On a dark summer night, I sat at a small desk with a cup of warm water next to my notebook. On the screen was a list of materials for Xia Kong in Mingchao.
I recorded silently, my fingertips were slightly warm as I typed on the keyboard, and I repeated those calm numbers over and over in my mind.

But when I typed 29 low-frequency tidal sail cores and 40 mid-frequency sail cores… these materials are no longer cold data. They reflect my life at the moment, which coincides with youth, responsibility, and the hard work of ordinary people like us.

1. Behind the seemingly boring data is the reflection of life
The low-frequency, medium-frequency, high-frequency, and full-frequency tidal sail cores are 29, 40, 52, and 61 respectively, the burning phosphorus bones are 46, the iris blooms on 26 pages, the golden fleece is 60 bundles, the four types of crystallized phlogiston are 175 in total, the special resonance accelerator is 122 doses, and the shell currency is 3053300…
These numbers seem cold, but they are very similar to the way we record water, electricity, and gas bills in our lives.
Each item tells you simply Growth is inseparable from patience and accumulation.
This is not magic in novels, but a process that everyone has to go through.
I am embarrassed to tell my friends I am preparing three million shells for a game character, which sounds childish. But I know that I am not wasting time, but using a virtual journey to practice truly precious qualities slowly accumulating, repeatedly swiping, and waiting for satisfaction.
2. Weapon materials are also a kind of realistic preparation
6 simple shackles, 6 basic shackles, 10 modified shackles, 12 special shackles, 40 crystallized phlogists, 330,000 shells…
These materials constitute her exclusive weapons.
In reality, we also prepare equipment and reserve funds for a goal, such as taking exams, buying a house, and keeping a marriage.
These preparations are exactly the same as collecting in the game documents need to be prepared, time needs to be planned, and budgets need to be controlled.

Whether you love the game or not, you have to admit it is a small life simulator. You cultivate characters in the game, just like you develop a habit in reality. When she holds the shackle, your self-discipline is also verified.

3. Loop materials are a systematic planning
The resonance loop materials require more than 150 four types of sail cores, 175 crystallized phlogists, 26 copies of iris blooming day, and 2.03 million shells.
I calculated the efficiency of obtaining materials every day, and evaluated how many quest copies I still had to brush, and how many times I went online every week.
These preparations not only contributed to Xia Kong’s growth, but also exercised my self-discipline and planning ability.

I would squeeze out time in my daily schedule to brush Confession Abyss and Wheel of Fate Fragment, just like arranging fitness into daily life and sandwiching reading time into commuting.
The rhythm of life has a branch line because of this ritual, but it has not become fragmented. On the contrary, I have become more goal-oriented and more able to control my time.

4. The materials picked up in the game are also like the accumulation of bits and pieces in our real life
Once I brushed the 40th high-frequency sail core in the copy, and a trace of pride surged in my heart. I remembered the dawn when I got up early to run, and I also remembered the persistence of reading a page of books at night.
This feeling is hard to describe, but it nourishes my quality of life in silence.

You can buy 15 bundles of golden wool every week. I will not buy them all at once, but save them for the weekend. Just like leaving yourself a cup of coffee that should be moderated and a time to slow down.
Someone in the player community reminded me that materials must be planned well, and I would nod. I will ponder these suggestions over and over again and transform them into planning skills in reality.

5. You will find that these preparations also have echoes in reality
When I fill the game material list with 100% and the materials are complete, I will gently close the game. I pay more attention to saving and planning in reality

Mobile data packages can be selected as few as possible

Online shopping can be used when it is full and discounted

Time can be compressed to walking and reading, so it is compressed

I found myself becoming a more cost-conscious person. Perhaps this is one of the values ​​of the game.

6. Whether she is online or not, you have learned a certain way to manage yourself
In future version updates, I may draw Xia Kong, or I may not draw it. But no matter what the result is, my preparation will not be wasted.
If I draw it, I will smile and send a photo of the gift laid out in advance screenshots of complete materials, special weapon list, and circuit planning.
If I didn’t win, I would continue as usual this process taught me how to turn a virtual investment into a real ability – planning, accumulation, management, and recycling.

VII. The ultimate value is not in the materials, but in the preparation process

I sat in the night and looked up at the dim lights outside the window.
I thought These materials are not just numbers, but a kind of training, a life practice.
When people say games ruin people, they often ignore the growth structure behind it.
It sounds absurd to prepare more than 30 million shells for a virtual character, but it also makes people see I am still living seriously and still willing to stick to a goal.

So I clicked on My Materials Progress Chart and looked back at my efforts these days. I know that this makes me more solid and gives me a new understanding of the meaning of waiting for upgrades.
Xiakong is on the other side of that virtual world, and I am ready.