You're Overthinking This

Xiao Ni thought about it carefully, "Mom has never left me."

Yang Yu thought to himself, perhaps he left while Xiao Ni was asleep, but she didn't know?

Yang Yu and Yin Nu continued to play with her, occasionally asking her questions.

"I won!" Xiao Ni clapped her hands and laughed happily.

"Xiao Ni is really amazing."

"Oops, I was careless," Yang Yu said with a laugh.

After playing so many rounds, this was the first time Xiao Ni had beaten Yang Yu, and she seemed very happy.

Thank you for playing with me.

Xiao Ni told them to wait for her, then ran upstairs. After a while, she ran back down, this time with something in her hand.

When she placed the object on the table, Yang Yu and the others realized it was a music box.

There were originally two little figures on the music box, but now the third figure seems to have broken off due to external force, leaving only a leg.

The little figure next to her, dressed in a skirt, smiled brightly and danced to the music box.

Each item in the Dungeon signifies something.

Seeing the music box, Yang Yu became even more convinced that something had definitely happened to the male owner.

Xiao Ni said, "You can have them."

Yang Yu paused, his hand still holding the checkers.

Xiao Ni tilted her head. "Although I don't know what you're looking for, brother and sister, this should be helpful to you."

She seemed to have sensed something.

Yang Yu exclaimed, "Was I too direct in trying to get information out of him?"

However, since she's only six or seven years old, I was afraid she wouldn't understand if I explained things too vaguely. Unexpectedly, this child is actually quite smart.

Xiao Ni skipped and hopped off to find her mother.

On the music box, there appears to be a small figure that has been violently knocked off, along with the music playing. This music box doesn't belong to the little girl.

This must have belonged to the former mistress of the house.

Yin Nu looked at him, "Did you fail?"

Yang Yu: "No, it just means that our previous guesses can be overturned."

"Overthrow?"

Yang Yu touched the music box, quickly disassembled the base, and sure enough, found a piece of paper inside.

He picked up the paper and opened it.

This is a diagnosis of mental illness.

The label reads: Lin Dahai, 36 years old, diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Lin Dahai should be the male owner.

"The person isn't dead yet," Yang Yu said, shaking the paper.

Yin Nu also saw the contents of the paper. "Based on this diagnosis certificate?"

"Yes, and Xiao Ni's attitude also indicates that he's still alive, but she doesn't want him to go home."

"Then how do we find him?"

Yang Yu pointed to the contact information for the mental hospital below the diagnosis certificate, "Shall we try calling?"

"In Dungeon, it's generally impossible to set conditions that prevent completion. The Investigation Team didn't discover this because they assumed the male protagonist was dead; they were going in the wrong direction and naturally couldn't uncover the truth."

"I guess they spent all their time searching for the body of a male homeowner who never even existed."

If it weren't for Xiao Ni's attitude and the music box she had shown, Yang Yu would probably have thought the male owner had been murdered and buried somewhere for them to find.

"This is a trap, isn't it? The Investigation Team is definitely full of adults. Even if they want to get information Xiao Ni, they don't have the advantage we do."

Children tend to be wary of adults, so it's unlikely that they'll be able to get any other clues from Xiao Ni.

After gathering with the others, Yang Yu shared his new guess.

Du Jiashi: "You mean, Lin Dahai didn't die, but was sent to a mental hospital?"

Xu Rou: "Two different theories: one is that Lin Dahai is dead and his body is hidden somewhere; the other is that Lin Dahai is not dead and has been sent to a mental hospital."

Zhang Lin: "We always thought Lin Dahai was dead, but the Investigation Team couldn't find his body. While there was time constraints,..."

Zhang Lin patted Yang Yu and Yin Nu on the shoulder, "Well done."

Xu Rou suddenly said, "I've been talking to her just now, and she doesn't seem to be in a good mental state. At first glance, she looks a lot like I was in a similar state before."

She once thought she had killed that person, so for a long time she was gripped by panic, guilt, and the shame of having killed someone with her own hands.

She was afraid her behavior would be discovered, so she was depressed for a long time.

But this woman's state was somewhat similar to hers, yet actually quite different. She was panicking, but her panic stemmed from the fear that person would return.

The nightmare that had been haunting her hadn't disappeared; it still existed somewhere in the world, even if he was trapped there.

But the damage he caused her was too great; she remains trapped in her nightmares.

Perhaps as time goes by, and she realizes that person will never come back, her condition will gradually improve.

Xie Yu clapped his hands and stepped out from the corner. "Very good, newcomers, it seems you have found the clues. Now let's move on to the second scene."

He waved his phone in his hand; it showed that he was making a call.

The call connected.

The surrounding space then twisted.

Soon, they arrived outside a mental hospital.

"Hello, this is Qingping Psychiatric Hospital. How can we help you?"

We've come to visit Lin Dahai.

"Sorry, we do not offer visitation services here."

The call was disconnected.

Clearly, the second challenge was how to infiltrate the mental hospital and find Lin Dahai inside.

Zhang Lin glanced at the exceptionally high walls of the mental hospital, as well as the sealed windows and iron gates.

To prevent the mental patients from escaping, the mental hospital has clearly taken all necessary precautions.

This makes it difficult for outsiders to sneak in through illegitimate means. Of course, normal people wouldn't think about how to sneak into a mental hospital.

Yang Yu knocked on the wall. "How do I get in?"

Xu Rou shrugged, "It's so high, even for us, it would be difficult to get up there without tools."

Du Jiashi, then looked at the others. "You're all overcomplicating something so simple."

The other person raised a question mark.

Du Jiashi strode forward to the entrance of the mental hospital and pounded on the door, shouting, "Open the door! Open the door now! Let me in! I want to go home, let me in now!"

Yang Yu et al.: 6.

Xie Yu watched them with a smile the whole time, without interfering at all.

The others realized what was happening and rushed forward to bang on the door.

Soon, the door opened from the inside, and a group of doctors in protective suits came out, carrying riot gear.

A doctor stepped forward, trying to communicate with Du Jiashi, but Du Jiashi knocked him to the ground, saying, "Doctor, I want to go home."

Du Jiashi appeared extremely agitated, repeating the same few sentences over and over. He reacted strongly to the outside world and was unable to communicate normally.