The spring is coming to an end, and the afterglow of March has not yet dissipated. An update called “Mingchao” version 2.2 has quietly arrived. The news spread from the virtual world to reality, like a hidden wind, passing through the neon and mottled city, with some subtle undercurrents. Cantrela – the name of the head of the Fisaler family was repeatedly mentioned among players, and the two former heroes, Chun and Shouanren, were also summoned back to the stage of this game.
These names are not just characters in the game, but more like shadows of reality, reflecting the current society where impetuousness and loneliness are intertwined. Cantrela, a user of the sound sensor with annihilation resonance, her skills are like the tentacles of a jellyfish, gently and indifferently crossing the enemy’s defense line, and also bringing slow and necessary healing to the team. Her existence reminds people of the soul struggling in the dark night, with both the sharpness of attack and the tenderness of healing. But this tenderness is ultimately wrapped up by fate and cannot escape the heavy fate.
Chun, the holder of the Swift Blade, seems to be another attitude against fate. She cuts off the entanglement with speed and decisiveness, as if shouting: “Break free, break free from this endless cycle!” But her return may not bring true relief. The undetermined card pool time of the shore guard is like those vague dreams in waiting, always staying on the edge of the future and difficult to reach.
The newly introduced pneumatic attributes in the game and the role positioning of “Drifter·Pneumatic” are particularly intriguing. Wind, as the most amorphous element, has become a carrier for healing and transforming negative states. This may symbolize that when modern people face the complex state of the environment and state of mind, they want to heal their wounds but cannot escape the invasion of the storm. The exclusive weapon of the wind master, “Blood Oath Covenant”, is given free to players who complete the main quest. This is both an encouragement and a satire: true salvation is just another new contract and a new burden.
The name of the sound corpse suit “The Clouds Passing Empty” itself reveals a sense of emptiness and impermanence. Two-piece sets increase aerodynamic damage, while five-piece sets impose wind erosion effects on enemies, further increasing the team’s aerodynamic damage. It seems that this set of equipment is not only a tool for combat, but also a metaphor – even if the clouds and waters pass away, the emptiness is still around, and all these efforts and struggles are ultimately just dust particles flowing in the hourglass of time.
The era we live in, like the world in the game, constantly welcomes new updates and new challenges, but it may not bring fundamental changes. The appearance of new characters and the addition of new equipment are nothing more than temporary excitement and escape for players. Real life is still full of unknown suffering and unsolvable dilemmas.
In such an impetuous and anxious environment, people are eager to get a little comfort through the game, but they have to face the shadows in the game: the loss of card drawing, resource limitations, and time pressure. Behind those who claim to be “smooth and safe value-added channels” is the cold logic of commercial interests, just like the temptations and traps in life.
However, in this interweaving of virtual and reality, we cannot completely sink. Every choice, every effort, is a resistance to fate. Cantrela’s treatment, Chun’s gust of wind, the shore guard’s perseverance, and the drifter’s pneumatic transformation are all struggles and explorations in the storm. They are like a mirror, reflecting the desires and fears in the hearts of players, and also reflecting the uncertainty and expectations of people in the real world about the future.
This version update news, like the forbearing and erupting words in Lu Xun’s pen, carries a deep insight into reality and a helpless sigh. It tells us that even if the world becomes riddled with holes and the storm hits, we still have to look for light in the darkness, even though the light is weak and easy to disappear.
And that string of redemption codes, “Treabarblog3ge”, like countless seemingly beautiful promises in modern society, always reminds people: Can we really control our own destiny? Perhaps, the only thing we can do is to stay awake in the storm and move forward firmly.