Meng Le

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Meng Le (孟乐)
Alias(es)	Le — used by Xia Lan 124
Species/Race	Human 123 126
Gender	Female 109 114
Affiliation	Instance City; Outdoor Sports Club in her assigned instance identity 104 133
Occupation/Role	Escape-game player; second-year music student in the “Single-Choice Question” instance 104 110
Status	Alive; clears the “Single-Choice Question” instance and returns to Instance City 133 134
First Appearance	Chapter 104 104

Background / History

Meng Le was abandoned by her parents at the roadside shortly after birth and raised by a welfare institution in Instance City. Without relatives or dependable support, she survived instances by presenting herself as sweet and innocent to attract protection from powerful players. Other female players often viewed this behavior as manipulative, while the men she approached sought opportunities to take advantage of her 133.

Her assigned identity in the “Single-Choice Question” instance is a second-year music student who joined the Outdoor Sports Club to improve her fitness. In that backstory, Xia Lan is her roommate and best friend, whom she encouraged to join the club without explaining its previous fatal incident. Ju Lei is her character’s ex-boyfriend; they broke up one year before the trip 104 105.

Appearance

• Pretty face: Her beauty attracts both Gong Yan and Ke Jiaxi 105 109.
• Delicate presentation: She adopts a fragile posture and soft voice when seeking help, even while concealing anger toward the person advising her 112.

Personality

Meng Le initially distrusts lasting friendship, reasoning that if her own parents could abandon her, friends could do the same. Her apparently helpless demeanor is partly a survival strategy rather than an absence of resentment or judgment: after Ke Jiaxi steals her seat, she hides her hostility because she still needs assistance 112 133 134.

Under pressure, she becomes increasingly willing to question advice and act independently. She argues against Gong Yan’s proposed answer, identifies inconsistencies in supernatural impersonations, and eventually turns her fear of snakes into anger during the final escape 114 121 133.

Xia Lan’s death while trying to help her changes Meng Le’s understanding of friendship. Although guilt briefly makes her consider joining the dead, she chooses to survive and restore the people she cares about. After clearing the instance, she spends all her points to bring Xia Lan and Sang Shiwen back and refuses repayment 124 134.

Abilities & Skills

Observation and Deduction

Meng Le learns to assess threats herself rather than depend entirely on stronger teammates.

• Notices that the returning woman in the school sequence no longer carries her flashlight, suggesting that something has changed 113.
• Interprets the final question’s 0% mortality rate as potentially concealing possession rather than guaranteeing safety 113.
• Recognizes a false Ju Lei because he knocks despite her having left the door unlocked; the real Ju Lei later confirms he never visited 121.
• Stops herself and Ju Lei from answering a townsfolk girl’s question in the dangerous ancient language 123.
• Suggests investigating the withered plant pot in the mayor’s office, helping uncover the key used against the Primitive Idol 130.

Acting and Emotional Control

Her experience presenting herself as innocent becomes useful in encounters where showing fear or hostility could be dangerous.

• Conceals her resentment toward Ke Jiaxi while asking for advice 112.
• Descends calmly and announces that she is on the twelfth floor, following the strategy that allows her to evade the ghost 112.
• Suppresses visible panic while examining the suspicious woman who reappears beside her 113.

Courage and Rule-Based Survival

Meng Le remains vulnerable to monsters and supernatural control, but develops the resolve to act despite fear.

• Remembers Zhang Yun’s nighttime warnings, gets Xia Lan back into bed, and keeps her eyes shut throughout the creature’s attack 116.
• Uses painful pinching to break the influence of hypnotic ancient words, applying Che Quan’s earlier warning 124 131.
• Pulls Ju Lei away from a concealed slime monster 131.
• Pushes through the final snake-filled escape route, grabbing and throwing aside snakes that coil around her legs 133.
• Cannot consistently resist hypnosis unaided; Zhang Yun nearly forces her into a fatal fall before Che Quan intervenes 127.

“Save and Retry”

A system-granted mechanic available during eligible questions, rather than an innate power.

• Allows her to return to the moment before a lethal choice, though she retains the distress of experiencing death 112.
• Repeated attempts do not automatically reveal the correct solution; she fails several times against spirits impersonating Xia Lan 119.
• Is unavailable for the school sequence’s final question and the later group-sacrifice question 113 128.

Equipment / Items

• Old baseball bat — Finds it at the camp and carries it into the Central Building while searching for Ju Lei. Che Quan later takes it to strike Zhang Yun’s ghost 126 127.
• Serpent Idols — Uses them with Ju Lei to smash the fountain’s Serpent Sculpture, then destroys the townspeople’s idols by striking them against one another 128 129.
• Two Soul Crystals — Purchases them with her savings, clearance rewards, and additional storyline reward to restore Xia Lan and Sang Shiwen 133 134.

Relationships

• Xia Lan (Lanlan) — Roommate and best friend in the assigned backstory, then a genuine source of trust during the instance. Xia Lan dies after rushing to what she believes is Meng Le’s call for help; Meng Le later restores her with a Soul Crystal 104 114 120 134.
• Sang Shiwen — Companion whom Meng Le comforts during the nighttime haunting. The Vengeful Spirit’s apparent identity as Sang is later revealed to be false: the real Sang was a player it killed. Meng Le restores the genuine Sang and asks to try her cakes instead of accepting repayment 115 119 134.
• Ju Lei — Ex-boyfriend within their assigned instance identities, not a confirmed former partner outside the game. His careful advice helps Meng Le survive the first question; they later investigate together and repeatedly try to protect one another 105 110 126 131 132.
• Che Quan — Adviser and protector whose deductions and combat strength repeatedly save her. She comes to trust his guidance deeply, while her determination to restore her friends earns his quiet approval 111 113 120 129 133.
• Ke Jiaxi — Teammate who shoves her aside and takes the final safe chair. She hides her resentment while needing his help, but does not genuinely forgive him 109 112.
• Gong Yan — Initially attempts to secure a seat beside her, but later tries to steer her toward death because he fears she is the departed soul. Meng Le rejects his advice and subsequently distances herself from him 109 114.
• Zhang Yun — Camp guide whose warnings initially help Meng Le survive, but whose supernatural control later threatens her life 114 116 127.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Screening-Room Escape

• Loss of the safe seat: Ke Jiaxi pushes Meng Le to the floor and takes the last chair. When the screening room goes dark, she is transported into a film’s school corridor while the seated players remain outside the screen 109.
• Advice under suspicion: The system warns that one teammate wants her dead and that rescuing her could be dangerous if she is the departed soul. Ju Lei’s recommendation to remain still solves the first question; the successful answer refunds her retry 110.
• School-ghost encounters: Che Quan guides her past the strange woman and the ghost’s floor-based threat. A later attempt to escape upward, based on Sang Shiwen’s theory, kills her and triggers a reset; Che Quan then supplies the successful answer 111 112 113.
• Independent final choice: Gong Yan insists she should fight the ghost with a knife. Meng Le remembers the system’s warning, chooses to run without looking back, and wakes safely at camp 114.

Night Hauntings and the Hiding Game

• Surviving the storm: Meng Le, Xia Lan, and Sang Shiwen endure a creature impersonating Ke Jiaxi by keeping their eyes closed. The next morning, Meng Le urgently presses for access to the boys’ room because Ju Lei may be in danger 115 116.
• Repeated impersonation traps: During the hiding game, Meng Le follows an apparent plea from Xia Lan and encounters the Vengeful Spirit instead. Further retries fail to protect her from another apparent Xia Lan; Che Quan and Ju Lei eventually rescue her 119 120.
• Understanding the questions: Ju Lei explains that personal questions arise from conflicted choices, while escape questions appear near death. Meng Le realizes that accepting an impersonator without doubt removed an opportunity for a warning question 120.
• Ritual dream: She sees Ju Lei among idols beside Zhang Yun and a male ghost. The vision becomes evidence linking the camp’s events to sacrifice, and she shares it with the surviving players 120 121.

Serpent Idol Investigation

• Returning “friends”: The dead teammates reappear as spirits. An apparent Xia Lan exploits Meng Le’s guilt to invite her into death, but Meng Le recognizes the monstrous deception and resolves to bring her friends back instead 124.
• Search for Ju Lei: After discovering his disappearance, Meng Le follows Che Quan into the Central Building with a baseball bat. They find Ju Lei bound among the idols and survive Zhang Yun’s attack 126 127.
• Defeating the forced sacrifice: Meng Le and Ju Lei destroy the fountain sculpture. When the system demands two souls, she volunteers, but Che Quan rejects the premise and directs them to destroy the remaining idols instead; the trio escapes without choosing a sacrifice 128 129.
• Finding the source: Meng Le helps search the mayor’s office and protects Ju Lei from the concealed monster. After she is seized by the throat, Che Quan intervenes and destroys the Primitive Idol hidden inside the creature 130 131 132.

Clearance and Restoration

• Final escape: With only three minutes to reach the Life Gate, Meng Le overcomes the snake barrier and escapes alongside Ju Lei and Che Quan. Completing the storyline awards each survivor an additional 30,000 points 133.
• Restoring her friends: She immediately spends her accumulated points on two Soul Crystals. Xia Lan and the real Sang Shiwen return alive, and Meng Le reunites with them before the group leaves for Instance City 133 134.

Notable Quotes

“Don't call it a shame. I'll work hard to clear Instances and buy Lanlan and Shiwen back.” 133

“What I should do is work to bring back the people I care about, not let them and myself become monsters like these...”
— Meng Le’s thoughts while resisting the spirit posing as Xia Lan 124