Fatty Lei

Biodata

Background / History

Before the apocalypse, Lei Hao lived in Golden Residential Community and entered the workforce immediately after high school. His experience was chiefly as a subordinate; the closest he had come to management was looking after his younger siblings at home 22 24 28.

At the Shopping Mall survivor camp, he explained local survivors’ circumstances to Lu Li and asked whether he intended to stay. He subsequently helped Lu Li settle in by calling him to meals, explaining the remaining water supply, and taking him to collect toiletries 3 6 7.

Appearance

• Heavyset build: Described as chubby, bulky, and normally slow. He considers himself especially vulnerable to flying Pokémon because of his size 3 13 19.
• Unexpected speed under threat: During the rooftop Zubat encounter, he briefly overtakes Lu Li while fleeing 20.
• Later appearance: His face is described as greasy when he tearfully appeals to Lu Li for help 130.

Personality

Fatty Lei is strongly survival-minded. He rejects plans that expose him to Pokémon, including fetching water from the Aquarium and visiting the rooftop merely to bathe. His fear can overwhelm his judgment: during the Zubat attack, he runs too far ahead to hear Lu Li’s instructions and continues moving when the others stop 13 20 27.

He is socially shrewd despite his limited leadership experience. He understands how to please superiors, accepts a dangerous mission when it offers a route to authority, and avoids correcting Lu Li when given instructions he has already carried out. He also recognizes when Lu Li wants a conversation ended and pulls Huang Jiafei away before he can become irritating 19 21 28.

His loyalty to Jun Shutong combines genuine affection with dependence on her protection. He volunteers to take her place on the first arcade visit and becomes distraught when her hotel expedition fails to return. Although he values the security her leadership gives him, the narration explicitly identifies his concern for her as sincere 16 36.

He resents shortsighted survivors who assume the Federation will rescue them without considering dwindling resources. Watching Pokémon kill people leaves him increasingly pessimistic, and he asks Lu Li whether humanity still has any hope 6 26 33.

Abilities & Skills

Camp Administration

• Handles routine camp affairs without mistakes during the early crisis, leading Jun Shutong to consider formally placing him in charge of daily operations 19.
• Controls personnel dispatch and arranges workers for kitchen duties, water collection, and research-material retrieval 27 45.
• Clears three shops for water storage and prepares hot bathwater before the supply team returns 28.
• Quickly assembles fourteen people to retrieve bottled water from Entrance Seven 28.
• Has limited experience calming frightened crowds; Lu Li reprimands him after Liu Li takes the initiative during a tremor 24.

Information Gathering

• Has observers track attempted crossings from Star Sea Residential Community and provides Lu Li with a notebook and video documenting deaths 26.
• Organizes records of nearby Pokémon sightings and supplies Lu Li with a marked map 33.
• Locates elderly survivors with farming experience when Lu Li asks for help growing plants; afterward, Lu Li assigns him a broader survey of residents’ skills 31.
• Reports missing scavengers, new arrivals, supply shortages, and Pokémon activity to the camp leadership 9 19 33 57.

Social Judgment

• Understands workplace hierarchy and deliberately treats already-completed preparations as compliance with Lu Li’s orders 28.
• Persuades An Kang’s family to conceal Anke Camp’s abuses, knowing Jun Shutong might endanger herself by intervening 23.
• Prevents Huang Jiafei from prolonging a conversation after Lu Li dismisses the group 21.

Equipment / Items

• Walkie-talkie: Used for meal announcements and communication with camp members; he gives Lu Li a radio for the Berthing Hotel investigation 6 36.
• Mobile phone: Holds an observer’s video of a survivor’s unexplained death, which Lu Li examines for signs of poisoning 26.
• Observation notebook: Records dangerous incidents involving people trying to reach the mall 26.
• Pokémon-sighting map: Marks areas where nearby Magical Beasts have been observed 33.

Relationships

• Jun Shutong — Camp leader whom he calls “Sister Jun.” She trusts him with daily operations and names him temporary leader if she and Lu Li fail to return from the arcade. She later saves him from Zubat 16 19 20.
• Lu Li — Friend and superior. Lu Li values his administrative work but also deliberately uses him as potential bait. Fatty Lei both courts his favor and fears the prospect of serving under such a calculating leader 18 19 21 23.
• Huang Jiafei / Yellow Hair — Fellow survivor with whom he exchanges news and banter. Huang criticizes his panicked flight from Zubat; Fatty Lei later steers him away from offending their leaders 21 39.
• An Kang and his family — Newcomers he introduces to Lu Li. He previously stops An Kang from entering the dangerous basement supermarket and later secures the family’s silence about Anke Camp 22 23.
• Mei Run — One of his girlfriends. He becomes disgruntled when she and his other girlfriends excitedly fawn over Lu Li 73.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Camp Crisis

Fatty Lei serves as a regular link between Lu Li, Jun Shutong, and the survivors. He notices that Huang Jiafei’s team has missed mealtime and identifies the arcade as their likely destination. When Huang Jiafei and Old Xu return looking severely depleted, he initially fears they are ghosts before fetching Jun Shutong 9 14.

Under the plan to feed Mimikyu human fear and despair, he draws the sixteenth sacrifice group, placing his turn fifteen days away. Despite his own fear, he offers to replace Jun Shutong on her initial visit; she refuses and instead designates him to lead the camp temporarily if she does not return 15 16.

Rooftop Water-Tank Mission

Lu Li recruits Fatty Lei for the nighttime mission to open the rooftop tank, presenting it as an opportunity to earn recognition as administrator. Behind that justification, Lu Li also intends his bulky companion to serve as a decoy if a predator appears 19 21.

When the dropped tank lid attracts Zubat, Fatty Lei keeps running because he is too far ahead to hear the order to stop. Jun Shutong shoots Zubat’s wing, disrupting its flight long enough for him to reach the emergency stairwell. Back at camp, he thanks her and asks Lu Li not to use him as bait again 20 21.

Water Collection and Camp Support

During the rain, Fatty Lei coordinates storage, workers, and preparations for the returning supply team. He helps retrieve bottled water and later directs newly arrived survivors to hot baths and ginger tea 28 30.

His duties expand to tracking Pokémon threats, finding residents with useful skills, and monitoring the prisoners assigned to replace ordinary residents as Mimikyu’s sacrifices. Nevertheless, limited supplies and continuing arrivals leave him doubtful about the camp’s long-term prospects 31 33.

Berthing Hotel Emergency

When Jun Shutong’s squad remains missing and fails to answer radio calls, Fatty Lei urgently alerts Lu Li and offers to assemble companions for a rescue. Lu Li instead investigates alone. After the group returns safely, Fatty Lei begs Jun Shutong to stop personally gathering supplies, but she refuses 36 39.

Later Loss of Position

Fatty Lei chooses not to leave with Lu Li. By their later meeting, he has suffered misfortune and lost his former position. Lu Li considers helping him again, interpreting his plight as evidence that authority without personal strength is insecure. Fatty Lei asks for his old job back, but Lu Li turns toward Kang’an without answering 130.

Notable Quotes

“Brother Lu, please don't call me for anything like this again. Being bait is way too much trouble. It's not my fault I'm fat.” 21

“Brother Lu, do you think humanity still has any hope?” 26

Trivia

• He has read numerous post-apocalyptic novels, which help him imagine the abuses described at Anke Camp 23.
• After Pokémon arrive, he begins pinning his hopes on God and prays nervously during the rooftop mission 20.
• He eagerly accepts a taste of Lu Li’s expensive Romanée-Conti wine, producing a spotless wineglass from his clothes 67.