A bad feeling is creeping in.
Yin Xiu frowned, but remained unmoved, clutching the bucket as he walked forward. "I'll go take a look."
Zhong Mu glanced at the pale-faced player beside her and mustered her courage, "I'll go with you to take a look."
The other players are all terrified by this anomaly and dare not approach, but he has to go with them so that he can notify the other players in time if anything happens to Yin Xiu.
Yin Xiu ignored Zhong Mu and instead held his breath as he walked into the alley.
He could sense the presence of the Night Goddess, the figure that always appeared outside his window at night, now appearing in front of his house at dusk when she shouldn't be there.
Her pale, bloodless face was bathed in the soft light of dusk, which added a touch of humanity compared to the chill of the night, but it still couldn't hide the eeriness emanating from her.
"I didn't expect you to come looking for me at this time." Yin Xiu stared calmly at the huge figure blocking the alley. "I didn't catch any fish today, so I haven't prepared any offerings for you yet."
"It's alright, I don't need to eat your offerings today." Lady Ye smiled sinisterly, staring at Yin Xiu in front of her and Zhong Mu who was rushing over behind him.
"You're different from before. It's surprising that someone other than me would visit your little shabby place. The players are actually accepting you."
Yin Xiu's expression was indifferent. "You want to chat with me? I don't have time."
"No, of course I didn't come here to chat with you." Lady Ye smiled and stamped her foot. Suddenly, a wall sprang up from the ground behind Yin Xiu and Zhong Mu, separating them from the alley behind their house in two directions.
Yin Xiu stared at her in confusion, wondering why she had deliberately built such a high wall.
The Night Goddess crouched down, her massive body shrinking beneath the wall. She avoided the twilight light, making her appear even more like a monster. "Yin Xiu, so, this piece of land in front of your house can be considered a roofless personal space, right?"
Yin Xiu was stunned for a second, then suddenly understood what she meant.
Entering the instance requires being in your own room, which will pull everyone in the room into the instance. Lady Ye created such a room at Yin Xiu's door to force him into the instance, and Lady Ye personally led him in.
"Let's go!" Yin Xiu turned around and grabbed Zhong Mu. "Climb over the wall and get out! You can't stay here!"
"Huh?" Zhong Mu was stunned, looking at the two-meter-high wall behind him. How could the big boss say it so casually?!
"Too late! It's too late." Lady Ye smiled slowly. "Yin Xiu, this is the dungeon I chose for you, the most suitable dungeon for you. You must have a good time clearing it."
The next second, a strong sense of dizziness suddenly hit the two people in the area.
It felt like they were about to enter a dungeon; in just a moment, they disappeared into the alley.
At the same time, a copy notification immediately rang out throughout the entire town.
[Congratulations, player, you have entered the instance: Anshi Mental Hospital.]
Player names in this instance: Yin Xiu, Zhong Mu
Gender: Male
Residence: 401 & 1337, Alley A, 35th Dimension Town
Assets held in duplicate: 501783, 1980
Dungeon progress: Completed, 6% complete.
[Special changes to this dungeon: Players who have completed the dungeon normally will not be able to use items. If player Zhong Mu's progress is detected as not matching the difficulty of this high-difficulty dungeon, the personal difficulty for player Zhong Mu will be reduced, and personal bound items will be usable.]
[Enjoy the dungeon!]
This sudden entry into the dungeon left all the players in the town bewildered. It wasn't until the dungeon livestream had already started that they hurriedly returned to their houses to watch the stream, with the entire screen filled with the same confusion.
"Why did Brother Xiu suddenly enter a dungeon? And he brought Zhong Mu with him! This is a high-difficulty dungeon, isn't it?"
"No, brothers, it's Lady Night! Lady Night just went to find Brother Xiu and forcibly put him into the dungeon. Zhong Mu was just a side effect!"
"But this dungeon is a high-difficulty one, and items aren't allowed. Even though Zhong Mu lowered the difficulty, he's a newbie who's only cleared six dungeons. Even with the reduced difficulty, it'll still be hard for him, right???"
"Tsk, it's all my fault for being frightened by Lady Ye and not stopping him."
"It's alright... He's with Brother Xiu, he should be fine..."
"It's because he's with Brother Xiu that trouble has arisen! Do you think Lady Ye came to see Brother Xiu personally at dusk? It's definitely not for anything good!"
"Is Brother Xiu alright? Is this another dungeon targeting Brother Xiu?"
"I don't know. Let's pray they're both alright. On the bright side, we have a strategy guide for this dungeon, which should be able to help them."
"Yes, yes, yes, we can help them through the bullet comments, there are still ways."
Just as everyone finished chatting, a notification suddenly appeared between the comments.
[Due to a special change in this live stream, player comments will not be displayed to players inside the instance. This change applies only to this instance.]
As soon as this message came out, the comments section was filled with insults. Such blatant targeting is outrageous!
Inside the room, Yin Xiu slowly opened his eyes. An unpleasant smell of disinfectant filled the entire ward. He wrinkled his nose, feeling inexplicably disgusted by the smell.
He was lying on the bed in the ward, wearing a blue and white striped hospital gown. The whole room was brightly lit with white light. The walls and floors were white, there were no windows, and there was only a bottle of medicine and a clock on the table. There were no other decorations. It was bland and tasteless, and even so desolate that it made people uncomfortable.
Due to the special changes made to this instance, players' items have been confiscated. Ya Ya's coins are not with her; she only has the knife on her.
Yin Xiu touched the knife. It was good to have this. He stood up and looked at the medicine bottle on the table. There were no labels on it, and after unscrewing it, there were only some white pills inside.
There was a slip of paper pressed under the medicine bottle; it was a pass slip that Yin Xiu recognized.
[Completion condition for this instance: Leave the hospital.]
It seems like a very simple condition, but the simpler the condition, the harder it is to achieve, and Yin Xiu is well aware of this.
He looked at the clock; it was already past five in the afternoon.
The second hand ticked away, and as the clock struck six, a broadcast announcement suddenly rang out outside the white ward.
"Welcome to Anshi Third Hospital. Our hospital is a mental hospital, divided into a mental treatment area and a mental patient area."
"This broadcast is for the mental health treatment area. This area is for the treatment of people with mental problems or occasional erratic behavior. All patients admitted for treatment are requested to remember the rules of this area."
"First, upon entering the hospital, you may feel mentally unwell. If you see a twisted cabinet, a crawling nurse, or your vision turns red, please take your medication immediately to suppress your mental illness."
Yin Xiu looked down at the bottle of medicine on the table, guessing that this was it.
As expected, it's a mental-based dungeon.