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

Even Zhou Ke'er was shocked by these words. This was the real Touma Kamijou! This was practically a causal rule setting!

"Um...don't you have a name like Kamijou Touma?"

Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but ask.

Who is that?

Zhang He asked in confusion, "I've never heard of this name before. Is it someone you know?"

"He is the protagonist of an anime from the old era."

Red Crane did know a little about it. "I happened to see some information about this in the Old Era Library before. It seems to be about a particularly unlucky person, right?"

"More or less?"

Zhou Ke'er scratched her head, not revealing Touma Kamijou's nickname "womanizer".

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14. Everyone involved is a villain.

Seeing that everyone—well... except for those who were asleep and feeling drowsy—looked quite surprised, Zhang He sighed, picked up his water glass, and walked back to the water dispenser, muttering under his breath, "Ah... what an ugly posture, looking so panicked is not beautiful at all."

Just as he approached the water dispenser, a loud "bang" was heard, and the water bottle on the dispenser exploded without warning. Fortunately, it did not cause any harm, but only splashed water all over Zhang He.

"..."

Zhang He's eyelids twitched visibly, as if he was about to explode, but he immediately muttered to himself several times, "How ugly it is to lose control, be beautiful, be beautiful..."

He quickly calmed down, his expression returned to normal, and he turned to the others apologetically, saying, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect things to turn out this way."

"No...it's nothing, nobody could have predicted this would happen..."

"What do you all think?" said the Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm awkwardly, then looked at the others.

At this moment, Zhou Ke'er was rummaging through cabinets and drawers, feeling drowsy and sleepy. Only Honghe glanced at the Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm with little interest and said perfunctorily, "Oh, um, okay."

Then she whispered, "Ugh... how boring, how could it be so boring..."

Her disheveled appearance, almost as if she were growing mushrooms, was completely at odds with her lively looks, and looked incredibly incongruous.

"Ahem... Um, Zhang He, why did you suddenly decide to get a drink of water? We don't usually have that need in modules, do we?"

The Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm seemed a little embarrassed and quickly changed the subject.

"Ha, it's obvious you've never properly browsed the official website."

Zhou Ke'er, who was rummaging through drawers nearby, chuckled during a break, "It's clearly stated above that players need to eat and drink in the module, but the module's duration usually doesn't make players feel unbearably hungry or thirsty, which is why you think you don't need to eat or drink in this game."

"Is...is that so?"

"God Realm Nine Tribulations," Shenyu asked in surprise, seemingly genuinely unaware of the matter.

"Yes. And our status is already indicated on the status panel: 'Slightly Hungry' and 'Slightly Thirsty.'"

Zhang He nodded and carefully shook off the water droplets from his clothes. Fortunately, his robe was made of brocade, so it didn't get wet easily.

After thinking for a moment, he looked at the Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm again and added, "Carelessness is an ugly thing; only meticulous observation can be called beautiful."

"..."

The Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm opened his mouth, unsure of how to respond. This guy kept talking about ugliness and beauty; how was anyone supposed to keep talking about that? This verbal tic was just too strange!

"Ah, right... although this question is boring, this module is boring, everything is boring... but..."

The listless red crane raised its eyelids and looked at Zhang He, reminding him, "In this module, Zhang He, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to wear a long robe? It must be cumbersome to run around in, so why don't you change your clothes?"

"Although it is an ugly thing to change the conditions to suit this place, I also have reasons why I cannot change this outfit."

Zhang He shook his head helplessly, then showed everyone the attributes of the long robe.

【Name: Magnificent Brocade Long Gown】

[Quality: Average]

[Effect: Provides a slight defensive effect, offers good protection against cold and heat, and can slightly improve luck.]

[Note: This is a masterpiece crafted by a highly skilled artisan, made from superior Shu brocade. It is believed to bring abundant blessings and ensure peace and prosperity.]

"this..."

The Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm glanced at Zhang He in shock, not because of his superior equipment, but because...

"Your luck has been boosted, and you're still so unlucky!"

Zhou Ke'er said those words before the Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm, and he felt a sentence stuck in his throat, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Ahem... well, how about we wake up from this spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue first? Sleeping here isn't really a good idea..."

Seeing that the atmosphere had suddenly become a bit awkward, Shenyu Jiujie quickly changed the subject, saying, "After all, the system said that there was a half-hour safety period at the beginning, which should have been for us to analyze the situation and make plans. But we haven't done anything yet, and five minutes have already passed."

"That's right, ignoring your comrades...what a despicable act!"

Zhang He nodded and said earnestly.

"I wasn't sleeping."

Just then, Spring Sleepiness and Autumn Fatigue suddenly spoke up.

But when everyone turned around, she was clearly still dozing off with her eyes closed.

"I didn't sleep."

Feeling drowsy in spring and tired in autumn, he closed his eyes and repeated, "I'm just dozing off. Dozing off and sleeping are different."

"Well... if you're really tired, wouldn't it be better to get some sleep instead of forcing yourself to play games?"

"God Realm Nine Tribulations," he said hesitantly.

"I didn't want to sleep, I was just dozing off."

Spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue finally opened his eyes, and he looked at the Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm with a serious expression, saying, "Dozing off and wanting to sleep are different. Dozing off is special."

The Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm looked completely bewildered, seemingly wanting to ask more questions.

Seeing his drowsy and listless state, the spring sleepy and autumn tired person sighed impatiently, showed the title attributes to everyone, and then closed their eyelids again.

Title: The Dreamless Sleepless One

[Effect: When in a drowsy state, restores one-tenth of sanity every half hour; when asleep, sanity is fixed at 0, but the user does not fall into a state of madness and has a high chance of attracting strange entities.]

(Note: When sanity is full, the restored sanity can be stored, up to a maximum of half of the original sanity.)

[Note: This is the mist's curse upon you, or perhaps... its gift.]

"This title is dangerous!"

"If you accidentally fall asleep and attract something, we're all doomed!" Shenyu Jiujie exclaimed in surprise.

"Not always."

Zhou Ke'er walked over carrying several bags of compressed biscuits and a simple first-aid kit. "The monster was only attracted by her, which means only she is suffering. What does it have to do with us? At worst, we can just throw her out."

Besides, since she did it even knowing the effects of the title, it means she's confident she can solve the problem. You don't need to worry unnecessarily.

Zhang He frowned slightly upon hearing this, seemingly finding such ugly rhetoric unacceptable. The Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm also disagreed and was about to retort when suddenly, Spring Sleepiness and Autumn Fatigue snapped their eyes open, looking refreshed and energetic.

"Oh dear, I don't know what happened, but I'm suddenly not sleepy anymore."

Spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue caused him to turn his face away from Zhou Ke'er, and he crossed his arms and read aloud.

"It seems really boring, but... you just said it was dozing off, not being sleepy..."

With dead fish eyes, Honghe bluntly exposed her, saying, "You said before that dozing off and being sleepy are different, what a boring point of view, ah... so boring."

"Tch...why didn't any hotheads jump out and offer to protect me?"

His spring drowsiness and autumn lethargy were exposed, so he glanced at Shenyu Jiujie and Zhang He with displeasure and said meaningfully, "The world is going to the dogs! What's wrong with people these days? Don't they have any respect for the elderly, care for the young, or help the weak?"

"!"

Seeing this guy's listless and lethargic state, Shenyu Jiujie felt a sudden collapse of his ideals, almost like a heart attack. He had just been about to speak up for him!

Zhang He couldn't help but frown deeply. "How despicable! To try to depend on others, yet still speak ill of them—what a despicable person would do such a thing! How utterly despicable!"

"Pfft! Hahaha, you two are hilarious..."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ke'er glanced at the serious-looking Shenyu Jiujie and Zhang He, then at Chun Kanqiu, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Zhang He and the Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm looked at him with confusion and slight annoyance. Anyone would be angry if they were mocked for no reason.

"Sigh, it's boring... but your stupid antics are just too uninteresting..."

Honghe sighed, slumped dejectedly onto the sofa that had just springed up, and explained to the two puzzled people, "Obviously, 'spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue' is just a joke, although it's really a terrible joke... It's such a meaningless and boring joke. Are people this bored these days?"

"whispering sound...."

Spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue gave a silent scoff, then pouted and said, "Alright, alright, I won't fall asleep. Even if I accidentally doze off, I'll take care of myself, so don't worry. I guarantee it with my experience clearing the 'Dense Fog' difficulty dungeon, okay?"

After saying that, she closed her eyes and started to doze off, muttering to herself, "You guys should hurry up and think about what to do next, ten minutes have already passed. As for me, I'll just listen to your discussion, I have no objections."

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15. Is it wrong for a psychiatrist to have a mental illness?

"All right...."

The Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm said rather awkwardly, "Then let's think together what we should do."

These words led to... no, a stalemate.

Everyone started waiting for someone else to start, but no one actually spoke up.

"I think we shouldn't think that far ahead yet. Let's set some short-term, urgent goals first, such as finding self-defense weapons, medicines, and routes and methods to reach the edge of the city."

Zhang He thought for a moment, and seeing that no one else spoke up, he suggested, "Aiming too high is not a beautiful thing."

"Although discussing this is a boring thing, I still have to say that when all the conditions are relatively clear at the beginning, we should at least set a general goal. Otherwise, even if we complete the series of preparations you mentioned, we will be just like headless flies."

Flamingo shook her head and retorted, "The only outcome of that would be being pushed around by the modules without any understanding of what's going on, which is the most boring thing ever."

"Hmm...that makes sense."

After listening to this, Zhang He thought about it carefully and agreed that Honghe was right.

"Please don't panic, everyone. I have three strategies: the best, the middle, and the worst. Please listen carefully."

Just then, Zhou Ke'er put down the compressed biscuits and first-aid kit she was holding, picked up a colorful piece of paper and pretended to be a fan, looking like she was in complete control.