Wang Ziteng

Biodata

Background / History

Wang Ziteng is the son of Hundred Willows Academy’s developer, who directly established its sales team. This makes him the son of Fang Xiu’s ultimate employer, and his family position gives him authority over manager Wu Dahai and the sales staff 9 11.

He received an elite education from childhood and maintained a wide circle of acquaintances. Through an unnamed Spirit Tamer cousin, he learned that Ghosts existed and personally witnessed supernatural powers. He deeply admired this cousin and wanted to become a Spirit Tamer himself, but no successful awakening is shown before his death 13 17 18 20.

Personality

Wang Ziteng is arrogant and accustomed to obedience. He berates Wu Dahai for allowing Fang Xiu onto the third floor, threatens Fang Xiu after being shoved aside, and repeatedly silences the trapped employees with shouted orders. Even after becoming dependent on Fang Xiu’s guidance, his pride makes him reluctant to ask why Fang Xiu has stopped walking 9 10 11 14.

His prior knowledge initially gives him more composure than the other employees, but that confidence deteriorates as people disappear. His excitement at a possible chance to awaken Spirituality gives way to panic when he faces an actual Ghost 11 13.

Self-preservation takes priority over his attachments and claimed leadership. He gathers people partly to use their deaths to discover the Ghost’s rules, throws Li Feifei aside while escaping, and deliberately turns the group against Fang Xiu to make him the next sacrifice 11 14 18.

Abilities & Skills

Supernatural Knowledge

Wang Ziteng’s knowledge comes from his Spirit Tamer cousin rather than personal supernatural abilities 11 12.

• Ghost Domain recognition: Identifies suppressed light and lost phone signals as evidence that the group has entered a Ghost Domain 11.
• Survival rules: Explains that ordinary people must observe a Ghost’s killing rules and avoid triggering them; warns against wandering or touching things carelessly 11.
• Spirituality awakening: Describes awakening as requiring a near-death ordeal and the intrusion of a Ghost’s power into the mind. He also explains the resulting enhanced physical abilities, sharpened senses, and unique ability 12.
• Ghost Hitting the Wall: Recognizes the looping stairwell as a Ghost-induced phenomenon, although Fang Xiu—not Wang Ziteng—finds its exit 16 17.
• Limitations: Admits that he does not fully understand Spirituality. His attempt to awaken it while trapped in the stairwell produces no documented result 12 17.

Social Manipulation

His upbringing gives him practical knowledge of how to direct people under pressure 18.

• Uses his social standing to silence the employees and establish himself as their leader 11.
• Blames Fang Xiu for the dead-end route to prepare the group to accept sacrificing him 18.
• Calls on Wu Dahai by name when the others hesitate, assigning responsibility to a specific person rather than appealing vaguely to the crowd 18 19.

Relationships

• Unnamed father — Hundred Willows Academy’s developer and the founder of its sales team; the source of Wang Ziteng’s privileged position 9.
• Unnamed cousin — A Spirit Tamer whom Wang Ziteng admires; teaches him about Ghost Domains, killing rules, Spirituality, and Ghost Hitting the Wall 11 12 13 16.
• Li Feifei — Star salesperson found hastily dressing with him in the third-floor office. She later clings to him for protection, but he throws her aside when the Female Doctor appears 9 13 14.
• Wu Dahai — Deferential sales manager who follows his orders and helps force Fang Xiu out of the storage room as a sacrifice 9 11 18 19.
• Fang Xiu — Adversary whose guidance Wang Ziteng eventually relies upon. Wang Ziteng sacrifices him in an erased timeline; after Death Rollback, Fang Xiu retaliates and kills him 13 17 18 19 20.
• Zhao Hao — Fang Xiu’s friend. Wang Ziteng shoves him aside during his escape, and Zhao Hao later charges at Wang Ziteng to stop him from sacrificing Fang Xiu 15 18.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Sales Office and Ghost Domain

• Fang Xiu discovers Wang Ziteng and Li Feifei hastily dressing in the third-floor office while searching for the hospital director’s desk. Wang Ziteng’s attempt to confront him is interrupted by the power outage 9 10.
• After the phones lose signal, Wang Ziteng reveals the existence of Ghosts and Spirit Tamers. His explanation gives Fang Xiu a possible means of gaining the power to fight Ghosts 11 12.
• He initially forbids anyone from leaving, but follows Fang Xiu after another employee disappears 13.

Hospital Escape

• When the Female Doctor appears, Wang Ziteng is the first to flee, throwing Li Feifei to the floor and pushing past Zhao Hao 14 15.
• His group becomes trapped in a looping stairwell. After Fang Xiu locates a concealed iron door, Wang Ziteng rushes through first and later asks Fang Xiu which passage to take 16 17.
• The chosen route ends at a storage room. Wang Ziteng exploits the Ghost’s interval between killings by proposing that Fang Xiu be sacrificed so the others can escape 18.

Betrayal and Death

• In the erased timeline, Wang Ziteng and Wu Dahai force Fang Xiu outside and hold the door shut. Wang Ziteng runs out after the Female Doctor decapitates Fang Xiu 19.
• After Death Rollback, Wang Ziteng mistakes Fang Xiu’s foreknowledge for awakened Spirituality and offers him five million to secure his escape. Fang Xiu instead severely injures Wang Ziteng’s groin, leaving him unable to move 19.
• Wang Ziteng tries to grab Fang Xiu’s trouser leg and drag him down with him. Fang Xiu pins his hand underfoot, asks whether he likes his repayment, and kills him with a silver flash 20.