Her name is a misunderstanding of the wind and a stubborn echo of fate. Feng Jin, a character who has not yet appeared, seems to have been waiting for our confirmation with some kind of eyes. She does not belong to the organization of our real world, but has entered the player’s consciousness in a nearly poetic way. She is the attribute of wind, the fate of memory, and another self-projected stand-in in this fictional world of civilization.
Some people say that character development is a formula, with logic, paths, and summaries. But we know that is not all. The name, source, quantity, and even the order of arrangement of each character material are whispers from the world. And Feng Jin is the most sensitive ear in those whispers. She needs nouns such as “fear crushes flesh and blood”, “courage tears the chest”, and “glory baptizes the body”. They are more specific than numerical values and more poetic than numbers.
We tried to sort out the path she needs for growth: upgrade, breakthrough, light cone, traces… Do these words remind you of the process you once exhausted but persevered in? She needs to upgrade from level 1 to level 80, fill up credit points, and invest in fragments, debris, and echoes from countless dungeons.
Especially the material called “A Cup of Drunkenness”. In daily games, this may just be a drop after defeating a boss; but when you read the name carefully, it is like whispering a long-lost dream to you at night. Have we ever lost our way in a “drunkenness”? At such a vague node, we thought we could never soberly become a meaningful person again?
Feng Jin’s light cone is called “May the rainbow light stay in the sky forever”. This is a wish, but also an irony. We all know that the rainbow cannot stay forever, but she wants us to believe in the possibility of light. This is also very similar to the game itself: using a set of exquisite system structures to try to convince us that the randomness in our lives can be controlled.
Her trace material comes from the simulated calyx – this name is like a bud that has not yet bloomed, and was artificially copied by someone. You have to obtain “Manas Sprout”, “Thinking Seed”, and “Alayahua” in “Ruins of Conflict”. These three words, when separated, all carry a certain metaphysical and philosophical temperament. They should not be just the names of a certain item, but a summary of a certain mental state.
We also need to mention “The Remnant of the Same Wish”, a material extracted from the aftermath of the battle. It can only be obtained once a week, and it can only be dropped by defeating the leader “The Choir of the Same Wish”. Does this symbolize that in our own lives, the truly important things are always so few and cannot be repeated? Behind every “same wish” is an unfulfilled promise and a memory that must be faced alone.
Talking about Feng Jin’s consumption, we see that she needs 3.88 million credit points for upgrading and more than 3 million for skills… These numbers seem ordinary, but they are actually an accumulation of emotions. When you invest every bit of resources in her, does it seem like you are filling in a certain tenderness that you have lost? Is it like atonement to a future character that you have never had?
The “Footprints of Destiny”, “Travel Experiences”, and “Travel Guide” that she needs in her growth process are like the titles of your and my diaries. You choose to believe that the character will become stronger, just like you are willing to believe that hard work will blossom in reality.
Some people ask, why do we invest so much emotion in fictional characters? Because Feng Jin is not just a character, she is the image of wind, the resentment of Jin, and the projection of all our personalities who want to fly but have not yet mustered the courage.
When you really see her flying like the wind in the battle, you will know that all these materials, these seemingly repetitive and boring accumulations, are not for victory, but for companionship. She represents a weak but firm voice in our hearts, a person who is willing to believe that the wind can reshape the world on the edge of the collapse of the times.
So when she finally appears, how should we face her? Not just to cultivate her, but also to listen to her. She is not a character in our hands, but a poem in the wind.