A Psychiatrist's Bizarre Game Journey / Dream of the Mist

Skills: None

Occupational characteristics:

① Immortal Child (Ordinary): Beautifies the skin, prolongs life, and improves temperament.

② Pollution (Rare): Energy that comes into contact with your aura will be polluted, and a very small amount of it will be converted into aura for absorption.

③ Spacetime Sense (Rare): Slightly reduces the difficulty of learning spacetime skills and allows the user to sense unmasked spacetime fluctuations within a small area.

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"Wow... two more features, not bad at all."

Zhou Ke'er nodded, "Although spacetime perception isn't very useful, the pollution effect is practically a bug-like weapon! As long as you're not completely overwhelmed, using this disgusting characteristic to kill opponents of a higher level shouldn't be too difficult..."

Just then, a soft sound was heard, and another person suddenly appeared in the safe house.

"Ugh! I'm so angry!!"

Before she could see anyone, she heard their voice. Before Zhou Ke'er could even turn around to see who it was, she felt a tremendous force coming from the sofa. Caught off guard, Zhou Ke'er, who was lying on the sofa, fell to the ground with a thud and rolled under the coffee table along with the overturned sofa.

"what..."

Zhou Ke'er emerged from under the coffee table, looking disheveled. When she looked up, she saw Leng Chi Tu kicking the overturned sofa in frustration—completely unaware of the poor, innocent Zhou Ke'er caught in the crossfire.

"Um... could you help me out? I think I'm stuck..."

Zhou Ke'er collapsed to the ground helplessly, mimicking Honghe's expression, and asked with dead fish eyes.

"Ok?"

Cold-Eating Rabbit then noticed Zhou Ke'er under the coffee table. He barely managed to suppress his angry expression and looked at Zhou Ke'er with suspicion, asking, "What are you doing in there?"

"Hey! You're accusing me first! I was just lying on the sofa perfectly fine, and you were the one who inexplicably flipped it over!"

Zhou Ke'er squinted, retorting with extreme displeasure, then couldn't help but reveal a sly smile: "But, judging from your expression... you must have died in the module, right? Hmm, just dying wouldn't make you this angry... did you encounter a disgusting way to die or disgusting teammates?"

"Ugh! It makes me so angry! It's outrageous! That module is definitely flawed! The mission objectives are just too buggy!"

Cold-cooked Rabbit, who had only reached out to grab Zhou Ke'er halfway, heard her words and his anger flared up again. He couldn't help but clench his fists and slam them on the coffee table several times, gritting his teeth as he spoke.

"...Then why don't you pull me out first...no, you could even lift the coffee table...are you using me to experiment with hitting a cow from behind a mountain?"

Zhou Ke'er lay sprawled on the ground, her face turned to the side, utterly dejected, looking helplessly at the sulking cold-cooked rabbit.

"Oh, I'm sorry... I was so angry I lost my temper..."

Cold-Eating Rabbit finally came to its senses, scratched its head sheepishly, and forcefully overturned the coffee table. Zhou Ke'er then crawled out from underneath and pounced on the overturned sofa again, collapsing against the back of the sofa like a towel being hung out to dry. She yawned and said, "So? What happened? Tell me what's bothering you so I can cheer you up."

"I just downloaded a mod on Hard difficulty. The mod's setting is supposed to be an era before advanced firearms. Our main mission is to kill a target. Initially, the intelligence indicated that the target only had two pistols, so I thought the mission would be easy... but I was so naive..."

Cold-Eating Rabbit was extremely frustrated and, ignoring Zhou Ke'er's teasing, continued to explain angrily, "That guy... he was clearly holding a pistol, that's true, but he didn't need to reload at all! And the rate of fire of that pistol was even faster than a submachine gun! The lethality was even greater than a sniper rifle! That's really outrageous! He could even shoot down the air support we finally managed to get with a pistol!"

The problem is, that mod world is clearly a normal world, without any magic or supernatural elements!

What's even worse is that one of our teammates went through a lot of trouble to devise a plan and finally managed to get one of the pistols from the target. We wanted to see what kind of design it was, so even if we didn't understand it, at least we could fight back, and at least our weapons would be evenly matched! But! Once the gun was in our hands, it turned out to be just an ordinary pistol!

Finally, we discovered... it wasn't a problem with the weapon, but rather that the pistol gained these extra features once it was in his hands!

Cold-cooked Rabbit finished speaking in one breath, then couldn't help but catch his breath. He slammed his hand on the sofa, panting heavily. Feeling so angry about this, he kicked the sofa several times.

Zhou Ke'er, hanging on the back of the sofa, swayed back and forth with the sofa being kicked and made to wobble. Hmm... it was quite fun.

"The worst part is that several times when we had him completely surrounded and there was nowhere for him to escape, he would say, 'I bet you guys don't have any bullets in your guns,' and then our magazines would actually be empty! Isn't that supernatural? That's just too much of a bug! That's cheating!"

Even if we attacked before he uttered those words, and even if we had several magazines ready to fire at any moment... all he had to do was say, "I'll let you see your own brains," and then he would miss all the bullets in a bizarre way, and then instantly appear behind us to launch an attack!

In the end, we were all wiped out! We were all wiped out! I'm so angry!!

The cold-cooked rabbit got so angry that it flipped the sofa over again.

Zhou Ke'er, who was hanging on the back of the sofa, was naturally also flipped up. After spinning around in the air a few times, she fell to the ground at an odd angle and rolled under the coffee table again.

"..."

Zhou Ke'er and Leng Chi Tu, with only their heads sticking out of the coffee table, stared at each other.

"I'm so sorry, I'll pull you out right away."

Cold-cooked rabbit paused for a moment, then quickly said, making a move to lift the coffee table.

"No... never mind, I think staying here is fine..."

Zhou Ke'er squinted helplessly and said, then changed the subject, "By the way... why are you playing games in broad daylight... oh right, I remember now, you're a professional gamer, right? Yeah... a professional carry player..."

"What's wrong with sucking up to powerful people?! Do you look down on people who suck up to powerful people?!"

Despite being in the wrong, the cold-cooked rabbit was still defiant and retorted angrily.

"No, no... I just wanted to say... are there really game studios that would hire professional players who want to ride on the coattails of others? And even pay them? Can you recommend such a great studio to me?"

Zhou Ke'er said she didn't want to work hard anymore. Even if she couldn't hook up with a rich girl, finding a job where she could just freeload would be fine.

"...No salary. I'm a professional gamer, but I don't own a studio, so what? Is that not allowed!"

Cold-cooked Rabbit was taken aback by Zhou Ke'er's question, then muttered in a low voice, "I originally got into a studio through connections, but since I've already joined your side, I quit..."

"Oh... then who will pay your salary? I don't have any money!"

Zhou Ke'er's eyes sharpened! He seemed to have caught the unspoken meaning and quickly peered at the cold-cooked rabbit through the coffee table, speaking hastily.

"I don't need you to pay my salary!! My family is rich, so what if I just sit around and live off our wealth?! You look down on me!"

Cold-cooked rabbit slammed its hand on the coffee table and angrily retorted, completely unreasonable yet full of bravado.

"Oh... then it's alright..."

Oh, we're the same kind. That's alright then.

Zhou Ke'er curled her lip in disinterest and changed the subject, saying, "Okay, do you still want to continue? How about we download the module together?"

"Tch...aren't you playing games here in broad daylight too!"

"Cold-cooked rabbit" muttered under its breath, then nodded.

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165. The Great Rescue of the Heroes (Part 1)

Successfully selected "Hard" "Multiplayer" (Team) Dungeon

Number of participants: 3-5 people

Loading...

Enjoy the game!

As the system notification tone faded, a CG intro followed, as usual.

Hmm... this time it seems to be a setting of swords and magic.

The opening scene features a colossal dragon that blots out the sky, roaring across the heavens and spewing flames. With just a glancing blow, it flattens a large area, blasting countless humans, elves, and many other species into the air, filling the entire screen with a magnificent and awe-inspiring spectacle.

Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that two opposing camps are engaged in a fierce battle.

One side consists mostly of creatures with horns on their heads, black or red skin, or who look no different from ordinary humans but have ferocious wings, or have a black halo on their heads; perhaps they should be called "demons".

The other side consisted mostly of humans, with fully armed soldiers charging forward, interspersed with many dwarves, supported by archers and mages. Most of the archers were handsome elves with pointed ears. Flying in the air were many beings with pure white wings, also armed, resembling angels.

With the footage sped up, the battle quickly came to an end—the human alliance suffered a crushing defeat.

Fortunately, the Human Alliance still had its strongest members guarding the last royal city, thus avoiding defeat and destruction.

Knowing that such a precarious existence could not last long, the human alliance finally found a solution: summoning heroes from another world!

Soon, the Human Alliance selected a suitable hero. Once summoned, they could defeat the Demon King's army and reclaim the lost territory.

The summoning circle is ready, but there's one last step missing...

We need to send someone to the other world to kill the hero in order to summon him to this world.

(Zhou Ke'er: ???)

Meanwhile, the Demon King's army also learned that the human alliance was going to summon the hero. In order to stop the human alliance, they sent people to protect the hero so that the human alliance could turn the tide.

(Zhou Ke'er: ???)

Main Quest: Protect the defenseless hero. Reward: 20 Sanity Points

[Advanced Quest: Defeat the invading human alliance. Reward: 10 Sanity Points/time]

[Bonus Mission: Frustrate the Human Alliance's plot and annihilate humanity! Reward: 50 Sanity Points]

Side Quest: Not Triggered

"Huh? So we're now part of the Demon King's alliance?"

Zhou Ke'er stroked her chin. "Humans have to kill the hero, and the Demon King has to protect the hero... Hmm, it feels a bit ironic. Seriously, is the premise that you have to kill the hero to summon him for real?! And most importantly... we players are truly defenseless! How are we supposed to fight those enemies?!"

[Note: Players are soldiers belonging to the seventh vanguard squad of the Demon King's army, dispatched to another world to protect the hero.]

Due to the laws governing interdimensional travel, beings sent to other worlds must be of increasing strength, and the number is limited. Only when the previously dispatched beings die can stronger reinforcements be sent.

As soldiers of the vanguard, commonly known as the suicide squad—the so-called cannon fodder—your goal is not only to complete the Demon King's army's mission, but also to survive!

[Module Fix: Based on the player's identity, the system will randomly assign the player a corresponding race, identity, and three skills that match their strength. Ranking is in progress...]

The result randomly assigned to player "Zhou Ke'er" is:

Type: Charm

Identity: A pitiful succubus who was expelled from the Demon Realm Academy due to her poor seductive performance and repeated failures in assessments. She had no choice but to join the Demon King's vanguard battalion to accumulate military merits in an attempt to re-enter the Demon Realm Academy.

Skills: "Flame Barrier (Low-Tier)", "Mind Deception (Low-Tier)", "Hand of the Underworld"

Skill Name: Flame Barrier (Low-Tier)

Quality: Normal

Type: Defense

Special effect: Forms a barrier made of hellfire to protect itself, with a maximum capacity of 5×5m.

Cooling: 5 minutes

Cost: 10 Mana