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

Soon, through the gap where the head had been trampled off, a large amount of black mist poured out, howling and surging in front of Zhou Ke'er, gradually merging into a certain shape. At the same time, Wei Yang's howling gradually weakened and eventually fell silent.

As the sound faded, the surrounding environment began to crumble, leaving behind pieces of black debris that looked dirty and blurry.

Zhou Ke'er suddenly flicked his sleeve, and the chair he was sitting on, made of black mist, instantly collapsed. He then stood up and, supported by the black mist, floated gracefully in the air, shouting loudly: "Rejoice! It is the familiar of Zhou Ke'er..., the king of time and space who possesses all evil power, transcends time and space, and knows the past and future! Now it has descended upon this place! A brand new history has begun!"

As Zhou Ke'er's voice, which was both serious and tinged with a wicked sense of humor, fell, the black mist suddenly contracted, eventually forming a... palm-sized... pitch-black puppy.

Well, he really has become Zhou Ke'er's dog.

[Advanced quest completed, visitor from the main world dealt with]

[Module task completed. You will exit the module in ten seconds.]

[Settlement begins, countdown 10...9...]

Zhou Ke'er glanced at the skill bar of "The Seven Chapters of the Mysterious Monarch's Secret Scripture" and found that the number of companions had indeed changed to 11.

"this..."

Ying Kuo, who had been slowly waking up, looked at Zhou Ke'er with an extremely complicated expression, seemingly lost in thought. Clearly, his previous memories had been altered by Wei Yang. Now that Wei Yang was dead, the evil influence had subsided, and Ying Kuo began to gradually regain his true memories.

For some inexplicable reason, Ying Kuo suddenly spoke up: "I...can I be your dog?"

"Do you also want to be Miss Zhou Ke'er's dog?"

Zhou Ke'er paused for a moment, then smiled and leaned down close to Ying Kuo's raised face, whispering in his ear, "What a pity, you're too late. If we meet again in the future, perhaps you'll have another chance—look forward to it!"

As Zhou Ke'er finished speaking ambiguously, the system countdown reached zero. A black mist surged from somewhere and enveloped Zhou Ke'er, but it didn't seem to be devouring her; rather, it seemed to be welcoming her.

Zhou Ke'er gradually disappeared from Ying Kuo's sight.

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[Module settlement in progress...]

[Randomly generating rewards for completing Main Quest 1...]

【Name: Siduorui's Energy Storage Crystal】

[Quality: Average]

Category: Props

[Special Effect: This device can store any type of energy, which can be extracted and used at any time after storage. The storage limit depends on the type of energy.]

[Note: Don't even think about it. This isn't a Yin seal; it won't make you stay young forever.]

[Randomly generating rewards for completing Main Quest 2...]

【Name: The Mark of Devouring the Abyss】

[Quality: Excellent]

[Category: Weapons (Accessories)]

[Special Effect: Unique Passive - Constantly absorbs abyssal magical energy from the surrounding environment. The storage of abyssal magical energy has a limit; excess energy will subtly alter the wielder's physique.]

[Note: When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you—as long as you don't take your pants off in front of it.]

[Randomly generating advanced quest rewards...]

【Name: Magic Penetrating Cannon】

[Quality: Excellent]

Category: Skills

[Special Effect: Gathers and compresses energy, unleashing a devastating attack that ignores recoil through a special method! Damage dealt depends on the amount of energy input.]

[Special Effects: Kame! Style! Chi! Kung Fu!]

Based on the overall evaluation of the last five games, the title of player "Zhou Ke'er" will be modified...

[New title being generated...]

Title: The Witch of Love and Desire

Special Effects:

① Significantly increases attractiveness to male NPCs, leading to a substantial increase in initial favorability.

② Designate a male NPC and force him into a "Seduction" state. While in this state, he will unconditionally obey your commands. Note: While in the "Seduction" state, the target's sanity will decrease at a moderate rate. The state will end when the sanity drops below 60. (Limited to five times per module)

③ When you are present, the probability of all male NPCs arguing increases significantly, and when an argument occurs, your decision will likely influence the course of that argument.

[Note: Do you also want to be Ms. Zhou Ke'er's dog?]

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"That's not right! Although this title is indeed very powerful, something just doesn't feel right! Something feels really strange about it!"

When Zhou Ke'er saw the revised title, she felt it was absolutely outrageous—to be fair, he wasn't that...scummy, was he?

Oh, I see. Never mind then.

Well... I have a feeling this title will bring a lot of trouble... We already have a huge problem with Mo Bugui.

Hey, speaking of which, why didn't Mo Bugui come knocking on our door this time when we arrived at this module? Logically speaking, this kind of sub-world should be much easier for the Divine Academy to enter, right? Could it be that the girl who called herself Nyaruko casually erased the mark that Mo Bugui used to locate Zhou Ke'er?

That's great! Now Zhou Ke'er dares to go wild again!

That mishap happened because there was only one Mo Bugui, and no one to counterbalance him... If Zhou Ke'er just finds a few more and lets them check each other, wouldn't that solve the problem?

Plans are in place!

## Chapter 505.500. Unforeseen Danger

After finishing the module, Zhou Ke'er saw that there was still no one else in the safe house, so she disconnected, logged off, rested for a bit, and prepared to eat something.

However, as soon as she logged off, Zhou Ke'er subconsciously glanced at her communication bracelet and found that she had two or three missed calls.

Since she was at home and didn't have to go to work much during this period, Zhou Ke'er simply switched her communication bracelet to Do Not Disturb mode. Unexpectedly, someone actually contacted her urgently.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ke'er opened the call log and glanced at it—it was Hu Tao. What urgent matter could she have? Was she starving at home and planning to come to Zhou Ke'er's place for a free meal? Surely not?

Fortunately, the last missed call was five minutes ago, so it didn't take too long. Zhou Ke'er casually dialed Hu Tao's number to see what was wrong.

The call was answered immediately.

"Hello? What's up...?"

Before Zhou Ke'er could finish her question, she heard Hu Tao's anxious and worried voice: "Why did it take you so long to answer the phone... Never mind, this isn't the time to talk about that. Lin Wen, the most important thing right now is Lin Wen!"

"Huh? What happened to Lin Wen?"

Zhou Ke'er snapped out of her daze, her eyes narrowing slightly—what could possibly go wrong with Lin Wen? Could it be that he'd been discovered hacking into someone else's database to steal confidential information when she asked him to do so last time? But there was no need to be so nervous; it wasn't like Zhou Ke'er couldn't get him out of there.

"What?! You didn't know? Lin Wen is sick... and it's that strange disease that's been spreading really badly lately! It seems he's been taken to the hospital because he's in a coma!"

Hu Tao's surprised voice rang out. She had assumed Zhou Ke'er would have known even before her and had wanted to ask him about the aftermath. After all, they had been good friends for so long, and she hadn't expected Zhou Ke'er to be so indifferent.

"?!"

Zhou Ke'er was startled at first, then realized—indeed, Lin Wen had mentioned to her some time ago that he wanted to start testing out what this game was all about... but at the time, Zhou Ke'er hadn't thought the game was actually dangerous at all, subconsciously ignoring the possibility that Lin Wen might encounter misfortune because of it...

But given Lin Wen's intelligence, he shouldn't be in such a predicament. Could it be, as Renault said when he came to Zhou Ke'er, that the game is about to hold its first large-scale event, thus accelerating the process? Or is it because Lin Wen had investigated the game before, and those entities, just in case, manipulated things behind the scenes...?

"Hello?! Are you still there? Why did you suddenly stop talking?"

Hu Tao's voice brought Zhou Ke'er back to her senses.

"Wait... where is Lin Wen now? Can we go there?"

Zhou Ke'er asked in a deep voice.

That shouldn't be the case. That strange illness should initially involve a period of mental problems, during which Zhou Ke'er could absorb the evil spirits from the patient to cure the illness. But why did Lin Wen skip this period and fall into a coma directly?

Hu Tao quickly replied, "He's been sent to the hospital and is in isolation now, so we definitely can't go! That's why I called to ask you, you always have a lot of these kinds of methods, don't you?"

Zhou Ke'er was silent for a moment, then said, "Let me think of a way. I'll tell you later."

Unfortunately, this situation is different from usual. Based on the information Lin Wen brought last time, these quarantined patients are basically impossible to visit under any circumstances. Moreover, even if Zhou Ke'er gets in using her identity as an exorcist, it's not certain she can make any difference—this is clearly a setup by those beings, and Zhou Ke'er wants to rescue people from this situation...

The chances are slim. And it's also very likely to cause some trouble. The best course of action is to follow the existing arrangements and successfully complete this large-scale event.

It seems this large-scale event is about to begin, and Zhou Ke'er needs to prepare in advance—for example, she could use the Dream Realm to subtly leak some information to the Exorcists. Although she doesn't know if they already possess this information, it's always good to remind them once in a while. After all, the Exorcists, as players, have a significantly higher innate strength than other players, making them an effective way to supplement combat power.

Furthermore, I can also inform Long Aotian... Although I don't want to have anything to do with him at all, his guild is big enough that when the event starts, I'll have to entrust him with some tasks related to personnel deployment and command.

The most urgent thing is to go back to the Zhou family now. Originally, I planned to go tomorrow or the day after, but now that this has happened, what if the event starts quietly before Zhou Ke'er even gets home...

That would be even more troublesome.

"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now. I'm going back to the Zhou family... I'll contact you later."

Thinking of this, Zhou Ke'er casually told Hu Tao and hung up the phone. She then hurriedly got dressed, randomly picked a car in the underground parking garage, and headed to the Zhou family home.

Even without traffic, it would take an hour or two. Zhou Ke'er figured that so much time had passed, and the exorcists should have finished asking their questions by now. So she casually dialed Mingmengjing's number on her communication bracelet.

Soon, Mingmengjing's weary voice came through: "Hello? Who is this?"

"Didn't you even give me a note?"

Zhou Ke'er pouted.

"Zhou Ke'er?!"

Ming Mengjing's voice perked up immediately, but quickly waned again: "Don't ask anymore, don't ask anymore, I didn't reveal anything about you."

Zhou Ke'er casually asked, "I know. Anyway, it doesn't matter since you've already revealed it. I just wanted to ask, how many of you exorcists play the Dream of the Mist?"

"Why are you suddenly asking this... As far as I know, am I the only one? I don't know about the others either, anyway, exorcists rarely play games. Is there something you need?"

Ming Mengjing was surprised that Zhou Ke'er would ask this question, and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but frown—this shouldn't be the case, right? The exorcist organization should know that this game is the culprit behind that strange illness, so they should have organized a large number of exorcists to enter the game and figure out the underlying principles... Why didn't they? Did the higher-ups deliberately hide it from them, or did they simply not know at all?

Are they also secretly plotting something?

"..."

Zhou Ke'er pondered for a moment, but still decided not to hide it—hiding it was indeed pointless. "Then I suggest you invite more people to play, speedrun it, and get into the main world as soon as possible. Otherwise, it'll really be a bit troublesome..."

Zhou Ke'er condensed the matter and gave Ming Mengjing a brief description, then concluded, "As for how you found out about this when the higher-ups ask, think of an excuse if you can, and if you really can't think of one... just say that I told them."