Iching Fortune

**Iching Fortune** is a mission from the Iching Oracle where PUPPY searches each level for the obsolete Iching Coins. In exchange for three coins from any specific level, the Oracle will make a prediction concerning PUPPY's immediate future.

## Fortunes

### Rengkok South

#### Fortune

*THE LIGHT HAS SUNK INTO THE EARTH: THE IMAGE OF DARKENING OF THE LIGHT.
NOT LIGHT BUT DARKNESS. FIRST HE CLIMBED UP TO HEAVEN, THEN HE PLUNGED INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH.
IN ADVERSITY IT FURTHERS ONE TO BE PRESERVING.*

#### Description

You've broken into HEAVEN, boy. That's not something that goes unnoticed. Brutal forces were unleashed because of your actions. There's nothing you can do now but embrace your path. It is a dark one. And you carry that darkness within. Your brother's life is the light that guides you. Remember, the only way out is through.

### Creeps' Nest

#### Fortune

*I SEE FOLLOWING. FOLLOW WITHOUT RESISTANCE.
IF ONE CLINGS TO THE LITTLE BOY, ONE LOSES THE STRONG MAN.
IF ONE CLINGS TO THE STRONG MAN, ONE LOSES THE LITTLE BOY.
THROUGH FOLLOWING ONE FINDS WHAT ONE SEEKS.*

#### Description

You now have a clear beacon to follow. Your brother's signal. Your pulse, now beating in sync with his.
You're hoping to find him, find fulfillment. Relieve the pain. But see, it is the pain that drives you. What will happen when you find your brother? What will happen if you don't find him? Are you prepared for either prospect?

### Hanza Compound

#### Fortune

*THE ABYSS. FORWARD AND BACKWARD, ABYSS ON ABYSS.
IN DANGER LIKE THIS, PAUSE AT FIRST AND WAIT, OTHERWISE YOU WILL FALL INTO A PIT IN THE ABYSS. DO NOT ACT IN THIS WAY.
BOUND WITH CORDS AND ROPES, SHUT IN BETWEEN THORN-HEDGED PRISON WALLS: FOR THREE YEARS ONE DOES NOT FIND THE WAY.*

#### Description

Are you ready to dive into even darker depths? Cold and sturdy machines embracing soft and fragile human flesh. There's a thrill in that image. A thrill many wish to escape. A thrill that many seek. Your brother is ensnared in that image. Do you remember him any other way? Beware the abyss of despair.

### Hell

#### Fortune

*THIS IS THE SYMBOL OF THE CREATIVE HEAVEN.
THE MOVEMENT OF HEAVEN IS FULL OF POWER. THUS THE SUPERIOR MAN MAKES HIMSELF STRONG AND UNTIRING.
FLYING DRAGON IN THE HEAVENS. IT FURTHERS ONE TO SEE THE GREAT MAN.*

#### Description

HEAVEN is the primal power. Power is its essence. It is without weakness. Are you? Your perseverance has brought you thus far. It furthers you toward your destination. Your origin. But Heaven's paths are twisted and you've crossed not just one. Are you ready to face the transcendent? Will your heart remain untangled?

## Notes

* After collecting the coins, there are actually two objectives; the first is to turn them in for the prediction and the second is to have the prediction explained.
* As PUPPY doesn't return to Rengkok South after Hell the Oracle appears within the mission immediately after receiving the last Iching Coin.
* It's possible to soft-lock yourself out of completing the final fortune; the Oracle appears within the level and you can only collect the last coin once, so if you leave instead of having the prediction explained the objective will ask you to get an explanation from the Oracle with no way to do so.