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

"Hey, why is this guy so irritable!"

"He even threatened me, saying that if I ever perform crosstalk again, he'll beat me every time he sees me!"

"Oh no! That's terrible!"

"Of course!"

Zhou Ke'er took a deep breath and said to Honghe with great appreciation, "Wow, the aroma of malt!"

"Coach, I want to play basketball!"

Flamingo raised his hands expressionlessly and shouted.

"..."

Zhang He was speechless, feeling utterly ridiculous that he had just gotten angry with such a fool. He could only helplessly toss his hair and say, "I don't want this kind of self-righteous beauty!"

"Ah! Right, I almost forgot..."

Zhou Ke'er suddenly slapped her forehead, hurriedly walked to the bedside, grabbed the quilt and shook it violently, "lifting" the sleepy and tired person lying on it away. Then she took down the quilt, sheets and other blankets. "I just checked, this is only the third floor. These can be twisted into a simple rope, which should be able to lower it to the first floor. There are still two or three meters left, which is easy to reach the ground."

"There are still five minutes left before the safety time ends. Is that enough time?"

The Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm, who was studying the map, looked up and asked.

"We should be able to make it in time. Anyway, this door can hold for at least another two or three minutes."

Zhou Ke'er answered casually and began to make it.

Because several patients in the mental hospital where he worked had tried to escape using this method, he had some understanding of how this thing was made.

The girl, still feeling drowsy and tired from being rolled away, was dozing off, even making incomprehensible "snoring" sounds, seemingly completely asleep. But since it's still a safe time, it's fine to let her sleep a little longer.

"Phew... This map is very basic, with many places just roughly outlined. However, some emergency shelters and roads leading quickly out of the city are specially marked..."

Divine Realm Nine Tribulations put the crumpled map aside, sighed, and said, "This city is on a small island, surrounded by water on all sides, with only a large bridge to the east and north leading out. Those troops should be guarding those two passes."

"Do you think this map is something the game system gave us to reduce the difficulty by treating us like idiots, or is it a clue or item?"

After thinking for a moment, Shenyu Jiujie turned to the others and asked.

"I don't think this concern is meaningful."

While making the rope, Zhou Ke'er answered in a spare moment.

"Why? Have you discovered something?"

The Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm hurriedly asked.

"No. But I know one thing. Even if this thing is a clue to help us complete a side quest, I won't even think about completing that side quest to find out the reason."

Zhou Ke'er shrugged.

The flamingo nodded in deep agreement.

"Running away is not a beautiful act..."

Zhang He said solemnly.

"why?"

Even the Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm couldn't help but ask, "Why aren't you doing it now that you have clues? Didn't you say before that you wouldn't do it because you didn't have any clues?"

"...Haven't you figured it out yet? This kind of setup is obviously like this: you get item A, discover a quest, to complete the quest you need to find clue B, to find clue B you need to get key C, and to get key C you need to complete the quest given to you by villager D..."

Zhou Ke'er sighed, "That's why I don't plan to complete these routine tasks. I'm playing a game with a very high degree of freedom, why should I run these kinds of tasks? Isn't it better to just do some cool tricks?"

"Do you seem to have a problem understanding the word 'honest'...?"

"I can't help but complain," said the Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm.

"That's right, this kind of task is so meaningless and boring, it's a complete waste of life."

With a blank expression, Honghe echoed, "I'd rather log off and go to sleep than spend time making this kind of thing."

"Don't you think our original plan was a billion times more interesting than this kind of scheme?"

Zhou Ke'er tossed the rope she had finally finished to the Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm, then crossed her arms and asked them.

"...Alright, since that's what you all think, I have no objection."

Shenyu Jiujie took the rope and tied it securely around the railing. After thinking for a moment, he nodded. "It's a pity that this map doesn't show where we are, so we still need to find some landmarks that can be identified on the map to determine our location."

"Okay, it's settled then."

Zhou Ke'er walked over and looked down. "Hmm, almost all the zombies have been lured into the building. This street is safe now, we can move around."

"There's a medium-sized supermarket over there. We might have to go there to find some self-defense items. But it could be very dangerous there."

Shenyu Jiujie looked around and said, "Uh, there seems to be a pharmacy in that supermarket."

"This is so boring... Let's hurry up and get going..."

The flamingo's excitement lasted only a few seconds before it lost interest again, squinting as it urged him on.

"Why do you get bored so quickly? Even a wind-up toy lasts longer than you!"

Finally, the Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm couldn't help but change its target and complained to Red Crane, "If you want to leave faster, why don't you go and wake up Spring Sleepiness and Autumn Fatigue first!"

"I'm not asleep, I'm awake."

However, due to spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue, he was already standing beside the crowd with his eyes half-closed.

Zhou Ke'er secretly glanced at the Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm, narrowed her eyes, and thought to herself, "Hmph...this guy has finally revealed his true nature. Maybe I can cook him up...oops, maybe I can train him into a qualified吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical commentary) performer!"

Although Zhou Ke'er thought this in her heart, she naturally wouldn't show it on her face. She simply flipped over, grabbed the rope made of the bed sheet, and quickly fell down, waving to the people above, "Let's go! Destination: Rainbow Sea!"

Upon hearing this, the flamingo immediately went to the window and shouted at Zhou Ke'er, "Fly high for me!"

"Don't be so loud!"

"Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm," Shenyu Jiujie hurriedly reminded him. He felt so tired, like a worried old woman.

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17. Zhou Zhou's Wonderful Adventures

A slightly chilly breeze pierced through the entire street, whipping up several tattered newspapers that fluttered everywhere.

Without the roars of the zombies, the streets were somewhat quiet.

Several furtive figures could be vaguely reflected in the broken glass of the department store.

"rustling"

A faint noise came from behind a shelf.

"This tape isn't strong enough! It's such poor quality!"

Zhou Ke'er squatted on the ground and complained in a low voice.

He held a mop handle with three fruit knives tied to the top, looking very dissatisfied. "They don't even have super glue! What kind of department store is this?!"

"Things glued with super glue are very brittle; they break at the slightest touch. What's so good about them?"

Shenyu Jiujie wrapped thick coarse cloth around the exposed parts of his hands and feet, glanced at Zhou Ke'er, and said.

"Chang Wei, you still say you're not a contrarian!"

Zhou Ke'er stood up, twirled her spear, pointed at the Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm, and whispered a shout.

"Alright, alright, stop fooling around."

Zhang He reluctantly smoothed things over, casually draping his newly tied-up long hair over his right shoulder.

"Kid, that hairstyle of yours is dangerous."

Seeing this, Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but remind her.

"..."

Zhang He's hand froze. Although he didn't know what it meant, since the other party had said so, there must be objective evidence. He quickly tied his simply tied-up long hair tightly and threw it behind his head.

"Everything is ready: plenty of compressed biscuits and water, some disinfectant and bandages, and the high dose of steroids you requested."

Feeling drowsy and tired in spring and autumn, I threw the two backpacks I was carrying on the ground, and then threw the two backpacks I was carrying on my back as well.

She was splattered with a lot of blood, so it must have taken some effort to collect these items.

"The knives are broken, both of them are broken, please replace them for me."

She then casually tossed the two tattered kitchen knives hanging from her waist onto the shelf beside her without making a sound.

After doing all this, she leaned against the shelf next to her and began to doze off.

"As expected of a pro who cleared Nightmare difficulty..."

Seeing this, Shenyu Jiujie couldn't help but sigh, "Although she doesn't look like someone who could cut through a department store with two knives, who would have thought she would be so powerful."

"Heh, look at me, I don't seem like the type of person who can have children."

Zhou Ke'er pursed her lips upon hearing this.

"Are you capable of having children?"

Divine Realm Nine Tribulations was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted and asked curiously.

"Nonsense, of course not. Can you give birth?"

Zhou Ke'er rolled her eyes and looked at the Nine Tribulations of the Divine Realm with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot.

"Then what do you mean by this...?"

"I am completely bewildered," Shenyu Jiujie asked.

But before he could finish speaking, Zhou Ke'er turned around and walked to the flamingo that was sticking various nails into the baseball bat.

"Phew... Can I entrust my back to you?"

Zhou Ke'er paused for a moment, then asked in a low voice with a theatrical tone.