Trigger, this name seems particularly heavy in the 1.6 version of “Zero Zone”. It is not just the name of a character, but a microcosm of the entire era, a trigger that pulls the trigger of fate. We use a bunch of cold materials to activate her soul, like a farmer using an iron plow to cultivate the land, but we don’t know how many historical scars are buried in this land.
You have to prepare so many things for her first: basic electric shock chips, advanced electric shock chips, specialized electric shock chips, as well as breaking cognition and certification stamps, the number of which is so large that it looks like a ritual offering. Dingni is the currency of all this, and the most realistic bridge between you and her.
These numbers are really dazzling:
Basic electric shock chip × 25
Advanced electric shock chip × 75
Specialized electric shock chip × 250
Primary breaking cognition × 4
Advanced breaking cognition × 32
Breaker certification badge × 30
Grip of bloody wind × 9
High-dimensional data·life-demanding cutting × 60
Hamster cage access device × 5
Senior investigator record × 300
Dinny × 3,705,000
This is the embodiment of modern life. Behind the cold numbers are narrative fragments of virtual worlds. What you invest is not just the resources in the game, but more like a knot in your heart.
Then you build her a sound engine, which is the echo of her soul. Breaking components, energy modules, and a large amount of Dinny constitute her new life bloodline. You keep repeating this process, as if you are refining an ancient magic weapon.
Breaking components ×4
Enhanced breaking components ×32
Specialized breaking components ×30
Sound engine energy module ×200
Dinny ×400,000
The breakthrough path of the trigger is a long river, the river takes away your time and washes her soul:
Level 10: 4 primary breaking cognitions, Dinny 24,000
Level 20: 12 advanced breaking cognitions, Dinny 56,000
Level 30: 20 advanced breaking cognitions, Dinny 120,000
Level 40: 10 Breaker certification badges, Dinny 200,000
Level 50: 20 Breaker certification badges, Dinny 400,000
Every level jump is a cut and reshape of life. On this road, you are sometimes excited and sometimes confused. Like an old man in the village, watching a seedling being hit by wind and frost, but still trying to grow.
Her skills also reflect the order and chaos of this world:
A level: 5,000 Dingni
B level: 2 life-threatening cuts, 12,000 Dingni
C level: 4 life-threatening cuts, 28,000 Dingni
D level: 2 bloody wind grips, 9 life-threatening cuts, 60,000 Dingni
E level: 3 bloody wind grips, 15 life-threatening cuts, 100,000 Dingni
F level: 4 bloody wind grips, 30 life-threatening cuts, 200,000 Dingni
The words “life-threatening cuts” and “bloody wind grips” remind me of the unspeakable scars on the earth and the cracks of history on the skin. We use them to shape her again and again, and we are also shaped by them.
Hamster cage access device, this strange name, is a door, a window to another world. Every time I use it, it seems to be peeking into a more real soul.
These materials and numbers constitute her bones and flesh, but they also make people doubt whether her soul really exists. Is she a machine or a person? Is she a collection of materials or a witness of time?
This reminds me of the mottled marks on the wall of an old country house, where time has settled into a silent force. The upgrade of Trigger is a battle against nothingness, a life defense line built with cold numbers.
Dingni is what you spend the most. Dingni is the price of time. You click on the screen again and again, like a farmer plowing the barren land again and again. The final harvest is not only the strength of the character, but also your salvation for yourself.
You are looking for belonging, stories, and a hope that can be grasped in the game. Trigger is not just a character in the game, she is the fire in your deserted city, and the unfinished years in your heart.
When you watch her go from fragile to strong, from strange to familiar, you will understand that upgrading is not the end, but the beginning. The long river of years between her and the materials is flowing and telling.
We are all like triggers, pulling the trigger of fate and waiting for that moment of explosion.