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

A woman wielding a giant scythe rushed to the monster's corpse. She glanced at Zhou Ke'er but didn't say much. As she chopped off its head, she urged Zhou Ke'er on.

Are you talking to me?

Zhou Ke'er scratched her head.

He had never seen this woman before, but this scythe of death...

It looks almost identical to the one that the flamingo used before.

This guy must be Huang Quan.

Zhou Ke'er instantly realized that this fragment of memory must have come from her.

However, Zhou Ke'er had a dream before, and the scene in the dream... In short, Huang Quan did not die in this place.

That means the reason for ending this memory wasn't Huang Quan's death, but rather that she had completed what she needed to do, or left the city.

Since that's the case... then all I need to do is follow her.

## Chapter 356, Section 351: The Underworld and Kronos

"Of course I'm talking about you! Who else could it be but me?"

The woman, seemingly from the underworld, casually slung the massive Grim Reaper's scythe over her shoulder, completely unconcerned about the strange liquid that had clung to her after slaying the monster. With one hand on her hip, she looked at Zhou Ke'er and said nonchalantly, "Judging from your calm demeanor even when facing monsters, you must be an ability user. However, since you're not in the evacuation team I organized, it means either you were supposed to have another mission, or your strength isn't enough to participate in this evacuation. While your intentions are commendable, you should still follow instructions."

Zhou Ke'er finally had a chance to get a good look at the woman. Her hair wasn't long, just tied in a simple ponytail. Although her face was covered in blood and grime, making her look somewhat disheveled, she still appeared quite spirited. She wasn't exactly delicate or pretty, but perhaps because she was always smiling, she seemed very sunny, and the bloodstains on her face added a touch of heroism.

He looks completely opposite to the expressionless Red Crane. No wonder even Chen Tian didn't realize that Red Crane might be related to Huang Quan.

"No, I'm just an ordinary, unremarkable doctor."

Zhou Ke'er subtly hooked her right wrist, retracting the Death Fang, but her left hand remained on her watch. After a pause, she continued, "It was Chen Tian... cough cough, Chen Tian sent me here."

Well... she has no way of verifying it anyway. Even if she could, it would be after this memory fragment ends.

"Huh? What did he send you here for? I didn't receive any notification."

Huang Quan was taken aback upon hearing this, scratched his head in confusion, and complained indignantly, "It's one thing for Pompelo to not give any notice and to plot in secret, but now Chen Tian is doing the same thing too. This is too much! They must think I'm too stupid!"

"!"

When Zhou Ke'er heard the name "Pompeiro," her pupils shrank subconsciously—she seemed to have heard this name somewhere before?

Wait... I remember now, it was that girl who was sleepy in spring and tired in autumn who said that when she had nightmares, someone called out this name in her dreams! And it seems that she was this girl in the dream.

Holy crap? No way... So, according to this logic, the trio of protagonists from the old era (as Zhou Ke'er believes) have reappeared in the new era? Chen Tian directly transmigrated into Chen Tian's body, Chun Kunqiu Fei dreamed he was Pompero, and Hong He even brought out Huang Quan's weapon...

What kind of rubbish plot is this?!

Wait... something's not right. If those three guys are the new main characters, then Zhou Ke'er's character is... a key supporting character who guides the main characters to discover each other's identities in the early stages, drives the plot forward, and is ultimately killed off by the plot, right?!

Damn, it's Zhang Jie.

Is it too late to quit now?!

"Hey! Mortal, didn't I already warn you?! No matter what you encounter, no matter how much it looks like a person, you should at least 'observe' it carefully, right?"

Just then, a voice that Zhou Ke'er recognized but couldn't quite place rang out.

Immediately, a man with a slightly old-fashioned appearance, whose deep nasolabial folds made him look rather rigid and serious, and who was only wearing a few white linen robes, walked over. While frowning and reprimanding Huang Quan, he turned to look at Zhou Ke'er, his calm eyes, which concealed a violent undertone, seemed to carry a hint of wariness: "This thing in front of you, although it does look like a human like you, is actually not at all! Look carefully!"

"???"

This time, not only Huang Quan, but also Zhou Ke'er were completely bewildered.

How could he suddenly become a non-human being?

However, Zhou Ke'er quickly remembered that before entering this memory fragment, Chen Tian seemed to have mentioned this matter, saying that there were certain differences between the bodies of humans in the new era and those of normal humans in the old era... Although the differences were random for each person and could be in different locations, they did indeed exist.

"Monster! I can tell you're not human at first glance! Your petty tricks are nothing but child's play. You dare to show off your skills in front of an expert. I'll expose your true form!"

Huang Quan's eyes instantly turned wary. He took two steps back and glared at Zhou Ke'er, shouting, "You actually tried to lie to me? Didn't expect I actually discovered your true identity a long time ago! Tell me, what is your purpose?!"

"No, you didn't realize it a long time ago."

The man in the linen robe standing to the side bluntly exposed her.

"I did have it! I just pretended to be fooled, playing along to see what his real purpose was!"

Huang Quan retorted indignantly, "It's all your fault for alerting the enemy!"

"No, it's obvious that you didn't notice."

The man in the linen robe emphasized again in a serious tone.

Wait... Zhou Ke'er suddenly remembered, isn't this man in the linen robe Kronos!

However... Zhou Ke'er still has a portion of the Godhead of Time and Space that she absorbed from Kronos, how come the other party didn't notice even though they were so close?

Even though it has already been discovered that Zhou Ke'er is not entirely a human from the old era...

"I may not be considered a human being by your standard definition, but that doesn't mean I'm not human."

Seeing Huang Quan and Kronos bickering for no apparent reason, Zhou Ke'er had already realized that the two were probably planning to "distract each other, lower each other's guard, and then take the opportunity to attack." So she opened her mouth to explain.

As she spoke, Zhou Ke'er's mind instantly began to rapidly synthesize and analyze all the information she had gathered since she first encountered these things. She paused for a moment, then continued, "I came from Renault's laboratory. In order to carry out a certain plan, I used some uncontrollable and dangerous method, with the help of Tindalos's hounds, to travel through time and space to get here..."

Because Reno's experiment seems to have started very close to the final battle of the old era, while the situation here doesn't seem so urgent yet, it's very likely that they didn't happen on the same timeline. Therefore, Zhou Ke'er needs to add a time-travel element.

"Wait, wait, wait..."

Huang Quan seemed a little confused by Zhou Ke'er's words, his mosquito-coil eyes darting around as he looked at Kronos, "What do you think, you old codger? Do you think what he said is true or false?"

“How would I know… Renault and I aren’t that close, but judging from his abilities, it’s quite possible that he’ll step down to a research role. After all, the God pantheon is weak right now, and he can’t really do much.”

Kronos glanced at Huang Quan, who knew nothing, and said helplessly, "However... this doesn't prove that what he said is true; it's all just talk."

## Chapter 357, Section 352: Disorder

"If you insist on not believing it, then there's nothing I can do. Besides... aren't you the God of Time and Space? Why don't you go through it yourself and see for yourself?"

Zhou Ke'er crossed her arms, raised her eyebrows, and her true nature resurfaced, displaying an extremely arrogant demeanor. She spouted nonsense and argued, "Besides, suspicion can only prove something, not its absence, okay? For example, if I suspect you are actually fake, then I should provide evidence to prove you are fake, not ask you to prove your innocence. Do you understand?"

"Ah, that sounds like Renault's words! Now I believe he wasn't lying! Master, stop reading, stop reading!"

Upon hearing this, Huang Quan, before Zhou Ke'er could finish speaking, quickly covered his head with his hands, closed his eyes, and shouted loudly.

Zhou Ke'er narrowed his eyes. He was actually pondering a question—could the person existing within this fragment of memory still perform things that he should theoretically be able to do, but couldn't under the current circumstances? For example, making the Kronos in front of him travel through time and space to other places. Theoretically, as a god of time and space, he should be able to do it, but as a phantom existence confined to this fragment of memory, he shouldn't be able to.

If that's possible, wouldn't that mean the person within that so-called memory can transcend that memory itself? In that case, will Kronos travel to the original timeline, or to a timeline that has been interfered with by Zhou Ke'er?

However, can a single memory still construct a timeline after the interference? After all, the point in time when "Zhou Ke'er was involved" has not yet ended, and there are still countless possible branches. If it is possible to do this in the original real world because of some kind of "destined" fate, it is unreasonable for a so-called memory fragment to be able to do the same, right?

In this way, unless they are simply programmed to react in a specific way to external stimuli and are not capable of thinking for themselves... as long as the beings in this memory have autonomous consciousness, then regardless of whether Cronus can actually do this, it can make Him doubt the reality of His own existence.

So, if His self-doubt further influences Huang Quan, and if the owner of the memory fragments can realize that he is just an illusory existence constructed from remnant memories, then this memory should be able to end on its own, right?

Thinking this, Zhou Ke'er smiled as she looked at Cronus, who had not yet answered.

"Hey... you foolish mortal, oh no, you foolish monster, why are you looking at me like that? I have a bad feeling about you!"

Kronos felt extremely uncomfortable under Zhou Ke'er's gaze and couldn't help but ask in a fierce tone, "Besides, you suddenly appeared and said you're with us, so of course you have to provide the evidence! Do you expect any monster to jump out and claim to be the God of Time and Space, and I have to prove it to it?! It should be the one providing the evidence!"

Hmm... Kronos's focus isn't on the trap Zhou Ke'er deliberately set up at all. Did he genuinely not notice it, or...?

Zhou Ke'er narrowed her eyes, still smiling, and said, "Yes, you're right. Anyone who wants to claim to be the God of Time and Space does need to provide evidence, so..."

As Zhou Ke'er spoke, he activated the second core within his body that provided spiritual energy—the sinister core containing fragments of the Godhood of Time and Space. He then released spiritual energy into his hand, allowing it to flow—because Zhou Ke'er couldn't possibly be like those characters in other novels, "shaking his body and releasing the aura of the God of Time and Space," could he?! Because he couldn't even release an aura! He couldn't even sense the aura of others, how could he possibly release one himself...?

Therefore, this clumsy method is the only option. If the spiritual energy was created from that core, it should inherently carry some spacetime power. Although Zhou Ke'er herself cannot sense the so-called aura, Kronos should be able to... right?

"What do you think this proves? Please think about it carefully."

Zhou Ke'er held the spiritual energy in her hand, which she was barely able to maintain her form in order to prevent it from exploding out of control, and swayed it slightly toward Kronos.

"!"

Upon seeing this, Cronus narrowed his eyes sharply, revealing a solemn expression.

Just when Zhou Ke'er thought everything was settled, and he should have realized that it contained the power of spacetime, she saw Kronos drag Huang Quan back several steps, staring at Zhou Ke'er with a wary expression, and coldly say, "Such pure evil energy... This guy, he probably has a source of contamination planted in his body, right?! A single infected part wouldn't have this effect. I didn't expect I was so mistaken... This is even higher in rank than most of the monsters that have invaded this city..."

"???"

Zhou Ke'er was stunned. No, you're focusing on the wrong thing, aren't you?! You didn't detect the power of spacetime, but you sensed some kind of eerie concentration?

However, what the other party said was indeed true; Zhou Ke'er did indeed insert pollutants into her body, and she inserted two of them.

But... it's really strange! Things aren't going in the direction Zhou Ke'er predicted at all; they're all moving in a strange, yet inexplicably logical, direction.

Could it be... that something is manipulating things?

Zhou Ke'er suddenly realized this and became alert. He realized that this was in the game, in the territory of those beings! How could he have so easily revealed that he knew about Renault's existence?!

Doesn't this mean that the entities behind those games also know about this?!

Tooth loss...

He never expected to be so lacking in vigilance. Was it because those beings were too far away from him, so he simply overlooked them?

Zhou Ke'er gritted his teeth. He had originally planned to say that if Cronus still didn't believe him, he would bring up Polius and make up a lie to fool them, but now he thought... that was too reckless.

"What do you mean? What high-level or not? How am I supposed to understand what you're saying?"

Huang Quan looked completely bewildered, staring blankly at Kronos. He scratched his head, the heroic spirit he had displayed when slaying the monster vanishing instantly. Now he looked like a silly turtle, staring at Zhou Ke'er with a dumbfounded expression. He asked Kronos with a straight face, "Just tell me, should we kill him or not? Just kill him! You can analyze it yourself, what's the use of analyzing it for me? I can't understand it anyway."

"..."

Kronos sighed, rubbing his forehead in exasperation, but still maintaining an air of accustomed acceptance of the underworld. "Since it's been lying to us all along," he said, "we don't know its true purpose, but as long as we can communicate... let's hold off for now. Being corrupted by such pure evil would have serious consequences..."

## Chapter 358, 353. Practicing Martial Arts is worse than Pushing Through the Plot

"Rumble..."

Just then, a violent noise came from afar, and even the earth began to shake, with many cracks spreading out under the vibration.

"What's going on...tsk, so it seems there's still no way to finish this memory fragment here?"

Zhou Ke'er knew immediately that something was about to interrupt again. Its appearance at this particular moment seemed too coincidental, almost like it was part of the plot. Zhou Ke'er didn't believe there wasn't some behind-the-scenes manipulation.

However, having been dragged into this situation for no reason and gaining nothing in return, Zhou Ke'er would absolutely not make such a losing deal.

So, as if completely oblivious to the commotion coming from the other side, Zhou Ke'er ignored Kronos, who was still wary of her, and turned to the seemingly clueless Huang Quan, saying out of the blue, "Hey, do you know any cultivation techniques from the immortal cultivation system? If you do, can you teach me? Even if you don't, you must know about those energy manipulation methods, right? And while you're at it, can you teach me skills like Palm Thunder or Ten Thousand Swords Return to One?"