Old Player

Floating in the sky, Lin Yu looked down and saw the entire 37th Island in his entirety.

This is a barren, rocky island, not very large in area, with the Asylum occupying half of it.

The seawater crashed against the towering stone walls of the island, and the fog grew thicker the closer it got to the sea.

He landed at a moderate pace—towards the side of the island without the Asylum.

Lin Yu estimated that at this speed...

"Bang!"

He fell hard onto a flat, black rock, landing on his back.

"Hiss..."

Lin Yu felt a dull pain in his back, but thankfully he wasn't injured.

Then, Stiller's figure fell from the sky and landed next to Lin Yu.

He was a little faster than Lin Yu.

Stiller also groaned after landing and remained standing for a long time.

"Damn it, that guy definitely did it on purpose!"

Stiller couldn't help but curse.

The two slowly got up and then saw the Robin not far away.

The little girl knelt before a dug-out grave, holding a shovel covered in mud in her hand.

The dug-up grave mound spewed out large amounts of mist, which rose continuously into the sky.

Hearing the commotion, Robin difficulty and saw Lin Yu.

"May?"

She managed to utter two words, a relieved expression spreading across her face. "Great... it seems it worked!"

"I've temporarily suppressed the remains of 'Freud'... Now all we need to do is leave this island."

Do you have any useful Item that can be used to cross the sea? If not, I'll have to draw one!

"In that case, you'll probably have to help me suppress this corpse first."

Robin spoke, she then realized that the creature accompanying Lin Yu was his Summoned Creature, and immediately became somewhat suspicious.

"Wait a minute... where's Max?"

"Didn't she come with you?"

Lin Yu walked to the edge of the grave, where there was a gray-black skeleton bound with drawn lines—the entire skeleton had no flesh or organs left, only a fresh, beating brain inside the cracked skull.

And this brain also received the Robin's most focused attention: countless threads were wrapped around or even stuck inside, which looked like a very powerful suppression.

Without a doubt, this is the unfortunate "Freud".

After admiring Robin's masterpiece, Lin Yu answered her question.

"To be honest, Max's situation isn't looking too good right now."

As Lin Yu spoke, Robin more astonished.

"It's not looking good. What happened to her?"

"She's not Max, or rather, she's not entirely Max," Lin Yu said after a moment's thought. "She's probably an incarnation of some extremely high being, or perhaps she's been possessed... Just now, she took out a Compass and threw it right here at me."

Upon hearing Lin Yu's description, Robin moment, then said, "You mean, she's still in the Asylum? And she's not actually Max?"

"At least not an ordinary Tier 1."

Lin Yu answered truthfully.

Robin's expression changed slightly.

"Compass... I understand."

As if she had made up her mind, she took out a pencil and began to draw rapidly in the air.

A Prison Cage drawing, resembling a simple sketch by an elementary school student, appears in the air.

In the lower right corner, Robin wrote his signature, "Robin, written in Mist Island, mid-season of the sea voyage."

After she finished writing her signature, her face turned deathly pale.

And the Prison Cage solidified into a three-dimensional form.

"Here you go, wait for me... If you don't see me, I'll leave on my own."

"This will still work even if I die."

Robin shoved the thing into Lin Yu's arms, then waved her other hand in the air.

The lines in the grave trembled, dragging the vibrant brain towards the Prison Cage.

Then Robin turned and ran toward the Asylum.

She drew a few "lines" behind her, and then her speed reached a level that Lin Yu could not match.

Lin Yu, carrying the cage containing Freud's brain, paused for a moment, then sighed and handed the cage to Stiller.

"Let's go, Stiller."

Stiller sighed. "I wouldn't recommend going back."

Hannah, who had been perched on Stiller's shoulder, finally revealed herself after realizing that no one was around.

"Quack, Director... that guy is very dangerous!"

Hannah also tried to dissuade her.

"Yes, but that's precisely why we have to go and see," Lin Yu sighed. "Robin has gone; I can't just sit idly by."

"Dear Director, you're actually such an empathetic person?"

Stiller said incredulously.

"Are you kidding me? Admittedly, what this guy did was very touching," Lin Yu, rubbing his temples slightly, "But I am now 'May May' of 'Order'... I can choose not to go, but 'May May' cannot."

Lin Yu sighed as he spoke, "And you all heard the question she asked me just now."

He looked at Stiller: "Do you have a boat? Or are you an expert from the Truth Company's Security Department?"

Stiller was speechless.

He lived in the City That Never Sleeps —a world without even a sea.

Before joining Lin Yu's group, Stiller had no idea what a ship was.

"To get through this, she has to paint the boat—I don't think swimming freely in this pitch-black, foggy sea is a good idea... even though we do have an Octopus."

As Lin Yu spoke, he reached out and grabbed Hannah, placing her on his shoulder.

"We can only pray that this Tier 3 'Night Watcher' can gain the upper hand against that unknown creature..."

"I really don't understand where such a terrifying thing came from."

As Lin Yu muttered to himself, feeling a headache coming on, a voice rang out.

"If I'm not mistaken, that must be an old friend of mine."

Lin Yu looked in the direction of Stiller, then his gaze shifted downwards and landed on the cage in Stiller's hand.

The "brain" inside trembled slightly, and the sulci on its surface glowed.

The sound was actually coming from inside this brain.

"It can actually talk?!"

Stiller clicked his tongue in amazement.

Lin Yu, on the other hand, remained much calmer.

This guy can control an entire Instance while he's practically dead; it's not surprising that he only has his brain left and can spout a few words.

He looked at the brain of the First Generation "Freud" and said, "Spit it out if you have something to say."

Freud was quick to respond and spoke immediately.

"If I'm not mistaken, that guy should be Player from the same era as me..."

"The Diviner's who founded the 'Marauders'!"

Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the name.

"Oh, so you're Player. 'The Diviner,' right?"

He suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Come on, let's go swimming!"