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Original Name:
于渊 (yú yuān)
Gender:
Masculine
Kind:
Character
Scope:
Novel-specific
Status:
Active
Source:
AI
Occurrences:
14,843
Chapters:
929
Context Up To:
Ch. 978
Wiki Model:
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Biodata

Feature Value
Name Yu Yuan (于渊) 2
Species/Race Human 2 -> Transdimensional 922
Gender Male 32
Affiliation Fish Abyss Shelter, All-Nations Covenant Civilization 4 277
Occupation/Role Wasteland player, shelter operator, and Civilization Leader/Heir 4 13 923
Status Alive as of Chapter 976 976
First Appearance Chapter 2 2

Power Progression

Yu Yuan’s documented progression combines titles, skills, tactics, treasures, ranked shelter facilities, civilization focuses, and tier evolutions.

Stage / Realm / Level Chapter Notes
City Shadows title route; Street Rat (Excellent) 4 Unlocks the route by returning on his first day with valuable supplies, at least two weapons, less than minor injuries, and an underground shelter. Also receives the rare Path of Rise! achievement 4.
Street Rat effects 5 Gains enhanced hearing and smell, low-light vision, and the ability to sense nearby airflow 5.
Lockpicking (Normal) 6 Clears a Rock-tier Slaughter Card by killing Key, then spends the resulting Fate Point to take Key’s skill 6.
Persuasion (Excellent) 10 Receives the passive skill after negotiating safe passage past a knife-wielding survivor 10.
Security, Rest Area, Bathroom, and Lighting — Level 1 13 Builds a gate, floor bedding, wash area, and candle lighting for Fish Abyss Shelter 13.
Street Rat enhanced 16 21 Progress on the title route strengthens it; by Chapter 21, his vision can make out rough outlines even in total darkness 16 21.
Lockpicking (Excellent) 21 His skill is identified at this grade when he opens a residential door 21.
Ventilation and Water Collector — Level 1 23 Adds air circulation and a daily source of household water to the shelter 23.
Security — Level 2, Floodproof Door 23 24 Develops a stainless-steel floodproof door while preparing for the typhoon 23 24.
Kitchen — Level 1, Fire Pit 24 Unlocks food preparation and adds warmth to the shelter 24.
Bathroom and Ventilation — Level 2; Generator — Level 1 30 Builds an anti-backflow shower room, improves air circulation, and adds a pedal generator 30.
Lighting — Level 2 32 Powers three energy-saving lamps with electricity from the generator 32.
Miemie (Wondrous Treasure) 32 Clears the Rock-tier Lust Card and spends its Fate Point to convert a Kerry Hill sheep into a mount, resource producer, and equippable enhancement 32.
Redirect the Calamity (Excellent) 43 Unlocks a tactic that can shift the consequences of a deliberately staged conflict onto a third party 43.
Starry Sky Mirror (Rare Treasure) 46 Clears a Rock-tier Luxury Card and converts Marsil’s gift into a treasure that can be developed into the Starry Sky Observatory 46.
Bronze Tier Evolution 250 Reaches Bronze rank as a human through natural evolution and physical enhancement, unlocking spiritual energy and the Psionic Power [Cured, but Still Drooling!] 250.
City Nightmare (Epic Title) 326 Unlocks advanced dream-invasion, panic-spreading, and fear-harvesting abilities along with the Regional Hegemon and Silent Coronation achievements 326.
Speed Is Paramount (Tactics) 326 Grants military movement speed bonuses to all civilization forces 326.
Psychiatric Patients’ Support Chat (Psionic Template) 432 Awakened via Enlightenment effect; grants mental trauma resistance, psychiatric condition detection, and psychological manipulation capabilities 432.
Silver Tier Evolution 712 Undergoes secondary biological evolution via the Aruonz Virus, reaching Silver Tier with greatly heightened durability, physical density, and expanded perception 712.
Soul Theft (Exclusive Talent) & Masterful Integration (Trait) 713 Gains the ability to steal and store target talents/psionic powers, and masterfully combine or execute abilities at half cost 713.
Curio Scholar (Title) 850 Reached via full development of his Curio/Oddity collection path, highlighted by the transformation of the Devourer's Stomach Pouch into the Abyssal Void Stomach Pouch 850.
Transdimensional Tier Evolution & Civilization · Pillar 922 Ascends to Transdimensional Tier, becomes the Heir and Leader of the Civilization Ladder, and unlocks universe-master governing access, Epitaph of Civilization, and Deity Forbidden Zone 922 924.

Background and History

Before entering the Wasteland World, Yu Yuan lived an ordinary life playing games at home. He establishes Fish Abyss Shelter in an underground structure connected to Green Forest City’s sewers. When offered his first Fate Gift, he chooses a newspaper rack over daily food or random items, valuing its intelligence despite the lethal Slaughter Card attached to the gift 2 14.

The newspaper directs him to supplies left at Phoenix Tree Apartments. He scavenges a kukri, crossbow, food, and construction materials, then returns safely enough to unlock the City Shadows title route. On a later trip, he kills the drifter Key to clear the Slaughter Card and acquire Lockpicking. He survives Key’s companions and negotiates his way past another armed survivor 3 4 6 8 9 10.

Yu Yuan uses scavenged goods and trades to develop his shelter. When a typhoon threatens to flood the sewers, he seals access points, installs a floodproof door, and upgrades the bathroom’s drainage. A breach still admits water during the storm, forcing him to make a temporary barrier and later repair it with cement and bricks 12 13 23 24 29 30 33 34.

His intelligence-gathering also draws him into factional conflicts. He scavenges equipment during a Marauder Prison–Black Shield Police Department battle, then uses an information card to uncover a covert arrangement between Marauder Prison and Burning Fortress. His raid on their supplies leaves Burning Fortress blaming Marauder Prison; the outcome unlocks his Redirect the Calamity tactic 25 26 40 42 43.

Over time, Yu Yuan expands his influence far beyond his initial hideout. He systematically unites Green Forest City, annexes factions like Marauder Prison and the Black Rock Trade Association, and builds a powerful military structure centered on the Hunter Training Camp and Pioneer Corps. He navigates complex cross-world politics, secures legendary treasures and oddities, defeats high-ranking players and adversaries across multiple tiers, and ultimately ascends to the Transdimensional Tier as the undisputed Heir and Leader of the Civilization Ladder universe 291 292 446 520 923.

Appearance

Yu Yuan’s normal recorded height is 1.78 metres. Equipping Miemie changes his build, but the transformation ends when he unequips her 32. Following his Silver and Transdimensional tier evolutions, his body density, height, and muscular proportions have undergone massive enhancements 250 712 922.

  • Miemie equipped: Grows to 1.88 metres and develops a leaner, more muscular build 32.
  • Equipped-form markings: A black sheep-head tattoo covers his chest, with spiral-horn markings extending over his shoulders and arms 32.

Personality

Yu Yuan favors information, preparation, and escape routes over impulsive fights. He waits for darkness before scavenging, avoids forcing a noisy locked door, and negotiates with a dangerous attacker when a direct fight offers little benefit 2 3 4 9 10.

Survival makes him willing to ambush enemies and exploit battles for supplies, but he remains concerned about his moral limits. After finding the severely injured Mona, he refuses to use her to clear the Lust Card; he frees her, leaves her food and a weapon, and accepts that his own deadline remains unresolved 19 21. He is similarly wary of depending on Miemie’s equipped strength, reasoning that he must still be able to survive without it 32. As his civilization grows, he maintains a pragmatic, highly disciplined, and strategic mindset, prioritizing absolute control, tactical foresight, and the systematic accumulation of power.

Abilities & Skills

Street Rat

An Excellent-grade City Shadows title that improves Yu Yuan’s senses and movement in dark environments 4 5.

  • Enhances hearing and smell, grants low-light vision, and lets him sense airflow within three metres through his skin 5.
  • Its later enhancement allows him to perceive rough object outlines even in total darkness 16 21.

City Nightmare

An Epic-grade title belonging to the City Shadows route, earned after conquering Moss Hut Shelter 326.

  • Detects sleeping sentient life-forms within five kilometers 326.
  • Casts Spread Panic to plant Nightmare Marks, allowing Yu Yuan to enter targets' dreams, project nightmares, and convert their fear into personal spiritual nourishment 326.

Lockpicking

Yu Yuan plunders Key’s Normal-grade skill after clearing the Slaughter Card; it is later identified as Excellent-grade 6 21.

  • Opens the locked drawers of a metal cabinet in Room 503 7.
  • Lets him enter Residence No. 68 quickly while searching for Mona 21.

Persuasion

An Excellent-grade passive skill awarded for resolving an armed standoff through negotiation 10.

  • Yu Yuan later relies on persuasion and a selective account of events when proposing a supply-for-research arrangement with Marsil 37.

Redirect the Calamity

An Excellent-grade tactic unlocked after Yu Yuan’s actions redirect Burning Fortress’s hostility toward Marauder Prison 42 43.

  • Gives a 60% chance of shifting the consequences of a conflict onto a third party through deliberate planning and setup 43.

Soul Theft

An exclusive Silver-Tier/Transdimensional talent that allows Yu Yuan to identify and temporarily steal a target's strongest talent or Psionic Power 713.

  • Weakens opponents while adding their abilities to his repertory, storing up to three stolen traits and allowing them to be consumed for massive power amplification 713.

Transdimensional & Civilization Abilities

  • Epitaph of Civilization: Preserves fallen champions or civilizations in epitaphs to extract residual strength and knowledge 924.
  • Deity Forbidden Zone: Weakens divine entities, seals or erases divine powers using God-Sealing Marks, and permits the acquisition of slain divine offices 924.

Fate Gifts and Cards

Yu Yuan chooses among Fate Gifts, but the gifts can impose lethal card conditions. Clearing a card can award a Fate Point, which he has used to acquire a skill or convert an eligible target into a treasure 2 6 15 32 46.

  • His newspaper rack supplies recurring intelligence; he also buys a city map and an Inside Information card 2 14 34.
  • He saves the Inside Information card until he needs to investigate the Burning Fortress–Marauder Prison alliance 34 40.

Equipment, Treasures & Items

  • Kukri: His first practical weapon, taken from beneath a corpse at Phoenix Tree Apartments 3.
  • Alloy folding hand crossbow: Found with ten bolts in Room 408; later used in close encounters 4 8 21.
  • Firearms: Acquires a Colt M1911A1 from Brother Biao’s belongings, a Glock 17, an FN FAL, TRG M10 sniper rifle, S&W Model 500, and various advanced weaponry through scavenging and crafting 10 24 30 35 107.
  • Enforcer gear & Fate Armor: Obtains protective vest, gloves, boots, and goggles from Baldy, adds Enforcer helmet, and eventually bonds with the Mythic-grade Fate Armor for heightened nerve/spiritual response and a pain/cold domain 30 44 903.
  • Positioning Watch & Rabbit Ring: Essential utility and storage items used for spatial management and pure spirituality collection 15 126 138.
  • Miemie: A converted Kerry Hill sheep that can serve as a mount, carry up to 500 kilograms, charge with her horns, or grant Yu Yuan physical bonuses in equipment form. She produces wool and High-Energy Sheep Milk 32.
  • Starry Sky Mirror: A Rare Treasure convertible into the Starry Sky Observatory. The planned building requires 50,000 Survival Points and a vacant room; once built, it can produce a celestial phenomenon every seven days and clear one Luxury Card no higher than Bronze quality 46.
  • Missionary's Enslavement Bridle: A Rare Treasure capable of controlling creatures and clearing Conquest Fate Cards 146.
  • Abyssal Void Stomach Pouch: An Oddity featuring infinite weightless storage with stopped time, capable of digesting curses, memories, and objects into Chaos Nutrients 850.

Relationships

  • Miemie — His sheep companion, mount, and Wondrous Treasure. Yu Yuan feeds and cares for her; she helps transport supplies and provides milk that aids his recovery 32 33 43 48.
  • Dawnlight (Lord of Dawn) — Complete loyalty (100% trust); a profound emotional and spiritual bond, acting as his closest companion and an extraordinary combat powerhouse 810 850.
  • Xiao Xi — Initially a hostile Blood Clan opponent, she becomes deeply loyal to Yu Yuan after her transformation into the Fallen race 752.
  • Mona — A survivor he rescues from a scavenger. He refuses to exploit her condition despite the Lust Card’s deadline and encourages her to live, later empowering her through the Mystical Religious Institute 20 21 493.
  • Marsil — A craftsman with whom he arranges to exchange supplies for access to her research. Both begin the arrangement cautiously; she later gives him the object converted into the Starry Sky Mirror 37 45 46.
  • Carmen & Alpha Wolf — Key military subordinates and leaders of the Pioneer Corps who manage training and execution of tactical expansions 438 446.
  • Greenfield — An allied prophecy player with whom Yu Yuan shares intelligence, financial bartering, and tactical updates 633 655.
  • Commander Lawrence — A potential pursuer: Yu Yuan killed Lawrence’s younger brother, Fries, and subsequently killed Lawrence in the sewers 34 43 138.
  • Moss Hut Shelter — A player shelter Yu Yuan marked as hostile after it repeatedly directed public suspicion toward Fish Abyss Shelter, eventually leading to its elimination 12 20 326.

Appearances

14,843
Total Mentions
929
Chapters Appeared
15.98
Avg. per Chapter