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

You should know that just now, before Zhou Ke'er even touched the armor, when she touched the candle flame with her bare hands, the flame only spread to her hand and didn't "burn" her at all.

Could there be some hidden secret in this puppet?

"Crackling..."

The puppet tapped its mouth up and down several times, as if trying to say something, but in the end, no sound came out before it was swallowed by the flames.

Cold-Eat Rabbit was shocked again: "That's it? This guy was taken care of just like that? I thought he was some kind of tough guy? And that's it?"

"Hahahaha!"

Zhou Ke'er let out another standard four-note "hahahaha" and laughed wildly: "I laugh at Zhuge Liang for being incompetent and Zhou Yu for being unwise. If I were here, I would definitely set up traps. As soon as someone steps on them, they will immediately fall into the air and be smashed to pieces, dying without a burial place!"

"???"

Zhong Ming, who had just taken a step forward, looked completely bewildered and turned to look at Zhou Ke'er, who was laughing heartily with her head thrown back, incredulous. "You..."

Unfortunately, before he could finish speaking, the floor beneath his feet suddenly opened up, revealing a hole below. Zhong Ming, who had no time to dodge, fell straight down into the hole, accompanied by a series of screams that grew louder and louder as they went.

"Hahahaha!"

Zhou Ke'er laughed again, "I'm laughing at that..."

Cold-cooked Rabbit immediately pounced on Zhou Ke'er and slapped her across the mouth: "You jinx! Stop talking! If you keep talking, we'll all be killed by you!"

However, despite this, as things have developed to this point, even the previously bewildered Zhijiansha quickly came to her senses.

"and many more……"

As if suddenly realizing something, Zhijiansha said, "I guess there's a hidden mechanism on the wall next to that hole. If we open it, we'll find a hidden chamber with plenty of supplies. We can warm up and rest in there."

After saying that, she immediately stepped forward and explored the place she had just designated. Sure enough, she soon discovered the hidden mechanism she had set up and immediately opened the hidden room.

"I knew it! I understand completely now... Ahhhhh!"

As the hidden door slowly opened, Zhijiansha revealed a slightly smug expression. Unfortunately, before she could finish speaking, she suddenly felt a tremendous force and was pulled inside with a "whoosh".

Fortunately, Zhou Ke'er was quick-witted and agile. She grabbed Leng Chi Tu, who was standing there in a daze, and threw her inside. She then pulled Hong He along and rushed into the hidden room that was starting to close.

"Hey! Wait for us!"

Ruomu said repeatedly, and he and Xiao Mo immediately started walking to follow Zhou Ke'er and the others.

With a "bang," the hidden door slammed shut—leaving only a completely unaware Mu Mu locked outside. How wonderful!

With a series of crackling sounds, the hidden room gradually brightened from darkness, and then a platform and several seats appeared before everyone's eyes.

The fingertips that had just been dragged in were now being pressed into one of the seats—tightly bound to the seat by several tentacled black shadows.

"Hello, I'd like to play a game with you..."

The next second, a voice came from the high platform, and a slender black figure stood there, its feet spreading out in all directions like shadows. The black shadow binding the sand between the fingers originated from this.

"The guy who just said that is burned to a crisp. His body is still outside. Do you want to go take a look?"

Before it could finish speaking, Zhou Ke'er interrupted it.

The shadowy figure paused for a second before replying in a helpless voice, "That was me. I'm not dead yet."

"Oh, okay, my bad."

Zhou Ke'er shrugged, but the next second, the premeditated Cold-Eating Rabbit jumped in front of her and grabbed her from behind like an octopus, while her neck was firmly held in place by Cold-Eating Rabbit's hands.

Cold-cooked Rabbit, half-annoyed, said, "You rascal! Are you addicted to throwing me around? Why are you throwing me around again? And even if you are throwing me around, why do you just throw me in, but drag me in by the hand when you're throwing Red Crane around? It's not fair! I protest!"

The fingertips, pinned to their seats, revealed a horrified expression—So this Cold-Cooked Rabbit was this brave! I never realized before! Now it's totally jumping around like a flamingo!

Glancing again at the expressionless, icy-smelling flamingo, Zhijiansha quickly turned back, closed her eyes, and silently muttered, "That Cold-Cooked Rabbit is obviously doomed."

"That's not fair at all! If I didn't throw you out, you idiot would definitely be locked out like that guy named Mu Mu. Can't you have some self-awareness?"

Zhou Ke'er stretched out her left hand and waved it behind her, startling Leng Chi Tu so much that she immediately jumped off him and slunk away several steps.

Seeing Zhou Ke'er and Lengchitu still bickering, the dark figure finally lost patience and immediately said, "Alright, everyone, please take your seats. The game is about to begin."

As he spoke, the black shadow beneath his feet spread out again, instantly engulfing everyone except Zhou Ke'er and pressing them firmly into their seats.

Xiao Mo tried to struggle, but it was obviously in vain.

Zhou Ke'er obediently raised her hand and said, "Eh? What about me? Don't I need to sit down?"

"you……"

The shadowy figure paused. "Can't you just sit down yourself?"

"No way! I don't want to do it myself!"

Zhou Ke'er started acting like a scoundrel, "Otherwise, I'll burn you!"

"Okay, okay, I'll help you, I'll help you, please don't burn me..."

The shadowy figure, annoyed to the point of being unable to bear Zhou Ke'er any longer, had no choice but to obey.

"Hey? Sorry, I bumped into you by accident..."

The moment the shadowy figure wrapped around Zhou Ke'er, she reached out her left hand and grabbed it.

"I knew it! I knew it! You bastard, I shouldn't have trusted you!" The shadowy figure suddenly erupted in impotent rage.

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816. The Strange Castle (Part 8)

However, the dark figure quickly severed the burning part, much like a gecko shedding its tail.

As the connection with the main body was severed, the part of the black shadow that had spread out quickly shrank back to the ground, changing from a three-dimensional shape to a two-dimensional plane, and finally gradually disappeared. The flames attached to it also disappeared without a trace along with the flammable material.

Zhou Ke'er raised her hands in a French military salute, stepped forward and sat down in the chair: "It was an accident, really an accident. Look, I'm sitting here perfectly fine now, aren't I? You can begin, please."

"..."

The shadowy figure eyed Zhou Ke'er warily for a moment, utterly unable to fathom what this person, who was clearly a bit off, was thinking. After a brief silence, he finally spoke: "Alright, let's begin our game..."

But before he could finish speaking, a "crack" sound was heard.

It subconsciously looked at Zhou Ke'er, but Zhou Ke'er was sitting perfectly still in her seat doing nothing. She even raised her hands and raised her eyebrows at it provocatively.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that Honghe had done something to cause the chair to disintegrate and collapse. Freed from her restraints, she stood there, tilted her head, and said expressionlessly and without any apology, "Sorry, I just wanted to conduct an experiment. I didn't expect it to be so successful, dismantling the chair in one go."

Zhou Ke'er stood up, walked to the red crane, and patted the ground with her right hand. As if she had pressed some kind of mechanism, a hole suddenly opened in the ground, and an identical chair was placed inside. "Alright, alright, I'm quite curious about what question that guy wants to ask. Don't bother it. Sit down."

"Oh." The flamingo nodded with half-closed eyes, but it was quite obedient and sat down in the chair obediently.

The shadowy figure was speechless; he had never seen anything so absurd in his life.

"Oh, right..."

Zhou Ke'er stood up, looked around the room, and then quickly walked to the table on the right. She reached out and picked up a plate of... small desserts? The plate contained some small cakes, cookies and other snacks.

How could such a thing exist in this godforsaken place?

As Zhou Ke'er popped a piece into her mouth, she walked over to the others, asking as she went, "Oh my, it tastes pretty good, do you want some?"

Xiao Mo and Ruomu naturally shook their heads vigorously—who would dare to touch the food that had inexplicably appeared in this godforsaken place? Aren't they afraid there might be something wrong with it?

However, Zhijiansha showed a hint of surprise, a mixture of doubt and realization, as if he was pondering something.

On the contrary, the cold-cooked rabbit had no such concerns at all, and the concept of "thinking" didn't exist in its mind at all. It immediately started shouting, "I want to eat! I didn't even notice until you said it, I'm starving! Give me some too!"

After saying that, the cold-cooked rabbit opened its mouth wide and waited for Zhou Ke'er to feed it.

Zhou Ke'er tossed a cookie into her mouth with a look of disgust. "Have some ambition, will you? Although I was just joking when I said you were a mascot before, I feel like you're really becoming more and more like a mascot."

The cold-cooked rabbit said proudly, "Hehe, I'm proud."

Zhou Ke'er maintained her disgusted expression and took two steps back: "Don't speak loudly when you have something in your mouth! Do I have to teach you even this?"

"Bang bang bang!"

Just then, the dark figure finally lost its temper and angrily slammed its fist on the platform several times: "Are you ever going to stop?! This is my turn!"

Zhijiansha, who was almost scared to death by Lengchitu's actions, breathed a sigh of relief when the dark figure finally spoke. She quickly tried to turn the page on this matter—otherwise, she was really afraid that Honghe would pull out a sickle from under her skirt and pin Lengchitu to the ground to skin it alive.

"No, now it's our turn."

Finger Sand immediately interrupted forcefully, speaking loudly. Then, she moved her fingers, and the chair she was sitting on immediately fell to the ground piece by piece. The dark figure that had been binding her and the chair lost its target and was easily freed by Finger Sand.

Ruomu looked shocked and incredulous: "How did you get out? What kind of mechanism do you not know about?"

Zhou Ke'er blinked. "Uh... why don't you calculate it yourself?"

Xiao Mo had been frowning and observing the flamingo for a while since it left the seat. Now, seeing the sand between the fingers break free of the seat in a completely different way, and considering Zhou Ke'er's actions just now, a sudden flash of inspiration struck him. He immediately slapped the table and exclaimed in amazement, "So that's how it is! I understand now! So that's how it is... If that's the case, then everything just now can be completely explained! No wonder they weren't afraid of this monster at all, no wonder."

"You guessed it? Congratulations. But there's one thing you need to pay attention to."

Zhou Ke'er smiled and moved closer to Xiao Mo, who was struggling to get out of his seat, and casually said, "No matter how powerful you are in the game, it's still fake, not real."

Upon hearing Zhou Ke'er's words, a glint of light flashed in Honghe's dead fish eyes, as if she had realized something. She then quietly began to make small movements, and no one knew what she was doing.

"Have you had enough? Can't you show some respect for others? This is going too far!" The shadowy figure's indignant voice rang out, clearly showing a hint of anger and embarrassment.

Zhou Ke'er turned around and glanced at the dark figure, feigning surprise: "Oh, you're still here? Look at my memory, I completely forgot. Why aren't you leaving yet? Don't want to go? It's okay, I'll see you off."

As he spoke, Zhou Ke'er waved his left hand, and the flames on his left hand instantly condensed into a thin, short wooden stick. He brandished the flaming stick and pointed it at the dark figure in mid-air: "Front teeth like a big stick! Tarantella dance! Tongue lock throat, obstacles upon obstacles, quickly imprison, legs stand stiff and dead, forget all!"

As Zhou Ke'er finished speaking, a continuous stream of light burst forth from the magic wand in his hand, slamming into the dark figure.

The cold-cooked rabbit, still tied to the chair, exclaimed in surprise: "How come you don't need to chant any spells when you cast a spell?"

Ruomu was even more shocked: "No, isn't the point why he can cast spells?!"

The shadowy figure let out a series of screams, but then it couldn't even make a sound anymore. It just kept twitching erratically in place, like some kind of super gluten person that had been bugged.

"All done—so, would you like some cookies?"

Zhou Ke'er held up the plate in her hand and asked the crowd with a smile.

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817. The Strange Castle (Part 9)

"What's going on here? I really don't understand!"

As the dark figure went out of control as if a bug had occurred, Lengchitu and Ruomu were naturally freed as well. Lengchitu jumped up and couldn't help but ask, "What's going on! This atmosphere where only I'm helpless!"