The Investigation of the Fifth Floor
Of course, what Lin Yu found in the remaining ashes could not be Sarira.
The things the two Doctor burned out were two shiny metal keys.
Lin Yu rummaged around and picked it up, discovering that the material was probably some kind of extremely smooth metal, a very special material—which was why the two small keys shimmered so brightly in the ashes and firelight, immediately catching Lin Yu's attention.
The design is quite simple, a common single-row double key, and the two keys look extremely similar, probably for opening the same type of lock.
Lin Yu picked them up, and Item notification popped up.
[Key A: An ordinary key used to open a certain type of lock.]
[Key B: An ordinary key used to open a certain type of lock.]
The Item descriptions and naming conventions are extremely rudimentary.
It's like the style you'd find in some old-school Pixel Style -art puzzle Game —the key's purpose, of course, is to unlock the lock.
But...
The presence of the blood-text notification for "[Item]" at least confirms that the Game's official stance is that these two items are indeed useful, so they aren't entirely useless to Lin Yu.
He carefully put away the two keys, then stepped into the interior of the floor.
Upon entering the fifth floor, Lin Yu was intercepted by two Doctor, resulting in an unexpected encounter. He hadn't even had time to conduct a thorough investigation yet!
Upon closer inspection, the decor of the corridor on this fifth floor is quite different from that of the previous floors.
While the art styles aren't completely inconsistent, you can still tell that the corridor is quite grand.
They all have that old-fashioned style from the last century, but compared to the minimalist style of the previous floors with their cement floors and white plaster walls, at least this floor has tiles.
The overhead lighting consists of soft LED strips, with no flickering or power outages.
The doors embedded in the corridor walls also have corresponding craftsmanship—not only are there some grooves simply carved out, but the door frames are also edged.
Lin Yu could even see the directional signs posted on the wall!
"Your current location leads to XXX"
However, due to years of disrepair, most of the text on this road sign is faded and illegible.
Lin Yu could only decipher from the remaining text that although the entire fifth floor, like the other floors, had seven corridors, it was divided into three areas.
"Special Examination Area", "Senior Physician On-Duty Area", and "Intensive Care Unit".
My current location is naturally the "Senior Physician On-Duty Area".
Turn left into the corridor, and you will enter the "Special Examination Area".
Since there are no further records in the [Ancient Notebook], Lin Yu makes a reasonable conjecture.
My previous exploration of the fifth level might have been somewhat half-hearted.
It might even just be that they cracked the password to the door...
Nevertheless, Lin Yu did not feel that he should proceed cautiously or even stop moving forward.
The doors in this section of the corridor are all sliding doors made of transparent glass, and some walls even have glass windows.
Through the glass, Lin Yu looked inside—it was surprisingly similar to that of an ordinary hospital.
Various bulky, high-end, and precise instruments are displayed under cool white lighting. The entire room is also in that clean, white tone, giving it a reliable yet cool feel, as if you can smell the disinfectant slowly evaporating from the plastic surfaces.
Moreover, it seemed that no one was on duty in this inspection area; at least Lin Yu didn't see any trace of living creatures.
At the same time, as he strolled through the corridor, Lin Yu did not deliberately conceal his figure, but simply walked by in an ordinary manner, yet still did not cause any disturbance.
In this [One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest] Instance, the medical staff NPCs are all somewhat aggressive towards Player.
The fact that no NPCs attacked at least indicates that there aren't any of those NPCs lurking in the shadows...
If it's hiding a sick NPC or something similar.
Lin Yu decided to leave it alone for the time being.
Anyway, he didn't have a good way to quickly find these strange, somewhat withdrawn NPCs who chose to hide.
Moreover, from a common-sense perspective, how could a hospital's "examination room" possibly be without Doctor on duty, yet have patients inside?
This is indeed Instance of the "Death game," but as Instance built on the basis of facts and a worldview that allows the world to exist reasonably, most things must conform to "common sense."
Of course, it's a good thing that a corridor is peaceful; at least it means that nothing bad will happen in this corridor in the short term.
Unless it's a monster NPC that suddenly moved here, or a creation without its own intelligence.
Lin Yu slowly observed the quiet scene on both sides of the corridor.
In this uninhabited area, the only change that could be described as any change was that some instruments were automatically adjusting and self-checking.
The indicator light flickers on and off, and the mechanical parts start and then stop.
However, it didn't actually get running or cause any consequences.
Although there was some commotion, it wasn't enough to attract Li Lin Yu's attention.
Machine self-testing is so common, and these machines haven't shown any unusual deviations or malfunctions.
After a brief observation, Lin Yu decided to temporarily abandon a detailed investigation of this area and put it on a lower priority. Of course, it was impossible to give up completely, since the fifth floor was so special and only had three areas. It was impossible for this area, as one of the areas, to be completely free of hidden things.
There should at least be some extra reward.
Certainly...
The prerequisite is that Lin Yu actually has time at that time.
After all, Lin Yu is no longer Instance a leisurely solo adventure.
Robin and Max have already gone to the first floor to "look for clues." Although Lin Yu cannot completely trust these two, Lin Yu does not think they are truly in a state of complete opposition.
Until there is direct evidence that they are in a zero-sum game in this Instance, Lin Yu will maintain a friendly relationship with them.
The main reason is that Robin are really difficult to deal with.
So...
If Max and Robin really find some more crucial clues and take the initiative to invite Lin Yu, then Lin Yu might even choose to abandon his exploration of the fifth floor and instead act with them!
Lin Yu even began to speculate...
The exploration of the fifth floor wasn't very in-depth before, which might also be due to those two members from the "Night Watcher".
As for the option of inviting them to explore the fifth floor together...
Lin Yu had a gut feeling that it was best not to do that.
Now Lin Yu understands very well that the so-called "intuition" in this Instance is actually likely a reminder from Memory that were previously erased but still remain.
Therefore, Lin Yu decided to follow his intuition.
"Before they find me, I should investigate the 'Intensive Care Unit' on the fifth floor as soon as possible."