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

That makes it easier to believe, right?

The chaotic noise outside continued for a while. Although no one dared to come in to check the situation, fortunately, not everyone was a bad guy, and finally the sound of an ambulance could be heard.

## Chapter 366, 361. Like a God Walking Among Men (Part Two)

"Haa..."

Zhou Ke'er sat wearily on the large sofa, yawning and stretching.

He is currently at the address marked on that business card, which is the mental health clinic where he was randomly assigned to work.

Unfortunately, he had preconceived notions and forgot something extremely important... that is, he had no money on him.

As a wicked and domineering rich second-generation heir, Zhou Ke'er had never worried about money in real life, so even when he entered the game, he subconsciously ignored this issue... As a result, his previous plan went terribly wrong.

He doesn't have the money to pay for medical expenses.

Goodness, upon hearing the ambulance siren, Zhou Ke'er, who suddenly remembered this matter, immediately stopped pretending to be dead and jumped up from the ground with a "thud," very quickly!

Then, ignoring the crowd gathered at the entrance of the alley, he heard the approaching ambulance and immediately took off running—just kidding, do you know how much it costs to call an ambulance in the Western Old Era? Even though someone else called it, if he got in the ambulance, he would be the one paying the fare! Not to mention that Zhou Ke'er didn't have any money on her, even if this identity had savings, he didn't know where to withdraw it.

If he were to be detained for calling an ambulance but not having enough money, or if this leads to a series of complicated issues, then forget about preaching to a hundred people in three days; it's uncertain whether he could even escape.

The onlookers, who were initially filled with curiosity mixed with fear after witnessing the scene, were now seeing Zhou Ke'er suddenly spring up like a zombie and rush out with all her might. Who would dare to stop her? Naturally, they all made way for her.

Therefore, Zhou Ke'er escaped from the scene without any effort.

Whoever pays for the ambulance can pay, as long as it's not him.

However, after escaping the predicament and calming down, Zhou Ke'er headed to the address on the business card while pondering to herself. Soon, new doubts arose: First of all, according to the initial system prompts, this was different from those game modules. The assessment itself had already indicated that this was a sub-plane within a certain game. In other words, this world did not begin to operate after Zhou Ke'er entered it, but rather it already existed beforehand.

Secondly, Zhou Ke'er's current situation is clearly that her entire body has been transported in, which is the so-called "body transfer" rather than "soul transfer".

Now the question is... how exactly did Zhou Ke'er obtain this "identity"?

Is it a newly created virtual identity that Zhou Ke'er is then brought into, or is it something that already exists in this world, and Zhou Ke'er is temporarily impersonating it?

If it's a virtual identity, how are things like a job, housing, and other interpersonal relationships arranged? What happened to the person who originally held that position? And if there wasn't a position before, and it suddenly appears now, wouldn't that raise suspicion?

But if it's directly impersonating someone else... that's body-wearing! Could it be that the person looks exactly like Zhou Ke'er? Is it possible to find someone in some sub-plane who looks almost identical to Zhou Ke'er, then erase that person and temporarily replace them with Zhou Ke'er...?

Could it be that some mysterious power directly distorted everyone's impressions and concepts of the person Zhou Ke'er impersonated into the current Zhou Ke'er?

Can't figure it out.

However, giving up when he couldn't figure it out was always one of Zhou Ke'er's fine virtues—and after he walked through the crowd of surprised looks and pointing fingers from passersby, asking for directions until he reached the mental health clinic marked on the business card, he discovered...

This was different from what he had expected; it was a privately run psychological clinic, unlike anything he was familiar with.

Moreover... the clinic's key was openly inserted into the keyhole of the door, as if they were afraid that thieves wouldn't come to visit.

Zhou Ke'er silently complained as she turned the key and pushed the door open to enter.

At first glance, the clinic, which is not spacious and is even a little cramped, does not appear dirty or cramped. On the contrary, it is all neatly arranged and the layout is very comfortable. Whether in terms of appearance or use, it has a feeling of being small but complete.

Moreover, there was a computer prominently placed on the desk, and a smartphone next to it.

Unexpectedly, this communication tool, which should be carried at all times, was not given to Zhou Ke'er at the start of the game, but was left here for him to pick up.

After closing the door behind her, Zhou Ke'er casually glanced around the room before quickly walking to her desk. She turned on her computer and picked up a stack of papers that looked like document sheets, quickly scanning through them.

Good, at least these characters are ones he can understand. Although these characters are unlike any he has ever known or learned, perhaps due to some mysterious force, he can understand them anyway. It seems the same applies to languages.

These papers contain records of psychological treatments over the past week, and they are all quite normal descriptions. At least at first glance, Zhou Ke'er didn't see anything particularly obvious wrong.

Putting aside the documents for the moment, Zhou Ke'er picked up her phone again to check her personal information, such as the contacts in her address book and text messages.

However, the contact list only contained the phone number of this device; all other numbers were missing. And the text messages, aside from work-related messages, contained no normal interpersonal communication with anyone else.

Zhou Ke'er even had some doubts about whether this was a work phone or if there was a personal phone at home.

The problem is that he still hasn't figured out where this persona is supposed to live. He might have to spend a few nights in this psychological counseling room for the next few days.

"Huh? Wait a minute..."

Zhou Ke'er casually opened the drawer of her desk and found a stack of documents inside.

Zhou Ke'er, who had only glanced at these documents without thinking they were meaningless, suddenly noticed that the medical records on these papers... seemed to have a problem?

The first one clearly states:

Name: Felia Xiu

Age: 28 years old

Gender: Female

Occupation: Housewife

Symptoms: For half a month in a row, the patient has experienced auditory and visual hallucinations at night, which directly leads to insomnia and indirectly induces masochistic persecutory delusions. The patient firmly believes that some being has harmed the patient and left bruises and scars on the patient's body.

Recommended medications: olanzapine, clonazepam, trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride.

My personal suggestion: Go to a regular hospital for inpatient treatment.

"Hey, this is clearly not how a world without magic should be set up... There are obviously ghosts here, aren't there?!"

Zhou Ke'er broke out in a cold sweat instantly. His plans had been completely ruined in an instant...

Thinking of this, he quickly took it out and continued to look through the medical records at the back.

## Chapter 367, Section 362: Like a God Walking Among Men (Part 3)

Zhou Ke'er flipped through several more pages. Although most of them looked normal, there were a few that, with just a glance, were obviously problematic.

For example, feeling that the dolls you picked up can move, or dreaming about strange-looking uncles, etc...

Goodness, if we can encounter these kinds of ghost-like encounters so easily, and humans haven't all been wiped out or kept as pets or food under these circumstances, then it means that there must be a group in this sub-world that can fight against ghosts.

Logically speaking, the role of fighting against ghosts and monsters is either played by the church, or by so-called witch hunter groups, and sometimes the two are even combined.

Since God is dead, and Zhou Ke'er is here to spread the belief in God's divine status, it means that this character is not part of the church—at least not the so-called Catholic or Protestant church. It must be said that Christianity's regulations regarding the church system are essentially implemented as a model for all religious churches. Even if Zhou Ke'er were to think of something herself, she might not be able to come up with anything that could replace this religious setting; at most, she could only modify legends and myths, giving them a superficial makeover.

Therefore, Zhou Ke'er felt that in this world, the groups fighting against monsters were more likely to be witch hunters. Of course, if it were a church on the surface... then Zhou Ke'er's situation would be even easier...

Anyway, the basic church setting is pretty much the same, and God is completely dead, his divinity gone. So how she wants to adapt it is entirely up to Zhou Ke'er. She just needs to change the surface setting to fit the existing church, then find an opportunity to join in, and incidentally, stage a whole drama, claiming to be the spokesperson for that church's deity... and once this claim is accepted and believed by others...

Those believers, let alone a hundred, could easily reach even a few small goals.

Putting aside these wishful thinkings for the moment, Zhou Ke'er then checked the information on her computer.

Clearly, and as he expected, he had already guessed when he checked his phone that there wasn't much useful information on the computer. It was just a normal work machine, containing medical records and similar documents.

It seems... Zhou Ke'er's current identity was forcibly fabricated and inserted. After all, apart from her name, occupation, and address—the information needed in the short term—nothing else was provided... such as her interpersonal relationships, past experiences, or what she did in the past few days.

Of course, I have had contact with those patients listed in the medical records, so I might be able to visit them and ask about their situation.

As for this computer, although it doesn't contain any useful information, it can at least access the internet. Moreover, its operation and some software settings are almost identical to those of computers from the 21st century. Although it differs significantly from the computers used in the real world today, Zhou Ke'er had previously learned to use this type of computer out of curiosity, so it wasn't a difficult task for him.

Unfortunately, he couldn't find any information about ghosts or witchers, whether it was being kept secret from ordinary people or for some other reason.

Besides, there are many different religious sects in this world, which are very diverse, but none of them have been able to form a large church like Christianity or Catholicism. They are all loosely organized.

From this perspective, it's unlikely that the entity fighting against ghosts in this world is a unified church collective; perhaps it's some kind of alliance or something similar.

Furthermore... this also shows that people in this world don't have a fixed mindset about sectarian beliefs. After all, many small sects emerge every now and then, and people still follow them. Apart from those brainwashing and money-grabbing cults that were shut down, those small sects are still thriving, without being poached or suppressed by any slightly larger churches.

From this perspective, even if they develop in secret, given half a month to a month, Zhou Ke'er could still build up a small sect.

Unfortunately, he was only given three days.

Zhou Ke'er sighed, then put those aside for the moment and sat down on the sofa to begin absorbing and extracting spiritual energy according to the method in "Two Years of Qi Refining and Three Years of Foundation Building".

Ultimately, all he can do now is wait for the drama he staged in the alleyways and streets to slowly unfold, either sparking public discussion so he can seize the opportunity to proselytize, or for the matter to be suppressed and he to be summoned by the relevant departments or organizations that secretly manage such matters, in which case he'll have to wait for further reactions before he can take any action.

So for now, he can only recover his depleted spiritual energy and, incidentally, he can also heal his injuries.

To be honest, the method of extracting spiritual energy recorded in "Two or Three" isn't really suitable for Zhou Ke'er. Firstly, the extracted spiritual energy is fundamentally different from Zhou Ke'er's cultivation system. Secondly, after cultivation, it enters her body and is then tainted by evil influences again, essentially being filtered through a screen. Only what remains is the truly extracted spiritual energy. This makes it quite inefficient, but it's the only way Zhou Ke'er can manage for now.

The only positive aspect is that the spiritual energy extracted in this way has a slight healing effect on injuries as it flows through the body's meridians.

And then... for some reason, his eyelids started to feel heavier and heavier... There was no mention of this side effect from cultivating spiritual power, was there?

As she practiced, Zhou Ke'er naturally fell asleep. Of course, even while asleep, it was still like inefficient AFK farming, continuously extracting spiritual energy. It was just that the rate was much lower.

However, shortly after Zhou Ke'er fell asleep...

The lights in the entire psychological treatment room suddenly began to flicker, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, and the warm colors in the room suddenly turned a ghastly green for some reason, making one's hair stand on end and giving a creepy feeling.

The drawers on the desk next to me, as well as other movable items, began to vibrate and shake slightly, making a soft "clinking" sound.

A dark shadow appeared out of nowhere, but it would appear and disappear again as the light flickered.

It was like a scene from a horror movie, but unfortunately Zhou Ke'er was asleep and couldn't see it at all.

Before long, the dark shadow appeared in front of Zhou Ke'er, slowly extending its jet-black claws, which were like mist or ink.

But Zhou Ke'er was sleeping soundly and didn't wake up at all.

Just as its claws were about to touch Zhou Ke'er, it suddenly seemed to be drawn by some irresistible force. As a ghost, it shamefully screamed and was instantly sucked into Zhou Ke'er's slightly closed eyes, disappearing in a second.

"?"

Startled awake by the sudden scream, Zhou Ke'er shuddered and stared blankly for a moment before opening her eyes. "I... just fell asleep?"

## Chapter 368, Section 363: Like a God Walking Among Men (Part Four)

"dong dong dong..."

Just then, there was a rapid knocking on the door.

"So fast? There wasn't even any news about what happened on the street before... and they've already come knocking on our door? That's really fast. Ugh, but it might not be that group... who knows, maybe they're just some patients who booked an appointment and came at the right time."

Zhou Ke'er rubbed her eyes, not understanding how she had suddenly fallen asleep for no reason. Unable to figure it out, she could only attribute the cause to the problem with her cultivation technique.

"May I ask who this is?"

Zhou Ke'er called out loudly through the door, then quickly walked to the door and peered out through the peephole.

"Excuse me, is this Frank's therapy room? We're here to see him."

A response came quickly from outside the door.