Captain Hui

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhang Hui 9
Alias(es)	Captain Hui (辉队), Brother Hui, Captain 9
Species/Race	Human; awakened Sequence Adept 6 8
Gender	Male 2 6
Affiliation	The survivor convoy he formed at the authorities’ request 6
Occupation/Role	Convoy captain, guide, and diviner 9
Sequence	Eight Trigrams 9
Status	Alive in the latest provided appearance 50
First Appearance	Mentioned as the convoy’s captain 1; appears as Brother Hui 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Eight Trigrams awakening	6 8	Awakened when the apocalypse began. Initially sensed that he could tell fortunes; learned his Sequence’s name on the second day, when his body also became stronger.

Frequent use of Eight Trigrams makes Hui a likely candidate for the convoy’s next advancement, but no subsequent rank increase is confirmed in the provided chapters 20 46.

Background / History

Hui awakened before social order and regional communications had completely collapsed. The government learned of his ability and asked him to form a convoy to protect survivors; other Sequence Adepts suited to guiding people were reportedly approached as well 6.

He received official instruction before civilization’s collapse, including knowledge that supernatural materials could be used to create special objects. Without a way to use those materials immediately, however, he discarded many bulky specimens and retained only a small supernatural bone fragment 32 34.

Appearance

• Glasses: Regularly adjusts them while speaking 34 37.
• Pale complexion: His face is described as pale enough to look somewhat anemic 2.

Personality

Hui is mild-mannered and approachable. Ordinary survivors know that he will answer reasonable questions when he can, and he explains Sequences to Chu Sheng without putting on airs. He also rebukes Zhu Qing for remarks that undermine unity and repeatedly cautions him against overconfidence 2 3 6.

He favors cooperation without treating people or their abilities as communal property. He encourages fair trade, recommends Chu Sheng’s crafting services to fellow travelers, and asks him to avoid unnecessary conflict. His generosity is practical: after recognizing Chu Sheng’s apparent awakening, he supplies him with roughly ten liters of gasoline and welcomes him into the Sequence Adepts’ meetings 9 34.

His concern for survivors coexists with limited intervention in their private affairs. He knows theft, robbery, and coercion occur within the convoy, but generally leaves members alone unless their conduct threatens its movement or causes wider harm. After the convoy’s disastrous escape from an encirclement, he acknowledges his own mistaken judgment rather than claiming his divination was infallible 32 46.

Abilities & Skills

Eight Trigrams

Hui’s Sequence provides divination of fortune, danger, and supply locations. The convoy’s route is built around his calculations 9.

• Route selection: Calculates paths offering the least danger and greatest potential gains, rather than directly tracking every Anomaly’s location 41.
• Advance warnings: Warns the convoy before the Eerie Pig attacks and predicts its meeting with another survivor convoy 18 35.
• Assessment of people: Uses divination to judge that Li Feifei’s convoy is kindhearted before encouraging peaceful trade 35.
• Personal forecasts: Attempts to determine whether Chu Sheng and Zhu Qing will return safely by calculating their later actions; their unconsciousness appears as a pitch-black void in the result 28.
• Survival decisions: Receives a warning that the convoy will die unless Chu Sheng takes the lead, prompting him to transfer to Chu Sheng’s pickup 42.
• Limits: Cannot reliably divine specific events or explain the reasons behind every sign. His supply-point timing can be inaccurate, and his judgment can overlook threats outside the scope of his calculations 17 46.

Unlike Li Feifei’s Wind Whisper, which perceives things touched by wind within its range, Eight Trigrams guides Hui through predictive signs and route calculations rather than continuous observation 41.

Sequence-Enhanced Physique

• His body became stronger once he learned his Sequence’s name after awakening 8.
• This enhancement does not let his eyesight keep pace with the scenery during the pickup’s escape at 648 kilometers per hour 44.

Anomaly Knowledge

• Identifies the Ironclad Zombie from Chu Sheng’s description and explains why An Xi and Zhu Qing cannot penetrate its defenses 6.
• Maintains a journal of Anomalies that helps An Xi recognize a Black Zombie 31.
• Explains that a Black Zombie’s scratches cause injury and hinder healing, while turning someone into a zombie requires it to drink their blood 31.
• Recognizes the Sun Pattern eyeball Anomaly’s hallucination threat and orders everyone to close their eyes 42.

Convoy Leadership

Rules and Survival Practices

• No discrimination or slavery: Presents these as convoy principles; survivors are free to transfer to another convoy 8 42.
• Mutual assistance and trade: Sequence Adepts negotiate payment for services rather than demanding free use of one another’s abilities 8 9.
• Supply-point precautions: Keeps the main convoy outside towns while the combat-capable Adepts gather supplies. This practice follows an earlier attack that killed more than half of approximately 600 convoy members 24.
• Departure deadlines: Limits a town supply run to two hours because pursuing Anomalies are approaching, and later restricts a recovery stop to five hours 25 49.

Resource Distribution

Hui allocates supplies according to responsibility and contribution, explaining his decisions to the other Adepts 10 20.

Distribution	Hui’s Share	Basis
Original supply arrangement	30%	Locating supplies and guiding the convoy around danger 10
Revised five-Adept arrangement	20%	Leadership and divination; An Xi and Zhu Qing each receive 25%, Chu Sheng 20%, and Old Man Li 10% 29 30
Eerie Pig materials	One of six assessed shares	Credit for warning the group; the spine counts as two shares and each trotter as one 19 20
Black Zombie materials	Five fingernails	Splits the ten fingernails equally with Zhu Qing after keeping watch during the encounter 32

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Bone-Poison Dagger: Created by Chu Sheng from Hui’s ordinary dagger, zombie fingernails, and retained supernatural bone fragment. Its attacks inflict poison and a curse capable of killing a target of the same Sequence within three days. The wielder must curse themselves one hundred times daily or be cursed by the weapon 34.
• Golden Sacrificial Item card: A gift from Li Feifei intended to maintain contact between convoys. It detects other cards from its ten-card set within one hundred kilometers 41.
• Anomaly journal: Records information used by the convoy to identify threats such as the Black Zombie 31.
• Vehicle: Usually travels near the convoy’s front with a driver who follows his spoken navigation instructions 9 41.

Relationships

• Chu Sheng — Recruits him into the Adepts’ circle after witnessing his bicycle’s transformation, provides fuel, and becomes a customer of his crafting ability. Later entrusts the convoy’s lead to him when divination identifies his pickup as their chance of survival 7 9 34 42.
• Zhu Qing — Frontline ally whom Hui calls “Xiao Qing” or “Qing.” Warns him against recklessness, recognizes his contribution in battle, and occasionally teases his fixation on particular ideas 3 20 37.
• An Xi — Relies on her as the convoy’s strongest offensive Adept. Worries about her return from dangerous supply runs and calculates when her unconscious companions will recover 6 10 29.
• Old Man Li — Support ally who helps explain Hui’s recruitment history and coordinate the convoy’s retreat 6 8.
• Zhou Dun — Respects his restraint and initiative. Explains the value of supernatural materials, suggests trading with other convoys, and asks him to spread information about Chu Sheng’s crafting services 31 32 49.
• Li Feifei — Fellow convoy captain and trading partner. Hui accepts her contact card before their groups depart in opposite directions 35 41.

Story Role / Major Arcs

The First Town Supply Run

• Warns that the apparently Anomaly-free town may still be dangerous and cautions Zhu Qing before entry 2 3.
• Questions Chu Sheng urgently when he returns alone, relaxing only after hearing that An Xi and Zhu Qing are alive 6.
• Recognizes Chu Sheng’s public vehicle transformation as an apparent Sequence awakening and brings him into the leadership group 7 9.

Supernatural Materials and Crafting

• Identifies the Eerie Pig encounter as evidence that Anomalies are evolving alongside human Sequences 19.
• Reclassifies supernatural materials as strategic resources once Chu Sheng can fuse Sacrificial Items 20.
• Commissions the Bone-Poison Dagger and promotes Chu Sheng’s services among ordinary convoy members 34.

Meeting Li Feifei’s Convoy

• Defuses a wary encounter by proposing barter and specifically warns Chu Sheng not to cause trouble 35.
• Intervenes in a trade involving a glove and blades, purchases the goods, and takes Chu Sheng aside for a private conversation 38.
• Accepts Li Feifei’s golden card and selects a westward departure route while her convoy heads east 41.

Anomaly Encirclement and Escape

• Transfers to Chu Sheng’s pickup after divining that the convoy’s existing formation will lead to death 42.
• Continues navigating during the high-speed escape and tells Chu Sheng to ram through anything blocking the road 44.
• After the convoy is reduced to roughly 70–80 survivors, admits that he overlooked the danger from Anomalies pursuing Li Feifei’s group 46.
• Organizes the remaining survivors while Chu Sheng rebuilds his wrecked vehicle 47.