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

"Clam?"

Zhou Ke'er looked at Zhijiansha with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot: "What the hell are you talking about? I dragged Honghe away, and then you and Lengchitu stood there like idiots, getting headshot by that guy one by one? If you don't want to be dragged along, then at least act like a pro, okay? Look at the idiot you were just now, I almost thought there were two Lengchitu in our team!"

"What do you mean by that! I'm not stupid, you're the one who... Red Crane! Why are you suddenly exerting force! I can't breathe!"

Upon hearing this, Cold-Eating Rabbit immediately raised her fist in rebuttal, but before she could finish speaking, she felt Red Crane's hand, which was gripping her collar, suddenly tighten, almost causing her to lose her breath.

Honghe completely ignored Lengchitu and instead asked Zhou Ke'er, who was running ahead, "Where do we go? We can't go towards the main gate or that stadium we went to before."

Zhou Ke'er immediately replied, "Asking me won't help—Shen Jinxuan! It's a good thing I brought you here—is there any other buildings in this godforsaken place that we can defend, or is there a back door to leave this place?"

"Back door? Oh! Yes, there is! But I'm not entirely sure where the back door leads... Anyway, go that way!"

Shen Jinxuan was suddenly called upon, paused for a moment, and then quickly answered, pointing in a direction.

"boom!"

A gunshot rang out.

It refers to the shot fired from between the fingers.

"Stop chatting! That damn thing is running like a madman! If we don't speed up, we'll be caught!"

"Sand between Fingers" urged as he fired his gun.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but retort, "Please! We're just ordinary people now, not some Captain America from somewhere. We're already running at full speed, and you want us to speed up? Do you think we can unlock our genetic potential and unleash a power boost? If you can't hit us, just give us the gun!"

Upon hearing this, Zhijiansha immediately shoved the gun into Zhou Ke'er's hand. Zhou Ke'er released her right hand from Zhijiansha, grabbed the gun handle, stood still, turned around, and aimed—all in one smooth motion.

"call out!"

As if sensing danger, one of the "tentacles" suddenly grew longer again and stabbed straight at Zhou Ke'er.

"Are you stupid?! You think I'd shoot you?"

Just then, Zhou Ke'er reached into the quiver behind Shen Jinxuan and pulled out an arrow. She bent down slightly and thrust the arrowhead into the "tentacle": "This is my way of attacking!"

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755. Forest (10)

The arrow pierced the tentacle, and the cysts and vesicles on the tentacle instantly shriveled up, as if the tissue fluid inside the cysts had vanished in the blink of an eye.

The monster let out a horrified scream and instinctively severed the tentacle at the root.

At the same time, Zhou Ke'er calmly raised her gun, aimed at the monster's location, and pulled the trigger.

"Did you understand 'Sand Between Fingers'? That's how you shoot a gun."

Zhou Ke'er watched as the monster desperately dodged to the side, but was still hit by a bullet to the side. In an instant, almost half of its body withered away, like a dried salted fish. After confirming that the thing was temporarily unable to pursue, she turned around and continued to run away, throwing the gun to Zhijiansha in the process.

After all, there's more than just that one monster here, and the surrounding area is still in chaos. Even if we inflict effective damage on that monster, it doesn't mean we're safe here—not to mention there's a huge hidden danger that's been moving closer to the training camp.

When Zhou Ke'er turned around, she saw Leng Chi Tu suddenly adopting a philosophical expression, as if contemplating life. Then she heard Leng Chi Tu say, "I'm telling you—the survivors in that train station were safe and sound, but as soon as we arrived, a disaster struck, and they were all wiped out. This training camp was also doing well and was very safe, but as soon as we arrived, it started facing internal and external troubles again—could we be the jinx? Or are we some kind of plot trigger?"

“That’s absolutely right. The ‘eggs’ here didn’t hatch any earlier or later, but they just happened to hatch right when we arrived. I don’t believe it’s just a coincidence.”

This time, Finger Sand nodded with absolute certainty, saying, "Unless there's a one in ten million chance that we're just incredibly unlucky, there's definitely a mastermind behind this!"

Spring Sleepiness and Autumn Fatigue pointed out a flaw: "This didn't happen when Zhang He and I were here. Look at Zhang He, even with his terrible luck, he didn't cause such a disaster, so it's clearly not a matter of luck. And if it's said that the whole group gathered together and met the conditions for triggering the plot, that doesn't make sense either, because Chen Tian isn't here. So the answer is obvious—either the four of you have a problem, or one of you has a problem."

Zhou Ke'er raised her hand: "I'm reporting this by my real name. It's definitely Leng Chi Tu's fault. She's so stupid that she provoked those monsters without even knowing it."

"I'm not stupid! I'll punch you!"

Cold-cooked Rabbit angrily punched Zhou Ke'er: "I'm saying, is there any possibility—and I'm just saying one possibility—that Zhou Ke'er, this troublemaker, secretly orchestrated all of this and is now pretending to be innocent while watching the fun?!"

Zhou Ke'er immediately shook her head and waved her hands: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! If we're talking about someone who's having fun, shouldn't it be Hong He?"

Now it's the flamingo's turn.

Honghe squinted and glanced at Zhou Ke'er and Lengchitu, who were arguing fiercely. Although she didn't say anything, a sense of intellectual superiority arose spontaneously.

Zhou Ke'er and Lengchitu immediately felt incredibly childish, and even felt a little ashamed—it was obviously impossible to joke around like that.

Zhou Ke'er immediately shouted, "She's not saying anything! It really was her! The culprit, Honghe!"

Cold-cooked Rabbit chimed in from the sidelines, "She's speechless. The facts are right before our eyes, the evidence is irrefutable!"

Zhijiansha sighed deeply, utterly speechless, and exclaimed, "Why can you guys be so recklessly roughhousing in such a dangerous situation? Are you kindergarten kids on a picnic?"

To be fair, Zhou Ke'er and Lengchitu are a perfect duo when it comes to playing dumb. Although Lengchitu is genuinely dumb, Zhou Ke'er is just pretending.

"It's alright! What are you worried about? Zhou Ke'er already shot that monster dead, so this is nothing..."

Cold-cooked Rabbit looked completely unconcerned and said with his head held high. But before he could finish speaking, Zhou Ke'er grabbed him by the collar and dragged him two feet to the side.

Almost simultaneously, two tentacles swept past her where she had been standing, piercing deep into the ground. Turning her head, she saw the monster, its body half-withered, launching the attack with its other half. Moreover, its injuries were slowly healing, and its chasing speed hadn't decreased much.

"Look, look, what did I tell you? Zhang He was like this when he escaped. You, Lengchitu, just open your mouth and stand up, and you've turned into this mess. It's all your fault!"

Zhou Ke'er gave Leng Chi Tu a flick on the forehead: "Stop making those accusations! If you keep jinxing me like this, I won't be able to save you every time."

When Zhou Ke'er grabbed the cold rabbit in her haste, she was using her injured left hand, which was now in excruciating pain.

"Oh!"

Cold-cooked Rabbit was shocked, never expecting that it had almost capsized in the gutter. It immediately dared not make a fuss anymore and, without thinking, hid itself in front of Zhou Ke'er, using Zhou Ke'er as a mobile human shield.

"?! Cold-cooked rabbit, I saved you, is this how you repay me?"

Zhou Ke'er's eyes widened, never expecting that Leng Chi Tu would be just as shameless as him: "You actually used your savior as a human shield, you're so despicable now!"

Cold-cooked Rabbit guiltily looked away: "This is called seeing someone off to the end, or seeing a Buddha off to the West! Saving someone once is saving someone, saving someone repeatedly is also saving someone!"

The flamingo did not turn around; its expression grew increasingly cold.

The sand between his fingers felt a chilling aura emanating from beside him, and the ghost broke out in a cold sweat, too afraid to speak.

This is bad! We're now in a situation even more dangerous than being chased by monsters!

Zhijiansha gasped, not daring to even look at Zhou Ke'er—"You should repent!"

But Zhou Ke'er seemed not to hear, only showing a sad expression: "After realizing that their lives were in danger, they quickly used this method to ensure their survival? What a parasitic tactic... Ah, my dearest friend, willing to become a louse!"

Cold-cooked rabbit grinned: "It's not as despicable as you say!"

Zhou Ke'er looked at the cold-cooked rabbit with a pitying expression: "It's even more despicable than I described!"

Now, not only Zhijian Sha and the others, but even the monsters next to them were at a loss with these two. They had seen people who were fearless and who would run away when they sensed danger to their lives, but they had never seen anyone who was almost killed by a tentacle just now and was now talking nonsense here!

Spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue revealed the expression of an old man on the subway looking at his phone: "In some ways, the only one who can compare to Zhou Ke'er in this regard is this guy, Lengchitu, right?"

Sand between Fingers stared wide-eyed in horror—Stop talking! Shut up! Don't add fuel to the fire! Can't you feel the chill emanating from the person next to you?!

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756. Mori (11)

"Thump, thump, boom!"

Suddenly, a figure appeared in the direction Zhou Ke'er and her group were fleeing. A smiling young man slowly walked over from a corner and blocked their way.

"Quickly open!"

Zhou Ke'er's eyes narrowed slightly, and she immediately shouted loudly—but clearly, she wasn't talking to the guy who suddenly appeared, but to her other teammates.

As expected, Cold-cooked Rabbit didn't react in time again. Fortunately, Zhou Ke'er didn't expect her to be smart anyway, and when she moved aside, she also pulled her aside.

Almost simultaneously, several sharp barbs pierced the air with a whooshing sound as they plunged deep into the ground where the group had been standing.

These barbs were ejected from the body of the man who had suddenly appeared.

"Why run? Just one prick from my thorn and you can become one of us—how wonderful, how delightful!"

The man tilted his head, looking puzzled, but his smile remained unchanged, as if he were completely innocent: "We have no illness, we don't die, we are perfect, we came into this world to redeem you, why are you afraid?"

Zhou Ke'er blinked, her mind racing as she considered the current situation. She pointed to several corpses lying on the ground not far behind her, torn apart by the monster, their eyes wide with disbelief. "Is that considered redemption? Didn't you say you could become one of them? But I don't see them changing. If it were really possible, we would definitely change, but the problem is, look how dead they are. You have to prove to us that we won't just die from your thorns."

The monster resembling a man looked in the direction Zhou Ke'er pointed, paused for a moment, and then his smile faltered slightly.

I finally managed to spread my faith, and you made me lose so completely, ahahahahaha, chao!

“Those damned, stupid things are not our kind, they are just a bunch of fleshy lumps driven by instinct.”

It regained its smile, turned to look at Zhou Ke'er, and said with a very sincere expression: "I swear—I promise, I am absolutely different from those stupid creatures. They are inferior beings who only know how to devour and spread, without any independent thought, but we are different. We can think and we can communicate."

Zhou Ke'er's face showed a slight agreement, but still a wary expression. She said seriously, "What you said makes some sense. I believe you a little, but not completely. How about this, let my companions leave first, and I'll stay and try the redemption you mentioned. If you're not lying to us, then I will definitely take you to find my companions. If you are lying to us—then it's just that you've betrayed my trust, how about that?"

The man frowned slightly upon hearing this, as if he wanted to say something, but Zhou Ke'er quickly added, "Since it's about redemption, you can't force others, right? I already trust you, you certainly wouldn't do something like forcibly harming my companion, would you?"

"...Alright, since you've put it that way, then so be it. It's okay, once you experience this pleasant and wonderful feeling, you'll definitely agree with me."

After being fobbed off by Zhou Ke'er, the guy had no choice but to agree.

Therefore, those who can communicate are easier to deal with than those who can't, since they can be fooled. Especially those with low intelligence, they're like a cold-cooked rabbit; Zhou Ke'er doesn't even need to make up excuses, she can just casually fool them and manipulate them at will.

As for why Zhou Ke'er didn't just have Zhijiansha pull out a gun and shoot this guy, but instead stayed behind alone...

Although it hasn't been shown, Zhou Ke'er's condition is actually very bad. For severe burns, disinfection and bandaging are not enough, not to mention the potential for secondary damage. In fact, even if Zhou Ke'er manages to escape this time, she won't last long. Although she won't die immediately, she will definitely become a burden to her teammates.

So... it's better to use my remaining energy to try and help them resolve their worries, and then log off at lightning speed.

For example, we could let these monsters fight like dogs—that giant monster that's rushing towards us from outside the training camp is probably almost here, given how strong the tremors are getting. Plus, judging from what this guy just said, even the monsters aren't all on the same side; there's even a hierarchy of disdain (lol). If we use that wisely, we might be able to get them to fight amongst themselves.

Cold-cooked Rabbit looked at Zhou Ke'er with some surprise. She never expected Zhou Ke'er to do this. She seemed to want to say something, but Finger Sand quickly ran over and pulled her away.

After exchanging a steady glance, Honghe and Zhou Ke'er nodded and led the others to leave the area at a faster pace.

"Alright, your companions have all left, so I've kept my promise, right? Now you should believe me, right?"

This guy was actually quite honest. He watched Honghe and his group disappear from sight with Zhou Ke'er, and even waited for a while before turning to Zhou Ke'er and asking.

Clearly, either he was genuinely naive, or he truly believed his own words and genuinely felt that if Zhou Ke'er became like him, he would definitely want his companion to become like her as well.

"I believe it, I believe it completely."

Zhou Ke'er held out her bandaged left hand. "So how did you do it? Do you have to prick me? Can't you just give me the thorn and I prick myself?"

The other person was stumped by Zhou Ke'er's question. Clearly, given his rather limited life experience—no, strange life experience—he had never seen such an oddball as Zhou Ke'er before. After a moment of hesitation, he said uncertainly, "This... you can do it yourself, right?"

As it spoke, a cyst emerged from its body, and a black mist quickly swirled within it. The cyst then shrank rapidly, and the black mist coalesced into the shape of a sharp thorn.

It reached out and pulled the thorns out of its body, handing them to Zhou Ke'er with an eager and impatient expression: "Here, give it a try."