The burden of growth that an ordinary character silently carries in the world of Teyvat


Aikefei, this name is not well-known in the world of Teyvat. She is not one of those five-star characters that are sought after by thousands of people, nor is she a powerful character that can easily change the situation of the battle. She is just an ordinary four-star magic weapon messenger, a small character ignored by countless players in the vast adventure.

I think such a character is like the small characters around you and me, ordinary, without any sensational stories, and no earth-shaking fate. Her daily life is to break through and upgrade again and again, collect those headache materials, spend countless time and energy, in exchange for inconspicuous growth points.

Her growth materials are very complicated: Shivada Emerald Silver, Aixu Ice Jade Fragments, Shivada Jade Fragments, and what meshing gears, mechanical spur gears, artificial power gears… These names sound annoying, as if it is an endless labor. You have to keep swiping monsters, beating bosses, and accumulating these things, just like farmers driving crops, day after day, year after year.

Her exclusive weapon, the Fragrance Player, needs a lot of materials to reach level 90. The dregs of the Pure Holy Dew, the Pure Holy Dew Spring, a drop of polluted water, the Transoceanic Pearl… These sound like things from the Arabian Nights, but they are the real cost of her growth in the game world. Players complain about the scarcity of resources, but they have to collect them diligently.

Her process of breaking through the level is even more of a tribulation. Level 20, level 40, level 50, level 60… Each threshold is like an iron fence that doesn’t give you a chance to pass. Every time she upgrades a level, she has to consume a lot of materials and time, as if she is constantly squeezed in a ruthless machine. The drops from those dungeon bosses become the life and death line for her to continue moving forward.

Her talent material, the teaching, guidance, and philosophy of “justice”, is another difficult path. Only on specific days and in specific dungeons can you get those yellowed pages of the talent book. There are also “Erosion Horn” and “Erosion of Lingxi”, and behind each name is a challenge full of failure and frustration.

Ai Kefei’s growth is not glamorous. She is not praised, and she is not treated preferentially. She is like a hard-working farmer, working hard and unknown. Her story has no swords and swords, no earth-shaking reversals, only countless lonely nights, and a long and boring road of monster hunting.

Perhaps, this is her true meaning. She is ordinary, ordinary, and the kind of “forgotten” existence that most people will experience. She taught us that the so-called growth is often not a earth-shaking moment, but thousands of times of day-to-day persistence. Behind the world of Teyvat, she has propped up an invisible fortress.

Those glamorous five-star heroes are the soil for her to accumulate energy silently. Her existence is an indispensable cornerstone of the game ecology. Without her, the whole world will lose balance, and heroes will not be able to shine.

In reality, how many of us are like Ai Kefei, silently taking on our own roles? There is no applause, no cheers, only lonely persistence and silent efforts. Her story makes people feel a heavy reality and a reverence for ordinary life.

This is the other side of the world of Teyvat, and also the other side of our lives.
Ordinary does not mean insignificant, and silence does not mean powerless.

Every breakthrough and every drop of sweat of Ai Kefei is a tribute to the ordinary. She uses her persistence to tell all the ignored people: your importance is far greater than you think.

She is not a legend, but a truth.
She does not need applause, she just needs to live, live tenaciously, and live meaningfully.

This is the story of Ai Kefei, an ordinary character.