Zanni, although part of the virtual world, is like the soul of someone swallowed by indifference. Mingchao’s game world is so huge and complex, and every character has his own story, but Zanni seems destined to become a victim of fate in this endless cycle. Every breakthrough and every improvement she makes seems to bring more loneliness and emptiness. Her growth is like a soul that has nowhere to go in reality, unable to find a place to belong and unable to get out of trouble.
The materials in the virtual world seem simple but full of profound meaning. Low-frequency poly-square sound core, medium-frequency poly-square sound core, high-frequency poly-square sound core, full-frequency poly-square sound core, these seemingly meaningless things have become items that Zanni must collect, and behind each item, there is an invisible bondage waiting for her. She thought she was working for a higher goal, but these materials became her shackles, making her fall into confusion step by step.
Zanni never stopped struggling, but she never got rid of her inner loneliness. With every breakthrough, every skill upgrade, she should have been a more perfect existence, but she felt extremely empty at each new level. She couldn’t understand what this endless pursuit brought her. Every time she collected the necessary materials, the feeling of exhaustion came to her heart, and she began to doubt whether she was really working for a certain goal or was just enslaved by the rules of the game.
This world gave her great freedom, but also gave her a deep dilemma. She struggled in the virtual world, as if she couldn’t find the freedom that really belonged to her. With each of her breakthroughs, her heart became colder. This loneliness and emptiness came not only from her game character, but also from the person behind her who was struggling in reality. She kept collecting materials, but invisibly became a tool of this virtual world. Like other players, she longed for achievements in the game and the vanity behind those numbers, but she gradually discovered that the sense of achievement did not bring her actual satisfaction.
The virtual world gave her a lot, but also took away part of her self. She collected materials in the game, upgraded weapons and skills, but increasingly felt that these things were so meaningless. She began to question whether this game had any meaning. Was she really doing what she wanted to do, or was she just living to meet other people’s expectations and the rules of the virtual world?
Every breakthrough seemed to bring her a sense of accomplishment, but this sense of accomplishment did not change in any substantial way. She was still the one lost in the virtual world. She no longer expected to have freedom, because she knew that in this world, her freedom had long been taken away. She no longer expected every breakthrough in the game to bring inner relief, because she knew that this virtual achievement could not fill the emptiness in her heart.
Zanni’s fate was like one of the countless designed characters in this game world. She worked hard to pursue a stronger self, but she never realized that the end of this road might just be a more lonely world. In this endless game, she kept climbing, but she could never touch the real “freedom”. In the end, would she really realize that these so-called breakthroughs were just a cycle to meet the virtual rules?