Lu Heng

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Life Before the Awakening

Lu Heng worked rotating night shifts on an assembly line and lived in a rented room. After completing a month of night work, he bought alcohol to relax during two days off. He fell asleep and awoke on frozen ground, where an announcement revealed that humanity had been randomly scattered across different environments and had to survive to qualify for the next reincarnation 1.

He initially resented the abrupt loss of his ordinary life. However, he also recognized that the collapse of the old world had freed him from a routine in which he had little control over his future 1 2.

First Days in the Frozen Wastes

Lu Heng arrived without shoes, wearing only thin cotton socks. He padded them with dry grass and reached a cramped hollow in an earthen cliff, prioritizing protection from the wind over panic or speculation 1.

His first major fight was against a wounded wild dog. He blocked its bite with a stone, pinned it beneath his body, and waited for its strength to fail before killing it with repeated blows. The encounter left him exhausted and forced him to confront how little his previous life had prepared him for survival 3 4.

At the forest’s edge, he established a temporary cave shelter. With no fire available, he ate raw dog meat, which caused abdominal pain and digestive trouble. His search for alternative food exposed his lack of knowledge about native plants, making the Frost Forest Plant Guide a crucial discovery 5 6 7 8.

Establishing a Foothold

After killing a venomous snake, Lu Heng found a dry, elevated cliffside recess and formally bound it as his residence. Its defensible position and shelter-construction interface gave him a permanent base to improve 9.

He defended his supplies from wildlife, cooked his first hot meals over a stone-lined fire pit, and killed a Coldspine Badger without damaging his remaining stone axe. Encounters with Cold Stiffs prompted him to carry a backup spear, conceal his routes, and avoid leading pursuers home 12 13 15 16.

Treasure chests supplied a processing table, stronger tools, footwear, and additional storage. He crafted a bone dagger and gathered the logs and stone needed for shelter improvements, despite exhaustion and bloodied hands 16 17 18 19.

Swamp Expeditions and Winter Preparations

Lu Heng nearly sank into a swamp but escaped by spreading his weight across the mud and using a stored log for support. During a later encounter, he killed a pursuing Swamp Poison Lizard by combining a falling boulder, axe wounds, and evasive movement through rocky terrain 21 22.

Further exploration yielded medicinal herbs, insect repellents, armor blueprints, a crossbow, and the Body Enhancement Potion. He withdrew after seeing a Swamp Python constrict an adult poison lizard, deciding that his collected supplies did not justify another gamble 24 25.

Following Mosswool Sheep rather than attacking them led him to a natural salt deposit. He collected mineral supplies and later processed salt-bearing ore into coarse salt 27 29.

Jackals, Cold Stiffs, and the Spotted Leopard

A Blue-Backed Jackal pack trapped Lu Heng in a tree as temperatures dropped. Ordinary bolts could not reliably stop the pack, so he coated his remaining ammunition with Cold Stiff poison. This broke the siege and earned him a Bronze Treasure Chest for eliminating the pack occupying the Frost Forest outskirts 31 32 33.

The rewards introduced breath cultivation and a Spirit-Breaking weapon. An underwater treasure chest later supplied additional storage, water-related equipment, and a saber technique. His first attempts to use that technique against Cold Stiffs remained awkward, and he repeatedly credited his survival to his armor and weapon rather than mastery 34 38 39 40 42.

While gathering stone, Lu Heng encountered a Black Iron-grade Spotted Leopard. He wounded it with his blade and restrained it after losing his weapon, surviving a prolonged close-quarters struggle. After killing it, he concealed his tracks and returned home badly injured and exhausted 45 46 48.

Consuming the leopard’s core substantially strengthened him. He then gathered the remaining stone for an Advanced Shelter, completed the upgrade, and replaced his ruined bone dagger with one made from leopard bones 49 50.

Personality

Lu Heng is cautious, resource-conscious, and willing to abandon an expedition when its risks outweigh its rewards. He checks shelter sites and treasure chests for danger, stops gathering when exhaustion threatens his return journey, and avoids stronger creatures when fighting offers no necessary benefit 9 17 24 25 43.

His courage develops through necessity rather than an absence of fear. Early encounters leave him trembling, tearful, or weak-legged, but he repeatedly forces himself to act. He becomes especially resolute when defending his food and shelter, refusing to let animals repeatedly test his boundaries 4 8 9 13.

He is also self-critical. After failed weapon handling and awkward saber movements, he identifies his mistakes and adjusts his preparations. He treats backup weapons, practiced techniques, and careful resource allocation as more dependable than luck 15 22 33 39 42.

Abilities & Skills

Basic Breath Cultivation Method

A cultivation method that uses controlled breathing to absorb small amounts of environmental energy and nourish his body 34.

• Requires sustained attention because its rhythm conflicts with his habitual breathing 35.
• Can be practiced inside his shelter; he maintains it even while Cold Stiffs batter the barricaded entrance 42.

Flowing Water Saber Technique

A blade technique acquired from the Springwater Treasure Chest and practiced with the Bronze Hunting Blade 38 39.

• Provides movements for blocking, deflecting, and counterattacking at close range 40 42.
• Initially remains unreliable under pressure: he remembers the forms but cannot smoothly coordinate his hands and feet 39.
• Has not reached proficiency in the documented encounters 42.

Improvised Combat

Lu Heng compensates for limited training by exploiting terrain, reach, weak points, and an opponent’s exhaustion 3 22 36 40.

• Grappling: Pins the wild dog, kills the Coldspine Badger through repeated slams, and restrains the Spotted Leopard in a head-and-neck lock 3 13 46.
• Terrain use: Drops a loose boulder onto the Swamp Poison Lizard and circles obstacles while it bleeds 22.
• Weak-point attacks: Targets Cold Stiff joints and the Black Iron leader’s central energy channel 15 40.
• Weapon selection: Uses his long wooden spear against a venomous snake when shorter weapons would leave him dangerously close 36.

Poison Use

Lu Heng preserves monster-derived poison as a reserve weapon rather than treating every encounter as a contest of strength 33.

• Coats crossbow ammunition with Cold Stiff poison to paralyze the jackals surrounding him 33.
• Saves the Cave-Nest Spider Poison Gland for more dangerous, higher-tier opponents 33.
• Cold Stiff poison causes bodily stiffness and continuing stamina loss; no antidote is identified in its description 16.

Wilderness Survival and Crafting

His practical knowledge grows through experimentation, reference guides, and system-assisted processing 8 18 29.

• Foraging and medicine: Identifies edible plants and collects herbs for muscle strain, bleeding, and insect deterrence 8 22 24 25.
• Navigation: Makes discreet tree markings, later placing them higher to remain visible above deep snow 16 42.
• Concealment: Takes detours after fights and erases snowy footprints with falling snow and improvised branch brooms 16 48.
• Crafting: Uses the processing table to manufacture bone daggers and prepares protective equipment and insect repellent 18 29 50.
• Food processing: Roasts meat, seasons it with White Salt Mugwort, and extracts coarse salt from ore 12 29.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Survival Bracelet — Provides environmental information, communications, trading, appraisal, storage, corpse dismantling, and shelter-management interfaces. Its original ten storage slots receive five permanent additional slots after his Black Iron chest milestone 1 9 17.
• Stone axes and Iron Axe — Early defensive and gathering tools. He carefully preserves his second stone axe before obtaining an iron replacement 13 17.
• Wooden spear — Handmade backup and reach weapon. He crafts a replacement after one breaks during the poison-lizard fight 15 22 24.
• Crossbows — Obtains a light crossbow with twelve arrows and later keeps a Black Iron Wood Short-Handled Crossbow with bone bolts 24 29.
• Bronze Hunting Blade — A dedicated melee weapon with bronze’s inherent Spirit-Breaking property, allowing counteracting damage against supernatural creatures 34.
• Bone daggers — His first dagger eventually serves mainly as a light cutting tool and is ruined during the leopard encounter. He replaces it with a dagger processed from Spotted Leopard bones 47 50.
• Soft Leather Armor — Protects his upper body and helps him survive impacts during the Spotted Leopard fight 29 46.
• Resilient Spirit-Protective Cloth Outfit — Wind- and cold-resistant clothing that also resists supernatural corrosion; initially stored for later use 34.
• Clear Spirit Water-Pattern Necklace — Contains storage slots used for spare herbs and small hide scraps, freeing space in his bracelet 38 39.
• Load-bearing, anti-slip protective gloves — Black Iron work gloves that reduce friction, cuts, frostbite, and strain during quarrying and carrying 44.
• Reference books and notes — Includes the Frost Forest Plant Guide, Frost Forest Beast Compendium, and salt-purification instructions 8 24 29.

Shelter Development

Notable Quotes

“First, shelter from the wind. Then, stay alive.”
— Lu Heng’s immediate priority after awakening 1

“I can endure an injury, but I will never accept being pushed around.”
— His resolve when defending his meal from the Coldspine Badger 13