The world of Mingchao is like a cold mirror, reflecting the loneliness and helplessness of people in modern society. Zanni, a character defined by numbers and skills, is actually a microcosm of the thousands of ordinary people crushed by the machine of the times. Her flame skills and her calm dodge are not just operations in the game, but more like the silent struggle and forbearance of people in reality.
Zanni’s basic attack value and critical hit rate are like cold numbers, but they carry the heavy weight of life. Just like the “Ah Q”s struggling at the bottom of society in Lu Xun’s works, they have no gorgeous moves, only repeated struggles and endless pain. The four-stage ordinary attack is a series of hardships in life and an invisible burden on the heart.
“Flame Judgment” is not only a skill name, but also more like the faint light in the hearts of modern people, flickering hard in the oppressive life. Zanni’s “Scorching Flame Form” is her extreme state. At that moment, her critical hit rate and critical hit damage increased, just like the rebellious spirit of the lower class people in extreme difficulties. However, this resistance is often short-lived and easily extinguished by cruel reality.
The “flame enhancement” after the dodge skill reflects the rare breathing moment of modern people under pressure and difficulties, which is short and precious. Zanni’s resonance skill “Sleepless Watch” is a metaphor for the “sleepless night” of society – people still have to protect each other and their little remaining dignity and hope in exhaustion and anxiety.
The existence of “redundant kinetic energy” is like an individual who has been deprived of the resources and space that he should have by society, and is still mechanically repeating actions to try to maintain his own sense of existence. Zanni’s resonance skill chain reflects the fragile but necessary dependence and connection between people in real life. The ability bonus she gives to her teammates is very similar to the mutual assistance and reluctant maintenance between the weak in real society.
“Resonance liberation” requires a huge burden and harm, just like the heavy price many ordinary people have to pay when facing oppression. The awakening of Zanni’s “flaming form” is the final outbreak after people’s extreme resistance, but it also foreshadows the deeper harm and torture that follows.
“The embers of the blazing sun” are the remaining warmth, and also the ashes after suffering. It reminds people of the souls struggling to survive in Lu Xun’s “Call to Arms”, who are covered with scars but still live tenaciously. Zanni’s dark night will dawn, which means a ray of light in the darkness. There are always people trying to light up the haze of society, but this light is often small and fleeting.
“The most urgent thing? Get off work!” This witty remark is actually a mockery and self-mockery of the heavy pressure of modern workers. Labor is not only a means of making a living, but also an invisible shackle that forces people to repeat mechanically and endlessly. Zanni’s skill “immune to death” is like a ray of hope in the hearts of ordinary people: no matter how hard and tired you are, you can’t fall down, you must live strong.
In the world of Mingchao, Zanni’s existence reveals the neglected soul behind the numbers. She is not a cold pile of codes, but a living being with sadness, struggle and hope. Her resonance chain is the remaining emotion and connection between people in the mechanical society, and the last bastion against loneliness.
Lu Xun once said: “Hope is attached to existence. If there is existence, there is hope. If there is hope, there is light.” Zanni is the epitome of this light. Although she is in a cold digital game, the power displayed by her flame form and resonance chain symbolizes the unyielding soul and immortal will of the modern people who are oppressed by reality.
Mingchao may be a cold machine, but Zanni uses the flame of loneliness to light up a corner of the dark world. Her story is a reflection of the spiritual dilemma of people in our time, a silent cry, and a profound accusation of the cruelty of reality.