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

The staircase leading downstairs on this floor had vanished, and strange monsters had appeared... and more than one. Even if she ran in circles on this floor, it was hard to say how she could be saved; at best, she could only delay her death.

Hu Tao was almost in tears. She was just an ordinary person, how could she encounter such a thing just by making a phone call! She should have been more aware of her surroundings when she made the call and not hung up so hastily!

The screeching sound of a sharp object scraping across the ground grew closer, and Hu Tao's breathing first quickened, then stopped.

"Squeak, squeak..."

Just then, a slight sound of a door being pushed open came from behind Hu Tao.

The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end, her pupils contracted sharply, and she instinctively turned her head to look at the source of the sound behind her, almost jumping up like a startled cat.

Turning around, I saw...

The door to the emergency exit? The stairwell that just disappeared has suddenly reappeared?!

Hu Tao subconsciously took a step in that direction, but quickly forced herself to stop—no! How could it be such a coincidence? Just now, when she wanted to leave through the emergency exit, it seemed to have vanished, and she couldn't find it at all. Now, at this critical moment when the scraping sound was getting closer and closer to danger, the door suddenly appeared without any warning!

There must be something fishy about this.

If this were a supernatural event, like those depicted in the movies she had seen before, then it would be impossible for them to be so kind as to show her an escape route.

This only proves one thing—if you go through that door, the danger you encounter will definitely be greater than if you stay here.

Besides... if this stairwell could just disappear like that, is the stairwell that has reappeared now really the one leading to the first floor of the hospital? Could it just look like a normal emergency exit, but actually lead to somewhere else?

Having been colleagues with Zhou Ke'er for so long, Hu Tao often heard some of Zhou Ke'er's whimsical ideas. Under this long-term influence, her logic was naturally very clear and organized. Although she had encountered this situation, it was not too difficult for her to force herself to calm down, think carefully, and analyze her current dangerous predicament.

Hu Tao forced herself to stop on her way to the stairwell, abruptly turned, and continued running forward along the corridor.

Damn it, this isn't the so-called "staying here means certain death, going into the stairwell might offer a chance to escape, and you should choose the latter over a ten-to-one chance of survival" situation! This is clearly a complete scam. Both options lead to certain death, but choosing the latter might mean facing even greater danger and dying even faster!

Walnut decided to stay in this place and live a quiet life.

After all, even if she was going to die, she wanted to live a little longer before she died, because maybe things would turn around if she lived a little longer!

Besides, nothing truly dangerous has appeared on this floor so far. She can't leave it, and the head on the ceiling is just bleeding a little. The scraping sound is eerie and it's been chasing her, but it's not very fast and hasn't shown itself yet.

Perhaps these things, or rather these anomalies on this floor, are not a great threat at all, and their purpose is to force Hu Tao, who is in a state of extreme fear, into that suddenly appearing door!

Thinking this, as she passed the corner ahead, Hu Tao glanced at the wall and saw the fire axe hanging there. Seeing that it was still there, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She immediately unlocked the fire glass and took the fire axe out.

Holding the heavy axe in his hand, Hu Tao barely felt a sense of security.

But at that moment, a strange sensation came from the fire axe he was holding tightly in his hand.

Hu Tao subconsciously looked down and saw that the handle of the fire axe was no longer the normal wood wrapped with special steel. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be some kind of wet, sticky substance, like countless maggots stuck together, or a small piece of living tentacles, or even some ghostly thing that was still wriggling.

"!!"

Walnut's pupils contracted sharply, and instinctively, she let go without hesitation, almost as if she were throwing the fire axe away.

Anyone would be terrified in this situation.

Strangely, when the fire axe slammed to the ground, it didn't make a loud "clang." Instead, it seemed to hit a soft rubber surface, producing only a muffled "thud."

At the same time, the sound of sharp objects scraping the ground that had been coming from behind also changed.

This is because……

Hu Tao looked down at the ground and found that it had begun to wriggle and shake. Countless tiny creatures crawled and spread from the ground to the walls, windows, and ceiling, completely covering the entire floor.

It’s over.

Only one thought flashed through Hu Tao's mind.

I thought I could stall for time and live a little longer. I never imagined I'd be dying already.

An immense fear weighed on Hu Tao, almost causing her to collapse.

Just then, the communication bracelet suddenly rang—even though it had been muted, it was ringing now.

Hu Tao was no longer startled; she simply stared blankly at the communication bracelet.

It's probably some kind of ghostly whisper or a death omen.

As Hu Tao thought this in despair, she was surprised to find that the person calling was actually Zhou Ke'er!

Although she didn't know how he got through, Hu Tao didn't have time to think about it and answered the call without hesitation.

"Hey? Why is your signal so bad? I had to call twice to get through. Where did you go..."

Zhou Ke'er's voice came from inside, and Hu Tao was almost in tears. Before he could finish speaking, she interrupted, "Help...help me! Quickly call the police for me!"

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703. My King's Power!

"I said stop? Calm down first, what happened?"

Zhou Ke'er was startled by Hu Tao's urgent words: "You really turned into a trap?"

Hearing Zhou Ke'er still asking these irrelevant questions, Hu Tao was almost about to vomit. She quickly replied, "I know you might not believe me! But I've really encountered a supernatural event! I'm trapped in a mental hospital and can't get out. Monsters are chasing me! I finally managed to get through to you. Please call the police for me! Tell them that terrorists have taken hostages and are trying to blow up your mental hospital!"

Although Hu Tao's words were fragmented, Zhou Ke'er still understood what Hu Tao meant. He frowned, stood up, put on his coat, glanced at the already dark sky outside the window, and hurriedly went out to the mental hospital, while asking, "Wait... it's so late, what are you still doing in the mental hospital?"

"Is this the time to be agonizing over this? Besides, it's not that late, is it? I just called you at 1 p.m., and only a little over ten minutes have passed. Don't say it's late just because you skipped work this morning and I was at the hospital at noon!"

Hu Tao was mumbling incoherently; perhaps talking to Zhou Ke'er through the communication bracelet had become her only way to gain a sense of security and vent her anxiety.

She kept answering as she ran forward with all her might, the writhing ground following closely behind, relentlessly chasing after Walnut and devouring everything in its path.

"It's not just been a dozen minutes. It's already past six o'clock in the evening..."

Zhou Ke'er narrowed her eyes slightly, but did not say those words. Instead, she reached out and tore open the unique alternate dimension of the real world that belonged to the ghost. Wings then appeared behind her, and she suddenly accelerated, flying towards the mental hospital at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

Although Hu Tao's description suggests that the time flow was different in their previous locations, it should have converged since the phone call was made; otherwise, their communication would definitely be distorted or even have lost sound quality.

Zhou Ke'er was afraid that if she drove slowly, she might not make it in time.

Moreover, it's possible that Hu Tao is being targeted by some kind of evil spirit, and that she's currently in this alternate dimension. If Zhou Ke'er goes directly through here, it might save her some trouble.

"Okay, don't worry, I've already called the police. I've asked my family to urge them to leave as soon as possible. Don't rush, don't hang up, let's keep in touch like this."

As Zhou Ke'er rushed to the mental hospital, she told a lie to comfort him.

Hu Tao visibly breathed a sigh of relief, but was still extremely tense. "Okay...that's good, but I'm afraid I might not be able to hold out until then...Why is there so much noise over there? Where are you?"

Hu Tao, who had just felt a little relieved, suddenly realized—was this phone call really answered by the real Zhou Ke'er? Was it possible that it was just another trick by those monsters to tease her and watch her struggle?

Yeah, why is it that when no other calls could be made before, Zhou Ke'er's call suddenly came through and connected?

"Because I was also heading over there, and when I was driving with the window open, the wind was indeed that strong."

Zhou Ke'er casually explained that she had already seen her family's mental hospital in her line of sight.

Even in the alternate dimension, Zhou Ke'er did not discover anything unusual in the mental hospital, nor did she sense any evil aura.

With a slight frown, Zhou Ke'er flapped her wings and swooped down, landing quickly on the rooftop of the mental hospital. She then tore open a space between herself and the outside world, preparing to return to reality to check on the situation.

But the instant he tore open the space, he suddenly realized a problem—the spatial fluctuations were not limited to one place!

In other words, right now, here, the overlapping spaces are not only the real and the eerie space, but also another unknown space that suddenly appeared for some unknown reason!

Clearly, Hu Tao must have accidentally wandered into that space.

Zhou Ke'er narrowed her eyes and reached out to tear at the barrier of that space.

It was very easy to tear open a large gash.

That space overlaps greatly with the present world and is extremely unstable, but it seems to be stabilizing and separating. It's like a secondary space that has suddenly broken away from the present world and is now in a nascent state.

Without time to think, Zhou Ke'er strode into the space, not even retracting her wings, and immediately began to spread out her evil senses to perceive them.

Sure enough, he soon sensed the presence of walnuts on one of the floors.

And... the aura of an entire floor filled with eerie monsters.

No, it's not that the entire floor is evil, but that one floor is made up of evil.

Moreover, that evil entity was unlike any other evil entity Zhou Ke'er had ever encountered in reality; it seemed to be some kind of new species.

"boom!"

With a wave of her hand, Zhou Ke'er conjured the dark, malevolent energy into the shape of a blunt weapon, which slammed into the rooftop floor, instantly creating a hole. Zhou Ke'er then flew swiftly, layer by layer, towards the location of Hu Tao.

Hu Tao heard a series of loud noises coming from her communication bracelet. She wondered what was happening to Zhou Ke'er and even subconsciously wondered if Zhou Ke'er was also experiencing this. If she was driving, could it be a car accident? Could these loud noises be a chain reaction accident?

But she no longer had the energy to think about these things, because somehow, a wall had suddenly appeared around the corner in front of her. It shouldn't have been there at all, but the wall was right there in the dark.

Walnut was driven into a dead end.

A humanoid monster made of wriggling tentacles was rapidly approaching Walnut. Its feet were connected to the ground; it wasn't walking by lifting its legs, but rather the ground was moving, carrying it closer to Walnut.

It held a strangely shaped weapon in its hand, which looked like some kind of blunt instrument but had a sharp blade, and it kept making a scraping sound on the ground.

"call!"

A whooshing sound rang out.

The monster raised its sharp weapon high and slashed fiercely at Hu Tao, who had nowhere left to retreat.

Hu Tao instinctively stretched out her right hand to shield herself.

"Hiss!" wωＷ.八七柒ﺺ

A sharp sound of a blade piercing flesh rang out.

Walnut's right hand flew high into the air.

"My hand! My hand! Ahhhhhh!"

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704. Data Block

"My hand!! My hand!!!"

A piercing pain shot through her, and Hu Tao instinctively closed her eyes, letting out a cry of agony.

Hu Tao was almost in despair. In her current situation, she couldn't think of any way to save herself. All she could do was close her eyes and wait to die, hoping that the other person's movements would be skillful and not cause her too much pain.

Now that they've cut off a hand, the next thing to do is cut off the head, right?

A jumble of chaotic thoughts flashed through Hu Tao's mind.