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

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Finally, our attention returned to Zhou Ke'er.

"Hehehe! Easy, so easy! I thought it would be hard to find, but after leaving those guys' protection, finding this thing is as easy as controlling your sphincter when you fart!"

Zhou Ke'er reached out and grasped a strangely shaped stone badge, then flew straight into the sky, looking down at the city from above. With her other hand pointing downwards, the Magic Energy Piercing Cannon began to prepare.

There was no way around it; Zhou Ke'er's sense of the supernatural was simply too strong. As long as there were no Roigers blocking her way, finding something with such a strong supernatural aura would be as easy for her as finding shit in a toilet.

He wanted to completely destroy the city—after the independent space shattered, the residents hidden inside by the Roegers lost their protection and returned to reality—if he didn't do this, the city's residents would continuously replenish the Roegers' energy, and in this situation, they would keep attacking that poor Tindaros Hound in a relentless battle. Although the hound was strong, it would eventually give out.

"I have great respect for the first person to eat a shiitake mushroom, because it might have been poisonous. And one last time... time is about to speed up!"

Looking at the magic energy piercing cannon that was beginning to build in her hand, and since no one was going to stop her anyway, Zhou Ke'er got carried away and couldn't help but start chanting: "Those who escort me to heaven are you despicable beings! Do you believe in gravity?... [Evil], [Red Crane], [Great Being], [Time Loop], [Red Crane], [Seven Chapters of the Mysterious Monarch's Secret Scripture], [Red Crane], [Clown], [Epoch Destruction], [Calamity], [Extinction], [Red Crane], [Clown], [Magic Energy Piercing Cannon]!"

"It's about to begin! MADE IN HEAVEN! Time is accelerating! All men must go to heaven, and in the name of God, I command you to step back!"

After Zhou Ke'er finished reciting her last line, the magic-powered piercing cannon in her hand was almost ready. As her voice fell, a silent yet intense beam of light slammed into the center of the city. Then, it spread rapidly outwards from the center, burning countless houses to the ground and engulfing them in the beam of light.

After finishing all this, Zhou Ke'er felt very relaxed and sighed with satisfaction—it had been a long time since she had been able to deliver her lines so smoothly in one go, it was just a pity that she didn't have a straight man to play along.

Suddenly, countless pure white light spots appeared on Zhou Ke'er's body without warning, as if he had been acknowledged by something. These light spots danced in front of him and gradually condensed into something that looked like a horn.

There was a very familiar aura on this horn—it seemed to be the aura of the pseudo-god's divine spark that had been used a long time ago. I didn't expect that after it was released, there would still be residual energy left in Zhou Ke'er's body. Perhaps it was because the amount was too thin that he didn't notice it.

She had a feeling that something terrible would happen if she blew it. Zhou Ke'er decided to ignore the thing for the time being and put it back into her game inventory. Then she began to examine the badge she had just found.

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660. Behind the Scenes

Zhou Ke'er examined the badge in her hand. The badge had a strange shape. If she had to describe it, it was somewhat similar to an octopus, or some kind of irregularly shaped piece of flesh, but it had a long nose and was covered with scales and wrinkles.

This badge must be a replica of some kind of entity—but how can something so simple amplify the strength of those Roegers? How is that possible? What's the underlying principle?

If possible... could the amplification effect of this thing also apply to Zhou Ke'er?

Zhou Ke'er pondered silently, while the city was slowly destroyed by the magic energy piercing cannon. The Roigers at the city gate screamed and howled in agony. Some subconsciously chose to give up the fight and return to the city, trying to protect the remaining energy sources that had not yet been killed. However, they were quickly seized by the Tindaros Hounds, who teleported over and tore them to death.

The remaining Roegers discovered that not only were their energy sources slowly being destroyed, but even the amplification they had previously received had vanished. This was an extremely devastating blow to them, causing them to immediately lose the desire to continue fighting. One by one, they transformed into vortexes and began to flee.

The Roegers were truly terrified. Although they could see that the Tindaros Hound in front of them was already at its limit, and that if they held on a little longer, under the pressure of sheer numbers, the Tindaros Hound would either flee unwillingly or be worn down to death—the Roegers knew this would be the outcome if they continued. However, having suffered a series of setbacks, they no longer wanted to entangle themselves with this Tindaros Hound that had appeared out of nowhere. It was clearly a pointless endeavor; what benefit would killing it bring?

All they want now is to quickly go to the city to rescue some of the remaining residents who are still serving as energy sources, then leave this hellish place, rest and recuperate before making any further plans.

Unfortunately, their plans soon fell through—because not far from the city gate, on their only way back, Zhou Ke'er fluttered her wings and floated in mid-air, looking down at the Roigers who had turned into vortexes, holding the small badge in her hand and displaying it to them.

This damned human actually held a statue of the great being they worshipped, Gatanothoa, in his hands?! What blasphemy!

In their fury, the Roigers no longer cared about strategic retreat or recuperation. They immediately transformed back into reptiles and surged towards Zhou Ke'er like a tidal wave, trying to reclaim the badge.

But they didn't even consider their own current state. After being weakened several times in a row, and after a long and arduous battle, while being chased by Tindaros Hounds—how could they dare to charge at Zhou Ke'er in such an extremely weak state?

All I can say is that their courage is commendable.

The Azure Sword appeared in Zhou Ke'er's hand, and a chilling aura emanated from it.

"Smoke-Scented Technique? Sword!"

It wasn't Mo Bugui's Smoke-Smoke Technique, but Jun Lian's. While Mo Bugui's Smoke-Smoke Technique was powerful, its focus was largely on the spiritual energy system itself. Although in a world with spiritual energy, possessing only this one technique would make one invincible, in terms of usable moves...

A massive amount of malevolent spiritual energy was poured into the Jade Trace Sword, causing the energy to surge within the blade and distort the surrounding air.

Runes popped up one after another on the sword, and with each rune that lit up, Zhou Ke'er's aura grew stronger. These were countless amplification runes that Jun Lian had inscribed on the Bihen Sword to match the strongest sword move in the Yanran Technique. As long as it was operated according to the energy output method in the Yanran Technique, all the runes of the Great Evolution Number could be activated at once.

"cut!"

Zhou Ke'er shouted, and a black-robed phantom seemed to appear behind her, making the exact same movements as Zhou Ke'er. The phantom clenched its right hand into a fist, as if it were holding a non-existent spiritual sword. Then it swung its hand fiercely and slashed down with the sword.

The surging energy suddenly condensed on the blade, and after concentrating at one point, it burst out instantly, without the expected sonic boom or the whistling tearing sound.

Only a thin, almost imperceptible layer of jet-black sword light silently swept across.

Immediately, before they could dodge, the Roigers swept by the sword light were cut in two without even having time to react. The surging energy was violently poured into their severed bodies, and the countless sword lights that erupted from within them were sliced ​​into pieces, instantly exploding into a pile of flesh and blood.

The city wall that stood behind them collapsed with a neat break, and even the upper part of the wall, which had been cut open, shattered into countless pieces in mid-air before it hit the ground.

In fact, even Zhou Ke'er herself was quite surprised by the sheer destructive power of this attack; its power truly exceeded her expectations.

However, now was not the time to dwell on such matters, as the mission had already been indicated as complete. Zhou Ke'er didn't even have time to check what the next stage of the mission was; she immediately set off, hurrying towards the forest.

He now needs to find Flamingo and the others. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any problems on their end. After all, with Flamingo and Porius around, Flamingo can usually avoid danger from the start, and even if they can't avoid it, Porius can handle most situations.

However, one can never be too careful, and who knows if we might encounter a time reversal situation similar to the one caused by Lloyds this time.

But just as he was halfway there, he heard the mission notification refresh.

Why did it refresh again?

Zhou Ke'er glanced at it subconsciously.

It turns out that the first stage of the main quest has been completed, and the second stage has officially begun. The quest information he just updated happened to be right before the start of the second stage, and as a reward for unlocking part of the second stage early, it only provided a few keywords as hints.

[Main Quest Phase Two officially begins.]

[Searching for player's location, assigning tasks...]

[Player "Zhou Ke'er" has been detected to be located within the "Grand Duchy of Fuya'er". Tasks are being assigned...]

[Note: The original plan for the second phase of the main quest objective has been completed; an update has been made...]

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662. The Rebellion in the Capital

Zhou Ke'er, Honghe, and the others did not rush to the capital; instead, they slowed down their journey.

It's not that this matter isn't urgent, but mainly because we've just gone through such a crisis. After countless time loops, even Zhou Ke'er feels physically and mentally exhausted. She's been on edge ever since the module started, and it's really taking its toll. After all, Zhou Ke'er isn't a robot, so she plans to take a short break and slow down to rest.

Anyway, Zhou Ke'er and the others are quite close to the capital, so we need to give other players who are farther away from the capital time to get here.

Zhou Ke'er began to slack off without feeling guilty.

To be fair, if the timing of the first stage of the main quest hadn't been so bad—if it had happened before Zhou Ke'er killed those Roigers with her sword instead of after—the second stage of the main quest might still involve killing Roigers, and Zhou Ke'er would have completed it at lightning speed. Now, it's like she's been betrayed; he just finished killing them on one side, and the other side is already finished, forcing him to fight a new boss.

Not long after they left, Zhou Ke'er suddenly sensed a somewhat familiar aura approaching him.

Subconsciously turning her head to look in that direction, Zhou Ke'er saw Chen Tian leading a group of people with pure white wings on their backs, looking like angels, walking towards them menacingly.

Zhou Ke'er waved at them, "Oh, what a coincidence!"

Chen Tian… no, it should be Chen Tian who steps forward now. Chen Tian scoffed, “What a coincidence! I followed the location on your watch all the way here! Luckily it wasn’t too far.”

"Is that so?" Zhou Ke'er suddenly realized. He had been so busy that he had completely forgotten that he could add "classmates" in the same world to his watch's contact list via location tracking, unless the other party had blocked them. However, he didn't have many people in his watch's contact list to begin with, so it was normal that he hadn't thought of this.

"Looking for me? What's up...?"

Before Zhou Ke'er could finish her question, Chen Tian strode forward, leaned close to her, and whispered through gritted teeth, "How could you be alright! You've ruined my life!"

Yes, although Chen Tian admitted he also made a big mistake, he still wanted to scold Zhou Ke'er. Now, seeing Zhou Ke'er's bewildered expression, Chen Tian felt a sense of relief and satisfaction.

Zhou Ke'er looked completely bewildered and puzzled as Chen Tian suddenly leaned over and started talking nonsense. She immediately denied it without hesitation: "Don't slander me for no reason! I didn't do anything! Don't you trust my character? You know me. If I had harmed you, you wouldn't just be badly hurt, you'd probably be dead!"

Cold-Eating Rabbit and the others stared blankly at Chen Tian, ​​who had suddenly appeared and started whispering with Zhou Ke'er, feeling like outsiders. Cold-Eating Rabbit instinctively moved closer to Red Crane and whispered, "What are they talking about?"

Flamingo stared at Cold-Eat Rabbit with dead fish eyes, giving him the look of pity for someone with intellectual disabilities: "Then why don't you ask them? How would I know what they're saying? Do you think I can install listening devices on them?"

Cold-Eat Rabbit nodded timidly. She sensed that Red Crane was a little unhappy, but she didn't dare to say anything. If she did, Red Crane might pin her to the ground and beat her.

Chen Tian pointed at Zhou Ke'er's wristwatch: "Swelling... Damn it, I can't say her name. Anyway, those beings have been observing your situation since the beginning of the game, and you were completely unaware as you asked me these things through your wristwatch... This is practically self-destruction. My identity was instantly suspected and investigated, and those beings came to my door to expose my identity, you know that!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ke'er's expression also turned serious, and she immediately retorted, "No, how was I supposed to know they were watching me? Are they that free? What would they be looking at me for? Surely I'm not the only player they'd be interested in, right?... And, after being exposed, you're still alive? Didn't they just euthanize you?"

Chen Tian clicked his tongue, replying with displeasure, "The being that discovered my identity has a rather absurdly entertaining personality. She probably thinks it's more interesting to observe my next moves from the shadows rather than directly informing other beings of this discovery. So..."

"So you've come looking for me now, under the watchful eye of some being?!"

Zhou Ke'er was taken aback and quickly took two steps back, staring at Chen Tian in shock: "I never thought you were this kind of person, actually trying to drag your own companions down with you... trying to shift the blame, huh!"

Such a small action, yet it caused so much harm. It's as if Chen Tian is some kind of filthy thing.

Chen was so angry that his veins bulged: "How dare you say such a thing? Weren't you the one who dragged your own companion down with you? Besides, the guy looking at me now was actually looking at you the whole time! I'm just... returning it to its rightful owner!"

Just as the two were arguing in hushed tones, a loud bang suddenly came from the direction of the capital.

Everyone instinctively turned their heads to look, only to see that the ancient spirit tree, which was visible from such a distance and looked like a mountain, gradually began to tilt and disappear from everyone's sight, as if it had crashed down, and then made a huge sound again.

Even Zhou Ke'er was startled. He thought that if there was Lan Yanran's corpse left there, the destruction of the ancient tree of elves was only a matter of time. But he never expected that it would be destroyed by collapsing directly.

If this were poured into the capital, it could wipe out the entire city.

Logically speaking, the elven man who forcibly descended shouldn't have allowed this to happen, unless...

Unless that guy clashes with the objective of the second phase of the main quest, which is the so-called newly formed boss.

If it were the boss who was going to break the ancient tree of elves, then there would be no doubt about it—but here's the problem: it seems that the opponent's strength lies in its sheer power!

Oh no, we're doomed. Letting players at this stage go head-to-head against such a powerful boss... the odds of winning are indeed very low.

Thinking this, Zhou Ke'er glanced discreetly at the group of angels Chen Tian had brought, who were now standing quietly not far behind him—hmm, could she let them act as a suicide squad to test the enemy's weaknesses first...?

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