Some things are often discovered to be hypocritical and empty only after we are deeply involved. In the world of “Honkai Impact 3: Star Railway”, the recharge rewards of the virtual world are like a tempting fruit, hanging in front of every player, as if you can pick it as long as you reach out. But when you finally reach out to touch the fruit, you find that it is not as sweet as you imagined, and even an unspeakable bitterness. Have you ever fallen into this false pursuit? Do you also feel a sense of emptiness in front of these reset rewards?
On April 9, 2025, when “Honkai Impact 3: Star Railway” ushered in the first recharge reward reset, many players will be like seeing a ray of light in the darkness, and rush to that short-lived vanity eagerly. Reset means new opportunities, but also means a tempting consumer trap. Behind this opportunity, there is a psychological game cleverly designed by the merchants – making you feel anxious about missing out, so that you can invest more money and get more virtual rewards.
I once saw an advertisement saying that the first deposit reward in the game is a “welfare for new players”. This sentence seems to be so warm, as if everyone who enters this virtual world can get a good feedback. However, is it really like this? What do we get from consumption? It’s just that there are more Menghua fragments in the numbers. Are these cold numbers really satisfying? I don’t think so.
People are always easy to get lost in the virtual world. Those seemingly brilliant rewards seem to give us a short-term comfort. However, after all, these rewards have not brought any real changes. You continue to consume and continue to pursue the power of that virtual character, but your heart is still empty. Every recharge is an escape, and every reset is an opportunity to start over, but after every escape, you still face that deep loneliness. What you find in the virtual world is only temporary satisfaction, and what you really lack has never been made up.
It’s like you accidentally meet an old friend you haven’t seen for a long time on the street. You greet each other and chat about irrelevant things. On the surface, everything seems to be fine. But you know that such a gathering can’t fill the desolation in your heart. You look at him with a bit of expectation and sadness in your eyes, as if you are just waiting for a reason to keep yourself alive. This reason may be the reward in the game, the feedback from consumption, or just the virtual starry sky. However, when you finally walk out of the virtual world, you will find that it has not made you better. You are still the same you, and there is still no change.
The first recharge reward reset of “Honkai Impact 3: Sky Railway” is undoubtedly a successful marketing for merchants. For players, it may just be a wild run in the fog. In the virtual world, the player’s efforts and rewards seem to have become the only meaning of the game. You recharge, get rewards, spend time and money, and it seems that you have achieved a certain “goal”. But in reality, all this becomes meaningless. You are still the same you, standing on the edge of the trap you set, walking back and forth, but you can never jump out.
In the virtual world, we often ignore our most real needs. We think that those seemingly generous rewards can bring us satisfaction and fill the void in our hearts. But the truth is often not the case. Every satisfaction in the virtual world is like a rotten fruit, empty and tasteless. You will get lost in countless reset rewards, like a headless fly, flying around, but never finding your direction. You will begin to wonder what you are looking for? Is it the reward in the virtual world, or the long-lost tranquility in your heart?
When you consume again and again in the virtual world, will you also ask yourself, what kind of emptiness is hidden behind this behavior? You will find that consumption brings not only virtual rewards, but more of a spiritual emptiness, as if filling the gap in the soul, but finding a bigger void behind. And this is the true meaning of the first recharge reset of “Honkai Impact 3”. It is not only a stimulus for consumption, but also a profound discussion on human desire and emptiness.
You recharge, you get rewards, you exchange for virtual resources, but what you can’t get is the real peace of mind. You can’t find your true place in the virtual world, and your heart is still lonely. You put your time and energy into a seemingly infinitely beautiful world, but you never find that what you really need is not these virtual items, but the truth and peace that you most desire in your heart.
The first recharge reset of “Honkai Impact 3” may allow you to get more Menghua fragments, but it can’t make you feel more fulfilled in real life. When you get virtual rewards, you need to ask yourself, what can these rewards bring to you? What are you pursuing? Have you ever realized that only by walking out of the virtual pursuit and facing reality can you find the real satisfaction and peace.