Orbs of the Blue Depths. I wonder if you guys are already tired of me mentioning it. Don't worry this is the last one and it's pretty short.
Today's topic is about our old friend "translation discrepancy!" See the name "Orbs of the Blue Depths" seems to just be a name. But the orbs themselves aren't blue and we get them from an obvious source so you'd think it'd be related.
And it is. Because in Chinese these things are called 渊青宝珠. The last 2 words actually mean round beads of semi-precious stones. In other words they could have been called pearls for example. The significance is in their value vs just calling them orbs. But the more important part is 渊青 because it directly ties together what was so far just being implied. The whole environmental protection message by MiHoYo with the release of the Chasm haha. Here's how.
So 渊 this word is Abyss. Then 青 this word needs a little context. If you happen to die from Dark Mud you'll get the Achievement "Smells like Asphalt." Asphalt is made from crude oil so again that environmental thing but how it ties back to that is what asphalt is called in Chinese. 沥青. Same 青. So what Dark Mud really is is just Abyss "asphalt" and a crystalized version of this asphalt is what you take from those Shadowy Husks you beat.
Actually that makes the Lumenspar so much scarier because it's therefore clearly from Celestia and that's why it can cleanse these Abyssal creations. Unless......
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