I did not expect that this supposedly filler story is filled with emotion. That Black Mirror-like ending is very well told. I hope "filler" patches in Wuthering Waves will be like this. The story is a filler but still significant to the main story and lore. Just like Bambinata's chapter.
You could argue that thay are almost of the same group age as Hanying was already built during the pandemic, as that was when Villier was escaping Kowloong.