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

Honghe ignored the surrounding noises and answered Zhou Ke'er expressionlessly, then reached out and weighed the gun in her hand, "However, the problem is that I don't know how to use a gun."

"It's alright, this isn't designed for long-range sniping anyway. Just get close and shoot—oh, might it cause some splash damage to your 'eggs'? That would be a bit troublesome. I'll handle that, you can take it for now."

Zhou Ke'er answered casually.

Honghe nodded and continued, "I just glanced around at everyone here, and not only are Chunkun and Qiufei gone, but even Lengchitu and Zhijiansha aren't here. It seems we've come to the wrong place."

"Really? Since you've come to the wrong place, let's go."

Zhou Ke'er stood up, leaving the male student aside and ignoring him. She then turned to the other students watching, a threatening smile spreading across her face: "As a great philanthropist who helped you get rid of a danger, I'll take this gun as a thank you gift. No need to thank us anymore, after all, we're just ordinary kind-hearted people passing by."

After saying that, Zhou Ke'er stepped outside and said, "Shen Jinxuan—aren't you going to show us the way?"

All of this happened so fast that the students watching couldn't react in time. Their minds were still wondering if the people the male student had killed were monsters, and now Zhou Ke'er had already taken the gun and was about to leave. Although they realized that they absolutely couldn't let Zhou Ke'er take the gun away like that, otherwise they would be in a very dangerous situation, no one dared to be the first to do so.

After all, Zhou Ke'er has a gun; it can kill monsters and people alike.

Shen Jinxuan's mind was still a bit hazy. Feeling the gazes of others on him, he felt extremely uncomfortable and subconsciously followed Zhou Ke'er and Honghe outside.

Just as she was leaving the building, Zhou Ke'er seemed to suddenly remember something and casually tossed out a sentence to them: "Oh, by the way—there should still be a few monsters hiding among you. Either unmutated infected or mimicking monsters—be careful! That's all, bye~"

Honghe squinted at Zhou Ke'er, her eyes conveying the message: "What are you doing? It's really unnecessary, isn't it?"

Zhou Ke'er raised an eyebrow at Honghe, her meaning quite clear: "Happy."

Honghe rolled her eyes; she knew it. Then she asked Shen Jinxuan, "Where are the two students who came with us? Where are they now?"

"I took them to the place where they would rest for the night. Just now, a message came from here calling everyone together, so I told them to rest and get familiar with the place on their own first."

Shen Jinxuan glanced at the gun in Honghe's hand, subconsciously swallowed, and replied—although she still had a quiver on her back with a few arrows inside, the problem was that she didn't have her bow in her hand—even if she did… a gun is fast from seven paces away, and accurate and fast within seven paces. She dared not move at all.

"Um, um..."

After walking for a while, Shen Jinxuan finally couldn't help but ask Zhou Ke'er, "Is Cheng Liusheng really a monster? I still can't quite believe it..."

Zhou Ke'er paused for a moment, then realized that she must be referring to the male student from earlier. So she shrugged half-jokingly and replied, "How would I know? I can't detect who's a monster with my naked eye. It's just that he inexplicably accused me the moment he saw me, so I just retaliated in self-defense. As for whether he's a monster or not, why don't you let him stab himself with an arrow? If you're afraid of getting hurt, just drink that potion. There are many ways to prove it."

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Please take one day off.

I went back to my hometown today, a whole day's journey, and I really haven't had time to write... Sorry everyone, I seem to have taken a lot of days off lately, sob sob. I'll see if I can catch up on it later, lol.

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753. Mori (8)

"Oh...I see. I thought..."

Shen Jinxuan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, but Zhou Ke'er immediately sowed discord again, saying, "However, if that guy is really human, wouldn't that be even more terrifying? If he's a monster, it's understandable that he wants to kill people—but if he's a human, and he uses his gun to kill whoever he calls a monster, wouldn't that be even more terrifying than a monster?"

"..."

Shen Jinxuan felt that what Zhou Ke'er said made a lot of sense, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.

Just then, Honghe suddenly stopped and called out to Zhou Ke'er and Shen Jinxuan: "Wait, stop for a moment. Listen carefully—didn't you hear anything? Or even... more than just sounds."

Sure enough, faint "bang" sounds came from afar, accompanied by a slight tremor of the ground. It seemed that because of the distance, the sound was not very clear, but if you listened carefully, you could still hear these movements.

Such a commotion... it couldn't possibly be some giant suddenly landing in this mountain, could it? Could it be something like a giant, or perhaps one of those enormous entities made up of countless "eggs"?

"Should we continue searching for Zhijiansha and the others, or go check on the situation first?"

Red Crane immediately asked.

"Go find them, then get ready to run. We're not sure if that thing is coming this way, but it's better to get away as soon as possible."

Zhou Ke'er glanced at Shen Jinxuan without showing any emotion, then replied without hesitation, "After all, we don't even need to look at this kind of monster to know that it's something we can't handle. What's the use of going to look at it? It would just mean we'd die knowing why."

Shen Jinxuan's eyes widened, and she hurriedly asked, "Wh-what do you mean? Is the voice coming from some kind of terrifying monster? Are you planning to leave here and get away from that monster?"

Zhou Ke'er nodded: "Isn't it obvious?"

"But—but! What about the other students here? We have to hurry and remind them!"

Shen Jinxuan anxiously tried to persuade her.

Zhou Ke'er tilted her head and replied matter-of-factly, "Then—go ahead. I'm not stopping you, it's just that it has nothing to do with us. Originally, I was just giving you a chance to escape with us quickly, but since you don't want it, I can't force you to."

Upon hearing this, Shen Jinxuan seemed to choke, her expression freezing, unable to speak for a moment.

Just then, several screams broke the silence—one scream came from the main gate of the training camp, and several others came from the direction Zhou Ke'er and the others were heading.

I don't know what happened at the main gate. Judging from the volume of the vibration, we shouldn't have reached the main gate yet. We probably encountered other monsters.

Without a second thought, Zhou Ke'er frowned and immediately took the lead, continuing to run in the original direction, with Honghe close behind. Shen Jinxuan hesitated for a moment, but ultimately followed in Zhou Ke'er and Honghe's footsteps.

Zhou Ke'er and her companions hurried along and soon arrived at the place where the screams were coming from.

A large group of people were seen scattering and fleeing in all directions, creating a chaotic scene. Many people were running out of a building in front of them with their heads covered in their hands. It was clearly visible that the building was covered with eggs, with traces of eggs on the ground, walls, and windows.

"boom!"

Zhou Ke'er immediately signaled Honghe to fire a warning shot into the air.

After a gunshot rang out, everyone's attention was drawn to the scene. Zhou Ke'er also took the opportunity to quickly scan the students who had escaped—fortunately, Zhijiansha, Lengchitu, and the others were quite clever and had already escaped early on, and they were accompanied by Chunkunqiufei, who was surprisingly not dozing off.

However, Zhang He and Chen Tian have not yet been seen.

"Let's set the stage, go!"

Zhou Ke'er patted Honghe on the shoulder, indicating, "I'm leaving everything to you."

Honghe glanced at Zhou Ke'er with narrowed eyes, sighed, and had no choice but to step forward and speak to stabilize the situation.

Zhou Ke'er then quickly walked over to Zhijiansha and the others, and asked, "Why are there only a few of you? Where are Zhang He and Chen Tian? Did they die inside?"

Finger Sand and Cold Rabbit turned to look at Spring Sleepiness and Autumn Fatigue, who had a helpless expression on their faces: "Chen Tian wasn't here from the beginning. At the start of the module, only Zhang He and I were here at the spawn point. As for Zhang He... you know what kind of person he is. In this situation, do you expect him to escape on his own? He's still inside trying to save people—really, he's already a hopeless old scumbag, why does he still want to be a good guy every day?"

To be honest, Zhang He doing something like this wasn't really unexpected for Zhou Ke'er. On the contrary, she felt drowsy and lethargic...

Zhou Ke'er stared at Spring Sleepiness and Autumn Fatigue in shock: "You weren't sleeping...you were dozing off?! That's impossible! Are you really experiencing Spring Sleepiness and Autumn Fatigue or are you faking it? You're not some kind of monster mimicking, are you?!"

"I'll give you a punch!"

Spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue rolled her eyes: "You quack doctor can't cure my illness, but you won't let me recover on my own? The human body is amazing, isn't it?"

"Hey! You've even changed your persona!"

Zhou Ke'er widened her eyes and complained.

Cold-cooked Rabbit, standing to the side, retorted incisively: "Before, all she did was sleep. What kind of persona did she have? It's more accurate to say that her persona was simply to sleep all the time."

That makes so much sense. I never expected Cold-Cooked Rabbit to say something so insightful. He's really grown up!

He rubbed his forehead with sand between his fingers, too lazy to argue with these people. He simply peered through the door at the building's interior: "This is bad... Judging from the current situation, Zhang He probably won't be able to escape. Even if he does, he'll likely be infected."

Zhou Ke'er patted Zhijiansha on the shoulder and said in a serious tone, "Respect, blessings. Don't feel sorry for someone who sacrifices themselves to uphold their beliefs; that is the highest honor, Amen."

"Don't talk like they're already dead!"

"Sand between my fingers" couldn't help but blurt out a complaint.

Cold-Eat Rabbit curled his lip: "To be honest, I don't think he can come out alive either. If his abilities weren't restricted, he might be able to do it, but right now we're all just ordinary people, how could we possibly rescue someone and come out unharmed? Unless he's incredibly lucky—but obviously the opposite."

Zhou Ke'er was shocked again, looking at Lengchitu: "What's wrong with you? Why are you acting like a completely different person after only a dozen minutes apart? Why does your IQ suddenly increase as soon as you're separated from us? Have you been acting like this all along?!"

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754. Mori (Nine)

"What are you talking about? What do you mean by becoming normal? I've always been a normal person, okay?"

"Cold-cooked rabbit" retorted confidently.

Zhou Ke'er seemed about to say something, but Zhijiansha quickly reminded her, "Why are you two starting to chat and argue now? This isn't the time for this kind of thing—you should be mindful of your surroundings when you're chatting, right? The 'eggs' in that building are practically overflowing; shouldn't we get out of there first?"

"Your words are very insightful, so we've decided to give up on Zhang He, right?"

He nodded and said, feeling drowsy in spring and tired in autumn.

Zhou Ke'er waved her hand: "Don't put it so harshly. We're just respecting his personal wishes. Besides, given the current situation, it's no longer a question of whether we want to save him or not—if one goes in, it's like sending one person to their death; if two go in, it's like sending two people to their death. Zhang He wouldn't want us to die in vain trying to save him. Anyway, there's no point in us waiting here, so we might as well make a quick getaway."

At the same time, Honghe, holding a gun, led Shen Jinxuan to Zhou Ke'er and the others: "The situation is out of control. They were somewhat obedient when they saw the guns, but when they saw the number of those 'eggs,' they stopped caring about anything. Of course, I think so too—so let's go."

Shen Jinxuan wisely refrained from saying anything more, knowing that if she wanted to live, she shouldn't waste time here, so she anxiously waited to set off.

"Ahhh!"

At the same time, horrified screams rang out from both the front and the rear. It seemed that either the mimicry monsters that had infiltrated the crowd were starting to make a move, or the survivors who had been infected with the "eggs" were beginning to mutate. In any case, it was not a good thing.

"boom!"

Suddenly, there was a sound of a window shattering, and a figure rushed down from the second-floor window of the building in front.

He was covered with a large, curtain-like thing, covered in wriggling "eggs." After he slammed it to the ground, the eggs were crushed into disgusting blood and gore. Fortunately, there was no one around where he fell, so the flying eggs didn't splash on anyone else.

"Wow, I bet five cents it's Zhang He."

Cold-Eat Rabbit couldn't help but exclaim, "He managed to escape alive! Is he lucky or unlucky...?"

Unfortunately, before Cold Rabbit could finish speaking, another figure jumped out of the broken window and crashed heavily to the ground.

Upon hearing the noise, the figure who had been wearing the egg-covered curtain earlier disregarded the eggs and quickly flung the curtain open, shouting, "Run! Run! Run!"

Just as Lengchitu had predicted, the figure was indeed Zhang He.

Unfortunately, after uttering those six short words, he was pierced through various parts of his body by several sharp tentacles with a series of "plop" sounds, and blood gushed out. He was clearly going to die.

Those tentacles originated from the guy who jumped down from behind—however, the word "tentacles" is not quite accurate; they should be described as long, thin "limbs" formed by the squeezing and twisting of cysts and bubbles.

"Damn! Cold-cooked rabbit, you're right, but don't say that again! I'm afraid you'll accidentally kill us all with a single reverse attack..."

Zhou Ke'er was shocked and her face paled from morning till night. Without thinking, she turned around and started running away, clutching the sand between her fingers. "Stop spacing out! Red Crane, hurry up and take that idiot who's spacing out with you!"

While making these movements, Zhou Ke'er took the gun from Honghe with her still-bandaged left hand, glanced at it casually, and fired a shot at the monster—not to kill or harm it, though that would be best if she could—but simply to intimidate it and buy herself some time to escape.

However, with his severely burned left hand, the mere act of pulling the trigger almost made him wince in pain. Helpless, Zhou Ke'er had no choice but to shove the gun into Zhijiansha's hand, signaling her to pay more attention to what was behind them and to fire a warning shot if the monster caught up.

Upon hearing this, Honghe immediately grabbed Lengchitu's collar and Shen Jinxuan, and then began to pull and drag them quickly to catch up with Zhou Ke'er's pace.

As for spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue—she's always the fastest at escaping for her life. She never forgets to escape even when she's dozing off, so she's even less likely to forget now.

On the contrary, it was only now that Zhijiansha seemed to have realized what had happened, as if she had suffered some great shock. Her face was filled with shock and horror, even more exaggerated than Zhou Ke'er's expression when she saw Zhang He die on the spot. While hurriedly catching the gun that was forced into her hand, she spoke incoherently: "Why are you pulling me! Go pull Honghe!"