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Li Na remained partied with Zhang as the crawlers evacuated the ninth floor, but she hadn't spoken to him at all.
When the time came she, too, went into a stairwell without saying a word — a silent parting that Carl noticed but did not have time to unpack.
Role
A crawler whose wordless departure marks a fractured partnership.
Relationships
Zhang — Still in his party, but has stopped speaking to him
Carl — He observes her silent departure
Earlier in this series
Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:
Sources — 36 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 9
- Untouchable crawler whose condition makes it impossible for Donut to grant her an officer rank by touch.
Chapter 19
- Newly recruited crawler whose dangerous aura was neutralized by a Mordecai potion, now building Shanty Town's defenses.
Chapter 24
- Crawler working the Shanty Town defenses who promises two more towers active within twenty minutes.
Chapter 37
- Commander in Shanty Town who vets captured off-worlders and spends the crawlers' coffers fortifying the town.
Chapter 40
- Crawler posted in Shanty Town while the castle prepares for the orc assault.
Chapter 48
- Understaffed crawler whose shortage Carl notes while pushing to get Shanty Town's defenses running.
Chapter 49
- Crawler who freely donated her blood for Carl's tattoo despite barely speaking to him since her brother's injury.
Chapter 54
- One of the two crawlers waiting for Carl in Shanty Town when he transfers back.
Chapter 55
- Member of Carl's group four with the 107th White Dragons, staged in Shanty Town for the decisive phase.
Chapter 57
- Waits for Carl's thumbs-up, then climbs the clock tower she built to take her position for the assault.
Chapter 59
- Aura crawler whose Dreads are being amplified from the Shanty Town clocktower to devastate Club Vanquisher.
Chapter 60
- Dread-wielding crawler whose amplified auras turn the Club Vanquisher lobby into a soul-harvesting massacre.
Chapter 61
- Chain-wielding crawler whose blood dreads liquefy Club Vanquisher's occupants while she reports levels with unnerving calm.
Chapter 62
- Crawler unaffected by the boss-battle freeze whose aura keeps filling the main body of Club Vanquisher.
Chapter 64
- Aura-caster and chain specialist whose tattoo skill and buffs underwrite the entire Khepri temple operation.
Chapter 66
- Crawler commanding the 107th White Dragons, newly level 84 and number two on the leaderboard.
Chapter 67
- Li Na receives Carl's spare Ring of Divine Suffering and quietly empties the brig of every prisoner but one.
Chapter 68
- Commander of the 107th White Dragons, responsible for prisoners and, Carl suspects, for removing Rishi's arms.
Chapter 69
- Authority over Shanty Town whose permission Carl says Donut should get before using the PA.
Chapter 75
- Shanty Town leader who reports the freeze's scope and spots the pattern of who it spares.
Chapter 78
- Li Jun's little sister, who begs him not to sacrifice himself and receives his final message.
Chapter 80
- Crawler ordered to assist the NPCs but currently in hysterics over her brother's death.
Chapter 81
- Vanished from her synergy tower to install her dead brother's eye into herself and duel a god.
Chapter 82
- Reports the intelligence that golden-skinned ogre changelings can bar a god from crossing a threshold.
Chapter 83
- Grief-mad after her brother's death, Li Na installs his celestial eye in her own socket and goes to conscript a god.
Chapter 84
- War mage commander who has the god Yarilo under direct control and fighting for her team.
Chapter 85
- Back in chat and organizing the assault, literally riding the conscripted god Harpocrates like a mount.
Chapter 86
- Back in her tower, Li Na strains to hold Harpocrates still and pushes the team to act immediately.
Chapter 87
- Crawler commanding from her clock tower who gives the go order and refuses Carl's attempt to abort the assault.
Chapter 88
- Chain-building crawler who weaves a vast lattice beneath Donut's Astral Paw, turning it into a shredding machine.
Chapter 89
- Chain-wielding crawler who maxes every base stat at level 87, then vanishes hunting the warlords who escaped her marks.
Chapter 90
- Crawler hunting escapees in the woods with new hunting skills and flight, unable to find anyone marked.
Chapter 91
- Li Na has gone silent on chat, telling only Zhang that she is hunting.
Chapter 94
- Floating in silent fury above the party, Li Na loses her last chance to heal when three marked harem women escape the floor.
Chapter 97
- The crawler who marked and slaughtered helpless enemies for 300 points of stats, and became Carl's cautionary example.
Chapter 98
- Still partied with Zhang but no longer speaking to him, she enters the stairwell without a word.