Dark Night

Biodata

Power Progression

Dark Night’s members advance individually, while several later milestones establish the strength of the entire squad.

Background / History

Dark Night existed before the apocalypse and operated in underground gray areas. Its members grew up without ordinary schooling or many outside attachments, and their shared childhood remained central to their bond. Bai Yaoyao inherited responsibility for the organization from their master after his death 69 151 198 438 499.

Their master emphasized preparation and full commitment to every mission. He also taught ideals that the members initially struggled to understand, drawing on his own experience of war, famine, martial arts, and military service 262 335 438.

The apocalypse initially made their lives comparatively comfortable: they had ample supplies, high ability levels, and Bai Yaoyao’s knowledge from her previous life. Living, eating, and fighting together felt like a return to childhood, and some members treated zombie hunting as entertainment rather than an urgent struggle for survival 151.

Their outlook changed as outsiders risked their lives for them and as the people they trained became casualties. By the final battle, Dark Night was willing to sacrifice itself to end the apocalypse—an outcome sharply opposed to its earlier distrust and detachment 198 438 439 562.

Organization & Membership

Core Squad

The twelve-person limit applies to the core squad, not to Dark Night Base’s residents, trainees, or other combat units. Bai Yaoyao reiterates that Dark Night will remain twelve members even while becoming a political force through its strength 13 262.

Nonhuman Companions

• Doggie — The dog explicitly included alongside the original twelve-person membership rule; later fights and trains with the squad 13 74 84.
• Little Crook — Mutant willow tree used to restrain enemies and collect crystal cores 102 198 264.
• Big Meow — Participates in major battles and accompanies Bai Yaoyao when searching for a zombie-horde leader 52 211.
• Great Sage — Monkey recruited after the zoo expedition and explicitly welcomed as a Dark Night member; later learns staff combat 56 523.
• Little Red — Collects crystal cores alongside Little Crook 198.
• Little Zombie — Closely attached to Peiqi; protects her and Chenxuan, and later helps neutralize another zombie infant’s ability-suppressing cries 317 384.
• Mutant wolf partners — Members practice coordination with their new partners and arrange competitive matches 323.
• Lightning-ability Labrador — Develops an area attack that can combine with Lulu’s lightning 210.

Appearance

• Members commonly wear black clothing with differing but similar styles; their bearing is described as decisively ruthless 332.
• By the battle involving the White Colt Brigade, all twelve wear matching black combat uniforms 432.
• Arena spectators identify teammates through their similar clothing and footwork 280.

Culture & Conduct

Loyalty and Independence

Dark Night trusts its own members above everyone else. Even helpful associates initially remain outside that circle because the squad believes family ties, personal interests, or threats could make anyone betray them 198.

Bai Yaoyao’s firmest operational boundary is that the squad never splits up. She insists on keeping everyone together in the relocation convoy and later accepts longer routes rather than separate her companions 75 490.

The organization refuses faction membership and long-term commitments. Prospective partners must instead present the details, participants, and payment distribution for a particular mission 285.

Fighting and Training

The members enjoy combat, but their fighting style is practical rather than elaborate: simple, brutal attacks intended to kill in one strike. Their familiarity with one another allows them to understand plans with little explanation 74 140 158.

Training is exceptionally harsh. They attack teammates more aggressively than outside opponents, rely on Peiqi to repair severe injuries, and use chores such as laundry as penalties or wagers 158 206 284 323.

Growing Responsibility

Their response to public affection changes over time. They initially feel awkward when thanked or rescued, but later greet Dark Night Base’s residents as familiar friends 158 198 229.

Despite their violent reputation, they grieve deeply for trainees and old acquaintances killed in battle. Their willingness to protect others ultimately culminates in the main-story sacrifice 438 439 499 504 562.

Abilities & Skills

Coordinated Combat

Dark Night combines complementary abilities under Bai Yaoyao’s tactical command.

• Uses mutant beasts to draw enemy attention while Bai Yaoyao targets a swarm’s leader 64.
• Lures mutant rats into a prepared pit, then combines wind and fire to destroy most of the swarm 64.
• Combines Stone and Fat Brother’s earth attack with A-Dai’s shadow-assisted finishing strike against a level-four zombie 66.
• Studies other teams’ ability combinations rather than treating its own teamwork as a perfect template 206.

Close-Quarters Fighting

Every member receives combat training, including those whose abilities primarily heal or support others.

• Continues fighting with blades after elemental-ability energy runs low 63.
• Peiqi uses a club and later a meteor hammer on the frontline despite being a healer 63 382.
• Noncombat ability users can be more lethal than combat specialists from other teams 307.
• Uses machetes when a zombie infant’s cries suppress special abilities 384.

Assassination and Covert Operations

Dark Night retains the operational habits of its pre-apocalypse organization.

• Assigns elemental users to gate surveillance and message relay when their attacks would compromise an assassination mission 271.
• Divides into separate operational groups and synchronizes attacks to prevent warnings from spreading 335.
• Deploys Xiaomi against powerful fighters while Monkey destabilizes civilian districts during a factional conflict 175.

Healing and Purification

Peiqi and Xiaomi provide distinct forms of medical support.

• Peiqi’s healing repairs wounds and severe sparring injuries; at the stage shown during the mutant-rat aftermath, it cannot regrow a missing leg 64 284.
• Xiaomi’s light ability purifies zombie contamination, including Monkey’s wounded arm 158.
• At level seven, Xiaomi can purify four to five people at once within a four-meter-diameter halo 385.

Logistics and Mobility

Bai Yaoyao’s spatial resources allow the squad to remain supplied while traveling.

• Carries heated RVs, winter clothing, food, and mutant-beast meat during the deadly snowfall 81.
• Provides furniture and prepared meals even during battlefield rest periods 399.
• Uses her space as a refuge while the squad absorbs crystal cores and advances 455.
• Monkey repairs a convoy vehicle whose battery has been affected by the cold 81.

Combat Instruction

Dark Night teaches both individual fighting and team-level coordination.

• Gives base residents ten days of instruction and demonstrates adaptable ability combinations 206 229.
• Takes the Black Night Squad into live combat and provides further personal instruction 231.
• Each core member selects one hundred people for special training during the base’s development period 429.
• Trains the White Colt Brigade and instructs the base’s Special Ability Team, with Ouyang Ning handling coordinated drills 430 432.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Blades and machetes — Used for close combat and as a fallback when abilities are exhausted or suppressed 63 384.
• Dada Juan’s Cloud-Rising Spear — Its techniques provide a model for Great Sage’s staff practice 523.
• Great Sage’s staff — Allows sweeping attacks against multiple enemies instead of individual fist strikes 523.
• Peiqi’s meteor hammer — Used to crush zombie heads during frontline combat 382.
• Bai Yaoyao’s Large Iron Hammer — Weighs more than one hundred jin when enlarged and pulverizes zombies 445.
• Pickups and heated RVs — Transport the squad, support convoy defense, and provide shelter 77 81.
• Pangu combat vehicle and firearms — Brought out for Dark Night Base’s expanded defenses; fighters become proficient with the weapons over three months 430.
• Crystal cores — Mission payment and advancement resources; increasingly high-level cores sustain the squad’s later breakthroughs 244 455 491 532.
• Spring Water and Strength Fruits — Resources used to support allies, training, recruitment, and advancement 420 491 555.
• Communicators — Used to exchange information and coordinate support with other bases 490 532.

Bases & Businesses

Dark Night Base

Dark Night Base is a private survivor settlement, not an expansion of the twelve-person core squad.

• Leadership: Bai Yaoyao is recognized as Base Chief; Sun Weixing handles management, with Bai Jin’an and Ouyang Ling playing major supporting roles 402 430 587.
• Admission: Residents are registered. New arrivals are rarely accepted and must pass a two-month probation that excludes dishonest, lazy, or disruptive applicants 402.
• Combat units: Includes the separate Black Night Squad, the White Colt Brigade, and a wider body of ability users 407 432 491 555.
• White Colt expansion: Grows from two hundred speed users to two thousand fighters, nearly all at level seven or higher 420 432 491.
• Development goal: Bai Yaoyao intends to make the base “a key that can end the apocalypse,” rather than a settlement permanently dependent on her squad 406 458.
• Postwar condition: Remains stable during Bai Yaoyao’s two-year unconsciousness. Residents reject recruitment offers elsewhere, and the base later becomes a popular destination after her awakening 587.

Dark Night Store

• Opens in City D Base after a publicity campaign organized by Bai Yaoyao 120.
• Later opens shops at A City Main Base, attracting faction representatives and powerful guests 332 333 334.
• Employs associates outside the core squad, including Xue Yang, who chooses store work over a combat-focused life 352.
• On leaving the Main Base, Bai Yaoyao retains one special-offer branch under two Murong Family members; the Chief promises to protect and restock it 393.

Relationships

• Long Zhan / Master — Mentor whose teachings shape the squad’s preparation and eventual sense of responsibility; sacrifices himself protecting Bai Yaoyao and later officiates Xiaomi and Keke’s wedding in the continuation 335 438 562 596.
• Meng Qilin — Early official ally who offers Safe Zone access, accommodates the squad’s convoy arrangement, and later pledges Meng Family assistance and intelligence 30 75 262.
• Xie Shannan — Develops admiration after witnessing Dark Night’s tactics; commits Xie Family military support and promises warnings about threats to the squad 64 262.
• Wang Jingyu and Secretary Wu — City D officials who rely on Dark Night for difficult missions and base defense; Wu explicitly recommends befriending rather than antagonizing them 123 158 244.
• Black Night Squad — Separate team modeled on Dark Night and trained by it. Its members emphasize that their warning about an impending attack is not an attempt to pressure Dark Night into returning 231 366 378.
• Deep Night Squad / Li Pengliang — University-student team inspired by Dark Night’s example. The admiration is mutual, and Dark Night mourns their deaths after arriving too late to save Li Pengliang 499 500.
• Bai Family — Bai Yaoyao’s relatives welcome her companions and defend the squad politically; she refuses to leave her existing life to move back into their household 334 352.
• Murong Family — Initially the target of a covert operation; later provides store caretakers and fully integrates into Dark Night Base 271 393 542.
• Ouyang Ning — Begins as a critic and opponent, then follows Dark Night and becomes an important combat instructor for the base 346 348 391 430.
• Ji Family — Hostile organization overthrown by Dark Night; also responsible for buying off a Black Night Squad member who contaminates the base’s drinking water 486 555.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Notable Quotes

“First, Dark Night won't be joining any faction.”
— Bai Yaoyao, rejecting recruitment attempts 285

“We're a squad of assassins! We kill without batting an eye...”
— Monkey’s final tearful roar, recalled by Chen Yixuan 584

“You're the Dark Night Squad, but you're also humanity's squad of heroes!”
— Chen Yixuan’s reflection on their sacrifice 584