Robin's capabilities were sothing Lin Yu understood well.
This "Painter" lady might appear timid and ordinary-looking, but she was genuinely "Third Tier" ranked.
Not just "Third Tier," but a "Third Tier" who had participated in the "Mad Banquet Beyond Heaven."
Moreover...
Based on fragnts of information from the dungeon, Lin Yu knew that in the "Night Watchn's" mission assignnts, this "Robin" was specifically deployed to counter "Fluoxetine" alone.
And "Fluoxetine's" strength was sufficient to defeat "Good Night" from the Top 100 Rankings in a direct confrontation.
In other words...
Miss Robin's true combat power should be slightly superior to Jiangcheng's future Chief Captain, Good Night.
Even disregarding all that, just the abilities Robin had displayed were frightening enough.
Take that rolling boulder from earlier—Lin Yu, combining it with Robin's performance in the "Mad Banquet Beyond Heaven" dungeon, could easily guess it was probably sothing Robin had drawn.
Therefore...
The difficulty of this dungeon was likely no lower, and possibly even higher, than the previous "Express Train of Despair."
But Lin Yu wasn't particularly distressed.
After all, Max's displayed optimism had its reasons...
At least "Robin" was a senior mber of the "Night Watchn," and her character was reliable.
Following her should an getting so guidance;
even if the dungeon difficulty was high, she probably wouldn't abandon the two of them or even work against them.
It was definitely better than encountering experts from the "Psychological Society" or the "Marauders"!
Still, compared to Max, Lin Yu would have preferred a dungeon difficulty he could handle completely on his own.
However, Lin Yu had already accepted reality.
Since "Robin" had appeared, he would just have to raise his vigilance to the maximum.
anwhile, Max up ahead had already started introducing Lin Yu to Robin.
"Teacher Robin, I am 'Wild Boar' from the 'Night Watchn' Star City branch, my class is 'Thief,' First-Tier rank, my superior is 'Cuckoo'... Over there is from 'Order' Jiangcheng Team One, the recently quite famous 'May May,' a First-Tier 'Doctor'!"
Facing Robin, Max's Mandarin had beco noticeably more standard.
Robin also seed to have so impression of the na 'May May,' offering a stiff smile and greeting Lin Yu softly.
"Hello... 'Doctor' May."
As she spoke, Lin Yu responded: "Hello, Teacher Robin, I've long heard of your great reputation. I've heard of you."
Though unsure if it was an internal "Night Watchn" habit, Lin Yu followed Max's lead and also addressed her as 'Teacher.'
Seeing the introductions complete, Max placed her hands on her hips.
"Haiya, two 'Night Watchn' and one 'Order'... and with Teacher Robin leading us, this is great!"
"Teacher Robin, you ca down from above. What's the situation up there? Anything valuable?"
As Max asked, Robin shook her head.
"No... I ca down from the fourth floor. There were only so patient rooms... and so monsters in the corridors," Robin said quietly. "I cleared them out and then ca down."
"Usually in psychiatric hospitals, the upper floors are mostly patient rooms, with offices and such on the lower floors... So I thought I'd check downstairs first. I was clearing monsters in the stairwell on my way down when I ran into you."
Max nodded: "I see, it's about the sa for us... He and I ca out of a patient room and didn't find anything useful."
Lin Yu, however, looked at Robin with surprise.
"You seem quite familiar with psychiatric hospitals?"
Robin lowered her head, picking at her fingers, and said sowhat sheepishly: "Yeah... I stayed in one for a while... I wasn't sleeping well during that period."
Lin Yu wasn't particularly surprised by this.
Max, on the other hand, exclaid dramatically: "Huh? Teacher Robin, you've had such an experience? That must have been really tough!"
Robin seed sowhat awkward dealing with Max's enthusiasm, offering an embarrassed smile: "It... it was alright."
Lin Yu gave a light cough and steered the conversation back to serious matters with Robin.
"So why are you confident that the layout here is the sa as psychiatric hospitals in our world?"
Robin paused for a mont, then said: "I'm just trying it out, really... but it's definitely the sa."
"Because this should be the Misty Sea Archipelago, though I don't know which island specifically," Robin said softly. "Ah, right, you guys are only 'First-Tier,' so it's normal you wouldn't recognize it... Anyway, this is the realm with the highest similarity to our world—it has electricity, machinery, internal combustion engines... and various technological products are similar too, feels like Earth around the mid-20th century."
"So, for most things you encounter here, you can treat it as our world... but a version where paranormal events are happening."
As Robin explained, Lin Yu understood.
"So this is the Misty Islands... the Misty Islands of Kirishima Vineyard?"
"Yes," Robin nodded, "but it's an archipelago... The Kirishima Vineyard you ntioned is on the main island. We're probably on one of the smaller islands;
I don't know which one specifically yet."
"I can only rule out that this isn't the main island... because if we were really on the main island where Kirishima Vineyard is located, the situation would be terrible."
Max also understood now: "Oh, no wonder the clear condition is to 'escape' the island... We not only have to leave this building, but also leave the island this asylum is on!"
As she said this, Robin nodded.
"Mm... So in a way, this asylum is just the first barrier. We still need to act quickly."
"In this kind of dungeon with no ti limit, no clear stages, high freedom allowing independent exploration and movent, the longer we delay, the worse it gets."
"We haven't even found the rule prompts yet. Our progress is already quite unfavorable."
Max nodded in deep agreent: "Teacher Robin, I believe what you're saying... So what should we do?"
Although Robin was already Third Tier and likely held considerable status within the "Night Watchn," she seed very uncomfortable with giving orders.
The analysis and suggestions she had just provided were probably the extent of what she usually said.
Hearing Max's words and seeing Lin Yu quietly waiting for instructions beside them, Robin actually seed to lack confidence.
"Then... shall we continue going down?"
Robin pointed downward, and Lin Yu imdiately agreed.
"Sure, let's go."
After all the analysis Robin just provided, of course they should go down!
However, expecting this gentle, soft-spoken girl to issue commands was still too troubleso.
So once Robin gave an order, Lin Yu imdiately acted on it.
"Ninja Number One, scout ahead!"
Lin Yu once again commanded Stiller, then looked at Robin.
"Teacher Robin, this is my [item], a ninja puppet."
The slight feedback of "belief" coming from Robin allowed Lin Yu to breathe a small sigh of relief.
It seed Hannah's disguise was still exquisite;
at least Robin hadn't seen through it either.
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