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

Thinking this to himself, Cold-Eating Rabbit quickly turned his head away and followed in Red Crane's footsteps.

The scene fell silent. The Deep Ones stopped their pointless chatter, and apart from the rumbling sounds coming from the top of the space, there was no other noise.

"Uh-huh?"

After calming down, Zhou Ke'er suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

It's not that something is wrong with the outside world, but rather that I suddenly have a...unreal feeling.

Blood? Gills that had been slashed to pieces? Or a neck that had been stabbed to pieces?

...No...something's not right, none of this is right, his behavior just now was really off.

He's not really mentally ill... Strange? Why...?

Zhou Ke'er covered her forehead and staggered back two steps.

What he couldn't see was that the bloodshot eyes and the thick black mist that had just filled them were now slowly dissipating.

There's another thing that's been overlooked...

Yes! Just now, the moment the cane pierced through Deepvans' neck, I don't know how many times, it should have been when Deepvans truly died... A very faint, almost imperceptible wisp of black energy slowly rose from Deepvans' wound, wrapped around the cane, and gradually rose upwards, from Zhou Ke'er's fingertips, all the way to her eyes.

Finally, it mysteriously disappeared right before our eyes.

"Huff...huff...damn it..."

Frustrated, Zhou Ke'er shook the dirt off her cane. This sudden mental breakdown, like she had become a different person... It had happened before in the previous module, when she killed Dais... Zhou Ke'er had also fallen into this state.

What exactly is this...?

Even when she was spewing trash talk, Zhou Ke'er was perfectly normal. After all, people with mental problems don't deserve to be intersex.

It seems that after kicking Dupuvance...

To be precise, it was after getting close to Dupuys.

There's no mistake, it's because of that wisp of black mist!

Zhou Ke'er suddenly remembered that when she last met Kronos in that zombie module... He said that Zhou Ke'er could absorb evil.

That's right. In the previous module, Des had set up a sacrificial ritual, so he could be considered to have come into contact with the supernatural. As for this Dipvance, he's practically turned himself into a minion of the supernatural...

In other words... when Zhou Ke'er came into contact with these people who were associated with evil spirits, she was unconsciously absorbing these evil spirits, which affected her mental state?

But... how could this be? First of all, her sanity didn't change abruptly. If she had really absorbed the evil entity, Zhou Ke'er's sanity should have plummeted...

Secondly, no matter what, Zhou Ke'er's body in the game is just a string of data, and the data is checked and updated every time a module ends or begins. How could such a bug-like ability not be fixed?

This is cute, not sci-fi at all!

Forget it... there's no use in overthinking these things. Speaking of which, how did a game that could affect a player's mental health even get approved?! Zhou Ke'er put herself in their shoes and could even imagine her own mental hospital being overflowing with patients in a while.

At this rate, all the players will go crazy from playing the game. Hmm... but that way, we can make more money...

Zhou Ke'er's thoughts began to wander, and she started to daydream in place.

On the other side, Flamingo helped Damon up and reached out to check his breathing.

He looked miserable; his hair had almost all fallen out due to the previous mutation, and his face was covered in dried blood from being pounded on the ground by Zhou Ke'er. However, he was not actually seriously injured.

"He's still alive, just unconscious. He doesn't seem to be injured... Speaking of which, falling from that spot on the tower to here, it's only such a short distance... I'd guess it's no more than two meters. Would that really knock someone out?"

After examining Damon's injuries, Cold-Eating Rabbit couldn't help but complain, "He didn't land headfirst either."

"You don't understand. Being a witcher is such a magical profession. Even a witcher who has undergone rigorous training since childhood, whose swordsmanship is superb and who can even receive the Queen's commendation, cannot escape the fate of falling to their death from a small mound that is only two or three meters high."

Zhou Ke'er, who had suddenly appeared behind Leng Chi Tu, explained in a very nostalgic tone, and casually reached into Damon's pocket, pulling out a small iron box containing about ten bullets.

"Wow! You scared me! How come you walk without making a sound? Are you a ghost?"

Cold-cooked Rabbit was startled by Zhou Ke'er. After seeing that it was Zhou Ke'er, he patted his chest in relief and complained.

"Here, keep it safe. You'll need the gun later."

Zhou Ke'er glanced disdainfully at the cold-cooked rabbit, ignored her, tossed the small box to Honghe, and pointed to the double-barreled shotgun lying to the side.

"it is good."

The flamingo took the small box and nodded.

"Hey! What's with that look? Are you looking down on me?!"

"Cold-cooked rabbit" questioned with dissatisfaction.

"Yes, that's right. What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Zhou Ke'er looked at the cold-cooked rabbit with a puzzled expression, then put on an innocent face.

Because Zhou Ke'er's answer was so confident and assertive, Lengchitu almost subconsciously wondered if there was something wrong with him.

"Boom!"

The ground at the top finally collapsed completely after being squeezed and riddled with holes by the buildings.

Fortunately, Zhou Ke'er and the others were on the high platform. The ground above the platform had already been punctured and hollowed out, so the place where they were standing was very safe and they would not be hit by falling rocks.

The pale blue light source slowly descended to the center of the platform.

Well... how should I put it? Using the word "landing" might not be entirely accurate. Although it appeared to Zhou Ke'er and the others as if it were moving, to be precise... it should be said that the platform was constantly rising until it finally touched the light source.

Zhou Ke'er originally wanted to go forward and take a look at that thing, but for some reason, she hesitated instinctively and turned to look at Honghe and the others.

"...If you want to take it, go ahead and take it. We'll just stay away from it."

Honghe could tell from Zhou Ke'er's expression that she had lost her composure under pressure, and stared at her with dead fish eyes.

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69. Collapse (Thirteen)

Zhou Ke'er hesitated for a few seconds, then turned and walked towards the light source.

The buildings that were originally buried underground were brought to the surface again. The buildings on the ground collapsed one after another. The high-rise buildings and houses along the street collapsed along with the foundation. The fragments of reinforced concrete fell on the slowly rising buildings without leaving a scratch, only scraping off some of the moss attached to them.

The blue light source remained still in the center of the platform, softly emitting an eerie pale blue fluorescence.

The surrounding environment gradually became noisy, filled with people's cries and screams.

It's unknown how many people fell from that height to the ground of the underground complex due to the ground collapse.

Blood was splattered everywhere, and the entire street was filled with flying dust and debris.

Just as her fingertips were about to touch the light source, Zhou Ke'er suddenly stopped and turned to look at Honghe and the others: "The sky is moving! I'm not playing anymore!"

"Varied...!!"

Cold-cooked Rabbit was wondering what Zhou Ke'er was talking about when she subconsciously looked up at the sky and suddenly felt as if her throat was blocked, and she couldn't speak.

"Is this... the so-called final sacrificial ritual?"

The flamingo looked up at the sky and muttered, "I thought that getting rid of this Deepvans would stop the ritual. It seems the mission has failed."

I don't know when it started, but the screams and cries that had filled the surroundings disappeared. Everyone looked up at the sky, and there was a deathly silence.

Unlike screaming and crying out in pain, this silence stems from feeling despair.

The entire sky changed from light blue to a hazy gray almost in the blink of an eye, with countless dark clouds rolling across the horizon, but there was no lightning or thunder.

The dark gray, churning clouds gradually took on a deep blue border, which then rapidly spread outwards, becoming very thick—a kind of...slightly transparent, eerie heaviness.

The endless dark clouds in the sky turned into an ocean.

The sun's brilliance had been completely swallowed up, leaving only a few dilapidated neon lights in the city dutifully emitting their last faint glow.

The ocean in the sky surged silently, like the calm before a storm, with gentle waves rippling across the surface, bubbles breaking apart and then gathering again.

The sky collapsed.

As if a container holding water had been smashed, the ocean in the sky finally began to pour down.

The flow was very slow, but visible to the naked eye.

What people fear more than not knowing when death will come is knowing when death will befall them, and being powerless to stop it, only able to wait for death to arrive without doing anything.

The world was completely silent, with only the sound of the gentle waves rippling in the sky.

No one tried to escape, because it was too late. The ocean in the sky stretched endlessly, and it was unknown whether it covered the entire city, but at least this part of the area was hopeless.

Many people knelt down, clasped their hands together, and prayed for God's salvation.

God's salvation? God is dead.

Zhou Ke'er inexplicably thought of Renault's words in the commemorative stone.

"Ha...it seems this module really failed."

Cold-cooked Rabbit scratched his head helplessly and looked at Red Crane: "Can we add each other as friends? Maybe we can get together sometime?"

Honghe nodded, then glanced at Zhou Ke'er before turning to look at Lengchitu.

"This...he...okay."

Cold-Eating Rabbit sighed helplessly, rubbed his forehead, and walked towards Zhou Ke'er, saying as he walked, "This module is definitely going to fail. Let's add each other as friends and play together sometime, okay?"

"Do not..."

Zhou Ke'er suddenly spoke up.

"Um???"

Cold-cooked Rabbit was completely dumbfounded. She had already taken the initiative to invite Zhou Ke'er to add her as a friend, but this guy didn't even show her any courtesy and simply rejected her without hesitation?!

"No! It's not over yet! There's still a chance! Although the probability is very small... there's still a chance!"

Zhou Ke'er suddenly looked up, staring at the people on the ground who were still alive and praying, and muttered under her breath, "Believe in God? Interesting..."

"There's still a chance? What do you mean!"

The cold-cooked rabbit that had walked over heard Zhou Ke'er's mutterings and subconsciously asked.

“You know what… when I was in college, I happened to memorize a bit of the Bible, although I don’t remember it all now… but it shouldn’t matter, they won’t be able to tell.”

Zhou Ke'er's words sounded like she was answering Cold Rabbit's question, but also like she was talking to herself.

He walked to the edge of the platform, looked down at the people on the ground, took a deep breath, and said loudly, "The Lord has seen how great the wickedness of mankind is on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the mind is evil all the time!"

Because it was completely silent, Zhou Ke'er's voice was clearly heard, and everyone looked at her.