Yan Xiao

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Yan Xiao (严敩)
Alias(es)	Huaxia Liangzi — his Glory of Kings username 62 75
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Yuanpei College, Jida University; previously Jida Affiliated High School 60 94 116
Occupation/Role	University student, inventor, author, and tutor; aspires to become a scientist 34 69 78 113
Status	Alive; a first-year university student 116
First Appearance	Chapter 31, in the supplied material

Power Progression

Yan Xiao’s documented enhancements concern learning and cognition rather than named combat realms.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Study Coin–based knowledge access	31	The system offers an insect-phototaxis research report for 800 Study Coins.
Intelligence enhancement	62	An existing intelligence boost supports professional-level game understanding; his intelligence and reflexes place him among the strongest ranked players. The acquisition date is not supplied.
Structured technical training	64	Follows the system’s study plan through programming-language fundamentals, then spends about a month studying advanced mathematics and physics.
Above-graduate-level modeling ability	67	Professor Wang Xin verifies his solution to a graduate modeling problem and judges his ability to be well beyond graduate level, without establishing its upper limit.
Nearly photographic memory	105	Memory capsules obtained through several lottery draws allow him to reconstruct a novel of more than 250,000 characters from memory. The individual draws are not dated.

Background / History

Previous life and rebirth

Yan Xiao comes from another life associated with Earth. He remembers being an orphan who worked to pay his tuition, and later describes that life as ordinary and comfortable, though uncertain in direction. In his present body, he also inherits affection for Guan Zhiyuan from the body’s previous occupant 36 63 115.

The loss of his parents contributes to his desire for security. Lin Wushu interprets his unusually strict precautions around inventions as a possible response to that loss. A past landlord dispute—ending in a successful lawsuit that consumed nearly half a year—also makes him determined to own a home rather than rent 49 95.

High-school recognition

By his meeting with Lin Fangxin, Yan Xiao is already known for perfect examination scores and an alleged “extortion” controversy. He is cautious about taking credit for research when he has not checked whether equivalent work already exists in this world 31.

His oracle-bone translation attracts competing interest from university scholars. Shang Hong’an offers to recruit the translator directly as a doctoral candidate before learning that Yan Xiao is still a high-school student. Jinghua University subsequently declines to pursue him because Principal Wang Shouxue considers him difficult to manage 33 36.

An interview in Education Reference brings wider attention to his educational views. Some teachers reject his methods as too progressive, while others begin testing them; the narration credits that interview with influencing distinctive educators over the following decade 41 42.

University and international competition

Yan Xiao chooses Yuanpei College to explore different interests rather than immediately specialize in ancient literature or archaeology. He completes early-enrollment paperwork and later registers as a freshman on September 8 48 49 50 94.

He joins an overseas summer-camp competition with Lin Fangxin, later adding Zhao Zimo after Zhao’s father offers financial compensation and waives his son’s share of any prize. The team finishes modeling five problems in less than a day and completes its programming work on the second day 63 72 87.

His performance prompts foreign institutions to seek him out. He refuses American university offers and tells the Chinese team leader that he prefers remaining in China 90 91 93.

At university, he chooses literature and business electives while planning to satisfy technological degree requirements through system-supported achievements. His subsequent projects include autonomous-driving theory, publishing a novel, and learning musical instruments 103 105 107.

Appearance

• Strikingly handsome: His looks attract attention from university reception volunteers, audiences, and entertainment scouts 94 102 114.
• Deep, resonant voice: Particularly noticeable to Zhao Siyu when he registers at Yuanpei College 94.
• Long legs: Noted when he bends to retrieve Zhao Siyu’s dropped water bottle 94.
• Youthful appearance: He can barely grow a beard when arranging music lessons 105.

Personality

Yan Xiao is practical, money-conscious, and selective about effort. Prize money motivates him to enter competitions, and learning that leading scientists can earn substantial income gives him renewed ambition. Over time, financially rewarding study develops into genuine enjoyment of learning 48 63 73.

His relaxed habits contrast with his ability to work intensively when interested. He often sleeps late, plays games, and resists routine study, yet stays up tutoring Guan Zhiyuan and commits weeks to technical preparation or writing. He describes himself as an existential nihilist, although his later musical performance reveals gratitude for friendship and ordinary life 34 42 43 64 105 115.

He is mischievous and willing to deceive. He invents explanations to conceal the source of his knowledge, secretly administers knowledge-sharing pills, and uses a misleading bidding process to obtain manufacturing samples. Lin Fangxin challenges the honesty of his business tactics 40 41 50.

His pursuit of profit does not exclude responsibility. He favors broad distribution of his insect-control invention over a lucrative short-term patent offer, proposes guidance for farmers using it, and compensates a deliveryman for extra work. He also resists recruitment into careers that do not suit his priorities 69 78 103 116.

Abilities & Skills

Learning System

Yan Xiao uses a system that provides knowledge, study plans, purchasable patents, and enhancement items 31 64 73 105.

• Study Coins: Used to obtain research material; his balance reaches 5,219 after the early insect experiment, which he suspects may have contributed to the increase 31 39.
• Patent Mall: Patents disappear once someone in the world independently develops them; the knowledge remains accessible through the cheaper Crazy Learning Library 73.
• Resource limits: He cannot afford proprietary autonomous-driving technology through the system and instead builds a proposal around public algorithms 107.
• Concealed knowledge source: He supplies plausible historical explanations when scholars ask how he reached particular readings 41.

Tutoring and Educational Methods

Yan Xiao adapts explanations to a learner’s interests rather than relying solely on rote instruction 34 74.

• Tutors Guan Zhiyuan intensively in mathematics, physics, and chemistry, then directs him toward weaker compulsory subjects 34 40 50.
• Uses Zhao Zimo’s interest in attractive girls to explain set theory 74.
• Advocates managing motivation and extending the sense of engagement associated with study 41.
• Secretly supplements Guan’s tutoring with Primary Knowledge Sharing Pills; the resulting improvement is not attributable to teaching alone 40.

Oracle-Bone Script

Yan Xiao can read inscriptions that established scholars struggle to interpret 32 33.

• Translates a newly unearthed turtle-shell inscription in less than five minutes 33.
• Accounts for differences between the characters used by different tribes and communities 33.
• Shang Hong’an independently confirms several key readings, while stressing that the complete translation still requires verification 33.
• His research earns a substantial literary award and continuing academic recognition 48 116.

Agriculture and Invention

Yan Xiao’s agricultural knowledge includes insect classification, phototaxis, and practical pest control. Zhao Xiaolei finds his command of the subject exceptional 46 47.

• Develops the Black Light Insect-Killing System with Lin Fangxin, using light attraction and a high-voltage grid 32 39 58.
• Redesigns the initial improvised equipment to improve safety and efficiency 49.
• Recognizes that the system cannot eliminate every pest and proposes professional guidance to prevent crop losses 69.

Mathematical Modeling and Programming

Yan Xiao combines mathematical reasoning with system-guided technical study 64 67.

• Solves a graduate modeling problem using the recently published Inheritance Algorithm; Professor Wang Xin considers the solution better than his own initial approach 67.
• Guides Lin Fangxin through model development while preserving her participation in the discussion 87.
• Shares programming work with her during the international competition 87.
• Develops an autonomous-driving proposal using laser scanning, satellite assistance, about nine public algorithms, and several mathematical models 107.
• Needs collaborators: the proposed university research project requires at least four students, and he knows few classmates 107.

Gaming

Under the name Huaxia Liangzi, Yan Xiao is an elite Glory of Kings player 62 75.

• Holds national-ranking badges for 102 of the game’s 103 heroes before attempting to complete the set with Yao 62.
• Has previously ranked first in the Peak Tournament; current-season statistics conceal that record during the American fan event 75.
• Reads unfamiliar hero mechanics during character selection and gains an advantage through efficient routes and resource management 77.
• Wins the event’s two-game duel, then defeats a professional captain in a marksman match in eight minutes 78.
• Declines professional recruitment because he wants to become a scientist, but agrees to discuss tactics when available 78.

Writing and Music

Yan Xiao draws on remembered works from his previous life and adapts them to his current world 58 105 115.

• Uses enhanced memory to reconstruct long-form fiction and revise names and settings for local readers 105.
• Studies piano and guitar, but finds that books and practice applications do not replace hands-on instruction 103 105.
• Moves listeners with singing despite imperfect guitar technique and forgetting the song’s ending 115.
• Plans to write and release music eventually, without immediately signing with a record company 116.

Black Light Insect-Killing System

Experimental Results

The initial comparison uses five lamp types. Blacklight substantially outperforms the alternatives in the supplied experiment 32 38.

Lamp / Test	Collected insect mass	Notes
Halogen lamp	0.92 kg	Initial comparative experiment 38
LED lamp	0.51 kg	Initial comparative experiment 38
Tungsten-filament lamp	0.81 kg	Initial comparative experiment 38
Ultraviolet lamp	0.45 kg	Initial comparative experiment 38
Blacklight lamp	11.62 kg	Far exceeds the system book’s approximate four-kilogram nightly benchmark 38
Revised Black Light system	13.75 kg	Overnight organizing-committee test; a collection trough simplifies cleanup 58

Patents and Commercialization

• Roughly seven technical and design patents are approved 64.
• The product qualifies for free exhibition space at three consecutive agricultural conferences 64.
• Yan Xiao appoints Guan Houyi to continue representing the project and earning agent’s fees 58.
• He rejects Tianfeng Agricultural Equipment’s offer of 30 million yuan annually for two years of patent rights, preferring revenue-sharing cooperation with state-owned firms because of their distribution reach 69.
• He proposes funding a professional farmer-support team from sales revenue 69.

Literary Works and Performances

Work	Form	Documented details
Second Mock Exam story	Exam essay / expanded short story	Attracts The Speaker; Yan Xiao offers an expanded version of the original 800-character submission 54 55.
“Lin Xiaoqi’s Gift”	Short story	Adapted from The Gift of the Magi. A later submission lists a gift story titled “Lin Youqi’s Gift” 58 60.
“Kong Bingzi”	Short story	Submitted to The Speaker alongside two other manuscripts 60.
“Strings of Fate”	Short story	Submitted to The Speaker alongside two other manuscripts 60.
Fortress Besieged	Novel	Reconstructed from previous-life memory; typing takes a week, followed by another week of localization. A publishing house offers payment and royalties, which he accepts 105 113.
“An Ordinary Day”	Song performance	Remembered from his former life and performed at Zhang Meimei’s shop; prompts purchase and recruitment offers 115 116.

Equipment / Items

• Primary Knowledge Sharing Pills — Secretly mixed into Guan Zhiyuan’s drinks. Yan Xiao discovers that they help organize knowledge the recipient already possesses; Guan subsequently scores 139 on another mathematics paper 40.
• Memory capsules — Lottery rewards that build his nearly photographic recall 105.
• Blacklight experimental apparatus — Initially assembled from improvised components, including plans for window screening and high-voltage rat zappers; later redesigned into a safer prototype 32 49.
• Home music equipment — Includes a piano and keyboard, purchased while converting his living room into a music studio 103.

Relationships

• Lin Fangxin — Research collaborator, competition teammate, and developing romantic interest. Their relationship includes competitive wagers, hand-holding, teasing, and mutual academic support; no formal relationship declaration is supplied 36 52 74 78 107.
• Guan Zhiyuan — Close friend and pupil. Yan Xiao inherits affection from the body’s previous occupant, tutors him, and secretly uses system pills to support his academic turnaround 36 40 69.
• Guan Houyi — Guan Zhiyuan’s father and Yan Xiao’s trusted commercial representative; assists with patents, laboratory contacts, and distribution negotiations 39 49 58 69.
• Wu Xiaohong — Archaeology dean, supporter, and persistent recruiter. Connects Yan Xiao with scholars and technical resources, while repeatedly inviting him into archaeology 32 49 51.
• Shang Hong’an — Humanities dean impressed by his oracle-bone translation; pursues academic recognition for him and requests help for a graduate student 33 36.
• Wei Yujian — Academic collaborator who seeks explanations of Yan Xiao’s inscription readings. Yan Xiao fulfills his promised second-author and corresponding-author credit 41 42.
• Cao Ruiying — A respected benefactor whose attention to Yan Xiao impresses Wu Xiaohong; Yan Xiao expresses gratitude toward her 32.
• Lin Wushu — Lin Fangxin’s father, an accomplished scientist. Evaluates Yan Xiao’s experimental reasoning, offers technical support, and gradually becomes more accepting of his closeness to Fangxin 37 49 52.
• Zhao Xiaolei — Agricultural researcher who praises Yan Xiao’s knowledge, oversees experimental recognition, and helps arrange patent and exhibition opportunities 47 58 64.
• Zhao Zimo — Competition teammate and friend. Supports the team with travel upgrades and practical errands, while seeking Yan Xiao’s study advice 73 74 87.
• Wang Yiying — Editorial contact who pursues his short fiction and connects him with the publisher of Fortress Besieged 54 105 113.
• Zhang Meimei — Instrument-shop contact who arranges lessons and encourages his first public musical performance 105 114 115.
• Song Qingyu — Folk singer and Jida alumnus who offers to buy Yan Xiao’s song, then recognizes his scientific and academic achievements 116.

Notable Quotes

“I really do. I can even describe some of the scenes these characters recorded at the time.” 32

“I just suddenly found a goal in life. I figured I couldn't keep lazing around forever. Time to work hard.” 48

“Don't worry. I have no particular desire to study abroad. To me, China is better than anywhere else in the world.” 91

“To be honest, I am learning instruments so I can write and release songs, but right now, my studies really do come first.” 116

Trivia

• His repeated early examination submissions invite hostile media speculation, yet he ultimately earns a perfect Gaokao score 62 63 116.
• He introduces himself to Li Li as Guan Zhiyuan during a playful subway encounter 42.
• He bargains an apartment’s asking price down from 4.3 million to 3.9 million yuan, intending to pay in full 98.
• His enhanced memory makes familiar entertainment less enjoyable because subsequent plot developments return immediately, effectively spoiling the experience 105.