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Overview

Lu Meng (露萌, also known as 露西亚) is a significant NPC in Roco Kingdom: World who serves dual roles across the game's content. She functions as the Dark-type Badge Examiner, guarding the Shadow Space and testing trainers who seek the Dark-type badge. In Season 1: Dark Night Collecting Light, she takes on an expanded role as the evil-type researcher at the Box Research Laboratory, overseeing the investigation of Dragon Breath Parasus and the corrupted spirits threatening the continent.

Character Profile

Role as Dark-Type Badge Examiner

As one of the badge examiners players must defeat during the main story, Lu Meng guards the Dark-type badge within the Shadow Space. The Shadow Space is a dimly lit, atmospheric arena designed to test a trainer's ability to handle low-visibility conditions and the unique mechanics of Dark-type spirits. Players who wish to earn this badge must navigate the Shadow Space's environmental challenges and defeat Lu Meng in a formal badge battle.

Lu Meng's badge battle team consists primarily of Dark and Evil-type spirits. Her battle strategy emphasizes status effects, debuffs, and disruption. She often opens with spirits that lower the opponent's accuracy or apply confusion, forcing challengers to adapt their tactics on the fly. Trainers who rely on straightforward offensive strategies may struggle against her layered defensive approach.

Season 1: Box Research Laboratory

During Season 1: Dark Night Collecting Light, Lu Meng's role expands significantly. She is stationed at the Box Research Laboratory as the lead evil-type researcher, tasked with investigating the phenomenon of corrupted spirits and the emergence of Dragon Breath Parasus. The Box Research Laboratory serves as a hub for Season 1 story content, and Lu Meng is the primary NPC who assigns research quests and provides exposition about the growing threat.

Her research focuses on understanding the Nightmare Shackles system, which causes spirits in certain areas to become corrupted when trainers capture too many in a concentrated zone. Lu Meng theorizes that the corruption is connected to a deeper imbalance in the continent's spiritual energy, and she works to develop countermeasures while the player investigates the source of the problem.

Through the Season 1 questline, Lu Meng guides the player through a series of investigations that ultimately lead to encountering Dragon Breath Parasus. Her expertise in Dark-type spirits makes her uniquely qualified to analyze this legendary creature's behavior and develop strategies for safely containing it.

Connection to Dragon Breath Parasus

Lu Meng's research is central to the story of Dragon Breath Parasus, the Season 1 legendary spirit. She is the first to identify the creature's unique ability to manipulate dark energy and is instrumental in helping the player understand its "Evil Thought Exchange" ability. Without Lu Meng's research data, the player would lack the knowledge needed to confront and capture Dragon Breath Parasus during the Season 1 questline.

Personality and Traits

Lu Meng presents a calm, analytical exterior that befits her role as both a badge examiner and a researcher. She speaks in measured, precise language and rarely shows overt emotion, though her dedication to her work is evident in her thoroughness. Despite her serious demeanor, she shows genuine concern for the well-being of both trainers and spirits, and she takes the corruption crisis personally.

• Analytical: Lu Meng approaches every problem methodically, gathering data before drawing conclusions.

• Dedicated: She works tirelessly at the Box Research Laboratory, often staying late to review findings.

• Protective: Despite studying dangerous Dark-type phenomena, Lu Meng's primary goal is to protect spirits from corruption.

• Reserved: She keeps her emotions guarded, only revealing her deeper feelings in pivotal story moments.

Badge Battle Strategy

When challenging Lu Meng for the Dark-type badge, prepare for a battle that emphasizes attrition and disruption. The following tips can help trainers succeed.

• Bring spirits with high accuracy or moves that cannot miss to counter her accuracy-lowering tactics.

• Light-type or Fighting-type spirits with type advantage against Dark-type are strongly recommended.

• Status-cleansing moves or items are essential, as she frequently applies confusion and debuffs.

• Do not rely on a single spirit to sweep; her team is built to punish one-dimensional strategies.

• Healing items and stamina management are important for surviving her drawn-out battles.

See Also

• Characters - Full list of NPCs and party members

• Dragon Breath Parasus - Season 1 legendary spirit she researches

• Season 1: Dark Night Collecting Light - The first seasonal content update

• Main Story - Badge quest progression

• Shiny and Variant Spirits - Corruption, shiny, and variant mechanics