Should She Receive a Vision? Her character exists to show the difficulties of non-vision bearing mortals. So no, her getting a vision would defeat the purpose of her existence from a world building perspective.

i literally cried reading her letter and bgm wasn't helping. Hope we don't meet any abyss being named zhiqiong in future.

Fun fact, Zhiqiong in Chinese means "Beautiful/Great Ambition".

Zhiqiong was one of my favorite npcs, Even if she was hard headed all she wanted was to prove to the people and the gods that she doesn't need a vision to be a great adventurer. I can only hope to see her again one day.

I wish that we will find her in the future quests as well. Like maybe we'll find her in a Sumeru quest where some miners from Sumeru found her near the Chasm or something.

The thing is that Zhiqiong is the real Stanley, a common person, a mortal as they say, that defies her fate, and in the end she'll really explore all the world and face the dangers like a real adventurer that Staney pretend to be, I just hope she is still alive and it would be really cool if we find her like a dozen of times throughout teyvat while we explore places

As of August 2023, Zhiqiong was just mentioned in an event quest! A cartographer named Peixiu mentioned a woman who is a very skilled cartographer and left for a mining area as part of a project to link the Sumeru and Liyue Adventurer's Guild branches. Considering she was mentioned a year later, Hoyoverse definitely hasn't forgotten about her.

Honestly at first I was sus of her knowing how Abyss dudes can turn into humans like Enjou, but later on I found huge sympathy in me for her..And after reading her letter and especially that part about the gods, I can’t help but take a side with Dain and her on that one..we often forget that its the ordinary people who make the world go around, not those at the top..I loved her quest so much and honestly i hope she is alive and well..

Welp, Zhiqiong left her legacy of making a full map of the mines and what were the mysteries surrounding it. The gods may not thank her for it nor give her a Vision but the exploration team, returning miners and Muning will be in her debt because of her maps and being a good cartographer even if she's reckless and careless. ( I also want to know what were the criteria of receiving Visions. What kind of dreams and aspirations are worth looking upon to be rewarded with such power and what is the payment for it in return like what Lisa had said about Visions.)

While I do understand and empathize with Zhiqiong, I still find her not only reckless but selfish in a way that makes me want to shake her by the shoulders. The Exploration Team wanted her to rest after too many encounters with the mud, not completely forbid her from trying again. During the whole quest-line I was internally screaming for her to regroup. I'm grateful for her help, but goodness gracious, there's a thing called a steady pace. Mountain climbers don't get to the top by bulldozing through the terrain. Gaining muscles, learning new languages, or even growing a business doesn't happen overnight. All things take time, and she's too impatient to see that. Hell, when she left the camp again and I found her letter, I shook my head and sighed. Already, her contribution to the Team was huge. Mapping and navigating whole complex cave system - likely avoiding enemies too - was an impressive feat. Though the gods did not grant her a Vision, she was already one of the few adventurers who braved the Chasm! Besides that, experience or not, what was she going to do in the deeper parts of the Chasm without the Team's aid? How will she find supplies (there's only mushrooms, and you all know what happened to Uncle He)? What about her health? What if she gets injured? What use is your ambition to make a mark in history if your act serves to become a warning instead of an example?

Although her behavior was annoying as hell she's one of few NPC's you get attached to in short period of time. Like Hoyo wanted to make that kind of thing with Teppei but they didn't succeed, he felt very bland so I personally didn't care about him. Zhiqiong's dissapearance, on the other hand, made me really sad.

for an NPC Zhiqiong is so pretty also "what a mere mortal is in the eyes of a god" cue Zhongli reminiscing about a talented family of a blacksmith, craftmen, poets, artists, about how milileth is the one that keep liyue safe not adepti or rex lapis, now him letting go of his gnosis and wishing to live along side human gives a new meaning

Thank you for this video. I've seen some people say that they hate Zhiqiong because she's stubborn. But they fail to acknowledge the reasons for her actions. All she wanted was to leave a mark, and that feat is hard to achieve without getting blessed by a Vision. I love the fact that she questioned the god's logic. The inequality, the injustice they gave to the mortals. For now, I hope for the best for her as well.

as a traveler, we are getting use to hanging out with high ranking and powerful person in Tevyat, litreral country leaders, archons, high ranking official, some of the most powerful person in each nations, but we rarely see how it looks to live in Tevyat from the perspective of ordinary visionless people, Zhiqiong quest is the best of this kind of quest, but there are also many of this kind of quest , many of them are really sad and dark, the sad and dark ones are mainly in Inazuma and Liyue many of this quest also give impression of how life goes on in each nations and each of their life quality

Personally, from Raiden's quest, we learned that the Seven has no hand in bestowing Visions. But perhaps before the Second, they do personally bestow visions. Maybe Tsaritsa was trying to do the same without relying on Celestia? Like the Twin, her methods are cruel and immoral. But she alone seemed determined to do something while the other Archons deemed that fighting Celestia's might to be beyond them. In reflection of our reality, people with power are not really blessed because like Spiderman always quoted; with great power comes great responsibility. Not to mention that being given a Vision is not just being acknowledged by Celestia but being surveyed by them. No Vision bearer are truly free at the end of their journey should they ever reach the peak like Vanessa. It's a frightening thought. Somehow, maybe the reason Venti is so weak is not just because he refused to govern Mondstadt but rather the very nature of his divinity; Freedom, have been compromised by the Second residing in Celestia.

Zhiqioing's letter is so thought-provoking. I love the characters with Visions (Hu Tao, Ayaka, Kazuha), but you really can't help but think of those other people, who work hard just as well, but were not granted any gifts from the gods. They are just as important as our mains. These characters allow us to question the principles of Teyvat. I hope we get more NPCs like her in the future.

I'm glad that you also mentioned the oversimplification of quests done by many. Both Ayaka and Ei's part 1 quest were very important for the story building and had lots and lots of important info but many fail to realize it.

I wish the day will come when players will witness an NPC getting their own vision. And at some point will become playable. For a year and a half of playing Genshin, we’ve witnessed a lot of NPCs with strong will of pursuing their dreams, very passionate about their field of knowledge. The characters we play with visions shouldn’t just be a thing of the past. As a player, it feels like the people who get their visions already got theirs for a decade or two (sometimes centuries ago.) Witnessing one in real-time would give a great event and gameplay for us players to experience. In the case of Zhiqiong, an NPC who contributed a lot for a certain event (and a lot of NPCs we met along the way), her dedication, passion and will should be recognized by the gods. After all, all vision-bearers we see in the game have a specialty in a certain area or field of career. A cartographer could add some sparks- and proved to be important -for the future storylines. Zhiqiong could be an Anemo or Geo user. Anemo for “space” as her talent needs to have a spatial awareness that will be translated into maps. Or Geo because maps portray lands. And she’s good at analyzing that. I do hope Hoyoverse will consider this approach. Players of old and new will definitely pull for her because we’ve already have a sense of familiarity with Zhiqiong.

I just want her to be safe or at least not die a lonely dog's death. I'd like to think that because of her talent and skills for cartography, the Liyue Qixing would do their best to keep watch over her. She is a huge asset to the nation since she is spearheading exploration of the Chasm, which holds long lost technology and knowledge that could lead Liyue to a new golden age.

Damn, when you show Katarina, my mind was like "How was Zhiqiong still survive yet the Fatui with such power dead on their way?"

inb4 she is revealed not to side with the Abyss, but with the Fatui, possibly becoming its newest Harbinger, consdering she shares some of its ideologies, specifically that of Visions and Vision-bearers. Not to mention how she likes to tirelessly pursue the truth about this world, she would certainly pique the interest of the likes of Pierro and the Tsaritsa.

I actually cried reading the letter and it hit me so hard cause I played the quest comparatively slowly just to embrace the lore properly. Hoyoverse's writers really be built different.

this quest broke me so hard it took me a week to recover... I mean whenever I set foot in the chasm I remember her and i had the urge to cry.. I hope I'll see her again soon

Sorry, I understand her reasons, I get the sentiment, I understand the purpose of her character, but I stand by what I said about her actions being foolish, selfish, impulsive, impatient, and irresponsible. You can prove yourself to be a great adventurer without being so hard to work with. Did she think she can be a great adventurer by herself?, That's ridiculous, everyone has a role, her role was a cartographer, the Traveler's role was to help her clear the path so that she can do her damn job, so why can't she be patient enough to do just that? Her behavior simply shows that she's an amateur adventurer, ambition can be good, but you need patience to achieve it.

It hasn't been about equality but about the will and heart to wield the power. Zhiqiong has the will but she is sadly too impulsive. Her having a vision would just be putting her in more danger as then she would start hitting even more dangerous places.

I believe we will meet her again in other nation and Zhiqiong letter will be the requirement for triggering a new hidden world quest. Just like bottle in Dragonspine, the quest item/requirement are perfectly hidden, and so the Zhiqiong letter

I already miss her so much

"how about we explore the area ahead of us later" hits different, thanks Mihoyo 😅

Zhiqiong and Teppei are the two NPCs that really make us question the process in which the Archons grant visions.

Perhaps you forgot the most important part of her letter "In ancient times when heroes and Yakshas fought alongside Rex Lapis, when colossal boulders were halved to form the mountains, when giant rocks were cast from the skies to create seabeds, what was the place of the mere mortals like us - whom the gods had neither noticed nor recognized? What are our mundane loves and hatreds, mundane happiness and tragedies, mundane achievements and accomplishments, mundane bonds and relationships... Are all these just something of no consequence in the eyes of the gods? Are ancient dwellings of the gods and those unfathomable scenes really far beyond the reach of commonplace human courage?" Honkai also has Dr. Mei (different from regular Mei) asking similar questions, in her case it was "humanity's worth among the vast universe" (in this context, including the Imaginary Tree) She also strives, as a normal human being, to find out 'how far she could go" to make a difference or find her worth in her deeds Basically this is THE Mihoyo's theme, about where we humanity stand when there exist things "above" us or beyond our understanding Something like Cthulhu Mythos, actually

I really hope that Hoyo won’t just forget her story, because we still haven’t seen anything new about her yet, and it’s already 4.0

We can all agree the chasm brought us 2 new waifus Her and the cicin mage katarina

maybe that celestia didn't give vision to Zhiqiong because of her talent of making maps and want to explore the unknown areas. If Zhiqiong have a vision then it is easily for her to explore new areas and making maps but I think that she may discover someting that celestia don't want to be discovered so that's why she don't have a vision. Like miners if they have a vision then it is easily for them to locate ores that have high quality.

I like how Genshin's Story seems so optimistic and then we have these quests. Yes HoYo, give us more dark lore.

I hope we will meet her again in the future updates. She is so precious.

I really appreciate your investigations, If I ever get confused or Don't understand the full story I always wait for your video's. I love your channel and the way that you describe everything. 💜

Thank you CatWithBlueHat for this video. You are truly one of the best genshin's content creators

I actually fine it interesting that you compare her to Benny when I'd saw in the pursuit of being remembered and carving out of place for herself in history she'd be closer to Noelle. This is the girl that went to Dragonspine on her own to rescue someone and this is before she had her Vision. This target pursuit of trying to prove yourself is what makes me compare them more than to Bennett.

Thank you so much for making theese videos, Cat with Blue Hat. I barely have the time to understand what's going on on the story chapters as I play them, so this really helps me understand the plot and the world much better.

Hehe

I hope in the next update she's a prominent character like she found something suprising in the chasm like solve the mysterious tree there or find the missing yaksha or at least his remnants coz we still do t kbow what happened to him. Also maybe she can reveal us what the sumeru guy keep hiding from us. I can feel she'll like teppei

Personally I find her personality pretty annoying, but she is a very interesting npc and brings up a lot of interesting topics. I really enjoyed the chasm, with the combination between the beautiful scenery, fun exploration, the amazing archon quest and the other world quests... gotta be my favorite place besides Mondstadt so far.

I'm glad and also sad I belong to those minority of the community who actually loves talking to most if not all NPCs and realizing importance of almost every quests for the overall worldbuilding. It just adds so much depth to how much the "main" or "important" quests hit you after knowing all the additional and related lore. It was probably my own thoughts initially to try to interact with everyone as I wanted to see it like actual open world game but it was Venti's story quest which really made me push and enjoy the NPCs even more. I hope to see Zhiqiong soon in future and meet many more NPCs who would actually have many important info for us, like many whom we met in Liyue and Inazuma and from some few in Mondstadt, but people would probably just skip through many things and regard the story not be good...

The logic of visions are really interesting mostly the methods of how characters get get them some get them through breakthroughs, some from the brink of death, others just get one and could careless(Albedo) it's just interesting

I think the questions she asked are interesting, but completely invalidated by the foolhardy unnecessary risks she takes. *She's* the one dismissing the herb gatherers and miners and the shipwrights. Such a thing has never been thought of before by any character ~~to my knowledge~~, and Venti and ZL, at the very least, clearly celebrate what it is people choose to do (Raiden is learning, and what we know of Kusanali is that she seems to walk amongst her people too). She's filled her head with stories of grandeur, and dismissed all else as a result. And in the meantime, all those people aren't deliberately taking risks they know they won't come back from. Incidents and accidents happen, yes, and they're certainly aware of the risks they're taking, but they aren't deliberately running headlong into danger. The Dain quote really highlights it, I think, that ultimately she wishes she weren't just a human, because in her mind, for all that we can clearly see people thriving, it's just not worth anything to her Like I said, I think the questions in her letter are fascinating to ruminate on, they don't justify the actions she herself is taking. It's like, idk, a scientist looking for the cure to cancer injecting themselves with every variation of medicine they can regardless of risk. If they die from it, because they aren't taking the necessary precautions, then what's the point of their work? How are they to ever complete it? But hey, they burned the candle at both ends, so that has to be something, right? /s She's taking unnecessary risks in the name of adventure, when damage mitigation is both easy and available, and that frustrates me to no end. I kind of hope she does wind up in the abyss, and that learns from her mistakes. It's only appropriate.

Zhiqiong is one of my favorite npc by now. Her story feels so relatable. Her quest made me feel so down, not crying like Ruu's or Kazari's one but still made me sad for weeks. I rank her story as high as Kazari and Ruu now.

I'm probably in a minority with this opinion and I get the theme and message etc of her story but by god is she annoying as hell. I got so unbelieveably frustrated and annoyed with her just never listening and throwing herself in danger without a single care that it took all enjoyment out of her quests. Especially when everyone else cared about her and wanted her safe and she just didn't listen at all and stubbornly carried on despite being seriously sick and injured.

I love this concept of questioning the Divine. What constitutes for the Divine to give out vision? I see her character as the peak of that question. If she dies that means Gods don't give a shit about dreams and aspiration.

What I find sad in this case, just like in Sara's, is that she doesn't know her nation's "god" ain't omnipotent nor omniscient to "look after everyone"( Implying he's granting Visions, or "God's eye" if we take the original Chinese name). Zhongli would be more than happy to hear her complaints and would agree with them, yet he's just as human as her, a 6,000+ year old human(Although he's an adeptus). It's the same for Sara, whom wasn't saved by Raiden. Raiden probably would never even know her if she wasn't used as a pawn by the Kujou clan to become a General for them, and she cannot do much for Sara either. Ei also commits huge flaws, she's just as human as this tengu. I even think Sara would make a better Shogun, a leader of Inazuma, than Ei since unlike her, Sara has the knowhow to deal with a government and the humility of a normal being(Sara, despiote her militaristic tones, is extremely reasonable, looking at how she treated Xinyan before the end of Sakoku Decree and how she treated Kokomi in her story quest, accepting almost all of Watatsumi's demands but one which would mean a defacto emancipation of the region, something she has no authority to grant, only Raiden Shogun does). I still think Zhiqiong receiving a vision would serve not as a catharsis to people whom like her and want her to achieve her dreams, but as an effective way of ho the "Vision-granter" actively culls people's ambitions with "good intentions" through their "gaze". Would she shut up if the gods finally give her a vision and abandon her questions on why the average miner or shipwrighter isn't being "seen" when she herself is on their gaze? On her perspective, I still think she's wrong. The average miner or shipwrighter or herbalist risk their lives just like any other person in a dangerous job, but they aren't unique, and their dreams aren't unique. As long as they are replaceable, they won't get the gaze of even their own colleages of their profession. Only an ominiscient and all-loving being can set their gaze upon everyone, as only those we love calls our attention, not mere NPCs. Zhiqiong is replaceable as an adventurer and mapmaker, she's replaceable as a Chasm Investigation member and as a Liyue Citizen. She even shares Hiiragi Chisato's hairstyle so even her design ain't unique. She's irreplaceable only as Zhiqiong, only irreplaceable for what she is, not for what she does. The question is, how many in her world knows her as Zhiqiong, and not just mapmaker or adventure guild member?

I really like her, she can put her life in danger and she knows that it makes others worried but she doesn't let that stop her. I hope we meet her again in Sumeru or something. Or she could be an abyss lector like Enjou but a kind ally! That would be really cool

I honestly like most of the NPCs we meet. Their all very ambitious yet are overlooked by both gods and the players. Its kind of brilliant writing in this case because in a sense the players are the omnipresent entities of teyvat, where the traveler, archons and vision holders follow our will. Both in game gods and the players over look and ignore the hard work of NPCs. Yunjin really has the right idea of creating operas centered around ordinary people, because vision bearers too are ordinary people who just so happened to get acknowledged for being 'extraordinary' and we agree. But most of the characters themselves don't see the big deal, their happy to recieve such acknowledgement but at the end of the day they worked just like anyone else.

NO There's no way I'm letting her die Even if I solo that ruin serpent with a level 1 traveler with a level 20 dull blade to save her I'll DO IT. She's one of the best NPCs!!

Remember: in the chasm high levels of elemental energy(radiation from the rocks) causes peoples health who explore without proper gear to deteriorate. So the deeper she goes the more her health declines. And even if she reached the abyss side of teyvat she’d be in deaths door coughing blood. Unless an abyss mage/lector offers her salvation by becoming a mage or lector herself absorbing power from beyond. Etc etc.

Thank you for this video since I was wondering if there was anything more for her after the quest conclusion. Hopefully she has good fortune on her adventure and we see her again down the road. Definitely one of the best npc's in the game

Give her a fucking vision, Celestial

Having read her letters, I understand her motive and her feelings but I can't sympathize with her. She is so stubborn and her actions are dragginf everyone around her. Besides, there are other ways to cement your achievement and actually making changes than jumping on a suicide mission that will lead you to dying and leaving nothing behind, making everyone eventually forgets about you. Most people who were rewarded with visions have reached their lowest point where they're barely hanging on a thread but they still strive and hold onto that sheer hope and prove their worth. So those people arent just born with visions and blessed by powers since birth in convenience, but they fought their way. Beidou slayed the sea monster before she received her vision right? This proves that with strong will and hard work, anyone without a vision can make such a great feat with long lasting impression. Though it is arguably harder. And really, to make amazing discoveries, she doesnt necessarily need to kill herself or be a vision bearer. Honestly? Rather than babysitting zhiqiong id rather see more perspective of that fatui girl than her. Zhiqiong is goddamn annoying. If only she werent so hard headed and short sighted

i hope we get to meet Zhiqiong again. She was a good NPC and unlike the others was not annoying

She seeks to take on the chasm without any prior combat training or fore-knowledge of Dark mud locations? I don’t know if MiHoyo wants us to feel bad about Ziquiong or show us how much favoritism Celestia has in providing visions(if the gods of Celestia truly are the ones handing them out in accordance.)

Throughout the quest I felt she deserves a Vision. And I hope next time we see her, she'll become a vision bearer

For me she is equally foolish and important... foolish because she keeps on truckin' despite her health issue (I get she'll keep doing her job till her body collapse, but my gosh think about how much heart attack she would cause if she die and we, the travellers, found her body) but important because she charted the way for others to get to their destination safely and the mind-boggling questions about celestia.

There's also the possibility that she survived the Chasm, fell into the Abyss but didn't join them, instead she hid and tried to survive. Her not having a vision also adds her the bonus that the Abyss Order wouldn't care about her. Then when we finally go to the Abyss (in around 6-7 years from now, lol) we meet her again and she once again gives us a complete version of the map (since I don't expect a statue of the seven down there). That would make a very interesting story and make it a hella interesting come back from an npc. That would also let her name be remembered for a very long time. Zhiqiong, the first human to venture the Abyss, map it and return alive. I would love that.

I love your insights, thank you for sharing them!

she reminds me so much of the mc of made in abyss that i can't help but get annoyed. she was working in a team but only thinks of her dream. in the end she did decide to travel alone, she did the right thing if she wanna insist on her ways.

Her letter was very hardcore, I hope she's under the care of Dainsleif.

I just re-discovered your channel and now I'm watching all your videos! All these topics you describe and explain are so interesting to watch and understand

I love her.

Someone give this girl a rest. Like man, she deserved all of the recognition. What a passionate woman

Thanks for letting me know about the letter, probably wouldn't have found it for a long time without this video. I've been wondering what happened to her, but I'll hope for the best.

I think people that just think of Zhiqiong as "annoying" or "stupid" for her desperate actions should really consider how the thoughts of mortality and being forgotten absolutely destroy people mentally. Having such massive existential dread about your existence causes people to fall into endless depression or to resort to pushing themselves too far in the opposite direction by risking everything to make their mark in history. I agree that she was reckless and irresponsible and I suppose annoying is a matter of perspective, but she's not stupid. She was aware of just how much she was actively hurting herself and even her team, but her volatile emotional state isn't something that was going to be quelled by sitting on the sidelines. I genuinely envy her in some ways because I've been through similar thoughts many times in my life but I've never pushed myself to try and change things and she had the will to at least try and make a name for herself. But I also wish she would have just taken a few steps back and realized that she didn't need to rush so much and that her health and life are more important. I don't have a lot of hope for it, but I hope she's okay somehow and that we get to see her alive again in the future 😔

If she ended up like Enjou, I’ll not yEET

Why are mysterious people always cute. smh

This video was very helpful, I totally missed the end part of that quest!!!

Thanks for the video ! I nearly forgot about her existence, this is a reminder that she exist (for me)

maybe she will come out in the blackcliff sword mines or whatever its called

Zhiqiong's letter made me realize that why hardworking ordinary people can't get a blessings of the gods despite their efforts and sacrifices

I was unable to sit still not knowing what happened of her. Then I came across your video. I'll go find that letter now. Also, subscribed. Good content. :D

there is some quality in zhiqiong that really quite relatable in persona, she is one of a kind

and ironically, she gets her inspiration for adventuring from stanley, which is well you know 😐

Really want to know the chasm part where Morax and Azdaha fight also the sealed Yaksha grave.

Some of characters don't need vision but they still special in their own.

Your video on Sara's obsession is very well thought out.

I applauded her mindset and dream. But man, I dislike her and found her annoying until the end despite knowing what drove her like that.

Hopefully I stumble upon her corpse at some point. I hated the character because she could have had her cake and eaten it, but she actively chose to be a pain in the ass and a constant liability. Never listens, always thinking she knows better and attempts things so monumentally out of her skill range (and fails) that something bad is bound to happen to her. Even mapping out the Chasm, WE did most of that work, not her. She just got sick, made terrible maps that no one could use and had us save her all the damn time. Maybe if she learned humility she would already have a vision.

two ways seems possible for Zhiqiong... • explanation for us to show how a mere human can shift to the "dark side" and embrace the Abyss • paragon of "mortals" non violent freedom : she display her singularity by helping others and building something by herself rather than destroying. but I can't believe she's dead and/or not to be seen in the futur.

after she's gone. i search The Chasm every inch.. never find her... Hope we meet her again in the future

I really want her to get granted a vision and become playable

Cool

IDK if anybody have brought this but, in the quest when you tasked to ring two bells, I think it's a refrence to dark souls 1.

(Sorry for the long text) If I may, this sort of question was once played out in Liyue's region if you hunt those special treasure vault things (the ones that are a plate on the floor with energy flowing out of it) In it, we follow the story of two individuals with similar goals: "to be able to defeat monsters because they are evil and a threat". During this one of them succeeds but other doesn't, similar to Bennet and Zhiqiong. Now, what exactly happens? The one that gets his vision actually has an interesting turn in regards to his goal, he gained his vision but now questions if the monsters truelly are evil or simply acting in their nature, he begins questioning what he considered and starts renewing his point of view. On the other hand the other one, the one who didn't simply held to the ideal that all monsters should die and still pursued that ideal. From what we can gather, he never received his vision... and to top this story off: both knew each other and both were friends (were because it feels like they split up). Why is this important? Because in the end both Bennet and Zhiqiong have similar goals and similar actions and behaviours, yet one received a vision while the other didn't. We know that visions are their dreams and ambitions made manifest but not everyone can attain them. Also consider that people believe the Archons grant visions yet we know now that is not true... we also know that Kaeya, a surviving Khaenri'ahn, is eligible for a Vision. I honestly believe there's more to this than it would seem, a hidden quality that makes Visions a reality. Also note that she claimes the blessed ones receive theirs by chance, I feel like this is more telling on what she's considering. That maybe she feels like wherever or wahtever is granting this Visions is being unjust and that all are deserving. And all though that is a fair notion, it is also a dangerous one. Yes you can have someone do a dangerous job, but what of who they are? She mentions the herb gatherers that hung on the cliffs and receive no vision, Qiqi was one such individual and she received hers near the end of her life. Putting this into perspective, I think that it is not the Gods that grant these visions directly... but perhaps something needed within the very person to activate it. Perhaps Zhiqiong hasn't received hers yet because she simply hasn't reached that point yet. And as it seems, all visions have a reason to appear on specific people: Anemo on people who value Freedom the most, Geo for people who understand the value and honour of a deal or contract, Dendro for people who view and understand the world and become wiser for it and etc.. perhaps Zhiqiong's closer to understanding herself and gaining hers... but also being so close to the Abyss that seems to toy on the ambitions of others as hinted when you ascend its floors... who's to say she will understand it if she further descends and not be warped by it?

Please... not another npc dying... they did nothing wrong!!

now i fkin worry wtf

I started to get teary eyed when I read her letter...

I loved Zhiqong's storyline so far but I think a reason a lot of people hated it is because you physically couldn't do the dainslief quest without not only opening the underground area in the chasm but also continuing the chasm delver's quest which was super annoying when all a lot of people, including myself, wanted to get to the actual archon quest and had to sit through extra dialogue/tasks. I wish it was separate from the dainslief quest and not a requirement, if I did it on my own time I probably would've enjoyed her and the quest itself much more. But all in all I do hope we get to see her again in the next few versions to see what happens next

Out of all the characters Zhiqiong was my least favorite. Hell..I liked the hillichurls more. I was more invested in the Fatui than her. The Fatui were soldiers who were abandoned and desperate but still loved the homeland and their cause. I was so sad for them all..meanwhile Zhiqiong was an annoying menace we had to babysit and drag back to safety only for her to give us the finger and go back there again. And she's not even the one who had to fight or defeat anything.

not again with the npc, ptsd

I love your videos!

i simply believe that we will meet her again in future quests, and she will also help us venturing deeper into the chasm

Hopefully she gets a vision and will be a 4 star haha…

Early lol

i hope we get to see her soon, i literally cried reading that whole letter.