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

Even Cold-Eating Rabbit didn't ask any questions at this point—after all, the situation was already very clear: the square in front was full of monsters, and a bunch of guys were chasing after them. Was there any other better option?

Even if it's a trap, we can only step on it first.

Soon, everyone rushed into the emergency exit. The young man who had opened the door for Zhou Ke'er and the others quickly and quietly closed it again, then hurriedly led the way upstairs: "Hurry up and follow me, it's not safe here either—the entire train station hall, or rather the entire first floor, is full of those monsters. We...we're going to the third floor!"

"What on earth happened here? How did it become like this?"

As Zhou Ke'er ran uphill with the man, she asked him a question.

"I don't know what exactly happened. Was it a biological weapon leak, the resurrection of prehistoric creatures, or an alien invasion or something like that..."

As the man ran, he answered in a low voice, "But anyway, some kind of 'egg-like' monster suddenly appeared in the train station without warning and then began to spread rapidly. Once you get even a little bit on it, there's no cure."

Soon, the man reached out and pushed open the door to the third-floor emergency exit. After Zhou Ke'er and the others went inside, he asked them to lend a hand and move some tables and chairs that had been prepared over to block the door of the emergency exit.

After doing all this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and slumped to the ground in a relaxed state.

While surveying the situation, Zhou Ke'er continued to ask, "Thank you so much for saving us, otherwise we would probably still be in a life-or-death situation... So what's the situation in this train station now? What about the second and fourth floors?"

"No, you're welcome... It's only right to help each other."

The young man weakly pushed up his glasses, seemingly unaccustomed to expressing his gratitude. He coughed twice before continuing, "..."

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happy New Year!

Happy New Year! (Laughing sounds)

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735. Doomsday Escape (Part 9)

The young man hurriedly pushed up his glasses, seemingly not good at communicating with others, but still answered with his head down: "Because the first floor was the source of the chaos, at the beginning, most people either ran outside or went upstairs... So, the second floor, which was closest, was quickly affected as well, and there was no chance to stop it."

At this point, the man paused, cautiously glancing at Zhou Ke'er and the others. Seeing that they didn't show any displeasure or interrupt him, he continued, "On the third... third floor, there are actually many places where monsters are currently roaming. Fortunately, there was a buffer period. The staff acted decisively and pulled down the fireproof roller shutters in many places, thus preserving some safe areas on the third floor. As for the fourth floor... that's the VIP lounge area. After learning about the riot below, they immediately sealed off the passageways, so it should be the safest place now."

Finally, the man scratched his head, sighed, and added, "But we can't get up there either."

After listening to what the other person said, Zhou Ke'er roughly understood the current situation inside the train station. Obviously, it was possible to rest for a while inside, but it was definitely impossible to stay here indefinitely.

Ultimately, wherever there are people, there will be conflict, especially in these two artificially divided areas—the "more dangerous third floor" and the "safe fourth floor"—where people want to go up and those who don't want people down below to come up. Although the conflict hasn't escalated yet, once a spark is ignited, the outcome is self-evident.

"I see, thank you for the explanation, big brother. By the way, I still don't know your name. My name is Zhou Ke'er, and I'm a high school student."

Zhou Ke'er immediately began to act innocent without any awkwardness, blinking her eyes and pointing to Honghe and the others behind her: "We were originally organized by the school to go to a training camp, but we encountered those monsters when we were only halfway there... We all ran away in a panic, and only a few of them came here with me. These two are my classmates, Zhijiansha and Lengchitu. This is our teacher, Teacher Honghe."

"Oh, okay! I... I'm Shan Xiao, and I'm currently a graduate student!"

The man nodded repeatedly, seemingly quite uncomfortable in such a situation; he was clearly an extremely withdrawn and socially anxious person.

Zhou Ke'er subtly sized up Shan Xiao. He wasn't tall, which matched his slender build. He wore a slightly disheveled black t-shirt, black jacket, and black pants—a black suit. His long, curly hair was messy, partially obscuring his eyes, making him appear somewhat gloomy and timid.

Zhijiansha noticed that Zhou Ke'er was secretly gesturing with her hands behind her back. After thinking for a moment, she barely realized what Zhou Ke'er might be trying to say. Just as she was about to say something, she quickly realized something inexplicable and turned to look at Honghe, giving her a wink.

Red Crane squinted at the bewildered Finger Sand. Although she didn't know what he was thinking, she could at least understand what Finger Sand wanted her to do. So she reluctantly said, "By the way, Mr. Shan Xiao... why don't we see any other survivors? There doesn't seem to be anyone else here."

Dan Xiao paused for a moment upon hearing this, then lowered her head slightly, as if to calm herself down, before explaining hesitantly, "Ah, ah, because this isn't a safe place—after all, it's right next to the stairwell, and there's no roller shutter to block it. If those monsters break through the door to the second-floor stairwell and run up, this place will be directly in danger... So naturally, no one dares to stay here. Right, right, we shouldn't stay here anymore; it's quite dangerous. I'll take you to a safe place right now..."

Before he could finish speaking, a scream suddenly came from not far away without warning, followed by a violent commotion.

With that scream, not only the monsters downstairs, but even the monsters outside the train station who heard the sound were all attracted to the attention. A series of messy footsteps soon came from below and began to bang on the door, making a sizzling corrosion sound—of course, Zhou Ke'er couldn't hear such a faint corrosion sound.

"Oh no, this is terrible! We have to get back quickly, what on earth is happening over there..."

Dan Xiao suddenly seemed a little flustered and instinctively tried to run forward.

But Zhou Ke'er immediately grabbed his arm: "Brother Shan Xiao, going over there now will only cause trouble, and we might even attract those monsters that are running up! The best solution is to hide where we are now and wait until the noise stops before we make any plans."

There was no other way. First, they were extremely close to the monsters; Zhou Ke'er could even hear the sound of the door to the second-floor stairwell being breached. Second, even if they quickly reached the area where the survivors were gathered, those survivors, already preoccupied with their own survival, wouldn't spare a moment to let them in. Under these circumstances, refusing to open the door was the only sensible option.

Therefore, there is no need to deliberately run into a brick wall.

"Let's take cover here first—the staff passage. Luckily, this door is open. This door looks a bit thicker than the other doors."

Zhijian Sha quickly pointed to a place not far away with the words "Employee Passage" written on it.

Dan Xiao was not good at sticking to his own opinions. After hearing what Zhou Ke'er and the others said, he was persuaded. In addition, Zhijiansha immediately pointed out the place to go next. Under such an urgent situation, he naturally had no other opinions and immediately expressed his obedience.

So Zhou Ke'er and her group quickly hid in the staff passage. However, there was a lot of clutter in there. Although it didn't block the way forward, it felt a bit too casual.

However, the group did not rush to go deeper, but instead lingered for the time being not far from the entrance.

Soon, the door to the stairwell was breached, and a series of chaotic footsteps followed the commotion caused by the scream. Zhou Ke'er lay on the ground, cautiously peeking out through the crack in the door.

Then I saw...

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736. Doomsday Escape (Part 10)

On the other side of the crack in the door, a small part of a face was visible, pressed against the ground. One eye was staring directly at Zhou Ke'er, and a strange smile was on its lips.

"Fuck!"

Without hesitation, Zhou Ke'er sprang up from the ground and immediately took several steps back. Fortunately, he was quick enough that almost at the same moment he stood up, a puddle of what looked like flattened eggs flowed rapidly in from under the door, almost touching Zhou Ke'er.

"run!"

Zhou Ke'er quickly whispered a warning and retreated while pushing over the debris on both sides of the aisle, trying to block it.

As soon as Red Crane saw Zhou Ke'er suddenly spring up from the ground, it realized that something might have happened. Without hesitation, it grabbed Finger Sand and Cold Rabbit and turned to run away.

When Shan Xiao heard Zhou Ke'er's "Run!", she seemed to wake up from a dream. She barely reacted, her legs went weak, and she staggered a little before turning around and taking a step.

I just don't know exactly where this staff passage leads. If it turns out to be a dead end, that would be terrible.

"Bang!"

A short while later, Zhou Ke'er, who was trying to intercept the monsters behind her while fleeing, heard the sound of a door opening in front of her. It must have been that they had reached the end of the passage.

So Zhou Ke'er stopped slowing down and lingering, and immediately ran forward with all her might. Soon she saw the open door in front of her and Honghe and the others waiting for her outside.

After leaving the staff passage, Zhou Ke'er quickly and quietly closed the door, and asked as she moved away from it, "Where is this place?"

Everyone shook their heads. There were no signs nearby, and none of them had ever worked at a train station, so they couldn't figure out where they were for the time being.

Fortunately, no other monsters were seen here yet, so the group continued forward while keeping an eye on the situation behind them, wary of whether the monster from before would catch up.

Zhou Ke'er took a slight breath and said softly, "Generally speaking, employee access should be a fast passage for employees to go to and from get off work. If this is the case here as well, then following this path should lead directly to the outside of the train station, or at least to the outer perimeter. However, I don't know much about these special departments—train stations, airports, and the like—so it's hard to determine whether they are the same as other companies or shopping malls."

Hearing this, Cold-Eating Rabbit whispered from the side, "But even if it's the same, having a direct connection to the outside of the train station doesn't seem like a good thing, right? The outside is teeming with monsters. The more direct the connection, the more dangerous it is!"

"Logically, that should be the case, but that's not the case right now!"

Zhou Ke'er shook her head, and Honghe immediately added, "Most of the monsters have been attracted by the sounds made by the survivors, so even if there are still a few monsters left, it is the best time for us to escape."

But Zhijiansha hesitated for a moment, then asked in confusion, "But... if we want to escape now, what was the point of running away from the monsters and coming here in the first place? We could have just gone back the way we came when we were being chased by the monsters outside the train station... Since we chose to stay, it seems strange to just go back like this now."

"You're absolutely right."

Zhou Ke'er nodded, but then shrugged: "But we didn't have any specific goal, did we? We originally wanted to enter this train station because we found other survivors here, so we wanted to see if we could get some help—but judging from the current situation, the survivors on the third floor are too busy to take care of themselves, and the survivors on the fourth floor would definitely not let us in. In that case, there's no need for us to stay here any longer."

After Zhou Ke'er finished speaking, Hong He squinted at Shan Xiao, who was standing silently beside her: "So, Mr. Shan Xiao, you've also realized that we're planning to leave this dangerous place—so are you planning to come with us, or are there other survivors here that you know?"

The implication was that he was asking whether he wanted to stay or leave.

Dan Xiao nervously tugged at the hem of her clothes and stammered, "I...I have other friends here, I can't just leave like this. Although they didn't come out with me to rescue you, they are still very good people..."

Zhou Ke'er nodded, indicating that she understood Shan Xiao's thoughts: "I understand. Since that's the case—since you saved us once before, we can't just leave without doing anything. As a way of repaying you, let us take you back..."

However, before Zhou Ke'er could finish speaking, Shan Xiao hurriedly waved her hands and refused, saying, "No...no need! Thank you for your kindness, but you don't need to stay here to help me anymore. If you hadn't helped me escape just now, I might have died out there already, so you don't need to have any other burdens..."

Sand between Fingers frowned, seemingly wanting to offer some advice, but was stopped by Red Crane beside her. Red Crane replied, "Since you're so determined, we won't try to persuade you any further. However, if we go back the way we came, the road will be full of monsters, which is too unsafe. Why don't you follow us for now, and we can separate once we find a suitable route?"

Upon hearing this, Shan Xiao immediately nodded and said timidly, "Okay, okay... thank you."

Seeing this scene, Cold-Eating Rabbit couldn't help but whisper in a voice only she could hear, "Why does it seem like we're the ones bullying and forcing him... It's so strange."

Immediately afterward, Zhou Ke'er's voice rang in her ear—Zhou Ke'er had somehow gotten close and whispered in her ear, "Because this guy is suspicious, Honghe and I have started to be a little wary of him... You should also be careful. This guy isn't as simple as he seems on the surface."

Cold-cooked Rabbit blinked in surprise, instinctively wanting to look at Shan Xiao, but before she could turn her head, Zhou Ke'er pressed her head down with her hand. "What are you doing! Turning your head so obviously, are you trying to alert the enemy?!"

Meanwhile, Zhijiansha watched as Zhou Ke'er and Lengchitu gently stroked Lengchitu's head and whispered intimately in each other's ears, while Honghe's face was as cold as ice (actually because she was wary of Shan Xiao) and she looked very unhappy. Zhijiansha didn't dare to say a word, and moved her feet with her eyes downcast, thinking to herself, "This is too scary!!!"

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737. Doomsday Escape (XI)

"What's wrong with him? Could he actually be mimicking one of those monsters?"

Cold-cooked Rabbit thought and thought but couldn't figure out what was wrong with Shan Xiao, so he could only purse his lips and ask Zhou Ke'er in a low voice.

"While that's a possibility, it's probably not. What I mean by something being wrong isn't this aspect."

Zhou Ke'er shook her head slightly without showing any emotion, not intending to explain it to Leng Chi Tu in detail: "It can't be explained in a few words. Just be wary of him for now, and you'll find out what's going on eventually."

"boom!!"

Just then, another loud bang came from not far away, like something crashing heavily to the ground, accompanied by faint screams and howls.

Zhou Ke'er closed her eyes and listened, and soon pinpointed the direction from which the sound was coming—probably to the right front, in a place separated from this place by a wall.

"Boost!"

Frowning, Zhou Ke'er immediately took a step forward and reminded them, "The sound is coming from ahead. We have to hurry. If they also try to escape through the staff passage, then the road ahead will soon be completely blocked."

At this point, Zhou Ke'er glanced at Shan Xiao and added, "And... Shan Xiao's friends might be in that place too, right? They seem to be in danger now—what are they planning to do..."

"I...I'm going to save them!"

Before Zhou Ke'er could finish speaking, Shan Xiao immediately showed a nervous and timid expression, but replied with a slightly firm tone, "But...but, we can't drag you into such a dangerous situation. You guys run! I...I have to go save them!"

Zhou Ke'er looked at Honghe. Honghe squinted and nodded slightly, saying, "Since Mr. Shan Xiao, your mind is made up, we won't try to stop you any further, lest we be seen as making trouble. In short, thank you very much for what happened before, and we wish you a safe and healthy life. Let's part ways here."

After Honghe finished speaking, Shanxiao's timid eyes flickered slightly, but she only nodded and didn't say anything more.

So he turned and ran towards the door of the staff passage on the right. He took a deep breath, flung the door open, and rushed in. As soon as the door closed, he parted ways with Zhou Ke'er and the others who continued to run forward.

Cold-Eating Rabbit looked completely bewildered: "So what's wrong with that guy? I can't see anything wrong with him at all. He seems like a pretty good person no matter how you look at him... And didn't he voluntarily separate from us now?... You don't think he's abnormal because he's too normal, do you? That's such a ridiculous reason."

Soon everyone ran to the end of the corridor. Zhou Ke'er carefully pressed herself against the door, held her breath, and listened carefully through the door to see if there were any other sounds outside. She also held the doorknob.

Honghe tilted her head and stared with dead fish eyes, saying, "You'll understand once you see this. Since we have tools at our disposal, we should make good use of them."