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

"boom!"

Luo Ye'er's eyes immediately flashed with a fierce light. Without hesitation, he waved his hand, and the black mist struck Mo Bugui's body heavily, knocking him to the ground.

This shows just how serious Mo Bugui's injuries were—after all, he was someone who had seized the world will of a sub-world, yet he was defeated by a mere Loyer.

It is clear that he had long since approached, or even surpassed, the limits of what he could endure. If it weren't for his unwavering belief supporting his will, he would have perished long ago.

Zhou Ke'er, that scumbag, hid behind Luo Ye'er without moving, merely observing the scene unfold, seemingly indifferent to everything.

But ultimately, he couldn't let Mo Bugui die like that—otherwise, his divinity would be directly reduced to its original form because of his faith.

Let's see how things go for now, and then try to keep Mo Bugui alive until the very last moment. Zhou Ke'er stroked her chin, pondering this plan.

Mo Bugui was knocked to the ground, but he did not collapse and remain motionless. Instead, he struggled to crawl toward Zhou Ke'er, leaving shocking bloodstains on the ground.

He was already delirious, his eyes seemingly fixed on Zhou Ke'er, yet also on some unattainable dream. He struggled slowly on the ground, muttering incoherently: "She waits gracefully at the end of the black mist... Lan Yanran, my heart, shattered like scorched earth..."

Holy crap, where did this broken-down king come from!

Zhou Ke'er was completely unmoved by this, and even had the leisure to mutter to herself, "She's truly a piece of trash."

“I snatched her back from the jaws of death, and no one can defy me—but why, why did you leave me!”

He finally stopped moving, for he had no strength left to move. He simply collapsed to the ground, murmuring in a voice barely audible, "This darkness, devoid of hope, beyond redemption... how cruel..."

Zhou Ke'er scratched the back of her head. She had originally wanted to lean over to him and say, "The one who's causing you the most heartache is you!" But after thinking about it, she felt that doing so would ruin the atmosphere, so she gave up.

At this moment, Luo Ye'er seemed to finally understand the intention behind Mo Bugui's actions. He withdrew his hand in a daze and looked down at his own hands.

After a long silence, she looked at Zhou Ke'er behind her and murmured, "The so-called ghost is nothing more than a fanatical afterimage filled with longing."

Before she could finish speaking, as the last wisp of black mist on her body dissipated, Loyer transformed back into Fez and fell heavily to the ground.

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853. Even I think you're trash!

"Uh-huh……"

Zhou Ke'er touched her chin and thought for a moment—because his hand was used to touch his chin, he didn't use his hand to help Luo Ye'er, so he let her fall to the ground—after all, Luo Ye'er wasn't the focus right now.

She still has to turn back into Fies right now, and at most she'll pop up occasionally. Anyway, she can't do anything, so there's no need to bother with her right now.

On the contrary, Mo Bugui is a real problem to deal with. If they leave him unconscious here, they're afraid he'll die; if they heal him, they're afraid he'll regain his strength and go berserk. Although it's just a sub-world, it's still at the level of world will, and Zhou Ke'er might not be able to handle it—after all, once his world is completely merged and devoured, it'll just be an ordinary sub-world, and Zhou Ke'er's status might not even be as high as Mo Bugui's then. The elder brother doesn't laugh at the younger brother.

We can't kill him, and we can't save him, so what can we do? Can't we just use some kind of Star-Absorbing Technique to absorb his power directly, then we wouldn't have to worry about whether he lives or dies?

Zhou Ke'er squatted down and thought about it carefully.

Just then, he suddenly felt that the data module he carried with him seemed to be starting to move.

It was immediately taken out, and soon, the energy that Mo Bugui was losing and dissipating due to his serious injury began to be passively absorbed into this data module, as if it were drawing energy from the surroundings to recharge itself.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Zhou Ke'er examined the data module in her hand. To be honest, she had heard Nyaruko mention that this thing was quite important and could be used to enhance strength. However, the problem was that Zhou Ke'er only had fifteen days at most. She hadn't even figured out the knowledge gift that Tavel had given her yet. To think that she could find the time to figure out what this data module was for from scratch was a bit too much of an overestimation of Zhou Ke'er's abilities.

If this data module hadn't popped up on its own and started absorbing energy, Zhou Ke'er wouldn't have known that this thing could have such a function.

Soon, the data module began to emit a series of beeps, a mechanical sound very similar to the system's, but it seemed to be intermittent due to insufficient power.

"Zizi-"

Immediately, the data module underwent another mutation. Logically speaking, Zhou Ke'er had enough time and could have discarded the data module before the mutation occurred. However, he felt that it wouldn't do him any harm, so he remained in his original position, watching helplessly as the data module melted away and disappeared into Zhou Ke'er's hand, turning into an inconspicuous mark in his palm.

Immediately afterwards, a series of urgent notification sounds rang in Zhou Ke'er's mind.

[The subworld is being destroyed!]

【warn!warn! 】

[Maintenance Plan One Initiated...]

[Drawing up energy, connecting to the main system...]

[Warning! Link failed!]

[Insufficient energy! Maintenance plan one cannot be implemented!]

[Activate backup power...]

[Detection failed, no backup power!]

[Emergency plan activated! Recycling plan initiated!]

[Absorbing the energy generated by the destroyed subworld...]

[Energy absorption in progress...]

[Energy has reached minimum, activating attachment mode and entering a semi-dormant state...]

[Energy absorption in progress...]

After displaying all the prompts at once, the data module fell silent again, with only a faint countdown sound indicating that it was still drawing energy.

Zhou Ke'er rested his chin on his hand—goodness, he was just wondering why he didn't have a Star Absorbing Technique to drain Mo Bugui dry, and less than two seconds later, he already did!

Although he couldn't absorb it himself, it seemed to be about the same.

Could it be that he is not actually a "god of mental deficiency" but a god who can grant any wish?

But he doesn't seem to have made any wish to have an intelligence-lowering aura.

Tsk... Speaking of which, if this continues, won't it just kill Mo Bugui?

After he died, all his energy was stored in this data module. Although the data module is now in Zhou Ke'er's body, it doesn't seem to have any intention of using its energy to feed back to Zhou Ke'er.

Let's cut off contact first... but how do we cut it off? Can we take her somewhere far away?

Just as Zhou Ke'er was pondering, the data module's notification sound rang out again.

[Energy has reached the activation threshold, connecting to the main system...]

[Main system disconnected, unresponsive...]

[Reconstructing the anchor point, currently transferring energy...]

Immediately afterwards, the energy absorbed by Mo Bugui began to be transmitted to Zhou Ke'er through the data module.

"Huh?! Could it be that I can really have my wishes come true? Is there really such a thing?"

Zhou Ke'er was greatly shocked. If his divine status was like this, then why bother with any plan? He could just make a wish and have all those beings die instantly!

Just then, a spatial rift suddenly tore open in front of Zhou Ke'er, and Nyarlathotep leaped out, grabbing Zhou Ke'er by the collar. Pointing at Mo Bugui lying on the ground, he said angrily, "Who do you think you are! You really plan to watch this guy die here and have all his energy drained by you? You're too despicable! I can't stand it anymore! Are you the villain or am I the villain?"

Zhou Ke'er let Nyaruko grab her collar, looking completely innocent: "Huh? But this guy is such a nuisance. If he dies, I'll fall from my godhood and rot away. If he doesn't die, he'll keep bothering me and driving me crazy, which is annoying too—so now there's a perfect opportunity to directly drain his energy for my own use, so why not do it? No matter how you look at it, it's the optimal solution."

"The script shouldn't have gone this way! It's too much! And when those two were confronting each other, you were hiding behind her? How can there really be such a despicable person like you in the world?"

Nyarko couldn't help but point at Zhou Ke'er and angrily complained.

Zhou Ke'er looked completely indifferent, almost picking his nose, but unfortunately his body didn't produce any boogers. "Oh right, I'm just that scumbag, otherwise how could I have lived this long and still be doing so well? The scourge lives on for a thousand years, and I'm obviously that scourge."

"Damn it! I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!"

Enraged, Nyaruko uttered some harsh words, but ultimately did nothing. She could only grab Mo Bugui, who was lying on the ground, and throw him into the spatial rift to prevent him from being truly drained to death by Zhou Ke'er.

"Hey! Why are you stealing my loot? Is there no justice or law? I won't be satisfied until you give me some compensation."

Zhou Ke'er didn't stop her at all. To be honest, he had guessed from the beginning that Nyaruko would definitely show up, and sure enough, he was just waiting for her to show up so that he could extort some money from her.

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854. Showed up and then ran away?

"Cough cough..."

Zhou Ke'er watched as Nyaruko finished all her actions, then coughed twice in a serious manner, preparing to ask for her reward.

However, he overestimated Nyaruko's limits. After being humiliated by Zhou Ke'er a few times, she learned her lesson and had no intention of continuing to chatter with Zhou Ke'er. As soon as she saw that Zhou Ke'er was about to start talking nonsense again, she turned around and ran away without hesitation.

Before Zhou Ke'er could react, Nyarlathotep had already disappeared with Mo Bugui.

Oh dear! What a huge loss! A massive loss!

Zhou Ke'er was so angry she almost stomped her feet.

After the two uninvited guests left, the scene fell silent for a moment.

Fies had already fainted on the ground, and the witch hadn't dared to pull herself out of the cave yet.

This place was hit by a meteorite for more than ten minutes not long ago, and the surrounding temperature rose by several degrees, making the weather as stuffy as a hot steamer.

After waiting for a long time and still not hearing any sound, the witch hopefully pulled her head out of the hole and cautiously looked outside.

Then she saw Zhou Ke'er squatting in front of her, staring at her without moving, her head down.

The witch was so frightened that her legs went weak, and she fell back into the cave, landing face-first in the dirt.

No matter how you look at it, this scene is just too terrifying.

Just then, a knock sounded at the door of the witch's hut.

It seems that the person in charge of this area or a soldier sent by them has come to inquire about the situation—after all, the demon had only entered this small house a short time ago and immediately fled in panic, and given its previous feat of attracting all the attacks by itself, it's impossible that no one would come to inquire about the situation.

Zhou Ke'er immediately grabbed the witch by the collar and pulled her out of the hole. Then she snapped her fingers, and the dust and dirt on the witch's clothes were instantly cleaned. There was also a dazzling black light surrounding her. Against the backdrop of the messy interior, the spotless witch looked like a powerful being.

"Why is it still me!"

The witch knew perfectly well what Zhou Ke'er was up to, and couldn't help but point at herself with a mournful face, saying, "Why is this? You've shown your strength here, and if you've made connections with those people, wouldn't it be easier to find the Grand Magister in the capital? Why are you so insistent on pushing me to the front!"

Zhou Ke'er rested her chin on her hand: "There's no rush for that kind of thing. It doesn't matter what. Besides, there's no harm in putting you in the spotlight, right? The reward is yours, the honor is yours, and I'll secretly provide you with support. There's no way I'll expose any flaws, and you'll reap countless benefits—so why refuse?"

"That's strange! So you know it's all beneficial, so why are you giving it to me?"

The witch immediately retorted.

Zhou Ke'er replied matter-of-factly, "Isn't this to repay your life-saving grace? I've always believed in repaying kindness with kindness, and a drop of water in need is a spring of water in return, let alone your life-saving grace—how could I not repay you with this kind of benefit? It's perfectly reasonable!"

The witch's face was full of resistance. "Can I just not ask for anything in return? I don't want this reward, I don't need any benefits at all!"

"That won't do. It's your business if you don't want the benefits, but it's my business if I want to repay you. I'm a person of principle; I can't take the benefits and not do anything in return."

Zhou Ke'er grinned, revealing a sinister smile: "Or do you think this reward isn't good enough? Then I can give you something even better—like turning you into a tentacle monster? I think that's even better, it'll make you incredibly strong..."