Bai He Cheng

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Bai He Cheng (白河城)
Species/Race	Human; Ghoulification has begun 38
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Ains Castle escape party 13 35
Occupation/Role	Philosophy student; combat-oriented player 13
Status	Survived the Ains Castle scenario; SAN Value: 5 35 38
First Appearance	Chapter 13

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Willpower +1	17	Gained by eating the Stargazy Pie, despite its SAN-check risk.
Temporary Madness: Pseudo-Disability	23 24	Opening the parchment cost him 8 SAN and halved all attributes for ten hours. His pseudo-disability manifested as blindness for five hours.
Ghoulification begun	38	Revealed after the scenario alongside his identity as a Fanatic and his SAN Value of 5. No resulting abilities are documented.

Background / History

Bai He Cheng is a philosophy student whose habit of offending and provoking others repeatedly led to conflicts. He responded by teaching himself martial arts and Muay Thai, becoming a combat-oriented player despite his academic background 13.

He entered the Ains Castle scenario with Wang Qi, Chen Ling, and Wang Si Yi, later joining Liu Xing's group in Ains Town. From their first meeting, he repeatedly interrupted others to mock Wang Qi and antagonize Liu Xing, immediately establishing himself as a disruptive teammate 13.

Following the scenario, KP004 revealed that Bai He Cheng had entered the game with only a little over ten SAN and was already a Fanatic. By the end of the scenario, he had fallen to 5 SAN and begun Ghoulification 38.

Personality

Bai He Cheng is impulsive, provocative, and intensely curious about dangerous phenomena. He routinely acts before considering consequences: he tries to pick a castle lock with no training, pushes for a direct confrontation with the Castle Lord, attempts to look toward the suspicious Back Garden, and opens an ominous parchment without hesitation 14 15 17 23.

His disruptive behavior makes him a liability to the group. Wang Qi frequently has to be restrained from attacking him, while Chen Ling is assigned to monitor and later physically assist him 14 18 24 25. Even while blinded by temporary madness, Bai He Cheng retains a mocking, mischievous demeanor 27 29.

Despite this, he can contribute useful observations and acts decisively at critical moments. His Anthropology check confirms that Old Wayne is human, and his accidental confinement of Gary Raphael in the Basement prevents Gary from pursuing the escaping group 15 35.

Abilities & Skills

Combat Training

Bai He Cheng allocated his skills toward combat and trained himself in martial arts and Muay Thai after frequent real-world conflicts 13.

• Functions as one of the party's intended front-line combatants alongside Wang Qi and Chen Ling 13.
• His actual combat performance is limited during most of the Ains Castle scenario by temporary blindness and the need for supervision 24 25.

Anthropology

Bai He Cheng possesses Anthropology, an uncommon skill among the group 14.

• Successfully determines that Old Wayne is a normal human 15.
• The result supports Liu Xing's separate Psychology-based conclusion that Old Wayne is an ordinary NPC rather than a concealed supernatural threat 15.

Knowledge of the Cthulhu Projection Ritual

After recklessly opening the parchment from the castle study, Bai He Cheng identifies it as a ritual for summoning Cthulhu's Projection 23 24.

• Reveals that the parchment is not the ritual's required medium 24.
• Identifies the shattered Evil God Statue buried in the Back Garden as the necessary sacrificial medium 24.
• Acquires this information at the cost of an 8-point SAN loss and temporary madness 23.

Ghoulification

Bai He Cheng has already begun transforming into a ghoul, though the process and its effects have not been explained 38.

• His Fanatic identity and ongoing Ghoulification are disclosed only after the Ains Castle scenario 38.
• No ghoul-related powers, physical changes, or further progression are documented.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Ains Castle Arrival

At Ains Castle's gate, Bai He Cheng shoves Liu Xing aside and attempts to pick the lock with a wire despite having only the base 1% Lockpicking value. His failure triggers the castle alarm and provokes a near-fight with Wang Qi 14.

Inside the castle, he provides one useful result through Anthropology, confirming that Old Wayne is human. However, he continues urging the group to force their way onto the second floor and must be excluded from strategic discussions because of his recklessness 15.

Stargazy Pie and the Parchment

Bai He Cheng is the only party member to eat the Stargazy Pie. He gains +1 Willpower and narrowly avoids a SAN loss 17.

Later, he steals and opens Liu Xing's recovered parchment. The ritual's contents cause him to lose 8 SAN, enter a five-hour state of temporary madness, and suffer pseudo-disability in the form of blindness 23 24. His bizarre cold aura also forces the rest of the team to lose SAN, escalating Wang Qi's anger toward him 24.

Escape from Ains Castle

While partially recovered but still visually impaired, Bai He Cheng remains dependent on Chen Ling and the others for movement and supervision 27 33. He joins Liu Xing and Isabella during the final run to the Minibus 34.

His most consequential action occurs offscreen: he accidentally locks Gary Raphael inside the Basement. Since Gary alone possesses the key, this prevents the Castle Lord from pursuing the party and enables their escape from Ains Castle and Ains Town 35.

Relationships

• Liu Xing — Teammate who regards Bai He Cheng as a dangerous troublemaker, but later acknowledges that trapping Gary made him instrumental to the group's escape 13 35.
• Wang Qi — Frequent target of Bai He Cheng's taunts; Wang Qi repeatedly threatens or monitors him and nearly attacks him after the parchment incident 13 14 17 24.
• Chen Ling — Mediator and caretaker. Chen Ling breaks up conflicts involving Bai He Cheng and is assigned to guide him after his blindness begins 14 24 25.
• Wang Si Yi — Fellow teammate who helps gather castle information with him, but refuses physical contact after his pseudo-disability leaves him unable to move independently 16 24.
• Gary Raphael — Castle Lord inadvertently trapped in the Basement by Bai He Cheng, preventing Gary from chasing the escape party 35.

Trivia

• Bai He Cheng was the only member of the group to eat the Stargazy Pie 17.
• During his blindness, a Critical Success on Inspiration was ruled an automatic failure because he could not see Gary Raphael's eyes, sparing the group a potential SAN-loss event 29.
• His question after the Ains Castle scenario concerned what happens when a player's SAN Value reaches zero 38.