Instance Difficulty: Easygoing

"These NPCs don't seem aggressive, and they don't seem to be able to communicate much," Max said in a low voice. "That big Doctor and they seem to be keeping to themselves."

Hearing Max's words, Lin Yu wanted to test whether these NPCs were really unable to communicate.

Of course, Lin Yu wanted to test whether these NPCs were truly non-aggressive.

Since it's Stiller who's going to do it, he's unlikely to be in any danger.

However, doing so would not fit his persona as a member of the "Order" team.

Therefore, Lin Yu spoke after thinking for a moment.

"Anyway, let's ignore these 'patients' for now... it's more important to deal with the 'Doctor' you released."

"But since it's still nowhere to be found, and you have no clue where it went... there should be another Player inside this Instance. We can try to find him and rendezvous with him as soon as possible."

Lin Yu looked at Max.

"Please find someone to help you."

Max was even more surprised. "How did you know I had Item that could locate people?!"

Seeing Max's surprised expression, Lin Yu sighed.

"Because you found me before I even left the room."

Before I saw so many doors in the hallway, I could have guessed that because there weren't many doors, you just happened to bump into me.

"But out of so many doors, only two were open... Comrade Max, do I look that stupid?"

Max was filled with respect. "No wonder you're called 'May May'. Everyone on the forum says that although you're not a 'Detective,' you're better than Detective. Even 'Sherlock' speaks highly of you."

"Truly living up to its reputation!"

As she spoke, Lin Yu rubbed his temples.

"To be honest, everything I've said so far has basically required no reasoning... Alright, just hand over the [Item]."

As Lin Yu spoke, Max pulled out a small, golden Compass.

"Alright... Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, Jade Emperor's spirit, Bodhisattva's spirit! Odin's spirit, Jesus' spirit!"

"Wow, you have a really mixed bag of beliefs... you even have a mythological figure who isn't part of a religious community mixed in."

Lin Yu complained, while Max chuckled, "When I bought this Compass, it was said to come with a matching spell, but I forgot... I can only make something up to put my mind at ease."

"Will this even work?"

Max replied seriously, "Of course, that spell is an advanced technique... the basic technique is finding things!"

"As long as I think about what I want, I can get directions!"

After speaking, Max adjusted the inner dial of the pocket Compass, causing the pointer to spin rapidly, and finally...

The pointer pointed diagonally in front of the two people.

Max, carrying the Compass, strode forward silently past the group of oddly shaped patients.

Lin Yu quickly followed with Stiller.

Soon...

The two turned another corner and saw a double door.

A red sign hangs above the gate, bearing the five words: "Unsafe Passage".

The glass in the door was smeared with blood—even without these five honest reminders, Lin Yu knew this passage was unsafe.

Especially from behind the door, low, hoarse roars and cries could be heard continuously.

Hearing the noise, Max pressed his face against the door, trying to see what was happening inside.

But the blood was so thick that Max couldn't see anything.

"Bro, it sounds kind of wild in there... What should we say? It seems like we have to go through here to find someone!"

"Let's find out what's going on. Do you have any detection methods?"

Lin Yu asked, Max nodded.

Yes, brother!

"I've cleared over twenty Instance already, I'm quite experienced!"

She pulled out a cow-and-cat plush toy from her bosom that looked somewhat lewd in both appearance and expression.

Max then opened the door a crack, tossed the cow-and-cat plush toy inside, and explained to Lin Yu, "This thing is called [Cheese Cat Cat]. It can attract people's attention and forcibly divert the attack targets of low-intelligence and non-intelligent units."

"Hmm... We haven't been attacked yet, which means the area behind the door is basically safe."

Max casually pushed the door open.

Inside was a stairwell—except the walls were covered in bloodstains.

Because Max moved so quickly, Lin Yu didn't even ask his question until after she opened the door, "What if there's a highly intelligent person hiding behind the door?"

Max, leaning confidently against the doorframe, smiled as he pushed open the door, "Well, we'll just have to tough it out, brother! Nothing's ever completely foolproof; things always come as they happen..."

Before she could finish speaking, a bloody, mangled tentacle reached out from behind the door, snatched Max away, and dragged her inside.

"Bang!"

The door slammed shut, and Max's piercing scream came from behind it.

"Save my brother!"

Lin Yu sighed, pulled out the [One-Shot Hit Revolver] with one hand, and took out the newly acquired [Rage Spray] and [Shady Corner] with the other, then kicked open the door.

"Wait for my signal."

After giving the order to Stiller, [Shady Corner] was activated.

Lin Yu instantly transformed into a shadow and lunged towards the corner behind the door—from there, he also clearly saw the scene behind the door.

A humanoid monster, dressed in what appeared to be Security Uniform, had its limbs transformed into four tentacles. It was currently wrapped around Max's ankles, suspending her upside down in the air and shaking her violently.

At the same time, he made unintelligible shouts.

"Scream... scream!"

Lin Yu let out a breath and began a telepathic communication with Hannah.

"There's only one monster behind the door. Let Stiller come in and deal with it... If it's troublesome, I'll step in too—I'm in a position where I can provide support at any time."

"Quack! Received!"

After Hannah responded, Lin Yu kicked open another door in the next instant, then crouched down, pushed off the ground Stiller, and moved behind the door, drawing a Dagger from his waist and slashing it!

However, he swung the short Dagger with the force of a reverse kasaya slash—and the effect was just as expected!

The monster, whose limbs were tentacles, was cleaved in two by Stiller's blade, spurting blood and screaming in agony before releasing its grip on Max.

"Thump!"

Max landed headfirst on the ground, rolled around in pain before finally getting up, wincing and yelling, "Ouch! You ambushed me, didn't you!"

Lin Yu coughed lightly and looked at Stiller.

"Ninja No. 1, well done!"

Stiller understood, and stood up straight with a somewhat helpless expression, clasping his hands in a fist salute.

However, this time he absolutely refused to say his lines.

Max's headache subsided a little, and he glanced at Stiller standing beside him, bowing slightly in return.

"Wow, ninja... Dude, your [Item] is really powerful! It's probably worth more than tens of thousands!"

Lin Yu nodded.

This is the second time Stiller has nearly one-shotted monsters in this Instance.

It seems the monsters in this Instance aren't very strong!

Coupled with Max's performance just now, Lin Yu became even more optimistic.

"Looks like I can finally relax a bit in this Instance!"