Hao Jingye

Biodata

Background / History

Hao Jingye studied more than twenty subjects and learned over ten languages before being specially recruited by the government. During his doctoral studies, he also studied applied biological sciences out of boredom. After recruitment, he concentrated on a smaller number of fields 13.

He previously worked in the Information Group, where assignments involving Team 0 were the work he most looked forward to. This experience gave him considerable admiration for the unit and its captain, Qi Lingwu 9.

The higher-ups assigned him to Sheng An as an assistant when the Doomsday Special Affairs Office was newly established. Although already informed about the approaching apocalypse, he initially struggled with the reality of it when evidence confirmed that Jiang Yu had returned from the future 2.

Appearance

Hao Jingye wears glasses and presents a rigid, proper appearance 7.

• Frequently pushes up or adjusts his glasses while explaining information, teasing others, or maintaining a professional manner 7 8 9 13.
• Is described as no younger than Sheng An despite addressing her with respectful familiarity 1.

Personality

Hao Jingye is diligent and quick to enter work mode. He shifts immediately from casual conversation to focused reporting, and puts aside his frustration with Group A when Sheng An asks for an investigation briefing 1 10 37. His academic confidence can be blunt: he casually describes studying numerous fields and reacts impatiently when Jiang Yu and Li Xin resist learning 13 29.

He strongly trusts Sheng An’s judgment and openly defends her against Qiu Yu’s supporters. Even when pre-apocalypse ability users appear to hold an overwhelming advantage, he remains convinced that Sheng An will not be inferior to them 8 34 37. That loyalty does not prevent him from becoming anxious about Group A’s recruitment successes or its attempts to force a leadership contest 21 32 37 40.

His outward seriousness often conceals sarcasm and amusement. He calls Yu Litian a gigolo after being falsely accused of involvement with Jiang Yu, recognizes Sheng An’s calculated recruitment tactics, and enjoys seeing Li Xin’s father puncture the teenager’s superhero fantasies 4 6 7 23.

Abilities & Skills

Photographic Memory and Academic Knowledge

Sheng An explicitly identifies Hao Jingye as having a photographic memory. His broad education is one of the qualifications behind his appointment to assist with the Special Affairs Office 13.

• Studied more than twenty subjects and learned over ten languages 13.
• Understands experimental crop comparisons and selective cultivation through his studies in applied biological sciences 13.
• Explains that Li Xin’s metal transformations depend on his understanding of metallic elements, rather than simply wishing to transform 29.

Information Retrieval and Surveillance Analysis

Hao Jingye is described as a specialist who can uncover information extremely quickly once granted the necessary clearance 2.

• Reconstructs Jiang Yu’s purchases and movements from surveillance, including supplies disappearing between camera-covered locations 2 4.
• Tracks Li Wanyun’s asset sales, eating habits, renovations, travel bookings, and movements 10 11 13.
• Compiles incoming investigative updates and prepares material for Sheng An’s review 41.
• Examines enhanced warehouse footage and investigates Long Tianyu’s contacts and possible escape vehicles. Working with Song Linwei and state surveillance resources, he helps identify Long Tianyu, Zhang Kun, and Ke Jiaxue within three hours 44.

Investigation and Deduction

Hao Jingye questions witnesses, records testimony, and connects suspicious behavior with known supernatural phenomena 4 17 38.

• Deduces that Jiang Yu’s storage space may come from her reclaimed jade bracelet rather than an innate spatial ability 6.
• Recognizes Li Wanyun’s behavior as resembling an apocalypse stockpiling protagonist 10.
• Helps interpret the evidence that the grain thieves include a regressor who knows Stone City will be destroyed 40.
• Identifies the need to investigate an escape vehicle once Sheng An explains the limits implied by Long Tianyu’s careful planning 44.
• Sometimes needs Sheng An’s guidance: he initially overlooks Song Linwei’s concealed purpose and briefly takes Zhang Jialiang’s “ghost” report literally 17 19 38.

Undercover Work and Operational Coordination

Hao Jingye carries out Sheng An’s plans through cover identities, communications, and logistical arrangements 16 18 32 47.

• Presents police identification when interviewing ordinary residents 1.
• Poses as a travel-agency representative to steer Li Wanyun toward purchasing supplies in Country M 16 18.
• Arranges her visa, converts five billion yuan into M Currency, and facilitates another five-billion loan secured against her villa 18.
• Sends screening orders and coordinates Team 0’s deployment to Stone City 32 47.
• Handles the public aftermath of Li Xin’s conspicuous arrest 23.

Equipment / Items

• Laptop/computer — Used for surveillance searches, investigative records, communications, and the conference connection through which officials welcome Jiang Yu 1 2 7 38.
• Tablet — Used to review reports and provide Sheng An with information during investigations 1 4 13.
• Identification and credentials — Includes police identification used when approaching civilians and credentials presented during witness interviews 1 38.
• Documents and printed files — Carries investigative paperwork and prepares printed updates, photographs, and suspect records 1 41 42.

Relationships

• Sheng An — His superior and the person he is assigned to assist. He admires her judgment, supports her recruitment operations, and defends her authority against Group A 2 4 34 37.
• Jiang Yu — Investigative subject turned colleague. He uncovers her suspicious purchases and bracelet space, explains the office’s organization, and frequently teases her about studying and farming 2 6 8 13.
• Song Linwei — Initially investigates him as an “Iron Man” witness. After Song Linwei joins Group B, they work together on Aberrant screening and the Stone City grain-theft case 17 19 28 36 44.
• Li Xin — Helps investigate and apprehend him, manages the arrest’s aftermath, requests his cooperation with testing, and explains why his metal ability requires scientific study 21 23 26 29.
• Qi Lingwu — Deeply admires him as Team 0’s captain and a legendary sniper. Hao identifies him to the others after he stops Long Tianyu 9 49.
• Li Wanyun — Investigates her suspected rebirth, then acts as the travel agent arranging her overseas trip and financing under Sheng An’s plan 10 16 18.
• Qiu Yu and Group A — Rival colleagues whose provocations and recruitment successes concern him. He challenges their claims that Sheng An is less capable because she has not awakened an ability 21 34 37.
• Old Zhang — A superior to whom Hao reports on Sheng An’s instructions; he notes that only Sheng An addresses him so informally 2.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Jiang Yu’s Investigation and Recruitment

• Introduces apocalypse-rebirth fiction to Sheng An before accompanying her to Jiaqing Bay. The novels provide recognizable patterns for interpreting Jiang Yu’s behavior 1 2.
• Presents evidence of Jiang Yu’s purchases and background during questioning, then identifies the likely connection between her bracelet and storage space 4 6.
• Recognizes the agricultural value of the space’s black soil and criticizes her plan to use it only for stockpiling 6.

Li Wanyun’s Overseas Supply Operation

• Helps establish that Li Wanyun’s sudden liquidation of assets and bunker construction indicate rebirth 10 11.
• Initially makes his visa offer so cheap that she dismisses him as a scammer; the operation continues through another agency contact 16.
• Successfully arranges her travel and financing, then confirms that Old Zhao, Team 0, and Wan Yuan are positioned to protect and monitor her abroad 18.

Li Xin’s Recruitment

• Questions the witnesses to “Iron Man” and investigates Song Linwei’s family connections 17 19.
• Accompanies the apprehension team, remains behind to clean up the incident, and later helps assess Li Xin’s unusually advanced metal control 21 23 26.

Stone City Grain Theft and Long Tianyu’s Capture

• Finds Zhang Jialiang’s police report and records his account of a supposed ghost, supplying a lead that Sheng An connects to the grain theft 36 38 41.
• Helps identify the three-person theft team, reports its search for a warehouse, and plays its recorded plans to steal government meat supplies 44 45.
• Coordinates Team 0’s involvement in the capture operation and, after Long Tianyu is subdued, is ordered to bring Zhang Kun and Ke Jiaxue 47 50.

Notable Quotes

“Because before the machinery of the state, every individual's actions are futile and powerless.” 13

“National Humanoid Weapons. Fighter jets of flesh and blood.”
— His description of Team 0 9