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

Incidentally, Zhou Ke'er gave the eight-foot-tall man in front of her a shout-out: "Let me see!"

[Skill activated, consuming 2% of player "Zhou Ke'er's" sanity]

[Target of Investigation: The Ghost/Deity "Eight-Foot Man"]

Target Status:

Stamina: NAN

Sanity value: NAN

debuff: None

Faith Value: 10% - 100%

[Note: This is a fallen god who, having lost most of the power of faith, could no longer maintain his complete divine status and was reduced to the level of a monster. After becoming an urban legend, he gradually accumulated a small amount of power of faith, but his strength was already less than a hundred percent of what it once was.]

"wrong!"

Just then, the eight-foot-tall woman, who had been silent until now, suddenly frowned, looked at Zhou Ke'er, and abruptly spoke: "You... are not a ghost! You are also a god! I can sense the divine essence within you! Although it is very weak... You are a god from another place! What is your purpose in coming here?!"

## Chapter 259, Section 254: Strange and Unusual (Sixty-Three)

"..."

Zhou Ke'er was stunned upon hearing this—a god?

Why would Hachiko think that way? He doesn't have any divine power, and the fake God's divine power from before was completely destroyed... Could it be because of the watch distributed by the Academy of Gods?

No, that's not right, there wouldn't be any divine essence on it... Ah, right, I remember now... When the character template was activated, it showed that Zhou Ke'er had a fragmented and corrupted divine essence of the God of Time and Space within her body, which was probably a part of the divine essence absorbed from Kronos...

"It seems I won't get anything out of you, but... since you dared to do such a thing, you should be prepared to accept the consequences!"

Seeing that Zhou Ke'er didn't say anything, the eight-foot-tall woman suddenly opened her mouth wide, the corner of her mouth stretching to her ear in a very strange arc. Even though the corner of her mouth hadn't been cut open, she was able to make such a difficult move. Could it be said that her facial flexibility was just too good?

Immediately, a heavy thud was heard, and the wall with the window, unable to bear the weight, emitted a teeth-grinding sound as countless cracks instantly spread across it.

As expected of a god, even with all his strength reduced to a hundred percent, he can still demolish walls with his bare hands...

"Damn it, it's not a ghost?!"

Long Aotian's pupils contracted sharply, and a bead of cold sweat trickled down his forehead. His prepared backup plans were all weapons and tools specifically designed to counter ghosts and monsters, developed by that organization...

If all else fails, he'll have to resort to his last resort.

Despite this, Long Aotian wasn't particularly panicked because... he felt that escaping wouldn't be a problem, at most it would just be a bit embarrassing.

"Bang!" "Clang!"

Just then, the sound of fierce fighting came from not far away, and it seemed to be getting closer and closer.

"Hmm? Eight feet... Quick, quick, stop this guy for me! How dare he try to take advantage of me, he's courting death!"

A deep, alluring voice, yet sounding sinister and hysterical, came from not far away, accompanied by a series of chaotic footsteps.

"boom!"

Immediately following was a gunshot.

"Aaaaah! This damned, despicable, vile human! You disgusting thing, just like a rat! How dare you, how dare you lay a hand on me!"

That hysterical voice rang out again, "Is all you can do to run away?!"

"...Chance!"

Seeing that Ba Chi had subconsciously turned his head away, his attention drawn to him, Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but feel secretly delighted. She immediately grabbed Hong He's hand and ran towards the door.

Now that it's confirmed that the real Yasakani is here, and not some kind of trick to lure the snake out of its hole, we naturally have to get out of here as soon as possible. Not only is the area here cramped, but if that guy Yasakani summons some ghosts to surround this place, there will be no way to escape.

Not to mention... who knows, if Ba Chi exerts too much force, he might just collapse this building, and then Zhou Ke'er and the others who are here would really have no way to escape.

"It's done."

After being pulled along by Zhou Ke'er, Honghe suddenly sped up and ran a few steps forward, instantly turning the tables. Without turning her head, she said to Zhou Ke'er, and then, ignoring her reply, she abruptly waved her hand forward.

A faint phantom of the Grim Reaper's scythe appeared not far away, suddenly hooking onto the corner of the wall. Then, Red Crane reached out and pulled in the air, and a suction force quickly came, pulling Red Crane and Zhou Ke'er together in that direction. The speed was indeed much faster than running.

As Zhou Ke'er was being pulled along, she subconsciously glanced back and saw that Long Aotian was not to be outdone. In an instant, he dispersed his entire body, transforming it into a swarm of bats that rushed toward Zhou Ke'er at an extremely fast speed.

In the instant she turned her head, Zhou Ke'er caught a glimpse through the window of a petite girl with long white hair, holding a sniper rifle that was almost longer than her. She slid and dodged the attack from the monster behind her, whose lower body was a giant spider and whose upper body was a beautiful woman, and then fired a shot at her.

If I remember correctly, that monster... was called Jorogumo? And was the white-haired loli being chased an NPC or a player? Judging from the gun, it seems more likely to be player equipment. And that slide step just now seemed to instantly stop the stun caused by inertia, forcibly moving a distance in a certain direction. So it seems to be a forced active skill that can cancel stun...

So it seems that the white-haired loli is definitely a player, but... I wonder if she can escape from those two monsters.

Forget it, now is not the time to think about these things, after all, they are of no use to Zhou Ke'er.

For now... let's focus on escaping safely first.

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"Huff...huff...what, what is going on now?!"

Chen Tian was panting heavily, gripping her wooden sword tightly, barely managing to hold her own against the masked man wielding a chainsaw. Her disadvantages in weaponry and physical abilities were difficult to overcome with skill, not to mention that she wasn't very familiar with the fencing techniques Chen Tian had used on her body. The fact that she had been able to hold her own for so long was only thanks to her innate healing buff and the damage reduction buff from the Cold-Eating Rabbit slamming the anchor into the ground.

We were just discussing Yuan Fan when the system notification suddenly went off, completely swaying the conversation!

And... who knows how this masked monster found them so precisely, arriving here so soon after the system notification was issued...

"Damn it, could this be the pursuers you were talking about?!"

As Zhijiansha turned the hourglass in her hand toward the monster to slow it down, she turned to Yuan Fan and questioned him.

"I...I don't know..."

Yuan Fan shook his head. "But, but I think, it shouldn't be, he didn't give me that terrible feeling."

"Chen Tian, ​​now's the time! Get out of the way!"

Just then, Cold Rabbit gripped the anchor tightly and shouted at Chen Tian.

Upon hearing this, Chen Tian instinctively held the wooden sword in front of him, using the force of the block to jump away and dodge a considerable distance—it's amazing that this wooden sword could withstand a chainsaw without breaking; its quality is really quite high.

"We're setting sail!"

Cold-Eating Rabbit suddenly roared, grabbed the anchor that was almost as big as her, and charged toward the strange man at an incredible speed.

The strange man reacted quickly, and when Lengchitu told Chen Tian to get out of the way, he had already dodged to the side.

Unfortunately...

"The curse of the voodoo doll—fate is divided equally!"

Zhang He's hoarse voice, still nasal, rang out, as if he had just woken up.

Suddenly, the strange man, who was trying to dodge, tripped and fell on flat ground without warning. Before he could get up, there was a loud "bang" as Cold Rabbit slammed the huge anchor into him.

A sickening sound of bones breaking rang out, and the strange man was sent flying like a kite with a broken string, smashing a hole in the wall.

## Chapter 260, Section 255: Strange and Unusual (Sixty-Four)

"This...it must be dead, right?"

Seeing this, Finger Sand breathed a sigh of relief and put the hourglass back in place. Looking at the masked monster, half of his body hanging motionless in the hole in the wall, he hesitated and said.

"Hmm...it looks like it's dead, but it's still a ghost...nobody can say for sure."

Chen Tian nodded, sized up the strange man, walked over, and picked up the chainsaw that it had just dropped, just in case the man was faking death and might suddenly attack and hurt someone.

"What's going on now? How come I woke up and you were already fighting this...hideous monster?"

Still half-asleep, Zhang He frowned, rubbing his temples in annoyance, slightly confused about the situation.

Speaking of which, Zhang He was surprisingly not woken up by all those system notifications. He must have been sleeping really well, with excellent sleep quality. I'm so envious of those who experience spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue.

"It's not something I can explain in a short time. You should check the system message log yourself."

I'm clinging to... oh no, I mean, I'm lying on a giant anchor. I'm too lazy to put the anchor back in my backpack right now, but it's quite comfortable to be lying here like this for the time being.

"This...this ghost, although it didn't give me that feeling of being watched like I did just now, I feel...the rule that ghosts are forbidden from harming humans has been broken, and this must be related to what I just experienced!"

Yuan Fan, who had barely recovered, couldn't help but interject, "From that incident, we can see that the ghosts and monsters in this city are definitely under the surveillance or rule of some being. And if a ghost or monster wants to add its own abilities or 'settings,' it has to accept the 'test' of that being..."

In other words, as long as a certain "condition" is met, that entity can appear and operate according to the result derived after that condition is triggered.

Perhaps the lifting of the ban on ghosts harming people is because some condition that exists there, which is against ghosts, has been triggered...

"Hmm...that makes sense. But we don't know what the condition is yet...it's impossible that the first main quest is the trigger condition for the second main quest, right?"

Finger Sand stroked his chin and nodded. "After all, no matter how you look at it, the first and second main quests... seem quite contradictory in practice. Given the current situation, most players will probably be busy with the second quest. It's easier to execute and yields immediate results. Plus, since ghosts can now harm people, the first main quest might not be any less dangerous than the second..."

"Wait, wait, wait, you analyze it first, I'll interrupt and ask... Where did Zhou Ke'er and Honghe go?"

After a while, Zhang He finally came to his senses and suddenly realized that something seemed wrong. So he quickly interrupted Zhijiansha's deduction, pointed at Yuan Fan, and asked, "Also, who is this guy...?"

"Ah...indeed, the situation was so urgent just now, I almost forgot to ask that..."

Upon hearing Zhang He's question, Chen Tian finally realized what was going on and pondered for a moment, looking thoughtfully at the sand between his fingers.

"Ah...this...they...and this one..."

Zhijiansha was momentarily speechless, stammering and scratching her head. She felt it wouldn't be appropriate to say that the two of them had gone on a late-night rendezvous, so she quickly turned to look at Lengchitu, who had turned her head away. "Well... Lengchitu should know, right, Rabbit?"

"Don't call me like Zhou Ke'er!"

Cold-Eat Rabbit couldn't help but complain, then turned her head away again, stammering, "Well...where did they...go? That's strange..."

"??"

Zhang He frowned as he looked at the stammering, evasive answers from Zhijiansha and Lengchitu: "What do you mean? Did they get killed by ghosts? Or were they...?"

"Hey! What are you thinking?! How could we have done it?! Besides, even if we all die, Zhou Ke'er and Hong He won't die! When it comes to survival, who can beat them? Unless they betray each other..."

Upon hearing this, Cold-Eating Rabbit couldn't help but speak up in defense, "That's too much! How can you suspect them of harming Zhou Ke'er and Red Crane? It's more like they tried to harm Zhou Ke'er and fled to escape punishment..."

"...Where did they go?"

After thinking about it carefully, Zhang He realized that what Lengchitu said did make a lot of sense.

"...Sigh, those two went on a late-night rendezvous...I told you not to ask anymore..."

"I can't help but cover my face with the sand between my fingers," she replied helplessly.

(Zhou Ke'er, Honghe: ?? It seems like someone is slandering my innocence out of thin air?)