Iron Lion

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Iron Lion (铁狮)
Species/Race	Human; Sequence Transcendent 5 15
Gender	Male 3 15
Affiliation	Chu Che’s survivor convoy, later marked with “Fairness” / “Fair Play” slogans 19 49
Occupation/Role	Former bus driver; bus owner, frontline fighter, and supply gatherer 20 40
Sequence	Flesh Titan Sequence, also called the Titan Sequence 15 34
Status	Alive; recovered sufficiently to inspect the deserted crash site 48 50
First Appearance	Chapter 3, initially unnamed; identified by name in Chapter 7 3 7

Background

Before the apocalypse, Iron Lion worked as a bus driver. When the disaster began, he escaped in his bus and continued traveling in it. The vehicle later became shared transport and shelter for survivors in Chu Che’s convoy 19 40.

Appearance

• Massive ordinary physique: Stands over two meters tall and weighs more than 150 kilograms, with arms nearly as thick as an adult man’s waist. At his introduction, he has to squeeze out of a modified off-road vehicle 3.
• Titan form: Grows to roughly three meters or more, with bulging muscles compared to lumps of iron. His expanding body stretches and distorts his clothing 5 30 35.
• Combat signs: His eyes turn blood-red during his berserk state, and a bloody aura or red mist surrounds his transformed body 6 34 35.
• Voice and expression: Speaks in a deep, rumbling voice and often wears a guileless expression outside combat 18 19 22.

Personality

Iron Lion is normally friendly, talkative, and protective. He welcomes Chen Ye warmly, openly explains his powers, and readily shares what he knows about Sequence Transcendents. His kindness extends to taking newcomers onto his bus and offering Chen Ye a place there 15 19 40 49.

He retains conventional ideas about protecting children and respecting elders. When Chen Ye punishes Zhuangzhuang for stealing food, Iron Lion argues that the boy is still a child and does not know better. Nana challenges this reasoning, leaving him unable to respond 18.

Combat brings out a sharply different temperament: he becomes excited, aggressive, and eager to confront enemies. His protective instincts can also become intimidating—he violently intervenes when a survivor threatens Chen Ye. The Titan Sequence’s reduced intelligence and tendency toward berserk behavior make it difficult for him to disengage once fighting begins 29 34.

Abilities & Skills

Titan Transformation

Iron Lion enlarges his already imposing body into a muscular giant, gaining formidable close-combat strength and resilience 5 30 34.

• Unarmed combat: Fights with punches and kicks. A kick sends a threatening survivor more than ten meters away 29.
• Muscular defense: Chen Ye’s crossbow bolt penetrates only shallowly when fired into his transformed body 34.
• Heavy-load mobility: Carries enormous quantities of supplies without losing his ability to fight, and later transports Chen Ye on top of his backpack while running toward safety 29 34.
• Limits against anomalies: The White-Clad Scissor Woman overpowers him, while his punches fail to meaningfully damage the Big Willow Tree’s Corpse Puppets 6 31.
• Mental cost: The sequence reduces intelligence; combat mode can become a berserk state in which warnings fail to reach him and he may attack an ally who provokes him 18 34.

Flesh Regeneration and Recovery

Flesh Regeneration is a basic ability of the Flesh Titan Sequence. It allows Iron Lion to recover even from the loss of an arm 15 19.

• Limb regeneration: His severed left arm has partially regrown when he awakens after Apricot Blossom Town and is fully restored before the Longevity Village expedition 7 15 19.
• Rest-dependent recovery: Deep sleep restores energy and heals injuries after transformation, which consumes substantial physical reserves 40.
• Post-battle exhaustion: He collapses after escaping Longevity Village and remains unconscious during the subsequent supply division 36 42 47.

Strength and Supply Gathering

Iron Lion uses his physique to gather and transport far more supplies than an ordinary survivor 25 28.

• Treats a twenty-pound sack of rice as lightly as a bag of chips 25.
• Hauls large bags of potatoes out of the village chief’s cellar by hand 27.
• Carries a mountain-sized backpack alongside additional bundles 28.
• Withstands the desert’s extreme nighttime cold while sleeping in a short-sleeved shirt and shorts without a blanket 48.

Equipment / Items

• Bus — His escape vehicle and the convoy’s shared passenger transport. It has a large rear bed for his recovery and a roof rack for supplies. Old Li drives it and manages the bus group’s pooled resources 40 48.
• Oversized supply backpack — A non-factory-made pack apparently modified for his scavenging needs. It is large enough to hold several people and requires three survivors to bring it out for unloading 25 43.
• Additional bags and bundles — Carries numerous empty bags into Longevity Village, where narrow roads force the group to transport supplies by hand 22 28.
• Two-kilowatt-hour power bank — Received from Chen Ye after his recovery from the Apricot Blossom Town battle 15.

Relationships

• Chen Ye — Friend and mutually protective ally. Iron Lion credits Chen Ye’s crossbow shot with saving him in Apricot Blossom Town; Chen Ye credits Iron Lion’s resistance with allowing others to escape. Iron Lion later defends him from a hostile survivor, carries him out of Longevity Village, and offers him shelter on the bus. He also supplies much of Chen Ye’s knowledge about transcendence and trades him vehicle-repair tools 15 29 34 40 46 49.
• Nana — Fellow frontline fighter who restrains his recklessness. She prevents him from pursuing the Hunchbacked Old Puppet and helps redirect him toward escape when he goes berserk. She also bluntly criticizes his reasoning about children and elders 18 23 34.
• Chu Che — Convoy captain whose decisions he generally follows. Their working relationship is briefly strained when the Eavesdropping Radio exposes Chu’s private insults about his intelligence 19 20.
• Old Li — Bus driver and representative. Old Li stands in for the unconscious Iron Lion during supply allocation and oversees the bus group’s shared supplies 40 42 44 48.
• Xiao Fu — Survivor traveling with the bus group. Iron Lion sends him ahead to scout the apparently deserted convoy wreckage 45 50.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Apricot Blossom Town

• Leads the initial rush toward the supermarket, becoming one of the first survivors to enter the dangerous supply site 3.
• Transforms to fight the White-Clad Scissor Woman, occupying her while Chen Ye escapes. Despite his strength, he loses his left arm 5 6 7.
• Awakens during the convoy’s later travels, thanks Chen Ye, and introduces Flesh Regeneration. His arm subsequently regrows completely 15 19.

Longevity Village

• Joins Chen Ye and Nana’s supply expedition with an agreed 20% share of the recovered supplies 20.
• Protects Chen Ye on entry, helps gather food from the supermarket and village chief’s cellar, and carries an enormous combined haul 22 25 27 28.
• When repeated escape attempts return the group to the Big Willow Tree, proposes destroying it. He attacks in Titan form but is obstructed by the tree’s Corpse Puppets 29 30 31.
• Continues pounding the tree in a berserk state after Nana wounds it. Chen Ye shoots him to draw him away, and Nana secures the supply bundle to his arm as they flee 34.
• Regains his senses, picks up Chen Ye, and powers through the final approach to the village boundary. He collapses outside and is loaded onto the bus 34 35 36.

Desert Journey

• Sleeps through the post-expedition recovery and supply division. His haul contains substantial food and bottled water, particularly valuable during the desert crossing 40 42 43.
• Awakens largely healed and is stunned by Chen Ye’s claim to have awakened a second sequence 48.
• At the deserted vehicle pileup, directs Xiao Fu’s preliminary scouting, then personally inspects the wreckage and signals that the convoy can approach 50.

Notable Quotes

“So it was you. If you hadn't fired that bolt that day, I'd probably be dead.” 15

“Captain, the Titan Sequence might not make us smart, but we're not exactly stupid, let alone freaks. Doesn't your conscience hurt when you say things like that about me?” 20

“Ye, hop on!”
“Hold tight! I'm picking up the pace!” 34