Purity Reveals the Stubborn Stone
Main Quests Cross-region
Tangtang Brief
Accompany Tangtang to the riverbank and locate the hideout of Ruan Yi's loyalists.
Unlock
Rewards
Operational EXP ×400 Operational EXP ★★★★★ Raises the Endministrator's Authority Level. 
Origeometry ×2 Origeometry ★★★★★★ An extremely rare crystal habit of Originium with many potential uses. 
Advanced Cognitive Carrier ×1 Advanced Cognitive Carrier ★★★★★ A material that provides a lot of EXP for leveling up Lv.61-90 operators. Overview › 
Arms INSP Set ×2 Arms INSP Set ★★★★ A material that provides a lot of weapon EXP. Overview › 
Protohedron ×3 Protohedron ★★★★ A material that upgrades operator skills. Overview › 
T-Creds ×10,000 T-Creds ★★★★ TC for short. This currency is recognized and used in many places. Steps
1 Go to the riverbank
Dialogue
Tangtang
They're closing the gates! I'll charge right in!
2 Go deeper into the hideout of Ruan Yi's loyalists No map marker available
Dialogue
Tangtang
Wait... These people...
Tangtang
Gotta stay slow...
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Arrogant Landbreaker (Arrogant Landbreaker)
Those who ... wanna join, stand with us. There's no future ... hiding in this place.
D
Dirt Rinser
I DARE YOU! No true Stockader will ever join the blighted scum! We're an honorable lot!
A
Arrogant Landbreaker (Arrogant Landbreaker)
"Blighted scum"...? *Mumble*. Don't forget ... Ruan Yi himself ... *mumble* ... invited us here.
A
Arrogant Landbreaker (Arrogant Landbreaker)
Ruan Yi ... *mumble* ... himself had to come to us for vengeance. Do his minions think they're any better?
D
Dirt Rinser
WHY YOU —!
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Hesitant Stockade Resident (Hesitant Stockade Resident)
Yeah... Big Bro's dead. Uncle Shang's no match for Wuling on his own.
D
Decisive Stockade Resident (Decisive Stockade Resident)
I don't give a damn. I'll join anyone who'll help me make Wuling bleed.
D
Dirt Rinser
You spineless turncoats...
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Hesitant Stockade Resident (Hesitant Stockade Resident)
What should we do, Rinser? They just walked away with another bunch of our people.
D
Dirt Rinser
Hrrmph. Uncle Shang and I disagreed with Big Bro when he wanted to meet them... The Stockade don't need no blighted outsiders! Our biz with Wuling is personal!
Tangtang
...Darkmask, did you know...
Tangtang
...the thing I hate most about my Bro is that he tore our Stockade apart! Our home! And he did that because of hate!
Tangtang
And then he told me to take his horn to Wuling ... and beg Zhuang Fangyi to take me in...
Tangtang
Did he think I'm a joke? That I'd abandon our Stockade, our home, and our Fam?
Tangtang
Did he believe that being a Chief is just a fun little game to me?
Tangtang
He's friggin wrong! I'll fix everything he broke... I'll bring every last piece back together!
Tangtang
To hell with these breakers...
Radio
Tangtang
*Sigh*...
Tangtang
I think there's a thick fog between me and my Big Bro too.
Tangtang
He kept secrets and never told me anything... I was being nice, so I never asked.
Tangtang
Darkmask, once the fog lifts... Blight it. Whatever. I'm still his baby sis. I gotta live with it.
Endministrator
Don't worry, Chief. I'll be with you, no matter what we find.
Tangtang
Trail's pretty rough. Stay close. Don't fall off.
Tangtang
If you're scared, you can hold my hand.
Endministrator
You better watch out, then. If one trips, both of us fall.
Tangtang
Don't jinx it!
3 Go deeper into the hideout of Ruan Yi's loyalists No map marker available
Radio
Tangtang
How's that? Who's still hating on the Chief? Join the party!
4 Go deeper into the hideout of Ruan Yi's loyalists No map marker available
5 Find another path No map marker available
Dialogue
Tangtang
Hmph. Big Bro actually has another "crib". This explains why he hardly kept anything at the Stockade.
Tangtang
Yeah. It's the smell. That stubborn and Forte-headed stink of his.
Tangtang
Erm ... Darkmask? Can you ... wait for a bit?
Tangtang
Tight-lipped people got a lot of stuff in their chest. But no one can hold everything in. Some secrets are bound to spill.
Tangtang
I wanna take a closer look ... see what he kept at this place.
Radio
Tangtang
I'll pull the switch for you!
Tangtang
Alrighty! Come on in!
6 Meet up with Tangtang No map marker available
Dialogue
Tangtang
Are these ... dad's stuff?
Tangtang
Oh. My dad probably picked it up from a Tianshi. We were fighting Wulingers almost every day. Got ourselves a load of loot.
Tangtang
That's definitely not the type of Chief I wanna be.
Tangtang
Never.
Tangtang
Did it come from somewhere else...? But my old man never left this region.
Tangtang
What do you mean...? Is this actually ... his?
Tangtang
Impossible. My dad is a Tianshi...? No way.
Tangtang
...That's enough, Darkmask. I know what you're gonna say. I'm not stupid.
Tangtang
Sure, our Stockade got a super complex, rough, angry, and crazy relationship with Wuling. It's a real big mess that no one could really figure out.
Tangtang
But I also know that we share the same lingo and traditions... Maybe we were all part of a bigger Fam before.
Tangtang
I kept thinking about it, but I don't think I'm wise enough to figure it out.
Tangtang
I got only one question in mind. If we were part of a bigger Fam, what was our Supreme Chief doing back then?
Tangtang
How could the Chief let their Fam split in two?
Radio
Tangtang
Damn you ... and your vengeance! It's all you cared about!
Tangtang
Darkmask, if Uncle Shang hates the breakers too, we might get a chance to talk with him.
7 Meet up with Tangtang No map marker available
Radio
Endministrator
More of them!
Tangtang
Fft. I rode the river as a baby! I've endured all sorts of storms and waves!
Tangtang
Bring it on!
8 Find the path forward No map marker available
Radio
Tangtang
There's guards up ahead. This battle will be serious.
9 Defeat Ruan Yi's loyalists No map marker available
Radio
Tangtang
The way down is blocked. We must figure out a way to head up.
10 Keep advancing
Possible objectives
- Use the control panel and help Tangtang reach the elevator
- Attack the device to rotate the pipes and provide water power
- Meet up with Tangtang
Dialogue
Tangtang
*Sigh*...
Tangtang
I think there's a thick fog between me and my Big Bro too.
Tangtang
He kept secrets and never told me anything... I was being nice, so I never asked.
Tangtang
Darkmask, once the fog lifts... Blight it. Whatever. I'm still his baby sis. I gotta live with it.
Endministrator
Don't worry, Chief. I'll be with you, no matter what we find.
Radio
A
Angry Stockade Resident
Come on, fam! Time to avenge Big Bro!
Tangtang
Careful! Some of them are hiding up there!
Endministrator
I found it
Tangtang
Great. Heading over right now!
Tangtang
I knew it! My Big Bro is cautious type. His secret base will have quite a few escape routes.
Endministrator
Chief, don't forget about me!
Tangtang
Look around! There must be a trail!
Tangtang
Hoo. This place is so big ... and so close to home. Why didn't I notice it before?
Tangtang
What kind of Chief am I?
11 Keep advancing No map marker available
12 Search the room No map marker available
Story update
Help Tangtang look through Ruan Yi's belongings.
Dialogue
U
Uncle Shang
Impressive! My boy taught you well.
U
Uncle Shang
Get it over with, Younger Dame... Just send me off... Hopefully I'll catch up with my boy on the path to the afterlife.
Tangtang
I'm not here to do that, Uncle Shang.
Tangtang
My brother gave me his horn before he passed away. He wanted me to bring it to Wuling and find a way to make a living.
Tangtang
Yeah. He was like that at the beginning. He always treated me as a kid.
U
Uncle Shang
...Blasted shit... We're all ready for war but he became the first to throw in the towel. Turned us all into laughingstocks. Pathetic! This is so pathetic!
Tangtang
Just come back to us, Uncle Shang.
U
Uncle Shang
Give up and let the waters flow their own courses... Yet Qingbo and Wuling are trapped in feuds both old and new. One must fall for this to end.
Tangtang
But our greatest enemy is not in Wuling. They're right in our Stockade.
Tangtang
Uncle Shang, we must work together and run those breakers out of our home. Every last one of them.
U
Uncle Shang
Wise words, but I wonder if our Younger Dame considered this. We might revolt again once the breakers are gone.
Tangtang
I'm not worried about that!
U
Uncle Shang
Hmph. Childish talk.
Tangtang
It is childish talk but I keep my words! And if anyone tries to be a clown, they're in for a beating!
Tangtang
If one beating won't work, I'll give him another.
Tangtang
We got ... plenty of time. I can do this all day till you're convinced.
Tangtang
As long as I'm here, and as long as I'm your Chief, no one's breaking my Stockade!
U
Uncle Shang
If it's about the Landbreakers in our Stockade, I'll follow your orders.
U
Uncle Shang
But once that's done... I hope you remember the words you said today, no matter what happens.
U
Uncle Shang
My Younger Dame, are those really ... Ruan Yi's final words?
Tangtang
Maybe everyone thinks I'm a joke at being a Chief, but I'm not quitting this easily.
Tangtang
I got no use for this horn. And seeing it makes me miss him.
Tangtang
I know you and your people really look up to him, Uncle Shang. So his ... horn ... you can have it.
Tangtang
Uncle Shang...?
U
Uncle Shang
I won't take this horn. Have it back.
Radio
Tangtang
There's an elevator on the other side. Send me over first.
Tangtang
Nope! Can't go up! Elevator has no juice!
13 Keep advancing No map marker available
Dialogue
Tangtang
No matter what happens... This settles our biz for now.
Tangtang
Let's go.
Radio
Tangtang
Success! Time for me to give you a lift.
14 Parley with Ruan Yi's loyalists No map marker available
Dialogue
Tangtang
You were the second-in-command of our Stockade, yet you broke our Fam apart. If we stuck to the rules ... you don't deserve to rest next to the Ancestral Spring.
Tangtang
But I bent the rules and secretly buried you here ... only 'cos I'm your baby sis.
Tangtang
Take it as payment for being concerned about my future ... even in your final moments. You let a lot of people down ... except me.
Tangtang
And that's why I'll still call you ... my brother.
Tangtang
Darkmask, was that his reply?
Endministrator
Yes.
Tangtang
So did you hear ... what he said?
Tangtang
Big Bro, I don't hate you anymore... But ... I won't miss you either.
Radio
Tangtang
On the double! Before their "feast" grows cold!
15 Defeat Ruan Yi's loyalists No map marker available
Radio
Tangtang
Hold on...
16 Parley with Ruan Yi's loyalists again
Dialogue
Tangtang
This must be the place... This is why nobody found their hidey-hole.
Tangtang
This fog is way too thick. We'll definitely lose our way if we go in blind.
Tangtang
To think that Big Bro kept warning me for "safety" reasons. Turns out to be his little secret.
Tangtang
Darkmask, figured out a way to get in?
Tangtang
Great. Time to start our chase!
Tangtang
Stop being so wishy-washy. You scared?
Tangtang
I can't ignore my Chief-ly duties. Got a Fam to look out for. So newp. Gotta stick around.
Tangtang
Plus, I was Stockade-born and raised. I don't think I'd make it at other places.
Endministrator
Friends usually meet up and visit each other often.
Tangtang
Ffft. The Chief is not your bestie! Try to behave!
Endministrator
Oh. I thought we were cool.
Tangtang
I'm your Supreme Chief!
Tangtang
Ahem. Now that we know where they're hiding, let's prepare and go after them!
Radio
Tangtang
They're waiting for us! Up ahead!
Tangtang
I guess there's no dodging this big fight.
17 Find the path forward
Other dialogue
38 Game scripting dialogue not tied to a specific quest step.
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Dirt Rinser
How the hell did you slip into our place?
Tangtang
Thought you wanted to repay our kindness for sparing you. That's why you led us here, right?
D
Dirt Rinser
Hmph. You might as well forget about leaving. I'll let Uncle Shang know. He'll set up a proper "feast" for you.
Tangtang
Dammit. He went deeper into the place...
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Hesitant Stockade Resident (Hesitant Stockade Resident)
What's the rush, Younger Dame? Come on. Let our weapons do the talking.
D
Dirt Rinser
Uncle Shang, that little snot is here...
U
Uncle Shang
Of course she is. The girl's no coward. Ruan Yi raised her himself.
Tangtang
It's been quite a while, Uncle Shang. I hope you're doing alright.
U
Uncle Shang
Thank you, Younger Dame. I'm getting old ... and doing worse.
Tangtang
Then let's return to the Stockade, Uncle Shang. My brother might be gone, but I'm still around.
Tangtang
We found the bomb. Disarmed it. I also smashed the things outside. It's time to end this.
Tangtang
We're still fam —
U
Uncle Shang
Of course. I knew you since you were a baby. But you didn't stand with your Fam. You took their side and stood against us.
U
Uncle Shang
You murdered Ruan Yi. And now you've come to end me too. Couldn't ask for more!
U
Uncle Shang
You don't get to speak about the Stockade!
Tangtang
Darkmask is a Stockader 'cos your Chief said so!
Tangtang
Ruan Yi was the selfish one! He dragged the Stockade into his war of vengeance!
Tangtang
You said I betrayed my Bro. But did he do the Stockade justice? Or the Fam? Or...
Tangtang
...me.
U
Uncle Shang
Then why are you here, Younger Dame?
Tangtang
I just wanna try ... bring things back to the way they were...
U
Uncle Shang
Blightery! Why did Ruan Yi ever name you the Stockade Chief? Foolish girl, you make me laugh!
U
Uncle Shang
Haven't you figured it out yet?
U
Uncle Shang
There's no going back now, Younger Dame!
Tangtang
Are you done yet? It's time to go.
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An entire wall covered in Stockader masks. For reasons unknown, a few Landbreaker masks made their way onto the wall.
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An instrument "taken" from Wuling. However, it has been rarely used given the lack of power sources in the Stockade.
?
There are explosives everywhere. They only reveal the deep-seated hatred that the Qingbo Stockaders have against Wuling.
Tangtang
Can you stay a bit ... and help me with something?
Endministrator
Sure. What is it?
Tangtang
I want to bury my brother's horn near the Ancestral Spring. Could you keep me company while I do that?
Endministrator
Of course.
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The carvings of Qingbo Stockade on this Tianshi apparatus seem to be added later. Closer inspections of the minute inscriptions reveal these words: "Manufacturer: Tianshi Bureau of Shangshu, Great Yan".
Tangtang
Stop right there! They got some serious bruisers here!
Tangtang
The fog is lifting... We've arrived.
Tangtang
Tsk. The dirty scum took the only raft. We gotta look for another way.
Tangtang
Layers within layers... Big Bro probably designed this place himself. So many gates. So secretive. Just like him.
Tangtang
Darkmask! Need some help here! This crate is locked!