After seeing the crow's mark and recalling all his memories, Lin Yu now felt that all those movies and dramas he had watched hadn't been in vain.

Although he wasn't a genius himself, after encountering and impersonating so many geniuses, he could accomplish things that seemed like they should only be possible for geniuses.

For example...

Coming up with a method to "break the game" within this dungeon mechanism that featured "reincarnation cycles."

Even though he had received hints from gods and an unknown demigod, the method he ultimately devised made Lin Yu want to praise himself a little.

"I'm actually pretty impressive."

Of course, the most crucial factor for successfully executing this plan was his superb acting skills—when Lin Yu fully immersed himself in the role of "Jiang Lin," even the master of this asylum couldn't detect any flaws.

And at this very moment...

Lin Yu voluntarily ended his deception and stood before the master manipulator, possibly even the creator, of this dungeon...

This was precisely the outcome Lin Yu had envisioned from the beginning.

Standing at the entrance of the intensive care unit, "Doctor Li" looked at Lin Yu's transformed appearance and let out a long sigh.

"You're much more clever than I imagined. If I were in charge of the 'Psychological Society,' I would definitely put you on the key watchlist."

As he spoke, he snapped his fingers.

Two wheeled swivel office chairs came rolling out from the end of the corridor, stopping beside the two of them.

"Have a seat... 'Director'."

He sat down in one of the chairs himself and made a "please" gesture toward Lin Yu.

"Doctor Li's" statement essentially confirmed all of Lin Yu's analysis.

He was indeed the first generation 'Freud.'

Therefore, Lin Yu also sat down without ceremony, crossing his hands on his lap.

"I'm glad you're willing to talk with me."

Freud smiled, shaking his head as he spoke: "My willingness to talk with you—wasn't that within your expectations?"

"Of course," Lin Yu said, crossing his legs and adjusting his sitting posture. "You're curious about how I did it... just like I'm curious about how you did it."

"Mind explaining the principles behind this intricate asylum?"

Freud nodded.

"As you said, and as you previously received hints... my core technique involves separating soul and body."

"This was also my method back when I was a 'Player.'"

Lin Yu nodded: "Three intensive care rooms, corresponding exactly to our three players, right?... Each reincarnation cycle essentially fulfills certain conditions that allow you to activate your ability, transferring part of our souls, cognition, and memories into the hospital rooms."

"Extremely clever."

Freud marveled: "Such promising material... no wonder the gods value you."

Lin Yu looked at Freud, ignoring his praise.

"So, why?"

"What do you want from us... or rather, what exactly are you trying to accomplish by operating here?"

"I'm very curious about your motivation."

As Lin Yu spoke, Freud laughed.

"Because I died as a 'Player.'"

Although it was just a brief statement, it was enough for Lin Yu to understand Freud's purpose.

"So it's such a simple reason."

Freud had emphasized his identity as a 'Player' and his current state of being "dead" in a certain sense.

Only people with a strong desire to live would enter the game and become Players.

So...

Everything he was doing was obviously to escape this lingering state and "revive" properly.

"So that means players' corpses and souls are very useful to you?"

Thinking this, Lin Yu suddenly frowned: "Oh, wait... that's not right... probably only souls are useful, and only parts of souls at that."

"Otherwise, you wouldn't have left the bodies of previous players here, having them act out roles."

"Even leaving part of their souls remaining in their bodies—that's also your method of controlling them."

As Lin Yu spoke, Freud sighed.

"You're almost too perceptive—indeed, the setup here was too rushed. Once promising players like you recover their memories, they can even discern my needs."

"However... I'm still very curious about how you did it—I'm not referring to you disguising yourself as this girl." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"After all, I've been trapped in the Misty Islands for quite some time, so I'm not surprised that you have identity-changing methods. What surprises me is... how you came up with the idea."

Lin Yu pointed at the intensive care unit door beside them: "The first time I saw the soul you separated from 'Robin,' I was certain that you relied on this method, and only this method."

All the reincarnation cycles essentially involved him tampering with memories and souls.

The medical staff and other patients' bodies and souls had been completely assimilated by him, which even allowed things like resurrection from death—because they were essentially animated corpses, existence like marionettes.

But players who had just entered, even if their souls were temporarily stripped away bit by bit like peeling fruit during repeated "reincarnation cycles," still maintained autonomous consciousness.

"Your methods are too 'logical'—just like when you called those two chairs earlier."

"Those chairs were 'called' from the nearby office... not generated from nothing, nor appearing out of thin air."

Lin Yu sighed: "You have control over this place, but it's incomplete—I could confirm this through too many aspects."

"The god who could boldly send an incarnation directly inside, that mysterious self-proclaimed demigod who gave me hints."

"You can modify memories and cognition, but you can't see through the disguise on me, lacking any direct method to identify people through souls..."

"You mostly rely on those 'NPCs' perspectives to monitor our actions. Even during 'reincarnation cycles,' you can only read part of our memories rather than our souls, so I simply stopped using 【Closed Mind】, voluntarily let my memories be lost and suggested to myself not to think about my arrangements."

"This was the plan I devised targeting your weaknesses."

"Remember the octopus and ninja who were with me at the beginning? Those two used complete invisibility to thoroughly explore this hospital along routes even I didn't know about."

"So, I found the 'wine cellar' outside your control..."

"Using the completely insane 'former director' there, I accomplished the substitution of 'Robin'—the Robin there was just an illusion disguised by 'Hannah.'"

"Then, 'I' died there... If I could deceive you, of course I could deceive that crazy person too. Although she's dangerous, she's not clever enough."

"And then, when another 'reset' occurred—it happened exactly as I expected."

"The moment memories were lost, I activated 【Closed Mind】, and afterwards firmly believed I was Robin," Lin Yu took out an "Exit Permit" with "Jiang Lin" written on it, "this hospital that you don't completely control but operates according to your will would truly treat me as Robin."

"Your methods all revolve around cognition and memory, so of course I could exploit that."

"As for Stiller... after all, he was trained by 'Truth Corporation.' Although he couldn't immerse himself like I did, he could still manage to empty his mind completely."

Lin Yu spread his hands: "And then... you couldn't help but appear personally."