If you walk into the world of “Honkai: Star Dome Railway”, it seems that everything is flowing, with a slow rhythm but a mysterious rhythm. The world in the game is like a boundless desert. In this desert, the light cone is the only guide, and Na Ke Xia – an out-and-out stranger, is embarking on this uncertain railway with his dreams and mission.
You may not know that the moment you enter this game, you are no longer just a player, you have also become a part of Na Ke Xia. In this strange world, breakthroughs and advancements are not just the growth of numbers. They seem to be able to bring people into deeper reflections like dreams. Have you ever thought that Na Ke Xia’s light cone and his continuous forward steps are like your and my life, full of expectations and confusion?
1. The track of destiny: when breakthroughs become an endless journey
Na Ke Xia’s existence seems to be a fog in this virtual world. Every breakthrough and every upgrade of his light cone seemed to lead him to an end. However, where is the real end? He kept picking up and putting down the light cones, breakthrough materials, traces and other things, as if he was seeking some kind of liberation, perhaps to gain stronger power, or perhaps just to find his own place in the endless virtual world.
Are the lives of each of us somewhat similar? Working hard day after day, chasing a seemingly distant goal, only to find that the goal becomes more and more vague and gradually loses its original meaning. Everyone is walking on this invisible track, as if everything is destined and can’t stop. Na Kexia’s journey may be just a microcosm of you and me: constantly breaking through and moving forward, can you find the belonging of that self in the end?
But in the world of games, fate always seems to have a wonderful arrangement. You may not know it at the beginning, but as Na Kexia grows step by step, all the materials and all the breakthroughs hide a complex game rule, until you can no longer look back. Is it true that every player in the game has found a way to realize himself in this world? Or, will the end of each game bring another new starting point?
2. The profound meaning of the light cone: all breakthroughs are a kind of desire
In this virtual journey, the light cone is a symbol. It represents power and also represents an endless desire. Every time the light cone is upgraded, it is a desire for higher power, and Na Ke Xia is the bearer of all this. The light cone is like the “holy grail” in the game, which every player is constantly pursuing but never touching.
Have you ever had a similar desire in your life? That desire for the unknown is both exciting and tiring. Just as Na Ke Xia keeps moving forward under the guidance of the light cone, he is also looking for his own answer. This answer may not be the ultimate goal, but an endless process. Each of us has a light cone in our hearts, which represents our expectations for the future and our desire for self-breakthrough.
However, just like Na Ke Xia in the game, when you put all your energy into breakthroughs and improvements, you will find that you are gradually swallowed up by all this. Na Ke Xia’s breakthrough is like a closed cycle, and every progress is inseparable from the endless materials and goals behind it. You keep working hard to pursue more light cones and more breakthroughs, but the meaning of all this becomes more and more blurred as time goes by.
3. Lost traces: the interweaving of dreams and reality
Nakexia’s traces seem like a recurring dream. In the world of the game, every choice and action of the player is limited to a certain framework. Even if you obtain various materials in constant battles, improve light cones and breakthroughs, you will eventually find that you can never escape the established track. You begin to wonder if this track is what you really want, or is it just a seemingly free dream?
This reminds me of the recurring theme in Haruki Murakami’s works – the interweaving of dreams and reality. Everything you do in the game seems to be full of meaning, but it is like an imperfect dream with some vague and unreal colors. Nakexia is constantly evolving and breaking through, but has he really found his own belonging? Perhaps, like us, he is just looking for the tranquility and freedom that should belong to him.
Many choices in our lives are very similar to the traces in the game. You keep moving forward, and every step seems to be carefully designed, but you can never find the place that truly belongs to you. Just like Na Kexia’s growth, many people in the trajectory of life may never really stop to think about what they are pursuing. Will Na Kexia realize at some point that true freedom may not lie in the light cone and breakthrough, but in whether he can escape from this endless track?
IV. Conclusion: The eternal proposition of loss and search
“Honkai Impact 3: Star Dome Railway” is a story about breakthrough and search, but its core is precisely about the eternal proposition between “lost” and “searching”. Na Kexia’s journey, like the journey of each of us in life, is full of confusion, pursuit, breakthrough and end. We may find short-term satisfaction in continuous improvement, but whether all this can ultimately bring true freedom is still unknown.
Perhaps, each of us is pursuing our own “light cone”, the symbol of power and breakthrough. However, when we are immersed in this process, have we overlooked a simple fact – perhaps true freedom does not lie in achievements and goals, but in whether we can find our own peace in this world full of light and darkness.
That moment of summer is like the image of each of us. He is looking for himself in the virtual world, and are we also looking for our own answers in reality?