Arknights: Endfield story · Discoveries
Post Destination
The Endministrator encounters a desperate-looking Tianshi disciple and decides to ask him about the situation.
12 scenes, 105 lines
1. Part 1
19 linesWhat should I do? If I can't fix it, I'd lose my leads... Three months of work would be thrown out of the window...
Hi there! WOW?! Endmin?! Why are you here? Are you also investigating the strange case...?
Yeah! I attended your seminar before! I really wish I was brave enough to raise my question during Q&A... Ah, I forgot the self-intro! I'm Ji Yun. I major in mechanical engineering.
I came here ... 'cos I'm helping my mentor investigate that anomalous case — the disappearance of multiple Delta Bot units.
Wait. Maybe you're not. Jeesh. Ji Yun, you're such a blightbrain. You gotta stop asking good people for help, especially when you got no idea what's going on...
Ahem. Welp, yeah. Many Delta Bots went missing ... and my mentor wants me to recover them, and figure out why they went off the radar...
I've been tracking bot signals for nearly three months, and only stumbled into a special Delta Bot yesterday...
It behaved like the other missing bots. It suddenly decided to leave its assigned service area. I followed it for a while and was almost onto something when it ... broke down...
Ugh. I tried everything I could to get it fixed... It's my fault, really. My mentor told me to get some practical training for robot repairs, but I never found the time...
You're really helping?! This is like ... AWESOME! Endmin, your involvement will definitely help crack the case!
Yeah... That's the one.
You would? Please, do whatever you want!
Hmm. This reminds me of another fleet of Delta Bots I've repaired before... Does this one have new designs? This really warrants a closer look...
Excuse me...
Do you need help?
You know me?
Strange case?
Is that the bot you're talking about?
Let me take a closer look.
2. Part 2
7 linesI didn't expect the "Destination" to have so many Delta Bot units... But why...? Are they really...?
Well ... I just checked the Delta Bots nearby. All the units are completely disabled. I can't access their work logs or internal data storage.
I tried to fix them, but I keep failing like before... I feel like I'm cursed or something. None of this makes sense...
How are you doing? Any new leads?
So, found anything new?
To me, it feels like deja vu. Let me check the bots.
Thanks for the intel. We should take a closer look.
3. Part 3
44 linesWhat is it, Endmin? Did you figure out what's causing the bots' strange behavior?
Oh? What is it? I hope it's not some machine curse that only works on the bots.
An escape? From what?
An escape from the source of their suffering, so that they can find their peace.
A search? For what?
A search for a place where they may rest in peace, free from the jobs we assign to them.
An ending? Whose ending?
The ending for every Delta Bot. It is also an ending they wish to receive.
Wha... I don't think I understand this entirely, Endmin. Maybe we can be less philosophical?
Simply put ... all these Delta Bots have endured all sorts of suffering. This gave them a kind of special power...
Special power....?
Power to rest.
Wha? Rest? Is that a special power...?
(Maybe this isn't it. I should give a better answer...)
Power to dream.
Dream?! Can these robots ... dream?
Yes. They are quite different from other robots... Maybe they've been influenced by the Protocol-Originium, allowing them to connect to each other via the dreams.
Power to eat.
Eat? What do robots eat...? Originium?
(Maybe this isn't it. I should give a better answer...)
The mysterious text strings in the work logs are the evidence they leave behind.
When the Delta Bots feel crushed by the work, one of them used the "shared dream" to bring them here, give them what they want, until...
Until ... they completely lose their ability to work?
This sounds like ... a fantasy story some TGCC novelist would write to get more views! I find it hard to believe...
Yet I don't know why. When you said it, Endmin ... I felt ... that might be it.
Perhaps the Delta Bots have awakened a kind of sentience? That's why they're getting so many ideas...
W-wait ... Endmin! Look behind you —
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Just then ... were they thanking you as a team? I never expected to see such a thing in my life...
Farewell? Do they know you're leaving?
The units started sharing certain pieces of data with each other. This is why all of them came here. The data happens to be the local coordinates.
Hmm. Maybe they're the ones who are "leaving".
Somehow I feel ... this is my last time seeing them.
I have a hypothesis.
I just verified something.
It's an escape.
It's a search.
It's an ending.
Power to rest.
Power to dream.
Power to eat.
I didn't really help you much...
Enjoy your peace, and just stay here.
A thank you, and a farewell.
4. Part 4
8 linesEndmin, how is it going? Have you found anything new?
Really...? Did we miss a piece of evidence...?
Wha? Didn't you repair that robot already, Endmin? What's it doing?
Perhaps it is! No matter, we should follow and take a look, Endmin! The missing piece of the puzzle might just be there.
I have a few guesses, but I'm not too sure...
I feel something crucial is still missing...
Is it trying to lead us somewhere?
Maybe it's telling us to go up there.
5. Part 5
4 linesAn ordinary-looking Delta Bot is lying on the ground. A special yellow icon is displayed over the unit's head, indicating that it is currently damaged.
Do you wish to repair it?
Fix it now
Maybe later
6. Part 6
4 linesThe Delta Bot is squatting listlessly in the open field. It seems to be completely out of power.
You approach it and decide to...
Attempt a repair job
Keep observing it
7. Part 7
4 linesAn exhausted-looking Delta Bot squats beneath the umbrella. Its edges are covered in rust.
You approach it and decide to...
Attempt a repair job
Keep observing it
8. Part 8
4 linesAn unmoving Delta Bot lies next to the sofa, as though it is sleeping.
You approach it and decide to...
Attempt a repair job
Keep observing it
9. Part 9
4 linesA quiet Delta Bot is surrounded by the parts and pieces of its kind. If left alone, it might end up as one of the broken ones.
You approach it and decide to...
Attempt a repair job
Keep observing it
10. Part 10
4 linesThe last Delta Bot stands next to a large blooming tree and is covered in petals. The sight resembles a funeral of sorts.
You approach the scene and suddenly feel that you are about to unravel the truth. You decide to...
Personally "unfurl" the veil hiding the truth
Wait for a bit
11. Part 11
2 linesThis really looks like the bots' "Destination"...
There are so many units here, Endmin... We should split forces, and sync each other for any findings we discover!
12. Part 12
1 lines(This device seems damaged... I'll take a look at it later.)