Sheng Ziyao

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Sheng Ziyao (盛子尧)
Alias(es)	Chihuahua; Little Yellow; Little Blondie; Yellow Hair 18 78 89 119
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Dark Night Guild 17 19
Occupation/Role	Guild third-in-command; tasked with leading Team Three through A-rank instances 17 19
Status	Alive in the extra chapters 190
First Appearance	Chapter 17, “Good Review Convenience Store (16)” 17

Appearance

Sheng Ziyao has a youthful, baby-faced appearance and curly blond hair. His animated expressions and tendency to blush are especially noticeable around Shen Ru 17 19 59 60.

• Golden curls: His hair stands up with static after he rolls around on the guild’s sofa 19.
• Expressive face: His reaction to Shen Ru’s schoolgirl appearance shifts rapidly between shock, excitement, and embarrassment 60.
• Bright smile: He flashes gleaming white teeth while delivering Shen Ru’s message to Mo Yu 19.

Personality

Sheng Ziyao is exuberant, curious, and fond of gossip, particularly about Mo Yu and Shen Ru. Before meeting Shen Ru, he decides that anyone attractive enough to challenge his boss must be his future “sister-in-law.” He continues using the address long before the relationship is established, then panics when he realizes how premature it was 17 19 68. Although skilled at reading expressions, he sometimes misses broader schemes: Gu Changming must explain Mo Yu’s public protection strategy, and Mo Yu must explain why Shen Ru’s supposed kidnapping was deliberate 20 58.

His concern for friends is genuine. He immediately purchases medicine for the injured An’an, breaks into a dangerous room because he fears Meng Yizhi is being tortured, and offers to protect Shen Ru even without access to Cards or Talents 66 131. This kindness does not prevent him from using violence: he kills Wang Yang after being treated as livestock and threatens to shoot players who demand Shen Ru’s blood 92 179. He is loyal to Mo Yu and can conceal sensitive information convincingly, despite his impulsive remarks and habitual avoidance of overdue reports 78 88 115.

Abilities & Skills

Instance-Clearing Expertise

Sheng Ziyao is already recognized for exceptional instance-clearing skill when introduced. Mo Yu later directs him to concentrate on leading Team Three through A-rank instances 17 19.

• Understands the danger of killing important NPCs: he previously witnessed Mo Yu trigger an instance extension through violence 73.
• Checks an instance’s surroundings for hidden dangers even while joking about Mo Yu and Shen Ru’s romance 89.
• Helps explain the apocalypse setting’s basic rules to other players 174.

Reading Expressions

His ability to read people’s expressions is one of the stated reasons he became Dark Night’s third-in-command. He recognizes the malice beneath Mo Yu’s apparently calm response to losing the Tea Party invitation and several items 17.

• Judges Mo Yu’s mood from his tone and relaxes when he realizes his boss is pleased 19.
• Notices Shen Ru’s unusual mood swings, helping him recognize that something is wrong during the apocalypse instance 172.
• This skill does not make him immune to manipulation; Shen Ru repeatedly exploits his admiration and trust 17 58.

Unnamed Talent

Sheng Ziyao possesses an unusually precise Talent used to search for an instance’s hidden consciousness during the short cleanup period after a game ends. Its name, rank, and exact mechanics are not specified 89.

• His Talent is implicated in his importance to Dark Night’s efforts to control instances 90.
• Shen Ru concludes that his combat strength alone would not explain his position as third-in-command 90.
• When Cards and Talents are unavailable in Virtual Town, he still attempts to protect Shen Ru 131.

Combat

Sheng Ziyao is capable of direct physical restraint, close-range killing, and firearm use 17 65 92 170.

• Subdues the convenience-store supplier with a sack, a kick, and a head-first slam into the floor 17.
• Pins down a violently struggling student during Shen Ru’s interrogation 65.
• Kills Wang Yang by driving a fruit knife into his neck 92.
• Shoots approaching mutants and finishes them with shots to the head 170.

Deception and Discretion

He can improvise convincing explanations to protect Mo Yu’s secrets. When Meng Yizhi asks how they were summoned into an instance, Sheng attributes it to a Card rather than revealing Mo Yu’s arrangement with the system 88.

• Knows about Mo Yu’s freedom to enter and leave instances and alter their operations 88.
• Attempts to remove himself and Meng Yizhi from the room rather than witness Mo Yu kneeling for Shen Ru 92.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Borrowed black blade — Shen Ru supplies it after Sheng subdues the convenience-store supplier 17.
• Healing potion — Purchased from the Shop for An’an; her frightened reaction prevents his initial attempt to administer it 66.
• Guild communication tools — Uses communication with Mo Yu during Absurd World, allowing his boss to learn about Shen Ru’s activities 68.
• Fruit knife — Taken from the kitchen and used to kill Wang Yang 92.
• Kitchen knife — Used alongside Meng Yizhi to pursue people during the conclusion of My Day 95.
• Firearm — Used against mutants; he later threatens to use it against players demanding Shen Ru’s blood 170 179.

Relationships

• Mo Yu — Guild leader and boss. Sheng calls him his “brother,” but the passages do not establish biological kinship. He follows Mo Yu’s orders, protects his system-related secrets, and enthusiastically supports his pursuit of Shen Ru 17 19 88 97.
• Shen Ru — Close friend, teammate, and self-declared “sister-in-law.” Their first meeting leaves Sheng manipulated and expelled from an instance, but he later becomes Shen’s guide and trusted companion. He obeys Shen’s combat instructions and defends him from exploitation 17 18 21 64 131 179.
• Gu Changming — Dark Night’s deputy leader, whom Sheng calls “Brother Gu.” Gu explains political schemes, reins in Sheng’s remarks, and pursues his overdue reports. Their exchanges range from teasing reprimands to a physical confrontation during the apocalypse instance 20 58 115 173.
• Meng Yizhi / Little Pink — Friend and frequent companion. They share dangerous assignments, gossip about Shen Ru and Mo Yu, and defend Shen together. Sheng wins 2,000 Points from him at three-card poker 88 95 175 179 190.
• An’an — Injured child encountered in Absurd World. Sheng purchases medicine for her and offers to carry her, but she insists on being carried by Shen Ru instead 66 67.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Good Review Convenience Store

• A guild game of rock-paper-scissors selects Sheng to investigate the newcomer who got the better of Mo Yu 17.
• He sneaks into the beginner instance without being registered by the system. Shen Ru exploits this to have him attack the supplier while avoiding responsibility for the attack himself 17.
• Shen Ru exposes his illegal interference to the system. A countdown threatens erasure, but Sheng successfully exits before being erased 18.
• Back at Dark Night, he complains about the encounter, delivers Shen Ru’s invitation for Mo Yu to find him, and reveals that he has already called Shen his “sister-in-law” 19.

Dark Night and the Tea Party

• Becomes Shen Ru’s guide to the Living Area, recommending food and entertainment and explaining the Tea Party’s unusual rules and valuable rewards 21.
• Their visible friendship helps spread the false rumor that Shen Ru has joined Dark Night 21.
• Later reports Qin Yu’s invitation as a kidnapping, unintentionally helping set up Mo Yu’s public declaration that Shen Ru is his lover 57 58.
• Serves as driver during Shen Ru’s departure; Shen then chooses him to join the Guild League team with Mo Yu 59.

Absurd World

• Receives the role of Shen Ru’s blond neighbor and fellow student. Their differing perceptions reveal that Sheng can see faces where Shen sees faceless figures 60 61.
• Helps restrain a student for interrogation and accompanies Shen to the Discipline Office, where they discover An’an 64 65 66.
• His communication with Mo Yu brings his boss to the water room, exposing Sheng’s role in keeping him informed 68.
• At the finale, operates the broadcasting-room playback of Moonlight Sonata as Shen Ru’s plan unfolds across the school rooftops 76.

My Day

• Is summoned into the instance with Meng Yizhi, conceals Mo Yu’s deeper capabilities, and searches for the instance’s hidden consciousness 88 89.
• Becomes trapped with Meng in a setting where people are sold as livestock. Shen Ru buys them while pretending to purchase meat 91.
• Kills Wang Yang after the man reveals the Human Pig filming trap, then joins Meng in pursuing the setting’s inhabitants during the final confrontation 92 95.

Ocean Cruise and Virtual Town

• Lures Shen Ru to the cruise bar with news of the Freak Show, helping arrange the meeting where Mo Yu declares himself Shen’s suitor 97.
• In Virtual Town, disguises himself as a nun to slip into the midnight congregation 120.
• Breaks into Room Eight to rescue the person he believes is Meng Yizhi. The resulting alarm makes him and Shen Ru targets; Shen sends him to investigate other food supplies while drawing pursuers away 131.
• Watches Shen Ru’s divine-envoy performance with Meng, whose efforts to silence him prevent his enthusiasm from attracting attention 135.

Apocalypse: Uncontrolled Evolution

• Encourages the group to investigate a dangerous house and contributes effectively to the ensuing mutant battle 170.
• Helps secure captured mutants behind the car and notices Shen Ru’s abnormal mood changes 171 172.
• Supports Shen Ru’s violent actions alongside Meng Yizhi, then becomes furious when other players treat Shen as a source of blood and healing 175 179.

Extra Chapters

• Visits Meng Yizhi’s home for hot pot rather than bringing Mo Yu to retrieve Shen Ru 190.
• Competes with Meng to serve Shen food and reports that Mo Yu has become intensely focused on work, without knowing the real cause of the couple’s disagreement 190.

Notable Quotes

“Beautiful, formidable, full of schemes, and never willing to lose out.”
— Describing Shen Ru to Mo Yu 58

“You’ll have to suffer being killed by what you consider livestock.”
— Before killing Wang Yang 92

“Try using my sister-in-law, and today’s the day you die! Gu Changming, let go of me! I’m going to shoot him!”
— Defending Shen Ru from players demanding his blood 179

Trivia

• Immediately accepts Meng Yizhi’s transfer of 10,000 Points, then becomes bewildered when Meng calls it a “wedding gift” 78.
• Rather than secretly let Meng into Mo Yu’s villa against orders, suggests that Meng redirect his planned fire toward Gu Changming’s room 165.
• Describes Shen Ru’s apparent acceptance of confinement as an unexpected commitment to “world peace”—and receives a kick for the remark 165.