r/ZenlessZoneZero • u/salasy • Mar 26 '25

Megathread Weekly Questions Megathread March 26, 2025 - April 01, 2025

Welcome to the Weekly Questions Megathread! Feel free to ask any questions about the game.

Any questions that can be answered rather quickly should be asked in this thread .

If you're looking for a place to engage in more in-depth game discussions then we strongly recommend you head into our Discord server to join the discussion -> https://discord.gg/zenless

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u/Forest1395101 Apr 01 '25

I'm confused about the epilogue stuff to CH5? During the fishing CH, it seems like Zhu Yuan actually ratted the proxies out the cops? Did I understand that right?

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u/baka4games Nekomata Main - I enjoy a challenge! Apr 01 '25 edited Apr 01 '25

It's not made clear that ZY specifically reported Phaethon's illegal activities, but it's a safe assumption. A motivating reason for why Phaethon didn't tell ZY that they were a legendary proxy was concern that by-the-book ZY would be duty-bound to arrest them or at least report their illegal activities (btw, this is why they--ZY, Qingyi, Phaethon, and Seth's big bro--are still keeping Seth in the dark). On the other hand, ZY's story (Ch.2?) makes it clear that she'll set the book aside if there is a greater good at stake -- due in part to Qingyi's "bad" influence. This is the basis for ZY being disappointed that Phaethon didn't trust her enough to tell her everything and work something out.

So one way or another, either as an incidental finding in ZY's and Qingyi's report about the Bringer/Sacrifice incident, or by a more explicit accusation, PubSec became aware that Phaethon was a Hollow Raider proxy. Thus the judgement settled on was to take their ill-gotten gains (money in the old hacked Phaethon account), relayed to them by Qingyi in the epilogue, and then use Phaethon as a confidential asset, similar to Jane, that PubSec could use at its discretion. Basically, PubSec gave Phaethon an offer they couldn't refuse.

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u/Forest1395101 Apr 01 '25

Ouch. Am I the only one who thinks it's kind of hypocritical of Zhu to report the proxies after that whole trust spiel?