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

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ke'er immediately picked up her phone and blocked the message from Honghe, so that she wouldn't be able to send her "I'm sorry... Goodbye forever".

Honghe curled her lip in displeasure, turned to look at Yi'an, raised her eyebrows, and shouted loudly: "You audacious monster! I can tell at a glance that you are not human. Your petty skills are nothing but a joke! Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon, World Honored Ksitigarbha, Prajnaparamita Hum!"

"?"

Yi An didn't understand what Hong He was talking about. She tilted her head in confusion, looked at Zhou Ke'er expressionlessly, and asked in a flat tone, "What does this mean? Are you doubting that I am a ghost? But I am human, not a ghost."

"Nah."

Zhou Ke'er smiled and shook her head: "She means that she could tell you were human at a glance. Since we are ghosts and monsters, it makes sense for her to say that, right?"

"I am not a ghost."

Long Aotian spoke up to remind him.

"...But her very first sentence was, 'I can tell at a glance that you're not human.'"

Yi An remained expressionless, but inexplicably seemed stubbornly persistent.

"This is a rhetorical device called metonymy."

Zhou Ke'er explained with an air of certainty.

"...I've read a lot of books, you can't fool me."

Yi An paused for a moment, then spoke in an inexplicable tone.

"Hey! I'm telling you! Your focus is really weird!"

Just then, Long Aotian, who was standing to the side, finally couldn't help but look at Yi An and interrupt, "These two guys are ghosts, so it's understandable that they can't distinguish the severity of human injuries. But what's wrong with you? Your wound is bleeding all over the ground, and you're still chatting here like nothing's wrong!"

"Oh...I forgot."

Upon hearing Long Aotian's words, Yi An looked down at her wound and said with a blank expression as if she had just realized something, "Because I lowered my pain threshold, I didn't feel anything at all, so I forgot about it."

"Hey!"

Long Aotian sensed something was wrong as soon as he heard the words "reduce pain sensitivity," but it was too late to stop her.

Hearing this, Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but twitch her lips slightly. She had made it so obvious, it wouldn't be right not to ask... Why does this guy seem a bit silly... Oh no, someone like the cold-cooked rabbit is silly, someone like Yi An is just naturally airheaded, hmm. This kid, maybe he could be stir-fried.

(Cold-cooked rabbit: ??? Who's mentioning me?)

"Lower pain sensitivity? There's such advanced technology? What kind of things have the people in this city been researching?!"

Zhou Ke'er feigned shock and turned to Long Aotian, asking, "You have this kind of technology and you didn't tell us? It seems you still don't trust us. Our cooperation is too fragile, isn't it? Are you secretly planning to catch us off guard?"

Well, since she knew that Long Aotian definitely couldn't produce this so-called "technology," Zhou Ke'er decided to turn the tables and maybe extort some benefits from him.

"I didn't, I'm not! Don't talk nonsense! Do you think I, Long Aotian, would do such a thing?!"

Long Aotian immediately denied it three times: "I, Long Aotian, despise being a treacherous villain who plots and schemes to harm others behind their backs! As a chosen one like me, I should make thorough preparations, fight my opponents openly and fairly, and then gloriously win!"

"...So you weren't the one who sent people to surround my little house before?"

Zhou Ke'er squinted and muttered something under her breath.

"Don't copy my expression."

Seeing Zhou Ke'er like this, Honghe squinted and whispered something.

"That was a perfectly legitimate scheme! You were the one who took the phone with the GPS tracking feature; I didn't force you to! Since you took it, you have to bear the consequences!"

Long Aotian tried to defend himself, but as he spoke, he suddenly seemed to realize something, his expression froze, and he looked at Zhou Ke'er with a puzzled look. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Wait, something's not right... Let me think... You're the despicable person who's been plotting something in the shadows... No, you're the despicable brat! You're the one who created this situation in the city! You're the one who made it public that ghosts can hurt people!"

"Huh? How come it's me?"

Zhou Ke'er's face fell in displeasure. How dare Long Aotian slander him? Does he miss Saya again and want to ask her to descend?

"Still denying it was you?! That instruction is stored on that phone! Besides you, who else could lift the ban on ghosts harming people?"

Long Aotian, looking as if he had solved a case, pointed at Zhou Ke'er and said with absolute certainty, "There's only one truth! Ha, you said you'd cooperate with me, but actually... your goal isn't just the humans or ghosts in this city, is it? It's both! You used the lifting of this ban to directly incite the ghosts to slaughter humans, then used the excuse of cooperating with me to borrow human technology to fight against the ghosts... Once the strength of both sides has been weakened to a certain extent, you can reap the benefits! What a vicious scheme, Joker! Unfortunately, it didn't escape my discerning eyes, Long Aotian!"

## Chapter 265, Section 260: Strange and Unusual (Sixty-Nine)

No, I really didn't know that command was actually on my phone...

Zhou Ke'er's lips twitched. He had always thought that such an important instruction would at least be a formal document with authoritative certification, but it turned out to be just an electronic document that could be stored on a mobile phone. This was too frivolous!

If that's the case, then wouldn't it be possible to make up any commands you want?

And what exactly were the conditions under which this directive was made public...? These questions remain completely shrouded in mystery...

"No, no, putting aside whether I made this instruction public, if I really had this purpose, then since I wanted to win you over and fool you, I would definitely have made a plan. For example..."

Zhou Ke'er shook her head and casually explained, "For example, right now, if that were really the case, I wouldn't save Yi An. Instead, I would grab you and run away quickly. At the same time, I would definitely arrange for a continuous stream of ghosts and monsters to chase after us. That way, since you wouldn't have time to think about this possibility, the suspension bridge effect would increase your trust in us... instead of like now, where we can stand on the main road chatting without any worries."

"you..."

Long Aotian pondered for a moment upon hearing this, and was about to say something when Honghe suddenly put a finger to her lips, making a shushing gesture: "Wait, don't speak yet... Listen carefully, did you hear anything?"

"That must be the sound of ghosts killing people."

Yi An chimed in as if it were the most natural thing in the world: "When I passed by those buildings just now, I saw several rooms where ghosts were killing people, but because I was being chased and was injured, I didn't do anything."

"What?! Then why didn't you say so earlier?"

Upon hearing this, Long Aotian was startled and quickly glanced at the buildings next to him. He hadn't noticed them before, but now, upon closer inspection, he discovered that many windows facing this side were covered with dark red bloodstains, and it seemed that some glowing gaze was peering through the bloodstains at them.

"...You didn't ask me."

Yi An looked at Long Aotian with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot.

Seeing that things had already turned out this way, Long Aotian was too lazy to dwell on it anymore. He secretly thought to himself: No wonder it was already dawn. According to common sense, at this time there should be many office workers yawning and walking on the road, ready to go to work... but there is no one here now. So that's why.

But... something's still not right! Are there really that many ghosts in this city? Enough for every household to have one, with not a single one slipping through the net? This is outrageous...

Just then, Zhou Ke'er looked at everyone with a serious expression: "Speaking of which, there is something very, very important right now..."

"What is it?"

Honghe looked at Zhou Ke'er with suspicion, her expression clearly saying, "No way, no way, you wouldn't have anything important to say, would you? And even if you did, why would you say it in front of others? Are you really Zhou Ke'er? Or have you been switched at birth?"

"Yes, it's really important."

Zhou Ke'er looked serious and said in a deep voice, "I'm hungry. Do you have anything to eat?"

This situation is really serious; the "hunger" debuff has already appeared on the status bar.

"..."

Honghe instantly regained her deadpan expression, her face bearing an "Ah, I knew it, that's right" look. She reached into her pocket, pulled out a bag of biscuits, and tossed it to Zhou Ke'er: "Hey! Here, have some!"

"Ah... I thought you wanted to eat us when you said you were hungry."

Yi An, expressionless and in a calm tone, uttered incredibly terrifying words, then put away the gun she was gripping tightly. "It scared me so much I almost shot it."

"...Can ghosts eat human food?"

Long Aotian opened his mouth, unable to resist asking.

"Of course! Why not!"

While chewing on a biscuit, Zhou Ke'er casually replied, "Why don't you use your brain, which is as barren as parched and cracked land due to lack of water, to think about this properly? Those man-eating monsters, in the end, are just eating the flesh of living beings. After digestion, it's just glycerol, fatty acids, and carbohydrates. And biscuits, after digestion, are also carbohydrates. What's the difference?"

"...Oh, this..."

Long Aotian was completely bewildered. He had never studied these things, so of course he didn't understand what Zhou Ke'er was saying at all. He could only pretend that he understood and nodded in awe.

"That's right, and...aren't you from this city? How come you don't even know this? The ghosts and monsters in your city can't harm humans. If they can't even eat these things...how do they not starve to death?"

Red Crane squinted, looking puzzled, while Iron Wolf, like a prophet, questioned her.

"..."

Long Aotian never expected that he would reveal such a big flaw, and that people were even doubting whether he was from this city. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

"Ha, I think he's mocking us. We're not ghosts of this city, so we don't need to follow the ban, and now that the ban has been lifted, we're still eating cookies? It's such a disgrace to ghosts, don't you think?"

Zhou Ke'er said with a grin.

In fact, it was also a way to give Long Aotian a way out, and at the same time, to treat the potentially suspicious point raised by Zhou Ke'er as a joke and brush it off, killing two birds with one stone.

After all, by questioning Long Aotian, Zhou Ke'er and Honghe had essentially confirmed their identities. As long as they didn't reveal any major flaws, their identities wouldn't be exposed. Furthermore, Long Aotian couldn't directly answer Honghe's question; at most, he could only laugh it off. It was better for Zhou Ke'er to further suppress his identity.

"Hey... since we already know there are ghosts and monsters all around us, why are we acting like nothing's happening, standing on this super conspicuous main road chatting like this? Are we afraid of not being chased? Do we have to wait until the ghosts and monsters come out to chase us before we run? Do you guys have some kind of addiction to being chased by ghosts and monsters?"

Looking at the noisy crowd, Yi An, who had been expressionless, finally couldn't help but ask in a very puzzled tone, "If that's really the case, can I get my wound treated first? Otherwise, I might bleed to death while running. Oh, or rather, I might bleed to death while just standing here."

"Ah, that's where the problem comes in."

Red Crane stared blankly at Yi An, who was also expressionless, with dead fish eyes and said, "We don't know how to bandage or stop bleeding. Besides, the hospitals in your city are probably already completely destroyed by ghosts and monsters, so... you'd better just stand here and wait for your wound to scab over. We've been staying here because we're thinking of you. Don't you understand our good intentions?"

## Chapter 266, Section 261: Strange and Unusual (Seventy)

After hearing Honghe's shameless explanation, Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but look at Honghe and nod with satisfaction. He really inherited Honghe's shamelessness. How could she not feel that "I raised this child myself"?

Without saying anything, Zhou Ke'er used her watch to teleport away from everyone again.

"Huh?! Why did he run away first? What does that mean?"

Long Aotian, who had been keeping a close eye on his surroundings, noticed Zhou Ke'er leaving almost the instant she did, and immediately asked Honghe, who was confronting Yi An.

"Solve your own problems. Can't you even think independently anymore?"

Honghe glared at Long Aotian with dead fish eyes and said in an annoyed tone, "Besides, I'm still here, aren't I? Are you worried he'll run away?"

"...To be honest, I'm quite worried."

Long Aotian was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"...Yeah, actually I'm quite worried too."

Seeing that Long Aotian was so honest, Honghe couldn't help but squint and contradict herself, saying the same thing.

"Hey, hey, that's too much! Flamingo, you don't trust me at all! I'm so heartbroken!"

Just then, Zhou Ke'er reappeared beside everyone and overheard Hong He's words. Without even thinking, she knew what Hong He was worried about, and immediately put on a pitiful expression and said...

Honghe completely ignored Zhou Ke'er's nauseous expression and tone, and immediately noticed a...spider leg in Zhou Ke'er's hand? She immediately asked, "You just went to tear off a leg? I didn't expect you to be a leg fetishist, Zhou...joker! And a spider leg at that, you've got some serious taste... Oh, spider legs are furry in a way, does that hit your sweet spot?"

"??? When I typed that question mark, it wasn't that I had a problem, but that I thought you had a problem!"

Zhou Ke'er casually flicked the spider leg off her hand, shaking off the slime and blood. "Look at you all, everyone else has a weapon, and I'm all empty-handed. That's not fair, is it? Well, I guess I'll just have to find one myself. Look at this spider leg, it could just pierce right into the wall, so it must be incredibly sharp. Plus, its shape is perfect for holding, making it ideal as a weapon."