Tangyuan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Tangyuan (汤圆) 32
Alias(es)	Big Fur Ball 32 51
Species/Race	Golden-furred dog; Elite Monster 34 509
Affiliation	Ke Meng’s household; assists the Special Affairs Investigation Bureau through Ke Meng 41 67
Occupation/Role	Pet, battle companion, household helper, and occasional transport mount 51 269
Bureau Classification	Level-Five Phenomenon; registered as 5-0678 67 178
Highest Documented Level	Above level 500 615
Status	Alive; entrusted with Ke Meng’s contingency instructions before his investigation of Big-Faced Cat 751

Power Progression

Tangyuan’s monster level is separate from the Bureau’s Level-Five Phenomenon classification 178 294.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Initial Level-Up Fish strengthening	130	Eats a fish on Ke Meng’s instruction, becomes unusually full, and appears to gain strength.
Further fish-fed growth	176 197	Repeated feeding strengthens Tangyuan despite severe fullness and vomiting. Later displays stronger paw strikes and faster running, needle attacks, and transformation.
Larger giant form	269	Level-Up Fish have increased its body size enough to carry Ke Meng and six teammates; its strength is described as no weaker than Shirley’s.
Level 100 Elite Monster	294	Holds back against Ao Zhenhai; the narration states that a full-strength blow would shatter his body.
Above level 100; supersonic movement	398	Its high growth potential allows it to exceed the speed of sound.
Approaching level 200	418	Tangyuan and Shirley are both nearing this level, though their skill sets remain less varied than players’.
Above level 200	510	Uses Pear Blossom Needle Storm at this level for the first time, immobilizing the vampire clan leader and the surrounding battlefield.
Additional intensive feeding	529	Ke Meng forces it to eat dozens of Level-Up Fish to improve its ability to protect him.
Above level 300	531	Easily restrains Werewolf Boy, whose strength cannot overcome its hold.
Above level 500	615	Confirmed after two and a half years of growth. Level-600 Level-Up Fish can no longer reach Ke Meng because Blue Star’s filter membrane blocks them.

Appearance

Tangyuan normally resembles a round, exceptionally soft golden furball rather than a recognizable dog. Its eyes are buried beneath its fur, allowing it to pass as an oversized plush decoration 32 34.

• Early size: Approximately 120 centimeters tall—35 centimeters shorter than Chen Momo 32.
• Giant form: Develops visible canine limbs, a fluffy tail, and eyes as large as brass bells; reaches five meters tall during Bureau testing 42 51.
• Later growth: Its transformed body becomes large enough to carry seven people 269.
• Bald appearance: After expelling all its fur during Pear Blossom Needle Storm, it becomes a huge pink-skinned dog 510.
• Pumpkin-mask form: Temporarily becomes a small, pale, translucent cat with a pumpkin face, ghostfire eyes, and continuously flowing tears 331 336.

Personality

Tangyuan is affectionate, protective, and eager for praise. It interprets Chen Momo’s laughter as admiration, barks proudly during its review video, and later deliberately shows off its strength to Luo Yuan. Its care for Ke Meng can be instinctive: while carrying him through the air, it secures his sleeping body with fur before the other passengers can intervene 51 269 613.

Its enthusiasm for phones frequently distracts it from instructions. Tangyuan becomes absorbed in short videos, games, selfies, and online conversations; during the Storage Scarf tests, it ignores Ke Meng’s commands and escapes after its phone is confiscated. Online interaction gradually gives it knowledge comparable to a modern child’s 92 132 331 351.

Tangyuan is also mischievous and increasingly wary of Ke Meng’s experiments. It teases White Sugar in its ghost form and plays a foul-smelling prank on Luo Yuan, but remembers unpleasant consequences: the Pumpkin Festival mask makes it hesitate before licking Ke Meng again, and it correctly anticipates that another mask may be intended for it 332 351 429 614.

Abilities & Skills

Gigantification

Tangyuan can change from its compact furball shape into an enormous golden dog, then shrink back down 42 178.

• Combat: Uses the giant form to break doors, knock opponents unconscious, and pin them beneath its body 39 178.
• Transport: Its increasing size allows it to carry an entire investigative team 269.
• Measured strength: Produces 3,152 jin of force on the Bureau’s pressure scale 42.

Fur Manipulation

Tangyuan controls individual strands of fur with enough precision to handle tools and restrain living targets 34 51.

• Operates a broom, mop, and cleaning cloth simultaneously 51.
• Demonstrates delicate sweeping technique and teaches White Sugar how to avoid breaking the broom 120.
• Uses several styluses at once to operate a phone’s game controls 132.
• Contains insects, binds prisoners, and secures Ke Meng against falling from its back 34 269 303.
• Catches the Crystal Person’s dagger in its dense fur, then throws the attacker into the ground 199.

Fur-Based Perception

Every strand of Tangyuan’s fur can sense surrounding light, shadows, scents, and other changes, compensating for its concealed eyes 32.

• Notices Chen Momo’s shadow stretching while she remains unaware 32.
• Alerts Ke Meng when Mi Jingyun’s shadow produces attacking tentacles 62.
• Detects approaching hikers through sharp hearing even while playing a phone game 133.
• Watches experimental subjects and alerts Ke Meng to movement or escape attempts 53 681.

Physical Strength and Restraint

Tangyuan’s strength ranges from controlled arrests to destructive charges through buildings 294 478.

• Breaks a tree with one swipe in Ke Meng’s review video 51.
• Repeatedly subdues Ao Zhenhai without using its potentially lethal full strength; also prevents him from biting his tongue 294.
• Captures nearly every targeted assassin before they can flee Koi City 412.
• Smashes through reinforced-concrete buildings during the pursuit of the Shadow Stream leader 478.
• Limit: The vampire clan leader overpowers it in direct clashes, although those blows do not injure it 510.

Durability and Resistance

Tangyuan withstands both physical punishment and several supernatural hazards 114 197 510.

• Shows substantially greater resistance to the Nameless Salted Fish’s mental influence than the sand eagle 114.
• Is unaffected by the Parasites’ toxins 197.
• Endures repeated blows from the vampire clan leader without actual injury 510.
• Limits: The Elf Magic Ball instantly contains it, and Ke Meng’s later spiritual surge makes it struggle to keep its thoughts steady 568 615.
• Its bite remains unable to penetrate Ke Meng’s defenses 631.

Supersonic Movement

Tangyuan’s level growth eventually brings its movement speed beyond the sound barrier 398.

• Its rapid arrests leave sonic booms and golden flashes through the night 412.
• During supersonic combat, it processes information within milliseconds through instinctive beast-like responses 610.
• Defeats Ke Meng’s controlled Power-Leveling Puppet in five seconds, despite the puppet’s greater underlying combat potential 609 610.

Dog-Hair Needles and Pear Blossom Needle Storm

Tangyuan can launch its fur as golden needles. Its ultimate skill, Pear Blossom Needle Storm, is imprinted in its soul and scales with its level and attributes 200 509 510.

• Directed attack: Dog-Hair Needles knock Crystal Girl across the lawn and leave small wounds 200.
• Battlefield attack: An ultra-high-speed spin showers needles through enemies, buildings, and the ground 510.
• Immobilization: Embedded needles lock opponents’ joints, pinning even the vampire clan leader 510.
• Recovery: Tangyuan collects and swallows the expelled needles, removing those from Shirley while leaving enemies restrained 510.
• Drawbacks: Its poorly controlled use expels every hair and injures Shirley through friendly fire. The clan leader later begins loosening individual needles 510.

Air Intake and Powerful Exhalation

Tangyuan can draw large volumes of air into its mouth and release forceful gusts 586 613.

• Inhales air contaminated by Cthulhu’s aura, leaving the area fresher 586.
• Clears accumulated dust from Ke Meng’s old store, then expels it with a bark powerful enough to nearly lift a passing car 613.
• Uses a smaller breath to turn diary pages 588.

Communication and Learning

Tangyuan communicates through barking, gestures, and its master-servant bond with Ke Meng 32 320.

• Ke Meng can roughly understand its intentions and convey instructions through a look 32 320.
• Initially requires Ke Meng to interpret during professional combat training 70.
• Copies written comments through its phone’s handwriting input before fully understanding the characters 92.
• Contributes practical ideas, including suggesting that the Lost One’s Lantern be used on the Bandaged Man 485.
• Recognizes Ke Meng after his divine transformation because their bond confirms that his soul has not changed 723.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Smartphone and styluses — Fur cannot directly operate the capacitive touchscreen, so Ke Meng supplies a stylus. Tangyuan later uses multiple styluses for games and participates in social media 91 92 132 331.
• Angel Wing — An externally attached item that enables flight. Later tests establish a 120 km/h speed cap, even during attempted dives 269 319.
• Storage Scarf — Ke Meng’s transport item can store Tangyuan together with its phone as one complete object. Tangyuan discovers connecting gaps between the original storage slots and escapes through them 92 94.
• Crying Pumpkin Festival Mask — Forces Tangyuan into a floating, intangible form that cannot attack, use skills, or handle items. It grants immunity to outside attacks but causes crying; transformations last up to 24 hours with a 24-hour cooldown 331 332.
• Level-Up Fish — The principal documented source of Tangyuan’s level growth. Repeated feeding can leave it painfully full or vomiting 176 510 529.
• World-Destroying Magic diary — Entrusted to Tangyuan with instructions to make it public if Ke Meng remains absent for a long time 751.

History and Major Events

Naming and Domestic Life

Ke Meng names Tangyuan after hearing it express a desire to eat tangyuan. The dog approves, but continues posing as a plush decoration around Chen Momo. Even while keeping still, it notices an abnormal movement in her shadow 32.

After the authorities learn about Tangyuan, Ke Meng reveals its living nature to Momo and releases a review showing its transformation, tree-breaking strength, and household work. Viewers initially regard the footage as elaborate special effects 51.

Bureau Registration and Fieldwork

Tangyuan helps capture a wanted fugitive in Ke Meng’s stairwell. Its obedience reassures the responding officers, who permit it to remain with Ke Meng despite its dangerous strength. The Bureau tests and registers it, then supplies professional analysis and combat training 39 41 42 67 70.

Its later assignments include carrying investigators toward Lu Fa during the Frog-Headed People outbreak, subduing Ao Zhenhai, and rapidly collecting suspects during the sniper attack on Koi City 269 294 412.

Experiments and Accidents

Ke Meng uses the Pumpkin Festival mask to punish Tangyuan for licking him. Tangyuan subsequently exploits its ghost form to frighten White Sugar, but cannot pick up its beloved phone 331 332.

Another test sends it skyward on the Reversal Chair. The Bureau tracks its continuing acceleration and arranges to retrieve it during a scheduled space-station mission 351 352.

Moonlight Bar Battle

Tangyuan interrupts the bartender’s bloody spatial ritual, then fights the vampire clan leader alongside Shirley while Ke Meng attacks the Blood-Colored Sculpture. When vampire reinforcements approach, Tangyuan unleashes Pear Blossom Needle Storm to protect its master, immobilizing the battlefield at the cost of all its fur and Shirley’s injuries 506 509 510.

Its distinctive golden appearance, together with Shirley’s crystal body, allows the clan leader to recognize Ke Meng despite his disguise. The bald aftermath later becomes the subject of another public video 510 514.

Later Service

Following two and a half years of growth, Tangyuan is above level 500 and remains Ke Meng’s household companion and protector. It cleans his old home and receives instructions to guard the house and warn Luo Yuan if Ke Meng’s investigation goes wrong 611 613 615.

It continues assisting with containment experiments, recognizes Ke Meng after his appearance becomes divine, and ultimately receives the diary intended for public release if he fails to return 681 723 751.

Relationships

• Ke Meng — Master and primary companion. Their bond supports intuitive communication, protective behavior, and recognition beyond outward appearance; Ke Meng also subjects Tangyuan to pranks and uncomfortable strengthening experiments 32 269 529 723.
• Chen Momo — Affectionate household visitor who hugs Tangyuan while believing it is a plush toy, then accepts and pets it after learning the truth 32 51.
• White Sugar — Fellow pet and sweeping pupil. Tangyuan teaches it precise tool use, photographs it for online posts, and sometimes teases it 120 331 332.
• Shirley — Fellow combat companion and sparring partner. Tangyuan initially proposes naming her “Crystal Ball”; they later fight the vampire clan leader together, where its ultimate attack accidentally wounds her 199 229 509 510.
• Luo Yuan / Captain Luo — Bureau contact familiar with Tangyuan’s obedience and combat value. Tangyuan later seeks his admiration and plays a prank on him 41 67 613 614.
• Big-Faced Cat — Fellow household anomaly. Tangyuan helps Ke Meng open its mouth and feed it fish or contaminated soil 114 130 586.