In that world full of stardust and cold light, the first time I saw her was after a battle. Her body trembled slightly, her clothes were stained with light blue blood, but her eyes were as firm as the morning star. This is a calm woman, a person who can face death and even willing to exchange her life for the vitality of others. Her name is Xiadie, a poetic but heavy name. She is very much like the martyrs we admired in that era-firm, lonely, but never gave up her faith.
1. She didn’t live for herself, but for the ideal in her heart
Xiadie never lived for herself. She has powerful abilities and calm judgment that can get out of danger at any time. But she chose the most difficult path-she went to the battlefield, not for honor, not for victory, but for protection. She put herself in the position of sacrifice, gave the right to live to her teammates, and left the fate of death to herself.
I once asked her: “Are you not afraid of death?”
She looked at me calmly, her voice like a river flowing under a glacier, calm but warm: “Yes. But I am more afraid that no one is willing to take responsibility.”
I was silent. Her answer reminded me of those young people who went to the front line in the war. They were not afraid of death, they just knew that someone had to stand up.
2. Her strength comes from loss and hope
Xiadie’s power comes from “Xinrui”. This poetic word actually hides great sacrifices – when teammates lose their lives, she gains strength. Every growth of Xinrui is an accumulation of pain. She watched her companions bleed and fall in battle, but she had to use these pains to condense the sharp blade of battle. This ability seems cold and ruthless on the surface, but it is actually an extreme expression of emotion – she uses it to fight against fate and the indifference of death.
Her “Underworld” can weaken the enemy’s resistance and increase the output of the whole team; her “Dead Dragon” takes the initiative to attack when teammates are at the bottom of their lives, using its existence to exchange for a ray of hope. This is not strength, this is will – trust in companions, understanding of sacrifice, and awareness of responsibility.
3. Her sacrifice is not unconditional, she has clear boundaries and beliefs
In the eyes of many people, Xiadie is cold-blooded. She will not hesitate to reduce the health of teammates in exchange for stronger combat effectiveness; her combat skills will even put her teammates on the verge of death. But only those who really understand her know that she does not sacrifice others for victory, but to make every battle “worth it”. In her heart, there is no “reckless sacrifice”, only “necessary commitment”.
In her skill design, there is a special shelter like “Moon Cocoon” – when teammates are dying, she will use her own power to seal them into the Moon Cocoon and give them a chance to breathe. The Moon Cocoon is not to escape death, but to buy time for struggle. Just like we once guarded the fire in the dark – even if there is only the last ember left, we must use our bodies to block the cold wind.
4. Her cruelty to the enemy is not for revenge, but for the dignity of the living
Xiadie has a special ability in her skills: when the dead dragon she summons dies, it will trigger “Dark Wings” and launch six consecutive attacks on the enemy. This oppressive attack makes people feel a kind of anger under calmness. She is not keen on destruction, but when the enemy tramples on life and despises sacrifice, she will be merciless.
This reminds me of those comrades who lost their loved ones in the revolution. Their anger towards the enemy was not because of personal grudges, but because they could not tolerate justice being trampled on and sacrifice being profaned. Xiadie is the embodiment of this spirit-her attack is a reaffirmation of order and a salute to the sacrificed.
5. Her existence is a moral call and a call for value
I don’t deny that in today’s era oriented towards efficiency and victory, characters like Xiadie are not pleasing. She is not good at output, nor does she boast of “omnipotence”. She has too many restrictions and too many costs. But precisely because of this, she is so precious.
She reminds us: When pursuing victory, do we still retain respect for others? When we are keen on output, do we still remember the meaning behind sacrifice?
Her skills are like a complex moral mechanism – the more vulnerable her teammates are, the stronger she is; the closer she is to death, the more likely the entire team will survive. This setting is not a cold game logic, but a reflection of a value: we need someone to stand up and bear the heaviest part, and we need someone to tell us that sacrifice is not the end, but the starting point.
6. She is the image of a “martyr” left over from that era
In my impression, Xiadie does not belong to this impetuous world. She is like a revolutionary of our era, silent, firm, and unyielding. Every time she releases a skill, it is a “pledge written under the stars”; every time her combat skills hit, it is a firm response to faith.
If you have ever felt lost, confused, and don’t know why you are fighting in this virtual world, then please take a look at Xiadie. She won’t tell you what is right or wrong, but she will tell you with her actions: no matter how cold the world is and how difficult the road is, as long as you still have someone to protect, it is worth going on.
Epilogue
She is a shadow on the battlefield, but a light in people’s hearts; she is a sacrificer, but also a reviver; she has integrated the warmest faith and flesh and blood into the cold numerical values. When she consumes herself again and again to complete her teammates, when she generates new combat power from the “new core” again and again, she is the belief itself that refuses to bow her head and grits her teeth to move forward in the dark night. She does not need noise, because she is the most silent fire under the starry sky.