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

They swallowed hard and looked at the half-dead corpse by the door, which was clearly dead, and decided it was better not to risk their lives based on such speculation.

This time, the roulette wheel clearly felt offended. The most obvious sign was that it immediately panicked and selected Zhou Ke'er ten times in a row. Later, the wheel didn't even bother to move. It openly cheated and threw the game, with the pointer pointing at Zhou Ke'er without moving. It selected all the organs from the large intestine, small intestine, duodenum, liver, spleen, lungs, and brain.

Then Zhou Ke'er said, "This is annoying. It's so petty. Why are you asking for them one by one? It's so stingy. Here, don't be shy, I'll take them all."

Immediately, he used his evil power to control the various organs he had taken out, which floated in the air in front of him. He took them out one by one and transferred them over. Soon, an empty shell without any internal organs and an outline that could basically form a human shape, made entirely of organs, appeared on the spot.

In short, this scene would probably make even monsters lose their sanity.

"Well, it's all been submitted. You definitely won't pick me next, right? Otherwise, there's something wrong with your game."

Zhou Ke'er's mouth, which was now just an empty shell, moved slightly, and surprisingly, it still made a sound.

The other players were terrified and retreated frantically, huddling together in the corner. Compared to the spinning wheel, this ghostly thing that didn't look human was obviously much more disgusting and terrifying!

The turntable got stuck and crashed for a while.

Zhou Ke'er then leisurely walked forward with her empty shell. Then, a disgusting twisting and writhing occurred, and her organs were swallowed back into her skin. Instantly, a complete Zhou Ke'er appeared on the spot. Apart from the bloodstains on the ground, which proved that everything that had just happened was not an illusion, it looked as if nothing had happened at all.

The turntable stalled for a while, seemingly trying to figure out how to handle the situation. Logically, it was supposed to collect the player's organs, and the collected organs should be in the player's hands. However, Zhou Ke'er had taken matters into her own hands, and the turntable, not realizing that the player could put the organs back, failed to retract them. As a result, Zhou Ke'er put the organs back in.

But clearly, this guy couldn't handle the game. He spun the wheel a few times symbolically and then named Zhou Ke'er again.

"Hey!"

Zhou Ke'er was half-annoyed, so she immediately stepped forward and slapped the spinning wheel. "You fucking can't take a beating, can you? Huh?"

This huge bulge is such a huge hazard to this spinning wheel! From the moment it was born, even its father never managed to beat it. Oh, it doesn't have a father, then it's alright.

The turntable, which was perfectly fine but had no human form and whose very existence was uncertain, was enraged by Zhou Ke'er. It immediately turned on its maximum power and prepared to take the organ that had been chosen from Zhou Ke'er first.

But then it realized that the reason Zhou Ke'er had taken action herself was because if she hadn't, it wouldn't have been able to collect her organs at all—it was being suppressed by her rank! The guy in front of it, who looked like an ordinary human with no evil appearance, was actually an evil being hiding his identity, whose rank was many times higher than its own!

The turntable immediately trembled instinctively, rolled on the ground, and then, without caring about anything else, rolled away with a "gurgle, gurgle".

"Stop! Stop! Stop!!"

Just as Zhou Ke'er was about to chase after her, Nyaruko suddenly appeared in front of him, her cheeks puffed out, looking very unhappy, and stopped him, angrily saying, "Why are you like this!"

Zhou Ke'er looked completely bewildered: "What did I do? Didn't I get you a good job?"

"What kind of good job is this! It's an absolutely terrible job!"

Nyarko stomped her foot in dissatisfaction and waved her fist at Zhou Ke'er: "The script shouldn't be like this at all! What kind of script is it to scare away this spinning wheel with such a terrifying and disgusting method as soon as you came in! It's turned into a comedy horror movie! It shouldn't be like this at all!"

Zhou Ke'er put her hands on her hips and said righteously, "Then what do you want to do! You didn't give me any acting instructions, how am I supposed to know how to act?"

"That's even more wrong! If I tell you and you still act it out, then it won't be interesting at all!"

Nyarko retorted angrily, "I can accept some deviations from the original plan, but this deviation is too big! Can you please stop being so comedic?!"

Zhou Ke'er was shocked: "What do you mean? You want me to stop being a comedian? Do you have some misunderstanding about my persona? I think you're trying to make things difficult for me, Fat Tiger!"

"But even if you're a comedian, this behavior is just too weird! Think about it carefully, wake up! What kind of world is this?"

Nyarko, looking like she was about to give Zhou Ke'er a lecture, completely ignored the other players who had run away and the spinning wheel, and looked at Zhou Ke'er seriously, saying, "The game has invaded reality, and these terrible monsters are emerging one after another. The whole world is in a huge crisis, and humanity is facing the disaster of extinction. Now that I've put you down, shouldn't you quickly deal with this monster, then lead the remaining humans to survive, and then snowball it up until it becomes an undeniable force, and then sound the horn of counterattack against us guys!"

Look at what you just did! In this situation, you still had the nerve to mess with that poor spinning wheel. Your behavior is even more clownish than "abandoning your loved one to face a huge crisis, only to be discussing how to make fried noodles taste better!" Wake up!

Easy to drive!

Zhou Ke'er squinted, revealing a flamingo-like expression: "How dare you say such a thing? Don't you want to listen to what you're saying? You just abandoned me and said you wanted to see me make a fool of myself—and then I'll rebel right under your nose, right? I may be a comedian, but that doesn't mean I'm brain-dead!"

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832. Nightmare Difficulty

"Yes, I understand completely."

Nyarko looked as if she had just realized something after deep thought. She slapped her forehead and exclaimed, "It seems I didn't create enough of a sense of urgency for you. I need to create some pressure for you to take action!"

"Hey! You clearly don't understand at all! Don't just talk to yourself!"

Zhou Ke'er was half annoyed and couldn't help but complain—but it was just a complaint. Even if he disagreed, he couldn't change Nyaruko's decision, so his resistance could only turn into a complaint.

Nyarko shook her finger: "No, no, no, I completely understand. Think about it, even if I'm watching, if the situation is urgent enough, you would definitely do it even if it's right under my nose, right? For example—your companion is in mortal danger?"

Zhou Ke'er's pupils contracted almost imperceptibly, but her expression remained unchanged. She even pouted and said, "Can this be considered an emergency? You might as well just seal all my abilities and throw me into a real monster horde, directly endangering my life. That would be a real emergency."

Nyarko clapped and nodded, clearly impressed. "You're so clever! In that case, let's combine our methods. First, I'll tamper with things to put your companions in mortal danger. Second, as you said, I'll seal all your abilities and throw you into a monster horde—that'll double the emergency, right?"

"Qiangxi" is pronounced "xi". At this point, Nyaruko's face revealed an innocent smile, and Zhou Ke'er didn't detect a trace of darkness in it, as if she genuinely thought doing this would be very fun and interesting.

"Hey! Wait, I think..."

Zhou Ke'er immediately realized that it was useless to try to outsmart this kind of guy, and quickly tried to persuade him.

Unfortunately, before she could finish speaking, Nyarlathotep clapped her hands with a grin and said, "Then it's settled. First, there's the unsealed power of faith within you. That swollen woman was really something, not completely sealing it just to avoid trouble. What's the point of sealing it then? Okay, all done. Now you're completely a normal person until the seal is broken. Second, let me find a group of monsters that's a bit dangerous..."

Zhou Ke'er was startled by his words. Although she had expected that this guy was serious, she did not expect him to be so decisive! At least give him some time to process things!

He quickly asked, "Wait, if the ability is only sealed, that means I just can't use it, right? It still exists, right?"

Nyarko nodded: "Yeah, what's wrong?"

Zhou Ke'er breathed a sigh of relief: "That means at least my life is safe..."

Nyarko looked puzzled and shook her head: "What are you talking about? If someone is killed, they die. Of course you'll die if you're killed. Those abilities being sealed won't be able to protect you anymore, otherwise what's the point of the seal?"

Before Zhou Ke'er could argue further, he felt his vision blur and then the world spin. When he regained consciousness, he found himself no longer in the house but on an open street.

At this moment, Zhang Si exclaimed, "Damn it!"

Unable to hold back the swear words, Zhou Ke'er immediately sought cover and carefully observed her surroundings.

Sure enough, the moment he dodged, the spot where he was standing was smashed into a crater by something that had the shape of a human but looked like a huge, rotten, disgusting lump of flesh.

Although its vocal organs were completely invisible, the creature emitted sharp and shrill screams from its entire body.

Moreover, there are far more than just one monster on this entire street. Not to mention other different kinds, there are at least a dozen or twenty monsters of the same kind—and this is just on one street.

Monsters had practically taken over the street. The ground was littered with scattered limbs and semi-congealed blood, which emitted a filthy and putrid stench under the scorching sun, making one feel dizzy.

Looking around, there were hardly any living people on the street.

Even with the beginner's mod, Zhou Ke'er couldn't beat these monsters. What can an ordinary person like Zhou Ke'er, who doesn't even have a beginner's mod, do now?

Given the current situation, let alone rescuing Honghe and the others, even Zhou Ke'er's own survival is a serious question.

Ultimately, if there were no problems with Red Crane and the others, Zhou Ke'er wouldn't be scared at all. Although he didn't want to die, he wasn't afraid of death either. With his ordinary physique, he might be able to put up a fight with these monsters.

The problem is that now, Zhou Ke'er can't risk her life. She knows Nyaruko a little better; don't be fooled by her seemingly joking words—she takes them very seriously!

If Zhou Ke'er really sent it here, then she will definitely stick to the original plan and wipe out the Red Crane's group—unless she changes her target and makes one of the Red Crane's groups the next human to be observed, then it is possible that she will not be wiped out.

Although given Zhou Ke'er's current situation, even if she manages to escape and find Honghe and the others who are in danger, she probably wouldn't be able to do anything about it—but she can play a restraining role. As long as she is alive, Nyaruko's attention will always be focused on her. The danger over there that is not under command and control may not necessarily threaten Honghe and the others. After all, there is Qiao Yixia as a backup, and if all else fails, Honghe can unleash a wave of seed.

But if Zhou Ke'er sends it, Nyaruko, who feels bored and uninterested, will probably want to finish this failed show as soon as possible and will definitely shift her attention to it immediately. At that time, the situation on the other side will be hard to say.

Moreover, Zhou Ke'er's performance must be quite impressive, otherwise, if it's too boring, Nyaruko will easily lose interest.

Oh shit.

Controlling the powerful and controlling the tyrant. Zhou Ke'er was furious; what kind of mess was this?!

He just wanted to live a peaceful and honest life, what did he do wrong!

With gritted teeth, Zhou Ke'er activated her ultimate skill at lightning speed. If she couldn't beat it, couldn't she at least use her ultimate skill? Putting aside whether it was even possible to take down a monster in this completely surrounded place, even if she did manage to, it would be completely pointless and would only trap her in an encirclement.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Just as he rushed into a nearby building, intending to hide there and then move on, he ran into a whole staircase full of monsters. Hearing the sound he made, they all turned to look at him.

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833. Localized necrosis

"boom!"

With a loud bang, Zhou Ke'er was sent flying backward and crashed heavily onto the street.

Rather, it's fortunate that she was knocked out by the monster inside. Although she suffered serious injuries, it also gave Zhou Ke'er room to maneuver. After all, turning back into the building was a terrible mistake, as she was now caught in a pincer movement. If the monster inside had chosen to pounce and suppress her instead of knocking her away, Zhou Ke'er would basically be done for by now.

Despite the pain radiating from all parts of her body—thanks in part to Zhou Ke'er's high tolerance and endurance for pain, otherwise, it's hard to say whether a normal person crushed by such a blow could even get back up—Zhou Ke'er stood up without hesitation, leaning against the wall, and continued to stumble forward.

The monsters that had swarmed and gathered at the entrance of the building saw Zhou Ke'er's movements and quickly converged on her again.

"屮!"

Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but curse inwardly. Even if she wanted to see him struggle to survive, she should at least have thrown him a weapon to defend himself! Throwing him in unarmed like this, without even any attribute bonuses, was just pure suicide!

Nyaruko, you're the songstress, aren't you?! What do you know about watching a show?!

While Zhou Ke'er was grumbling to herself, her hands were busy at all. She picked up a trash can placed on the side of the street and dumped all the garbage out of it.

It's fortunate that it was just a short time before the scheduled cleaning of the street trash cans, otherwise, who knows what a disgusting situation they would be in now. Luckily, the trash bags had just been replaced and not much trash had been thrown in before this disaster happened, so no one would throw any trash in there.

However, even though it was disgusting inside, Zhou Ke'er had no choice but to do so, because for the time being, he had no better way to get out.

He then turned the trash can upside down, hunched over, and jumped inside. The trash can rattled and swayed on the street, gaining momentum before rolling forward along the sloping street, getting faster and faster.

If Zhou Ke'er had tried to escape on her own feet before, she would definitely have been caught by those monsters. But now it's different. Unless she loses control of her direction and gets intercepted halfway, Zhou Ke'er can use this trash can to shake them off for a long distance.

Survival is nothing to be ashamed of.

The monsters behind her roared and chased after Zhou Ke'er madly. The ground began to tremble slightly. Several times, the monsters' claws or tentacles even touched the outside of the trash can. Fortunately, they could not control their strength well. Instead of stopping the trash can, they pushed it and made Zhou Ke'er roll even faster.

However, while this might seem advantageous for the current situation, Zhou Ke'er is still very worried about one thing: what if she wants to stop? If she crashes into an obstacle at this speed and has to stop abruptly, Zhou Ke'er might just kill herself.

Just then, a disgusting, sticky sound came from near Zhou Ke'er. Before Zhou Ke'er could react—though he couldn't react anyway—he saw the shadows on the ground writhing and growing countless black tentacles, which forcefully bound the rapidly rolling trash can and quickly stopped it.

A violent jolt came, and Zhou Ke'er was forced to slam against the inner wall of the trash can. After rolling around a few times, she was propelled out of the trash can by centrifugal force and fell heavily onto the street next to her, rolling a few more times before collapsing to the ground.

Zhou Ke'er didn't care about the pain anymore, because the shadow spreading from the ground was already close to his eyes. If he didn't move, there was only one word left: "Send".

Fortunately, because he had rolled a long distance, he had managed to distance himself from the monsters chasing him. So he wasn't immediately pinned to the ground after falling. Zhou Ke'er got up and continued running forward.

As for why he was running forward—it was because, up to this point, Zhou Ke'er had not had any time or opportunity to carefully observe his surroundings and find a safe enough place to hide or turn around. So even if he didn't know what kind of monsters were waiting for him ahead, he could only keep his head down and head straight forward.

Otherwise, before even encountering the monster ahead, Zhou Ke'er would have been devoured alive and torn to pieces by the monster chasing her from behind.

However, even so, the probability of Zhou Ke'er escaping the pursuit was almost zero, even if she ran with her head down.

For ordinary people in the old era, facing monsters whose situation was similar to that of today, their arduous escape route must have been much the same.

Soon, the street in front of them came to an end, and beyond that end was not another street, but a lush, dark forest.