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

Under the intense onslaught of evil influences, Zhou Ke'er's consciousness and spiritual abode were unable to maintain stability for a time, and naturally, she could not remain conscious as these two areas were impacted.

"You are not worthy to know my name."

Mo Bugui snorted coldly and suddenly waved his hand at Yun Chang'an in mid-air. Immediately, a black mist that appeared without warning pierced towards Yun Chang'an like a sharp blade.

"Insanity!"

Although Yun Chang'an was unhappy, he wasn't really provoked. After all, how could he have too much emotional fluctuation during a battle?

Immediately, the auspicious cloud beneath his feet rose upwards in the blink of an eye, narrowly dodging the black mist. At the same time, several bolts of lightning shot out from his hands, rushing towards Mo Bugui with bared teeth and claws.

But before they could even touch Mo Bugui, they were stopped by something that suddenly appeared around him, like a protective aura, which made a loud hissing sound.

"You didn't use your full strength? Are all cultivators in the Immortal Realm so arrogant?"

Mo Bugui's expression darkened, and black energy swirled around him once more—could this level of lightning strike really be considered an attack from an immortal? It wasn't even as strong as the first lightning tribulation.

"There's no need for that. I don't need to defeat you."

In the brief moment that Mo Bugui blocked the lightning strike, Yun Chang'an, who had already rescued Alex and Xing Jinqing and protected them behind him, shook his head but did not hide anything: "You do not possess a divine spark. The only reason you have been able to stay here for so long is because your strength is indeed very strong. But that's about it... Otherwise, do you think I would be the only one coming? My mission is only to protect the students from your harm. There is no need to confront you head-on."

"certainly..."

At this point, Yun Chang'an paused, his handsome eyebrows furrowing slightly, "Even if I really face you, I'm very confident I can win."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mo Bugui clearly felt himself gradually being repelled by the entire space—no, it shouldn't be considered just the beginning. This feeling had already started when he tore through space to arrive here, but it had only gradually become strong enough for him to feel, especially after Yun Chang'an reminded him.

Mo Bugui's expression hardened slightly. Although he wasn't going to be expelled from this place as Yun Chang'an had said, he certainly didn't have much time left.

Thinking of this, Mo Bugui immediately walked towards Zhou Ke'er and reached out his hand, trying to take her away from here.

But then... the character "壹" in Zhou Ke'er's right double pupil suddenly changed to "肆". Then, as if by instinct, Zhou Ke'er waved her hand unconsciously, and a loud "rumble" came from the ground.

Mo Bugui only needed to hear the sound and slightly sense the eerie aura emanating from the ground to raise an alarm bell in his heart. However, the threat he felt was not as great as that from Yun Chang'an beside him, so he did not back down but continued to reach out to Zhou Ke'er.

"boom!"

The ground was instantly ripped open with an astonishingly large hole, and then a huge, soft, grayish-black, sac-like body with a bunch of surging tentacles suddenly burst out of the ground. Its dirty and sharp mouthparts made people feel nauseous and frightened.

Without hesitation, the burrowing insect, driven by Zhou Ke'er, charged toward Mo Bugui.

Even Mo Bugui didn't want to be touched by such disgusting things even once, so he immediately waved his other hand, and a black mist instantly blocked the burrowing demon worm.

"Teacher, hurry... hurry and go to the rescue..."

Xing Jinqing, who was still somewhat conscious, quickly spoke softly to Yun Chang'an, who was not moving, and struggled to raise her almost numb arm, pointing at Zhou Ke'er.

"Rescue? They're not..."

Yun Chang'an, who had been watching the show, was taken aback. When he arrived, he saw that Zhou Ke'er and Mo Bugui were in identical states, so he assumed they were in cahoots. But judging from the current situation...

"Red Crane is a student of our academy! Don't the teachers of the Eastern Theology sense divine attributes?!"

Alex, who had been slowly waking up, saw the situation before him and, upon hearing Xing Jinqing's words, immediately became alert and addressed Yun Chang'an.

Upon hearing this, Yun Chang'an couldn't help but show an embarrassed expression.

Helpless, Xing Jinqing could only try to smooth things over, saying, "Our Heavenly Court lineage of deities ascends to godhood not through divine titles, but through divine seals... so their ability to sense the divine titles of other gods might be relatively weak..."

"What are we waiting for? What if something happens to Red Crane..."

Alex was baffled to see that Yun Chang'an was still not making any move. Was he supposed to stay here and listen to Xing Jinqing explain the difference between a godhood and a divine seal in detail?

But putting that aside, the number in Zhou Ke'er's double pupils kept changing, from "四" to "贰" and then to "叁".

As the numbers changed, strange creatures seemed to appear around Zhou Ke'er as if he had summoned them... First, there was a humanoid monster with skin as elastic as rubber, feet like hooves, a face like a dog, and sharp claws, emitting a rapid, crying sound; then there was a group of tamed and trained, hybrid winged creatures rhythmically flapping their hairy, disgusting wings.

They all seemed to lack their own consciousness, and under Zhou Ke'er's unconscious manipulation, they surged endlessly towards Mo Bugui like a suicide squad.

## Chapter 479, Section 474: Beginning and End

In the end, the number in Zhou Ke'er's pupils froze on "seven".

However, at this moment, Zhou Ke'er was no longer able to perceive anything in the outside world, and all her actions were done unconsciously.

But this did not mean he had completely lost consciousness. Just as the number in his pupils turned into "seven", he regained his consciousness—although this consciousness did not seem to still be in his body.

Zhou Ke'er felt as if he were in an imperceptible space. He couldn't accurately perceive his own form, yet he possessed the visual perception to observe the situation and environment. Indescribably, as if he were truly in another time, within an inexplicably dark hall—perhaps it could barely be called a hall—amidst the low, frenzied beating of the abominable evil drum and the hollow, monotonous howling of the terrifying demonic flute...

Zhou Ke'er couldn't look directly at it, but she was absolutely certain... a destructive force with no definite form existed in the deepest chaos at the center, churning and boiling in the center of all infinity, blaspheming all things.

This seemed to be beyond Zhou Ke'er's capacity to bear. As a result, in his vision, all of this would occasionally dissolve into a vast, unfathomable abyss of darkness. Countless deeper black worlds and the sun would rotate in this abyss, sometimes returning to the appearance he had just seen. For a moment, he could not tell which one was "real" or whether there was any "real" at all.

But the only certainty is that the being slumbering at the very center, loosely surrounded by a large group of mindless and shapeless dancers, finds peace and tranquility in the monotonous bass notes played from the abominable flute held in indescribable claws—yes, He is asleep.

It's unimaginable what kind of calamity would befall everything if He were to awaken.

Zhou Ke'er seemed to see countless bizarre beings dancing around her, accompanied by the beating of giant drums and the shrill whistling of flutes. The vast darkness murmured here, its words all incomprehensible.

These whispers kept flooding into Zhou Ke'er's mind. She felt as if her reason was gradually being lost, and she was falling into a state of folly and chaos along with these murmurs.

What's going on? Why hasn't the system forcibly disconnected Zhou Ke'er even after things have come to this point?

Just then, through Zhou Ke'er's already somewhat blurry vision, she seemed to see a familiar figure notice her and then quickly walk towards her.

Suddenly, as if in a daze, these words appeared in Zhou Ke'er's mind:

Beyond the realm of light and darkness, reaching the uncontrollable void; in this nauseating graveyard hidden in the universe, from a dark room beyond time and imagination comes the sound of frantically pounding a giant drum, and the faint, monotonous, blasphemous tone of a flute.

In response to this abominable pounding and blowing, those vast and dark ultimate gods—those blind, mute, and foolish barbarians—were slowly, clumsily, and absurdly dancing. And their souls were...

He finally reached Zhou Ke'er's side, then leaned close to her ear and whispered, "To think you could get here. Although I knew you obtained the Seven Secrets of the Earth, I didn't expect you to arrive so quickly... Interesting. You are indeed a very interesting insect. In that case, as a reward, I will tell you my name..."

The voice that was there strangely overlapped with the murmur in Zhou Ke'er's mind, both calling out the same name—

Nyarlathotep.

Zhou Ke'er's vision went completely black in an instant. It was as if something unbearable had been violently shoved into her consciousness, and the membrane at the boundary of her consciousness was suddenly blasted open, leaving her in complete darkness.

Consciousness vanished instantly.

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The real world.

"boom!"

Zhou Ke'er suddenly convulsed, her whole body curling up into a ball—no, not physical pain, but an unbearable, intense pain in her mind.

His fingers twisted uncontrollably into bizarre shapes, his entire body contorted like a boiled shrimp, and his pupils were almost entirely white due to his rolling eyes.

"Bang! Bang!"

A loud knocking came from the door, and outside came Porius's anxious voice: "My god, what has happened? Why do I suddenly feel a very evil and strange energy? Are you alright?"

If Zhou Ke'er hadn't told Bolius not to break down the door and to call him from outside if he needed anything, Bolius would probably have kicked the door open by now.

"No...it's nothing. Don't worry about it, it was just a little accident. You can go back to having fun."

The loud knocking instantly pulled Zhou Ke'er's consciousness back from the near darkness, just like a drowning person being pulled to the surface, allowing Zhou Ke'er to temporarily regain normal consciousness.

"Crackling and popping!"

Just then, a figure suddenly kicked through the glass and flew out – it was none other than Ming Mengjing.

She was already worried about Zhou Ke'er, such a terrifying "big ghost," joining the exorcist team—let alone acting alongside her. Therefore, after reporting the first exorcism record to her superiors, she immediately accepted the next assessment mission, preparing to finish his strength assessment as soon as possible. Once his rank was set at Green or Blue or above, she wouldn't need to lead the team anymore.

Therefore, after accepting the mission, she immediately rushed to Zhou Ke'er's place—but as soon as she got close, she felt a chilling, eerie aura rise from where Zhou Ke'er lived—let alone any great ghost, even the aura of a great ghost was nothing compared to this eerie aura...

It's practically the same as not existing.

Such a terrifying and malevolent force would likely be felt by all exorcists of the Qing rank and above throughout the province.

Ming Mengjing's body moved much faster than her mind. Although her mind was thinking, "Quickly call for help and wait for those purple-rank exorcists to handle this situation," her body had already taken action and suddenly broke through the window.

Zhou Ke'er subconsciously looked up at the dreamscape that had broken through the window.

The eerie glow that had not yet faded still shone in his pupils.

Ming Mengjing immediately noticed Zhou Ke'er's pupil.

In an instant, it felt as if a tsunami of evil was surging towards her, and for the first time she felt the fragility of an individual human being in the face of natural disasters.

At the same time, as if drawn by something, the evil within her also seemed to echo and surge, boiling over.

"It's all over! It's all over! I'm really going to die!"

A profound fear of life and death filled Ming Mengjing's mind.

But at this moment... as Zhou Ke'er gradually regained consciousness, the evil within her body finally subsided, and the dissipated evil instantly returned to her body.

It was as if he had absorbed all the evil in the entire area into his body, and in an instant, his whole body was filled with an eerie aura.

Ming Mengjing finally breathed a sigh of relief, staggered backward, fell to the ground, and was covered in cold sweat.

## Chapter 480, Section 475: Dilemma

Just then, a call notification suddenly rang out.

Zhou Ke'er, who had almost recovered, subconsciously looked at her communication bracelet—it was a call from Zhou Nasen. She wondered why this guy would suddenly call at this time.

Zhou Ke'er originally wanted to hang up directly, but after hesitating for a moment, she answered the phone.

Before he could say anything, Zhou Nasen on the other end of the communication bracelet asked directly, "You've become an exorcist?"

It was clearly a question, but the tone was one of absolute certainty.

"You investigated me?"

Zhou Ke'er raised an eyebrow, trying to change the subject. After all, this kind of question was meaningless; it was just something to joke around with.

"What nonsense are you spouting? Since you've joined the Exorcists, you should know that the updated list of Exorcists is sent to our Zhou family. Your name just happens to be on it, and most importantly..."

Zhou Nasen sighed and said helplessly, "Those old men who exorcise ghosts even specifically asked if there was such a person in our family. How do you think I knew? I was the one who gave you that car that you scrapped."

"Hey. I didn't expect you to find out. Well then, I won't hide it anymore. That's right, I am now a glorious and great exorcist. My team leader is right here. Do you want to talk to her?"

Zhou Ke'er pursed his lips. He did know that his family would find out about this sooner or later, but he didn't expect them to find out so quickly.

"...No, never mind, there's no need for that. I just came to tell you to prepare to go back to your family in the next few days, as it seems that an elder in the family wants to see you about something."

After a moment of silence, Zhou Nasen continued, "Although I don't know what it is, I think it might be related to this—our Zhou family has never had an exorcist. Because there are no naturally occurring 'evil spirits' within the bodies of people in our family."

"So I wasn't born to my mother?!"