Chubby Lung Journey I

REPORTING FOR DUTY...! Ah, it's you, Endmin... You almost scared me...

Ahem. Sorry about that, Endmin. I didn't notice you as I was looking for something.

According to the prologue of "Burdenbeast's Travels", constant vigilance is required in every task. Actual practice, however, proves rather difficult.

Some clues. Strange things have happened here lately. Tianshi Yan Ning thus assigned an investigation to me.

The local environment is quite overgrown. I haven't found anything yet.

Well, it's a long story.

Simply put, I believe we have discovered an unprecedented form of Blight disaster.

Stockade residents? No, of course not. It's got nothing to do with them.

After all, this incident may be linked to the Blight disaster.

Indeed. A few days ago, the sky pole management system reported several faults.

But when I arrived at the site with a few fellow watchguards, none of us could find anything.

That was our initial idea. But this batch of sky poles is the latest iteration we just received from the Yinglung Special Task Force.

Such advanced sky poles never malfunctioned in the North Wuling Exclusion Zone. Why would they send us error reports and faulty data here? This place should be a lot safer.

The Tianshi also ran multiple diagnostics. None of the sky poles are actually broken.

Ugh. If only I could bring a Chubby Lung to life.

The "Random Essays on Wuling" described a living Chubby Lung as a meticulous investigator who found clues that the watchguards missed and solved numerous mysteries...

Oh? Really?

Endmin, I just saw a Chubby Lung scampering across the place... I'm not hallucinating, right?

WH-WHAT?! Endmin, did you see it too?

The Chubby Lung did come to life... The wishing prayer described in "Super Talos" actually works!

But I also made another wish back then, will it...

Super ... Talos?

So I'm seeing things... I might have pulled too many all-nighters.

In "The Last Manglerbeast", the last mangler saw its long-dead best friend during its final moments. Perhaps I'm...

Man, calm down... And I bet your best friend isn't a Chubby Lung.

Who me?

Is that it...? Okay.

Why do you sound so disappointed?

Disappointed?! NO WAY! The Endmin is working hard to make Wuling a better place! I'll never be disappointed!

I'm going off-topic. So is it a prototype of our recon drone? Can we start mass producing it, Endmin?

Sounds ... so clever! Scroll three from "Wisdom of the Wilds" said the same thing. The simpler the logic, the more watertight it is.

I'll take the Xiranite Chubby Lung and let it scamper around the site. Please help make more of them, Endmin. I gotta tell Tianshi Yan Ning this great news!

I was just a little surprised. That drone ran around while playing the sprinkler truck music...

Wow, Endmin?

I'm here to visit Tangtang. I saw the kid with the Chubby Lung Balloon and decided to talk to him a bit.

Endmin, I heard you talking about Chubby Lungs. Did they release a new design or something?

Is that so...? Okay. Let me help!

Endmin, the hour grows late. I must continue my search for leads.

Really? Thank you so much, Endmin! But investigations can be very tiring. Maybe I should take care of it on my own.

A recon device that detects Blight disasters? That'd be amazing, Endmin.

Although I do not understand what you mean by bringing the Chubby Lungs to life, I still thank you for sharing the idea with me.

Oh yeah, speaking about recon devices... I actually have blueprints for a watchguard recon auto-drone. I don't know if you can use them!