Xu Jiawei

Biodata

Background / History

Xu Jiawei was robbed of survival supplies when she first became a player, but recovered her losses through later Instances. By the events of Nether God Sacrifice, she had participated in dozens of Instances 22 38.

She received information about her faction before entering Xu Family Village. Recognizing that her side had an initial advantage in knowledge and NPC support, she planned to control the uninformed outsiders quickly, before they could discover their role as sacrifices and organize resistance 40.

Appearance

• Face: Described as exceptionally beautiful, with delicate features and light makeup 21 24 26.
• Hair and eyes: Long black hair, dark eyes, and thick lashes 35 40.
• Hands: Slender hands with dark red nails; her nails are linked to her water ghosts 31 44 45.
• Presentation: Carefully styled and poised; she restores her seductive appearance after her apparent breakdown 31.
• Escape injuries: Loses one arm and one leg to Blind Fish, while half her scalp is torn away. She nevertheless reaches the exit alive 47.

Personality

Xu Jiawei presents herself as playful, confident, and openly flirtatious. She repeatedly calls Shao Lan “honey” or “hubby,” proposes sharing their bed, and enjoys expensive snacks, cosmetics, and clothing despite the danger of the Instance. Her stated attitude is that even an impending apocalypse would not stop her from pursuing handsome men 21 23 31.

Her flirtatious persona also conceals a calculating strategist. She uses deception to gain trust, treats allies as expendable when necessary, and becomes coldly intimidating when challenged. Although Shao Lan’s counterattacks unsettle her, she refuses to accept defeat—even after losing her faction and suffering catastrophic injuries 26 36 39 47.

Abilities & Skills

Water Ghost Control

Xu Jiawei can summon and command four female water ghosts. Shao Lan identifies them as her servants rather than monsters belonging to the Instance; she regards them as her last trump card 45.

• Capture: The ghosts seize Qin Ning underwater and attempt to drag the escape boat back to shore 45.
• Regeneration: Severed hands regrow almost immediately, making repeated saber strikes ineffective at stopping them 45.
• Protection: The remaining ghosts shield Xu Jiawei during her passage through the Blind Fish. The final ghost throws her toward the exit whirlpool 47.
• Nail connection: When one ghost is destroyed, her left ring finger bleeds, a red nail falls off, and she suffers excruciating pain. She later touches a fingernail to dismiss the final ghost 45 47.
• Limits: Blind Fish can tear the ghosts apart. Shao Lan exploits this by marking a ghost with Xu Xiaocai’s blood to attract them 45.

Deception and Acting

Xu Jiawei convincingly performs the role of an endangered fellow player, delaying Shao Lan’s recognition that she belongs to the opposing faction 39.

• Pretends that the Sacrificial Song has made her hallucinate, encouraging Shao Lan to regard her as another victim 25 39.
• Forges room-name inscriptions and helps present them as a compulsory Instance rule 39 40.
• Uses flirtatious conversation to ask Shao Lan for his discoveries and plans 31.

Strategy and Leadership

Shao Lan calls Xu Jiawei her faction’s “MVP” and their greatest opponent. Her strategy combines isolation, misinformation, and the village’s support 39 40.

• Pairs each outsider with a Xu faction member, restricting communication between potential sacrifices 40.
• Orders Xu Nan to disappear so she can blame him for Song Liru’s and Zhang Fang’s disappearances 36.
• Recognizes the sea as Shao Lan’s escape route and orders the destruction of every boat, including small rafts 38 40.
• Adapts Xu Gao’s blood-decoy tactic to force her own way through the Blind Fish 47.

Instance Knowledge and Faction Traits

• Healing knowledge: Explains that surviving players’ injuries reset when entering an Instance or returning to the building 21.
• Resource use: Takes advantage of her assigned identity’s money and credit card to buy supplies without needing to repay the debt before leaving 21.
• Sacrificial Song immunity: As a member of the Xu Family Village faction, she is unaffected by the song 39.
• Sea vulnerability: Blind Fish target sighted Xu family members, preventing her faction from safely pursuing outsiders into the sea 40.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Knife: Carries a knife when ostensibly going to question Xu Nan about Zhang Fang’s disappearance 35.
• Bronze Vase: Picks up a heavy vase while announcing her intention to kill Zhang Fang 25.
• Kettle of boiling water: Attempts to scald Zhang Fang’s throat to stop his singing; Xu Nan intervenes before she can do so 26.
• Shopping supplies: Purchases imported snacks, milk tea, face masks, essential oils, skincare products, makeup, and two mink coats 21.
• Cigarettes: Smokes a slim women’s cigarette while directing Xu Nan to take the blame 36.
• Rope: Uses a rope to drag the wounded village chief behind her as bait during her final escape 47.

Relationships

• Shao Lan — Assigned partner and roommate, then her principal adversary. She initially flirts with him and seeks his information; he eventually exposes her scheme. They acknowledge each other as terrifying opponents before she escapes 21 23 31 39 47.
• Qin Ning — Opposing-faction player whose fighting ability and distrust make her difficult to control. Xu Jiawei’s ghosts attack her during the sea escape 36 45.
• Xu Nan — Faction ally who follows her instructions through a secret arrangement. She makes him a scapegoat to protect her own cover 35 36.
• Xu Jiaojiao — Faction teammate who helps enforce the forged room assignments and participates in preparing sacrifices 39 40.
• Xu Zijian — Faction teammate involved in Song Liru’s contamination. The incorrectly carved character in his name exposes a flaw in Xu Jiawei’s forged inscriptions 39 40.
• Village Chief — NPC collaborator who helps her destroy the village’s boats. She later binds him and cuts his neck artery, sacrificing him as a blood decoy for her escape 43 47.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arrival and False Cooperation

• Introduces herself to Shao Lan, teaches him basic Instance mechanics, and shops with him before reaching Xu Family Village 21.
• Gives chips to an eyeless child, attracting a crowd that surrounds their car 22.
• Leaves the group under the pretext of finding a bathroom while they drink tea. Shao Lan later identifies this as her opportunity to carve the false room assignments 23 39.
• Shares the Moon Viewing room with Shao Lan. He sees her apparent corpse in the bathtub, but disproves the hallucination by finding a contradiction between two mirrors 23 24 25.

Manipulating the Investigation

• Appears to hallucinate that Shao Lan is dead, then seemingly recovers after he knocks her unconscious and pricks her fingertip. Her supposed susceptibility to the song is later exposed as an act 25 39.
• Threatens to kill Zhang Fang, attempts to silence him with boiling water, and forces Xu Nan to promise to keep him from singing 25 26.
• Helps review the players’ timelines, directing suspicion over Song Liru’s disappearance toward Xu Nan and Qin Ning 28.
• Secretly instructs Xu Nan to vanish so both disappearances can be blamed on him 36.

Exposure and Failed Containment

• Shao Lan hides Xu Nan in a fishing boat’s bait barrel, where Blind Fish devour him. The spectacle gives Shao Lan and Qin Ning an opening to slip away from Xu Jiawei 38.
• Realizing that Shao Lan has uncovered her scheme, she orders the boats burned. Some villagers secretly preserve theirs, undermining her blockade 38 43.
• Becomes the only surviving Xu faction player after Xu Zijian and Xu Jiaojiao die 44.
• Deploys her water ghosts against the escaping boat, but Shao Lan turns the Blind Fish against them. One ghost is destroyed, and she recalls the remaining three 44 45.

Desperate Escape

• After seeing Xu Gao distract the Blind Fish with his blood, she binds the village chief and slits his neck artery to create a similar diversion 47.
• Forces her way to the exit without a boat, protected by her remaining ghosts. Despite losing an arm, a leg, and part of her scalp, she reaches the whirlpool and leaves the Instance 47.

Notable Quotes

“What do we live for? To have fun, of course. Even if the world ends tomorrow, that won't stop me from hitting on handsome guys.” 21

“I've taken part in dozens of Instances. He's the most terrifying opponent I've ever seen.” 38

“Shao Lan, I underestimated you. … You really are a terrifying opponent.” 47