角色故事•四（解锁条件：角色等级80）
曜青，飞雨湖。
荇藻开着黄花，游鱼在雨丝中跳跃，菱角荷花肆意生长，湖边石滩常有老龟晒背。

湖中，他背着药篓，划着小舟，雨丝顺着他的耳廓流下，沾湿了他的衣裳。
他捞取荇菜，撷取荷花，剥开鲜嫩的茭白，随手往嘴里扔去。
「唉，太淡了……」他摇了摇头。
「先生，有一位老人在食馆找您，说是您的老相识——」
门童的声音从对岸传来。他叹了口气，撑船往回而去。

他岂不知来人何意，却早已厌倦了重操医业。
「师父今日前来，是要试试飞雨食馆的鼎镬吗？我可要提个醒，这里只有重辣和重重辣。」
老者坐在桌边，叹了口气。
「我记得在从军之前，你的口味还清淡得很。」
他端上鼎镬，眼中一抹怀念之色转瞬即逝。
「人…总是会变的。」
老者夹起一片紫鱼，在红油沸腾的锅里涮了涮。
「那我也试试罢。但此次前来，并非仅仅为了吃食。还记得你救下的那个女孩么？
「那位始终跟在前任将军身边的少女，飞霄。她如今已接任了曜青将军，需要一个医生追随，没人比你更合适了。」
他无奈地笑了笑，那日口腔的刺痛不知为何又翻涌上来。「即便救下了，不过又是一条上阵蹈死的冤魂。这样的无用功，我不想再做。」
老者放下筷子，摇摇头。
「你误会了，我此次前来，并非劝你救治世人。我来，是想请这位将军…医好你的心死之病。
「她会告诉你…医者的意义，究竟是什么。」  

Character Story: Part IV

• Unlocked at Character Level 80

Rainsoar Lake, the Yaoqing.
In the misty rain, yellow floating heart foliage and blossoms decorated the lake as frolicking fishes leaped out of the water from time to time. At this lakeside abounds with lotuses and water chestnuts, old turtles basking on the pebbles were an everyday sight.

With a herb basket on his back, he rowed a small boat out into the middle of the lake as the falling rain slid down the back of his ear, soaking his clothing wet.
Scooping up floating heart plants, picking out lotus flowers, and peeling open wild rice shoots, sending them all into his mouth to taste.
"Ugh, too bland..." He shook his head.
"Mister, there's an elderly man looking for you over at the restaurant. He claimed to be an old friend of yours..."
A disciple called out from the other side of the lake, to which he sighed and rowed his boat back to shore.

He is of course aware of the visitor's intentions, but he had long grown weary of resuming his old profession as a healer.
"Master, are you here today to try out the dishes cooked with Rainsoar Eatery's cauldron? I must warn you, though: We only serve very spicy and insanely spicy food here."
The elderly man sighed from his seat at the table.
"I remember you preferred bland food before joining the army."
As he readied the cauldron, a glimmer of nostalgia flashed across his eyes.
"People... tend to change."
The elder picked up a slice of threadfin snapper, scalding it in the bubbling red broth.
"I should try it then. But know that I did not come for that. Do you still remember the girl you saved?"
"Feixiao, that's her name. The girl that followed the former general everywhere. She has since assumed the role of General of the Yaoqing and now requires a healer by her side. There's no one more suitable for that position than you."
He smiled wryly, for some reason recalling the sharp pain he felt on his tongue that fateful day. "Those I saved only ended up as another dead soul when they dived head-in back into the battlefield. I prefer to no longer engage in such futile efforts."
The elder placed his chopsticks down and shook his head.
"You misunderstand me. This time, I'm not here to persuade you to heal the masses in this world. I'm here because I want this general ... to heal your despondent heart."
"She will tell you... what the true purpose of a healer is."

忘归人

角色详情
八面玲珑的狐人少女，样貌、名字、身份皆被人夺去。
命运为她留下一线生机，而「毁灭」的烙印仍在蠢蠢欲动。
历经生死、重获新生的忘归人，何时才能返乡？  

Character Details

The former chief representative of the Whistling Flames merchant guild in the Sky-Faring Commission who nearly lost her life in a strange and catastrophic incident on her return journey.
Her face, name, and identity were stolen by the one who orchestrated it all. Yet, by a twist of fate, a sliver of hope remained, and from the aftermath of the Destruction, she reclaimed her life.
Now, she goes by the name "Fugue." Whether it be the bitterness of never returning home or the allure of wandering through the starry seas that drives her, one thing is certain — she has risen once more and set out on her path anew.

角色故事•一（解锁条件：角色等级20）
那护身的玉镯业已碎裂，祈福的铃铛滚落泥淖，鲜妍的折扇化作朽灰。
而她只能看着无明的幽火燃烧
——自己曾拥有的一切都在燃烧。

她一时只有惋惜，自己仍旧比人生走慢了一步。
「刚和那行商谈成的大生意，白白浪费了机会……
「可惜了这保养已久的尾巴，如今都成了浮云……
「连答应给大家带的礼物…居然也要食言了……」
千头万绪，身体动弹不得，只有眼角渐渐湿了。

记忆走马灯般闪烁着，黯淡着。
「真想看看驭空大人带着我送的弓飞上天空，那是她最想做的事吧……
「岩明啊，以后仙舟商团…都得仰仗他了……
「梦茗的茶种，我也寻到了，她一定心里欢喜……
「还有燕翠大娘，她的刀也该换把新的了……」
泪珠滑落，在触到地面前蒸发。

视野渐渐被黑暗吞没，她已经辨不明仙舟的航向了。
「小女子本想选择行向更远的天际，但到最后连敌人是谁都不知道，可真不甘心呐……」

宇宙间的各处，每分每秒都有海量的生命逝去。
在命途行者掀起的伟力前，凡人犹如一粒微茫的尘埃，随风逐浪，身不由己。

「但也正因如此，这是给予她的『选择』，也是给予我们的一线生机……」
——那是很久以后发生的一场对话，发生于一位行商与一位天才之间。  

Character Story: Part I

• Unlocked at Character Level 20

The jade bracelet that once shielded her lay shattered, the blessing bell had tumbled into the mud, and the vibrantly adorned folding fan had crumbled to ashes.
She could only watch as the ghostly fire of darkness consumed everything she had ever possessed
— reducing all of it to flame and ruin.

For a moment, she only felt regret that she remained just one step behind life.
"I just sealed a major deal with that traveling merchant... such a wasted opportunity..."
"All that effort for this well-maintained tail, now reduced to nothing..."
"Even my promise to bring gifts to everyone... will now be unfulfilled..."
A thousand thoughts raced through her mind, but her body remained still, motionless, as tears quietly gathered in the corners of her eyes.

Memories flickered and dimmed like a dying candlelight.
"How much I wish to see Madam Yukong soaring into the sky with the bow I bought for her... It's what she longed for most..."
"Yanming... From now on, the Xianzhou Merchant Guild will have to depend on him..."
"I finally found Mengming's tea seed... she'll be overjoyed..."
"And Yancui... It's time to get a new knife for her..."
A teardrop slid down her cheek, evaporating before it ever touched the ground.

Her vision was gradually engulfed by darkness, and she could no longer make out the path of the Xianzhou ship.
"I had hoped to journey deeper into the skies, but in the end, I don't even know who my enemy is... How could I be at peace with that...?"

Across the universe, oceans of lives fade away with every passing minute and every fleeting second.
Before the presence of the immense power wielded by the Pathstriders, mortals are but specks of dust, carried aimlessly by the wind and waves.

"However, because of that, this is a 'choice' for her, and a risky opportunity for the rest of us..."
— This is a conversation that took place much later between a traveling merchant and a genius.

角色故事•二（解锁条件：角色等级40）
少女微弱的意识徘徊于黑暗。
前方，是不见尽头的长夜，背后，似是近在咫尺的归途。

她向后退，那里是她熟悉的繁华花灯，故友在远方呼唤，等待自己重拾商人之业。黑雾自前方涌现，街市转瞬化作朽木死灰。
她向后退，星槎的甲板于脚下显现，她欲乘风而上，却见诡异的星体悬于天空，熟悉之人化作怪物，举刀相向。
她想如从前那般能言巧辩，此时却无法对着面前的怪形发出半分声响。

「只能向前去吧。」她同自己说道。
「但我如何向前？」她向自己发问。
「抬起你的手。」冷冷的声音从远方传来。
她低下头，看着贯穿于手掌的伤痕。手中捏着的仍是那把折扇，她记得它于火中成了灰白，但如今它就在那，就在自己手上。

黑雾再次向她席卷而来。
「向前去吧。」
她抬起手来，穿透掌心的伤痕亮起。那光穿透了黑暗，但也照亮了她自己。
「向前去吧。」
她举起扇子，那乘凉消遣的折扇如今却要冒出火来。

黑雾绵延不绝，但她愈是往前，光芒便愈盛。
「向前去吧。」
那冷冷的声音愈发清晰。
「不要回头。」
她向前奔去。
「这星海间万千世界，我还远远未看够呢……」
她的背后，五条绒尾在此刻彻底绽放，化作烈焰照亮了将她困住的漫漫长夜。

实验室。
少女的指尖微微颤动，一滴晶莹的泪从眼角滚落。
那位清冷的科学家望向舱内，表情终于有了些许变化。
「恭喜你『选择』这边的世界。」  

Character Story: Part II

• Unlocked at Character Level 40

The young girl's fragile consciousness drifts through the darkness.
Ahead lies an endless night, while behind her, the path home feels just within reach.

She steps back into familiar ground, where bustling lanterns glow and the voices of old friends call to her from afar, urging her to return to her trade as a merchant. Before her, black mist creeps in, turning the once lively market instantly into rotting wood and dead ash.
She steps back again, and the deck of the starskiff appears beneath her feet. She longs to ride the wind upward, but a strange astral body looms in the sky, and the people she once knew become monsters, raising swords against one another.
She wishes to be as articulate as before, but now, facing monstrous forms before her, not a single sound escapes her lips.

"I'll just have to move forward," she whispers to herself.
"But how?" She asks herself.
"Raise your hand." A cold voice echoes from afar.
She lowers her gaze, eyes tracing the scar that pierces her palm. The fan still rests in her hand, though she remembers it turning ashen white in the fire. Yet here it is — whole again in her hand.

The black mist surges toward her once more.
"Go forward."
She lifts her hand, and the wound that pierces her palm begins to glow. The light cut through the darkness but also illuminates herself.
"Go forward."
She raises the fan — Once a source of leisurely comfort, the fan now threatens to burst forth with flames.

The black mist stretches endlessly, but the more she moves forward, the more the light intensifies.
"Go forward."
That cold voice is growing clearer.
"Don't look back."
She runs ahead.
"I haven't seen enough of the countless worlds in the starry seas..."
Behind her, five fluffy tails completely unfurl, igniting into fiery flames that cast light into the long night that ensnares her.

The laboratory.
The young girl's fingertips tremble slightly as a crystal-clear teardrop slips down the corner of her eye.
The aloof scientist peers into the cabin, and her expression shifts at long last.
"Congratulations on 'choosing' the world on this side."

角色故事•三（解锁条件：角色等级60）
「苏醒，不过是你迈出的第一步。
「『毁灭』的烙印仍影响着你，你必须更快熟悉这副新的身躯，才能使力量为你所用。」
日复一日，她遵照那位科学家的指导，以舞蹈配合那奇特的糕点，她以肉眼可见的速度开始痊愈。与日俱增的，还有她的疑惑。

她在不安中等待着仙舟的消息，许久之后，阮•梅向她确认了星核灾变的噩耗——
那被称为「幻胧」的令使以她的样貌混入仙舟，掀起灾祸，荼毒众生。

「所幸，星穹列车和仙舟合作，已击败幻胧，并未造成严重后果。」
她怔怔地听着「自己」的故事，感觉荒诞而虚幻。
「如此说来，她不仅夺走了我的性命，还夺走了我的一段人生，小女子本不应该以如此面貌回到罗浮，与虹车相遇……」
「幻胧对你的『毁灭』从未停止。你虽在肉体上暂时战胜了『毁灭』的力量，但她对你意志的折磨才刚刚开始。」
那冰冷的声音中，似乎藏着一丝不易察觉的感叹。
「小女子不明白，为何是我？」
「只是命运掷下的骰子，偶然落在了你的身上。」
「…所以小女子的命运，也因此与他们联系在了一起。」
「我只是受人所托，将你救下。回到罗浮之后的事，都在于你。」
「但无论如何，小女子已是这些大人物棋局中的一子了吧？」
「无可否认。」

她沉默了许久，盘算着，思量着。
「生意讲究你来我往，小女子既与往日不同，可还有选择的机会？」
阮•梅看着少女，摇了摇头。
「我不知道。那是你的『选择』，也只有『你』才能选择。」  

Character Story: Part III

• Unlocked at Character Level 60

"Awakening is only the first step.
The scars of Destruction still affect you, and you must learn to familiarize yourself with this new body swiftly to harness its power."
Day after day, she follows the scientist's instructions, pairing her dance with the strange pastries. She begins to heal at a pace visible to the naked eye. Yet, with each passing day, her doubt grows stronger.

She waits anxiously for news from the Xianzhou. After what feels like an eternity, Ruan Mei delivers the grim confirmation about Stellaron calamity —
The Emanator known as Phantylia had infiltrated the Xianzhou with her guise, unleashing calamity and poisoning the living.

"Fortunately, the Astral Express and the Xianzhou joined forces and defeated Phantylia before any serious repercussions."
She listens to "her" story in a daze, feeling as if it were absurd and unreal.
"So she not only took my life but also a part of my time... I should never return to the Luofu with this face and encounter the Chromatic Echelon..."
"Phantylia's 'Destruction' of you has never ceased. Although you have temporarily overcome the power of Destruction in your body, her torment of your will has only just begun."
There is a subtle sigh hidden within that icy voice.
"I don't understand — why me?"
"It's simply a roll of fate's dice, and it landed on you."
"...So now my fate is entwined with theirs."
"I was entrusted only to save you. What happens after you return to the Luofu is entirely up to you."
"But in any case, I'm already a pawn in the game of these powerful players, aren't I?"
"Undeniably so."

She remains silent for a long time, lost in thought.
"Business is a two-way traffic, but since I am no longer the same as before, do I still have a choice?"
Ruan Mei meets the young girl's gaze and shakes her head.
"I don't know. That is your 'choice,' and only 'you' can make it."

角色故事•四（解锁条件：角色等级80）
风波后的匹诺康尼，活力依然。
那座金碧辉煌的都市，是奢华迷离的商业天堂，也是她一直渴望拜访的胜地。

「你也是逐梦客吧？这身装扮可不多见啊。」
猎人穿着的异乡人不知何时走到她身边。
「当然，我也是。别看我现在这样，总有一天，我会把克劳克影业买下来！你呢？」
「如此说来，小女子也勉强算半个吧……
「一直想着当有一日漫游星海，去往不同的世界，联结各地的贸易。可惜……」
她没有再说下去，异乡人若有所思地点点头，举起苏乐达向她致意，一饮而尽后，转身离开。

归乡之路本就漫长，但她还是选择于此停留。
未来不止一路，她的渴望也不止于归乡。

「这位女士，来点苏乐达？」
她转过头，是一个推着车的商贩。
「…看您的穿着，应该来自罗浮仙舟？多年前我就跟着老板去过一趟，那巨大的舰船，繁华的样子，我到现在也忘不了。
「那一次我们前往鸣火商会拜会，接待我们的使者停云小姐，倒是和您有几分相似，不知道您是否认识她……
「女士，女士，你在听吗？」

她望向匹诺康尼的星空，在尚不可见的远方，人们正在涌来，人们正在远去。
「抱歉，我刚刚在想一笔能以小小杠杆撬动大鳄的『大生意』，一本万利，却也九死一生……」
「你在犹豫？」
她莞尔一笑。
「是犹豫过…不过终于是拿定了主意。
若是小女子此番登场，能迷了那些大手的眼，那么也算是行往更远的天际了。」  

Character Story: Part IV

• Unlocked at Character Level 80

Penacony remains vibrant after the storm.
That gilded metropolis, a paradise of luxurious and indulgent commerce, is a destination she had always longed to explore.

"You're a Dreamchaser too, aren't you? I don't see many people dressed like you."
An outlander in hunter's garb approaches her before she realizes it.
"Of course, I too am one. Don't let my appearance fool you. One day, I'm going to buy Clock Studios! What about you?"
"In that case, you can also consider me as some sort of a Dreamchaser..."
"I've always imagined roaming the starry seas, traveling to different worlds, and establishing trade everywhere. Unfortunately..."
She falls silent and the outlander nods thoughtfully, raising the SoulGlad in her honor. After gulping down the can of SoulGlad, he turns to leave.

The road home is already long, yet she chooses to pause here.
The future holds many paths, and her longing is about more than simply returning home.

"Care for some SoulGlad, my lady?"
She turns her head toward a vendor pushing a cart.
"... Judging by your attire, you must be from the Xianzhou Luofu. I traveled there with my boss many years ago, and I still remember the massive ship and vibrant atmosphere."
"When we visited the Whistling Flames merchant guild, the messenger who received us, Miss Tingyun, looked rather like you. I wonder if you know her..."
"Ma'am, ma'am, are you listening?"

She gazes at Penacony's starry sky. People are coming and going in the distance yet unseen by her.
"Apologies, I was just contemplating a "major deal" that could leverage a small advantage to move giants — a venture with immense returns, but fraught with perils...."
"Are you hesitating?"
She smiles.
"Yes, I have hesitated... but I've finally made up my mind."
"If I can dazzle those powerful figures upon my entrance, then that would count as having journeyed to the farthest reaches of the sky."