Okay so... I just started the second half, and I had already done all of the mining beforehand because before starting the game tells you that if you want to keep exploring you should think about it and move on later, so I went and did that. Turns out, now I can't progress and keep searching for the damn ring or whatever because I'm freaking waiting on Dump's dumb mercenary friends to trek the entirety of Russia on foot to get to the mines. Is there anything I can do if I already completed every NPC quest? Or was I not meant to complete the entirety of the dungeon beforehand (even bought every mining equipment item) and now I'm cursed to just sleep every day and go through the events until something else happens?