Yi Feng

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Early life

Yi Feng learned lockpicking as a child and only later entered what the narration calls a “respectable” trade. His experience getting by on the streets gave him strong conversational instincts and an ability to obtain information quickly 19 26.

Survival in the Abyss

During the Abyss disaster, Yi Feng sheltered in Room 1708. His lockpicking skills kept him supplied with food, but Brother Ji’s men pressured him to join Chen Laohu’s fitness-club faction. Knowing Chen Laohu’s reputation, he refused and warned Lin Hao about him from behind his security door 14 16.

After Lin Hao defeated the men, Yi Feng volunteered to open apartments for supplies and follow his lead. Lin Hao brought him to Room 2318 but withheld a firm commitment while assessing his character 16.

Yi Feng became central to the group’s scavenging operations: Lin Hao cleared the Madmen, while Yi Feng opened security doors and helped collect supplies. He defended their haul when Zhong Yong and other residents demanded a share, then accompanied Lin Hao and Zhou Feng into Zhong Yong’s apartment after the confrontation 17 18.

As more survivors joined them, Yi Feng and Zhou Feng led scavenging teams. One search yielded two 500-gram gold bars, jewelry, and a Rolex from a safe. Lin Hao offered him the watch, but Yi Feng declined, saying his ordinary mechanical watch worked adequately 19.

Journey to Great Qi

After a flood reached the building’s second floor, Yi Feng reported that the clubhouse had likely flooded, creating an opportunity to approach the Teleportation Point. He helped lead the residents toward it during Lin Hao’s confrontation with Chen Laohu, then teleported with Lin Hao, Zhao Xiaowen, and Nie Yi 20 21 22.

Initially, Great Qi’s countryside struck him as a paradise compared with the Abyss. At Dam Market, he quickly gathered information about local gangs, their martial strength, and influential figures such as Yin Saide and Wu Xin. His findings helped Lin Hao assess the local balance of power before enrolling all four travelers at the Wu Family Martial Arts School 23 26.

Yi Feng shared a room with Lin Hao and received access to the blue Crouching Tiger Staff for training. Although his martial practice was inconsistent, he continued developing his conditioning while becoming Lin Hao’s main source of news about Dam Market and the surrounding region 29 31 35.

Abduction and recovery

The Beggar Gang abducted Yi Feng after separating him from Qian Tao through a false message about trouble at Qian Tao’s home. His captors questioned him about the group’s wealth and tried to make him lure Lin Hao outside. They beat him, forced chili water down his throat, and broke one of his legs 36.

Qin Sicheng led apprentices to recover him, while Qian Tao fought a formal bout. The school secured ten taels in compensation and had the attacker’s leg broken. Lin Hao accepted the settlement but remained unwilling to let the incident rest 36.

Wu Xin found that Yi Feng’s joints and fascia were intact and that Qin Sicheng had set the bone promptly. She expected an almost complete recovery without harm to his martial arts practice, provided he rested. Yi Feng declined Lin Hao’s offer to evacuate and use Wish Power healing, choosing natural recovery instead. He remained on a crutch when Lin Hao departed for the County Examination 37 45.

Appearance

Yi Feng is a young, scrawny man standing only slightly over 160 centimeters tall. His shifty-looking facial features give him a somewhat comical appearance 16.

• Slight build: His short stature and limited strength make a steel pipe less effective for him than a spear 17.
• Great Qi disguise: Wears a deliberately drab gray robe that makes him resemble an odd-job servant 21.
• During recovery: Has a bruised, swollen face and a splinted leg immediately after his rescue; later walks with a crutch 36 45.

Personality

Yi Feng is streetwise, talkative, and attentive to social cues. He quickly recognizes Lin Hao as a valuable protector, but also appreciates his generosity toward people who cannot offer much in return. He worries about being discarded once his lockpicking becomes less useful and is deeply grateful when Lin Hao keeps him on the teleportation team and shares valuable training equipment 16 19 21 29.

His survival instincts are stronger than his enthusiasm for painful training. He tries to avoid Wu Deshui’s initiation, practices sporadically, and favors footwork that will help him escape danger. Nevertheless, he continues training under encouragement and routinely brings back useful intelligence. He usually takes Qian Tao along on outings for protection rather than venturing out alone 30 31 35.

He enjoys listening to music, drinking tea, and gossiping, but declines Luo Hong’s invitation to gamble and visit a brothel. Even after his leg is broken, he jokes about going out to listen to songs again—a remark Lin Hao recognizes as an attempt to reassure him 31 33 37.

Abilities & Skills

Lockpicking

Yi Feng’s professional expertise is his principal contribution during the apartment-building scavenging phase 16 19.

• Opens apartment security doors with attribute-enhanced lockpicks almost as quickly as using a key 17.
• Gives the group access to enough food to maintain substantial reserves and trade with other survivors 18.
• His gray-quality lockpick provides lockpicking bonuses rather than combat abilities 16.

Information Gathering

Yi Feng excels at getting people to talk and assembling useful local intelligence 26.

• Rapidly learns the origins, reputations, and relative strength of Dam Market’s rival gangs 26.
• Investigates influential martial artists and the Grain Transport Gang’s leadership 26.
• Keeps Lin Hao informed about school members, Hidden Force practice, evacuation timing, and regional fighting 35.
• His reports are useful but not automatically reliable; the narration explicitly notes that his early findings may not all be accurate 26.

Martial Arts and Footwork

Yi Feng studies Crouching Tiger Fist and trains with Crouching Tiger Staff equipment, while placing particular emphasis on his legs and escape-oriented footwork 30 31.

• Receives instruction from Wu Deshui, Qin Sicheng, and occasionally Qian Tao 30 31.
• Uses skill-bearing equipment to accelerate practice and improve his physical constitution 31 35 37.
• Can occasionally coordinate Whole-Body Force, but cannot reproduce it reliably enough for combat 35.
• A staff’s granted Proficient technique does not establish that his unaided technique has reached the same level 35.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Lockpicking kit — Contains a gray-quality lockpick with lockpicking bonuses. Lin Hao leaves it with him because it is more useful to a professional locksmith 16.
• Homemade spear — A fruit knife tied to a wooden table leg with a shoelace; chosen to compensate for his poor effectiveness with a steel pipe 17.
• Shared blue Crouching Tiger Staff — Lin Hao allows him to take turns using the skill-bearing staff rather than keeping it exclusively for himself 29 31.
• Proficient-skill Crouching Tiger Staff — Used during his later daily practice and occasional Whole-Body Force activation 35.
• Mechanical watch — His existing watch, which he cites when declining Lin Hao’s offer of a scavenged Rolex 19.
• Crutch — Used while recovering from the Beggar Gang’s attack 45.

Relationships

• Lin Hao — Leader, protector, roommate, and training partner. Initially cautious about trusting Yi Feng, Lin Hao comes to value his intelligence work and refuses to discard him after the apartment scavenging phase 16 21 26 29 35.
• Zhou Feng — Fellow scavenging leader. They help organize supply collection while Lin Hao clears threats from the upper floors 19.
• Qian Tao — Friend, occasional instructor, and companion on outings. Yi Feng relies on his protection; Qian Tao helps rescue him after the Beggar Gang separates them 31 35 36.
• Qin Sicheng — Footwork instructor and rescuer. Leads the apprentices who recover Yi Feng and promptly sets his broken leg 31 36 37.
• Wu Deshui — Martial arts teacher who puts him through the Crouching Tiger Fist’s painful foundational stance initiation 30.
• Wu Xin — Senior sister who assesses his injury and explains the conditions for recovery without lasting damage to his martial practice 37.
• Zhao Xiaowen and Nie Yi — Fellow members of the four-person teleportation party and fellow students at the martial arts school 21 22 27.
• Chen Laohu and Brother Ji — Hostile recruiters whose pressure drives Yi Feng to seek Lin Hao’s protection 14 16.
• Luo Hong — Fellow apprentice whose invitation to gambling and a brothel Yi Feng declines and reports to Lin Hao 33.
• Beggar Gang — Captors who torture him in an attempt to reach Lin Hao and learn about the group’s wealth 36.

Notable Quotes

“Brother Lin, lockpicking is about all I’m good at. I can help you open the other apartments and get supplies. I’ll be following your lead from now on!” 16

“Man, I just realized this place is practically paradise. I don’t even want to go back anymore.” 23

“Master, I’m scared of pain...” 30