Eleven

Biodata

Power Progression

Growth level and species rank are separate: Eleven remains a Mid-Level Transcendent species while progressing through the Awakening growth stage 10 28.

Background / History

Eleven was raised at the Iron Bamboo Breeding Base, where birth complications left him weaker than his peers and slow to awaken Hardening. Repeatedly passed over by prospective Beast Tamers, he began training unusually hard for a normally lazy species. His name came from his identification number at the base: eleven 7.

Shi Yu chose Eleven after seeing him charge into a tree during training. Eleven initially resisted becoming a contracted pet, declaring that Iron-Eating Beasts would never be slaves, but accepted after Lin Xiuzhu and Shi Yu promised better food and lodging. Lin Xiuzhu supplied an additional month of iron bamboo to support them 7.

The contract was formed on July 4, Alliance Year 177. Shi Yu deliberately kept its restraints weak enough for Eleven to refuse, while their deepening Telepathy connection allowed Eleven to sense his affection. Shi Yu retained the cub’s existing name, also rendering it as “Shi Yi” 8 36.

Appearance

• Build: A round, juvenile Iron-Eating Beast with soft black-and-white fur and a short tail 9 11.
• Size: Grows to approximately one meter tall by Awakening Level Six, remaining visibly smaller than Jiang Rui’s Level Ten Iron-Eating Beast 36 50.
• Condition: After being raised by Shi Yu, his fur and physique appear exceptionally healthy to Zhuang Yue 23.
• Hardened form: Black-furred areas become dark metallic black, while white-furred areas shine like silver 19.
• Lightning-training effect: Electrical tempering makes his fur fluffier, temporarily giving him a larger-looking silhouette 44.

Personality

Eleven is exceptionally disciplined, measuring his right to enjoy food and rest against the work he has completed. His early rejection by Beast Tamers contributes to a fear that poor performance will lead to abandonment. Even after joining Shi Yu, he refuses to eat peacefully without first completing enough training 11 50.

He believes rewards should follow effort and feels uneasy whenever the Skill Index grants seemingly unearned improvements. After his first Hardening lesson, he proposes twenty-four hours of intense training to compensate. Nevertheless, he willingly accepts useful skills—and even asks for Earth Escape when escaping rats frustrate him 13 24.

Food is a powerful incentive, especially bamboo shoots and extra meals. He celebrates defeating Chen Kai’s Ice Armor Beast chiefly because his dinner budget is safe. His appetite does not make him indiscriminate: he initially distrusts electric ore and worries that unsuitable food could interfere with training 19 24 42.

Abilities & Skills

Hardening

A low-level metal skill that armors the body and strengthens physical attacks 13.

• Defense: Expert proficiency allows full-body protection without restricting movement 16.
• Offense: Applies Hardening to paws, claws, teeth, or the head for strikes and charging impacts 13 39.
• Efficiency: Selective hardening can protect an anticipated impact point without the stamina cost of armoring the whole body 21 28.
• Limits: Metallic armor does not completely block electricity. Superior proficiency also cannot fully compensate for a stronger opponent’s physical advantages 43 50.

High-Speed Healing

An intermediate wood-type skill that uses Eleven’s life force to repair injuries 15 44.

• Supports repeated impact training against alloy steel plates 15.
• At Proficient Level, repairs burns and paralysis caused by an Electric Slime’s current during combat 43.
• Makes lightning tempering practical by rapidly treating the damage it causes 44.

Super Vision

An intermediate mental skill that consumes mental power to enhance eyesight 22.

• Improves night vision, locating hidden targets, and tracking fast movement 22 23 28.
• At Proficient Level, makes charging opponents appear slower and allows clear target tracking even in heavy fog 29 39 45.
• Trains alongside Hardening by dodging the Green Silkworm’s silk projectiles or armoring their expected impact points 28.
• Limit: His documented proficiency does not provide an all-direction field of view, leaving blind spots against surrounding attackers 39.

Thunder Palm

An intermediate lightning attack learned through electric-ore consumption and repeated electrical tempering 44.

• Condenses current around a paw to produce piercing and paralyzing effects 44 50.
• Penetrates Jiang Rui’s Iron-Eating Beast’s Proficient Level Hardening despite Eleven’s lower growth level 50.
• Developed without direct Skill Index teaching, although High-Speed Healing was crucial to the training regimen 44.

Size Alteration

A high-level special skill that exchanges size, strength, and energy efficiency 47.

Absolute Sleep

An advanced mental skill that restores condition through exceptionally deep sleep 48.

• Combines with High-Speed Healing and adequate nutrition to support largely independent training 48.
• Reduces Eleven’s need to recover inside the Beast Taming Space, giving Shi Yu more time and stamina to develop it 48.
• Limit: Recovery is relatively slow and inefficient at low proficiency; rapid combat recovery is described as a future application 48.

Physical and Sensory Skills

• Explosive speed: Outruns Chen Kai’s Ice Armor Beast while pursuing an Earth-Burrowing Rat 23.
• Keen smell: Tracks an Electric Slime’s habitat after becoming familiar with electric ore 38 43.
• Combat composure: Repeated fall training helps him remain steady under incoming attacks 19.
• Tactical behavior: Provokes four Long-Spined Wild Boars into charging before countering them 39.

Equipment / Resources

• High-strength alloy steel plates — Targets and landing surfaces for Hardening training; also intended as reserve food once Eleven can digest metal 14 16.
• High-voltage insulating rubber gloves — Allow him to seize Electric Slimes while countering contact-based Discharge; they do not protect the rest of his body 43.
• Iron bamboo and bamboo shoots — Staple food supporting his growth and Hardening training 7 9.
• Level-two Ironheart Wood — Added to his diet as Shi Yu acquires better resources 34 35.
• Electric ore — A level-one lightning-element metal resource used to develop lightning affinity 42.

Relationships

• Shi Yu — Beast Tamer and primary caregiver. Accepts Eleven despite his weak start, develops his skills, and promises never to abandon him. Eleven’s relentless training also pushes Shi Yu to manage his workload and recovery 8 11 13 29.
• Lin Xiuzhu — Former keeper at the Iron Bamboo Breeding Base. Understands his early difficulties, helps arrange his adoption, and had considered caring for him herself if nobody chose him 7 8.
• Green Silkworm / Chongchong — Training partner and companion. Fires silk projectiles for Eleven’s reaction drills and binds defeated enemies. Eleven supports finding better food for Chongchong and worries about losing his exhausted little companion 28 40 45.
• Electric Slimes — Three captured wild creatures used as lightning-training partners. Their controlled Discharge helps Eleven develop the affinity needed for Thunder Palm 44.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Notable Quotes

“The meaning of life is training. Come on, let’s do it together.”
— Eleven urging the Green Silkworm to train 28

“It’s shameful to reap without sowing. I have to train my hardest and make up in sweat for the cheats my Beast Tamer gave me.”
— Eleven’s thoughts on Skill Index-assisted growth 50