.

• Seeks to recruit Pei Chao because of his combat strength and high resistance to the fog's whispers 12 13.
• Plans to make Pei Chao captain of one Mutual Aid Society exploration team 12.
• Recruits Ryan after Ryan gains power from the altar in the mist 12.
• Considers using Feng Buzhi's placement in the temporary psychiatric hospital to gain Pei Chao's favor rather than to genuinely treat Feng Buzhi 14.

Resource Control

Wang Chen's hidden strategy centers on controlling food.

• Collects easily stored food supplies at the central square 26.
• Plans to intensify food collection in a short time 26.
• Considers spreading rumors to push ordinary people into spending Abyss Points quickly 26.
• Intends to use exhausted Abyss Points and stored food to increase dependence on him 26.

Demon State and Domination

After his death, Wang Chen later appears as a demon under domination effects.

• Experiences nightmares and pain while in a demon state 206.
• Is subject to [Shadow Demon Domination] 206.
• Under Feng Buzhi's version of the ability, can be forcibly bound, gagged, blindfolded, and have his nose and ears blocked 206.
• Is identified by Feng Buzhi as a complete demon 656.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Food reserves — Wang Chen's intended means of controlling the Mutual Aid Society and town population 26.
• Mutual Aid Society headquarters/workplace — His office and main base of operations; a well is located behind it 26 28.
• Temporary psychiatric hospital — A Mutual Aid Society facility used to house people affected by the mist's whispers; Wang Chen considers using it politically in Feng Buzhi's case 14.

Relationships

• Feng Buzhi — Killer and later dominant figure. Feng Buzhi kills Wang Chen in his office, and much later Wang Chen begs Feng Buzhi for forgiveness after becoming a complete demon 26 656.
• Pei Chao — Recruitment target. Wang Chen views him as extremely valuable because of his strength and mental resilience, and wants him to captain an exploration team 12 13.
• Ryan — Subordinate recruit. Wang Chen brings Ryan into the Mutual Aid Society and uses his altar-granted power to support his recruitment pitch 12.
• Qin Chengming — Mutual Aid Society member promoted by Wang Chen to group leader; later suspects Wang Chen was killed in his office and judges that he deserved it after uncovering his secrets 12 58.
• Dr. Norton — Mutual Aid Society-associated specialist whose deductions about mental fortitude influence Wang Chen's interest in Pei Chao 13.
• Professor Li Lin — Associated with the Mutual Aid Society's psychological support and psychiatric treatment efforts 13 14.
• Zhao Gang — Leader of the strongest exploration team in town; Wang Chen compares Pei Chao's strength against Zhao Gang's and seeks to exploit Pei Chao's split from him 12.
• Tiger-man Theo — Later travels with Wang Chen and investigates a yellow flower with him 569.
• Barsa — Discussed by Wang Chen as a former one of the four pillars of the End Sect 569.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Founding the Mutual Aid Society

Wang Chen's early role is as the organizer who gives the town's survivors structure. His Mutual Aid Society becomes the largest organized force in town, combining food distribution, checkpoints, leadership hierarchy, medical/psychiatric facilities, and planned exploration teams 11 12 14.

Attempt to Recruit Pei Chao

Wang Chen confronts Pei Chao at the central square after Pei Chao forces his way through a checkpoint with the wounded Feng Buzhi. Rather than escalate directly, Wang Chen uses the confrontation to make a public speech, strengthen his legitimacy, and invite Pei Chao to become an exploration team captain 12.

Hidden Control Scheme

In private, Wang Chen reveals that his real plan is not moral unity but control through scarcity. He intends to gather long-lasting food and manipulate people into exhausting their Abyss Points, leaving them dependent on the Mutual Aid Society's supplies 26.

Death and Aftermath

Feng Buzhi enters Wang Chen's office after Ryan's defeat and kills him. The Mutual Aid Society survives but shrinks, and later discoveries about Wang Chen's secret actions change Qin Chengming's regret into the belief that Wang Chen deserved his fate 26 28 58.

Demon Return

Wang Chen later reappears as a demon under [Shadow Demon Domination]. By the time Feng Buzhi encounters him again, he has become a complete demon and immediately submits, apologizing for once trying to oppose Feng Buzhi 206 656.

Notable Quotes

"What we should do is sail in the same boat and weather this hardship together. That is also the purpose behind my founding of the Mutual Aid Society." 12

"I should increase the intensity of food collection and obtain more easily stored food in a short period of time." 26

"Yes. I was truly blind to have once deluded myself into trying to deal with you. I have now completely repented and beg for your forgiveness." 656

Trivia

• Wang Chen personally handled most Mutual Aid Society affairs because the organization was newly assembled and lacked trustworthy manpower 26.
• He considered Pei Chao's mental resilience more important than his combat power, believing it would allow him to withstand bizarre power and grow faster 13.
• His death became the subject of multiple rumors, including invasion by something strange, disappearance, and staged murder outside town 58.