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

Ming Mengjing couldn't help but mentally complain, and became even more wary of Zhou Ke'er, raising her perception of his danger level once again.

"No...it's alright. This was a weapon that was almost obsolete anyway. After the rank determination, the Exorcist Organization will assign you a weapon..."

Ming Mengjing forced a smile as she answered, reaching out to take the half of the Tang sword. She felt the strong, eerie aura still lingering on it and couldn't help but shiver.

453. Gamers don't care about tricks.

After dealing with the monster, Ming Mengjing originally wanted to take Zhou Ke'er to start the second rank test as soon as possible, but Zhou Ke'er said that the only weapon he had was broken, so how could he deal with the monster?

To be honest, Zhou Ke'er didn't understand either. How could they start a second time so easily? Could it be that these ghosts were all released by the exorcists themselves? How easy is it to encounter them?

Upon hearing this, Ming Mengjing glanced at Zhou Ke'er. Although her eyes were full of "You can tear the ghost apart with your bare hands, why do you need a weapon?", she quickly nodded, indicating that she would go back and apply to the organization to order Zhou Ke'er's exorcising weapon in advance before conducting the next rank test.

After all, judging from the strength Zhou Ke'er just displayed, she's at least a Green-rank... at least. In reality, she might even be Blue or Purple-rank. So, based on the rule of the Exorcist Organization that Exorcists of Yellow rank or above can have weapons custom-made, he'll definitely be fine. He can just get an advance payment.

Incidentally, as for the exorcists of the red, orange, and yellow tiers, they usually only deal with low-level ghosts, so they only need to use ordinary exorcism tools, such as exorcism spray, and don't need any special weapons at all.

Thus, the anti-theft operation ended rather abruptly.

Originally, Zhou Ke'er wanted to subtly ask Ming Mengjing if she knew about the recent game that could cause evil spirits to invade players' bodies, but Ming Mengjing obviously didn't give Zhou Ke'er a chance to communicate with her. After confirming that the operation was over, she ran away in a flash, not even willing to give Zhou Ke'er a ride, and told her to walk back by herself.

What kind of people are these?!

Zhou Ke'er muttered a complaint to herself, but during this time she couldn't even hail a taxi because most of them were closed, so she had to walk back by herself.

Fortunately, the communication bracelet has a navigation function, and it's not too far from Zhou Ke'er's home, so it only took about 30 to 40 minutes to walk there.

Finally returning home, it was still empty and deserted. Clearly, Polius... was indeed incredibly addicted to the game. Taking advantage of the fact that he didn't need to eat, drink, or relieve himself, ever since he suddenly appeared at Zhou Ke'er's door in the middle of the night saying he felt that Cronus was dead, he had basically never logged out of the game again. He was truly neglecting his sleep and meals.

However, if it were Zhou Ke'er... if he could, he would make the same decision.

Okay, I've worked hard exorcising ghosts today, so I'd better treat myself to a game of Gwent... oh wait, I mean, a game of video games!

So Zhou Ke'er logged into the game without any qualms.

As soon as he entered the safe house, he saw Red Crane sitting on the sofa in front, staring at him with an interrogation-like expression.

Startled, Zhou Ke'er immediately turned around, thinking she had missed some major show.

But in the end, there was no one there at all?

"Stop looking, I'm looking at you."

Red Crane said, squinting.

"How did you know I'd be online at this time? Can you tell fortunes?"

It shocked Zhou Ke'er for a whole year.

"I don't know, so I've been waiting for you here all morning, and I've already downloaded two or three modules."

Honghe stared with dead fish eyes and said, "It's just a break now, and it's quite a coincidence that you just happened to come online at this time."

"Then why are you waiting for me?"

Zhou Ke'er blinked.

"I won't do it."

Honghe flatly refused, "I just wanted to ask about the previous event module. Logically speaking, the first wave of monsters had no intention of attacking the city gate. If they had, the players, with so few people, definitely wouldn't have been able to stop them, and the game would have ended right at the start. So the rest should have been the same. But the second wave of monsters suddenly bypassed the players and attacked the city gate. Something must have changed. I thought about it, and I definitely feel that it has something to do with you."

"Moreover, after the city gates were breached, during the extra time event, you disappeared without a trace. Even Cold Rabbit couldn't contact you using the communication array."

Flamingo continued, "So what exactly did you go about?"

"No, I was just ranked too low and got kicked out of the event mode..."

Zhou Ke'er scratched her head innocently, "Since you figured out that the second wave of monster attacks was related to me, you must know... that my defense score would be absolutely terrible, I would be at the bottom, so it's only natural that I couldn't continue the game."

Flamingo's eyes suddenly cleared like limewater infused with carbon dioxide. "I see... It's not impossible. Was I just overthinking it?"

"That's right. By the way, where is everyone else? None of them are online?"

Zhou Ke'er changed the subject and asked.

"Sand between fingers, spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue, Cold-Eat Rabbit and Zhang He have all gone to help Cold-Eat Rabbit with the unlocking quest for the Array Master. Judging from their expressions, it doesn't seem too difficult to solve. If nothing unexpected happens, Cold-Eat Rabbit should be able to successfully unlock the character template in the next few days. We should also be able to enter the main city as soon as possible."

Honghe casually explained, "As for Chen Tian, ​​she's always been very secretive and hardly communicates with us. If she logs on and you're not there, she'll disappear somewhere."

"Oh, okay. How about we start a mod now? It seems like it's been a long time since we downloaded a mod together."

Zhou Ke'er nodded.

Instead of replying, Honghe sent a team-up request.

[Successfully selected "Dense Fog", "Multiplayer", and "Team" dungeons]

Number of participants: 2-5 people

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Enjoy the game!

The scene flashed before my eyes, and a clear view overlooking the distance appeared.

This is a remote mountain village. Although a road has been built up the mountain, it has long been in disrepair and is full of cracks and loose stones. Huge rocks and clods of earth hanging precariously on the mountainside make passersby tremble with fear, as if they are afraid that they will fall down as they pass by.

A car slowly drove along the mountain road, bumping along the road. The driver was a man who looked old, but was still quite healthy. A stranger sat in the passenger seat, while Zhou Ke'er and Hong He sat in the back seat.

At this moment, an off-screen voice began to play.

“You were all born in that small county town at the foot of this mountain, but over the years, you have hardly ever been to this mountain. Now, you have all left the county town and have your own lives, so naturally you won’t care about such trivial matters. After all, just like some college students, there are many who, even though the cafeteria is not far away, have never been there once in four years. This is not surprising.”

"However, what surprised you this time was that your elders all asked you to come back at the same time, as if there was something very important."

“No ordinary car can drive on this broken mountain road. After you all arrived, you were all at the foot of the mountain with your suitcases, at a loss. When you asked each other, you found that you were all called here by your elders and didn’t really know what to do.”

"It was getting dark when, thankfully, an old man drove by and saw the three of you. After asking you some questions, he decided to kindly help you and give you a ride up the mountain."

454. Ghost Stories of a Deserted Village (Part 1)

"As dusk approached, the mountain path proved unexpectedly long. You hadn't reached your destination even as the sun was about to cast its last rays."

"Your limited impressions of this desolate mountain involuntarily surfaced in your minds; rumors say..."

"By the way, what was the rumor again?"

"It's strange. You all came to mind in an instant, but when I try to recall them carefully, I can't remember anything at all."

"What's even stranger is that even though you were almost late, none of the elders who invited you called you. It was as if they weren't worried at all."

"Perhaps the signal was too poor up in the mountains, so the call couldn't get through?"

"A light drizzle started, falling on the mountainside and mixing with the muddy water, blurring the windshield of the car."

"You couldn't help but feel a strange palpitation, but the car continued to slowly drive up the mountain."

[Main Quest: Players must trigger this quest themselves]

[Special Mission: Players are required to assume their current identity. Actions that contradict this persona will increase the "Incongruity" stat. The mission fails when the "Incongruity" stat reaches 100.]

[Note: If the sense of incongruity reaches 100, unpredictable consequences will occur.]

[Randomly generating the character profile for player "Zhou Ke'er"...]

[Generation complete.]

[Character Profile: 22 years old, a medical student, therefore calm and clear-headed in the face of adversity, rarely experiencing fear. Enjoys reading detective novels, and while she won't outwardly show it, she secretly wants to get to the bottom of things that concern her but she can't understand. She and the flamingo sitting next to her are occasional friends from the same hometown, and you two returned together this time, but you're not very familiar with each other—just more than knowing each other's names.]

[Module loading complete.]

[Game begins.]

As the system notification faded, Zhou Ke'er instantly realized she was sitting in the back seat of the car from the opening CG, mud and water splashing against the windows, blurring the road ahead. The car was constantly jolting.

"Interesting. This module also has a so-called 'role-playing' setting. In that case, it's impossible to use teleportation or anything like that... Otherwise, if an ordinary person suddenly has superpowers, the sense of incongruity would definitely increase dramatically."

Zhou Ke'er thought to herself, while discreetly observing her current surroundings.

The interior of the car looked somewhat old, with large areas of the seat upholstery peeling off and showing signs of being rolled up. However, there was no dirty residue or pungent, unpleasant odor; it appeared relatively clean.

However, because the car model in this module is quite different from the real one, Zhou Ke'er was unable to discern any other information about the car itself.

What puzzled him was that, even though the rain had turned the windshield completely muddy and obscured the road even with the high beams on, the old man was still driving on.

"Sir, it's too dangerous to keep driving in this weather, especially in the mountains. You could easily have an accident. Why don't we stop here for a while and wait for the rain to stop?"

As she spoke, Zhou Ke'er glanced at the rearview mirror, but because it was too dark, she couldn't make out the old man driving the car.

"grass!"

Just then, the man sitting in the passenger seat suddenly cursed in terror, then quickly unbuckled his seatbelt, lifted his foot, straddled the seat, and slammed his foot on the brake.

"Squeak!"

With a sickening sound, everyone in the car was thrown forward by inertia.

Fortunately, Zhou Ke'er and Hong He in the back were wearing seat belts, and the car was not going very fast to begin with, so nothing serious happened.

The man who stepped on the brakes was only thrown against the windshield and did not break the glass or fly out of the car.

"What happened? What are you doing?"

Although Zhou Ke'er guessed that something must have happened to the old man, she still asked him a question.

"Damn it... paper doll! That old man turned into a paper doll! I was sitting in the passenger seat just now, but I didn't even notice..."

The man in front took a while to catch his breath and answered, then hurriedly opened the driver's side door and kicked the paper figure sitting in the driver's seat out of the car.

The colorful paper figures fell onto a puddle of muddy water, and were quickly soaked until they became wrinkled and soft, with even their faces covered in filth.

"So that's how it is... How could this be?! What happened?"

The flamingo, who was about to nod expressionlessly, suddenly choked, then, with a lifeless look in her eyes, she put on a frightened expression and asked repeatedly in a weak and fearful tone.

Goodness, Red Crane definitely felt out of place right from the start.

Zhou Ke'er narrowed her eyes, then reached into her coat pocket and found a cell phone inside.

Although... in this module configuration, the phone is practically useless.

However, Zhou Ke'er still carefully took out her phone, but after glancing at it, she found that, as expected, there was no signal.