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

Unfortunately, Loyer appeared directly in front of him, but he turned his head away, revealing his weakness to Loyer.

A sharp sound of a blade piercing flesh rang out, followed by a spurt of blood. The elven man's arm was severed at the root and slammed heavily to the ground with a dull thud.

Loyal's actions didn't stop there. She continued swinging her sword, driving the tip deep into the elven man's chest, knocking him to the ground and pinning him there. She then stomped hard on his lower chest, coldly saying, "I told you, you would pay for this—this is just the beginning. But before that, you haven't answered my question. If you didn't do it, then why...was she...built into this damned ancient tree?! If you can tell me who did it, I'll spare your life. But if you dare to lie to me..."

The elven man coughed up a mouthful of blood that shimmered with a faint glow, his eyes filled with despair and helplessness mixed with a hint of resentment: "Speak, speak, speak! What do you want me to say to satisfy you?! How many times have I told you? I don't know her at all, I've never even seen that woman you're talking about! This has absolutely nothing to do with me! I rushed here after the ancient tree was severely damaged, and she was obviously already encased in it before I arrived! You should ask the royal family here or the other elves!"

Loyer's eyes remained completely unmoved, as if he had already anticipated this answer—his persistent questioning was probably not aimed at obtaining an answer, but merely a questioning for the sake of questioning.

"Useless trash. Since you're of no use, then die."

With a swift stroke of his sword, Loyer coldly uttered, "Go to hell and meet those royals—if you have any regrets, find out exactly what happened, so you don't die without knowing why."

The elven man's head rolled to the side, revealing an unseeing expression.

Zhou Ke'er clicked her tongue—good heavens, all she could say was good heavens, Luo Ye'er's appearance had completely changed, and even his personality had changed drastically—was this what they called turning evil?

The scene was extremely quiet for a moment. Even the players who had gathered there did not dare to utter a sound after witnessing what had just happened.

Obviously, nobody wants to be the first to stick their neck out.

Just then, Loyer turned his gaze over.

She appeared the next second...

In front of the flamingo.

"You, I remember you..."

Loyer stared intently at the flamingo. "That guy Long Aotian said that you and Miss Memoride went to the front lines together. Why didn't you protect her?! No, that's not important... Tell me what really happened?!"

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665. Interrogation

"..."

Flamingo was suddenly approached and questioned, and couldn't help but purse her lips slightly. Fortunately, she was used to being expressionless, and even in this situation, she remained relatively calm. After thinking for a moment, she answered, "At that time, we were surrounded here by several elves, unable to escape, and almost in a dead end. Memorid protected us..."

At this point, Flamingo stopped talking and tried to put on a very sad expression (actually, it was just a long face). After pausing for a few seconds, she continued in a heavy tone, "We finally managed to escape and made emergency contact with outside help, so we rushed over without stopping, hoping to rescue Memoride. But we never expected it to end like this."

After listening to Flamingo's (or so it seemed) emotionally charged words, Loyer actually believed them. She didn't question Flamingo further, but instead staggered back two steps, muttering to herself, "Stay behind alone to cover the retreat for the others? It's something she could do... Why, why was she so foolish!"

Honghe glanced at Zhou Ke'er subtly and winked at him.

Although Zhou Ke'er didn't know what Honghe's eyes were expressing—after all, they were just dead fish eyes—based on her understanding of Honghe, she guessed that what he was trying to say was: Luo Ye'er didn't seem to have completely lost his mind and was incapable of communication, and the group of them had a previously barely good relationship with Luo Ye'er. Compared to directly killing him, were there other ways to maximize their benefits?

But she was clearly too naive and knew too little about the supernatural.

Zhou Ke'er shook her head slightly.

To be honest, Zhou Ke'er was extremely surprised that Luo Ye'er could still recognize the flamingo and rush down to ask her questions—it was probably because her obsession with this point was too strong, even overpowering the evil's destruction of her reason at this moment.

But now that she has asked all these questions, she seems to have no way to resist the evil's erosion of her sanity, not to mention that as the evil bloodline in her body fully erupts, it is eroding her entire body—unless she can truly rise to the level of "Great Evil," it will be impossible for her to maintain her mental abilities.

Of course, this does not mean that Luo Ye'er is weaker than the Great Ghost now; on the contrary, he may be stronger. It's just that he was recently corrupted and degenerated by evil, and his life level has not yet been raised to the level of the Great Ghost. But in terms of strength alone, he is stronger than the Great Ghosts that Zhou Ke'er had seen before.

As expected, just as Zhou Ke'er had predicted, as Hong He pondered the meaning behind Zhou Ke'er's shaking her head, the dark mist in Luo Ye'er's eyes intensified. He staggered backward, dropping his sword to the ground, and began to wail meaninglessly while holding his head in one hand. Only his other hand, which was holding his head, remained firmly in the same position.

Intricate, bluish-black patterns spread wildly across Loyal's skin, seemingly devouring her remaining sanity step by step. Wisps of black energy swirled around her, and even the air itself seemed to be corroding.

"Ahhh!"

Soon, her wails turned into a beastly roar, and the black aura surrounding her seemed to be automatically triggered, transforming into sharp spikes without her even realizing it, and scattering violently in all directions.

Zhou Ke'er had anticipated this situation. The moment the girl let out a scream, she quickly moved, grabbed Honghe with one hand, and with the other hand, she grabbed Lengchitu by the back of her collar and lifted her onto her shoulder. She quickly led the girl away a considerable distance before waving her hand again to create a shield in front of her with evil energy, and continuously inputting evil energy to thicken and amplify it.

As for Bolius... judging from his strength, Zhou Ke'er shouldn't need to worry about him. And even if he wanted to, there's no third hand to stop him.

This sudden turn of events caught almost everyone off guard, except for Zhou Ke'er, who had a deep understanding of the supernatural. They watched helplessly as the sharp, malevolent spikes flew toward them before realizing something was wrong and hastily began to prepare for the attack.

The sharp spike struck Zhou Ke'er's hastily erected shield with a crisp cracking sound, a hissing corrosion sound, and a dull echo.

Fortunately, it seemed that Zhou Ke'er's evil rank was not weaker than her opponent's. Therefore, although the shield was blurry and swaying, it was still able to hold on with Zhou Ke'er continuously inputting evil energy to replenish it.

"Did you anticipate this would happen from the beginning?"

The flamingo, realizing what was happening, narrowed its eyes slightly and couldn't help but ask Zhou Ke'er.

"Pretty much. This guy has clearly been corrupted to the point of near-complete decay—if it were just the initial stage of his degeneration, I might have been able to slow it down, but at this stage, I'm powerless to do anything. Unless she can raise her rank again and regain her ability to think."

Zhou Ke'er shrugged in response. The cold-cooked rabbit she was carrying on his shoulder rolled its eyes from the jostling.

But if Loyer actually manages to do that, that would be the most difficult situation—they would have to face a monster that possesses a rank comparable to a Great Demon, power surpassing that of a Great Demon, and even comparable to some "beings" that are not considered powerful. (This "not considered powerful" is only relative.)

To be honest, if Loyer were to reach that level, unless "Memorid" appeared directly in front of her and perhaps managed to distract her, even the Red Cranes and the others wouldn't be able to use their previous alliance to gain her trust and seize an opportunity to make a move—they would simply detect her intentions before she could even act.

"Hey! Can you put me down?"

The cold-cooked rabbit, carried on Zhou Ke'er's shoulder, protested with a fist: "You're treating people so differently! You pull Honghe along, but you just casually hoist me onto your shoulder. Do you think I'm some kind of trash bag?!"

Zhou Ke'er looked surprised: "Oh! I almost forgot you existed if you hadn't mentioned it? Oh, my apologies."

Although he said that, he didn't seem to put the cold-cooked rabbit down at all. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "By the way, isn't your character template a formation master? Hurry up and inscribe some beneficial formations on me. We probably need to finish this quickly."

There's no other way. Even if we can't fight now, we have to bite the bullet and start fighting. Who knows if Loyer, who has an evil bloodline, will evolve rapidly? What if she becomes even stronger after a while...? That would be hard to say.

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666. Difficult to deal with

Outside the shield, screams and the crackling sounds of fighting mingled together, interspersed with the voices of some players giving orders. It seemed that there were some small groups among the players who came here together, which was not bad, as it was better than a bunch of people fighting alone in a disorganized mess.

After deflecting all the sharp spikes coming from that direction, Zhou Ke'er waved her hand to dissipate the shield. After exchanging a glance with Honghe, the Bihen Sword appeared in her hand, and she slashed at Luo Ye'er from a distance, unleashing a series of sword energies.

These few casual sword strikes, while lacking the sudden, divine power of the previous kill of Lloyd, were still quite impressive.

But Luo Ye'er didn't even make a move to defend himself. A small shield made of black mist automatically appeared around him, precisely blocking the sword energy.

The sword energy struck the instantly generated shields with a deafening roar. After a moment of hesitation, a sickening cutting sound rang out before the shields shattered, allowing the sword energy to rage freely. However, by then, Loyal had had ample time to react and easily dodged the sword energy.

Zhou Ke'er's eyes narrowed slightly—this guy Luo Ye'er's shield wasn't just any ordinary shield; from its construction method to its internal structure and external appearance, it was almost identical to the shield Zhou Ke'er had just created! Although its strength was certainly inferior due to the haste, it at least proved one thing—if she used any evil techniques in front of Luo Ye'er, there was a high probability that they would be immediately stolen!

This guy's learning ability is too outrageous. Although Zhou Ke'er, who was directly enlightened by the relevant knowledge, didn't quite understand how difficult it was to learn these strange skills normally, she thought it shouldn't be something that could be mastered with just a glance.

"Zhou Ke'er!"

Just then, a cheerful and familiar voice came from not far away. Zhou Ke'er glanced over quickly and saw that it was Long Aojiao waving at her. Standing next to her were her old friends—the old friends that Zhou Ke'er had killed—Chen Beixuan and Ye Liangchen.

I never expected to run into them here; it must be a kind of fate.

Zhou Ke'er nodded to her, then glanced around at the scene. Apart from some players who didn't have time to react or whose strength was indeed not very good, most of the others were not seriously injured. After all, this was only the first wave of AoE at the beginning, and it would be a bit unreasonable for them to be wiped out.

Even more extreme cases, such as Chen Tian, ​​didn't even have to lift a finger; the angels she brought simply blocked the attacks for her.

Foreign aid is indeed very important.

It's true what they say, comparisons are odious! Look at Chen Tian's reinforcements, such a large and imposing group following behind him, they're a formidable fighting force. Then look at the reinforcements Zhou Ke'er went to great lengths to recruit, they're either not here at all, or even if they are, they're useless, and some even become the target bosses—Chen Tian is definitely the real protagonist!

Thinking of this, Zhou Ke'er suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and immediately turned to Honghe expectantly: "Can you demonstrate that? You mean summoning an army of undead on the spot and just sweeping them away!"

Red Crane squinted and looked at Zhou Ke'er with the kind of look one might give someone with intellectual disabilities: "I'm not some Lord of the River Styx or Grand Duke of the Undead, how could I possibly summon an army of undead with a wave of my hand... But if all of you here were to die, I might consider trying to see if I could pull you out of the River Styx—I hope players go to the River Styx after they die."

"You can't just fish them out like that. If we all die, it'll be too late. Why don't you check if any players have died yet, and then you can try fishing them out of the River Styx?"

Zhou Ke'er quickly waved her hand and said.

Meanwhile, the other players, after surviving the first round of AoE attacks, all pulled out various weapons. The more conventional ones included bows and arrows, crossbows, guns, staves, swords, spears, clubs, axes, halberds, hooks, and so on. The more bizarre ones included those carrying white flags, those with bone spikes shooting out from their hands, and those with deformed bodies.

In short, countless attacks, somewhat chaotic, swept over Loyal in a relentless barrage.

This is why Zhou Ke'er didn't immediately press forward after delivering her first strike—she was afraid of being caught in the crossfire. After all, most of these attacks are uncontrollable once they're unleashed, and who knows how chaotic it would become. Aside from the ranged attacks, no one dared to engage in close-quarters combat.

Long Aojiao and her two companions quickly passed through the crowd and arrived at Zhou Ke'er and Honghe's side.

Ye Liangchen and Chen Beixuan cupped their hands in greeting to Zhou Ke'er. They were quite impressed with this powerful man who had single-handedly defeated both of them—of course, even if they weren't impressed, there was nothing they could do, since their superiors, Long Aotian and Long Aojiao, seemed to have a good relationship with this guy.

Long Aojiao skipped over and grabbed Zhou Ke'er's arm. Before Zhou Ke'er could say anything, she asked with a puzzled look, "Zhou Ke'er, do you know what's going on? I've wanted to ask this for a long time, but no one knows what's going on—why were we suddenly pulled into the game? We didn't even log into the game!"

"...I think I know a little about the inside story, but it's a long story and not easy to explain here. Let's deal with this guy first," Zhou Ke'er replied, waving her hand.

"but..."

Long Aojiao pointed to the head that Luo Yeer was holding in his arms and asked in a low voice, "Isn't that you? When I first saw you, I thought you had been torn apart by five horses and your head had been cut off! It gave me a big fright—and how did you turn into a man again?"

Long Aojiao actually thought Zhou Ke'er was a girl pretending to be a boy.

Zhou Ke'er's expression remained normal, showing no sign of embarrassment. "It was just a small mistake, nothing to mention. But you should keep your voice down, don't let that guy hear you, or it'll be troublesome."

"Is that so? I thought she wanted to avenge you, and I was hesitating whether to help her. Why are you killing her now? Aren't you two in cahoots?"

Long Aojiao asked innocently.

Zhou Ke'er made no attempt to hide the fact that she was a scumbag: "We were indeed in cahoots, and she was indeed supposed to avenge me—but since the system has listed her as a target, I have no choice but to kill her too."

Don't say Zhou Ke'er's mentality is too cowardly, or that he doesn't dare to disobey the rules set by those great beings—he simply wouldn't dare. Compared to the virtual character Luo Ye'er, he would undoubtedly prefer to protect Red Crane Cold-Eating Rabbit and the others. You see, if they fail to complete the mission of this module, they will really perish here. Those great beings have no shortage of time to restart.

Luo Ye'er's feelings for Zhou Ke'er were originally based on Zhou Ke'er's lies and acting skills. What kind of true feelings could he expect from Zhou Ke'er? After all, Zhou Ke'er is just an innocent scumbag who doesn't hide anything.

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667. Ta-ta-kai!

"You're really wicked."

Long Aojiao smiled and looked at Zhou Ke'er with a slight upturn of his lips.

"Thank you for the compliment. But let's wait until we're both safe before saying such nice things. Now is not a good time for conversation."

Zhou Ke'er narrowed his eyes, gripped the Jade Trace Sword tightly, and began to circulate his spiritual energy—he was hesitant to use evil techniques for the time being, in case Luo Ye'er learned them again, wouldn't that be like feeding the opponent with his moves? If Luo Ye'er grew stronger and stronger with each fight, wouldn't Zhou Ke'er be courting death?

At the same time, Zhou Ke'er was also paying close attention to the situation. As the overwhelming attacks surged toward Luo Ye'er, a pitch-black shield instantly appeared around Luo Ye'er, exactly the same as the one Zhou Ke'er had just used. This time, it was much more complete and thicker than the one that had appeared in the emergency earlier.

Chen Tian, ​​who was not far away, leaped up and rushed to Zhou Ke'er's side. He seemed to be about to say something, but Zhou Ke'er's eyes lit up when she saw him coming. She immediately waved for him to come closer. Chen Tian did as she was told, puzzled. Zhou Ke'er then quickly whispered a string of words in his ear.

After hearing this, Chen Tian looked at Zhou Ke'er with slight surprise, not even asking the question he had just wanted to ask, but instead confirming again, "What... are you sure you want to do this?"

Zhou Ke'er nodded without hesitation: "Of course, just go ahead and do it. Don't worry about us here. In fact, if you can't do it on your end, then you should worry about us."