In this world, many people are busy doing some seemingly important things, and how meaningful those things are, I am afraid only they themselves know. And some people are attracted by something called “reward”, which is like a bait, quietly placed in front of you, waiting for you to take the bait. Just like the recharge reward reset of “Honkai Impact 3: Star Railway”, it gives each player a “goal” in the virtual world, and these goals may not be as good as they seem.
This reset is not an accidental event. It happened during the anniversary celebration in 2025. What does it mean? It means that all players who recharged for the first time can get the rewards they missed again. Behind this seemingly extremely tempting reset plan, there is actually a deep psychology of human beings pursuing rewards-we always think that getting more will get us closer to happiness.
Maybe you will say, what’s wrong with this? After all, everyone hopes to get some rewards through their own efforts. In “Honkai Impact 3: Star Railway”, behind the recharge reward reset, there is indeed a pursuit of “achievement” by players. You recharged, got more rewards, and the character’s combat power was improved, as if your efforts were finally rewarded. However, can such rewards really bring you happiness? Or, can it change something in your real life?
I often wonder if these rewards in the virtual world are just some kind of illusory proof, like the medals, titles, and honors in our lives, proving that we are better than others at a certain moment, but cannot really change our lives. What is the value of those Menghua fragments and ancient Menghua in the virtual world? Do they make you stronger in the game, or do they allow you to find some kind of support in your daily life?
These questions remind me of those seemingly important pursuits in our lives. Many people have been fighting for a goal all their lives, such as for a house, a car, a position, money, or even for social status. Everyone is accumulating, but how much accumulation can make people feel truly meaningful? If we just accumulate for accumulation, then what is the value of this “accumulation”?
Just like the recharge reward reset in “Honkai Impact 3: Sky Railway”, we never stop and always move forward, but never think about why we are so eager to get those virtual rewards. Can those recharges change your life? Can they make you more happy in reality? Every reset seems to let you start over and get more rewards, but in the end you will find that the achievements in the game cannot bring you comfort and satisfaction in life.
Perhaps, just like those players who are addicted to the virtual world, each of us is looking for some kind of “reset” in life, an opportunity to start over and get more rewards. We always feel that as long as we get more things, we can fill the emptiness in our hearts, but the result is often that we get nothing more than more “blanks”, and those virtual rewards are only short-term satisfaction in the end, and cannot really change the loneliness and confusion in our hearts.
However, we have to admit that this mood of chasing a certain reward is very human. Everyone wants to achieve success in a certain field, even if it is short-term. In the virtual world, the rewards brought by recharges make people see the possibility of success, and it gives you some superficial satisfaction. However, when you take a step back and look back, you find that all your efforts are just to fill some unspeakable gaps. And this gap may not be in the virtual world, but in the depths of each of our hearts.
People often say that the virtual world is just a place to escape reality. It allows you to temporarily forget the difficulties and pressures in real life and immerse yourself in a seemingly bright and beautiful world. And when you look up from this world and return to reality, reality still brings you heavy burdens and difficulties. So, how can we find a real balance between these two worlds?
I think we might as well put aside the rewards in the virtual world for the time being and return to life itself. Life is a process of constant adjustment and adaptation. It does not require us to pursue some short-term illusory goals, but requires us to understand and feel the truth from the heart. The virtual world gives us a lot of “rewards”, and behind these rewards is the neglect of our real needs. True happiness is not obtained in the virtual world, but found in every profound experience and thinking in life.
As for the recharge reward reset of “Honkai Impact 3rd”, perhaps we can see a warning from it – don’t let the “rewards” in the virtual world cover up our attention to real life. We should find ourselves in this game, instead of getting lost in the recharge and reset again and again. Behind the reset is the repeated emptiness, and the real happiness may be the quiet self we find after we stop chasing those illusory goals.