Patron of the Spring I
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Brief
The Endministrator's team hear cries for help near the Ancestral Spring. They decide to look for the source.
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1 Find the source of the voice View on map
Dialogue
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Thank you... I'm Du Ming, born and raised in the Stockade... I suppose you want to know why I was locked up here.
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Du Ming
*Sighs* A few days ago, I was still in the Stockade. I had an altercation with Brother Ruan, and he locked me up here to "simmer down"...
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Du Ming
But if you ask me, he's the one who needs to "simmer down"...
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Du Ming
Once I get back to the Stockade ... I'm gonna teach that stubborn Forte a real lesson!
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Du Ming
What do you mean by that? No longer around? What happened to Ruan Yi...?
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Du Ming
Damn that Forte... I knew his stubbornness would be the death of him!
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Du Ming
What about the Stockade fam? How's the Chief...? Is she alright?
Perlica
Most people stayed in the Stockade, but a few of them ... joined the Landbreakers. As for Tangtang...
Chen Qianyu
Yeah. She's super busy! Always rushing about and taking care of business for the Stockade.
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Du Ming
Poor little girl... Can't believe she has to shoulder so much when she's still so young...
Chen Qianyu
Enough talking! Let's get you back home!
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Du Ming
Thank you, but I can't return to the Stockade right now... I need to pay a visit to the Ancestral Spring...
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Du Ming
That's right. You probably haven't heard about this story. The founding of Qingbo Stockade would be impossible without the protection offered by the Spring.
Perlica
But doing it alone ... might be too dangerous.
Chen Qianyu
Yeah. Those Landbreakers are not a joke!
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Du Ming
Okay... I have a question I need to get off my chest. You're working for Endfield Industries, right? I thought you were a manufacturing company. How did you get so good at fighting?
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Du Ming
But from what you said, the brigands calling themselves Landbreakers are still loitering around the Ancestral Spring. I'm worried they might do something to it...
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Du Ming
As guardian of the Spring, it's my duty to watch over it. I must see for myself that the Spring is all right.
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Du Ming
I told him so many times... Never go head-to-head against Wuling... But I guess he never listened...
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Du Ming
Through all these years, the Ancestral Spring has already become our spiritual refuge. Everyone believes that the well-being of the spring is tied to that of the Qingbo Stockade...
Chen Qianyu
Well, this isn't exactly a peaceful world. A manufacturer's gotta learn some self-defense, you know!
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Du Ming
That's true... Well, I shall entrust my life to your dependable hands.
Radio
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Ruan Yi ... if you still treat me as your friend and brother ... you should ... let me out...
2 Defeat the waterlamps and help the trapped youth View on map
Radio
Chen Qianyu
Hey! I see markings on the wall! Du Ming made these, right?
Perlica
Yes. He probably made these markings so that he wouldn't get lost in here...
3 Defeat the waterlamps and help the trapped youth View on map
Radio
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Ruan Yi?! I knew you'd — Who are you people?
Chen Qianyu
People who are gonna get you freed! Don't worry! We'll get you out!
4 Follow Du Ming View on map
Story update
After saving Du Ming, the Endmin's team listens to his story and decides to escort him to the Ancestral Spring.
Radio
Chen Qianyu
Tangtang is going to get really worried if she learns about what happened to Du Ming.
Chen Qianyu
The Chief really treats everyone in the Stockade as a member of her family...
Perlica
Of course. She'll definitely want Du Ming to be safe. After all, she's just...
Chen Qianyu
Let's just hope ... the same tragedy doesn't happen again.
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Du Ming
I probably can't deal with all of them...
5 Defeat the Landbreakers View on map
Story update
After saving Du Ming, the Endmin's team listens to his story and decides to escort him to the Ancestral Spring.
Radio
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Du Ming
Did those who betray the Stockade ... end up with these people? The Landbreakers?
Chen Qianyu
Is that a ... Landbreaker?
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Du Ming
It is much to ask, but you'll have to handle these Landbreakers.
6 Follow Du Ming View on map
Story update
After saving Du Ming, the Endmin's team listens to his story and decides to escort him to the Ancestral Spring.
Radio
Chen Qianyu
These prints look fresh... Did Du Ming make them?
7 Talk to Du Ming View on map
Story update
After saving Du Ming, the Endmin's team listens to his story and decides to escort him to the Ancestral Spring.
Radio
Chen Qianyu
How long have we walked already? I'm not seeing any Landbreakers around here...
Chen Qianyu
Maybe they ... didn't make it down here yet.
8 Find the fine brew View on map
Story update
After saving Du Ming, the Endmin's team listens to his story and decides to escort him to the Ancestral Spring.
Dialogue
Chen Qianyu
That's impossible! He can't simply disappear into thin air!
Chen Qianyu
Hey, maybe there's some hidden mechanism. Let me look around!
Chen Qianyu
Hmm. This is so weird... The wall sounds really solid and has nothing behind it...
Perlica
He is missing, but there weren't any Landbreakers or signs of fighting along the way.
Chen Qianyu
That sounds like the smartest thing to do! Tangtang's got a huge fam behind her! They'll find Du Ming in no time!
Perlica
Agreed. Let's head to Qingbo Stockade.
Perlica
If the Landbreakers didn't get Du Ming, then...
Perlica
This is where the trail ends. No more clues around here.
Perlica
Unfortunately, we're unfamiliar with this area. Searching for him will be quite a challenge...
Radio
Chen Qianyu
*Sniff* Hmm. Found it! It actually smells pretty good...
Chen Qianyu
Don't keep Du Ming waiting! Let's head back right now!
9 Find the fine brew View on map
Story update
After saving Du Ming, the Endmin's team listens to his story and decides to escort him to the Ancestral Spring.
10 Return to the Ancestral Spring View on map
Story update
After saving Du Ming, the Endmin's team listens to his story and decides to escort him to the Ancestral Spring.
Dialogue
Chen Qianyu
Okay, he's really dead, but the body is still warm... Guess he died very recently.
Perlica
It's a possibility... The scene tells me that this Landbreaker fell into an ambush.
Chen Qianyu
And the attack was pretty vicious. Really underestimated the dude. So he tried to avoid us, and then killed a Landbreaker. What is he planning?
Chen Qianyu
The cave really smells... Did the Landbreakers blast it open with their explosives? Does that mean the Ancestral Spring...
Perlica
He was probably preparing for the rites when he saw the Landbreaker, and secretly followed the raider all the way here...
Chen Qianyu
Then he saw the huge cave that the Landbreakers blasted with explosives ... got super pissed and smashed the Landbreaker, right? Okay. So what happened next? Where did he go?
Perlica
Chen, if you returned home and saw the gates of your house blasted wide open, what would you do?
Chen Qianyu
What?! I'll charge right in and see if they stole — Ah! I got it! Du Ming jumped into the cave to find the source of the spring, right?
Chen Qianyu
Oh dear. We should get down there right now! It'd be bad if anything happens to him...
Chen Qianyu
Yeah. Qingwu mentioned that before. Stockade residents are more than willing to defend the Spring with their lives!
Perlica
Yeah. He Lao also referred to the Ancestral Spring as the roots of Qingbo Stockade. The residents depend on the spring for livelihood. They even treated it as a symbol of faith... Perhaps Du Ming feels the same as well.
Radio
Perlica
Scan this place, Endmin. We might find a clue.
11 Scan the place for Du Ming's traces View on map
Story update
Du Ming suddenly disappeared. The Endmin's team decides to track him down.
12 Jump into the cave View on map
Story update
Du Ming suddenly disappeared. The Endmin's team decides to track him down.
13 Keep looking for Du Ming No map marker available
Story update
Du Ming suddenly disappeared. The Endmin's team decides to track him down.
Radio
Chen Qianyu
Wow. That was faster than I expected...
Perlica
Stay alert. I haven't seen any Landbreakers yet, but we should be careful.
14 Keep looking for Du Ming View on map
Story update
Du Ming suddenly disappeared. The Endmin's team decides to track him down.
15 Keep looking for Du Ming View on map
Story update
Du Ming suddenly disappeared. The Endmin's team decides to track him down.
16 Keep looking for Du Ming View on map
Story update
Du Ming suddenly disappeared. The Endmin's team decides to track him down.
17 Leave the cave View on map
Story update
Du Ming suddenly disappeared. The Endmin's team decides to track him down.
Radio
Perlica
Someone extinguished this campfire. The ashes look fresh.
Perlica
Perhaps he rested here for a while...
Other dialogue
13 Game scripting dialogue not tied to a specific quest step.
Chen Qianyu
They appeared after Ruan Yi left...
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Du Ming
The Ancestral Spring ... our fount of protection... How did it end up like this...?
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Du Ming
They've already ruined the places around the Ancestral Spring... Don't tell me that the source of the spring itself...
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Du Ming
My good people ... help bring me a flask of fine brew. I intend to make an offering ... and appease our ancestors.
Chen Qianyu
Fine brew? Dude, this place has nothing but grass, rocks, trees, and bamboo.
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Du Ming
There should be another altar nearby... You might find some brew or kohlic beverages left there by the Stockade family.
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Du Ming
I intend to prepare for the rites. It should be done when you return.
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Du Ming
What is this ... this abominable growth? What happened here?!
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Du Ming
If our ancestors learn of this, they would curse our ineptitude. How low the young generation had fallen! We couldn't even keep the Spring safe! Ugh...
Chen Qianyu
Du Ming! We're back with some kohlic drinks...! Wait. Where did he go? Did he run out of patience and go around looking for us?
Perlica
Probably not.
Perlica
We would have run into him if he had left this area...
Perlica
Maybe he went to a nearby cave or grove... Let's investigate the surroundings, Endmin.