Iron-Blooded Warrior

Biodata

Background / History

Iron-Blooded Warriors capture humans on Earth and release them on an alien planet as prey. Captives are dropped above its jungle with parachutes that open automatically at a set altitude. The hunters then pursue them through the wilderness 36 38 40.

Their activities on Earth predate Ye Siyu’s arrival. Red Queen discovers that the events of Iron-Blooded Warrior 1 and 2 and Iron-Blooded Warrior vs. Alien 1 and 2 have already occurred in this world. A secret department has investigated them for more than ten years, handling several hundred suspected abduction incidents annually. Despite possessing alien tranquilizer darts and occasional surveillance footage, it obtains its first corpse only through Ye Siyu 42 45 46.

Appearance

• Build: Tall, powerfully built humanoids, larger than ordinary humans 39 40.
• Skin and blood: Beige or muddy-yellow skin and fluorescent green blood 39 40 41.
• Head: A large head with thick hair, sharp teeth, and four fang-bearing tendrils protruding from the face 41.
• Typical attire: A steel mask, armor, body netting, and ornaments made from other creatures’ bones 39 40.
• Claws: Sharp claws are visible on the warrior Ye Siyu confronts in New York 39.

Abilities & Skills

Physical Strength and Resilience

Their powerful bodies and protective armor allow them to survive injuries that would kill humans 40 48.

• An armored warrior withstands three drum magazines of Dragon’s Breath ammunition before Ye Siyu switches weapons to finish him 40.
• A thermite grenade alone is described as insufficient to inflict fatal damage on the armored warriors 48.
• One warrior remains alive after a Barrett XM-109 round nearly separates his torso from his legs 50.
• Their resilience does not protect them from concentrated close-range gunfire; neck wounds kill several of Ye Siyu’s opponents 46 48 49.

Optical Camouflage

Iron-Blooded Warriors can conceal themselves by distorting light around their bodies 37 50.

• Camouflage allows them to approach targets and move through corridors without being directly visible 48.
• Distorted light can still reveal their position; Ye Siyu uses this tell to aim at a concealed warrior on a rooftop 50.
• Impacts can produce sparks, ripples, and electrical flashes that expose the wearer 37 50.

Vision and Tracking

Their hunting equipment supports night vision, thermal imaging, and pheromone tracking 36 46 48.

• Pheromone tracking: A tiny amount of bodily fluid is enough to follow a trail. This technology locates the secret department’s base despite its concealment and detection shielding 46.
• Thermal imaging countermeasure: Ye Siyu uses a reflective-coated cloak to hide his heat signature 48.
• Visual disruption: Dragon’s Breath rounds scatter sparks across a wide area, obstructing a warrior’s vision and preventing an effective counterattack 39 40.

Hunting and Combat

They combine stealth, advanced weapons, and close-combat ability. During Ye Siyu’s briefing, Red Queen assesses that a warrior using its abilities intelligently could defeat ten opponents 36.

• Two warriors overwhelm the secret department’s base, killing nearly everyone except a small group of sheltered scientists 48 49.
• A simulated warrior reacts to a concealed pit by grabbing its edges rather than falling onto the spikes 37.
• Narrow terrain can restrict their large bodies, as demonstrated when Ye Siyu pins one down in an alley 40.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Armor and steel mask — Standard visible equipment; the armor absorbs substantial firearm and incendiary damage 39 40 48.
• Shoulder-mounted plasma cannon — Listed among their weapons in Red Queen’s briefing 36.
• Flying falcon — Another hunting asset identified in the briefing; its operation is not detailed 36.
• Tranquilizer darts — Coated in green liquid and used to capture prey. One renders Ye Siyu unconscious in less than a second; the secret department identifies the darts as impossible to manufacture on Earth 38 45.
• Automatic parachutes — Supplied to captives dropped over the hunting planet 38.
• Microcomputer — Contains a self-destruct mechanism with explosive power compared to a nuclear bomb. A warrior kills Ye Siyu with it during an earlier rebirth, prompting him to stop later opponents from activating theirs 48 49.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Capture and Reversal

Ye Siyu spends sixty simulated days preparing to fight Iron-Blooded Warriors, but his mission begins in a city rather than the expected jungle. A concealed attacker tranquilizes him, and he awakens falling toward the hunting planet. After dying and returning to the city, he learns that he can intervene before the abduction 37 38.

He eventually ambushes the captor with Dragon’s Breath shotgun rounds, then kills him at close range with a Desert Eagle. The victim is revealed to be the Iron-Blooded Elder’s son. His death prevents the planned transport of prey and changes the mission into a five-day urban hunt 39 40.

Public Exposure and Corpse Retrieval

Ye Siyu photographs the corpse, uploads the images, and displays the body outside the New York City Police Department. His purpose is to expose the hunters and obtain official help rather than fight them alone. A secret department takes both him and the corpse into custody 41 42.

Two warriors invade the department’s underground base to retrieve their comrade. Anticipating this, Ye Siyu rigs the opened corpse with high-explosive grenades, then follows the blast with thermite, white phosphorus, and close-range gunfire. He kills both intruders, prevents the survivor’s attempted self-destruction, and collects their equipment and microcomputers 46 48 49.

Scheduled Urban Hunt

Across thirty-one rebirths, Ye Siyu learns the hunters’ attack times and locations. The ten participating Chosen Ones are targeted according to a fixed pattern that does not change even if they gather together 49 50.

Using this knowledge, Ye Siyu waits opposite a young woman’s hiding place and identifies her approaching hunter through its camouflage distortion. His first Barrett XM-109 shot destroys most of its abdomen; when it reaches toward its microcomputer, his second shot blows apart its upper body 50.

Relationships

• Ye Siyu — Intended prey who becomes their principal urban target after killing the Elder’s son. His rebirth ability lets him learn their attack patterns and prepare repeated ambushes 40 49 50.
• Iron-Blooded Elder — Father of the warrior killed during Ye Siyu’s initial ambush; that death triggers pursuit by Elite Iron-Blooded Warriors 40.
• Secret department — Human organization investigating their activities. Its New York base is devastated during the attempt to recover the corpse 45 48 49.
• Other Chosen Ones — Additional prey in the altered mission, targeted in scheduled waves despite receiving less attention than Ye Siyu 49 50.