In Mingchao’s world, there is a character named Zanni. She is a five-star diffraction resonator and will appear in version 2.3 in the future. Her growth path is full of complicated material collection and endless breakthroughs, but her existence makes people sigh: Do these people in the virtual world exist just to cater to the rules of the game?
Zanni is not special. Her skills, breakthroughs, and weapons seem to improve her strength. However, in a sense, she is more like a lonely ant, constantly carrying these stones that cannot be shaken off, thinking that one day she will climb to that distant peak. Her breakthrough is no different from the characters in countless games, upgrading step by step, strengthening again and again, as if everything is for some vague goal.
However, ironically, Zanni actually has no goal. Her breakthrough and promotion are always just for the sake of promotion, to reach a certain number, rather than to realize her inner ideal. Her existence is full of absurdity and helplessness. She is not just a character in the game, but also everyone who strives for a virtual goal – they keep pursuing, but they can never see the final shore.
Zanni collects low-frequency poly-square sound cores, medium-frequency poly-square sound cores, high-frequency poly-square sound cores, and collects the sword calamus and the joy of the door of the underworld. She keeps strengthening herself, as if all these efforts will guide her to a stronger self. However, what is the meaning of these numbers, tasks and items in the game? They are just elements in another game rule. Behind them, there is nothing but indifferent calculations and values.
Her breakthrough is not to change her fate, but to go faster and further, until she finally realizes that she has been trapped in this virtual cage. She is a prisoner of this world, constantly breaking through, constantly collecting, and can never escape. And the power she pursues is ultimately just a number in an endless cycle.
In the end, Zanni no longer expects any change. She understands that she is just a part of the game, a character that is not cared about. In this virtual world, all struggles are just to meet the needs of numbers, not the desires of the heart. She may have dreamed of change, but now she knows that her existence is just to fill the gap in the virtual world forever.