The morning mist rises from the river bank, passes through the crystal-like spires of the Fontaine Palace, and finally melts into the air and dissipates silently. In this place called the Land of Water, water is time and memory. It flows day and night, enveloping everyone who comes here, regardless of whether they are gods or mortals, passers-by or long-term residents. When I came to Fontaine, my heart was as confused as this morning mist. I don’t know what the tasks, commissions and reputation here are like, I only heard that it is a must-go road. So, I started walking. The starting point of the journey is two plots called “main lines”: “Prologue to White Dew and Black Tide” and “Light Rain Falling as if for No Reason”. They are like two mountain trails on the plateau, starting peacefully, but deep inside are hidden unpredictable steep slopes and undercurrents. When you finish these two roads, you will understand that Fontaine is not only a country of water, it is also a place where faith and contradictions intersect, and where stories and fate intersect. After completing the main line, I met Catherine from the Adventurer’s Association. She stood at the edge of the city, like a silent fir tree, and handed me a task – “Adventure is to go far away”. At that moment, I hesitated. But I understand that if people don’t go far away, their hearts will dry up. This is how daily commissions are opened, just like the arrival of the first rain on the plateau in early summer: silent at first, and finally dripping into a river. From that day on, I accepted several tasks every day. Some people say that they are just “daily check-ins”, like the routine of office workers in the city, but I don’t think so. For me, it is more like a way to stay connected with the world. When I help repair an underwater device that has gone out of control, when I send a letter blurred by water stains, I always feel that the distance between me and this city is getting shorter and shorter. Just like a shepherd on the mountain and his cattle and sheep, walking the same mountain path day after day, the land under his feet knows him, and the wind learns to call his name. This city is also knowing me. As the tasks are completed, reputation is accumulated little by little. Reputation is not a false name, it is like a long sowing. You sow the seeds of understanding and help, and you will reap trust and acceptance in the future. I began to unlock some special tools and items. They did not come suddenly, but just right, like fruits in autumn, hanging heavily on the branches. They did not make me stronger, but brought me closer to Fontaine. Let me no longer be an outsider, but a participant, a symbiotic person. In the process of upgrading my reputation, I have seen the curiosity about the future in the eyes of children, and I have also seen the quiet waiting behind the old man. I stood side by side with them, like standing on the side of the earth, listening to the sound of water telling the past and the future. These are not simple data and tasks, but a metaphor of life in the game. Daily commissions are daily labor; reputation is the familiar response of the land to you. I think of the fields in my hometown, where farmers do similar things every day, turning the soil, sowing, and harvesting. They may never talk about ideals, but every action is a dialogue with time. And now, I am doing the same thing in the virtual Fontaine, except that my fields are the daily life of this city, and my seeds are every effort and persistence. One day, when I walked through the corridors of the palace in the water again and saw the people who had helped me nodding and smiling at me, I knew that I belonged here. — **End** In Fontaine, every drop of water remembers your name, and every commission leads to the distance. You may be just a traveler, but when you are willing to lean over and listen, raise your hand to respond, the memory of the city will have a part of you. Genshin Impact is just a game, but the Fontaine in the game is very similar to the world we are familiar with – It repeats every day, but it is never false. Every day is small, but it accumulates into a mountain.
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