[Investigation scene, Fleeing Phoenix] (4)

Eliminate the random wylebeasts (creatures) that spawn. You will receive +127 XP. Your current experience is 1,524 / 2,000.

Interact with the damaged door to the ground floor office. This is the Blood-stained door (Key Evidence 1/5).

Interact with the book on the worktable near the stairs. This is Auctarium ad Vitam Peirescii (Evidence 1/4).

Go into the chain-link room and interact with the blood-stained tools by the alchemist's operating table. These are "Surgery" tools (Evidence 2/4).

Interact with the manacles attached to the central post. These are Manacles (Evidence 3/4).

Use Mind's Eye (a special ability) on the manacles and concentrate on the vision of the past. This reveals a new Mind Palace clue: "Alchemist tried to learn from Usha" and the Manacles vision (Key Evidence 2/5).

In the Mind Palace (an area where you piece together clues), combine the clues "Hill will help me if I find Usha" and "Alchemist tried to learn from Usha". This results in the deduction "Usha told Hill nothing" [MIND PALACE, DEDUCTIONS].

Head upstairs and interact with the jar on the desk and examine its label. This is Jar of essential saltes (Evidence 4/4).

Interact with the journal on the desk. This reveals a new Mind Palace clue: "Alchemist seeks a cure for madness" and is the Alchemist's journal [CASEBOOK, Fleeing Phoenix] (Key Evidence 3/5).

In the Mind Palace, combine the clues "Hill will help me if I find Usha" and "Alchemist seeks a cure for madness". This results in the deduction "Hill revived the dead for answers" [MIND PALACE, DEDUCTIONS].

Enter the Retrocognition vision (a vision of past events) near the top of the stairs.

Find the three critical scenes within the vision: near the desk upstairs, near the blood-stained door, and near the manacles.

Mark the scenes in chronological order: 1. near the desk upstairs, 2. near the manacles, 3. near the blood-stained door.

After the vision, a conversation will start between Charles Reed and Raymond Archer. Choose dialogue options to progress.

After the conversation, you will receive new Mind Palace clues: "Hill left Raymond in mortal danger", "Usha wants Hill dead", and "Stone fingers in the garden of the dead". You will also receive Secret of the alchemy lab [CASEBOOK, Fleeing Phoenix] (Key Evidence 4/5) and Usha's Proposal [CASEBOOK, Fleeing Phoenix] (Key Evidence 5/5). You will receive the Key Evidence Collected and All Evidence Collected notifications, and +184 XP [SKILLS]. Your current experience is 1,708 / 2,000.

In the Mind Palace, combine the clues "Resurrected Mayan tried to kill Hill" and "Usha wants Hill dead". This leads to one of the following deductions: "Usha will help me if I kill Hill" [MIND PALACE, DEDUCTIONS], OR "Usha won't tell me anything" [MIND PALACE, DEDUCTIONS], OR "Usha can tell me about Cthygonnaar" [MIND PALACE, DEDUCTIONS].

In the Mind Palace, combine the clues "Raymond was hired as a graverobber" and "Hill left Raymond in mortal danger". This leads to one of the following deductions: "Hill betrayed Raymond" [MIND PALACE, DEDUCTIONS], AND "Hill can be my ally" [MIND PALACE, DEDUCTIONS], OR "Hill cannot be trusted" [MIND PALACE, DEDUCTIONS].

In the Mind Palace, combine the deductions "Usha won't tell me anything" and "Hill can be my ally". This leads to the deduction "Usha must be killed" [MIND PALACE, DEDUCTIONS].

In the Mind Palace, combine the deductions "Usha won't tell me anything" and "Hill cannot be trusted". This leads to the deduction "Usha and Hill must both die" [MIND PALACE, DEDUCTIONS].

In the Mind Palace, combine the deductions "Usha can tell me about Cthygonnaar" and "Hill cannot be trusted". This leads to the deduction "Hill must be killed" [MIND PALACE, DEDUCTIONS].

In the Mind Palace, combine the clues "An underwater tomb" and "Stone fingers in the garden of the dead". This reveals Usha's hideout [CASEBOOK, Fleeing Phoenix].

Leave the lab.