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

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847. Gu, kill me.

half a month.

Zhou Ke'er has been staying at the poor witch's house for a full two weeks now.

It wasn't that he was abandoning Honghe and the others; the main issues were twofold. First, he genuinely couldn't find them—he couldn't contact them and didn't know their whereabouts. Second, since Nyaruko had already been captured, any mishaps she might have caused should have been rectified by now. Therefore, Honghe and the others shouldn't be in any real danger. So Zhou Ke'er felt at ease staying there, pondering the strange phenomena.

The witch went from being submissive at the beginning to completely giving up now. There was basically no resistance involved; she just naturally gave up.

In the past two weeks, Zhou Ke'er hasn't caused any trouble; instead, she's been diligently studying and improving her skills.

However, the more he pondered it, the more he realized a crucial problem—there simply wasn't enough time.

Don't be fooled by the fact that it didn't take him long to go from an ordinary person to his current strength; that's because his current strength is frankly negligible. There are many ways to achieve rapid progress. But the higher you go, the more time it will inevitably take.

This is perfectly normal. You say someone worked hard for countless years to finally become a god, so why should they be weaker than someone like Zhou Ke'er who only achieved godhood in a few months? Besides, even those who became gods lost miserably, so let alone the winners from the beginning. Those beings were just too outrageous.

But Zhou Ke'er thought about it again and again, but she couldn't figure out how those beings had worked so hard to improve their strength. It seemed that they were already that strong as soon as they appeared in this world.

It can only be described as hanging on the wall.

After all, they're not from the same system; their system is cheating.

As Zhou Ke'er pondered, she resumed her daily routine, sprawling on the bed and wailing, "Aaaaah! I don't want to work hard anymore! Isn't there any kind of lucky break that can just give me an instant power boost, making me invincible? Like, a Dragon Slayer Sword just for clicking, Blazing Fire Sword that explodes with every strike, or a Paralysis Ring just for logging in? How about that?"

Fies, who was standing to the side, was already used to this situation. At first, she was frightened by Zhou Ke'er's behavior and thought he had gone crazy from trying so hard. She was quite worried. Later, she realized that it was just that this guy had a problem with his brain and felt uncomfortable if he didn't howl a few times.

However, you can't blame Zhou Ke'er for this. Just look at the abilities she possesses now—aren't they things that a normal person would need a lifetime, or even several lifetimes, to barely achieve? That guy Nyaruko was so disappointed in Zhou Ke'er before, trying to persuade her. Wasn't that a bit too presumptuous? Is this something Zhou Ke'er can learn in a few days of hard work?

What an idiot.

I can't learn it, I don't have enough time, and if I give up, I'll get punished.

Zhou Ke'er is having such a tough time!

Sometimes he even thought about throwing himself directly into that chaotic origin space and letting the evil influences corrupt him on their own, saving Zhou Ke'er the trouble of doing it herself. However, when he thought about how even the swollen woman's clone, after being taken in with him, hadn't even stayed inside for a second before it immediately collapsed, leaving the swollen woman to clean up the mess and save his life, Zhou Ke'er regretfully abandoned the idea.

An atmosphere of despondency permeated the entire witch's hut.

As usual, the witch brought over the food with a look of utter despair, and casually asked, "When are you finally going to the capital? You're going to eat me out of house and home."

"Almost there, almost there, don't rush it."

Zhou Ke'er replied perfunctorily, "It's not like I'm never leaving again."

The witch said with a mournful face, "You said the same thing ten days ago, and you said the same thing yesterday. If this continues, I might just die."

Zhou Ke'er looked enlightened: "I understand, you mean you think your lifespan is too short, right? I can help you with that, do you want to..."

The witch retreated in fright, frantically waving her hands and shaking her head in refusal: "No, no! I'm perfectly happy with myself as I am! I don't want to become a disgusting thing covered in tentacles and flesh that can only babble 'Aba aba'!"

Zhou Ke'er crossed her arms: "You have such a deep prejudice! Look at me, I'm not some tentacle monster who can only babble!"

"Then can you turn me into someone like you?"

The witch's words hit the nail on the head.

Zhou Ke'er scratched her head: "Oh, that probably won't work. But we can try, right? Nobody says a tentacle monster can't turn into a human, right?"

The witch shook her head: "I was originally human, why should I turn into a tentacle monster first and then back into a human!"

Zhou Ke'er lay sprawled on the bed, her eyes vacant: "Then there's nothing I can do. I don't have anything else to offer you as compensation. You'll just have to eat, drink, and freeload for free."

The witch squinted and said, "I don't need any reward from you! Just consider it a free gift from me. The best reward for me is for you to set off as soon as possible!"

"Is that so? How selfless! Witch, you are so kind."

Zhou Ke'er praised sincerely and genuinely.

The witch rolled her eyes, realizing that if she continued to waste her breath on him, he would only stay in her house longer. The best way was to ignore him.

However, at this moment, the rare peaceful life without any waves was finally broken.

A violent whooshing sound came from outside, as if something had fallen from the sky, and the ground immediately began to shake violently.

Zhou Ke'er and the others immediately looked outside, only to see that a deep, dark, and huge crack had somehow appeared in the sky, as if some being had torn a hole in the sky.

Countless meteorites fell from it, crashing heavily to the ground and causing earthquakes and fires.

Screams, screams, and the sounds of collapse mingled together, creating a scene reminiscent of a painting of hell.

The witch was terrified and instinctively tried to run away, but before she could take a few steps, Zhou Ke'er grabbed her by the back of her collar.

"What are you doing! Let me go! I haven't lived enough yet! I don't want to die here!"

The witch instinctively struggled and cried out.

Zhou Ke'er squinted and said with little interest, "You don't want to die here, so you're trying to find a lucky spot to die, right? In the current situation, you'll probably die anyway if you rush out. Besides, I'm here, so what are you afraid of? This is obviously some kind of major animation CG that has triggered the main storyline of your world or a version update. Afterwards, there will probably be some kind of hero or savior character. Anyway, it doesn't have much to do with us. Just stay here and wait for this event to pass."

As she spoke, Zhou Ke'er casually waved her hand, and a transparent membrane appeared outside the witch's hut, keeping all dangers out.

The witch didn't understand what Zhou Ke'er was saying at all, but she still understood what he meant—to take action to protect this place!

Great!

The witch immediately stopped running away and, like Fies, squatted down with her knees drawn up to her chest and started to slack off.

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Take a day off for May Day.

Nowadays

明日方舟周年庆

Genshin Impact's new Abyss event

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I need to take a day off.

Labor day

Do not work

I said

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848. I think I understand now.

However, the safety was only maintained for a short while before something outrageous happened.

The meteorites, which were originally falling evenly in this area, suddenly became like machine guns, raining down on the small house where Zhou Ke'er and the others were, for some unknown reason.

Good grief, are they not even going to act anymore? They're just starting to cheat and cheat outright?

Zhou Ke'er squinted and turned to look at the witch: "Hey, do you have some particularly strong enemy? Look at the situation, it's obviously targeting you."

Meteorites struck the protective shield one after another, producing tremendous noises that shook the entire building.

After the residents who were fleeing the surrounding area had escaped some distance, they found themselves out of danger. Then they saw the witch's shop hut seem to be mocking them, attracting all the meteorites in the area.

"No matter how you look at it, it's not my problem, is it?!"

The witch immediately retorted, "What enemies could I possibly have! I've never encountered anything so bizarre before; no matter how you look at it, it should be coming towards you!"

Zhou Ke'er tilted her head and smiled, "Oh, so you came for me. I'm so sorry to have dragged you into this. I'm not the kind of bad person who would feel at ease dragging others into this. So, how about I leave here now? That way you'll be safe."

Upon hearing this, the witch immediately knelt down and repeatedly said, "I'm sorry, I was wrong. I was just saying things in anger. These meteorites are targeting me. Please protect me."

Although she genuinely felt it was entirely Zhou Ke'er's fault, who knew if the meteorite had a delay? What if Zhou Ke'er went out and removed the protective shield, and four or five meteorites that hadn't had time to react continued to hit her house? She wouldn't have anywhere to hide and would be completely obliterated!

Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but yawn—if you're talking about targeting, the strength of this meteorite is just so-so. What difference would it make if you bombarded it for days and nights? Did you come here specifically to tickle it?

The witch crouched down, covering her head, and watched for a while before finally understanding that the meteorite was nothing more than a tickle to Zhou Ke'er. Suddenly, she became bolder, but still didn't dare to go any closer.

ratt ratt ratt...

Half an hour passed.

"You're going to keep pinching me like this, aren't you?"

Zhou Ke'er also got impatient. This thing in the sky stopped dropping meteorites from other areas and gathered them all to throw at him. Although it couldn't break through his defenses at all, it was clearly a provocation.

Then, with a snap of the fingers, the protective shield covering the witch's hut vanished instantly, transforming into a concave film. Any meteorite that crashed in was deflected along the concave bottom and bounced back.

This is one of the skills Zhou Ke'er has mastered through practice over the past two weeks, mainly reflected in the various applications of evil and supernatural phenomena—but such transformations are incredibly simple.

The rebounding meteorite followed an arc and did not collide with the meteorite that followed; instead, it was bounced back into the large hole in the sky.

This is called using someone's own methods against them; what a brilliant move!

"what!"

Soon, a cry of pain came from the huge hole in the sky.

Then a demonic man with two horns on his head, looking like a villain, poked his head out. He covered the bump on his forehead with one hand and pointed angrily at the small house where Zhou Ke'er was: "Hey! I'm invading your world, okay?! Can't you show me some respect? I'm the third general of the Demon King's army! Using my meteorite to hit me is a bit too much, isn't it? You have no sportsmanship!"

Through the window, Fies saw the demon peeking out from the hole. For some reason, a series of fragmented memories flashed through her mind, and she felt a sense of familiarity—a demon? She held her head in her hands, feeling dizzy for a moment.

However, she had been maintaining this posture for a while, so neither of the two people next to her noticed anything unusual about her.

Zhou Ke'er didn't even bother to pay attention to the demon who didn't seem very smart. She snapped her fingers again, and a huge meteorite slammed into his face once more.

With a loud "bang," the demon was caught off guard and hit squarely in the face by the meteorite, which slammed him back into the cave.

To be honest, the scene wasn't tense or exciting at all; instead, it was quite hilarious.

Zhou Ke'er touched her chin, somewhat unsure whether the demon himself was just mentally challenged, or if his brain-degrading aura had been upgraded, affecting even someone so far away.

"You bastard! That's too much! I was negotiating with you on the battlefield! How could you ambush me? Are all human powerhouses this shameless?!"

Enraged once more, the demon grabbed the edge of the hole in the sky with one hand and covered his bruised and swollen left eye socket with the other, then suddenly poked his head out and jumped up and down.

The witch smirked upon hearing this—what human? Where did this human come from? The guy in front of you is some unknown evil god or old monster.

Zhou Ke'er didn't say a word, and didn't even bother to snap his fingers. He just waved his hand—he was really curious about where this guy's IQ had dropped to.

Unexpectedly—or perhaps unsurprisingly—as another meteorite was sent back, the farce that had just occurred began a second time, and the demon was once again blasted back into the cave by a meteorite thrown by Zhou Ke'er.

This attack, which had already been used once and had an extremely long wind-up, actually worked a second time!

Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but feel sorry for the other person's brain.