Patron of the Spring II
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Brief
To find Du Ming, the Endmin's team decide to visit Qingbo Stockade and ask Tangtang for help.
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T-Creds ×14,000 T-Creds ★★★★ TC for short. This currency is recognized and used in many places. Steps
1 Go to Qingbo Stockade and talk to Tangtang View on map
Dialogue
I
Impatient Stockade Resident (Impatient Stockade Resident)
Come on! Nobody's getting any peace knowing that Ruan Yi's deader than a nail! And you're asking me to pray to a spring for ancestral protection? Sheesh. Do that yourself. I gotta find a new job.
D
Desperate Stockade Resident (Desperate Stockade Resident)
And you've been talking nonsense all this time. "Ahhh! The Stockade's finished!" "Ahhh! Something bad will happen to the spring!" Don't you see the fam is feeling bad enough already?
I
Impatient Stockade Resident (Impatient Stockade Resident)
I was just —
Tangtang
Hold it right there, boys! Did you ask the Supreme Chief for permission to scrap?
I
Impatient Stockade Resident (Impatient Stockade Resident)
Supreme Chief ... we're ... uh ... we...
D
Desperate Stockade Resident (Desperate Stockade Resident)
Supreme Chief! He started it!
Tangtang
Zip your blight traps already! Shoo! Away with you!
Tangtang
Urgh. These two are making a joke of the Stockade. The entire place is a mess ever since what happened to Big Bro... So, what brings you here? Lookin' for me?
Chen Qianyu
That's right, Chief! There's a Stockade resident named Du Ming who needs help!
Tangtang
Brother Du?! You actually found him? Where is he? He had a really bad fight with Big Bro and disappeared right afterwards...
Tangtang
Du Ming keeps calling Big Bro a hard-headed fool, but I don't think he's any different! I can't figure them out... Alright, enough talk! I'll get the Fam together.
P
Panicking Stockade Resident (Panicking Stockade Resident)
Supreme Chief! We got a sitch! A major sitch!
Tangtang
Get your act together! Tell me about this sitch!
P
Panicking Stockade Resident (Panicking Stockade Resident)
The spring! Our Ancestral Spring has performed a miracle!
P
Panicking Stockade Resident (Panicking Stockade Resident)
Our Fam patrolling the hilltops saw Du Ming at the breaker lair!
P
Panicking Stockade Resident (Panicking Stockade Resident)
Brother Du... He's earned some protective powers from the Ancestral Spring! Knocked several rakerbeasts with his bare hands, he really did!
P
Panicking Stockade Resident (Panicking Stockade Resident)
The fight was epic and sent the shitless breakers packing! It's just that Brother Du ... kinda looks a little weird and all...
Tangtang
What are you still standing here for?! Get Brother Du back home already!
Perlica
So that "breaker lair" you've just mentioned... Where is it?
P
Panicking Stockade Resident (Panicking Stockade Resident)
It's uhm ... close to the Ancestral Spring, and not too far from the Stockade.
Perlica
Ancestral spring? Maybe Du Ming did venture further into the place... We should help the residents find him.
Tangtang
I'm going too!
Chen Qianyu
Maybe you should stay behind and gather your Fam, Tangtang! If anything happens, we can count on you for backup!
Tangtang
Oh... Yeah, makes total sense! I'll go looking for you once I get our Fam together!
Radio
Chen Qianyu
This looks like a talisman...
Perlica
The engravings on the front side mean: "The Spring always protects". Those on the other side read ... "Du Ming"?
Chen Qianyu
It's Du Ming's personal belongings! Why would he leave it here...?
2 Look for Du Ming near the Ancestral Spring View on map
Story update
The Endmin's team finds Du Ming's trail, and decides to go to the Ancestral Spring to find the youth.
Radio
D
Du Ming
The fount runs deep, the fearless may seek... Darkness it skims... When does it cease...
D
Du Ming
In the past ... the people of Qingbo Stockade treated the source of the Ancestral Spring as their fount of livelihood...
D
Du Ming
But the time has come to let it rest as part of our past...
3 Keep looking for Du Ming View on map
Story update
The Endmin's team finds Du Ming's trail, and decides to go to the Ancestral Spring to find the youth.
Dialogue
Chen Qianyu
Du Ming! Are you alright? Where did you run off to? We spent ages trying to find you!
Tangtang
Darkmask! How goes your search? We sent the breakers fleeing for their sorry hides!
Tangtang
Brother Du?! Are you alright?
D
Du Ming
I, uh... Patron of the Spring was I, now the very truth is mine! THE VERY TRUTH! HAHAHAHAHA!
Tangtang
Hey! Why are you running?! Brother Du! DU MING!
Perlica
That place is quite treacherous. It might be dangerous if you just blunder into it.
Tangtang
But ... I...
Tangtang
Alright then... But when you see him, lay this fact straight to him: The Supreme Chief and the entire Stockade Fam want him back!
D
Du Ming
I ... apologies. I was preparing the ritual offerings when I suddenly noticed a Landbreaker sneaking around. So, I decided to follow him...
D
Du Ming
That raider already blasted a hole for some nonexistent treasure. And I saw him trying to blast another! I got furious, so I...
D
Du Ming
I was worried that something bad had happened to the source of the spring, so I leaped into the cave and...
Perlica
You didn't run into any Landbreakers or get yourself captured. Instead, you went straight to the source of the Ancestral Spring. Correct me if I'm wrong.
D
Du Ming
You're right. But ... I never thought that...
Chen Qianyu
Why is he running towards that cave again? Didn't he —
Tangtang
That cave? Again? Did Brother Du visit the source of the spring? No... I gotta get a proper answer from him!
Chen Qianyu
Yeah, Chief. And those LBs injured some of your people. You'd agree that it's unsafe to leave them out here.
I
Injured Stockade Resident (Panicking Stockade Resident)
Supreme Chief, I'm totally fine! It's just a lil' — SSSSSS!
Radio
Chen Qianyu
Du Ming! Find a safe place to hide! Don't let them —
D
Du Ming
I'm not afraid of these rakers! They can't hurt me!
4 Defeat the rakerbeasts and protect Du Ming View on map
Story update
The Endmin's team finds Du Ming's trail, and decides to go to the Ancestral Spring to find the youth.
Dialogue
D
Du Ming
Ah, thank goodness it's you! Chief Tangtang stayed up there, right?
D
Du Ming
That's good... That's very good...
D
Du Ming
First, I must say I'm extremely grateful for your timely intervention back then. Those rakerbeasts would have torn me to pieces...
Perlica
You led us to this place but don't want Tangtang to be involved. Is there a reason for this?
D
Du Ming
You're right... Follow me if you wish to learn of the truth behind all this.
Chen Qianyu
Isn't this the same wall? I've checked it already. Pure, solid rock.
Chen Qianyu
What?! Did he just disappear into solid rock? I'm not seeing things, right...? Is this HAS tech?
Perlica
A very clever trick. The inner workings are probably on the other side... Endmin, Chen, we should all give this a try.
Radio
Chen Qianyu
Hoooo... Alright, Endmin. I'm totally ready. Time to charge and hope for the best!
5 Go deeper into the Ancestral Spring and find Du Ming View on map
Story update
To chase down Du Ming, the Endmin's team decides to head deeper into the Ancestral Spring.
Dialogue
Chen Qianyu
What is the big thingy right underneath the Ancestral Spring? Is that a ... machine? How?
Perlica
It appears that this machine ... has kept running for well over a century.
Perlica
I figured it out. "Darkness it skims" refers to the irrigation machine. It separates the Blight from the clean water, and that's why the Ancestral Spring is Blight-free.
Perlica
It kept running without maintenance for far too long. Though the chassis is undamaged, the machine itself is ... almost at the verge of malfunctioning.
Perlica
Yes. Although this machine is wholly different from the modern Xiranite facilities ... I am quite certain this is the work of the Yanese Tianshi.
Perlica
Is this ... the "truth" you wanted to show us?
Chen Qianyu
What are you doing!?
D
Du Ming
When I stumbled into this place by accident back then, I didn't expect ... to confront the "true form" of the Ancestral Spring.
D
Du Ming
I wasn't prepared for it... My family has guarded the spring for so many generations, but it turned out to be something else!
D
Du Ming
I don't know if my ancestors left writings about the truth ... or even the means of repairing this machine...
D
Du Ming
I grew up in Qingbo Stockade and all I got are ambiguous stories and legends ... those that make people believe in the miraculous powers of the Ancestral Spring...
D
Du Ming
No... You flatter me. I still can't bring myself to accept this...
D
Du Ming
When I returned to the surface and saw the banner of Qingbo Stockade from afar ... the only thing on my mind was —
D
Du Ming
Even if the legends were false, I must protect the Fam's faith in the Ancestral Spring...
Chen Qianyu
That's why you pretended to be mad in front of the Landbreakers!
D
Du Ming
Yeah. I ... I'm not a great fighter like Ruan Yi, and I couldn't unite the Fam like our Supreme Chief...
D
Du Ming
The only tactic I knew ... is to feign madness and possession like the folk tales...
Perlica
Though the Landbreakers are gone, the Ancestral Spring is in pretty bad shape. The Blight containment tank will eventually overflow and affect the Stockade.
D
Du Ming
I guessed that too. That's why I ... came up with an idea of guiding you down to this place.
D
Du Ming
I hope you can help me shut down this machine and seal it away.
Perlica
But if the machine stops working, it would no longer filter out the Blight and...
D
Du Ming
And the Ancestral Spring will eventually be affected...
D
Du Ming
Let me, Du Ming ... perform the transgression and destroy the Ancestral Spring!
Perlica
...What do you think, Endmin?
D
Du Ming
Thank you, everyone. I've already made a few attempts but none of them worked. There's probably a special mechanism involved...
Perlica
Excellent work, Endmin. This machine is finally getting its well-deserved retirement...
D
Du Ming
Now ... I can finally face my ancestors with peace of mind.
D
Du Ming
I ... I probably need to allude to the legend of the Ancestral Spring one more time...
D
Du Ming
I hope you will aid me once more.
D
Du Ming
But it must be done, or all that built up Blight will overflow and surge to the surface! I have to protect the livelihood of everyone in Qingbo Stockade!
6 Go deeper into the Ancestral Spring and find Du Ming View on map
Story update
To chase down Du Ming, the Endmin's team decides to head deeper into the Ancestral Spring.
7 Follow Du Ming View on map
Radio
Chen Qianyu
Wow! We made it to the other side! Now that's a really artsy trick!
8 Cross the pool View on map
Story update
To chase down Du Ming, the Endmin's team decides to head deeper into the Ancestral Spring.
9 Check the source of the spring No map marker available
Story update
To chase down Du Ming, the Endmin's team decides to head deeper into the Ancestral Spring.
Radio
D
Du Ming
Incredible... You made it through so easily.
Chen Qianyu
Heheh. Puzzles like these are super easy for our Endmin.
10 Cutscene 2 radio
Radio
Chen Qianyu
Yeah, just as we expected... Du Ming probably leapt down again.
Perlica
From his behavior, he's probably... Well. Let's just find him first.
11 Look for clues left by Du Ming View on map
Dialogue
P
Panicking Landbreaker (Panicking Landbreaker)
*Khooo* ... *wheeze*... Me thinks we're far enough. *Mumble* Far enough from that blasted freak!
A
Angry Landbreaker (Angry Landbreaker)
He's blight-crazy, man... *Mumble* Even the rakers can't kill 'im!
Chen Qianyu
Trying to escape? Not on my watch!
A
Angry Landbreaker (Angry Landbreaker)
WHA? You on the same side as that blight-crazy dude?
P
Panicking Landbreaker (Panicking Landbreaker)
Y-You're also them blight-crazy people?!
Perlica
Hold on. Where are the "blight-crazy" people you mentioned?
A
Angry Landbreaker (Angry Landbreaker)
Just go down this road! *Mumble* Have fun looking for him yourself!
P
Panicking Landbreaker (Panicking Landbreaker)
I'm out of here! And don't lead that blight-crazy dude to us!
Chen Qianyu
HEY! YOU —
Perlica
Leave them. We should look around the place they mentioned.
Radio
Chen Qianyu
Look! Du Ming's over there! Wait. Something doesn't feel right. I think he's actually waiting for us...
Perlica
This looks like ... records of the Ancestral Spring. Someone probably tore this out of a book...
Chen Qianyu
The edges are all wet, and a few of the words got smudged.
Chen Qianyu
This rakerbeast is huge!
Chen Qianyu
Look at the wounds... Did Du Ming do this?
Other dialogue
22 Game scripting dialogue not tied to a specific quest step.
D
Du Ming
HAHAHAHAHAHA! A hundred rakerbeasts are no match for me! I'm Du Ming, Patron of the Spring! And my ancestors watch over me!
S
Scared Landbreaker (Scared Landbreaker)
Man! The blight ate his brains! He's crazy!
C
Cowardly Landbreaker (Cowardly Landbreaker)
Can someone understand his gibberish? *Mumble* This guy ain't normal no more...
D
Du Ming
The fount runs deep! The fearless may seek! Darkness it skims! When does it cease?
D
Du Ming
Our ancestors never abandoned the Stockade! To hell with the Splatterlings and breaker scum! Once I'm done tearing these rakers apart, I'll start with you!
D
Du Ming
HAHAHAHAHA! Keep fighting! I'm blessed by the spring! These foul beasts are no match for me!
S
Scared Landbreaker (Scared Landbreaker)
The blight-crazy nut-job is attacking again...
C
Cowardly Landbreaker (Cowardly Landbreaker)
Run! Run for your lives! *Mumble* Don't let the maniac catch you!
D
Du Ming
It's you... HAHAHAHA! Did you see this?! The spring even blessed me with reinforcements!
Tangtang
I'll guard this place and protect the Fam...
Tangtang
Spring guardians...? You're asking about ... the profession of Brother Du and his family, right?
Tangtang
I don't really know the details. I just know his family has been doing this for ages.
Tangtang
Every spring guardian gotta watch over the Ancestral Spring their whole life. They gotta memorize all sorts of stories too... He actually told me plenty of them when I was a little girl.
Tangtang
Hmm... People in Qingbo Stockade sometimes pray to the Ancestral Spring. Everyone kinda respects it. I love exploring this place as well. Seeing the pretty spring waters flowing down the stream always made me feel better.
Tangtang
I don't really care if the Ancestral Spring could or could not protect us. It's our spring, and that's all that matters.
D
Du Ming
See! Just head over and we'll reach the source of the spring.
Chen Qianyu
This river is so wide and there are no bridges... How are we supposed to get across?
D
Du Ming
There's actually a path across the river...
Chen Qianyu
Wow! A path to cross the river! Let's try it out too!
Perlica
I see. Endmin, try using the jet drone. It'll help reveal the crossing for us.
D
Du Ming
It's also my first time seeing a path hidden in the waters... Last time, I just bumbled my way through this place without thinking or knowing about the secrets...
Perlica
This seems like some kind of device built by the Yanese...