Zanni, who appeared in Mingchao version 2.3, is a bank clerk and a resonator. It sounds like a new hero in the game, but if you think about it carefully, behind her settings and skills, it seems that the absurdity of this era and the complexity of human nature are hidden. Her power is not a simple superpower, but a portrayal of modern people struggling between reality and ideals, and the silent struggle and unwillingness of all people in this era.
Zanni’s basic information is not particularly amazing-five stars, diffraction attributes, using arm armor weapons. But her presence is not just a pile of numbers. She is a bank employee, and this identity makes people feel cold and without warmth. Banks are the most concentrated places for modern capital, the arena for money games, and the place where many people’s dreams and despair are intertwined. As a bank clerk, Zanni carries a kind of rationality and rigor, but is destined to face countless helpless choices.
Her exclusive weapon “Flame Judgment” carries a certain cold sense of justice. Attack is increased, critical damage is high, and the damage can ignore 8% of defense when releasing resonance. Behind the numbers is a metaphor for the ruthlessness of reality. Ignoring defense is a satire on the invisible barriers of power and capital in real society, which ordinary people can hardly penetrate. Flame Judgment is like a ruthless sword of judgment, cutting off all hypocrisy and disguise.
Zanni’s normal attack is called “Silent Negotiation”, a four-stage combo. After the third stage, you can short-press the normal attack to connect the fourth stage, and the fourth stage of attack can also be triggered after dodging. Silent Negotiation, this name is like a silent face, hiding too many unspoken stories. Silent negotiation in reality may be a silent struggle or a helpless compromise. Many times, people have to continue moving forward in silence, accumulating strength, and waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.
Her resonance skill “Sleepless Watch” is even more full of tension. Press and hold the skill to enter the blocking state, and release the attack to cause damage. When attacked, you are immune to control, reduce damage, and can counterattack accurately. Sleepless Watch is like those ordinary people who watch over their own and others’ fate in the dark night. Watching is not a weak wait, but a perseverance with scars. Immune control may be the only sobriety and dignity that people can maintain when they are struggling in difficult situations.
When Zanni is full of “redundant kinetic energy”, her resonance skill will become a radical annihilation plan. This setting implies the explosive power hidden under the calm surface. Those seemingly ordinary people have a ball of flame in their hearts, waiting to be ignited. Prepare the posture, consume kinetic energy, and cast concentrated suppression. Everything is like a long-planned counterattack, telling the world fiercely that we are not soft persimmons that can be trampled on by anyone.
In her “burning flame form”, the upper limit of “flame light” is increased, the attack power is enhanced, and the general attack multiplier is increased, as if the passion of people is ignited, with the power to destroy everything. But when the “flame light” is lower than 30, it is necessary to exit the form and usher in the “moment of final judgment”. This process reminds people of those short and burning passions and dreams in life, which eventually return to calm and even ruthless reality. The cruelty of reality is the fate that the flame will eventually go out.
These strange words, “sun embers” and “light noise effect”, actually reflect the complex state of good and evil intertwined in human nature, and the coexistence of light and shadow. When Zanni is in a team, she can transform the light noise effect into sun embers and absorb the flames, which shows that the connection and mutual influence between individuals is sometimes the transmission of power or the accumulation of burdens. No one can be truly independent, and they are all shadows of each other’s destiny.
Her variation skill “Instant Execution” and extended skill “Tomorrow’s Beacon” silently reveal the cruelty of time and the difficulty of choice. Immediate execution means instant decision and action, which is the pressure and responsibility that cannot be avoided in life. And the Tomorrow’s Beacon is the future that is always far away but must be pursued. Causing additional damage to the target and clearing the sun embers is also like people’s desire to face the burden of the past and want to cut it off and start again.
Zanni’s inherent skills “Quick Response” and “No Fear of Pain” are the soul portrayal of the person who still chooses to move forward in pain. The 20% reduction in damage seems to tell us that even if life is full of thorns, we can find the courage to resist pain. Quick response means adaptation and adjustment, which is a survival skill that must be learned in the tide of the times.
Her resonance chain is even more touching. Damage bonus, critical hit improvement, multiplier increase… The numbers are growing, the power is accumulating, but it also implies a reality of being constantly exploited. The setting of “The most urgent task? Get off work!” in the resonance liberation is even more sad. When being overwhelmed by work and life, many people silently recite this sentence in their hearts-when it’s time to get off work, put everything down.
In general, Zanni’s design is not as simple as a game character. She carries too many metaphors of reality and the absurdity of life. Her power is not isolated, but closely connected with real life. Through Zanni, we see the plight of that era, the tenacity of people in struggle, and the spark of hope and rebellion.
Outside the game, Zanni is like a mirror, reflecting the desolation and fire in each of our hearts. Perhaps this is the charm of Mingchao: in the virtual world, it reflects real life and awakens the dormant human nature.