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

762. What are you doing here?

The flamingo, which was fleeing in the mountains, suddenly seemed to sense something and subconsciously turned its head back.

The trees blocked out the view, and there was nothing in sight.

A premonition arose in her mind, but she didn't stop, glancing briefly before continuing on her way.

As for Zhou Ke'er—could any ordinary human really survive rolling around in a sea of ​​fire and having their entire body burned to ashes? That would truly make them an Aryan superhuman.

Of course, it was completely dead, immediately exiting the module and returning to the safe house.

As for the game settlement, it's because Red Crane and his team haven't finished yet, so they need to wait until the module ends to settle the score together.

Zhou Ke'er had barely entered the safe house, and hadn't even opened her eyes, when she heard an excited voice: "Good job! You did a great job! Strong and powerful!"

Upon hearing the slightly familiar voice, Zhou Ke'er quickly opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was a wildly bouncing silver-white ahoge (cowlick) – without even looking any further, Zhou Ke'er could guess which heavyweight this guy was.

Suddenly, Nyaruko pounced on Zhou Ke'er like a hungry tiger, looking extremely excited. She grabbed Zhou Ke'er's shoulders tightly and shook her vigorously, her eyes sparkling as she shouted, "Holy crap, let's get this fired up!"

"???"

Zhou Ke'er was completely bewildered. To be honest, he hadn't recovered from the pain of being burned alive. Even though he had broken free of the module and regained his evil power, the lingering pain wouldn't dissipate quickly.

That unlucky Nyaruko... what kind of strange things is she suddenly saying?

Soon, Nyaruko released Zhou Ke'er's hand and plopped down on the sofa, looking thoroughly satisfied and pleased: "Ah, ah, that's more like it! This is exactly the kind of scene I wanted to see! Holding off the enemy alone, heavily wounded, fighting to the death, and perishing together! So exciting, so exciting!"

Zhou Ke'er's eyes widened, and she clenched her fists in excruciating pain! This feeling of almost dying, no, of actually dying, was something Zhou Ke'er would never experience again.

Besides—if you really like this kind of exciting scene, why don't you go and set it on fire yourself?

Ha, you cowardly wretch, you might as well drown in your thirst!

Before Zhou Ke'er could speak, Nyarlathotep clenched her right fist and slammed it into her left palm with a "pia": "Alright, it's decided then. From now on, all the modules will be stripped of their powers. Maybe that will lead to more memorable scenes!"

No, no, I don't want that kind of thing!

Zhou Ke'er was startled and quickly stepped forward to persuade her, "Oh dear, you can't change that! Look, isn't your perspective narrow? If it were an ordinary person, at most they would perish in a sea of ​​fire like me. But what if they had power? That would be on a completely different level. Wouldn't a scene with special effects look even more exciting?"

Nyarko stroked her chin, looking thoughtful: "What you said makes sense."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ke'er quickly changed the subject: "Yes, yes, that makes sense, of course it makes sense—by the way, why did you suddenly come here? You didn't even tell me beforehand. Honestly, look, I don't have anything to offer you right now. Oh dear, I'm so sorry for not being able to entertain you properly."

Zhou Ke'er, right now you seem like a sycophantic lackey.

"Oh, why are you being so polite? I've already witnessed the scene of you being burned to death, so this hospitality is quite good."

Nyaruko grinned and said, "As for why I'm here—isn't it obvious? Your performance was a great show for me, so I came here in person to give you a reward."

Zhou Ke'er's eyes lit up upon hearing this—oh, good heavens, a reward—if Nyaruko hadn't been so shameless as to treat her praise as a reward, she might have given her something nice!

Sigh, getting stronger isn't shameful!

Anyway, Zhou Ke'er didn't intend to confront these great beings in the end, so she didn't care about the source of her power or whether it would be taken back in the end. Besides, with her entire body filled with evil energy and her entire power system originating from evil, how could she possibly be destroyed and forced to rebuild?

Exorcising evil gods and restoring Earth—that's the ideology that Reno and his group uphold. Zhou Ke'er just wants to live a comfortable life. Anyone who thinks saving the Earth depends on someone like Zhou Ke'er is probably mentally unstable. Zhou Ke'er suggests that they be given a diagnosis at a mental hospital.

"You're too kind. You've come all this way, why bring a reward? No, no, that's not right."

While Zhou Ke'er was saying some perfunctory polite words, she unabashedly spread her hands out in front of Nyaruko, looking like she was saying, "Give it to me quickly."

"I love your shamelessness."

Nyarko reached out and patted Zhou Ke'er's outstretched hand. "These are some little toys I made on the spot. I remember you used to like these, so I made a few for you to play with."

Immediately, several small, somewhat familiar-looking objects appeared in Zhou Ke'er's palm.

Zhou Ke'er took a closer look—Holy crap! Isn't this the pseudo-God's divine spark? It's the super powerful one-time use item (not really) that Zhou Ke'er used to instantly clear the module after she was released! Goodness, isn't this much easier than fighting with evil spirits all by herself?

Well done, Nyaruko! I never expected you to be such a generous person! Next time you want to see a scene, don't be shy with Zhou Ke'er, just request it! As long as the benefits are enough, Zhou Ke'er can put on any show you want to see.

"Oh right, I heard how you used this thing before... My advice is, don't just use it randomly in the mod. I secretly gave it to you. It's okay to use it in real life, but forget about it in the game, otherwise I'll get beaten up by those guys again."

Nyarko then seemed to remember something and quickly reminded him.

Zhou Ke'er's eyes sharpened—what to do? He suddenly felt a bit like seeing this guy get hung up and beaten...

No, forget it. If this guy gets hung up and beaten, then no one will be willing to give him gifts anymore.

Zhou Ke'er officially announced that Nyaruko is now his number one fan!

(The human soul of the Base Academy: Zhuo! You promised to avenge us!)

It's alright, it's alright. Once Zhou Ke'er has squeezed all the usefulness out of Nyaruko, then we can just let her get hung up and beaten.

Thinking this, Zhou Ke'er put the divine spark into her backpack and sat down next to Nyarlathotep, rubbing her hands together and saying, "Come on, big brother, just be direct. Whatever scene you want to see next time, I'll definitely put it on for you. Money back guarantee if you're not satisfied, until you are."

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763. I can't practice?

After saying goodbye to the top-ranked fan, Nyaruko, Zhou Ke'er logged off at lightning speed.

After all, the people and vehicles are still stranded outside, so we need to deal with that first. I imagine the others are in the same boat. For example, Zhang He, who was the first to die, wasn't seen by Zhou Ke'er when she returned to the safe house. He must have logged off to handle some matters.

With a blink of an eye, Zhou Ke'er was back in her car and, without wasting any time, drove home.

To be honest, it's a real shame that Nyaruko actually rejected Zhou Ke'er's suggestion to "request a scene." She said she preferred the original, unforced scenes. Sigh, it's obvious she doesn't understand Zhou Ke'er—even if Zhou Ke'er were to force herself to act, there wouldn't be any trace of acting.

However—she did give a lot.

Zhou Ke'er gripped the steering wheel with one hand, and with the other hand outstretched, several pseudo-godheads containing a massive amount of divine power appeared in her hand with a thought.

If this thing were to be unleashed in reality—Zhou Ke'er suspected that the entire exorcist organization might not be enough to defeat him.

It's still a replica of the divine status of a main god, no matter what.

Just then, Zhou Ke'er's communication bracelet beeped with a call notification. She answered it and heard Zhou Nasen's voice: "Hey... Zhou Ke'er, thank goodness you finally answered! I've called you several times already. If it had just been a missed call or the call had been hung up, that would have been fine, but all of them showed no signal. I was almost ready to mobilize the whole family to look for you."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ke'er glanced at the call log and, sure enough, Zhou Nasen had called several times. Luckily, Zhou Ke'er died early in the module, otherwise it would have been quite troublesome.

Sighing, Zhou Ke'er casually replied, "Alright, alright, don't tell me you don't know why I didn't return the call. Do you think I'm stupid? With our family's intelligence network, you wouldn't know these things? Stop talking nonsense. Just say what you want to say, I'm still driving."

A somber voice came from the other end of the phone: "You're getting less and less lovable. I was just concerned about you. Anyway... there is something important that you need to come home. I can't explain the details over the phone, you'll understand when you come back."

"Why do we have to go back again? It wasn't long ago last time... Wait, you guys aren't planning to trick me into going back again, and then tie me up and take me on a blind date, are you? I won't do that!" Zhou Ke'er revealed a sharp look in her eyes.

Zhou Nasen was both amused and exasperated: "No, really not. This is a really important matter. It's not just our own family; several other families have also gathered together. Now, apart from those of you who were pulled into that game, all the younger members of the other families are already here."

Zhou Ke'er was greatly shocked—good heavens, what are they planning to do? Could it be that they've also been fooled by Renault and are preparing to use the entire clan's strength to wipe out the "false humans" and restore pure-blooded humans? No way, no way... But Zhou Ke'er really couldn't guess what those older generation were thinking. What if that really was the case?

Thinking of this, Zhou Ke'er quickly agreed, turned the steering wheel, and headed towards the direction of the clan's territory.

There were far fewer vehicles on the road than usual, so Zhou Ke'er was able to drive smoothly for a while. Soon, after spending much less time than usual, Zhou Ke'er quickly returned to her clan's territory.

As soon as she got out of the car, she saw Zhou Nasen waiting outside. Seeing this, Zhou Ke'er closed the car door, locked the car, and hurriedly went over to him, "What happened? Why is there such a big commotion?"

"Come with me, we'll talk as we walk."

Zhou Nasen pulled Zhou Ke'er into the clan's territory, explaining as they walked, "In the end, this whole thing was caused by that damn game. But for us, it's a blessing in disguise—you know, ever since the last incident where players collectively went into a deep sleep, all over the world, and I mean the whole world, not just our region, all sorts of so-called 'ruins' have started appearing, as well as... many monsters that shouldn't exist in this world."

Putting aside the "ruins," the frequency of monster appearances is absurdly high. In just two days, there have already been thirty to forty cases of monster-induced disturbances in our area alone, not counting those that haven't been discovered yet. This means that as time goes on, even if secular armed forces, exorcist organizations, or the special department jointly established by our major families all work together, they will become increasingly overwhelmed by the growing number of unexpected incidents. And our safety will become even more difficult to guarantee.

So that's why we were urgently recalled—since you've already made contact with exorcists and the special departments of our families, you should understand that as truly pure-blooded humans, although we may not seem to display any supernatural powers, it's impossible for us not to possess them.”

Zhou Ke'er blinked in confusion: "So you mean, they plan to make this public to family members who are unaware of it, and give them enough power to protect themselves from the monsters that are constantly appearing, is that right?"

Zhou Nasen nodded: "That's roughly right, what you said is pretty accurate. Besides, it's not just our few families doing this; the pure-blooded human survivors in other major regions have already started implementing such plans. For example, the magic and sorcery inheritance in the Taixi District, as far as I know, started even earlier than ours."

Zhou Ke'er opened her mouth, recalling the spiritual energy aura she had felt from Qiao Lunuo of the special department she had met before, "So, our side must be the lineage of cultivation? This feels a bit like something from somewhere else."

"Pretty much, but besides the cultivation system, there are also other side things like martial arts, witchcraft, and summoning gods. You know, our region has always been a bit of a mixed bag." Zhou Nasen shrugged.

Now it was Zhou Ke'er's turn to sigh: "You guys are really something. If only we could have started earlier, it would have been so much better. Now it's too late—I can't cultivate immortality like you guys."

Zhou Nasen was taken aback by what he heard and looked at Zhou Ke'er in confusion: "Why?"

Zhou Ke'er snapped her fingers, and a wisp of vibrant spiritual energy appeared at her fingertips—a wisp of spiritual energy mixed with a chilling and eerie black mist, which was obviously not a good thing at a glance—and said helplessly, "Because I've already practiced it myself, and I've inexplicably gone astray in my practice."

After thinking it over, Zhou Ke'er still didn't plan to tell Zhou Nasen that she was now full of evil spirits, mainly because she was afraid that he would have a heart attack from fright, or that she would have to take him to do this and that, which would be troublesome.

Even so, Zhou Nasen was startled by Zhou Ke'er's strange... no, it was a mixture of strange and malevolent spiritual power. He looked at Zhou Ke'er in shock and exclaimed, "How could this be?! Quick, I'll take you to the elders to see what's going on!"

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Happy Lunar New Year's Eve!!

Happy Lunar New Year's Eve everyone!

Okay, okay!

Wait a minute! Wait a minute!

Waibibabu!

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764. Just kidding, hehe.

"Hey, hey, no need, no need."

Zhou Ke'er quickly stopped, preventing Zhou Nasen from pulling her away. Seeing his puzzled expression, she put on a playful smile and said, "Hey, I was just joking. I was just trying to make you happy."

As she spoke, Zhou Ke'er snapped her fingers again, and the mixed and malevolent spiritual energy ball in her hand, which had been pulsating, trembled violently. Soon, the malevolent aura disappeared without a trace, leaving only pure spiritual energy.

"It's just some little tricks I learned from the exorcists, don't always take it so seriously." Zhou Ke'er shrugged.

Zhou Nasen finally breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Zhou Ke'er speechlessly: "Is this something you can joke about? You really gave me a fright."

Zhou Ke'er smiled without saying a word—to be honest, there wasn't much need for him to attend this so-called "family training." Firstly, the two versions of "Yanran Jue" he brought from the game, especially Mo Bugui's version, had already reached their maximum potential, so there was no need to look for other lower-level cultivation techniques. Secondly, the cultivation system only played a supporting role for Zhou Ke'er at the moment; his primary focus was still on the "divinity" generated through the unorthodox methods.

However, even so, isn't it fun to participate in some useless things from time to time?

The two arrived at the meeting point soon. They seemed to be a little late, as everyone else had already closed their eyes and were meditating, trying to sense spiritual energy.

Zhou Ke'er nudged Zhou Nasen and asked in a low voice, "So everyone can cultivate? I thought only those with spiritual roots could."

Zhou Nasen replied, "You're right, but not entirely accurate. Besides, it's just unnecessary to test it. Even without spiritual roots, it's possible to sense spiritual power, though you won't be able to break through to Qi Refining, but it's enough for self-defense. And even if your aptitude is so poor that you can't even make progress in Qi Refining, the spiritual power you sense will still be beneficial for your future cultivation of martial arts or other branch practices like witchcraft."

Zhou Ke'er nodded, looking like she understood.

At this moment, the elders standing at the front saw Zhou Ke'er and Zhou Nasen, who had arrived late, and immediately waved for them to come forward.

After dismissing Zhou Nasen with a few words and letting him continue his cultivation, the elders turned their attention to Zhou Ke'er.

Zhou Ke'er smiled on the outside, but inwardly he was cursing. The last time he saw these guys, he was relatively weak and they fooled him, making him think they were just a bunch of powerless old men and women. But now, upon sensing them, he discovered they were all cultivators at least at the Golden Core stage! They had actually hidden their strength to deceive and ambush a young man in his early twenties like him! Shameless!

While inwardly complaining, Zhou Ke'er greeted the clan elders with a respectful demeanor. At this moment, PDD Zhang Si...