Strange

After the giant Doctor collapsed, Lin Yu let out a long sigh of relief.

It worked!

Although this giant looked very strong, and I was forced to fight him while being bound at the start...

But in actual combat, it's still ultimately a matter of "mortal flesh and blood".

They will be injured by the explosion, and Fear Flame.

Certainly...

He was large enough, and even his physical strength alone was terrifying.

For example, right now, the giant has been blown to the ground, but he is still struggling and rolling around in pain, trying to get up.

Lin Yu was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see this scene.

So he quickly spurred his movements to untie the restraints, then stood up, pulled out his Bone Crusher, and slammed it three times into the giant's head.

The giant Doctor fell into a peaceful sleep.

"Phew, this Instance isn't too difficult... the main problem is the annoying restriction Item," Lin Yu complained. "The monsters are just average... if Stiller and Hannah were here, I could probably take it down easily."

"Even without those two, I could have killed them instantly with my [Infallible Revolver]."

As Lin Yu spoke, he stepped forward to examine the giant Doctor's body.

There was nothing to be gained—the only thing that puzzled Lin Yu was the wound on the guy's neck caused by a sharp instrument.

The wound was very fresh; judging by the cut surface, length, and growth, it seemed close to fatal, but it had already healed.

"Did someone chop it up before I came? Is this a sign that its head isn't a vital organ?"

Lin Yu thought for a moment, but couldn't understand the meaning of this wound.

But just to be on the safe side, he picked up a hammer and broke the limbs of the now motionless Doctor on the ground.

After doing all this, Lin Yu walked to the door of the solitary confinement cell.

Surprisingly...

It looked like a solitary confinement cell, yet the door wasn't locked.

Lin Yu turned the doorknob from the inside, and the iron door opened by itself.

"That's really strange."

Perhaps this "Doctor" forgot to lock the door after entering? Did he feel safer because he was "confined"?

The operation was not performed correctly!

Lin Yu sighed, but still swaggered into the corridor.

The gray corridor had old cement floors and somber white walls, and the view outside the windows was also a somewhat oppressive, leaden gray.

Just as Lin Yu was observing the surrounding scenery...

A woman wearing a black shirt and glasses came running hurriedly from the other end of the corridor.

Upon seeing Lin Yu, she slammed on the brakes and stopped abruptly, a look of surprise on her face.

Then, the other party tentatively spoke.

"Player?"

Lin Yu nodded, looked the other person up and down, and for some reason felt that the other person seemed very trustworthy, so he simply introduced himself.

"Order" Jiangcheng Team One Member, "May May".

Before Lin Yu could even state his "Profession" and Divine Rank, an excited look flashed across the other person's face.

"The brother of 'Order'?!"

"Hey, I've heard of you. You're that incredibly powerful Tier 1 'Doctor'! You single-handedly took down the 'Marauders' and escaped unscathed from the 'Freedom Alliance'!"

The woman adjusted her glasses and introduced herself, "I am Max from the Night Watcher, a thief, and a Profession Tier 1."

Upon hearing the other person's words, Lin Yu nodded. "So you're a friend of the 'Night Watcher'."

He breathed a sigh of relief.

There are only three Player in this Instance, and we've already encountered one, who's the "Night Watcher"...

At least I have a teammate I can trust now.

Thinking about this, Lin Yu suddenly felt something was wrong.

Wait a moment...

Why did I think that way from my first reaction?

The woman in front of him claimed to be a "Night Watcher," so why did he believe her so readily?

He hadn't even seen the token that marked the other party as a "Night Watcher" yet!

This guy's "Night Watcher" codename format is even wrong -- the titles of "Night Watcher" members should all be in the format of birds and beasts, it's impossible for a name like "Max" to appear.

But just as this question arose in Lin Yu's mind, a thought that seemed to be the answer popped into his head.

"Perhaps her code name isn't a very nice-sounding animal, and the little girl is a bit shy?"

The moment this thought crossed his mind, Lin Yu confirmed it.

Something's definitely not right!

Ever since I was in the room, something has been interfering with my perception and judgment!

Someone implanted something into their subconscious...

Just now, he suddenly had a gut feeling that there were other people in the room—and he was quite certain that the unknown presence in that room was hostile to him!

Seeing Lin Yu standing there in a daze, Max's voice rang out again.

"Hey, May, what's wrong?"

Lin Yu looked at Max in front of him with some wariness in his heart, but remained calm on the surface.

"It's nothing, I'm just thinking about some things regarding this Instance. Could you please give me a moment?"

He spoke politely, while secretly gripping the [Bone Crusher] and concealing it behind his back.

Max, unsuspecting, optimistically exclaimed, "Damn, bro, you figured it out already? No wonder everyone on the forums says you're better than Detective though you're not one!"

Lin Yu let out a breath, and upon hearing Max's words, a strange feeling welled up in his heart again.

"Sure enough, it seems like my brain has been hacked. When did that happen?"

"The time before you woke up in the room?"

Lin Yu pondered for a moment and decided to activate the [Closed Mind] buff in the [Blissful Immortal Pot].

But just as he was about to do so...

Lin Yu was stunned.

He didn't activate [Closed Mind] before entering the Game, after all, it looked very useful, and he only had 12 precious hours to use it.

But now...

The remaining time shown by [Closed Mind] is [11 hours and 37 minutes]!

In other words...

"I used the [Closed Mind] buff for 23 minutes?"

Lin Yu looked at the time and suddenly realized something.

Hannah and Stiller mysteriously disappeared, and the chamber of the [Infallible Revolver] was empty...

Combining these two anomalies with his own "subconscious" that frequently disturbed him, Lin Yu considered a possibility.

"What if now isn't the time when I first entered the Instance?"

What if the psychological attack has already taken effect and caused Memory loss?

Lin Yu really wanted to open his [Closed Mind] right now and use the Fraud ability of the "Max" in front of him to clear away the negative effects on him.

But Lin Yu held back.

Since he has already used the [Closed Mind] skill for 23 minutes, it means he has activated this function in this Instance.

However, the benefit of [Closed Mind] has now turned back into Immortal Wine and been put back into the [Blissful Immortal Pot]...

This forced Lin Yu to consider a possibility.

"Could it be that at some point in the past, 'I' deliberately gave up using [Closed Mind] to prevent Memory loss?"