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

Li Yu casually flicked the thin thread, forcing Wei Mingquan back a distance. His expression was indifferent: "His Majesty spared your life for now since he didn't order your death. However... if you touch the taboo again, it won't be as simple as it is this time!"

"...No, I know!"

Wei Mingquan suddenly looked as if he had just realized something, staring at Li Yu with a horrified expression. He took several steps back and asked incredulously, "The Prince of Zhenbei... is the Emperor! The Emperor is the Prince of Zhenbei...!"

"rub!"

Li Yu's expression suddenly changed, his originally delicate and handsome face instantly turning ferocious. He disappeared from his spot in the blink of an eye and appeared in front of Wei Mingquan in an instant. He suddenly reached out and pinched Wei Mingquan's cheek, his tone icy: "It seems you really want to die... Anyway, we don't need another pawn like you. Since you're so eager to die, no one can save you!"

"Well!!"

For the first time, Wei Mingquan showed a look of terror, his eyes even containing a hint of self-doubt. He grabbed Li Yu's wrist with one hand and struggled frantically.

"Run! Run! What are you all standing around for! Once that guy's dead, it'll be our turn!"

At the same time, Zhang Buyan, who had just realized what was happening, quickly grabbed Lengchitu, who was still in a daze and thinking about what had happened. He whispered something to her and then dragged her away.

"Run? Run for what? Wasn't that eunuch supposed to protect me? At most, he'd just kill you, what does that have to do with me?"

Lengchitu was being pulled along by Zhang Buyan. Although she didn't resist, she asked in a low voice with a puzzled look on her face.

"Are you stupid?! Didn't you hear what that storyteller said?! We know such a big secret. Even if you're not killed, you're definitely not going to have an easy time!"

Zhang Buyan immediately explained.

"No! It's because I heard that that I'm not afraid!"

Cold-Eating Rabbit finally came to her senses. She quickly broke free from Zhang Buyan's hand, frowned, and looked at the puzzled Zhang Buyan, analyzing, "Didn't he say that the Prince of Zhenbei is the Emperor, and the Emperor is the Prince of Zhenbei? I am the Prince of Zhenbei's legitimate daughter, which means... I am the current Emperor's heir! So what am I afraid of? That eunuch couldn't possibly lay a hand on me! Even if he knew this secret, so what? The only one who should be worried about your safety is yourself!"

At this point, Cold-Eat Rabbit suddenly looked enlightened, staring at Zhang Buyan in shock, pointing at him and questioning, "Oh, I see! Now I know why you kept bringing me along and kept lying to me that you were there to save me. You just wanted to use me as a shield! I never thought you were this kind of person!"

"???"

Zhang Buyan, who had tried his best to save people, never expected to be bitten in return. He was completely taken aback by Lengchitu's shameless words and was stunned with a look of confusion.

"Alright, I saw right through you! I knew there was no one in this world who would help others for no reason. You had ulterior motives all along! You knew my identity all along, so you pretended to be here to save me, but you just wanted to protect yourself. Humph!"

Seeing Zhang Buyan speechless, Lengchitu immediately became certain of his thoughts, crossed his arms, and righteously and sternly accused him.

"Fine, since you've put it that way, I have no reason to bother with you anymore. Consider my previous kindness was all for naught. We'll meet again someday, bye!"

Zhang Buyan had nothing to say, helplessly turned over, and fled on the spot in frustration.

Meanwhile, Wei Mingquan and Li Yu had also ended their final struggle.

For some reason, Li Yu did not kill Wei Mingquan, but only broke his limbs, knocked him unconscious, tied him up tightly with thin thread, and threw him on the ground.

Then he looked over at the cold-cooked rabbit.

## Chapter 316, Section 311: The Grand Imperial Examination (Twenty-Six)

Let's turn our attention back to Zhou Ke'er.

"The sound of gunfire? What's going on?!"

After Shi An said that, Song Yi realized that this was not some kind of earth dragon turning over, but clearly the loud noise and vibration produced by artillery bombardment!

But...you have to understand, where is this? This is the capital! How could there possibly be the sound of cannon fire in the capital? Are they out of their minds?!

"...Do you still need to wonder what's going on? You could figure it out even with your toes."

Zhou Ke'er glanced at Song Yi, thinking that this guy was either acting or genuinely brain-dead. She pouted and looked at Shi An, saying, "It's obvious that the Prince of Zhenbei has brought his troops to quell the rebellion, right? We just happened to run into his attack on the city? Hey, didn't you say you were one of the Prince of Zhenbei's men? Anyway, it's already come to this, and we can't change anything. Why don't you tell us what happened?"

"what?"

Shi An looked puzzled, scratched his head innocently, and then shrugged, "I don't know."

"Are you trying to fool us?"

Dio's eyes flashed red. Seeing Shi An's indifferent attitude, he felt a surge of anger and immediately clenched his hands into claws, lashing out at Shi An menacingly.

Seeing this, Shi An frowned slightly, held the oil-paper umbrella in front of her to block Dio's attack, and continued to explain, "Miss, you misunderstand. I did not do that."

Song Yi, standing to the side, was shocked to see the two start fighting without warning. Was this the time for infighting?! Did these people even know what the important thing was, bastards?!

What's most infuriating is that Zhou Ke'er is fanning the flames from the side, saying in a serious tone: "Heh, you didn't do it again. So if you didn't do it, then what did you do? At first you told me you were a man of the Prince of Zhenbei, but after a while you said you weren't. A little while later, someone else came out to testify that you suddenly became the Emperor's heir. Just now you denied that fact and said you were a man of the Prince of Zhenbei."

Okay, then we'll say we'll trust you for now. But then, when we ask you about the Prince of Zhenbei, you innocently say you don't know anything. How can we trust you?

"That's right! Although I don't know about what happened before, judging from your behavior just now... what are you pretending to be so mysterious about! You say one thing and you say another, but when asked what happened, you stammered and gave vague answers. Now that we're asking you about the truth, you say you don't know... do you think you're a riddle teller?!"

Dio completely agreed with Zhou Ke'er's words. She just couldn't stand Shi An's behavior, which made her extremely irritable. Her attacks were constantly being blocked by the other party, which made her, who originally just wanted to teach Shi An a little lesson, a little angry.

"..."

Shi An's eyes darkened slightly, his tone taking on a cold, hard tone: "So, if I ask you to reveal your true identities, you'll just... without hesitation..."

"That's right, so what? I'm a member of the Prince of Yan's Guard. Didn't I tell you that from the very beginning? And I have proof too. This is the Prince of Yan's Guard's token. See it clearly? This is quite different from your casual nonsense."

Before Shi An could finish speaking, Zhou Ke'er, with an air of self-righteousness, replied confidently, "Don't always impose your dark and sordid thoughts on others! Besides, I believe Dio would be very willing to do it; you're just overthinking it!"

After saying that, ignoring Shi An's momentarily stiff expression, Zhou Ke'er turned to Dior and asked, "Don't you think so? You can do it, right?"

"Hmph, of course."

Dio took two steps back, abandoning his intention to continue attacking Shi An. He crossed his arms and snorted coldly, "It's just a mere identity. What's so inconvenient about revealing it? Do you think I care if a few little bread rolls have discovered my identity? Ridiculous! There are plenty of little bread rolls who want to know my identity. Even if they know, so what? It won't make them any more delicious."

"So...who is your identity?"

Zhou Ke'er, revealing her true intentions, asked directly without any attempt at concealment.

That's right, it's quite obvious... Just now, Zhou Ke'er not only disgusted Shi An, forcing him to either reveal his identity or face a group attack from the others present, forcing him to expose himself—because the people present couldn't tolerate an unknown person staying by their side, nor could they tolerate someone who already knew the inside story leaving easily—but also, incidentally, she wanted Dio to reveal his true identity. A double kill.

"I am an envoy from the far west, from the Great Qin Empire!"

Dio crossed his arms and replied seriously, "If you want any evidence, you'll have to ask the official who received me, or the Emperor himself."

Da Qin?

Zhou Ke'er frowned slightly—wasn't this still a dynasty in the history of the ancient Celestial Empire? And as a unified dynasty, shouldn't it coexist with this dynasty? Could it be some kind of alternate history?

That's not right... Even in the Qin Dynasty, there wouldn't be any foreigners as envoys, especially not someone with blond hair like that...

and many more...

Zhou Ke'er suddenly had a flash of inspiration—he seemed to have subconsciously overlooked one point: in ancient China, the Roman Empire was referred to as Da Qin.

While the dominant race of the Roman Empire was said to be the black-haired, black-eyed Latins, there were indeed blond-haired, blue-eyed Germanic peoples, Vikings, Normans, and others. Moreover, during the Eastern Roman Empire, pure-blooded Romans were almost extinct; even the founding emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantine I, was Serbian.

Therefore, it's quite normal to send a blond, blue-eyed envoy...

However, although there are no obvious logical errors, given that Zhou Ke'er is not familiar with the background of this module and Dior has not provided credible evidence, we will leave it as a question for the time being.

I'll bookmark this first, pretend to believe it, and then try to get information out of Shi An. Compared to Dior, Zhou Ke'er still thinks Shi An is more difficult to deal with.

"...Yes, that is indeed true. Some time ago, some of our colleagues in the Prince of Yan's Guard were also given the mission of secretly monitoring... no, secretly protecting foreign envoys. What Dio said should not be untrue; it should be true."

Zhou Ke'er made up a bunch of nonsense, fabricating a completely fictitious story to support Dio's claim. After confirming Dio's identity, she couldn't wait to turn to Shi An. Although she didn't say anything, her intention was already very clear.

"..."

Shi An's expression wasn't very good, but he realized the current situation and knew he had no choice but to speak.

"Alright, since you're so eager to know my identity, I'll tell you."

Shi An's demeanor changed drastically; his eyes instantly became agitated, as if he had become a completely different person.

## Chapter 317, Section 312: The Grand Imperial Examination (Twenty-Seven)

Seeing this, Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but subconsciously put her hands behind her back, quietly preparing to condense spiritual energy needles in a secluded place—who knows if Shi An would suddenly attack and hurt someone? Zhou Ke'er felt that judging from his current appearance, it wasn't impossible.

"The gravedigger."

Shi An spoke abruptly, glanced at the others present, and repeated, "The tomb keeper was personally appointed by His Majesty. The material of this umbrella sword comes from the ancient tomb, which is also the symbol of the tomb keeper's identity. Are you satisfied now?"

"No, of course I'm not satisfied."

Zhou Ke'er was now determined to play the villain to the end. Although, logically speaking, Shi An had already made considerable concessions and compromises under these circumstances, which should have been more than enough as a basis for cooperation, but...

Who said Zhou Ke'er's goal was to get all four people present to work together? Who said that? Anyway, Zhou Ke'er didn't say that.

So what is the purpose of targeting Shi An?

Are you kidding me? Zhou Ke'er has to have a purpose and a reason to target others? Would she still be Zhou Ke'er?

Zhou Ke'er is happy as long as she makes others angry or upset; it's that simple.

"You haven't explained why you pretended to be the Prince of Zhenbei's man, and why the current emperor's son knows you and has a close relationship with you. You haven't explained any of these key questions clearly. Now you're just throwing out some ambiguous information. We don't even know if your so-called evidence is real."

While displaying an extremely irritating expression, Zhou Ke'er continued her tirade, subtly taking several steps back to subtly shield Dio half a body length in front of her. "By giving another unverifiable identity, you're trying to conceal the two questionable identities you revealed before... This is blatant malicious fraud! There's definitely important information you're hiding from me!"

"That makes sense, it's true! Thinking about it that way, it seems you're still up to your old tricks, trying to hide your identity among us..."

Dio nodded in agreement, but then suddenly his face lit up with a look of sudden realization. He pointed at Shi An in surprise and said, "Wait, something's not right! We overlooked something. So that's how it is... If he wants to conceal and forge his identity, and also wants to stay close to us, then not only can we not know his identity, but he also needs to stay close to us to achieve his ultimate goal. Combining these two points... then the conclusion is obvious!"

"Alright, let's just keep it to ourselves. There's no need to say it out loud. Let's at least save face for them, right? It's not good to be so blunt."

Zhou Ke'er once again fanned the flames from the side.

Song Yi, completely bewildered by what had happened, was utterly dumbfounded. He had no idea things would suddenly turn out this way, and... shouldn't the focus be on that cannon shot just now?! Why did they suddenly start fighting amongst themselves?! The focus has completely shifted, damn it!

"..."

Shi An's expression changed several times, and finally, as if he had made up his mind, he reached into his clothes and touched what looked like...

Holy crap?! It's not just similar, it's... this is it!

A musket?! No, not a standard musket... it should be a slightly outdated predecessor, a fire lance!

How did you manage to stuff such a huge fire tube inside your clothes, you idiot?! Is this Doraemon's four-dimensional pocket?! There's also a small bag of filling materials and a bamboo stick. Are you planning to fill it right here?! How much stuff can you possibly fit in your clothes?! Aren't you afraid it'll spontaneously combust and blow you up?!

And the most unbelievable thing is... this guy actually got so angry that he was going to make a move?! And instead of choosing a normal method, he had to load a musket on the spot to attack? Isn't that just pointless?

When Zhou Ke'er saw that Shi An had even taken out a fire lance, she dared not mess with him anymore and immediately threw a handful of spiritual energy needles at him.

Are you kidding me? No matter how fast a hidden weapon is, it can't outrun a bullet! Are you really going to let Shi An slowly load the projectile, insert the stick, light it, and then launch the attack in a proper manner? That's just plain stupid! If he's any slower, Zhou Ke'er might just get pierced by the bullet.

Furthermore, if Zhou Ke'er hadn't been constantly on guard against Shi An's every move, he might not have been able to react at all. Even Song Yi and Dio, who were standing to the side, were stunned in place—Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but secretly grumble to herself, "With Song Yi's reaction speed, he can be called a top expert? He's unworthy of the title; he's just been hyped up."

"!"

Shi An caught sight of Zhou Ke'er's movements, his pupils contracted sharply, and the action of raising his gun to the sky abruptly stopped. He immediately threw the flintlock pistol aside, dodged to the side, and tried to avoid Zhou Ke'er's hidden weapon, coldly asking, "What are you doing! Why did you suddenly attack me?! What do you want to do?"

"boom!"