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

Are you kidding me? He can teleport, what would he need this thing for?

Next, Long Aotian relentlessly listed many more skills, demonstrating the sheer variety he had gathered. Logically speaking, using so many skills to exchange for a favor was indeed a very generous act.

But... who knew that if he said one, Zhou Ke'er could show him one?

This is outrageous.

Even Zhou Ke'er herself suddenly realized that she had become so knowledgeable without even noticing. After all, she had already learned most of the basic spells in "Two or Three". With the ability to apply knowledge to other situations, it was only a matter of time before she mastered higher-level spells.

"Ha, you really beat me. I didn't expect you to have learned all of these things I have. I'm really curious where you got all these skills from..."

Long Aotian ultimately chose to give up, shaking his head helplessly and mocking himself.

At this moment, Zhou Ke'er curled the corners of her mouth and said, "Now, the deal is reversed. I can take you to the place where I learned these things, and I can even help you pull some strings, but whether you can get in and study there ultimately depends on yourself. However... how about you owe me a favor?"

"I can't learn cultivation techniques..."

"It has all kinds of systems; it's an academy that exists outside the main world."

"Deal made! I'll owe you a few more favors, that's fine!"

## Chapter 523 518. Secret Realm

"Then it's settled."

Zhou Ke'er nodded, but remained seated, showing no intention of moving. "However, this matter cannot be rushed. It's not something I can just do on a whim. I need to find some time to pull some strings and get you a pass. I'll call you then."

That's true. Zhou Ke'er really needs to find that old skeleton to get him another wristwatch, otherwise she won't be able to bring Long Aotian over. After all, he's not Mo Bugui; he can't just tear open the space of the Divine Academy anytime.

"Yes, I understand. No need to rush. The game is going to be under maintenance and updated tomorrow anyway, so it's better to go to that place you mentioned after the update is over."

Long Aotian didn't suspect that Zhou Ke'er was deliberately trying to mislead him. Her words were just to buy time, which was meaningless. So he nodded and said, "However... it's just enough time to do something—I mentioned earlier that I sent guild members to explore the wilderness, right?"

Zhou Ke'er raised an eyebrow, realizing that Long Aotian wanted to take her to the wilderness for some unknown activity. "Yes, that's right. What's up?"

"We discovered a place in the wild... a kind of secret realm. Once you enter, you can instantly travel to a battlefield. But I have to say, it's extremely dangerous inside. Although I haven't personally experienced it yet, none of the members who have tried have come out alive. The longest they lasted was less than an hour—because the location you appear in after being teleported in is random, and so far no one has found the exit of this secret realm."

Long Aotian lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "However, along with the crisis comes the reward and the opportunity. All those skill books I just told you about were brought back from that secret realm by my guild members who risked their lives."

"Wait... if I die in that secret realm, won't I lose all my items?"

Zhou Ke'er was taken aback. Logically speaking, if you die in the main world, you should drop all your weapons and items and then respawn at the respawn point, right?

But Long Aotian just said that none of his men who went in came out alive, which means they were all dead—but how did they manage to bring those skill books back? There's only one possibility—they don't drop items when they die!

Long Aotian nodded and explained, "Well... through multiple experiments by my guild members, we discovered that this is actually the case—only when entering the secret realm for the first time is there no penalty for death; after that, death will be punished in the same way as dying in the main world."

Zhou Ke'er nodded thoughtfully. That made more sense. Otherwise, what kind of secret realm would it be? It would just be a treasure trove that could be repeatedly explored. "So, you're telling me this now, does it mean... you plan to take me with you to explore the secret realm?"

“Miss Zhou Ke’er is very clever; that’s exactly what I was thinking. What do you think?”

Long Aotian smiled and shrugged. "Of course, this isn't me repaying a favor. Consider it my personal treat. After all, you're quite capable, and you might even be able to help me hold out a little longer. It's a win-win situation, how about it?"

Zhou Ke'er's lips curled up slightly. He naturally couldn't refuse such a freebie. "Of course, no problem, I'd be happy to."

Of course, he was also quite tactful and didn't suggest that Zhijiansha and the others come along. After all, the secret realm was occupied by Long Aotian's guild. If he was invited by only one person, it could be said that Long Aotian was inviting him out of personal friendship. But if he wanted to bring a group of people like Zhijiansha, he might have to repay the favor that Long Aotian owed him here.

It's not even warm yet, it's not appropriate to use it in this kind of situation.

However... Zhou Ke'er didn't expect that Long Aotian wouldn't invite his sister Long Aojiao. Instead, he secretly dragged Zhou Ke'er along to explore the secret realm first. What a fake sibling relationship!

Seeing that Zhou Ke'er agreed so readily, Long Aotian smiled and stood up, signaling her to be patient and wait a moment. Then he called over a guild member and secretly gave him some instructions.

Zhou Ke'er was too lazy to eavesdrop, and just sat there, reaching out to tease the little dog in his arms—he found that after this guy became his companion, he seemed to have no ability to think most of the time, and seemed to be no different from an ordinary puppy.

Unexpectedly, there was such a side effect—could it be that before Zhou Ke'er turned this guy into a familiar, she kept saying it and subconsciously implied to him that he should "become my dog," which led to this result?

But what use could these little dog companions possibly be? They don't seem dangerous at all. They're probably only good for taking hits or something.

Zhou Ke'er looked at the little dog curled up in her arms, seemingly enjoying being petted, and smiled. She hoped the little guy would be a bit chubby, since it had the ability to instantly summon, which would be a good choice for instantly blocking damage.

In that case, Zhou Ke'er could use a strategy of trading injury for injury—since she wouldn't be the one getting hurt.

A short while later, after Long Aotian had finished arranging everything, he handed a crystal to Zhou Ke'er, saying, "This is a teleportation crystal, which sets the coordinates for teleporting to the entrance of the secret realm."

Zhou Ke'er waved her hand, causing the little dog to disappear instantly in a cloud of black mist. She then reached out and took the teleportation crystal that Long Aotian handed her. "Wow, you're very generous. You even have teleportation items like this... Do they sell things like this in the main city?"

Long Aotian shrugged. "Of course not—maybe there are, but I haven't seen them yet. If I haven't heard of them, then most players probably haven't seen any place selling them in the main city either. I got them as a random item reward."

Zhou Ke'er nodded in realization, and without saying anything more, she and Long Aotian were teleported to the entrance of the secret realm.

In a flash, Zhou Ke'er found herself in a remote, desolate wilderness. The ground was overgrown with weeds, and there was no one around. However, there were still many exposed steel bars and other traces under the soil, indicating that many dilapidated buildings were buried deep beneath this land.

Before him was a vortex as tall as a person, suspended in mid-air, constantly and slowly twisting and rotating, emitting a color like the stars of the universe, looking just like the night sky.

"This is it. Are you ready? Please move a little closer to me, or we might be randomly teleported to a different place."

Long Aotian waved his hand, gesturing for Zhou Ke'er to come closer to him.

Zhou Ke'er shrugged, not really objecting. He had only feminized on the surface, not actually become a woman. Why should he be afraid of the taboo between men and women?

Rather, Zhou Ke'er was quite curious about how Long Aotian would feel if he found out the truth about Zhou Ke'er's gender.

## Chapter 524, Section 519: Evil Mutation

With a flash of black light, Zhou Ke'er and Long Aotian disappeared into the vortex and then appeared among the ruins.

Zhou Ke'er subconsciously looked around and found dilapidated buildings standing around her, suggesting that she was still in a city.

These dilapidated buildings do not appear old. Although they look severely corroded from the outside, some of the broken parts are still quite new and show no signs of erosion over time. It is clear that they were destroyed in this state not long ago.

The corrosion marks on the building's surface were not caused by wind and frost or rust, but rather appeared as if they had been "melted" by something.

And there were dried or semi-dried bloodstains everywhere, and even the air was filled with the smell of blood and a strong stench.

"This place looks like some kind of city... By the way, didn't you send your men to explore this secret realm a while ago? Did you draw a map or mark what kind of monsters there are?"

After quickly surveying her surroundings, Zhou Ke'er did not make any rash moves and quietly asked Long Aotian beside her.

Long Aotian shook his head helplessly. "Unfortunately, no. This city is huge. With my guild members averaging less than an hour of survival time, it's impossible to draw any useful maps. Even if there are fragmented terrain descriptions, they can't be pieced together. As for monsters... I do know a little about them."

But before he could continue, Zhou Ke'er suddenly waved her hand to interrupt him.

Zhou Ke'er narrowed her eyes. "But...it seems there are NPCs besides monsters?"

As Zhou Ke'er finished speaking, a man covered in blood and wounds, dressed like a clergyman or missionary, stumbled and fled toward them.

But his condition looked very bad. The exposed skin on his face had a bluish-gray tinge, and the dark veins were very conspicuous, as if he were possessed by some kind of demon.

Without a second thought, Zhou Ke'er immediately took two steps back.

There's absolutely no reason to hesitate—after all, isn't it Zhou Ke'er's usual practice to choose not to help in this situation?

Without Zhou Ke'er's reminder, as soon as Long Aotian saw the guy in front of him, he instantly transformed into a bat and hid quite a distance away.

This person is even more cowardly than Zhou Ke'er.

Zhou Ke'er pursed her lips. She had long sensed that the missionary-looking guy in front of her was filled with an unknown energy, fighting against a huge amount of evil, and was obviously about to be corrupted and devoured by the evil.

Such a small amount of evil was naturally no match for Zhou Ke'er, but to avoid getting splashed with anything dirty, Zhou Ke'er kept a safe distance before watching.

If something really goes wrong, we can't just lose the dog. Don't panic.

"Boom"

A sound like bubbles bursting rang out, and then the missionary's skull exploded like a bubble gum that had been blown up. But instead of red, white, and yellow tofu pudding splattering everywhere, two deformed heads grew out of the broken skull. Underneath the skin, there were traces of what looked like worms crawling and slithering, which was disgusting.

"Save me, merciful Lord, please save me from this sea of ​​suffering!"

Dark yellow pus and blood gushed from his body, and the eyes on both heads were unfocused, staring blankly ahead, while both mouths kept wailing.

As his wails grew louder, the skin on his arms and neck wrinkled and then suddenly split open in many gashes—gushing out huge amounts of blood, but at the same time, tongues and teeth grew out of them—his body was now covered with mouths, all roaring and screaming in agony.

Zhou Ke'er frowned. Although the scene wasn't particularly frightening, it was... just a little disgusting. If someone with trypophobia saw this, they'd probably faint on the spot.

However... so this is what happens when other energies within the body clash with evil forces, causing the evil forces to riot and devour and seize the body. I've learned something new.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ke'er turned to Long Aotian, who was hiding behind, and said, "What are you doing hiding in the back? Why don't you just give this guy a quick death?"

Perhaps because he had experienced Saya's descent several times, Long Aotian had developed some resistance to the corruption of evil. Therefore, his sanity did not plummet upon seeing this scene; it only dropped slightly before ending.

As for Zhou Ke'er... his sanity is practically nonexistent right now. Unless he directly confronts a great being, nothing should be able to affect his sanity.

Long Aotian showed a disgusted expression, but did not refuse. He simply nodded, condensed a blood sword in his hand, and then suddenly controlled the blood sword to fly out, severing both of the opponent's heads at the same time.

Zhou Ke'er could see clearly that Long Aotian's move was not a technique like sword control, but simply the application of the ability to manipulate blood.

After the missionary's two heads were cut off, he neither vomited blood nor fell down. Instead, his body swayed slightly, and then four more bizarre and twisted deformed heads quickly grew from the cut on his neck.

They continued to scream and wail, seemingly determined to lure other monsters over.

Fortunately, it seemed to have lost its senses and only knew howling in place, showing no sign of attacking Zhou Ke'er and the other person.

Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but marvel, "Good heavens, cut off one head and two more grow back... Is this some kind of perpetual motion machine? Can it grow more than a hundred heads? Won't its neck burst?"

Hearing Zhou Ke'er's mutterings, Long Aotian couldn't help but twitch his lips. Sure enough, Zhou Ke'er's thinking was indeed quite different from ordinary people, and she always had some... whimsical ideas.

This is also why Long Aotian wants to build a good relationship with Zhou Ke'er. Although they had a falling out before, they could become friends through conflict, and exploring together with Zhou Ke'er would be quite interesting.

Most importantly...

She's good-looking.

Long Aotian can't hang out with Chen Beixuan and Ye Liangchen every day. In such a large player guild, there aren't many female players who are close to him. It would make it seem like he's gay, which would be really bad if word got out.

Just then, Zhou Ke'er suddenly raised her eyebrows, a slight smile playing on her lips. She grabbed Long Aotian and pulled him to a secluded spot, whispering, "Let's hide for a bit. Something's coming. It must be the culprit that turned this guy into this... We'll ambush it from the shadows later and catch it off guard."

Shortly after the words were spoken, a disgusting wriggling sound came from afar, instantly arousing a sense of revulsion.

## Chapter 525, Section 520: Pollution

As a disgusting wriggling sound approached, a figure gradually emerged from the alleyway.

It was a whole mass of writhing flesh and blood, covered with tiny tentacles that stretched out and waved everywhere. Its entire body was covered with all sorts of heads with ferocious expressions, as if they were all howling madly together, but without making a sound. It looked extremely eerie.

It is indeed a bit bizarre, but that's about it—mainly because it's too clichéd. Why are all these monsters just wriggling chunks of flesh covered in heads? The first time you see it, you might find it a bit scary, but if it's always like this, then you get a bit tired of it.

Then, as the monster slowly crawled to the missionary's front, its body suddenly split open without warning, and countless tentacles shot out, completely engulfing the defenseless missionary and dragging him into its body.

After the rift closed, a chewing sound came from inside its body, along with sounds of bones twisting, squeezing, and cracking, and... well, something like a bursting sound.

A moment later, the monster's body twisted, and then a large head burst out of it, its face contorted in a ferocious grimace, its eyes staring blankly ahead—it was none other than the missionary it had just devoured.