Lin Yu closed the notebook and left the patient area.

From the nearly cryptic words spoken by that fortune-telling Fur Ball earlier, Lin Yu had already cross-referenced them with the current situation and understood much of the information corresponding to this dungeon.

"Ten waters converge at Trapped Dragon Peak's head, mountains connect to rivers and rivers connect to mountains"—this probably refers to this dungeon having a mechanism similar to reincarnation cycles.

Although he didn't know why the imagery of "mountains" and "rivers" was used for now, and why the number of rivers was "ten," in any case, this was definitely talking about "reincarnation cycles."

The latter part of the phrase even used palindrome structure!

"Those who enter the mountains are all guests within the mountains, not knowing where the mountain master has gone"—this, combined with what followed, seemed to indicate that the three players including himself were all "guests" and "outsiders."

Moreover, the true "master" of this asylum didn't seem to be present among them.

The above were general introductions, and also information Lin Yu currently knew.

As for the latter two phrases, when Lin Yu looked at them together, he always felt they seemed like some kind of hint... but he wasn't confident for now.

"Do not mistake pine and cypress for fellow travelers, recognize that snakes and insects are not human;

the child bears tiger leopard appearance, the mountain man inverted becomes immortal."

This seemed to be describing certain characteristics of the NPCs or players active within the dungeon.

Only Lin Yu didn't know what pine and cypress, snakes and insects, child, and mountain man referred to.

He could only make rough guesses.

"Pine and cypress not fellow travelers... could it be that players and players don't have completely aligned interests?"

"Are snakes and insects, and the child, referring to doctors or patients?"

"Mountain man inverted... what is this word puzzle pointing to?"

Lin Yu had no leads.

But compared to these four phrases introducing the dungeon, Lin Yu cared more about the three segments that clearly referred to "players" as "guests within the mountains."

Especially the first segment, which very much seemed to be describing himself—that Fur Ball claimed to be "half immortal," and Lin Yu initially thought it was some kind of title.

Now it seemed perhaps this guy truly possessed a status very close to the "gods" he had encountered before.

After all, those who could see through his disguise usually had some connection to gods!

So if the first segment corresponded to himself, and he could figure out which segment corresponded to Robin and which to Max, it would likely be greatly useful for his upcoming game progress.

After all...

Judging from the previous doggerel about this dungeon, players might truly come into competition.

From intuition, Lin Yu felt the second segment seemed to describe Robin.

After all, the phrase "entering this game yet not a piece, standing outside the board yet not moving chess" clearly indicated the described person should have some capability, and for some reason was in a state of slacking off.

Therefore, Lin Yu thought it more likely to be Robin.

But if this segment was about Robin...

Then the third segment talking about Max would make this girl quite interesting.

"Clouds mountains mist water heart is illusion, obsessed with old appearances unable to free oneself;

body already trapped in countless layers of games, where could a death trap imprison the heart."

What was she hiding? What was she obsessed with?

What capability did this young girl have to be evaluated as "body already trapped in countless layers of games"?

Lin Yu rubbed his temples.

"Such a headache-inducing dungeon... really, is there any dungeon where I can have a bit of peace?"

This dungeon hasn't even gone through Promotion yet and it's already this troublesome!

Lin Yu returned to the stairwell and proceeded upward along the path Robin had taken.

After reaching the third floor, Lin Yu pushed open the door and walked out.

The third floor's structure was similar to the second floor, also featuring winding corridors and rooms.

But unlike the second floor...

The third floor's corridors and wards had no patients or doctors, only various kinds of "corpses."

Crushed dismembered limbs, flesh and blood mixtures splattered across the walls.

The entire third floor was silent and empty, exuding an eerie feeling.

Most of these corpses seemed to have died from being crushed, and from this somewhat familiar method of death, Lin Yu could easily draw a conclusion.

"This couldn't be Robin's doing, could it..."

Lin Yu murmured, simultaneously feeling more awe toward that timid Painter girl.

After all, she was the one Night Watchmen used to single-handedly counter Fluoxetine, far more terrifying than ordinary Third Tier players.

Indeed, his judgment in that Mad Banquet Beyond Heaven dungeon had been correct.

In that dungeon, the strongest one present might very well have been this Miss Robin.

He walked around the entire third floor and let out a breath.

There weren't any survivors on the entire third floor.

Lin Yu even somewhat suspected whether Robin had done this intentionally.

"Could it be that she's truly not on the same side as me and Max?"

As soon as this thought emerged, Lin Yu felt a chill down his spine.

What joke was this, him taking Max to fight Robin?

Might as well just die then!

"There probably wouldn't be such an absurd competition, that would be way too unbalanced."

Lin Yu quickly dismissed this dangerous thought.

Then he left the third floor and came to the fourth floor again.

And the "tragic scene" on the fourth floor... was also quite similar.

Almost all the patients and medical staff on the entire fourth floor had been turned into fragments.

Lin Yu even found what was probably the ward where Robin had been confined—the entire iron door had been "blasted open" and deformed, and the interior was as tragic as a microwave that had heated a raw egg.

About five people's worth of blood and organ fragments were smeared across the walls, looking like some kind of postmodern, strongly deconstructed, visually impactful artwork.

Lin Yu couldn't help but engage in some dark humor.

"Even killing people is done with such visual artistry, no wonder her class is Painter."

Without doubt, the fourth floor after Robin's baptism wouldn't have any clues left behind.

Therefore, what remained for Lin Yu to explore...

Was only the fifth floor.

And according to what was described in his notebook, the fifth floor seemed to be quite a dangerous place.

So...

Lin Yu pushed open the stairwell door and directly stepped onto the stairs leading to the fifth floor.

No matter how dangerous, he had to go check—this dungeon was already bizarre enough.

Although that Fur Ball seemed to be a friendly unit that gave relatively fair hints, Lin Yu still couldn't completely trust it.

Regarding the truth about this eerie dungeon's strange mechanisms, Lin Yu still decided to personally collect information.

Rather...

It was precisely because this dungeon had a "reincarnation cycle" mechanism that based on this, Lin Yu couldn't help but make bold conjectures.

Because of the existence of "reincarnation cycles," traps that would cause "instant death" in the dungeon might actually not be too numerous!

Even judging from previous monster strength, even if there was danger, it probably wouldn't be beyond his ability to handle.

More importantly still...

His past self hadn't prevented this step of his.

Not just because the Ancient Notebook didn't write about it.

Better evidence was that when he stood at the fifth floor stairwell entrance, there was an old password input device at this floor's entrance.

That wasn't the main point.

The main point was that carved on the wall next to the password lock was a line—"The password is 620150."

This was clearly his own handiwork.

"Thank you, past me."

Lin Yu muttered sarcastically, then entered the password.

Then...

"Beep!"

The password lock emitted a sharp alarm sound and lit up with red light.