Xia Qu

Biodata

History

Death and the Werewolf Game

Xia Qu had just graduated from high school when she took Chen Li’s taxi home. An explosion blocked the road, and Chen Li drove against traffic rather than wait. According to her introduction in the Werewolf game, the taxi collided head-on with an ambulance, and she awoke in the game afterward. Chen Li, Xia Qu, and the ambulance passenger Zhu Lun had died in the same incident 4.

Assigned seat six, Xia Qu requested an ordinary Villager card because she lacked confidence in her Werewolf skills and wanted more capable players to receive the special roles. Instead, she became the Witch. Lin Jie initially suspected her role after hearing movement from her seat during the Witch’s saving phase 4 6 7.

On the first night, she used her antidote on the elderly player in seat three. Chen Li had also protected him as the Guard, triggering the game’s overhealing rule: the antidote killed a target already made safe by protection. Xia Qu did not understand this interaction, and her confusion at the man’s death became an important clue for Lin Jie 7 8 19 20.

During the discussions, she suggested testing Zhu Lun’s Seer claim by asking him to describe his investigation, as the players had done with Li Xin. She subsequently voted to execute Zhu Lun, who was actually a Villager. Later, she supported Lin Jie as the good faction’s leader and joined the unanimous decision to forgo an execution 11 14 17 18.

Lin Jie eventually identified her as the Witch through her reactions and knowledge of the unused poison. Xia Qu admitted that she blamed herself for the failed rescue and had not dared poison anyone. He reassured her that withholding the poison had been the correct decision. When he exposed God as the only werewolf, she overcame her fear and became the second player to vote for number zero 19 21.

Apparent Return and Lost Memories

During Lin Jie’s apparent return to reality, Xia Qu again rode in Chen Li’s taxi. She repeatedly asked him to slow down and suggested waiting at the roadblock. This time, the taxi narrowly avoided the ambulance before losing control and plunging into a lake 26.

When Lin Jie encountered her in the next game, Xia Qu showed no recognition of him and introduced herself as a first-time player. Chen Li likewise appeared to have forgotten the Werewolf game. Later, Zhou Yun told Lin Jie that supposed returns to reality were Administrator-created illusions; the supplied account does not explain Xia Qu’s missing memories 28 29 39.

Human-Ghost Game

Xia Qu participated in White Rabbit’s Green-rated Human-Ghost Game as a Human. She accepted Lin Jie’s rotating talisman strategy, submitting the red talisman while Chen Li submitted blue during their assigned round 29 32 33.

When Lin Jie revealed himself as the Little Ghost, she was initially stunned. After considering his replacement All-Member Coexistence Plan, she concluded that the two factions did not have to be irreconcilable enemies. She cast a multicolored talisman to join him, briefly feeling that his appearance against the flames was something she had seen before 34.

The completed ritual made Lin Jie the sole winner, but Xia Qu, Lin Zhi, Chen Li, and Yu Ze were exempted from the death penalty. Xia Qu defended the Coexistence Plan afterward, reminding Chen Li that they might otherwise have died. Lin Jie offered to share both money and lifespan, but Fox revealed that lifespan could not be transferred 36 37.

Rescue and Settlement in the Realm of Life

Xia Qu and Chen Li were preparing to enter another game to earn lifespan when Resistance Army soldiers breached the room and rescued them. Reunited with Lin Jie aboard a truck, she explained that their rescuers belonged to the Realm of Life. Her understanding that the resistance sought to break the Administrators’ monopoly on lifespan came from the incomplete explanation given to newcomers 39.

During One-Eyed Dragon’s attack, she and Chen Li hid among the refugees and survived. They watched Lin Jie unleash his God Tier Mutation from a distance before continuing with the group to the Realm of Life 44.

Feng Qiu escorted the refugees to civilian housing, where Xia Qu received room 308 beside Lin Zhi’s room 307. When Lin Zhi later screamed upon finding her bloodied brother inside, Xia Qu immediately called from next door to check on her 46.

Personality

Xia Qu is socially anxious, especially around strangers or when speaking before a group. Her introductions are hesitant, and even a reasonable suggestion requires her to gather courage. Lin Jie nevertheless judges her straightforward account sincere and regards her as less calculating than Zhu Lun 4 11 46.

She prefers cooperation to confrontation. She tries to calm arguments in both games and is reluctant to use lethal force without confidence in her judgment. After learning why her antidote failed, she calls herself a useless Witch and worries that she has burdened the others 17 19 31.

Lin Jie’s leadership inspires her to speak more assertively: during the final Werewolf vote, she abandons her usual quiet manner and loudly declares her choice. This does not erase her shyness, which remains evident during her later apartment registration 21 46.

Abilities & Skills

Witch Role

Xia Qu’s Witch abilities belong to the Werewolf game rather than a demonstrated Mutation 7 19.

• Antidote: Can save the werewolves’ target. She uses it on the elderly Villager during the first night 19.
• Overhealing limitation: If the Guard has already protected the target, the antidote becomes lethal instead of saving them 19.
• Poison: Can eliminate another player, but Xia Qu never uses it because she lacks the courage to choose a target 19.

Game Reasoning

• Proposes checking Zhu Lun’s Seer claim through a detailed account of his nighttime actions 11.
• Correctly states the Werewolf victory conditions when Lin Jie questions the remaining players 20.
• Recognizes that cooperation between Humans and the Little Ghost can preserve lives despite the game’s opposing factions 34.

Equipment

• White ring — Worn during the Human-Ghost Game and still white when she registers for housing. No rank advancement or activated Mutation is documented for her 28 46.

Relationships

• Lin Jie — Trusted teammate and leader. He identifies her Witch role, reassures her about withholding poison, and inspires her decisive vote against God. She later supports his Coexistence Plan despite discovering that he is the Little Ghost 17 19 21 34.
• Chen Li — The taxi driver involved in her fatal crash and a fellow player in both games. They remain together while seeking another game, during their rescue, and while hiding from One-Eyed Dragon’s forces 4 29 39 44.
• Lin Zhi — Fellow Human-Ghost participant and next-door neighbor in the Realm of Life. Xia Qu checks on her immediately after hearing a scream from her room 29 46.
• Feng Qiu — The general who helps settle the rescued refugees. Xia Qu openly admires her bearing, calls her cool, and blushes when Chen Li teases her about it 44 46.