The More Things Change...
Last updated 2025-07-27
The More Things Change... is a Trust Commission for Qingyi in Lumina Square.
Steps
- Meet up with Qingyi at the antique store Buyan
Dialogue
- You meet up with Qingyi at the metro entrance at Lumina Square
- (Talk to Qingyi)
- Qingyi: You've arrived just in time. Let me test you - do you still remember the ancient poems you learned as a child?
They're so catchy I could never forget.- I remember the really famous ones, but the rest... not so much.
- Qingyi: Excellent! Let me teach you a clever use for an ancient poem.
- Qingyi: Nowadays, when people register their usernames and passwords, they set up particularly complex combinations for account security.
- Qingyi: But if it's too complex, people often forget it. In such cases, you can use lines from ancient poetry.
- Qingyi: For example, the line "Moonlight shines by my bed" can be used to create a 22-character password that's easy to remember.
- That's amazing!
- Awesome!
- Qingyi: By combining numbers, you can further complicate it. The "three" in "three shadows" can be replaced with "3", making it even harder to crack.
- Qingyi: Neat trick, isn't it? That's why I had to share it with you.
- I feel like I've uncovered one of your secrets.
- Is your password based on the same logic?
- Qingyi: What are you plotting, Manager? Trying to crack a Public Security Officer's password is quite a bold move.
- Qingyi: Are you thinking of using the method I taught you on me? That's rather nonchalant, don't you think?
- Not at all!
- Just kidding!
- Qingyi: Well, remember to change your password — no more birthdays. That's all I can do for you.
- (Idle)
- Qingyi: It's about time. Let's go.
- (Idle, upon reaching the Antique Store)
- Qingyi: Seems like it's closed...
- (Talk to Qingyi outside the Antique Store)
- Qingyi: Oh, you're here? Looks like the antique store is closed today. What a shame, I should've reserved a time with them.
- Qingyi: It's a small shop, but it has everything you could need. There's all sorts of interesting things to check out.
- Qingyi: If we conduct a thorough investigation, who knows what interesting characters we might uncover.
- Don't talk about work on your day off...
- I see you have Public Security Officer mode enabled today.
- Qingyi: True. I guess after working so closely with Zhu Yuan, we've grown more alike.
- Qingyi: Since we're here, let's take a look. The glass isn't the clearest, but perhaps it's best described as a "lens through time."
- Peering into the shop through the blue-green glass — every antique inside is bathed in a faint, eerie cyan glow...
- Anything interesting in there?
- Just between us... which one in there is the most expensive?
- Qingyi: Different people are going to have different opinions.
- Qingyi: My favorite is that gargoyle at the bottom-left there with the words written on its belly. Can you read them?
- I can see it, but I can't read it.
- Qingyi: The meaning is, "I am the guardian beast of the tomb. Which irreverent child unearthed me!"
- Qingyi: That mirror on the right there is pretty interesting. Those patterns around the edging are actually words.
- Qingyi: It says, "Having taken my keepsake, if you betray me, may you be struck down by thunder!"
- Qingyi: On the wooden plaque beneath the scroll, densely written repeating sentences reveal a child practicing calligraphy with a sense of resentment—
- Qingyi: "It's so cold, why do I have to get out of bed? Why do I have to get out of bed? Why do I have to get out of bed? Why!?"
- Everyone's emotions are so sincere...
- Qingyi: There are also plenty of liars and big talkers. Those books over there are probably full of them.
- It doesn't seem too different from us at all.
- Qingyi: Nothing's changed. The people of old were just people who happened to live a long time ago.
- Qingyi: Whatever people think or desire or want, it's all interconnected.
- Do you prefer the past, Qingyi?
- Do you prefer the present, Qingyi?
Trust increase with Qingyi- Qingyi: I prefer the present, of course.
- Qingyi: The past has its own appeal, yes. But this world we live in today is far more interesting — despite all the chaos that comes with it.
- Qingyi: And besides, the present contains all these interesting people like Zhu Yuan and you, Manager.
- You lean against the window of the antique store with Qingyi, looking through every item.
(Hmm, how should you put it? You feel like just gained some strange new knowledge...Hmm, how should you put it? You feel like just gained some strange new knowledge... /There are times you doubt this is actual historical knowledge.There are times you doubt this is actual historical knowledge.) - Qingyi: Haha, that one? Hahaha...
- Hey...
- Qingyi: Manager, that thing you found so cute? It's actually called a "Huzi."
- Qingyi: It's a porcelain vessel, yes. But it definitely wasn't used for carrying water.
Significant Trust increase with Qingyi
- (Idle)
- Qingyi: My stomach... My stomach hurts.
Trivia
Etymology
- The Chinese title of this commission is an idiomatic expression that can be translated as "things are the same, but the people are gone", as referred to scenery that remains unchanged throughout time, but the people inhabiting it change from generation to generation.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | The More Things Change... |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 物是人非 Wùshì-rénfēi |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 物是人非 Wùshì-rénfēi |
| Japanese | 変わらぬ風景、変わりゆく人々 |
| Korean | 사물은 그대로이나 사람은 변한다 Samureun Geudaeroina Sarameun Byeonhanda |
| Spanish | Cuando todo cambia... |
| French | Plus les choses changent... |
| Russian | Люди ушли, а вещи остались Lyudi ushli, a veshchi ostalis' |
| Thai | สรรพสิ่งยังเหมือนเดิม แต่คนเปลี่ยนไป |
| Vietnamese | Vật Đổi Sao Dời |
| German | Zeiten ändern sich |
| Indonesian | Banyak yang Telah Berubah... |
| Portuguese | Quanto Mais as Coisas Mudam... |
Change History
Released in Version 1.1 - Undercover R&B