The Heavenly Stone's Debris

The Heavenly Stone's Debris is a World Quest in The Chasm: Underground Mines, Liyue. It is the fourth part of The Chasm Delvers World Quest Series.
==Steps==
# Tell Jinwu about what happened
# Look for the two keys to the gunpowder storehouse (0/2)
#*Storehouse Security Key No. 1: The southern key is in a pot on top of a water-filtration device.
#* Storehouse Security Key No. 2: The northern key is in a dig spot near the tent. Digging will reveal a barrel. Hitting the barrel will damage the player and reveal the key. A shield or a ranged attack can be used to avoid damage.
#** Near the tent is a passage that allows the player to move up to the surface where there will be a Luxurious Chest and a gate. Opening the gate will grant the Wonders of the World achievement "All We Need Is Some Firewood and Some Vinegar..." After moving up, the player can use the passage again to move back down to where they were before.
# Go to open the door to the gunpowder storehouse
# Look for a cannonball
# Bring the cannonball back to the camp
# Make 3 Special Unmoving Essential Oils
#* Each oil requires Cor Lapis ×2 and Frog ×2.
# Give the Special Unmoving Essential Oils to Clitopho
# Finish assembling the cannonball
#* Completion of this step reveals the map areas for The Serpent's Cave and Underground Waterway.
# Read the Signaling Guide
# Release the safety on the cannon's breech
#* This step can be completed as soon as the Main Mining Area becomes available during Chasm Spelunkers.
#* Near the Teleport Waypoint, there is a spot where the player can observe the locations of the lamps.
#* Activating a lamp will make it pulse at a certain frequency (speed). The lamp will be in the "low frequency" setting when first activated. After activating the lamp, the player can toggle it between these two settings: "low frequency" and "high frequency".
#* There are three lamps that must be set in this configuration: "Low lamp post, high-frequency flicker." "Middle lamp post, low-frequency flicker." "High lamp post, low-frequency flicker.".
#* When the frequencies have all been correctly set, the lamps will emit a steady glow and can no longer be interacted with.
# Load the cannonball in together with Zhiqiong
# Use the great cannon to destroy the sealing rocks
#* Cannon alignment: left once, down twice.
#* Completing this step grants the .
# Go further in
# Talk to Zhiqiong
#* Completion of this step reveals part of the map area for Stony Halls.
# Activate the mechanism (0/3)
#* The player must upgrade their Lumenstone Adjuvant to at least level 2 to complete this step.
#* Use the Lumenstone Adjuvant next to the Oozing Concretions, not next to the mechanisms.
#* At the west mechanism, the following enemy must be defeated:
#** 
#* Each mechanism requires 3 energy from the Lumenstone Adjuvant in order to recharge. Concentrated Lumenstone Energy can be used to recharge the Lumenstone Adjuvant and is found throughout the area. There is also a Ruin Brazier near the south mechanism.
# Defeat the emerging monsters
#* 
#* Completing this step unlocks access to Nameless Ruins and The Glowing Narrows.
# Talk to Zhiqiong
==Gameplay Notes==
* The player will unlock a part of The Chasm: Underground Mines map:
** The Serpent's Cave and Underground Waterway become visible on the map after the cannonball is assembled.
** Part of Stony Halls is accessible after destroying the sealing rocks with the Mountainator. It becomes visible on the map after entering the cavern at the end of the long tunnel.
* The Common Chest containing A Set of Cannonballs counts for the Chasm Treasure Hunter achievement.
==Dialogue==
;(Talk to Jinwu)
:Jinwu: Ah, you're back.
:Jinwu: Hmm, Clitopho? What are you doing here?
:Clitopho: Hehe... Well...
:Zhiqiong: You know this guy, Jinwu?
:Jinwu: Yes. He used to sell fake medicines above ground. He'd go around advertising this "Real Man's Meds" nonsense, only for the workers to buy it and find that it was just Valberry Jam.
:Jinwu: Well, not that it was harmful, and it was cheap and pretty tasty. It was chilled in ice, too, so it was, all things considered, a way better deal than drinks purchased from a long way off in the city.
:Jinwu: So, you've fallen in with the Treasure Hoarders in the meantime, have you?
:Clitopho: Um, you could say that... Kind of. Hehe.
:Zhiqiong: How did you know that he...
:Jinwu: Haha! You've got a lot to learn, kiddo. I didn't spend 20-odd years of my life down in these mines for nothing, you know?
:Jinwu: You can wash the soot off your face, but you can't change the color your hands are dyed.
:Jinwu: Alright then. Tell me, what can you do? We don't feed idlers around here.
: He claims that he can make explosives.
: He mucked up every job the Hoarders gave him.
::Paimon: Hahahaha! Really! In what world does that count?
::Jinwu: Of course it doesn't.
::Clitopho: Uh, does making explosives count?
::Jinwu: ...
:Jinwu: Well now, guess that alchemy you learned has finally been put to some use, huh? Well, we do need a demolitions team at the moment.
:Zhiqiong: Wait. Didn't we get in touch with a demolitions expert from Mondstadt? Why do we need to count on him?
:Jinwu: Oh, you mean her? So, Muning received an apology letter just this morning, saying that the kid had blown the stove right off this restaurant called "Good Hunter" and got grounded as a result...
:Jinwu: Even her... guardian, I guess? This guy called the Cavalry Captain, I think. Either way, he got grounded too, and he was supposed to come with her.
:Jinwu: I'm not sure what this is. Maybe it's some kind of code for people in Mondstadt? Either way, she's not coming.
:Paimon: Um, who might that be...?
: Should we call this fortune... Or misfortune?
: Clitopho here might actually be the safer choice...
:Jinwu: Hmph, so even you think so huh, ? Well, I guess it's your lucky day, Clitopho.
:Jinwu: Come on, Zhiqiong. Clitopho here's from Mondstadt, so he's not too far off the mark from what we were looking for. He'll serve.
:Clitopho: Thank you, Jinwu! Thanks so much! So... I guess I count as a member of the team now?
:Jinwu: Once you've proved your worth.
:Zhiqiong: Well, I've got no faith in this fellow. The demolitions team is a key appointment. Lives will be at stake! And we're giving this to a Treasure Hoarder...
:Jinwu: Oh, quit your yammering, you.
:Jinwu: I've known this kid way longer than you have. He's not a bad person. Never had the courage to, anyway. Just give him some time.
:Jinwu: So, other than meeting some new friends, were you here for anything else?
:Zhiqiong: Well, the path to the lower levels has been sealed off by stone, so we're going to use the "Mountainator" to clear that path.
:Jinwu: Pfft. The Mountainator, eh? Hahaha!
:Paimon: Eh? What are you laughing about?
: Haha, very funny.
: The Mountainator, they called it!
::Jinwu: Hahahahaha! Stop kidding! Hahahaha!
::Zhiqiong: Hey, come on!
:Jinwu: Pfft, sorry. Heh. I mean, call me old fashioned, but in the Engineering Department, we all called this the Safe Blasting Mechanism 2156.
:Jinwu: But I suppose Mountainator works too. It's a cute nickname, no doubt.
:Jinwu: If you want to use that cannon... Eh, it's a shame I wasn't part of the demolition crew, and I need to take care of the camp over here. Still, I think that you should be able to find a manual nearby.
:Jinwu: Ah, right. I also believe that the keys to the facility should also have been hidden separately in two different water filtration devices. Let me mark them out on the map for you...
:Paimon: Wait, what? Isn't that the same as hiding your house keys under the doormat? What kind of security measure is that?
:Jinwu: Well, you say that, but The Chasm was never a place that ordinary people could access. Even if people with other intentions entered...
:Jinwu: It's not entirely likely that they would immediately think to find the two keys in such obvious places. Am I right, my Treasure Hoarder friend?
:Clitopho: Ugh... Well, Erge wasn't able to find the storehouse keys, that's for sure.
:Zhiqiong: What? That idiot doesn't count. But anyway, I need to continue working on these maps... So I leave Clitopho to you guys.
: You're not worried about him?
:Zhiqiong: Hmph, I'll keep a close watch on him. Who knows if he's got some poisonous plan against us. Even if Jinwu trusts him, I won't let my guard down...
:Zhiqiong: I can't be at ease until he's in the hands of the Millelith... Keep an eye on this guy. Don't even give him a chance to try anything.
:Jinwu: Alright, now that you know where the storehouse keys are, don't disturb me any further, alright?
:Jinwu: By the way, . You must have seen some raw Lumenstone ore on the way here, right?
:Jinwu: If you need to, come look for me and I'll help you polish 'em up. They're actually pretty good as adjuvants down in this place.
:Jinwu: They seem to have the power to restrain the encroachment of that black mud-like substance, almost as if they were born to be enemies. The principle of how that works escapes me, though.
:Jinwu: Haha, what can I say? I'm just not all that learned outside my profession. But once you see "that thing," I think you'll understand.
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;(Approach the south-west location)
:Paimon: A water filtration device... Is it this big thing?
;(Obtain the key in the south-west location)
:Paimon: Seriously!? Who would hide a key here?
;(Approach the north-east location)
:Paimon: This should be the water filter.
;(Obtain the key in the north-east location)
:Paimon: What a weird place to hide the key!
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;(Upon entering the unlocked gunpowder storehouse)
:Paimon: We should find the Mountainator cannonballs here!
;(Dark Mud, a Level 1 Oozing Concretion, and two Large Geo Slimes appear)
:Paimon: Careful about the dark, smelly stuff!
;(Open the Common Chest)
:;(Obtain A Set of Cannonballs)
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;(Talk to Clitopho)
:Paimon: We've found the cannonballs! They're in perfect shape! How do the fuses look?
:Clitopho: Not great. They can't be used anymore.
: How did that happen?
:Clitopho: The fuses in here have all been designed such that they are activated by a catalytic reaction with Geo, but the anomalies down here in the mines must have affected them.
:Clitopho: The Geo-catalytic elements within the fuses have all turned into this strange, inert blue crystal, so they're all useless.
:Clitopho: Well, that's not good. We weren't prepared for such strange goings-on.
:Paimon: Well, there were definitely some words in there that Paimon didn't get at all.
: So, what happens to the cannonballs without the fuses?
:Clitopho: Uh, that's not a very bright question...
:Paimon: Eh? What was that again? Paimon couldn't hear you.
:Clitopho: Nothing... Nothing. I'm just saying that without their fuses, none of these cannonballs would explode even if you kicked them around like a ball.
:Clitopho: Because, uh, well. The fuse is what makes the explosive material explode, you know? The fuse reacts with Geo, and then with the contents of the cannonball, and then...
:Paimon: And then "BOOM"! Right?
:Clitopho: Yes, "boom." But without their fuses, these cannonballs won't explode at all. Ugh, this is going to be tough.
: Aren't Geo reactions themselves inert?
:Clitopho: Aye, that's basic alchemical knowledge, that is. However, the potential energy within elements can be quite hard to estimate.
:Clitopho: Hmm, for example, if you were to pressurize Geo elemental particles such that they would be densely packed inside a small vessel, an elemental reaction would generate significant explosive force all the same.
:Paimon: Huh. That reminds Paimon of the curious abilities used by people with Geo Visions.
:Paimon: Huh. Then where do they hide all the Geo elements they use?
:Clitopho: The principles work differently for elemental users. That's a completely separate matter to how the miners of Liyue make ad-hoc fuses.
:Paimon: ...You know, how does a Treasure Hoarder from Mondstadt like you know all this stuff better than people from Liyue?
:Clitopho: Hehe, wanna guess?
:Paimon: Gah! Can we hit this guy already?
: Come now, Paimon. Sit, sit.
::Paimon: Hey! Paimon's not your dog or something!
: So, is there any way to switch the fuses?
:Clitopho: *cough* Well, if you trust me, I could make a simple fuse here at the Crafting Bench.
:Paimon: Eh, you know what? It's not that we don't trust you, but you are a Treasure Hoarder, and you're not a miner, either... Who's to say you won't blow us all sky-high?
:Paimon: And even if Paimon does trust you, it's not like would...
: Well, the job's all yours.
:Paimon: Eh? Didn't Zhiqiong say...
:Paimon: Alright, alright, stop explaining already! Ugh, what's Paimon going to do about you...
: I doubt he'd risk blowing himself sky-high as well...
: We'll keep an eye on him, Paimon, relax.
:Paimon: If you ask Paimon, this is how all the bad guys in stories would want it to go.
:Paimon: But since you say so, Paimon will listen to what he has to say.
: Alright, Clitopho, go ahead.
:Clitopho: It's not that hard, actually. It's just that there is some minute risk involved, in case you're worried.
:Clitopho: We just need to get one vial of Unmoving Essential Oil with double the usual density.
:Paimon: Isn't that some kind of potion?
:Clitopho: Exactly. As I said earlier, a double-density potion can also serve to catalyze an elemental explosion. I used this principle to collapse some tunnels during my time with the Treasure... Uh, sorry. Never mind that I said that.
:Paimon: It's fine. We don't really care about your Hoarder days!
: If I might ask, how "minute" is this risk?
:Clitopho: Well, if an accidental explosion occurs — which it might, considering the unstable nature of concentrated essential oils — the explosion shouldn't be able to drastically alter any geological formations.
:Paimon: Oh, that's a pretty small explosion, then. That's fine! Paimon's not too worried.
:Clitopho: That said, any organic matter within the explosion radius might experience "disintegration," "breakage," "leakage," "separation," and...
: No need for the jargon. I get it.
: It's going to be a mess.
:Paimon: Paimon didn't get it, but it sure sounds scary...
:Clitopho: Khedive has set up a Crafting Bench back at camp, but we can first attempt to follow the formula to make the essential oils here.
:Clitopho: If you don't have enough materials on hand, you can find some other way to get the essential oil we need, and we can continue from there... Uh, please keep the formula with you. Just follow it, and we'll be fine.
:Clitopho: In any case, please be careful when walking around with said oil. Shake it too much or drop it accidentally, and there might be an explosive accident.
:Paimon: Alright, alright, stop trying to scare us already!
:;(Player learns how to make Special Unmoving Essential Oil)
;(Talk to Clitopho again)
:Clitopho: How was it? Did you have any trouble putting the Unmoving Essential Oil together?
: It went alright.
: It was a bit difficult...
:Clitopho: Ah, that's fine, that's fine. Even a seven-year-old kid should be able to read the formula I wrote! Just try it a couple more times — just mind you don't hurt yourself!
;(Talk to Clitopho after making the 3 Special Unmoving Essential Oils and finish assembling the cannonball)
:Clitopho: How did it go? Did you finish making the Unmoving Essential Oil?
:Paimon: We got it! And we took good care of it, too!
: Here it is.
:;(Submit 3 Special Unmoving Essential Oil)
:Clitopho: Huh, alright, that's it, don't shake it... steady now... Alright. Looks like this will do. Now, we just need to insert the fuse into the cannonball.
:
:Clitopho: Okay, that should do it. Be careful now, don't bump that thing around everywhere, or things might get lively in here.
:;(Zhiqiong arrives back at the camp)
:Zhiqiong: I'm back with a new map! Go on, have a look!
: Thanks for your trouble.
:Paimon: Nice!
:Zhiqiong: Ah, it was nothing. I'm just glad to be able to help. How are things on your end? Did you find the cannonballs?
:Clitopho: Hey, careful! This one's got a fuse in it already. If you move it around too much, we're all gonna be done for!
:Zhiqiong: Hey, hey, hey! When did you start putting on airs?
:Clitopho: If you were the one holding the bomb, you'd sound pretty brave too, I'll bet.
:Zhiqiong: Is that a threat? Have you stopped hiding your true Treasure Hoarder colors already? Well? Gonna blow us up now?
:Clitopho: Come on, I've said this before: bombs are indiscriminate. You go on like this, and I don't think it'll matter whether *I* want to blow you up or not.
:Zhiqiong: Hmph. It's not like I can read your mind or something. Who knows what thoughts you're having in that mind of yours?
:Zhiqiong: You Treasure Hoarders are all the same. Criminal minds with criminal mindsets. And now you've even got the bomb with you. Great, huh?
:Clitopho: And what of that? If it was in your hands, you'd have blown us up 30 times by now!
: Just to clarify, I'm the one holding the bomb.
: What are you two, children? Cut it out already.
:Zhiqiong: ...Sorry. I just don't trust this Treasure Hoarder.
:Clitopho: That works for me. I can barely respect someone who jumps at every shadow she sees, either.
: Hey, are you two even listening!?
:Zhiqiong: ...Okay, okay.
:Clitopho: Alright, go ahead.
: So, I'm not asking you two to trust each other or anything...
:Zhiqiong: I know, but he...
: You don't know what we were doing earlier.
: May I have a word...
:Clitopho: That's true. She wasn't around to see us working on that bomb, after all...
: You shut it as well.
: Hey, listen here!
:Clitopho: ...
: ...But if you don't work together, we're going to get nowhere fast.
:Clitopho: ...
:Zhiqiong: ...
: That's all I have to say.
: Just don't make me regret joining the exploration team. Thanks.
:Paimon: Wow, actually got mad... Let's just drop that argument already, okay?
:Paimon: The two of you've already put up walls before you can even talk. That's no way to properly communicate!
:Paimon: Since we're all on the same exploration team, let's just talk nicely, okay? Just this once?
: Regardless, I'm going to go operate the Mountainator.
: Anyone coming with me?
:Zhiqiong: I'll go with you.
:Clitopho: I'll stay in the camp then... Uh, don't get me wrong, I'd love to help, but I think Jinwu needs my help more. I've also got to thank her for taking me in, you know?
:Zhiqiong: Uhh... It's fine, I... Since has said so, I'll trust you. Not that I didn't before, but...
:Paimon: Alright, alright, let's head off before you start arguing again!
;(Obtain Mountainator Cannonball (Fuse Attached) ×1)
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;(Approach the Signaling Guide)
:Paimon: The observation point that Zhiqiong mentioned is here!
:Zhiqiong: That's right, this is the place! There should be a signal manipulation guide over here. Let's have a look at it!
;(Read the Signaling Guide)
:Safe Blasting Device Signaling Guide: "Low lamp post, high-frequency flicker."
:Safe Blasting Device Signaling Guide: "Middle lamp post, low-frequency flicker."
:Safe Blasting Device Signaling Guide: "High lamp post, low-frequency flicker."
:Paimon: Wait, what does that even mean...
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;(After correctly configuring the three lamp posts, or if they are already correctly configured)
:Zhiqiong: There we go! That should unlock the cannon!
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;(Approach the Mountainator)
:Zhiqiong: We should be able to load the cannonball now. Be careful, the fuse has already been mounted...
:Paimon: Ugh, if we had known that we had to do this, we should have just mounted the fuse here and loaded the cannon all at once!
: That's all water under the bridge by now, Paimon...
:Zhiqiong: Give me a hand over here, please!
:
;(After destroying the sealing rocks)
:Zhiqiong: Look! We've done it!
:Paimon: Awesome! Bullseye!
: Awesome, Zhiqiong!
: Just as planned.
:Zhiqiong: Looks like that Clitopho does know what he's talking about after all. Guess we blamed him unjustly...
: See what I told you?
: You mean you blamed him unjustly. Go apologize once you have the time.
:Zhiqiong: Hehe. Yeah, you were right. I was too hasty.
:Paimon: Paimon wonders what's up ahead. Ooh, it's scary, but it's also exciting! Shall we continue onward?
:Zhiqiong: Yes, let's go.
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;(Go further in)
:Paimon: Whoa... Such a long tunnel! Did the miners really dig it?
:Zhiqiong: Yeah, this tunnel leads to the location of that curious crystal, but soon after the tunnel had been completed, it was evacuated and then sealed.
:Zhiqiong: Normally, there should be shelters and resting areas, but as you can see, the mining tunnel had been abandoned before it was finished...
:Zhiqiong: They say that there are bigger tunnels and more irregular caves further down... According to the miners, a giant snake — or a giant worm — has been digging and drilling here...
:Zhiqiong: Ha, I don't usually believe these things unless I see one with my own eyes.
;(Approaching the cavern at the end of the tunnel)
:Paimon: Ugh... Paimon feels something ominous... It's something that doesn't belong here.
:Zhiqiong: This is the place where the miners dug that crystal up.
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;(Upon continuing into the cavern)
:Zhiqiong: Lumenstone only started springing up like mushrooms within The Chasm after the miners discovered this thing... This is definitely no coincidence.
;(This dialogue only shows if the player has been to Dragonspine)
::Zhiqiong: From the way it floats and its damaged state, it really does look like the fragments that Iris said existed on Dragonspine.
::Zhiqiong: And yeah, I am talking about those floating fragments that you found earlier. Who knows, they might also be inexorably attracted to unite with a large fragment somewhere...
::Zhiqiong: Perhaps some nameless ancient civilization sleeps under our feet, just like the ancient catacombs on Dragonspine. What do you think?
:: It's possible.
:: We'll only know if we go deeper within.
:Zhiqiong: The changes to the geological structure of The Chasm have been... accelerating. The black substance that you see covering the rocks only started showing up everywhere recently.
:Zhiqiong: I can't be sure, but I think that these things are all related: the mud, the flowing light, and this floating crystal fragment.
:Paimon: Hmm... Why would you think that?
:Zhiqiong: Well, that's because they all make me feel sort of... queasy?
:Zhiqiong: It's like getting motion sick on a carriage, or like losing your sense of direction on a ship in a storm...
:Paimon: Eh? Really? Paimon feels alright.
: Are you unwell?
: If you don't feel so good, we can return to camp first.
:Zhiqiong: Thanks for your concern, but I'm fine. I've had my fair share of bouts of vertigo or seasickness. I'll be okay.
: Don't push yourself more than you should, alright?
: Please take care of yourself.
:Zhiqiong: Mm-hmm, thanks. Ah, yes. Have you noticed...?
:Zhiqiong: There are three strange devices around this crystal... thing. We should probably investigate them. What do you think?
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;(Approaching the north mechanism)
:Zhiqiong: *cough* Sorry... *cough* The air here is... kinda thin, but I'll be fine. *pant* It's fine.
:Zhiqiong: Do you really want to touch that? It looks like a bad idea...
;(After activating the north mechanism)
:Zhiqiong: Eh? There's a flowing light?
;(Approach the west mechanism)
:Zhiqiong: Careful! I've never seen these monsters before!
:Paimon: Quit talking, just get behind Traveler!
;(After activating the west mechanism)
:Zhiqiong: Ugh, I'm sorry that I couldn't help. I'll do better next time!
:Paimon: Uh, we know you're doing your best. No need to risk your life!
;(Approach the south mechanism)
:Zhiqiong: Phew, it's hot in here. We're underground, though. Why's the temperature raising?
:Paimon: Eh? Paimon doesn't feel it. Are you wearing too many layers?
;(After activating the south mechanism)
:Zhiqiong: The temperature's... normal again. Just a moment ago I thought the heat might flay my skin off...
:Paimon: Eh? Paimon didn't sense any change in the temperature. Did you, ? Was it something we did?
;(A cutscene plays)
;(Blue light flows into the crystal fragment)
;(After the cutscene)
:Zhiqiong: Another group of monsters!
;(After defeating the Abyss Herald)
:Zhiqiong: Phew! *cough* *cough* The crystal fragment's energies... grow stronger... be careful...!
:Paimon: Look! The crystal looks... ominous!
;(A cutscene plays)
;(After pulsing and dissipating the streams of light, the crystal fragment crashes into the ground and creates a hole)
;(After the cutscene)
:Zhiqiong: *cough* *cough* *panting*
:Zhiqiong: Phew...! That's better! Much better! The air... *cough* suddenly got a whole lot cleaner!
:Zhiqiong: That thing... flew away, and blasted a path open for us?
:Paimon: Whoa, you scared us! It's almost like you had a case of "terminal acidity."
: Paimon, don't you mean ""?
: You probably need to go back to class, Paimon.
:Paimon: Oh yeah, sure, just focus on Paimon and stuff!
: By the way, "terminal lucidity" is not used this way!
:Paimon: Shouldn't we be more concerned about Zhiqiong?
:Zhiqiong: Haha, I'm fine now. I was just suffering from maladjustment a moment ago, so I might have looked pretty frightening. But I'm fine now. Please don't worry.
:Zhiqiong: It's like how people might feel faint due to the thinned air if they climb a very high mountain for the first time, or find it hard to breathe in deep waters.
:Zhiqiong: These are all small problems — things every good adventurer must overcome. No problem at all, really.
:Paimon: Small problems, says the person who talks about them so dramatically.
: You sure you're alright?
: You shouldn't get too close to the crystal all the same.
:Paimon: Also, don't watch from so close when we're fighting! Just look at the state you're in already.
:Zhiqiong: I'll be fine, really! Don't you underestimate me...
:Zhiqiong: That's what adventurers should be like. They should walk with death and consider deadly peril a friend.
:Zhiqiong: We fear neither death nor danger...
:Zhiqiong: So... *cough* This is nothing I can't handle.
:Paimon: What... are you even talking about...
:Zhiqiong: It's nothing. Please don't worry about me! *cough*
: Not a few paces away from where you nearly collapsed, and you're talking nonsense again.
: I'm just worried about your safety.
:Paimon: That's right! We're talking about something different altogether... Stop being stubborn and go back to the surface to rest!
:Zhiqiong: No, please... *cough* listen to me. They're not different. They're the same thing.
:Zhiqiong: What just happened was just a small setback. I can overcome it for sure.
:Zhiqiong: The environment here is no harsher than that of the Mare Jivari... Please don't laugh at me, but I don't think I'm much inferior to Stanley in adventures.
:Zhiqiong: Then ordinary people like me can do the same as those seasoned adventurers, just with some extra grit!
:Zhiqiong: That's what I believe. I will persist no matter what... and I'll do my best not to be a burden to you.
:Paimon: ...
: ...
:Paimon: Then let Paimon ask you a question. Earlier, when you came into contact with that... black, muddy, smelly stuff, did you feel uncomfortable like this, too?
:Zhiqiong: Kinda? It wasn't that serious...
:Paimon: Don't try to downplay it! Give us an honest answer!
:Zhiqiong: Well, yes, but... Just like this time, I just needed to tough it out, you know? It was nothing serious...
:Paimon: This person has got to be the King of the Land of Understatements! How can you be sure that you won't be in mortal danger if exposed to it for too long?
: You might feel better if you go back to the camp and take a rest.
: You need to go back and take a rest.
:Zhiqiong: I can't! This expedition has just gotten exciting, you know? I don't want to slow us down...
: It's best that you go and tell everyone else what we've found.
: The other people on this expedition need you to lead the way for them.
:Paimon: That's right... Jinwu, Khedive, and the others still need you to guide them! If you run off by yourself into the depths, who's going to lead the way for them?
:Zhiqiong: ...
: Please go back and tell them of the dangers that may await them ahead.
: You can guide them and steer them clear of any hazardous areas.
:Zhiqiong: But... But...
: No worries. We'll be fine.
: Let's rendezvous in the front later.
:Zhiqiong: ...Okay. I understand.
: Do you really?
: Do be careful.
:Zhiqiong: Um... I'll go back to camp and guide them through a safe path clear of the dark mud as we go deeper into The Chasm.
:Zhiqiong: Sorry, I was being too stubborn.
:Paimon: Hmph, better keep your promises and hold your horses and stay clear of dangerous places!
:Zhiqiong: Pfft... Alright, I get it. I'll do as you say.
:Paimon: That's the spirit! , let's head off!
;(Talk to Zhiqiong again)
:Zhiqiong: Do you need something?
: About your maps...
::Zhiqiong: Eh? My maps? There's honestly not much to be said about them. Before I joined the Adventurers' Guild, I was the mine cartographer.
::Zhiqiong: Of course, I wasn't just some person sitting behind a desk... In fact, we couldn't be more different.
::Zhiqiong: I was once commissioned by them to map out the terrain of Qiaoying Village... and after all that work, they canceled the construction project just like that, with only a word.
::Zhiqiong: People like them get assistants to do the dirty exploration work and information-gathering for them, and then they start drawing... But those like me? We can't do that.
::Zhiqiong: As... well, half a miner myself, I've long gotten used to passing through the dangerous underground passages. It's just the way the job works.
::Zhiqiong: Also, after that great change, the lower levels of The Chasm have really been truly unstable.
::Paimon: Eh? Unstable? Is that very dangerous?
::Zhiqiong: You bet it is. The terrain here is slowly but constantly changing. A path today might be a rock wall next month. It's almost as if... How should I say this...
::Zhiqiong: It's almost as if The Chasm itself is changing shape as it likes.
::Paimon: Uh... things can't be that spooky, right?
: Tell me about your life as an adventurer.
::Zhiqiong: Haha, what? My "life"? You don't have to be so polite. I'm just a newbie. I've barely started my journey, unlike you.
::Zhiqiong: I have completed some commissions from the Guild, of course, but I'm not that experienced yet, so I haven't done much solo exploration. I don't think I've left any tales of my deeds behind either...
::Zhiqiong: So I've been thinking that The Chasm might be just the place for me to make my mark for future generations to remember me by.
::Zhiqiong: The Chasm might be, to quote the great adventurer Alice, my ""!
:: The Rubicon... is that hilichurl language?
:::Paimon: Paimon's never heard of that one either...
:::Zhiqiong: Well, I'm not too sure myself, but given that Alice is an adventurer who has seen the entire world, so that must be some place she's been to... right?
:: Your Rubicon, huh? That's pretty impressive.
:::Paimon: Wait, you don't even know what that is!
:::Zhiqiong: Haha, regardless, thanks for your encouragement!
: What do you think about Clitopho?
::Zhiqiong: Him? I don't trust him. We've had to deal with the Treasure Hoarders above the mines for who-knows how long. They're up to no good. I know it!
::Zhiqiong: Don't you trust a word that he says. Turning over a new leaf... Washing his hands of the situation...
::Zhiqiong: While they say such pretty words, they'll be reaching their filthy hands into your back pocket.
::Zhiqiong: Even Rex Lapis would have trouble protecting your wallet from them then!
::Zhiqiong: I'm not prejudiced or anything... I'm just telling you to be wary. The Treasure Hoarders are never to be trusted.
:: That does sound like prejudice to me, though.
::Zhiqiong: ...Maybe it is. You've probably seen a great many more things than I have, so I guess you might be more generous to them. But as for me, I'll always keep an eye at the back of my head, just for them.
::Zhiqiong: And I'll keep doing that until this guy can prove that he's got nothing more to do with those despicable "former" companions of his.
: See you around.
::Zhiqiong: See you!
==Video Guides==
==Trivia==
* The breech on the cannon can be released prior to receiving this quest, but there are no dialogue changes.
==Other Languages==
==Change History==
es:Fragmentos de rocas celestiales
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