Chen Mo

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Chen Mo (陈默)
Alias(es)	Old Mo; Brother Mo 17 33
Species/Race	Human 6 27
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Lin Lu’s original convoy; later the Spark/Starfire Convoy and its Starfire Council; temporarily joins the Rocksolid Convoy after escaping Prosper City 1 10 31 48
Occupation/Role	Survivor, scavenger, First-Tier Blade Wielder, and Starfire Council member 4 27 31
Status	Alive as of Chapter 50; suffering from Silent Extinction Cold Poison, with approximately one month left to live by his own estimate 48 50
First Appearance	Chapter 1 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
First-Tier Blade Wielder	27	Awakens after Red Hare channels Doctor Wen Li’s resentful energy into him. Rejects Wen’s memories and preserves his identity, gaining Blade Specialization and Coup de Grâce.
First Tier — cultivation begins	38	Successfully absorbs Tide Cry energy through the Eighth Set of Radio Calisthenics. His transcendent power increases; he estimates that continued practice could bring him to the next level in under two months.
First Tier — Coup de Grâce mastered	42	After studying Wen Li’s resentment and memories, learns to activate his second sequence ability. Its first documented use severs three arms from the Six-Armed Weird.
First Tier — partial recovery and further growth	50	Energy Cores loosen the cold poison’s blockade. Regains access to half his transcendent power, equivalent to roughly seventy percent of his former strength. Believes full recovery would put him near level two, but no breakthrough is documented.

Beast Tamer is a cover identity, not his actual sequence. Chen Mo presents Red Hare as a contracted beast to conceal their arrangement; his later explanation explicitly relies on the fabricated sequence 31 37.

Background

Chen Mo grew up in an orphanage and knew little about local supernatural folklore. His lack of family makes the Hairy Savage’s illusion of an affectionate grandmother and siblings especially compelling, although remembering that he is an orphan helps him recognize the deception 11 14.

After the Tide Cry brought monsters and anomalies into the world, he remained in his office until its food ran out. He then joined a southbound convoy on a shared yellow bicycle, exhausted, starving, and without supernatural abilities 1.

Appearance

• Build: Relatively thin, though not the thinnest person trapped in Grandma’s house 12.
• Right hand: Missing the ring finger and little finger, severed by Doctor Wen Li. His awakened power keeps the remaining three fingers steady and strong 25 27.
• Shoulder injury: Pierced by an ice spike during the Prosper City disaster; the resulting cold poison later spreads toward his chest and heart 46 50.

Personality

Chen Mo is cautious, calculating, and deeply concerned with controlling his own fate. Humiliation by Brother Dao, repeated treatment as an expendable convoy “tail,” and the loss of valuable spoils intensify his determination to become a Transcendent. He negotiates even under threat rather than accepting promises of power without guarantees 9 19 27.

He distinguishes gratitude from unlimited responsibility: he repays Old Yang’s kindness but refuses to endanger himself for unrelated survivors. His ruthlessness extends to threatening Hu Yaya when her compassionate impulses could expose them, yet her later decision to draw away the Spectral Bear leaves him visibly shaken 7 13 31.

His caution coexists with greed and an increasingly dangerous appetite for power. He risks harvesting anomalous remains, engineers a fraudulent trade with Red Hare, and stays behind in Prosper City for valuable materials despite an evacuation warning. Crude jokes, bluffing, and theatrical performances are recurring parts of his methods 3 16 35 37 43.

Abilities & Skills

Blade Specialization

A passive ability of the First-Tier Blade Wielder sequence 27.

• Doubles damage dealt with bladed weapons 27.
• Awakening gives him stable control of his injured right hand despite its missing fingers 27.

Coup de Grâce

An unavoidable slash that ignores rules and defenses. Chen Mo learns its activation by repeatedly examining Wen Li’s resentment and memories 42.

• Requires him to endure the source of the opponent’s mental suffering 42.
• Severs three of the Six-Armed Weird’s arms with one attack and briefly restores her memories and a sense of peace 42.
• Exhausts all of his transcendent power, leaving him nearly helpless afterward 42.
• Does not guarantee a kill: the Six-Armed Weird survives, making follow-up assistance essential 42.
• Its use also leaves his Surgical Knife badly chipped 43.

Transcendent Energy Cultivation

After awakening, Chen Mo can perceive drifting Tide Cry energy, Wen Li’s dissipating resentment, and the energy circulation forming inside his own body 27.

• Uses the Eighth Set of Radio Calisthenics to resonate with and absorb ambient Tide Cry energy 38.
• Absorption initially causes stabbing pain, which subsides when the incoming energy meets his own transcendent power 38.
• Can absorb Energy Cores once he has enough usable transcendent power to act as a catalyst 49 50.
• Silent Extinction Cold Poison suppresses circulation; using his recovered power also carries the poison closer to his heart 47 50.

Survival Tactics and Negotiation

Chen Mo relies on observation, deception, and practical leverage as much as combat strength.

• Remembers warnings and identifies suspicious invitations, distorted clocks, missing people, and inconsistencies in supernatural disguises 3 12 13.
• Helps restore Hu Yaya’s suppressed memories by questioning her about her car and the convoy 13.
• Turns red cloth, collected sweat, and a collapsing burning woodshed into countermeasures against the Hairy Savage 14 15.
• Secures explicit conditions from Red Hare by recognizing that the donkey needs his cooperation 19.
• Conceals injuries and valuable possessions, and discards half his truck’s cargo to reduce the risk of being targeted by an unfamiliar convoy 47.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Yellow shared bicycle — His initial transport; later loaded into the dump truck after he finds a working vehicle 1 4.
• Blue farm dump truck / Red Hare Two — Acquired in Sunward Village with its keys and roughly half a tank of fuel. Later enlarged and modified into an anomalous vehicle with Li Xia integrated as its intelligent system 4 33 46 48.
• Mountain-Cleaving Blade / machete — A chipped weapon obtained from Brother Dao in exchange for rice and potatoes. Initially useful against humans rather than anomalies 7 10 16.
• Charging Enchantment Device — Borrowed from Old Yang; coats the blade in blue power so an ordinary person can injure anomalies. Requires Old Yang’s power to recharge, so he refuses Chen Mo’s attempt to buy it 10 17.
• Wen Li’s Scalpel / Surgical Knife — Red Hare’s awakening gift. Wondrous item ranking 88220; significantly improves attack speed and precision, but Wen Li’s resentment may corrode the user’s mind. Badly damaged after Coup de Grâce 27 43.
• Hairy Savage claw and severed finger — Concealed after the Wugui Village fight. The material can cloud the mind; Red Hare says its violent energy makes it unsuitable for awakening but useful for an eerie item. The hand and finger later enter the merchant dealings 17 19 35.
• Grime token — Given by Red Hare before the clinic trial. Can avert one fatal attack by sending Chen Mo back ten minutes, unless the attacker is stronger than Red Hare 22.
• First-Tier Energy Core — Obtained from Old Zhang. Chen Mo initially postpones choosing between absorbing it and upgrading his knife; Energy Cores later aid his partial recovery 35 37 50.
• Impersonator serum — A pale-blue preparation from the stolen merchant goods that conceals a living person’s presence. Chen Mo keeps the potion for himself 34 37 38.
• Eighth Set of Radio Calisthenics — An annotated cultivation booklet recovered from Red Hare’s concealed loot 38.
• Yellow Talisman Paper — Left by Red Hare; repels Li Xia’s attempted possession and wakes Chen Mo. He later uses it to explain away his intermittent transcendent energy 47 49.
• Lion-Headed Vengeful Soul and restraining chain — Temporarily acquired in the Red Hare trade. Requires spirit money at midnight and restraint outside combat; allocated to Red Hare during the loot division and subsequently consumed 35 38.

Relationships

• Red Hare — Dangerous benefactor, accomplice, and increasingly brotherly companion. Their initial bargain exchanges concealment in the convoy for awakening assistance and one rescue. They cooperate in combat and theft while repeatedly trying to outmaneuver each other over loot 19 26 37 38.
• Old Yang — Closest early friend and protector. Shares food and water, lends equipment, shields Chen Mo from extortion, and welcomes him after his awakening. Chen Mo repays his kindness while maintaining boundaries 1 7 10 17 31.
• Hu Yaya — Initially a distrusted fellow prisoner, then a survival partner. Chen Mo helps restore her memories and later frees her from the supermarket. Her decision to lure away the Spectral Bear as repayment deeply unsettles him; her ultimate fate is not confirmed in the supplied account 13 28 31.
• Lin Lu — Convoy leader whom Chen Mo resents for treating ordinary survivors as expendable. Later admits him to the Starfire Council and cooperates with his merchant scheme 9 22 31 35 37.
• Big Niu — Combat ally who defeats the weakened Hairy Savage and helps make Chen Mo’s escape possible. Greets him warmly after his awakening; Chen Mo later orders his evacuation from the mall while he is badly injured 16 31 43.
• Su Qian — Fellow council member who warns him against provoking the Wandering Merchant and objects to his apparent sacrifice of Red Hare 34 35 36.
• Xiao Ya — Powerful convoy ally and Red Hare’s playmate. Chen Mo is initially wary of her doll; later fights beside her against the Six-Armed Weird and receives her warning about staying behind 9 10 37 42 43.
• Brother Dao — Early bully and protection-money collector. Trades Chen Mo a machete, but becomes cautious and sends congratulatory supplies after Chen Mo awakens 1 7 31 33.
• Li Xia — Captured supermarket anomaly integrated into his truck. Attempts to possess him while he is dying; Chen Mo conceals his knowledge of the betrayal because he still needs her to drive 28 33 46 47.
• Old Zhang — Wandering Merchant deceived by Chen Mo and Red Hare’s staged sale. Red Hare escapes with his belongings, providing Chen Mo with additional resources and the cultivation booklet 35 36 37 38.
• Gu Xiaoshi — Friendly Rocksolid member who invites him into the convoy, then admits to questioning him on the leaders’ behalf 47 48 49.
• Gu Chenshan — Rocksolid leader who offers shelter, medicine, and mutual aid. Chen Mo recognizes his care for elderly survivors and children but remains wary of revealing his valuables 48 49.
• Shen Qinghe — Rocksolid deputy and former doctor who notices Chen Mo’s illness and intermittent transcendent energy. Chen Mo refuses his examination and conceals the cause of his weakness 48 49.
• Han Ningbing — Enigmatic newcomer who repeatedly brings him drinks and company. Her personal history leads Chen Mo to ask whether she is the Cold Cicada King; her reaction suggests he has recognized her hidden identity 49 50.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Convoy and Sunward Village

• Brother Dao knocks the starving Chen Mo off his bicycle, while Old Yang quietly gives him a moldy biscuit 1.
• Chen Mo avoids a convenience-store entity, scavenges rice and potatoes from a house containing an eyeless corpse, and acquires the blue dump truck 3 4.
• Escapes the village’s black-wind attack rather than turning back for survivors. He later obtains a weapon, conceals his supplies, and repays Old Yang with potatoes 6 7.

Wugui Village

• Enters after Old Yang warns that future supply opportunities will be worse, agreeing to give him forty percent of the haul in exchange for equipment support 10.
• Becomes trapped in the Hairy Savage’s false family, exposes its skin disguise, and coordinates a trap with Hu Yaya 11 13 15.
• Survives with Big Niu’s intervention and retrieves food and anomalous material. The theft of the monster’s corpse introduces Red Hare, whose offer creates a route to awakening 16 17 18 19.

Apricot Blossom Town and Awakening

• Chooses the clinic trial after the convoy’s Transcendents leave ordinary survivors behind. Doctor Wen Li severs two of his fingers 22 25.
• Returns with Red Hare, helps undermine the clinic’s rules through a staged medical dispute, and accepts an awakening procedure with only a thirty-percent success chance 26.
• Defeats the supermarket salesperson by breaking her control box and retrieves a defective level-one Mechanical Core. Hu Yaya joins the subsequent looting, then later draws the pursuing Spectral Bear away from his escape route 28 30 31.

Starfire Council and Merchant Scheme

• Rejoins the convoy and enters its leadership circle under the Beast Tamer cover identity 31.
• Helps arrange Li Xia’s integration into the dump truck and stages Red Hare’s sale to Old Zhang 33 35.
• Red Hare returns with stolen goods. Chen Mo distributes part of the haul to shared council supplies, keeps resources for himself, and begins cultivation 37 38.

Prosper City Disaster

• Helps lead a thirteen-person scavenging team into a shopping center and uses Coup de Grâce against the Six-Armed Weird 39 42.
• Organizes an evacuation as snow corpses attack, but stays with Red Hare to exploit the weakened monster. Upstairs, he discovers Frost Cicadas surrounding a hatching White Ice Cocoon 43.
• Ends up critically wounded and poisoned in the truck. Red Hare’s talisman prevents Li Xia from possessing him, allowing him to wake and flee 45 46 47.

Rocksolid Convoy and Han Ningbing

• Joins Rocksolid temporarily, warns its leaders away from Prosper City, and disguises his poisoned condition as an old illness 48.
• Initially conceals his Transcendent identity, then partially restores his power through Energy Cores while the poison continues spreading 49 50.
• Becomes accustomed to Han Ningbing’s attention and confronts her about her possible identity as the Cold Cicada King 50.

Notable Quotes

“I will control my own fate!” 27

“This is a transaction.” 19

“Take them. Don’t turn them down. We’re still friends.” 7

“When a scholar does it, how can you call it stealing? It’s pilfering.” 37