Zhai Guang

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhai Guang (翟光)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Shen Sui’s Survival Squad 5
Occupation/Role	Transcendent; frontline combatant 23 36 37
Pathway	Flesh Pathway 18
Sequence	Sequence 9: Flesh Apprentice 18
Status	Alive at his latest documented appearance 50
First Appearance	Chapter 5, “Man versus rabbit” 5

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Transcendent — Sequence 9: Flesh Apprentice	5 18	Already a Transcendent when introduced; his exact sequence is identified later. Possesses rapid flesh regeneration and grows stronger through blood, flesh, and slaughter. His awakening is not shown.
Gene-enhanced Flesh Apprentice	28	Injects Gene Enhancement Fluid after the Huangyang Village reward distribution. The participating Transcendents gain roughly 10–20% more strength; no sequence advancement is recorded.

Personality

Zhai Guang is brutal, foul-mouthed, and quick to retaliate. Before his conflict with Lin Yu, he had already torn an offending survivor in half with his bare hands. His reputation makes ordinary survivors afraid to challenge him, even when he damages their property 7 9.

He treats weaker people as expendable and rejects fairness as a meaningful principle in the apocalypse. He proposes forcing survivors into potentially fatal [Choices], offers to force the squad’s women into the Succubus challenge, and argues that disputes over resources should be settled by fighting 9 11 14 27.

His fixation on becoming stronger can outweigh personal grudges. Although hostile toward Lin Yu, he promptly accepts a distribution agreement that secures him Gene Enhancement Fluid. Shen Sui explains that the Flesh Pathway encourages bloodlust, madness, and brutality; Zhai embraces a fighting style that finds pleasure in both inflicting devastating injuries and suffering them himself 18 28 37.

Despite his recklessness, he recognizes threats he cannot overcome. He backs down before Shen Sui’s superior power, avoids fighting the other Transcendents together, and declines challenges he considers suicidal 9 14 16 20.

Abilities & Skills

Flesh Regeneration

• Rapidly regenerates flesh; he expects to replace a severed hand simply by eating more 5 18.
• His unusual constitution allows him to avoid the branding-iron cauterization inflicted on other participants in the severed-hand [Choice] 5.
• Regeneration does not make him fearless before every supernatural threat. After the punishment-room attendant recognizes his constitution, Zhai worries that a special method could prevent his hand from regrowing 5.

Blood, Flesh, and Slaughter Empowerment

• Blood, flesh, and slaughter increase his strength, making prolonged combat especially dangerous for his opponents 18.
• His customary fighting style involves severe injuries, torn limbs, and battles that leave him near death 18.
• Flesh Apprentices become increasingly strong and frenzied as combat continues, functioning as berserkers who revel in blood and pain 38.

Blood-Red Transcendent Energy

• Envelops his fists in crimson energy to intensify attacks 14 23.
• Charges the Resentful Corpse as a streak of blood-red light and sends it flying with a head-on punch 23.
• Absorbs blood and flesh from Lin Yu’s body and clothing after the road-bandit battle, removing even blood soaked into the fabric 40.

Close-Quarters Combat

• Specializes in direct, forceful attacks and regularly takes the squad’s frontline position 22 23 37.
• Can tear a person in half with his bare hands and cave in a jeep door with a kick 7 9 29.
• Shen Sui estimates that an all-out Zhai could fight one hundred versions of Lin Yu before Lin Yu’s Transcendent awakening, despite Lin already having received Gene Enhancement Fluid 18.
• Accepts tactical reasoning when Lin Yu explains that Yellow Hair’s lightning is a better counter to Tie Qiu’s steel body 37.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Black heavy-duty motorcycle — Earned by sacrificing his left hand in a [Choice]. Its large, sleek design resembles a black wolf, but it is an ordinary vehicle rather than a Transcendent Transport 5 7.
• Silver-white brass knuckles — Equipped before confronting the road bandits, despite his claim that strong fighters do not need weapons 35.
• Armored pickup — Selected from the road-bandit spoils. He reluctantly accepts the obligation to carry ordinary survivors if the squad lacks sufficient transportation 41.

Relationships

• Lin Yu — Initially an intended victim and bitter rival. Zhai tries to seize Lin’s Gene Enhancement Fluid, attempts to kill him when the theft fails, and repeatedly challenges his growing influence. Lin’s gruesome combat performance later creates an unexpected sense of kinship; Zhai subsequently cleans blood from him while denying any personal concern. His envy nevertheless returns when Lin obtains a Transcendent Weapon 13 14 21 22 39 40 50.
• Shen Sui — Captain and principal restraint on Zhai’s violence. Shen rejects his proposals to sacrifice survivors for enhancement rewards and prevents him from killing Lin Yu. Zhai resents these restrictions but recognizes that he cannot safely defeat the captain 9 11 14.
• Yellow Hair — Teammate with a combative, teasing dynamic. Yellow Hair initially avoids provoking him, but openly opposes him when defending Shen Sui and Lin Yu. Boasts about Transcendent Transports and jokes about Zhai’s apparent concern for Lin frequently draw angry responses 7 16 20 40 41.
• Ye Qing — Teammate who helps check his aggression. She warns him against causing trouble inside Huangyang Village and supports excluding him from Lin Yu’s rabbit meal 16 20.
• Ordinary survivors — Common targets of his contempt and intimidation. Fear of offending him discourages people from helping Lin Yu; three survivors even discuss harming Lin to gain Zhai’s favor. The supplied account does not establish that Zhai ordered their plot 15 18 49.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Severed-Hand Choice

Zhai joins the vehicle-reward [Choice] at the last moment, intending to leave more participation slots available for ordinary survivors. He considers the loss of his hand a manageable cost because of Flesh Regeneration, and privately believes Shen Sui should force everyone to participate 5.

He mocks the chainsaw-wielding attendant and barely reacts to the amputation. However, the attendant’s recognition of his regenerative constitution unsettles him and gives him a new respect for the dangers of [Choices]. His reward is an impressive but non-Transcendent motorcycle 5 7.

Gene Enhancement Conflict

Unable to safely complete the ghost or Succubus challenges, Zhai proposes sending ordinary survivors instead. He later offers to force more than thirty women into the Succubus option to obtain enhancement rewards. Shen Sui rejects both proposals 9 11.

When Lin Yu succeeds, Zhai positions himself to seize the reward. Lin injects it before returning, thwarting the theft. Zhai attacks him, escalates to Transcendent power after his first punch is stopped, and withdraws only when Shen Sui and Yellow Hair intervene 13 14.

Lin then uses a rare rabbit feast to strengthen ties with the other four Transcendents and isolate Zhai. Zhai refuses the belated invitation and leaves rather than confront the assembled group 16 17.

Huangyang Village

Zhai disputes Lin Yu’s claimed foresight and casts the sole vote for mutant kraits rather than a Sequence 9 Anomaly. When the majority selects the Anomaly, he leads the attack against the resulting Resentful Corpse. Shen Sui prevents its ambush, and Zhai joins Yellow Hair and Cheng Yuening in destroying it 21 22 23 24.

He supports sacrificing twelve survivors instead of fighting unknown Ghouls and waits beside the clearing to kill anyone who attempts to escape. After arguing over enhancement-fluid distribution, he accepts the compromise and receives a dose 25 26 27 28.

When a survivor attempts to choose the option that would make him a mysterious deity’s follower, Zhai tears him in half in fury at the danger he has posed to the entire squad 29.

Greedy Wolf Road Gang

Zhai eagerly joins the attack against the bandits. Although he initially wants to fight Tie Qiu, he accepts Lin Yu’s argument for assigning the steel-bodied opponent to Yellow Hair and instead clashes with Zhao Yang. Cheng Yuening kills Zhao Yang during a moment of distraction 36 37 39.

Lin Yu’s extreme violence unexpectedly softens Zhai’s hostility. Afterward, Zhai removes the blood and flesh covering Lin, claiming that the smell could attract Anomalies and wild beasts. He then takes an armored pickup during the spoils distribution 39 40 41.

Renewed Equipment Envy

When supernatural resentment erupts from Lin Yu’s vehicle, Zhai joins the other Transcendents in investigating. Discovering that Lin has created a Transcendent Weapon leaves him openly jealous; he vows to obtain one himself, kicks a rock away, and storms off 50.

Notable Quotes

“Just hold it still for me, and I can smash it apart on my own!” 24

“Fuck it, let's fight. Whoever has the bigger fists gets the final say!” 27

“The smell of blood attracts Anomalies and wild beasts. I did it for the team. Don't thank me.” 40