Glossary

Chinese	Pinyin	In the game	Meaning
九泉	Jiǔquán	Nine Springs	The bunker. Also the old word for the land of the dead
灰潮	Huī Cháo	The Grey	The nanoswarm that turned the surface to dust
女娲	Nǚwā	Nüwa	The AI that designed the swarm; the goddess who mended the sky
补天计划	Bǔtiān Jìhuà	Project Mending the Sky	The climate-repair programme that released the Grey
数字魂	Shùzì Hún	Digital ghosts	Copies of the dead living in the network
薪火	Xīnhuǒ	The Ember Archive	Where the memorials of the dead are stored. From 薪尽火传, “the firewood burns out, the fire passes on”
牌位	Páiwèi	Memorial	An ancestor tablet; here a digital one
内力	Nèilì	Force	Charge stored by the nanite colony in your body
丹田	Dāntián	Dantian	The core in the belly where the charge is stored
经脉	Jīngmài	Meridians	The conductive lattice the colony grows
精气神	Jīng Qì Shén	Three Treasures	The three Force skills: Essence, Energy, Mind
轻功	Qīnggōng	Qinggong	Force-powered leaps, wall-runs and safe falls
点穴	Diǎnxué	Acupoint strike	A discharge that stuns nerves or disables implants
人情	Rénqíng	Favour	Debts of obligation, half the economy of the Springs
傀儡	Kuǐlěi	Puppet	Folk name for any rogue machine
僵尸	Jiāngshī	Jiangshi	A hopping corpse
狐妖	Húyāo	Fox spirit	A fox that charms people through their neural port
符箓	Fúlù	Talisman	Taoist talismans; here, crafted devices against ghosts