Li Xianfeng

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Disaster response and survivor broadcasts

Li Xianfeng is introduced as the director of a special disaster response department established six hours after worldwide earthquakes and tsunamis begin. He prioritizes rescuing citizens trapped in the newly appeared Mysterious Zones. When a satellite-phone call establishes that Zhang Ming is stranded on a Pacific island, Li proposes sending broadcasts even if a physical rescue remains impossible 2.

The appearance of sixteen mirages gives his department a way to observe stranded survivors. Li reports an estimated 4,365 people across four Mysterious Zones and identifies Zhang Ming in the footage, while noting that the images appear delayed rather than live 3.

After staff locate Zhang Ming’s parents, Li instructs them to keep his situation private and explain the obstacles to rescue. With authorization for roughly one to two hours of daily satellite transmission, he takes responsibility for broadcast content: wilderness survival knowledge, world news, and information that helps survivors maintain morale 4.

He personally announces these broadcasts despite initially being unsure whether Zhang Ming can receive them. Their content later includes coconut preparation, shelter construction plans on Earth, and research explaining both the benefits and dangers of eating mutated creatures 10 11 18 23 31.

Mysterious Zone disasters

Li watches the survivors of Zone 7 die after allowing blue jellyfish to multiply. News of Mount Fuji’s eruption immediately afterward forces him to consider whether the stranded teams’ deaths are connected to disasters in their home countries. He subsequently broadcasts the proposed “theory of national fortune” as a scholarly explanation, not an established certainty 16 18.

As Zhang Ming’s food supply stabilizes, Li directs closer monitoring of the critically endangered teams in Zones 6 and 15, including their nationalities and possible disasters in their countries 25.

Zone 15’s mirage then exposes Li and the other observers to supernatural laughter that makes their bodies imitate the fishermen’s contorted dance. They regain control only when the image blurs. Li immediately begins making calls to prepare for potential disasters; subsequent reports describe a magnitude 9.7 earthquake in Great Ang and catastrophic climate risks. Watching Zhang Ming continue drying crab meat gives him a trace of courage 26 27.

Pacific expedition and failed satellite launch

Frustrated with investigations conducted entirely from offices, Li proposes tethering equipment so it can be retrieved after losing contact inside a Mysterious Zone. He later joins a Pacific expedition consisting of twenty-six ships, ten thousand military personnel, and three thousand experts 26 34.

Professor Peter Greer offers American research in exchange for satellite-survey data. Li raises concerns about hostile factions, obtains his superiors’ approval, and authorizes the exchange. He also promises to use the new research to request funding for further experiments on awakening supernatural abilities 35 36.

Li enters the Zone aboard a warship secured to vessels outside by a steel cable. Earth is invisible from within, and the crew experiences intense homesickness. Before launch, he briefs personnel on awakening symptoms and orders an immediate retreat if conditions become dangerous 38.

The rocket cannot escape the Zone’s unexpectedly deep atmosphere and powerful winds. Following Academician Ge’s advice, Li orders the fairing jettisoned and every detection system activated to salvage data before the satellite burns up. The resulting images show an apparently endless ocean and provoke overwhelming grief throughout the control room; Li orders everyone back to Earth 38 39.

Awakening and offshore development

After returning, Li loses consciousness for approximately two days and nights. On recovering, he reports enhanced eyesight, hearing, and smell, but conceals his second ability: reincarnation with his memories intact. He chooses to live his current life normally rather than pursue another incarnation 44 45.

Li then announces plans for a research base near the Pacific Mysterious Zone boundary, with supernatural training and research intended to begin within a month. His subsequent proposal calls for five enormous offshore floating platforms capable of supporting monthly deployments of thirty to fifty thousand soldiers seeking awakenings. He also proposes offering neighboring countries several thousand deployment slots as diplomatic bargaining assets 48 49.

Despite these larger responsibilities, Zhang Ming’s rescue remains a personal concern. Li consults Greer about the stranded teams and worries that rescuing everyone else would leave Zhang Ming as the sole survivor under worldwide scrutiny. Academician Ge explains that Zhang Ming’s unknown displacement and lack of transmitting equipment make locating him especially difficult 49.

Personality

Li is pragmatic about both rescue and public communication. He favors useful survival instruction over empty encouragement, refuses to divert his department toward hostile foreign commentary, and avoids revealing the mirages’ surveillance too explicitly because of the psychological pressure it would place on Zhang Ming 4 5 26.

His professional manner does not conceal his attachment to the castaway. He worries about Zhang Ming’s mental health, reacts angrily when he appears ready to provoke a giant sea turtle, and remains anxious even after psychologists explain his exploration as a response to loneliness. He later admits that he cannot sleep comfortably before bringing Zhang Ming home 3 20 37 49.

Li remains skeptical of explanations that cannot yet be tested, comparing reports of mysterious bodily warmth to fraudulent qigong claims while continuing to question researchers about supernatural mechanisms 19. His own hidden ability makes him wary of what other people might conceal. Nevertheless, he recognizes that Great Xia cannot abandon supernatural development merely because unusual powers may be dangerous 45 49.

Abilities & Skills

Extrasensory Perception

Li’s registered ability enhances his senses without placing him among the strongest known Extrasensory Perceivers 44.

• Long-distance vision: Can see much farther than before; testing confirms sensory performance several levels above ordinary humans 44.
• Enhanced hearing and smell: Both improve alongside his eyesight 44.
• Associated benefits: The registration officer explains that Extrasensory Perceivers avoid nearsightedness and age-related farsightedness and need only four hours of sleep daily 44.
• Assessment: Average within the Extrasensory Perceiver category 44.

Reincarnator

His concealed ability allows him to reincarnate after death while retaining his memories, with reincarnation limited to human civilization 45.

• Potential indefinite continuity: Li understands that he could continue reincarnating while human civilization survives and people keep having children 45.
• Not bodily invulnerability: The ability concerns rebirth after death, rather than preventing his current body from dying 45.
• Secrecy: He withholds it from the official ability database and presents himself solely as an Extrasensory Perceiver 44 45.
• No demonstrated reincarnation: He decides to disregard the ability and live his present life properly; no rebirth is shown in the supplied events 45 49.

Coordination and Scientific Communication

Li directs multidisciplinary experts and turns their findings into practical instructions and operational plans 4 25 34.

• Survival broadcasting: Oversees news and advice intended to support stranded survivors’ knowledge and morale 4 10 31.
• Indirect communication: Approves broadcasting coconut recipes in response to Zhang Ming’s beach writing, mixed with other food information to avoid exposing the full extent of observation 26.
• Expedition command: Oversees launch preparations, crew safety instructions, emergency data collection, and withdrawal from the Zone 36 38 39.
• International cooperation: Negotiates research exchange with Greer and develops proposals linking awakening opportunities to regional diplomacy 35 49.

Relationships

• Zhang Ming — Castaway whose case Li is primarily responsible for. Li supplies broadcasts, monitors his survival and mental condition, and persistently seeks a way to rescue him 3 4 26 49.
• Professor Peter Greer — American research counterpart and personal acquaintance. They arrange intelligence sharing and discuss rescue efforts and Zhang Ming’s possible multiple abilities; they get along well despite political complications 34 35 49.
• Academician Ge — Technical adviser on the satellite launch and rescue limitations. Li follows his recommendation to salvage satellite data; Ge later notices his stress and discusses the difficulty of locating Zhang Ming 38 49.
• Wang Yuheng — Expert working with Li on Zone investigations. Reports exploration results and helps devise broadcast responses to Zhang Ming’s beach messages 26 34.
• Parents — Both are alive and only in their forties. Their presence is one reason Li sees no purpose in prematurely seeking another life 45.

Notable Quotes

“Giving them enough knowledge, keeping them in a healthy frame of mind, and maintaining their fighting spirit—that's the key to survival.” 4

“In this supernatural age, past experience is no longer reliable. Imagination matters most instead.” 26

“How could I sleep before we bring Zhang Ming back?” 49