Meng Chengcheng

Biodata

Background / History

Meng Chengcheng joins a P.E.A.C.D. mission at Horror Amusement Park to collect Game Coins and exchange them for a souvenir. Fellow trainee Liu Xiaohu is devoted to her, but she has shown no romantic interest in him. Unknown to her, the Liu Xiaohu who accompanies the team after his collapse is an avatar controlled by Chen Feng 34.

At the park, Chengcheng helps interpret attraction rules and contacts dead visitors for clues. In the air-rifle game, Chen warns her that its owner counts as a monster. The warning may save her life, but hearing it costs her the chance to earn the Game Coin she needs for the mission 36 38 40 42.

During Hide-and-Seek, Chengcheng hides in the cats’ shelter. After the priest, Captain Wu, and Lin He die, Chen rescues her by obtaining a black-cat skin to replace her mouse costume. His promise to get her out of the park makes her feel safe, and she begins to think she has fallen in love with him 45 46.

That night, Chengcheng contacts Liu Xiaohu’s ghost and learns that the original Liu is dead. She concludes—incorrectly—that the man with her is a local monster using his body. She decides to conceal what she knows, accept his protection until they escape, and report him to P.E.A.C.D. Both continue through the bumper-car attraction, each misreading the other’s intentions 46 47 48 49.

Appearance

Chengcheng is described as pretty and lively, with a ponytail 34.

• She carries a backpack containing incense for her mediumship 37.
• After Hide-and-Seek, her eyes are red and swollen from crying over her teammates’ deaths 46.

Personality

Chengcheng is proud and confident in her abilities, but she takes the park’s rules seriously and looks for ways to survive them. She insists on contributing even when Captain Wu orders her to avoid a dangerous game 36 38 40.

The deaths of her teammates leave her terrified and grieving. Once she discovers Liu Xiaohu’s death, she hides her suspicion of Chen and acts affectionate because she believes staying close to him is her best chance of survival 45 46 47.

Abilities & Skills

Spirit mediumship

Chengcheng is at the Aperture Opening stage, the first stage of mediumship 37.

• She can invite a recently deceased spirit into her body to communicate, normally once per day 37 38.
• She uses a dead visitor’s account to identify the balloon monsters’ distracting and overhead ambushes in the air-rifle game 38.
• She later contacts Liu Xiaohu’s lingering ghost and examines his final memories 46 47.
• She has not reached Aperture Binding, the stage at which a medium can summon an Immortal Patron 37.

Rule analysis

• She recognizes that the fish-catching rules require players to collect nets, but do not require them to use the nets 36.
• She questions whether Hide-and-Seek’s required mouse costumes make players easier for the cats to find, then realizes a black-cat skin can also serve as a costume 42 46.
• She identifies clues suggesting that players might use the black ghost cars in the bumper-car attraction 48.

Equipment / Items

• Incense sticks — Used when contacting spirits 37 46.
• Holy Judgment — Captain Wu lends her his enchanted pistol for the fish-catching attraction; she catches a fish in three shots 36.
• Black-cat skin — Worn temporarily to survive Hide-and-Seek, then removed before its influence can make her violent and hungry for human flesh 46.

Relationships

• Chen Feng / “Liu Xiaohu” — Chen controls the body of her deceased teammate. He rescues her, but after learning Liu is dead, she mistakes Chen for a monster and secretly plans to report him 34 46 47.
• Liu Xiaohu — Her original teammate and an unreciprocated admirer. She learns of his death by contacting his ghost 34 46 47.
• Wu Changshan — Her captain, who values her intelligence-gathering ability and tries to keep her out of danger; his death devastates her 37 38 45 46.
• Lin He — A teammate interested in her. She discovers after his death that he manipulated Liu Xiaohu into giving up his Game Coins, leading to Liu’s death 34 45 47.

Notable Quotes

“One day, I’ll wipe them out.” — On the monsters of the Fourth Mental Hospital 35

“Don’t underestimate me, monster.” — After deciding to hide her discovery about “Liu Xiaohu” 47