Li Jun

Li Jun is a Chinese human crawler and Street Monk who survives early exploitation by Prince Maestro and becomes a dependable ally of Carl's coalition. His aerial melee style and willingness to enter dangerous plans culminate in his death protecting Donut during Faction Wars. (Chapters 42, 98, 300, 374, 382)

Biography

The Collapse and the First Floors

Li Jun first appears beside his sister Li Na and Zhang on Maestro's Death Watch, confused and publicly demeaned for entertainment. Surviving that encounter binds the three together and gives Carl an early reason to recognize them as fellow victims rather than rivals. (Chapter 42)

The Circus and the Iron Tangle

By the third and fourth floors, Li Jun is a high-ranked Street Monk who approaches Carl with a warm, open manner despite the surrounding gore. He, Li Na, and Zhang volunteer for the portal-train plan against Grull without being asked, helping save Carl and complete the Iron Tangle escape. Their choice turns a chance rescue into a durable alliance. (Chapters 74, 98–108)

The Gate of the Feral Gods

Li Jun and Li Na remain behind after finishing their own castle to watch a neighboring bubble threatened by a feral creature, keeping the wider crawler network informed. This phase establishes his recurring habit of accepting risk for collective awareness rather than leaving the moment his personal exit is secure. (Chapter 142)

The Hunting Grounds and the Masquerade

Li Jun works with his sister, Zhang, and the coalition against hunters. He secretly contracts vampirism and tells only Li Na and Zhang, a dangerous choice that keeps allies from preparing for the infection; Miriam Dom's death later cures him. At the Masquerade's end he supports Li Na's demand that the defeated Eva be killed, prioritizing the danger Eva poses over Katia's desire for an apology. (Chapters 180, 194, 205, 220)

The Eighth Floor and Bedlam

Li Jun joins Carl's group in Cuba, survives the Battle of Beijing, and reports Lucia Mar's massacre and unexpected assistance. Bedlam costs him an eye, but he continues into the eighth-floor finale and helps secure the exit rather than withdraw after the injury. (Chapters 240, 284–293)

Faction Wars at Larracos

Li Jun fights through divine traps and faction defenses using Walk on Air to bring his unarmed style into three dimensions. During the crisis around Donut's tower, he chooses to hold the line long enough for her spell to resolve and is killed. Donut and Li Na both struggle with the result, while the coalition remembers his death as a deliberate sacrifice rather than an accidental loss. (Chapters 300, 355–382)

Appearance and personality

Li Jun remains human, with deep acne scars on his cheeks and, after Bedlam, a missing eye covered by an eyepatch. His smile is strikingly warm despite the dungeon's violence. He is cooperative and courageous, though his concealment of vampirism shows that fear and protectiveness can also make him withhold dangerous information. (Chapters 98, 194, 293, 352)

Skills, class, and abilities

As a Street Monk, Li Jun fights unarmed and relies on mobility rather than visible weapons. Walk on Air lets him step briefly through open space, making aerial positioning especially useful for hand-to-hand attacks. The ability is short-duration rather than true flight, and the corpus does not provide a complete level sequence or skill list. His missing eye creates a later sensory limitation, but he remains combat-capable until his death. (Chapters 98, 293, 300)

Relationships

• Li Na: Li Na is Li Jun's sister and closest teammate. His death drives her grief and later hostility toward Donut. (Chapters 42, 180, 380)
• Zhang: Zhang survives beside the siblings from Death Watch onward and shares Li Jun's most dangerous coalition plans. (Chapters 42, 106–108, 352)
• Donut: Li Jun dies buying Donut time to finish the defense that saves many others, leaving her grateful and guilt-stricken. (Chapters 374, 382)

Items

Li Jun has no planned inventory-item links. His eyepatch is a response to the eye lost in Bedlam, not a separately manifested notable artifact. (Chapters 293, 352)