Bai Long

Bai Long is the head of Pan-Universal Entertainment's Qi Yuan Star branch and the company's principal intermediary with Du Ge. He recruits Du Ge into the Alien Star Battlefield as a profitable dark horse, alternately rewards and threatens him, investigates his abnormal powers, and reports his value to higher management. Bai Long initially embodies an apparently unbridgeable difference between a planetary contestant and Pan-Universal civilization, but Du Ge's growth eventually reverses their personal balance of power without immediately ending Bai Long's institutional authority. (Chapters 188–189, 260, 375, 445, 509, 595, and 648–653)

Biography

Betting on an uncontrollable dark horse

Bai Long first meets Du Ge in a tranquil riverside projection inside the Qi Yuan Star branch base. Introducing himself with a local alias while withholding his true name, he explains that Du Ge's ability to crash a Simulation Field attracted his personal attention and that he specifically selected the young contestant for an Alien Star Battlefield. His interest is commercial as much as appreciative: Bai Long has placed a substantial bet on Du Ge, describes gambling as Pan-Universal Entertainment's largest revenue stream, and offers extra rewards if Du Ge wins while increasing the show's audience. The apparent patronage therefore begins as an investment in an unusually entertaining captive. (Chapter 188)

Du Ge fulfills the requested victory too efficiently. He ends a battlefield designed to last as long as two hundred local years in less than six months, before most regular gamblers can even place wagers; those who do participate overwhelmingly bet on him. Bai Long receives the returning champion with visible anger rather than celebration, refuses the requested bonus, and dismisses him from the base. The outcome establishes the tension that governs their later dealings: Bai Long wants Du Ge to win and draw attention, but only within a duration and pattern that lets the company sell uncertainty. Du Ge's success is valuable precisely until it becomes predictable enough to damage the betting pool. (Chapters 260–262)

Converting a champion into a recurring product

Public interest in Du Ge's first campaign remains immense even after the missed wagers. Bai Long watches discussion and replay activity rise while attention collapses around the company's other simultaneous battlefields. Unsure whether the phenomenon is a windfall or a long-term risk, he packages Du Ge's battlefield performance, three Simulation Fields, and audience reaction into a report for company executives. He cannot redesign the Resource Game by himself, but his report helps move Du Ge from a one-time contestant to the center of a corporate strategy. That decision also commits Bai Long to monitoring abnormalities which would ordinarily make a contestant disposable. (Chapter 262)

Before the next deployment, Bai Long honors part of his earlier promise by giving Du Ge a glass of red wine that adds thirty thousand mental power. He pairs that immediate reward with a far more conditional offer: if Du Ge enters every available battlefield until age twenty-five and takes first place each time, the company will raise his life level, grant an immortal body, and perhaps employ him at headquarters. Bai Long also privately warns him of rule changes that randomize host selection and lower the chance of derived skills. The favor protects Du Ge from possession failure, but it also binds him to repeated performances under rules designed to slow his victories and preserve suspense. (Chapters 298–299)

Du Ge's next campaign strengthens Bai Long's mixed incentives. The branch manager reviews past recordings and supervises technical analysis because Du Ge's keyword growth no longer resembles the normal pattern. He briefly wants the contestant to die so the betting market will look fair, yet recognizes that direct interference would create a worse scandal. Bai Long keeps his findings to himself and resolves to examine Du Ge personally after his return. His choice is not simple loyalty to the company or affection for Du Ge; it is risk management by someone whose success depends on protecting both a profitable star and the appearance of an impartial game. (Chapters 338 and 366)

Investigating a power the company cannot explain

When Du Ge returns with lasting faith and divine power, Bai Long forcibly diverts him from the other contestants and scans him. He can identify a solidified soul, a mental-power value of 525,300, and water affinity that should not exist in Qi Yuan Star's population. He also questions Du Ge's unfamiliar knowledge, anomalous starting attributes, and covert messages encouraging Luo Shuang's world to evolve against Pan-Universal Entertainment. Bai Long attempts to pressure a truthful answer from him, but the compulsion abruptly fails. Du Ge provides plausible half-confessions—attributing water affinity to the Sea God and soul purity to cultivation—and Bai Long cannot prove the deeper anomaly. (Chapter 375)

Rather than destroy a contestant whose popularity protects him, Bai Long reports the anomaly upward and orders Du Ge not to use carried divine powers in worlds where they cannot be explained. He warns that the company's reputation for fair keyword competition matters more than any one native, but also repeats the offer of eventual life evolution if Du Ge continues winning. The restriction exposes Bai Long's limited place in the hierarchy: he can scan, threaten, recommend, and sometimes give advance notice, while executives and departments decide whether Du Ge competes and which battlefield can conceal his powers. Du Ge leaves convinced that his value, not Bai Long's goodwill, is his most reliable protection. (Chapters 375–379)

Policing the boundary between contestant and asset

On the divine battlefield, Bai Long repeats the prohibition against using the Power of Poseidon and otherwise ignores Du Ge's increased mental power. Pan-Universal Entertainment later ends the contest once its own personnel begin possessing the gods and powerful bodies prepared by the contestants. When Du Ge returns, Bai Long attributes the shutdown to a system malfunction caused by water magic, claims to have defended him from executives calling for punishment, and forbids both unexplained divine power and Du Ge's practice of distributing rewards across planets. His concern is not only victory: Du Ge must leave bodies, rankings, and conflicts in a form the company can harvest and market. (Chapters 379–380 and 444–445)

Du Ge tests the sincerity of that protection by announcing retirement. Bai Long immediately drops the paternal tone and threatens to kill him and destroy Qi Yuan Star if he refuses further battlefields or damages Bai Long's own position. At the same time, he confirms that earned planetary rewards will still be delivered because the company does not openly discard its basic game rules. This mixture of coercion and procedural consistency defines Bai Long as a warden rather than a capricious tormentor: he enforces a commercial system whose promises remain useful only while contestants accept that Pan-Universal Entertainment decides the permissible choices. (Chapter 445)

Losing the first contest of strategy

Du Ge's Bi Xing campaign turns resistance itself into entertainment, placing Bai Long in a more difficult interrogation. Bai Long scans the returning contestant, detects water and light affinities, and challenges both his use of the low-key keyword and his public plan to resist Pan-Universal Entertainment. Du Ge answers by proposing that escape attempts become a recurring show format, nearly reproducing the company's own developing plan without admitting genuine rebellion. Bai Long realizes that either outcome favors Du Ge: a successful escape would be freedom, while a failed one could be presented as loyal creative work. Unable to reject a profitable idea without exposing corporate intentions, he agrees only to pass the proposal upward. (Chapter 509)

When Du Ge asks not to be assigned hostile keywords and invokes his divine powers as a survival problem, Bai Long interprets the request as a threat. He constricts the space around Du Ge with mental power, immobilizing him and suppressing his breathing, then releases him once the warning has been made. The force proves that Bai Long can still dominate him directly, but the conversation is a strategic loss: Du Ge confirms that the company values him too highly for casual disposal, learns that Bai Long cannot simply seal every anomaly, and redirects questions away from the unexplained keyword behavior. Bai Long remains the stronger individual at this point, yet no longer controls what their meeting reveals. (Chapter 509)

Becoming weaker than the asset he managed

Bai Long does not summon Du Ge before the Human Emperor battlefield, behaving as though earlier threats and corporate control are sufficient. When Du Ge returns with more than thirty billion mental power, however, the branch no longer teleports him without ceremony; a robotic assistant requests his presence and a chair carries him to the meeting. Bai Long's scan meets an automatic soul shield, and his attempt to repeat the old spatial restraint fails. Du Ge then uses underworld soul methods to pull Bai Long's consciousness from its host body, exposing an octopus-like spiritual form whose connection to the handsome human vessel is plainly artificial. (Chapters 512 and 595)

Bai Long claims twelve billion mental power and initially cannot understand how Du Ge defeats him so easily. Once released back into his vessel, he adapts rather than escalating a fight he cannot win. He offers another mental-power drink, reveals the surrounding spaceship cockpit, warns that a stolen branch ship would be tracked, and presents the final vast battlefield as both a corporate opportunity and Du Ge's possible route to escape. His composure preserves a working relationship after humiliation, but the premise has reversed: Bai Long can still speak for a multiversal institution, while his personal power is no longer sufficient to enforce obedience on the contestant before him. (Chapters 595–596)

Gathering the company's final leverage

During Pan-Universal Entertainment's final crisis, Bai Long remains stationed at Qi Yuan Star and continues examining what Du Ge left behind. He temporarily possesses Du Ge's original body and confirms that it can support more than a dozen carried skills and multiple divine powers at once, though it has no active keywords and therefore lacks the battlefield body's growth potential. The test shows that Bai Long can operate a sophisticated stolen vessel, but the discovery belongs to the company rather than to him personally; the body is later delivered to headquarters and assigned to a higher-ranked possessor. (Chapters 648 and 653)

As Du Ge approaches the ability to cross universes, headquarters orders all overseas managers home. Bai Long brings Du Ge's body, major possessed figures, and Du Ge's companions from Qi Yuan Star so they can serve as replacement vessels or hostages. The assignment is his last individual action. Soon afterward, Du Ge's reclaimed avatar destroys the company's elite force, the Heart of Cangjie severs the control system, and Du Ge suppresses the surviving Pan-Universal population. Bai Long is not individually described during that defeat, so his exact condition afterward is unknown; his last established position is among the returning managers whose planetary authority has been overtaken by a civilization-wide collapse. (Chapters 649, 653, and 655)

Appearance and personality

Bai Long appears as a handsome young man who favors an elegant, unhurried presentation. He is usually encountered beside a river with a fishing rod or seated with a glass of red wine, even though the scenery is a controlled environment within the branch installation. This human appearance is a possessed Qi Yuan Star body rather than his original form. When Du Ge pulls out his soul, it resembles an octopus and does not fit the vessel, confirming that the youthful exterior is an operational identity. (Chapters 188, 260, 445, and 595)

He is observant, commercially minded, proud, and capable of abrupt shifts between charm and coercion. Bai Long praises talent when it benefits his branch, fulfills an immediate reward after Du Ge restores the show's popularity, and keeps some dangerous suspicions within his own inquiry. He also regards Qi Yuan Star as a controlled resource and threatens the entire planet when Du Ge challenges the company's terms. Once defeated, he does not waste power on pride; he recalculates, resumes negotiation, and uses institutional consequences where personal dominance has failed. (Chapters 188, 260–262, 298, 338, 375, 445, 509, and 595)

Powers and authority

Mental power and soul possession

Bai Long's principal personal capability is mental power. He can project an oppressive presence, immobilize Du Ge, constrict surrounding space, and form a mental grasp around the throat without physical contact. He later states that his mental power is twelve billion. The exact relationship between that reserve and the spatial effect is not explained, but the restraint is clearly directed by his consciousness and can be withdrawn instantly. It works decisively against Du Ge below three million mental power; it fails once Du Ge returns with more than thirty billion and specialized soul techniques. (Chapters 260, 375, 509, and 595)

Like other Pan-Universal people, Bai Long exists fundamentally as a spiritual entity and relies on possession for a body. His octopus-like soul can leave and re-enter the Qi Yuan host when Du Ge extracts and releases it. Near the end, he can temporarily enter Du Ge's original body and operate its numerous retained skills and divine affinities, demonstrating that possession grants access to abilities already embedded in a compatible vessel. It does not add keywords to the body, and Bai Long does not reproduce Du Ge's abnormal growth. The later revelation that Pan-Universal people lost their natural bodies explains why possession technology is central to his civilization rather than merely a personal technique. (Chapters 595–596, 648, and 655)

Scanning and mental interrogation

Bai Long can conduct deep examinations through the branch's scanning systems and his own gaze. The scans measure mental power, soul solidity, bodily compatibility, and elemental affinities such as water and light. They also reveal that Du Ge's divine traits should not occur in Qi Yuan humanity. Repeated examinations nonetheless fail to uncover his Earth origin, second-keyword anomaly, or soul fragment. Bai Long can identify that something is wrong and compare it with known planetary biology, but the method does not automatically explain an unprecedented condition. (Chapters 375, 379, 509, 595, and 648)

His gaze can also create a pressure that makes a target instinctively want to tell the truth. During the first serious interrogation, that urge vanishes before Du Ge answers. The Heart of Cangjie later reveals that it secretly helped Du Ge resist Bai Long and concealed abnormal data. Bai Long therefore treats the failed interrogation as evidence of a pure or evolving soul rather than recognizing outside interference. By their later meeting, Du Ge can raise a soul shield that blocks the scan altogether, making the technique ineffective against a target with superior mental defenses. (Chapters 375, 595, and 655)

Branch installation and transport control

Within the Qi Yuan branch installation, Bai Long controls an environment that appears as a riverside retreat but can be revealed as a spaceship cockpit. He can summon chairs, holographic displays, wine, and contestants; early transports move Du Ge from elsewhere in the base without warning or an opportunity to resist. Du Ge's consciousness cannot penetrate beyond the installation even when it spans kilometers outside, indicating active concealment or suppression. The narrative does not separate which effects belong to Bai Long's mind from which belong to the ship, so they are best understood as capabilities he exercises through branch technology rather than confirmed innate teleportation. (Chapters 188, 298, 375, 445, and 595)

This control has geographic and institutional limits. Bai Long's ship is tracked by headquarters, and he warns that stealing it would not let Du Ge evade Pan-Universal pursuit. He can summon contestants within his installation and dispatch souls into assigned battlefields, but other departments choose worlds, alter game systems, manage odds, and approve large operational changes. When Du Ge becomes personally stronger, the base still blocks his perception, yet Bai Long changes from forced summons to a robotic invitation and transport chair. The installation remains secure territory; it no longer guarantees the branch head's victory inside it. (Chapters 378, 448, 509, and 595)

Surveillance, analysis, and corporate discretion

Bai Long has access to live battlefield monitoring, Simulation Field recordings, contestant statistics, and official audience discussion. He can reconstruct hidden messages in Du Ge's letters, compare behavior against keywords, package evidence for senior management, and recommend restrictions. His strongest analytical insight is recognizing that Du Ge's appeal lies in uncertainty rather than simple victory. However, Du Ge repeatedly exploits the distinction between what Bai Long suspects and what he can prove. Corporate dependence on audience trust also prevents Bai Long from openly intervening during a live contest merely because he dislikes an outcome. (Chapters 262, 338, 366, 375, and 509)

His branch authority includes nominating contestants, privately providing a limited mental-power reward, warning about upcoming rules, issuing behavioral orders, and transmitting planetary rewards. It does not include unilateral control of keyword assignments, contestant retirement, battlefield selection, or the company's response to a major anomaly. Bai Long often speaks as if he personally protects or condemns Du Ge, but his own reports and later meetings show that he must answer to Ross, executive departments, and the Governor. His threats derive as much from the civilization and ship behind him as from his own strength. (Chapters 188, 260, 262, 298–299, 375, 445, 509, and 648–649)

Items

• Fishing rod: Bai Long repeatedly holds a fishing rod within his projected riverside setting. It reinforces his leisurely presentation but has no demonstrated combat or supernatural function. (Chapters 188 and 260)
• Mental-power wine: A conjured glass of red wine gives Du Ge thirty thousand mental power before his second Alien Star Battlefield. Bai Long later serves the same drink after their balance of power reverses, although the increase is then negligible beside Du Ge's billions. The quantity available, preparation method, and whether the effect comes from the wine or the branch system are not explained. (Chapters 298–299 and 595)
• Transport chair and robotic assistant: The branch uses floating chairs to move contestants through restricted areas and an intelligent assistant to meet daily needs or convey Bai Long's summons. These devices preserve control without allowing visitors to navigate the installation freely. (Chapters 188–189 and 595)
• Heart of Cangjie: Bai Long does not knowingly wield this artifact, but his scans and contestant administration operate inside the system built around it. Its secret protection of Du Ge causes Bai Long's truth pressure and anomaly detection to fail at crucial moments, making it the hidden limitation on his apparent oversight. (Chapters 375 and 655)

Relationships

Du Ge

Bai Long is simultaneously Du Ge's recruiter, sponsor, jailer, investigator, and eventual overmatched opponent. He sees a rare commercial talent and gives Du Ge access to battlefields and rewards, but never regards those opportunities as consent between equals. Du Ge responds with staged deference, partial truths, and proposals that turn corporate greed into protection. Their relationship changes when Du Ge can physically remove Bai Long's soul: personal fear disappears, yet both continue negotiating because Bai Long retains access to headquarters and Du Ge remains the company's most profitable asset. (Chapters 188, 260, 298, 375, 445, 509, and 595–596)

Ross and Pan-Universal Entertainment

Bai Long serves Pan-Universal Entertainment loyally but is not one of its final decision-makers. He gathers planetary information, manages contestants, and sends recommendations upward; Ross and the executive departments determine how to redesign the Resource Game around Du Ge. Bai Long's career incentives are tied to ratings, betting revenue, and avoiding blame for anomalies in his branch. When the company prepares for war, he follows the recall order and delivers bodies and hostages to headquarters, placing institutional survival above any personal relationship formed during his years on Qi Yuan Star. (Chapters 262, 338, 375, 378, 448, 648–649, and 653)

Nan Youlong and Qi Yuan Star

Nan Youlong administers Qi Yuan Star's contestant program below the boundary Bai Long controls. Nan Youlong cannot enter the Pan-Universal base, receives outcomes and rule changes rather than negotiating them, and must organize the planet around decisions Bai Long helps enforce. Bai Long treats the planet as a branch territory and leverage over Du Ge, threatening collective destruction when obedience is in doubt. His final retrieval of Du Ge's companions demonstrates that even the planet's most powerful officials and veterans remain assets he can remove when headquarters demands them. (Chapters 188, 298–299, 375–379, 445–446, and 649–653)