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

Zhou Ke'er naturally breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Long Aotian, who was making a last-ditch effort, with an extremely smug expression. She made a mocking face on the spot: "Hehehe, come and hit me, you idiot!"

Immediately afterwards, with a flash of white light, Zhou Ke'er was teleported to the settlement space before Long Aotian could touch her.

Since the side quest failed and none of the other quests were completed, there were naturally no rewards, making it a completely wasted trip. However, Zhou Ke'er didn't care much and quickly exited the settlement space, returning to the safe house.

As soon as she entered, Zhou Ke'er heard a familiar sound of a sofa being forcefully overturned, and immediately saw something being thrown from the sofa, tumbling and rolling in the air, flying towards her.

Zhou Ke'er subconsciously reached out and caught the thing, but upon closer inspection, she realized it was actually a pair of sand between her fingers, leaving her completely bewildered.

Hmm... After glancing up again at Lengchitu, who was kicking the sofa in a fit of rage, Zhou Ke'er's eyes immediately sharpened. The case was solved; the culprit was Lengchitu!

This time, the sand between her fingers clearly encountered the same fate as Zhou Ke'er before. It's just a pity that it didn't get stuck under the coffee table as well. Tsk, what a miscalculation. She shouldn't have reached out to catch it.

Ugh, and... at the rate Cold-Eat Rabbit does it this way, even dozens of sofas wouldn't be enough for her to kick! And... speaking of which, her strength is just too much!

Look at this sand being flipped up by gravity! Even Newton from the old era would cry if he saw it! Fortunately, his coffin is gone, so the lid won't fall off, which is a good thing.

"Hey... how long are you going to keep hugging me?"

"Sand between Fingers," he asked, staring with dead fish eyes.

"What are you staring at like that! You think you're Flamingo? Honestly, that Flamingo guy is corrupting everyone!"

Zhou Ke'er looked at Zhijiansha's dead fish eyes and couldn't help but complain. As she spoke, she casually put Zhijiansha down and stared at her with those dead fish eyes.

How dare you criticize others! Look at yourself first!

Seeing this, Zhijiansha rolled her eyes and gestured towards Lengchituan, who was still harassing the poor sofa, with her lip: "What's wrong with her? Why is she so irritable? Did she fail the mission? Or is she on her period?"

"This is a wise gaze rich in DHA, okay!"

Zhou Ke'er immediately retorted, then explained, "She was betrayed by her teammates, and the main quest failed again."

"Wow...really? You've really gone this far? You finally couldn't control your nature and attacked your teammates? How terrifying..."

After hearing Zhou Ke'er's explanation, Zhijiansha looked at her with an "I knew it" expression, "No... as expected of you. It seems I'll have to be extremely careful next time I team up with you in a module... no, I guess I shouldn't team up with you after all..."

"Hey! What are you thinking! Do you think I'm that kind of person? Why would you think I did it?! That doesn't make sense at all!"

Zhou Ke'er was shocked to see the sand between her fingers muttering to itself. How could it have been him who did it?!

Ah, this is truly the case; prejudice between people is a mountain!

"Huh... this wasn't you? That's strange. With you there... how could you be betrayed by another player? Is there anyone worse than you in this world? Unbelievable... how wicked must they be..."

Upon hearing this, Zhijiansha glanced at Zhou Ke'er with slight surprise. "I can't even imagine it! Does such a person really exist? You're not kidding me, are you..."

"...He's a whale who's entered the main world. There's nothing I can do, he's too rich, I can't beat him."

Zhou Ke'er ignored Zhijiansha's question and explained with a smirk, "It seems we've been tricked. After entering the main world, other players all went to places like main cities where they could accept quests and develop safely. Only we were inexplicably sent to the wilderness to gather Ganoderma lucidum. If this continues... the gap between us will definitely widen. We need to find a main city as soon as possible..."

Hey, what's up with you online at this hour? Slacking off at work? That's so unprofessional!

"Do you think everyone is like you? I just logged on to register because my wristband sent me a notification about a game event."

Zhijiansha looked speechlessly at Zhou Ke'er, who was shamelessly accusing others, and shrugged. "But... recently there's been an unknown epidemic, hasn't there? I reckon we'll have to stop working in a few days, and then there won't be anything to do except play games."

"Event notification? What event?"

After venting his frustrations, Cold-Cooked Rabbit immediately came over and asked.

Seeing this, Zhou Ke'er went over and helped the sofa that had been kicked over to the ground up. She then comfortably slumped on it and opened the notification bar to check.

"It's... well, it's like a large module. The specific content hasn't been announced yet, but the rewards seem quite generous, although they haven't been revealed yet... and only players who have completed the Nightmare difficulty module can participate."

The event starts at 9 PM and ends no later than 5 AM. Registration closes at 6 PM. That's about it.

As she explained, Zhijiansha started operating the system panel, "You can check the details in the notification bar yourself, but for some reason... there's not much other information, it's all very mysterious."

"Seriously, isn't this a bit strange? It's supposed to start tonight, but they're only announcing it now? And the deadline is so early; won't many players be unaware of this because of work? What's the rush? The developers are going to get a real dressing down..."

Upon hearing this, Cold-Eat Rabbit couldn't help but complain, "And it's outrageous that even online players like me don't know this!"

"You're the only one who doesn't know! If you don't need your eyes anymore, you can donate them to someone who does, dear~ The announcement for this event was released right after the server launched, and this is just the notification that the registration channel has been opened."

Zhou Ke'er sprawled on the sofa, casually browsing the forums for any useful information, and replied with a highly sarcastic tone, "I guess the number of people who have cleared the Nightmare difficulty module has reached the unlock requirement... Tsk, it's only been a little over a week since the server opened, and so many people have already cleared the Nightmare difficulty module? This progress is a bit too fast..."

Can I take this as you praising your own product?

Ignoring Zhou Ke'er's vulgar remarks, Cold-Eating Rabbit chuckled: "Praising yourself like that, isn't that shameless?"

"Yo ho, I'm amazing, isn't that a fact? Speaking of which, oh, I just remembered, if it weren't for me carrying them through the Nightmare difficulty module, who knows how long someone would have been clinging to me and acting cute~"

Zhou Ke'er, with an air of self-righteousness, shamelessly mocked the cold-cooked rabbit.

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189. Zhou Ke'er, who suffered a series of setbacks

But before Zhou Ke'er could press her advantage and make another sarcastic remark about the cold-cooked rabbit, she suddenly heard Zhijiansha say in a very strange voice, "Hey...really? It's just that it has the same nickname as yours, right? No, nicknames can't be repeated...This is you...no way...you've developed this kind of hobby?"

As she spoke, she looked up at Zhou Ke'er with a very subtle expression, her lips twitching involuntarily. She scrutinized Zhou Ke'er from head to toe, seemingly confirming something, while casually sharing a forum link with Leng Chi Tu and Zhou Ke'er. "No way! No way! This can't really be you, can it? To be honest, your shamelessness is truly astounding..."

Upon hearing Zhijiansha's words, Zhou Ke'er felt a sense of foreboding. She immediately clicked on the link... Holy crap? Wasn't this his experience from the previous module? The image of that sultry, shameless man in the red robe was just too jarring! The nickname above his head wasn't even blurred! And the video cover was of him flirting with Jun Lian!

Oh no... This candid shot is really good; it perfectly captures his seductive and shameless behavior... He almost fell in love with me.

When Zhou Ke'er saw the video, she remembered that the punishment attached to the secret realm did indeed include posting the scene of his female form on the forum... She had completely forgotten about that.

"Hmm...that's right, this is me. So what? Are you jealous that I'm prettier than you? That my waist is slimmer than yours? That my breasts are bigger than yours? How about it? Aren't you angry?"

However, seeing the subtle look in Cold Rabbit's and Sand Between Fingers' eyes, Zhou Ke'er didn't feel the slightest bit ashamed. Instead, she crossed her arms, looking proud of herself, and said with her head held high and a defiant smile, "Please, you guys are so annoying!"

"Okay... your level of shamelessness is truly refreshing..."

Finger Sand wasn't too surprised; she had expected Zhou Ke'er to react so shamelessly, but she still couldn't help but complain.

"Uh, well... but... your legs aren't as long as hers, and you're not as tall as her..."

Cold-Eat Rabbit glanced at Finger Sand, then at Zhou Ke'er, hesitating before finally saying very seriously, "A slut without long legs has no soul! To be honest, your height is more suited to the innocent, pure type! If you don't have that height, don't pretend to be a slut!"

Critical hit!

Zhou Ke'er didn't react at first, but her provocative smile quickly froze on her face. She felt her fragile and young heart had suffered a major blow, and her heart rate almost dropped to the point of being forced offline...

To avoid that situation—which would force an ambulance to be called—he immediately gave Cold-Eat Rabbit a universally recognized friendly gesture, and then logged off before Cold-Eat Rabbit could react.

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"You're awake? The gender reassignment surgery was a success; you're a girl now!"

Just as Zhou Ke'er opened her eyes, she heard a voice that sounded deliberately serious.

"What the hell? What are you still doing here? Didn't you go back?!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ke'er knew it was Lin Wen, and immediately asked in bewilderment.

"Oh, I just wanted to see you a little longer~"

Lin Wen sat obediently in the chair, blinked her eyes, and answered innocently.

Speak like a human...

Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but want to cover her face. What's wrong with young boys these days? They're such straight men when talking to girls, but when they flirt with other guys, they're incredibly skilled. What kind of world is this?!

"You still haven't told me where you're taking me out for dinner tonight!"

Lin Wen answered confidently.

"Why don't you just send a message and ask?"

Zhou Ke'er was shocked. What kind of ridiculous reason was that?

"You yelled at me?! Waaaaah, you actually yelled at me!"

Lin Wen looked pitiful as she wiped away tears, saying, "I just want to be with you!"

"Damn, this is a workplace, sister! What if a patient comes in?"

Seeing Lin Wen's expression, Zhou Ke'er got goosebumps. This way of speaking was unexpectedly cool. She quickly jotted it down in her notebook, planning to try this style in the next module.

"I've already made an appointment! I'm just waiting for you to come to work!"

Lin Wen tilted his head, put his right index finger to his lips, and explained to Zhou Ke'er with a very innocent look.

"...Okay, so, patient, what is your name? What specific symptoms are you experiencing?"

Zhou Ke'er forced a smile, almost laughing at the guy's annoyance, and asked Lin Wen in a irritable tone.

"Waaaaah, Doctor, I think I have an incurable disease! My heart starts pounding so fast whenever I see you..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Wen instantly switched into character, her brows furrowing slightly as she gently placed her hands over her chest, looking pitiful as she said, "And, whenever you talk to other women, this part of me feels extremely uncomfortable, like I'm suffocating..."

"Stop, stop, stop! Okay, okay! Please stop now! I give up, I surrender, alright?"

Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but interrupt, "It's disgusting, it's the ultimate disgusting blood mother." Hearing this made him feel a chill. "It saves on air conditioning costs, it can even alleviate the greenhouse effect."

"You really have no sense of romance, Xiao Ke! After all these years together, haven't you improved at all?!"

Lin Wen couldn't help but complain.

"Hey, thanks to you, I've made pretty much progress in some areas, like being single all this time!"

Upon hearing Lin Wen's words, Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but roll her eyes, then gave him her standard dead fish eyes.

"Well... to be honest, I don't think this kind of thing... has anything to do with me. To be precise, it's probably a problem with your own height!"

Lin Wen reached out and played with her hair, looking at Zhou Ke'er with a grin, saying incredibly hurtful things with an adorable expression, and naturally shirking responsibility.

"pat..."

The ballpoint pen in her hand fell limply to the ground. Upon hearing this, Zhou Ke'er froze on the spot, gradually turning to stone.

"After all, no girl would want to date a guy who's only 1.65 meters tall."

Lin Wen looked at the stunned Zhou Ke'er with his smile unchanged, and stabbed him in the back again.

“…”

After suffering a series of huge blows, Zhou Ke'er became withdrawn on the spot.

This...this is all the world's fault! Something's wrong with this distorted aesthetic! If you like tall people so much, go date a giraffe, you bastard! This flawed world should just be destroyed!

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190. Can't think of a chapter title, eh?

That night, around seven o'clock, in a restaurant that seemed a bit deserted for some reason, Zhou Ke'er stared with lifeless eyes—he noticed that he had recently developed a habit of staring with dead fish eyes. Thinking of this, Zhou Ke'er, with even more displeasure in his eyes, looked at Hu Tao, who had shamelessly followed him and started ordering, and couldn't help but sigh.