If you have ever entered the world of “Honkai Impact 3: Star Railway”, you will feel a deep depression. It seems that the entire virtual world is dominated by some invisible force, and on this cold railway, every character is dragged by fate and cannot break free. I saw the figure of Na Kexia, and there was no light in his eyes, only a blankness.
Everyone is looking for something here, but no one really knows what they want. Na Kexia is no exception. He has never chosen his own path from the beginning. Just like everyone in society, they are often trapped in an invisible cage involuntarily, and this railway is the only path laid out by fate for him.
1. Breakthrough and hope: every drop of sweat is buried
In Na Kexia, I saw a kind of desolation in human nature. He constantly breaks through himself, improves himself, and tries to break free from the shackles of fate, but every breakthrough makes him deeper into it. Just like countless ordinary people who work hard in life, they keep adding to their lives, but they can never find a real way out.
Breakthrough seems to be a habit and a helpless choice. In order to constantly improve himself, Na Kexia constantly collects materials and accumulates experience. Every step of his progress seems to be fighting for a chance of survival for himself. The game requires him to collect various light cone materials and complete various breakthrough tasks. Is there a deeper ruthlessness behind these constantly accumulated materials?
The collection of each material makes Na Kexia’s body heavier. Every progress in the game is like countless strugglers in life. Every silent night will add an invisible burden. And under these burdens, fate still did not give him any answer. Does Na Kexia understand that all breakthroughs and efforts are an invisible delusion? Has he begun to doubt the meaning of all this in his heart?
2. The confusion of the light cone: from the beginning to the end, there seems to be no answer
In “Honkai Impact 3: Star Dome Railway”, the light cone is a symbol, it represents power and represents expectations for the future. However, this expectation is always out of reach. It is always far away and will never arrive. Every time Na Kexia upgrades his light cone, it seems to be an endless pursuit, and whether the final result of this pursuit will give him an answer is still uncertain.
This hopeless pursuit is an extreme loneliness I feel from life. People pursue light and success, but often cannot reach it in their lifetime. Just like Na Kexia, every progress he makes seems to tell himself that he is getting closer and closer to freedom and liberation, but all this is in vain. The light cone is not an answer, but just a constantly extending goal that makes people chase farther and farther.
Everyone is chasing their own light cone, but when they reach the goal, they will find that they have already lost. The same is true for Na Kexia. Although he keeps working hard in the game and breaks through his limits, he still cannot get rid of the shackles of fate in the end. This silent despair, like an undercurrent, always surges silently in every corner of the game world.
3. Repetition of traces: Inescapable cycle of fate
Nakexia’s traces are like a closed loop. No matter where he goes, he will eventually return to the starting point. Every step he takes seems to remind him that fate cannot be changed, and all these repetitions are ultimately just to keep him lost.
This reminds me of those who have tried their best in life but never see the light. No matter how hard they try, they can never escape the shackles of reality, and will eventually return to the starting point and continue to endure the pressure and helplessness of life. The cruelty of this fate makes people feel deeply powerless. Is Na Kexia also like these people, unable to find the real exit?
Breakthroughs, upgrades, and traces in the game, every task seems to be full of meaning, but in fact, they are just an illusory process. Na Kexia lost himself in the process, and every breakthrough he made made it more difficult for him to see his true face. What is he pursuing? Is it to gain stronger power, or to find a sense of belonging in this boundless world? This seems to be an unanswerable question.
4. The unsolvable ending: a world without answers
When Na Kexia stepped onto this lonely railway, his fate had been fixed. He kept breaking through and moving forward, but he could never find what he wanted. In his eyes, there seems to be only endless darkness and confusion, and the light cone and breakthrough are just a way for him to try to cover up the emptiness in his heart. In the end, will all this have an ending, or does the ending really matter?
This is like many people in life who have been looking for answers all their lives, looking for a “light cone” that can answer everything. However, the real answer may not be at the end, but hidden in every step of this long road. Maybe we have been chasing, but we can never reach it. Does that mean that we are destined to walk to the end of this railway?
Fate, like the light cone of Na Kexia, is always unknown. Everyone walks on this railway, and whether they can find the exit in the end, I am afraid it will only be revealed under the arrangement of fate. No matter how hard Na Kexia tried, how to break through, he still couldn’t escape it in the end.
Perhaps, the cruelty of fate is that it will never give you a clear answer, until you get lost in it, you will realize that everything is in vain.