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

Chen Tian, ​​standing to the side, stared wide-eyed in astonishment—this was…absorbed? Zhou Ke'er absorbed the eerie entity? Isn't absorbing an eerie entity something only the eerie entity itself can do?! It's supposed to be a "cannibalistic" gameplay mode, so how could Zhou Ke'er do it too?!

Could it be... that Zhou Ke'er has also betrayed us?! Has she also become a monster?!

At this moment, Chen Tian was a little afraid that Zhou Ke'er would suddenly turn around, point at him, and say something like, "You're next."

At that moment, around a corner not far away...

A young man leaned against the glass wall of the building at the corner, looking terrified. If Zhou Ke'er and the others saw him, they might recall that this guy was Yuan Fan, whom they had encountered in the previous event module.

He had just been passing by when he suddenly saw a lot of players fleeing from a city gate, so he couldn't resist his curiosity and cautiously approached. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be Zhou Ke'er and her group. He was just about to come out and greet them when he saw Zhou Ke'er devouring something bizarre, and he was so frightened that he shrank back into the corner, too scared to come out.

It can actually devour that disgusting and terrifying monster! Who's the monster here?! Actually, Zhou Ke'er is a monster in human skin, isn't she? And since she's a monster, the players who hang out with her must also be... After all, birds of a feather flock together, they might just be a bunch of monsters mimicking each other!

Yuan Fan was startled by the fact that he had actually wanted to go up and greet them.

Moreover... because he witnessed a strange entity during the last event, which left him with psychological trauma, Yuan Fan would subconsciously turn on the game camera whenever he encountered such a strange entity—if he alone couldn't solve a problem, posting it on the forum would allow many players to gather their strength and discover some details!

So... he recorded the whole scene of Zhou Ke'er devouring the strange creature!

"Run...run! We absolutely cannot fall into the hands of these monsters!"

Having developed a bizarre PTSD, Yuan Fan swallowed hard, then struggled to move his trembling legs and ran away into the distance.

As for Zhou Ke'er... she had no idea that there was such a person with such a rich inner monologue who came and then left.

"Are you... are you even human?"

Looking at Zhou Ke'er's appearance, Chen Tian finally couldn't help but ask.

"Hey! Don't just dismiss people like that, you bastard!"

Zhou Ke'er immediately protested, clearly displeased.

"Let's not waste any more time here! How much time has passed already! We don't even know how Zhang He and Chun Kun Qiu Fei are doing. Let's hurry and go find them!"

Finger Sand quickly reminded him, afraid that after being constantly interrupted by Zhou Ke'er, he would forget that some teammates had not yet arrived.

"I'll leave the search to you. I have more important things to do..."

Zhou Ke'er crossed her arms over her chest, then suddenly opened them wide, "All the strange things in this entire city are my food!"

That's right, absorbing each strange creature slightly increases Zhou Ke'er's total spiritual power. As someone who has gone astray in his cultivation, as long as the source of mutation is in place, there are no bottlenecks to his advancement. Once his total spiritual power is sufficient, he can complete the advancement.

Because he hadn't cultivated any techniques before, his total spiritual power was fixed and couldn't continue to increase. Apart from gaining some experience after killing monsters in the main world, which could be considered a way to advance, directly absorbing strange entities to expand his total spiritual power could also achieve the same goal.

Therefore... Zhou Ke'er suddenly had a small goal: to build a foundation in this module first!

He went straight from the first level of Qi Refining to the Foundation Establishment stage; probably no one could be faster than him—as long as the tricks were executed perfectly.

## Chapter 429, Section 424: The Madman Is Actually Beside Me

In the dim alley, the eerie, inhuman creature, emitting a dark red glow, slowly spread out. Suddenly, it shot out like a bullet from a gun, splitting into several thin lines in mid-air before violently striking a passing player who was completely caught off guard.

The poor unlucky guy was instantly thrown backward by the impact, and the thin threads pierced through his limbs, then wrapped around them several times before exerting force again, trying to drag him back.

The player looked terrified. Although as a player assigned to this module, he should at least have some ways to deal with this situation, the sudden attack caught him off guard and his mind went blank for a moment. Naturally, he didn't think of using any means to escape.

Just then, a figure flashed past the middle of the extended thin thread. With a few "snap" sounds, the thread snapped at that point. The person then reached out and grabbed several threads, pulling them outwards with a jerk.

After narrowly escaping from the strange creature's clutches, the unlucky player collapsed to the ground, still shaken. To be honest, with this kind of mentality, it would be difficult to successfully pass the fog module. He was probably just someone who got through by relying on his teammates.

As for the person who suddenly rushed out... who else could it be but Zhou Ke'er?

"Th...thank you..."

She stammered as she held Zhou Ke'er, who was pierced by a dark red, eerie object in her hand. Blood was gushing from her hands and feet because of the strange object, making her look extremely disheveled and miserable.

"You're welcome, because my purpose wasn't to save you."

Zhou Ke'er turned her head, grinned, and showed her teeth with a sinister smile.

Upon hearing this, the player's breath hitched, and he instinctively used his hands to support himself and backed away. However, he forgot that the wound on his palm was still quite large, and he instantly withdrew his hands due to the pain, losing his support and falling backward to the ground.

Immediately, as Zhou Ke'er turned her head to look at the player, the eerie dark red figure launched a backstab without hesitation. Its main body instantly rushed out of the alley and thrust fiercely towards the back of Zhou Ke'er's head.

"Be...be careful!"

Upon seeing this, the player instinctively called out to Zhou Ke'er.

"It's this one that should be wary!"

Zhou Ke'er turned her head and her eyes met the strange creature rushing towards her. The strange creature didn't have time to stop and was sucked into Zhou Ke'er's eyes, letting out a series of death screams and howls.

"Hahahaha, this is so awesome! I can enjoy all the eerie things in the city! Hahaha!"

Zhou Ke'er let out a wild and arrogant laugh. Although the reason why his eyes could suddenly absorb strange phenomena was still unconfirmed, he had at least discovered this fact. Under these circumstances, he was practically invincible in this city!

The player looked at Zhou Ke'er, who was facing away from him, emitting a morbid laugh, and who was letting that disgusting and terrifying eeriness directly enter his body. He immediately couldn't help but scream in fear and terror: "Ahhh!"

Zhou Ke'er's laughter stopped abruptly. She turned her head slightly, but the absorption of the eerie energy didn't stop. In other words, while maintaining the appearance of the eerie energy flowing into her eyes, she asked the player in confusion, "What are you yelling about? Are you scared? I've already eliminated the eerie energy. What are you scared of?"

Although her tone was very gentle, it sent chills down the player's spine. The pressure, as if she were about to die, instantly stopped her screaming. She shut her mouth tightly, stared at Zhou Ke'er with wide eyes, and shook her head frantically.

"Bah!"

Just then, a whooshing sound suddenly came from the air.

Although Zhou Ke'er hadn't seen what it was yet, she instinctively reached out and swung the strange, remaining body in front of her to block it.

With a loud "clang," a small thrust suddenly came through.

A dagger was plunged deep into the strange creature's body.

Zhou Ke'er reached out and pulled the dagger out—it would be terrible if it got sucked into his eyes along with the strange creature.

Immediately, a female player rushed to the unfortunate player from before, gripping a dagger tightly in each hand. She looked at Zhou Ke'er with a fierce expression and muttered, "It's actually a powerful ghost capable of absorbing 'ghosts'... This is troublesome..."

Zhou Ke'er blinked her remaining eye. The Great Ghost? She seemed to recall hearing that term not long ago...

"Run! I'll hold off this giant monster here!"

Without turning her head, the female player shouted, "If you don't hurry, I'm not confident I can protect you!"

Her voice immediately became very soft, as if she were muttering to herself: "Forget about protecting others, even escaping from the clutches of the Great Demon is a problem... Ugh! So, it's one thing in real life, but why do I have to save people from the Demons in the game too?! Is this the fate of working people?!"

"Great Demon? You seem to have a deep misunderstanding about me. Why don't you let me explain?"

Zhou Ke'er slowly walked towards the other party. After absorbing the strange pupils, they were almost pure black, radiating an eerie glow, with dark red mist swirling within them. They did not look like normal humans at all.

As she spoke, Zhou Ke'er directly tossed the other person a "Let me see!" message.

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

[Target of Investigation: Player "Eliminate the Devious"]

Target Status:

Stamina: 87%

Sanity level: 96%

debuff: "Slight bleeding"

buffs: "Fearless", "Speed", "Mental Resistance"

"Wow, he's stacked so many buffs on himself right before the battle! Is this some kind of boss fight?!"

Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but complain in her heart.

But Zhou Ke'er wasn't as relaxed over there. The female player glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw that the unlucky guy had already scrambled away and fled at high speed. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and begin to focus intently on Zhou Ke'er, her whole body on high alert.

"Why are you so afraid of me? I didn't do anything. I didn't hurt her at all. In fact, I saved her from other monsters."

Zhou Ke'er tilted her head and asked the other person with an innocent look on her face.

"Because... it stems from our selfish human instincts. Even if a powerful and threatening being doesn't show us any hostility, we still can't tolerate living in constant fear. And as exorcists... we need to be even more selfish, fantasizing about ensuring that no one in humanity will be terrified by this situation!"

The other party roared and charged towards Zhou Ke'er, "Azure Rank Exorcist, Mingmeng Realm, please enlighten me!"

Although Zhou Ke'er could teleport behind her opponent and backstab them, it's... unnecessary. It's good to practice occasionally and see if her skills have declined.

To better fit the character's supernatural aura, Zhou Ke'er didn't even take out her spirit sword, fighting the opponent bare-handed—after all, she could always teleport if she really got into a dangerous situation.

"To brandish a dagger at a pitiful man who is unarmed, while spouting high-sounding words."

Zhou Ke'er suddenly turned to the side, dodging the viciously thrusting dagger, and without hesitation, she executed a bridge maneuver to avoid the dagger that Ming Mengjing's other hand was about to sweep across.

Without hesitation, she swung her leg upwards, trying to kick away one of the daggers, but unfortunately, Ming Mengjing was extremely vigilant. Seeing that her attack had failed, he immediately retreated several steps, causing Zhou Ke'er's kick to miss as well.

"Stop joking! You're not human!"

## Chapter 430, Section 425: I Am Invincible

"Hey? You're getting angry already? Don't be so petty! Come on, give me a smile?"

Zhou Ke'er suddenly turned around, quickly pushed herself up with her right hand on the ground, and grinned at Ming Mengjing.

He was greeted by the gleaming light of a dagger.

Ming Mengjing didn't hesitate at all. After retreating, she saw Zhou Ke'er getting up and immediately lunged forward again. She estimated the position of Zhou Ke'er's face and stabbed her with a dagger.

Zhou Ke'er's pupils contracted sharply, and she immediately tilted her head slightly to the right, narrowly avoiding the attack. At the same time, she clenched her right fist and thrust the dagger at Ming Mengjing towards the inside of Zhou Ke'er's right elbow.

"..."

When Ming Mengjing was struck hard on the inside of her elbow, she instinctively went into a physiological reaction and became numb and spasmed, almost dropping the dagger from her hand. Fortunately, the dagger in her left hand was already ready to strike, and she suddenly slashed upwards at Zhou Ke'er.

"Was it too late to withdraw my right hand...? If I pulled back immediately, I would still be stabbed by the dagger..."

A thought flashed through Zhou Ke'er's mind, and without hesitation, she turned sharply to the left and fell to the ground.

"Bah!"

The moment Zhou Ke'er fell to the ground, he could even feel the chill of the dagger behind his head. He subconsciously pushed himself up with both hands and did a push-up, then suddenly kicked his right leg up, delivering a powerful upward kick to Ming Mengjing's left hand.

"Clang!"

He kicked the dagger out of Ming Mengjing's hand, and it crashed to the ground with a series of sounds.

"You can't defeat me with just physical skills."

Zhou Ke'er quickly got up, turned around and said to Ming Mengjing.

Although it was quite interesting to fight like in a martial arts movie, Zhou Ke'er still wanted to know what methods these guys who called themselves "exorcists" used to kill the ghosts.