Love in a mental hospital

Chapter 328: Thoughts on Creating a Sect in a Dream
Gu Ran believes that what makes him different from others is not his appearance or his dream of becoming a black dragon, but his love for work.

He likes to work hard and get the due compensation for his labor. He is very satisfied with such a life.

"Don't you feel tired? You get up early every day, make rounds, see patients, and write self-criticisms. Your girlfriend is still in the office, and you are together every day." Li Xiaoye asked.

"Do you find it tiring to stay with your girlfriend every day?" Gu Ran asked curiously.

"Of course!" Li Xiaoye thought he was weird. "Sometimes I want to concentrate on my work, and sometimes I want to chat with other women - just pure chatting. No matter how you think, it's enough to see your girlfriend once a week."

"You're talking about a sex buddy, not a girlfriend. A girlfriend is your future family." Gu Ran said.

"My family is annoying too." Li Xiaoye sighed, looking at the ceiling.

"Is this the reason why you secretly cursed Li Hui?" Gu Ran asked.

"Superficial!" Li Xiaoye said, "The real reason is that she knew something she shouldn't have known and discovered my secret. Anyone who knows the secret must die."

"Everyone in the institute knows that you are an alien."

"Impossible!" Li Xiaoye struggled.

"Doctor Gu, leave it to us!" Nurse Feiyangyang and Nurse Old Man couldn't bear it any longer. As nurses, they had to rescue the patient from the doctor!
Gu Ran let go of Li Xiaoye’s neck and let go of Li Xiaoye’s arm.

The two nurses held Li Xiaoye protectively.

"Mr. Li, please come back to the ward with us!"

"Gu Ran, you beastly doctor, how did you know? Did someone tell on me? Who was it?! I'm going to kill him!"

"Please calm down, Mr. Li. If you continue like this, the doctor will put you in solitary confinement and inject you with a drug that affects your mental state!"

"Gu Ran, you are worse than an animal. How dare you treat me like this? You traitor, you shall not die well! Where is your soul? Is it rotten? I am going to fight you with a mop dipped in feces!"

The momentum of Li Xiaoye who was dragged away made Gu Ran look like a running dog of the imperial army.

Gu Ran put his hands in the pockets of his white coat with a look of satisfaction.

It's really fun to go to work.

After suppressing the situation in the ward and resolving the curse incident, Dr. Gu was contentedly preparing to go out for dinner with his leader (Su Qing) and colleague (Chen Ke).

"Doctor Gu, what's the name of the move you used to subdue Li Xiaoye?" Xie Xiya also came, holding a notebook in her hand.

"Psychologists don't need to learn how to fight," Su Qing said.

"But the nurses said that we need to learn how to fight in a mental hospital." Xie Xiya was puzzled.

"Even if the doctor doesn't need it, as a girl you need it. Su Qing will teach you the literature and I will teach you the martial arts." Gu Ran said.

"Thank you, Dr. Gu." Xie Xiya's eyes showed a little expectation.

"This move is called 'Taichu Capturing Hand'. It has a very impressive name, but it's just bragging. I have practiced so hard for so long, but I can only capture aliens."

"Isn't it just a grappling technique?" Chen Ke asked.

"This is different from ordinary grappling techniques!"

"It's still a grappling technique." Su Qing said with a smile.

"I feel sorry for you, Xiya. With a master who likes to suppress others like this, your study life must be very difficult, right?"

"Well?" Xie Xiya did not comment.

"It's okay. As someone who is often suppressed by Su Qing, I have a lot of experience. I will teach you another mental method called 'Small Zhoutian Body Protection Qi'. Just think about other things when she suppresses you."

"Isn't this an escape?" Xie Xiya expressed her opinion quite quickly this time.

"Useless escape is cowardice, useful escape is wisdom. When the King of Qin circled the pillar, who wouldn't say that it was a good escape?"

After thinking carefully, Xie Xiya replied: "Doctor Gu, your martial arts are too profound."

"Anyone who speaks profoundly is either a genius or a madman." Su Qing's smile clearly indicated that Gu Ran was the latter.

Today is Monday, He Qingyan went to Haicheng International High School with Gege, otherwise she could have become Gu Ran's helper.

Xie Xiya continued: "I'd better learn from Doctor Su and Doctor Chen and hide aside when they fight."

Gu Ran laughed.

Su Qing and Chen Ke both found it funny, not only because of Xie Xiya's sharp tongue, but also because of Gu Ran's arrogant look when he succeeded.

After dinner, Gu Ran, who was supposed to go to Yan Hanxiang's office, was told to go directly to the dean's office.

Do I have to write another self-criticism?
This was his first reaction.

No, just like I want to sleep as soon as I lie down on the bed, I want to eat at 11:30, I want to have a day off every Friday, I want to touch the mimosa when I see it, and I want to peek at the beautiful girl when I see her - bah, no - I actually linked the 'Dean's Office' with 'self-criticism'!

In order to dispel this strange association in his mind, Gu Ran walked to the dean's office with his head held high and told himself that he was going to receive the award!

The dean's office is simply furnished with a wall of bookshelves, a large desk, and a set of sofas.

Zhuang Jing and Yan Hanxiang sat on the sofa.

"Aunt Jing, Aunt Xiang." Since there were no outsiders around, Gu Ran did not call them by their titles.

"Sit down. Take a look." Before Gu Ran sat down completely, Zhuang Jing handed him a stack of information.

A simple booklet made of printed paper and then stapled together.

Gu Ran opened the white paper that served as the cover. The layout of the first page looked like a resume with a photo attached.

Name: Zhou Lingying
Age: twenty-one years old

Unit: Studying at Sichuan University
Resume: No friends, kept to myself, dropped out of school in third grade

After briefly reading some text, Gu Ran looked at the photo. His pupils immediately dilated and he raised his head in surprise, looking at Zhuang Jing and Yan Hanxiang.

"What is this?" He couldn't believe it.

Zhuang Jing nodded: "It's the girl we met in our dream."

The woman in the black cloak followed by two men.

Gu Ran hurriedly lowered his head and continued reading. This page looked like a job resume, but the more he read, the more it felt like a medical record.

Even the information on how to be admitted to the hospital is clearly written.

[Diagnosis: Acute and transient schizophrenia-like disorder]

There are also excerpts from the diary:

1. [The soul was pulled and split into two halves, one half was in great pain and was being beaten, and the other half was indifferent and ruthless, watching the other half being beaten, resisting, asking for help, and wailing]

2. [Blurred vision, overlapping shadows of colors, the world is stretched and deformed, why does my mother's hands have sharp claws, my head hurts, my head hurts so much]

3. Where am I?

4. [Save me, save me, save me, no one can save you, everyone is going to hurt you, run away]

Gu Ran read it carefully and when she looked up, she felt an inexplicable chill. She didn't expect that the girl who tried so hard to survive in the dream would be so helpless in reality.

Is she waiting for rescue?
Gu Ran turned another page. This time he changed his habit of reading text and looked at the photos first.

It's the man behind the girl.

Name: Zhang Yue

Age: twenty-seven years old

Unit: Technician of Hangzhou Zhenxing Technology Co., Ltd.
Turning the page, they saw the 'villagers' that Gu Ran and his friends met after they got lost. They had been in various parts of the country before, with different identities, but now, without exception, they all lived in a mental hospital and had become patients.

"Are all the people in that place mentally ill?" Gu Ran asked.

"Based on the information we have so far, yes," Yan Hanxiang said, "but we can't be sure yet, so Zhuang Jing and I plan to go again. This time we'll look for the patients in the sanatorium building, if they're on the first floor."

"If you meet other people, should you bring them back?" Gu Ran asked again.

"No." Yan Hanxiang rejected it immediately. Zhuang Jing also shook her head gently: "Make sure the patients don't remember us before considering saving them. Otherwise, every patient will say they dreamed of us after they recover, which will be very troublesome."

It's more than just trouble.

"And we can't save all of them, silly boy," Yan Hanxiang said.

Yes, they are endless. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said, 'I will not attain Buddhahood until hell is empty.' Today, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is still a Bodhisattva.

How could hell be empty?

How is it possible that there are people in the world who don’t break the law?
Moreover, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is immortal, but what about him? First of all, he must have his own life, and it is impossible for him to save people all the time. Secondly, after his death, the number of mental illnesses will still not decrease.

Gu Ran suddenly thought of Xie Xiya.

To be more precise, I thought of the conversation with Xie Xiya.

If he could really create the "heart method" and teach it to the people in the dream, could they save themselves?
Just like the "Sutra of the Original Vow of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva", "The Mahayana Mahasamniptita Sutra of the Ten Wheels of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva", "The Sutra of the Ten Kings of the Causes and Conditions of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Aspiration to Hell" and other sutras, sutras can warn people to avoid falling into hell after death, which can also be regarded as a way to make hell successful.

It’s a permanent solution.

If I also have a "scripture" and let people in the dream world read and learn it, perhaps it can help them "redeem themselves" and return to reality.

Gu Ran immediately expressed his idea and waited expectantly for their opinions.

Zhuang Jing and Yan Hanxiang were both stunned for a moment.

Yan Hanxiang smiled bitterly and said, "You are quite imaginative, kid."

"It's difficult, as difficult as imagining it, but it's very interesting." Zhuang Jing smiled, with a hint of excitement, "We can start with 'transcendence', especially since we have patients. By combining reality with dreams, we can get a lot of data.

"Heilong saves people, and 'stowaways' like Hanxiang and I save people, step by step, and maybe we can finally reach the stage of 'patients saving themselves'."

Zhuang Jing is the mentality of a researcher.

Gu Ran, who recently started reading online novels, was thinking about establishing a school of thought in his dreams, letting patients become his disciples, and then "ascending" back to reality after they have learned the techniques.

There is an advantage to thinking this way, that is, by treating dreams as games, he himself is very motivated.

When doing something, the role of enthusiasm is needless to say, and the great world saying 'interest is the best teacher' is enough to prove it.

"It may not be some kind of mental method." Yan Hanxiang murmured.

"You seem to have an idea?" Zhuang Jing understood her.

"Not really. It's just inspiration. Have you read The Holy Family, or a Critique of the Critique of Critique?"

"I have seen it." Zhuang Jing pondered as he spoke, and finally asked, "What's wrong?"

After being reminded, she couldn't think of how this had any connection with 'helping the sick to be reborn', and how it could inspire inspiration.

As for Gu Ran, he is the same as you all.

"There's a sentence in it," Yan Hanxiang continued, "'Since a person's character is caused by the environment, the environment must be made to be in line with human nature.' We can build a camp like Fox Town, an environment suitable for 'returning to reality.'"

This is much more reliable than mental skills!

If you think about it carefully, isn’t this the reality?

Laws prevent people from falling into hell in their behavior; morality prevents people from falling into hell in their hearts. The combination of the two prevents society from turning into hell.

If that is the case, why can't we also compile 'laws' and 'morals' in dreams?
"What environment is suitable for returning to reality?" Gu Ran asked quickly.

"Who knows?" Yan Hanxiang looked at him with amusement, "However, we can first create an environment where we won't continue to fall."

"The effect may not be as good as imagined." Zhuang Jing pondered, as if he had already seen the camp that had been built in the future in his mind. "For them, it is just another reality. No matter how perfect it is, it is impossible to prevent everyone from falling down. Besides, the people who are there are very sensitive."

She looked up and smiled: "But it's worth a try."

"Is life interesting now?" Yan Hanxiang asked her.

Zhuang Jing just smiled.

Gu Ran felt very happy looking at them like this. Zhuang Jing and Yan Hanxiang both had their own [spiritual world]. Their minds were absolutely healthy and there was no need to worry. But if it could make them happier, that would naturally be the best.

"Go back and have a good sleep. Don't dream. Let's go to the barren grass plain together in the afternoon." Zhuang Jing said to Gu Ran.

"Ok."

Gu Ran walked out of the dean's office and headed briskly towards the group two office.

'Mind method', sect, camp, spiritual world... His imagination ran wild.

If he were to enter the dream again - provided that he dreamed of the first floor, who in the sanatorium would he save first?

It's not that he can save whoever he wants to save, it also depends on who is on the same level as him. In addition, whether or not to save the princess is also a question.

The phone in my pocket vibrates.

[He Qingyan: When will you take me to play in your dreams, brother? ]

[Gu Ran: I want to, too]

This sentence is true.

Gu Ran wanted to go on an adventure to save people in dreams with Su Qing, He Qingyan, Chen Ke and the others. Oh, and there was also Xie Xiya, this sharp-tongued female high school student who had very long legs and must have walked very fast.

Back in the Group 2 office, Gu Ran carefully lay down on the table and slept for a while.

In the afternoon, the second group of three went to the ward and reunited with Zhuang Jing, Yan Hanxiang and the young woman. They passed through the patient's [psychological shadow] and came to the barren grass plain.

Gu Ran raised his head, gazing at the bone-white moon through the black veil of the night.

After the black sun sets, is it this moon that rises?

"Gu Ran." Zhuang Jing called softly.

Gu Ran came back to his senses, held the [Cranked Scepter] in his hand, and silently said "Looking for the World Tree" in his heart, and then a mysterious feeling came to his mind.

It's like when you are writing an essay in a Chinese language exam. At the beginning you think of a very relevant famous quote. You know you have seen it before, but you just can't remember it. You can only look for various related memories, hoping to recall it by following these memories.

What emerged in Gu Ran's mind was the 'memories related to it'. The difference was that if he followed the 'memories', he would always find his target as long as nothing unexpected happened.

But you don't have to go.

Gu Ran held the crooked-handled shepherd's crook in his hand and looked up at the sky again. A black bird fell down, and he turned into an evil dragon with a pitch-black body, scarlet eyes, and terrifying wings.

The young woman opened her lips slightly, stunned.

Su Qing and Chen Ke were also confused. They didn't know that Gu Ran could transform into a black dragon at any time.

"Maybe we can find it this time." Yan Hanxiang whispered to Zhuang Jing.

"Let's go." Zhuang Jing stepped forward.

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《Personal Diary》: October 12, Monday, Jinghai

I want to create a sect of immortal cultivation in my dreams!

No, it’s about cultivating people. No, it’s about cultivating the mind!

Ascension means returning to the reality and having a mind that is far superior to that of ordinary people, which may be indifferent to honor or disgrace, or be positive and optimistic, or be indifferent, or be tolerant and peaceful, or be thick-skinned, or be a little heartless.

I want to be the patriarch of a sect, and my sect will be full of mental patients. Well, it's like the craziness in novels.

While saving people, please also let me take a break occasionally. I really want to go on adventures with Su Qing and the others and catch Pokémon.

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"Doctor's Diary":
Why does Li Xiaoye always swear? What does he hate? What does he want to vent about? Or is he dissatisfied with something?
I always feel like there's something hidden, so I want to ask Chen Ke about it.

(Zhuang Jing’s comment: I think it’s probably because of low quality)
(End of this chapter)