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

"Hey, what gave you the confidence to tell me that there are a lot of people lying in ambush outside?"

Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but sneer, and her smile grew even more arrogant before she vanished from the spot in an instant, leaving only one sentence echoing in the dilapidated and gloomy little house: "Did you accidentally forget something? You don't think that any of the people outside would be without a cell phone, do you?"

"!"

Upon hearing this, Long Aotian's pupils constricted sharply—he had indeed forgotten that!

But the problem is... most of the organization members outside are monsters, so why would this guy attack them?!

This instantly overturned Long Aotian's previous speculation, causing him to frown slightly in annoyance. He subconsciously glanced at the phone he had just tossed aside—but no, if he went forward now to pick up the phone to warn the organization members lying in ambush outside, he would fall into the Joker's trap!

Because if he got too close to the phone, Long Aotian himself would be the one to get hit!

However, simply pushing open the door to warn the organization members outside is also not feasible, because... that Joker might have already used one of the organization members' phones to quickly teleport out during this time, eliminated that member, obtained the weapon, and then kept aiming at the door—once Long Aotian steps outside, he will immediately fire, thus triggering a domino effect and inducing other organization members to fire as well. In that case... even Long Aotian wouldn't be able to withstand it!

Even with a bit of luck, the best-case scenario is that you react quickly and retreat back inside, but you're still trapped inside...

Even Long Aotian, who always relied on his almost arrogant self-confidence and always appeared confident, was somewhat at a loss at this moment.

—Actually, he was overestimating Zhou Ke'er's abilities. In such a short time, how could she possibly kill someone and steal a gun just by going out? If Long Aotian had immediately and without hesitation gone out to warn her, Zhou Ke'er wouldn't have had a chance to act...

"Tsk... There's no sound outside..."

Long Aotian frowned slightly. He had initially thought that if intense gunfire suddenly erupted outside, it would mean the Joker intended to use his abilities to instigate a chaotic battle, wiping out this part of the organization's forces in one fell swoop. In that case, Long Aotian would have a chance to escape in the chaos...

But if there's no sound, then it means it's the situation he initially thought of.

"...Then that's the only way."

Long Aotian pondered for a moment, then grabbed a chair, quickly pushed open the door, threw the chair out, and retreated several steps to avoid being hit by stray bullets.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" "Crackling and popping..."

As he expected, bullets rained down from all directions upon seeing the scene outside.

In no time, the magazine was empty. Long Aotian seized the opportunity while they were reloading, strode out the door, and shouted, "It's me! Don't shoot!"

At this moment, Zhou Ke'er... he had just dealt with the unlucky organization member he had chosen, grabbed his gun, and hurriedly looked towards the door of the small house—whoa, Long Aotian actually walked out without any warning? Wasn't he just delivering himself to him?!

## Chapter 245, Section 240: Strange and Unusual (Forty-Nine)

Zhou Ke'er naturally wouldn't let this golden opportunity slip by. She immediately raised her gun and aimed at Long Aotian, holding her breath and focusing intently on his lower abdomen. Sigh, even though Zhou Ke'er's gun had a scope, she wasn't confident she could hit his head. If she missed, not only would she expose her position, but it would all be for nothing. It was better to aim at the very center. Even if it was slightly off-center, as long as it wasn't completely off-center, at least she could hit it.

Anyway, he didn't expect to get rid of Long Aotian so easily—even if he could, he wouldn't want to. He was joking; Long Aotian had forced Zhou Ke'er to flee twice, leaving her humiliated! How could he let him die so easily? That would be too easy for him. Of course, he had to take it slow, let him experience the pleasure of being slowly but surely cut to pieces.

(P.S.: By the way, the idea that you should keep one eye open and one eye closed when aiming is a lie.)

"boom!"

A gunshot rang out, and as Zhou Ke'er expected, although it was slightly off-target, it still hit Long Aotian's left arm—aiming at the lower abdomen and hitting the left arm was ridiculously off-target.

"...snort..."

Caught off guard by the attack, Long Aotian groaned, but because he had lowered his pain threshold, he wasn't stunned for long. He quickly took two steps back, dodged back into the house, and hid in the shadows near the door. He shouted loudly, "Enemy attack! Ghosts have infiltrated your ranks! Don't fire, or it will cause a riot!"

At the same time, Long Aotian couldn't help but think to himself, "What's going on? I clearly timed it perfectly... Could it be... no, wait, did they stop firing as soon as they realized it wasn't me?! And they even reacted immediately, and even turned the tables on me, waiting for me to reload..."

"However, his location should have been discovered by now. It's impossible for one person to fight against so many people. All he can do is repeat what he just did, teleport to other organization members again, and change his location..."

However, he did not panic. Although Long Aotian was a bit narcissistic, he did have his own strengths. After all, he was the leader of such a large guild. In the current situation, he quickly thought: "If he is going to do this, he will definitely leave a very short time interval. I can take advantage of this opportunity!"

Thinking of this, Long Aotian did not hesitate any longer and immediately turned around and ran towards the door again.

Well, although he still overestimated Zhou Ke'er's switching speed—not only did she have to travel to another person's location, but she also had to eliminate that guy without attracting attention, which couldn't be that fast—but he was right about the time interval.

At this moment, Zhou Ke'er was indeed thinking the same thing. With Sadako's help, she had just randomly picked a lone member of the organization and teleported him over, but she hadn't had time to deal with him yet.

Having gained a time advantage, Long Aotian finally escaped from the small house without incident. By the time Zhou Ke'er finally dealt with the unfortunate member of the organization and grabbed the gun to shoot Long Aotian again, he had already turned the corner of the street, leaving Zhou Ke'er with only a fleeting glimpse of his back.

Well, even so, Zhou Ke'er wasn't upset. After all, he hadn't expected to be able to take down Long Aotian here. Besides, he didn't have any means of communication, couldn't find anyone from that organization, and couldn't contact his guild members. He was essentially all alone.

Furthermore, Zhou Ke'er still has guns on hand, all loaded with bullets, which is more than enough. She can escape and fight, engage in close combat and ranged attacks, and she's absolutely fearless!

Just as he was about to chase after Long Aotian and play a game of cat and mouse, the system notification sound suddenly rang out.

[Based on testing, the first urban legend created directly or indirectly by players has reached a completion rate of 20%.]

Main quest unlock requirements have been met.

Main quest unlocked

[Main Quest: Participate in the creation of reasonable and widely disseminated urban legends. The maximum number of urban legends that can be created is five. Rewards will be distributed based on individual contribution rankings after the module ends. (Note: If a participating urban legend is not completed by the end of the module, the final participation score will be calculated as 12 of that urban legend's participation score.)]

[Established urban legends:]

I. The Heartbreaking Demon Wandering the Midnight Streets (Completion: 20%)

[Urban legend setting: "The Heart-wrenching Demon Wandering the Midnight Streets": Every midnight, a burly man wearing a strange, eerie mask and carrying a slightly bent, bloodstained baseball bat appears on the deserted streets. Strangely, he doesn't attack pedestrians; instead, he follows them, taunting them with sharp words and causing severe psychological harm. (To be completed)]

Assessment of the urban legend "The Heartbreaking Demon Wandering the Midnight Streets":

Transmission rate: Low

Configuration completeness: Medium

Number of people who have personally experienced this: small

Number of believers: small

[Note 1: When an urban legend's "spread" reaches a "high" rating, and any two of its "setting completeness," "number of people who have personally experienced it," or "number of people who believe it" reach a "medium" rating, then the urban legend is considered to have reached 100% completeness, and there is no cap on completeness.]

[Note 2: Player participation is judged by the system based on a comprehensive evaluation, with the main criterion being "the role in promoting the formation of urban legends," and the participation ranking is updated in real time.]

"...? Damn? So this is the main storyline of this module! Looks like I've been going astray from the start! And...why does this urban legend seem so familiar..."

Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but secretly complain to herself, and temporarily gave up the idea of ​​chasing after Long Aotian—it was too late anyway, and there was no point in chasing him now.

[Rankings of participation contributions within the module are currently being updated...]

Update complete

[Ranking of Participation Contributions (Temporary)]

1. Zhou Ke'er: 7.5% (15%)

2. Original: 1.25% (2.5%)

3. Zhang San: 1% (2%)

4. Long Aojiao (deceased): 0.25% (0.5%)

[Note: Since the urban legend of "The Heartbreaking Demon Wandering the Midnight Streets" is not yet complete, the participation rate is temporarily calculated based on the original value of 12.]

"Holy crap, it really is that one... The foreshadowing at the beginning was pretty good..."

Zhou Ke'er was surprised to see herself ranked first on the list, but not too surprised, since she had a premonition from the beginning when she saw the name and setting of this urban legend... This urban legend could be said to have been created by him, so it was only natural that he contributed the most...

But Long Aojiao was involved too? I'm super curious... what did she do?

Speaking of which... even deceased players can be on the list, doesn't that mean... besides players focused on perfecting their mods, there might also be those who... exclude other players first, and then slowly grind for completion themselves?!

Long Aotian must be that kind of person!

Zhou Ke'er began to regret letting that guy escape.

## Chapter 246, Section 241: Strange and Unusual (Fifty)

"Hahahaha, damn, that's hilarious! Seriously, you guys are really weak! Getting chased and beaten by a bunch of brats? You guys are something else!"

Late at night, around two or three in the morning, Zhou Ke'er's uncontrollable mocking laughter came from a large room in a hotel.

Not long ago, after the module mission was updated, Zhou Ke'er no longer pursued Long Aotian, nor did she intend to take the opportunity to wipe out the group of organization members—not because it was impossible or because she thought that doing so would do more harm than good, but simply because Zhou Ke'er was lazy.

After returning to Sadako's space and meeting up with Red Crane and the others, Zhou Ke'er made an excuse that it was already very late, said goodbye to Sadako, and then randomly found a hotel and booked a large room—it was just too much to sleep in a game.

Unsurprisingly, this guy fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed – who wouldn't love sleeping on company money? After all, the game's simulation system is quite realistic; if you don't sleep all night, you'll really be tired the next day, and the same goes for eating. Fortunately, the module started around 8 or 9 pm, so everyone wasn't particularly sleepy or hungry, except for the general feeling of drowsiness.

Thankfully, titles don't work in this module; otherwise, if this guy falls asleep due to spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue, it would be terrible if the title effect attracted a bunch of weird things.

"So you're saying you're pretty brave? You were cornered in a secret room by a group of people and almost killed, only managing to escape with the help of some ghosts, you scumbag Joker?"

Hearing Zhou Ke'er's words, Honghe squinted and said sarcastically in a flat tone and expressionless face, "This is the Joker? This is all there is to it?"

Hearing the flamingo's mocking words, Finger Sand, who had remained silent, felt offended—after all, she had almost been killed by the player Zhou Ke'er had taken down in a single encounter, and had even been tied up. If Zhou Ke'er hadn't arrived, she would have been defeated too...

"Tch, what a loser, being chased by that brat!"

Zhou Ke'er was hit where it hurt, and she snorted and wouldn't let go of that point.

"Tsk, what a piece of trash, running away in disarray after being surrounded!"

The flamingo glared with dead fish eyes and retorted sarcastically.

"Disgusting!"

You're even more despicable!

You're the worst!

"You're nothing!"

"A rebound!"

"Beat your rebound!"

"You can bounce back, but I'll bounce back too! And any further bounces will be invalid!"

"...Alright, alright, stop arguing! You won't kill anyone by arguing like this!"

Watching Zhou Ke'er and Honghe bickering like kindergarteners, Zhijiansha couldn't help but cover her face and sigh, "What happened to discussing the next steps? And don't wake them up..."

Yes, that's right. Right now, the only ones still awake in the room are Zhou Ke'er, Honghe, Zhijiansha, and Lengchitu.

Needless to say, I fall asleep as soon as spring arrives and autumn leaves me feeling tired.

As for Zhang He...

"Staying up late makes you ugly, even in games." — By Zhang He, who needs his beauty sleep.

As for Chen Tian, ​​Chen Tian in her mind said that she seemed to have sensed the aura of a monster called "Tindaros Hound" before, and it seemed that there was a familiar fluctuation mixed in with it, but she couldn't remember it for a while. So she simply retreated to the depths of her mind to try to recall it. In order not to disturb Chen Tian's thoughts, Chen Tian simply went to sleep.

Zhou Ke'er hesitated for a long time but still didn't tell him that Honghe might be the Huang Quan that Chen Tian knew. After all, this was still in the game, and who knew if those beings were secretly watching.

"Alright, alright, let's discuss it then."