Ers

Biodata

Background

Ers grew up with Shang Yu, who knows that his true Sentinel rating is SS++ rather than the publicly recognized SS. A military-academy graduate, Ers fought alongside Lin He on border missions and against beast tides when they were recruits. The two later transferred from the Central Military District to the Ninth Military District at the same time 3 31 32.

As captain, Ers has led his teammates through life-and-death battles. When contamination pushes him into a potentially fatal berserk state, they remain reluctant to give up on him, even while preparing to protect Yuqing if he attacks 2.

Appearance

• Build and features: Tall, strikingly handsome, with sharply sculpted, usually stern features 1 9 17 31.
• Eyes: Purple, repeatedly described as cold or sharply wary 2 3.
• Hands: Long and bony, with fingertips callused from years of handling a gun 3 13.
• Clothing: Wears a black military uniform and military boots 17 31.
• Visible reactions: His ears and neck flush when Yuqing expresses trust or teases him 17 28.

Personality

Ers is normally aloof, imposing, and decisive. His subordinates immediately stop fooling around and stand at attention when he addresses them. During the retreat from the Empire’s border, he prioritizes Yuqing’s evacuation over retaliation against the pursuing imperial forces 3 5 11.

His guarded exterior conceals considerable vulnerability. Yuqing interprets the maze of mirrors in his mindscape as a defense around a sensitive inner self. His violent flinch at a gentle touch reminds her of post-traumatic stress responses, though the provided account does not establish what caused them 2.

After Yuqing soothes the deepest part of his mindscape, Ers becomes intensely attached and possessive. He conceals his initial recovery to prolong her comforting presence, grows hostile toward Carlos, and briefly wants to hide her from everyone watching her medical pod. Despite those impulses, he promises to respect her decision if she eventually leaves the district 3 8 10 17.

His affection is often expressed through practical care: preparing her bath, ironing her work uniform, collecting her after work, and choosing a gaming pod after noticing her interest in Dark Night 17 25 31 32.

Abilities & Skills

SS++ Sentinel Physiology

Ers’s true rating places him just below SSS, but he has not crossed that threshold 3 6.

• Breaks restraining chains through physical exertion during Yuqing’s treatment and later shatters remaining restraints with mental power 2 3.
• Carries Yuqing steadily through difficult forest terrain without jostling her, even while polluted entities attack 4.
• Takes Asmodeus’s wind blade directly in the back rather than risk injuring Yuqing by dodging 9.
• Remains significantly outmatched by SSS-rank Carlos; Shang Yu considers a direct confrontation nearly unwinnable 6.

Mental Power and Perception

• Destructive pressure: Short-circuits the arena’s surveillance spheres with an expanding wave of mental pressure, cutting off their broadcast 27.
• Acute perception: Detects 01010’s high-frequency electromagnetic distress signal before more distant teammates do 19.
• Vulnerability to contamination: His initial level-eight berserk state is life-threatening for a Sentinel of his rank 1.

Mindscape

Ers’s mental world is concealed beneath multiple layers, making its true core difficult to reach 2.

• Outer layer: A disorienting forest of mirrors 2.
• Inner landscape: Scorching obsidian ground, magma, sparks, and a despairing manifestation of Ers; this is still not the deepest layer 2.
• Response to treatment: Grass and wildflowers appear as Yuqing’s soothing restores signs of life 3.
• Deep access: Yuqing reaches the innermost mindscape during their first treatment, an achievement Shang Yu considers extraordinary even compared with bonded Guides 3 4.

Wolf Spirit Entity

His Spirit Entity acts as both an imposing presence among other Spirit Entities and a companion to Yuqing 3 12 37.

• Silences a room of unruly Spirit Entities with a howl, then lies beside Yuqing like a guard 12.
• Attempts to approach and please Yuqing’s white kitten during his initial treatment 3.
• Appears as a playful wolf cub in Yuqing’s room; Ers reacts simultaneously when it sees her dressed for work 25.
• Regularly sleeps beside Yuqing by the time Liechuan visits her room 37.

Pheromones

• Releases a strong but non-overpowering rum scent that calms the sleeping Yuqing when she refuses to let go of him 9.
• Following deep soothing, his pheromones carry traces of her jasmine scent, alerting Shang Yu to how deeply she entered his mindscape 3.

Equipment & Items

• Military uniform: His usual black uniform; Yuqing also notices a faint gunpowder scent alongside his rum pheromones 28 31.
• Emergency access card: Uses it to enter Yuqing’s room when she cannot answer and appears to be in distress 19.
• Pink gaming pod — gift to Yuqing: Orders a top-of-the-line model overnight after hearing her play Dark Night. It is the model she had most wanted while browsing online 32.

Relationships

• Yuqing / A-Qing — His rescuer and romantic interest. She considers him the first person in the unfamiliar world whom she feels comfortable relying on, invites him to use her nickname, and accepts his request to pursue her through an arrangement to open a shared account. No marriage or completed spiritual bond is established in the provided chapters 28 31.
• Shang Yu — Childhood friend and vice captain. Shang Yu knows his concealed rating, worries about his condition after treatment, and is the teammate Ers trusts to take Yuqing to safety 3 5.
• Lin He — Longstanding comrade from their recruit days. Ers understands his isolation and explains to Yuqing how rejection by his mother and exploitation by the Yao Family have affected him 31.
• Huosuosi / Hothos Welch — Commander of the Ninth Military District and Ers’s superior. He insists that Yuqing’s wishes determine her protection arrangements and later authorizes rotating elite guards 9 10 42.
• Noi — A subordinate in his team. Ers directs him to summon medical help during Yuqing’s emergency and orders him to keep Duoduo under control in the infirmary 12 19.
• Carlos — Imperial opponent and rival for Yuqing’s attention. Carlos severely wounds Ers before his initial treatment, and the two later react antagonistically to the signs that Yuqing has soothed them both 4 8.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rescue and Border Retreat

After the Iron Curtain feeds the Federation team false information, Ers is severely wounded by Carlos and enters a level-eight berserk state. Rosent’s interference delays Shang Yu’s attempt to rescue him. When Yuqing arrives, Ers is chained and muzzled, and his teammates hope only that she can stabilize him long enough to reach a hospital 1 3 4 5.

Yuqing instead reaches his deepest mindscape and restores his reason. He catches her when the treatment exhausts her, then orders an emergency evacuation as imperial Spirit Entities approach. During the retreat, he sends Shang Yu ahead with her and stays behind to fight corrupted creatures 2 3 5.

When the two factions dispute who should take Yuqing, she chooses Ers and the Federation. At extraction, he shields her from Asmodeus’s wind blade before carrying her aboard for medical treatment 8 9.

Bringing a Guide to Eremos

Ers asks to become Yuqing’s personal Sentinel guard, prepared to relinquish his admiral’s position and leave the Ninth Military District if necessary. Huosuosi leaves the decision to Yuqing rather than granting the request outright 10.

On Eremos, Ers asks her to stay in the district for a while. She agrees but reserves the right to leave to search for Yun Qi; he promises to respect that choice. He then escorts her to her room and keeps watch outside 14 17.

When Yuqing develops severe abdominal pain, Ers responds to 01010’s alert and rushes her to the infirmary. Han Yu diagnoses indigestion complicated by long-term malnutrition and raises the possibility of prior abuse, provoking Ers’s furious vow against those responsible 19.

Courtship and Protective Duties

Ers accompanies Yuqing as she begins work as the district’s Guide. During the monthly examination matches, he shuts down the arena broadcast after her healing of Spirit Entities draws the crowd’s attention 25 26 27.

Their relationship becomes more openly intimate when she asks him to call her A-Qing. He subsequently asks for a chance to pursue her, offers her money, and agrees to arrange a shared account after she returns the transfer. His gaming-pod gift follows 28 31 32.

After Liechuan slips through Yuqing’s window, the district introduces rotating elite guards. Ers is disappointed to share protective duties but recognizes that Team Three’s regular assignments and uneven combat strength leave gaps in her security 42.

Notable Quotes

“I want to become her personal sentinel guard.” 10

“Of course. No matter what happens, we’ll respect your wishes.” 17

Trivia

• His Spirit Entity’s coloration is inconsistent across the supplied chapters: it is a black wolf during the initial rescue, a white snow wolf with golden eyes in the infirmary, and a silver wolf in a later reference 3 12 37.
• SS++ is a disclosure of his existing rating, not a documented advancement. He is still described as one step below SSS during the border retreat 3 6.